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Sophie Willan sitcom Alma's Not Normal gets a series

BBC Two has ordered a series of Alma's Not Normal, the new sitcom by Sophie Willan. It follows wide critical praise for a pilot episode broadcast earlier this month.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2020

Alma's Not Normal review

Lovely, at once gentle yet scabrous and unafraid surely - once it garners that well-deserved commission - to tackle many long-neglected thorns.

Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 12th April 2020

Alma's Not Normal: perfect antidote to our new normal

In one thirty-minute pilot Alma's Not Normal managed to set up a fully conceived world full of charm, laughs and fried spam.

Michael Lee, The Custard TV, 8th April 2020

Alma's Not Normal review

Comedy off to a flyer with characters teetering between tragedy and farce.

Adam Sweeting, i Newspaper, 7th April 2020

Alma's Not Normal review

The comedian Sophie Willan has turned her award-winning stage hit into a new TV show, via childhood trauma, sex work and ornamental pixies.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 7th April 2020

For a pilot episode, Alma's Not Normal easily achieves what it's meant to do and introduces a cast of intriguing, sympathetic characters we'd like to hear more from. Most crucially, they are complex, authentic people portrayed in a way we don't usually see on television.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th April 2020

TV preview: Alma's Not Normal, BBC Two

Comedian Sophie Willan has been one of stand-up's most distinctive voices in recent years. Honest, outspoken and frank about her life, she has now has drawn on her history to write this one-off pilot. If the BBC does not commission a series it must need its head examined.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th April 2020