Yellow Peppers
{{About|Israeli drama television program|Yellow peppers condiment|Bell pepper}}
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| genre = Drama
| creator = Keren Margalit
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| writer = Keren Margalit
| director = Keren Margalit
Amnon Kotler
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| starring = Alma Zack
Yossi Marshak
Ori Pfeffer
Yael Schtamler
Yehuda Barkan
Rozina Cambos
Maya Maoz
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| country = Israel
| language = Hebrew
| num_series = 2
| num_episodes = 26
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| executive_producer = Eilon Rechakovski
Yohanan Karedo
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| editor = Einat Glazer-Zarhin
Arik Liebovitz
| location = Moshav Nir Tzvi
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| runtime = 40-45 minutes
| company = July August Productions, Keshet Broadcasting
| channel = Channel 2
| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|12|18}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2014|4|3}}
| related = The A Word
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Yellow Peppers (Hebrew: פלפלים צהובים; Pilpelim Tzehubim) is an Israeli drama television program{{Cite web|url=http://shalomj.com/yellow-peppers/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411203331/http://shalomj.com/yellow-peppers/|archive-date=April 11, 2013|url-status=dead|title=Yellow Peppers|date=May 2, 2012|website=Shalom J.}}{{cite web |url=http://www.alondon.net/index.php?action=art&id=5903&Lights%2C+Camera%2C+Action=1&lang=en_GB |title=Lights, Camera, Action |author=Yossi Brouman |publisher=Alondon |date=2 June 2012 |access-date=22 August 2014}}{{cite web |date=9 November 2011 |title= Yellow Peppers |url=http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441428649 |publisher=Arts Boston |access-date=22 August 2014}} about a family that raises an autistic child{{cite news |author=Gili Eisikovits |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/1.1236803 |script-title=he:הסיפור האמיתי מאחורי סדרת הדרמה "פלפלים צהובים"|language=he |trans-title=The real story behind the drama series "yellow peppers" |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=22 August 2014}}{{cite news |title=U.S. studio buys popular Israeli drama 'Yellow Peppers' |url=http://www.haaretz.com/life/culture/u-s-studio-buys-popular-israeli-drama-yellow-peppers-1.423469 |newspaper=Haaretz |author=Ruta Kupfer |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=22 August 2014}} in a rural village lacking any therapeutic resources. The programme was well received by critics.{{cite news |author=Dan Caspi |script-title=he:בלי מתח |language=he |trans-title=Without stress |date=25 January 2011 |url=http://www.the7eye.org.il/15641 |publisher=The 7 Eye |access-date=22 August 2014}} It was also presented as a part to the World Autism Awareness Day at the United Nations.{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/events/autismday/events.shtml |title=World Autism Awareness Day |publisher=United Nations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404225516/http://www.un.org/en/events/autismday/events.shtml |archive-date=April 4, 2011 }}
Plot
Ayellet (Alma Zack) makes good money as the village tailor, and when her father, Meir (Yehuda Barkan), gets involved in agricultural politics, her husband, Yaniv, turns the family farm into a profitable business exporting yellow peppers. Both men help her raise Natty, her teenage daughter from a former marriage, and Omri, her toddler son from her present one. The few indications she has of Omri's developmental problems do not bother her, because the village physician says everything is okay.
When Ayellet's brother, Avshy, returns to the village, it seems like a new opportunity: Avshy will replace Yaniv in the greenhouses, and Yaniv will build their new biker restaurant. However, Avshy's wife, Yaely, a physician, wants to give her marriage a second chance and comes with her husband to live on the farm. Yaely is concerned about Omri's symptoms. Meir drives the child to the closest town, where he is diagnosed as autistic.
Ayellet removes Omri from kindergarten, and the family organizes an intensive therapeutic homeschooling plan. Ayellet stops spending time with her daughter and stops working. No money is left for completing the restaurant. Ayellet fires her brother from his job managing the greenhouses. He becomes depressed and leaves his wife. Yaniv stops participating in the homeschooling.
Yaniv wants Ayellet to get pregnant again, but she refuses.
Yaniv fights with Ayellet about taking Omri to community events. Yaniv wants to take him to a party at the preschool, but Omri disappears. Yaniv forces Ayellet to tell the police and the village, who are searching for Omri, that he is autistic. The family explains to everyone that Omri does not answer to his name. When night falls, Omri is found in the preschool.
British version
A British version, The A Word, began screening on the BBC in March/April 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-03-29/you-wont-understand-autism-after-watching-the-a-word-but-it-will-make-you-want-to-learn-more/amp/|title='You won't understand autism after watching The A Word – but it will make you want to learn more'|website=Radio Times}} As of 2020, there have been three series.
Greek version
A Greek version, The Word You Don’t Say (Η λέξη που δεν λες) was produced in Greece in 2016.{{cite journal|last1=Whittock|first1=Jesse|title=The A Word gets Greek remake|journal=TBI Vision|date=July 7, 2016|url=http://tbivision.com/news/2016/07/the-a-word-gets-greek-remake/619572/|access-date=4 January 2017}}
Dutch version
A Dutch version, Het A-woord, began screening by the Evangelische Omroep in September 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://over.eo.nl/pers/lies-visschedijk-hoofdrol-in-nieuwe-eo-feelgood-dramaserie-het-a-woord|title='Lies Visschedijk hoofdrol in nieuwe EO-feelgood-dramaserie 'Het A-Woord''|website=Evangelische Omroep}}
American version
An American version, The A Word was in development at NBC and will be a co-production between Keshet Studios and Universal Television with Arika Lisanne Mittman as writer.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/the-a-word-israeli-drama-series-yellow-peppers-from-arika-mittman-keshet-studios-nbc-autism-1234636042/|title='The A Word' Autism Drama Based On Israeli Format In Works At NBC From Arika Mittman & Keshet|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=December 4, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020}}
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