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Just Act Normal. Image shows left to right: Tionne (Akins Subair), Tanika (Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie), Tiana (Chenée Taylor)
Just Act Normal

Just Act Normal

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC Three
  • 2025
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy drama about three stubbornly optimistic siblings who try to hide that their mum has disappeared. Stars Chenée Taylor, Akins Subair, Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie, Sam Buchanan, Romola Garai and more.

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Press clippings

The week in TV: Just Act Normal

Three home-alone siblings make for an unexpected coming-of-age gem.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 20th April 2025

Great TV is wasted on BBC Three

It's the home of excellent original commissions like Just Act Normal - but are enough people watching?

Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 19th April 2025

Just Act Normal creator Janice Okoh on class, comedy and the one joke white people won't get

Janice Okoh on her pride that her new BBC3 comedy Just Act Normal has 'darker-skinned, working class black girls' in the central roles.

Janice Okoh, The Big Issue, 16th April 2025

Just Act Normal review

To watch this wonderful show is to see stars being born.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 16th April 2025

Why Just Act Normal is the best showcase for new talent since Adolescence

Incredible newcomers! Chickens! Jamelia! The casting director of Stephen Graham's Netflix smash hit has done it again with this hilariously bleak, utterly unique series. The cast open up.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 15th April 2025

Just Act Normal: the dark comedy drama that's a TV feelgood joy

This talent-packed Birmingham-set series follows three children with a missing mother and their attempts to stay out of care. It's amazing how much silliness they wring out of such a chilling premise.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 12th April 2025

Just Act Normal: First look

The BBC has released first look pictures for Just Act Normal, the new comedy drama series about three siblings who have to hide that their mum has disappeared.

British Comedy Guide, 24th March 2025

Janice Okoh pens BBC comedy drama about siblings with a missing mum

We Go Again, a BBC Three comedy drama series about three stubbornly optimistic siblings with a dark secret pertaining to their mother, has been created by writer Janice Okoh.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd February 2024

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