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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.

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Alma's Not Normal. Image shows left to right: Jules (Nick Mohammed), Lin (Siobhan Finneran), Alma Nuthall (Sophie Willan)
Alma decides to channel Erin Brockovich to help her mum get out of a legal pickle she's found herself in. Jim encourages Alma to start writing again.

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Lin has got herself in quite the legal pickle, so Alma decides to channel Erin Brockovich and get her mum out of trouble. She bags her mum a pro bono solicitor, who seems about as good at law as he is finding a pen on his cluttered desk. After the court hearing, Alma is left questioning everything and unsure what to do next.

She opens up to Jim. Jim tells her to write down all her family stories and all her experiences and use them in her stand up, turning them into art like her mum does. Alma is enthused, and her writing starts to flow. She lands another stand-up gig and asks her agent to invite a BBC producer to see the show- and the rest, as they say, is history.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 11th November 2024
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

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Cast & crew

Cast
Sophie Willan Alma Nuthall
Siobhan Finneran Lin
Jayde Adams Leanne
Nicholas Asbury Jim
Dave Jones Bill
Kenneth Collard David
Guest cast
Pegeen Murphy Support Worker
Nick Mohammed Jules
Nikhil Parmar Gareth
Julie Kinsella Mrs Hawkins
Steve Cooper Judge
Writing team
Sophie Willan Writer
Neil Webster Script Editor
Jonny Pelham Script Editor
Gerry Potter Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Andrew Chaplin Director
Gill Isles Producer
Nerys Evans Executive Producer
Sophie Willan Executive Producer
Emma Lawson Executive Producer
Louise Lyons Line Producer
Sarah Burgess Post Producer
Charlie Fawcett Editor
Lucy Spink Production Designer
Catherine Willis Casting Director
Daniella Pearman Costume Designer
Nathaniel Hill Director of Photography
Lesley Brennan Make-up Designer
Eloise Walker Graphics
Simon Noone 1st Assistant Director

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