- Henry Normal
Henry Normal (born in Nottingham) is an English
comedian ,television producer ,poet andwriter . He now resides inBrighton .He is currently Managing Director of Baby Cow Productions Ltd which he set up with Steve Coogan.
In his early career, Normal toured with Pulp, .With Mark Atwood he helped form the Live Poets Society in Manchester whose motto was 'poetry so good you can actually understand it'. They performed in pubs and clubs throughout the north of England.One of the poets
Donal Thompson went on to win the BBC Alfred Bradley Bursary in 1992.In 1991, he starred in Channel 4's late night series,
Packet of Three , which blended stand-up comedy with a peculiarly solipsistic sitcom about the staff working at a theatre for variety, called The Crumpsall Palladium. As the beleaguered, depressed theatre owner, Henry was assisted by stage managerFrank Skinner and kiosk attendantJenny Eclair .In 1999, Henry Normal and
Steve Coogan established their TV comedy production company,Baby Cow Productions . TV programmes since produced by this award-winning company include:*
Human Remains (2000), starringRob Brydon
*The Sketch Show (2001-2002), starringLee Mack ,Tim Vine ,Jim Tavare
*I Am Not an Animal (2004)
*Sensitive Skin (2005), starringJoanna Lumley andDenis Lawson
*Gavin & Stacey (2007), starringJames Corden andRuth Jones He has written for TV and film. He co-wrote
The Royle Family withCaroline Aherne andCraig Cash , and was co-screenwriter for the 2001 film,The Parole Officer , starringSteve Coogan .Henry Normal’s poetry collections include "The Dream Ticket", "Is Love Science Fiction?", "Map of Heaven" and Nude Moddelling for the afterlife
External links
* [http://www.babycow.co.uk/ Baby Cow Productions]
* [http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/news/normal.htm Poetry Society Interview]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/n/normal_henry.shtml BBC Comedy Guide entry]
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