Alma’s Not Normal creator and actress Sophie Willan has cancelled her Edinburgh TV Festival appearance due to illness. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Tuesday, Big Boys creator Jack Rooke announced that his fellow comedian, from Bolton , is unable to attend her session. Rooke said: “She’s very poorly and needs to get in her sick bed.
” Sophie was set to be among those speaking on the first day of the Edinburgh TV Festival. The annual media event started today. On Tuesday, advisory chairman Harjeet Chhokar and Rowan Woods, the creative director of the event, will officially welcome delegates.
Alma’s Not Normal, which won a best comedyBroadcasting Press Guild award in 2022, is set in Bolton, and sees Willan draw on her own unusual life experiences. A second series of the show has already been filmed, with one lucky audience enjoying a sneak preview of the first two episodes last month..