Alma's Not Normal
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2020 - 2024
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about a Boltonian woman, Alma, and her female-heavy family. Stars Sophie Willan, Lorraine Ashbourne, Siobhan Finneran, Jayde Adams, Nicholas Asbury and more.
- Continues on Monday on BBC2 at 10pm with Series 2, Episode 2
- Catch-up on Series 2, Episode 1
Streaming rank this week: 39
Press clippings
Alma's Not Normal review
The second instalment of Sophie Willan's semi-autobiographical comedy is a triumph.
Irenie Forshaw, The Week, 9th October 2024Alma's Not Normal: How anger and spa breaks fuelled new series
Red hair. Pink fur coat. White helmet. Green tartan trousers. Huffing and puffing uphill on a rickety old bike towards the job centre. Not quite as graceful as ET on two wheels but that first scene introducing the titular character in Sophie Willan's sitcom Alma's Not Normal created an instant connection with a new audience.
Emma Saunders, BBC News, 8th October 2024Sophie Willan: "Care-experienced people have superpowers - we're brilliant!"
Alma's Not Normal has helped bring about a more positive, yet still realistic, portrayal of care-experienced people in the media.
Sophia Alexandra Hall, The Big Issue, 7th October 2024Alma's Not Normal review
After four years touring with a theatre company (playing a tree), Alma is finally back in Bolton. It's as daft and brilliant as ever.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 7th October 2024Alma's Not Normal review
British gem beats anything the streaming giants can produce.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 7th October 2024Jayde Adams and Sophie Willan's unlikely roots in Bristol Cathedral
A friendship at the centre of a BBC comedy drama has unlikely roots in Bristol Cathedral, one of the stars of the new series has revealed.
Chris Arnold & Jonathan Holmes, BBC, 7th October 2024Alma's Not Normal review
Pretty much the perfect comedy.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 7th October 2024Alma's Not Normal to end as Sophie Willan writes Pendle witch satire
Alma's Not Normal will end with its upcoming second series, creator and star Sophie Willan has revealed, though she is currently working on a Christmas special to bookend her loosely autobiographical BBC comedy and is writing a satire about the Pendle witches with Maxine Peake.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd September 2024Televisual Bulldog Awards: winners announced
Derry Girls wins the award for comedy, with Ghosts coming second and Alma's Not Normal third. Other awards went to Sex Education, This Is Going To Hurt, Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing and The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan.
Jon Creamer, Televisual, 9th November 2022Liz Kingsman nominated for South Bank Breakthrough Award
Liz Kingsman has been shortlisted for The Times Breakthrough Award in the South Bank Sky Arts Awards. Meanwhile Starstruck, We Are Lady Parts and Alma's Not Normal are up for the Comedy prize.
British Comedy Guide, 30th June 2022