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.
Episode menu
Pilot
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 7th April 2020
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
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 |
Shameem Ahmad | Carol |
Tahir Shah | Adnan |
Sue Vincent | Viv |
Zoe Iqbal | Support Worker |
Andrew Heaton | God |
Michael New | Jesus |
Jason Lever | Geoff |
Sophie Willan | Writer |
Andrew Ellard | Script Editor |
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 2020Alma'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 2020Alma'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 2020Alma's Not Normal review
Comedy off to a flyer with characters teetering between tragedy and farce.
Adam Sweeting, i Newspaper, 7th April 2020TV 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