Alma's Not Normal

BBC television sitcom

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2024 Series 2 confirmed as the last series of 'Alma's Not Normal', with a potential Christmas special being considered.
October 7 2024 Second series of 'Alma's Not Normal' premieres on television.
2022 Second series of 'Alma's Not Normal' commissioned.
2021 The pilot episode of the television series 'Alma's Not Normal', originally titled 'Feng Suey', was first broadcast in Series 1.
2021 'Alma's Not Normal' wins Best Comedy Programme at the Royal Television Society North West Awards.
2021 Full six-episode series of 'Alma's Not Normal' commissioned and broadcast.
April 2021 Sophie Willan wins the BAFTA Comedy Writer award for the pilot episode of 'Alma's Not Normal'.
2020 Willan wrote the script for the first series of 'Alma's Not Normal' during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 2020 Pilot episode of 'Alma's Not Normal' first broadcast on BBC Two, introducing the sitcom created and starring Sophie Willan, which is inspired by her own experiences in the care system.
2017 Willan won the BBC's Caroline Aherne Bursary, receiving £5,000 and mentorship from BBC's Comedy Commissioning Editor Kate Daughton to develop her script.
2014 Sophie Willan wrote the first draft of 'Alma's Not Normal', inspired by the impact of austerity measures under the Cameron Government, particularly focusing on welfare recipients, mental health care, and social services.

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