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.
- Catch-up on Series 2, Episode 6
Streaming rank this week: 118
Press clippings
I Talk Telly Awards 2024 nominations announced
Big Mood, Boarders, Daddy Issues, Ludwig, Mammoth, Mr. Bigstuff, Spent, Such Brave Girls, Things You Should Have Done and We Might Regret This are amongst the nominees in the I Talk Telly Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 9th November 2024The week in TV: Sweetpea; Alma's Not Normal
Dexter meets Villanelle in a murderous new comedy drama; and Sophie Willan's brilliant Bolton comedy goes deeper and darker.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 13th October 2024Alma's Not Normal review
She's back and she's just as brilliant as ever.
Claire Smith, Entertainment Now, 11th October 2024Alma's Not Normal review
The second instalment of Sophie Willan's semi-autobiographical comedy is a triumph.
Irenie Forshaw, The Week, 9th October 2024Alma's Not Normal: How anger and spa breaks fuelled new series
Red hair. Pink fur coat. White helmet. Green tartan trousers. Huffing and puffing uphill on a rickety old bike towards the job centre. Not quite as graceful as ET on two wheels but that first scene introducing the titular character in Sophie Willan's sitcom Alma's Not Normal created an instant connection with a new audience.
Emma Saunders, BBC News, 8th October 2024Sophie Willan: "Care-experienced people have superpowers - we're brilliant!"
Alma's Not Normal has helped bring about a more positive, yet still realistic, portrayal of care-experienced people in the media.
Sophia Alexandra Hall, The Big Issue, 7th October 2024Alma's Not Normal review
After four years touring with a theatre company (playing a tree), Alma is finally back in Bolton. It's as daft and brilliant as ever.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 7th October 2024Alma's Not Normal review
British gem beats anything the streaming giants can produce.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 7th October 2024Jayde Adams and Sophie Willan's unlikely roots in Bristol Cathedral
A friendship at the centre of a BBC comedy drama has unlikely roots in Bristol Cathedral, one of the stars of the new series has revealed.
Chris Arnold & Jonathan Holmes, BBC, 7th October 2024Alma's Not Normal review
Pretty much the perfect comedy.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 7th October 2024