Alma's Not Normal

A multi-award-winning comedy-drama created by and starring Sophie Willan, inspired by her own life.

The series follows Alma, a working-class aspiring actress from Bolton who's chasing a fabulous life with no money and no qualifications. Alongside her mum Lin, who's battling addiction and a mental health system that's failing her and her Spam loving grandma Joan, Alma reckons with a childhood spent partly in care while refusing to let any of it dim her dreams.
Drawn from Willan's own life, it handles the hardest subjects — the care system, addiction, grief — with unflinching honesty, and never at the expense of the laughs. 

Starring: Sophie Willan, Lorraine Ashbourne, Siobhan Finneran 
Writer: Sophie Willan
Producer: Gill Isles
Exec. Producer: Nerys Evans
Commissioners: Tanya Qureshi, Emma Lawson 

AWARDS:

BAFTA 2025 - SCRIPTED COMEDY
RTS AWARDS 2025 - COMEDY DRAMA / COMEDY PERFORMER / COMEDY WRITER
BAFTA 2022 - COMEDY PERFORMANCE, SOPHIE WILLAN
RTS CRAFT 2022 - COMEDY DIRECTOR
RTS AWARDS 2022 - COMEDY / COMEDY PERFORMER
PRESS GUILD AWARDS 2022 - COMEDY
BAFTA CRAFT 2021 - COMEDY WRITER
BROADCAST AWARDS 2021 - COMEDY
RTS NORTH WEST 2021 - COMEDY

PRESS:
"Pretty much the perfect comedy" - The Guardian ★★★★★
"Beats anything the streaming giants can produce" — The Daily Telegraph ★★★★★
"The best comedy on TV" - GQ Magazine 
"Phoenix Nights meets Fleabag, guided by the spirit of Victoria Wood" - Daily Mirror