Alma's Not Normal

Alma's Not Normal
BBC programme image showing show logo and the cast (Nicholas Asbury, Sophie Willan, Siobhan Finneran and Lorraine Ashbourne)
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Sophie Willan
Written by	Sophie Willan
Directed by	Andrew Chaplin
Starring	Sophie Willan Jayde Adams Siobhan Finneran James Baxter Nicholas Asbury Lorraine Ashbourne Maizie Wickson
Narrated by	Sophie Willan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Nerys Evans Sophie Willan
Producer	Gill Isles
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	7 April 2020 (2020-04-07) – present
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Alma's Not Normal is a British sitcom first broadcast as a pilot episode on BBC Two in April 2020. The series follows the eponymous Alma, from Bolton, as she tries to give her life meaning and the "fabulous" outcome she has always dreamed of, while coping with the strained relationships of her family that saw her spend time in care, something else which she is trying to reconcile. The series is written by and stars Sophie Willan, and is inspired by her own experiences of the care system.

Willan won the 2021 BAFTA Television award for best comedy writer for the pilot episode.^[1] A full six episode series was commissioned for broadcast in 2021. A second series was commissioned in 2022,^[2] which premiered on 7 October 2024.^[3]

Willan has hinted that series 2 will be the last, stating that the final episode is a wrap up of Alma's story.