Alma's Not Normal

This has to be one of the best and most skilfully written comedies I've seen in recent years. Perfectly cast and set and filmed in Bolton, this draws on the typical humour of Northern England. The pilot episode had us crying with laughter, having to pause it several times to recover. Even the throw-away lines are absolutely perfect. My only disappointment is that at the time of writing there aren't any more episodes available.

Saw myself and close family and friends in each and every character. Brilliant. Loved it!

When I seen the trailer for it I thought it was just another dime a dozen slapstick comedy that would have me rolling my eyes. But I gave it a go because of the ratings iI got, and I'm glad I did.

Alma's hilarious and very relatable in a lot of ways. As funny as it is it has some very touching moments, the final episode had my eyes teary.

"How do you grieve the living dead?"

Sophie Willan was great in the title role of Alma. I have to admit I really enjoyed this, it was funny, great humour, and some terrific I one liners.

It was uplifting, bouncy, positive comedy, quite cutting humour for the BBC in recent times. It's hard to believe it was only on for half an hour, they crammed so much into it. Lorraine Ashbourne and Siobhan Finneran were hilarious.

I only hope that a full series follows, it deserves to, this was a terrific pilot. 9/10.

Whether it is comedy, drama or a documentary the British do it the best! They just seem to have a knack for top quality viewing...it's almost guaranteed.

I read the description for this show and thought...this sounds like a hoot. And of course it is. A hilarious singling out of people's quirks and situations but in no way that is demeaning to any group involved in the story. No predictable Hollywood outcomes in this comedy.