Alma's Not Normal
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2020 - 2021
- 7 episodes
Comedy about a Boltonian woman, Alma, and her female-heavy family. Stars Sophie Willan, Lorraine Ashbourne, Siobhan Finneran, Jayde Adams, Nicholas Asbury and more.
- Due to return for Series 2
Streaming rank this week: 419
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Alma's Not Normal, review
Sophie Willan turns trauma into comedy gold.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 13th September 2021Alma's Not Normal, BBC2, review
Sophie Willan's comedy is a joyful portrait of the North we rarely see on TV.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 13th September 2021Alma's Not Normal preview
Alma's Not Normal is a comedy that feels like a folk story - albeit a folk story involving high-end escorting, family tax credit, and social workers relieved of their gall bladders.
Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 11th September 2021I talk to Sophie Willan
"With the industry being as it is, people need to put you within a context that they've already seen and understand ...then you can evolve that and do it your own way."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 10th September 2021Sophie Willan turning her chaotic life into sitcom gold
She won a Bafta for Alma's Not Normal - and that was just the pilot episode. As the full series launches, the ex-standup talks about growing up in care, getting the comedy bug in Ibiza and finally hitting the big time.
Emine Saner, The Guardian, 6th September 2021Sophie Willan wins BAFTA comedy writing award
Sophie Willan has won the comedy writing prize at the BAFTA Craft Awards 2021, for her Alma's Not Normal pilot script.
British Comedy Guide, 25th May 2021Alma's Not Normal series filming in Bolton
Filming is underway on Alma's Not Normal, Sophie Willan's BBC Two sitcom about a Boltonian woman and her family of eccentric, unruly women.
British Comedy Guide, 10th May 2021Sophie Willan in Bolton to film Alma's Not Normal
Sophie Willan is back in her hometown filming for the complete series of Alma's Not Normal.
Saiqa Chaudhari, Bolton News, 5th May 2021BAFTA TV Awards 2021 nominations
Ghosts, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country are amongst the nominees in the BAFTA TV Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 28th April 2021Shooting starts on Alma's Not Normal series
It's been a good week for comedian Sophie Willan. She has been shooting a full series following the successful pilot of sitcom Alma's Not Normal and today she has received a Bafta Award nomination for writing the pilot.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th April 2021