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Alma's Not Normal. Alma Nuthall (Sophie Willan)
Alma's Not Normal

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.

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 172

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Pilot

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

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 7th April 2020
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Sophie Willan Alma Nuthall
Lorraine Ashbourne Joan
Siobhan Finneran Lin
Jayde Adams Leanne
Nicholas Asbury Jim
Dave Jones Bill
James Baxter Anthony
Maizie Wickson Young Alma
Guest cast
Shameem Ahmad Carol
Tahir Shah Adnan
Sue Vincent Viv
Zoe Iqbal Support Worker
Andrew Heaton God
Michael New Jesus
Jason Lever Geoff
Writing team
Sophie Willan Writer
Andrew Ellard Script Editor
Production team
Andrew Chaplin Director
Gill Isles Producer
Nerys Evans Executive Producer
Sophie Willan Executive Producer
Andy Kitching Line Producer
Charlie Fawcett Editor
Catherine Willis Casting Director
Daniella Pearman Costume Designer
Tom Hickox Composer
Jim Holloway Production Designer
Benedict Spence Director of Photography
Adele Firth Make-up Designer
Anthony Noone 1st Assistant Director
Kate Daughton Commissioning Editor

Press

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

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

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

Alma's Not Normal review

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

Adam Sweeting, i Newspaper, 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

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