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Thanyia Moore, Dave Spikey and Ben Willbond to appear in Sophie Willan’s sitcom Chortle last week reported how filming had begun on the six-part series in Bolton and Central Manchester, following the success of a pilot last year. Now the BBC has officially confirmed the show’s return with the core cast all coming back. Willan, who wrote the semi-autobiographical series, plays Alma with  Siobhan Finneran  as her mum Lin; Lorraine Ashbourne as her Nan Joan, Jayde Adams as Alma’s best friend Leanne, James Baxter as Alma’s ex-boyfriend Anthony and Nicholas Asbury as Jim. The roles of th...

Other images Willans posted on Instagram have shown masked-up crew members, including producers Gill Isles and Nerys Evans. The semi-autobiographical series was commissioned last year following a successful BBC Two pilot, which attracted attracted more than a million viewers and a slew of four- and five-star reviews. And last week the episode was nominated for a Bafta for best comedy writing, a rare honour for a pilot. Work has started on five new episodes -  postponed because of Covid - following a Bolton woman trying to sort out her life while maintaining a fractious relationships with h...

BOLTON comedian Sophie Willan is back in her hometown filming for the complete series of Alma's Not Normal. TV crews rolled in on Bank Holiday Monday with Sophie, who has also written the five part comedy, sharing her excitement at being back on social media, posting behind the scenes footage on social media. Parking has been suspended on Le Mans Crescent as filming takes place inside Bolton Library and Museum ­— with 'Alma Unit' signs being posted on lampposts in the crescent. Taking to Twitter, Sophie posted: "Scenes with the fabulous Lorraine Ashbourne this morning #almasnotnormal...

There are fears the next Welsh Parliament could have fewer women in seats after the May poll.