After Thomas
After Thomas is a oneoff drama, first broadcast in the United Kingdom onDecember 2006, on ITV. It was produced by Beryl Vertue and Elaine Cameron, directed by Simon Shore, and written by Lindsey Hill. It stars Keeley Hawes Spooks, Under the Greenwood Tree, Tipping the Velvet, Ashes to Ashes, Ben Miles Coupling, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga, Andrew Byrne, Sheila Hancock and Duncan Preston.
Kyle Graham Andrew Byrne is scared. Not of monsters under the bed like any average sixyearold but of everything. Normal, everyday activities prove terrifying to him. He cant communicate his fears or share them with friends, because he cant use language and he has no friends. Kyle has autism, a condition it took his parents two desperate years to get diagnosed. So his day consists of endless traumas and tantrums and unimaginable stress for his mother Nicola Keeley Hawes.Nicola knows that the one thing Kyle wants is to be left alone, safe and secure in his autistic world. But she also knows that if she grants her son this wish, he will have no future. Her fierce determination to break into Kyles world at any cost has placed an intolerable strain on her marriage. Her husband Rob Ben Miles, although equally unbending in his love for his son, is frustrated by Nicolas relentless challenging of Kyle. Not to mention the loss of the carefree life he and Nicola once had. ........
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