Alma's Not Normal - BBC2 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide

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.

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Alma's Not Normal. Image shows from L to R: Jim (Nicholas Asbury), Alma Nuthall (Sophie Willan), Lin (Siobhan Finneran), Joan (Lorraine Ashbourne)

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

2020 - 2024

Channel

BBC Two

Episodes

13 (1 pilot + 2 series)

Stars

Sophie Willan, Lorraine Ashbourne, Siobhan Finneran, Jayde Adams, Nicholas Asbury, Dave Jones, James Baxter, Dave Spikey and more

Writers

Sophie Willan, Fergus Evans and Jonny Pelham

Director

Andrew Chaplin

Producers

Gill Isles, Nerys Evans, Sophie Willan, Kate Daughton, Tanya Qureshi, Emma Lawson, Lynn Roberts, Louise Lyons and Sarah Burgess

Company

Expectation

Alma's Not Normal follows Boltonian wild-child Alma Nuthall and her family of eccentric, unruly women.

With no qualifications and a rebellious streak a mile wide, Alma decides to become an escort to support her dreams of becoming a star and leaving Bolton. Meanwhile, Alma's mother Lin battles with both her addiction to heroin and her troubled relationship with her own mother Joan with the same chaotic fervour. Having only just discovered feminism and sexual liberation, Alma's vampish Grandma Joan, must contend with her daughter suddenly moving in with her.

Alma's Not Normal offers a bitingly funny and unflinching take on class, sexuality, mental health and substance abuse. It celebrates women dealing with the hand they were dealt while doggedly pursing their dreams. It explores the darker side of life but with genuine warmth and laugh out loud result