Henry Normal

Henry is a writer, poet, TV & Film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. In June 2017 he was honoured with a special BAFTA for services to Television. He co-wrote and script edited the multi-award winning Mrs Merton Show and the spin off series Mrs Merton and Malcolm. He also co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family. With Steve Coogan he co-wrote the BAFTA winning Paul and Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's Run, amongst others. Setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd in 1990, Henry Executive Produced all and script edited many of the shows during his tenure as MD. Highlights of the Baby Cow output during his time include the Oscar nominated film Philomena, Gavin and Stacey, The Mighty Boosh, Red Dwarf and Alan Partridge. Since retiring in April 2016, Henry has written and performed BBC Radio 4 shows combining comedy, poetry and stories about family. Henry’s thirteenth book of poetry, A Moonless Night, is being released in 2024. He was recently given an honorary doctorate of letters by Nottingham Trent University, another by Nottingham University and has a beer and a bus named after him in Nottingham!