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Henry Normal is an English comedian, television producer, poet and writer. He is Managing Director of Baby Cow Productions Ltd which he set up with Steve Coogan. When living in Chesterfield, Normal chanced upon a local fanzine writer and knocked on the bedsit door of editor Faye Ray. The fanzine editor played Normal tapes of 'ranting' poets he had recently received including Steven 'Seething' Wells, Little Brother and Joolz. Normal went on to be a central figure in the local music scene and the performance poet was a regular fixture at local gigs. Early in his career Normal toured with the band Pulp. With Mark Atwood he helped form the Live Poets Society whose motto was 'poetry so good you can actually understand it'. Established in Manchester, they performed in pubs and clubs throughout the north of England. Normal had an eccentric delivery style, and at a 1987 poetry convention in Corby performed with a paper bag over his head

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Henry Normal

Born 1956-08-15 (69 years ago) in Nottingham.

Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy (Nighty Night) 2005 British Academy Television Awards 2005 Nighty Night
British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy (Marion and Geoff) 2004 British Academy Television Awards 2004 Marion and Geoff
BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (The Parole Officer) 55th British Academy Film Awards 2002 The Parole Officer
British Academy Television Award for Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme (The Royle Family) 1999 British Academy Television Awards 1999 The Royle Family

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Henry Normal is an English comedian, television producer, poet and writer. He is Managing Director of Baby Cow Productions Ltd which he set up with Steve Coogan.

When living in Chesterfield, Normal chanced upon a local fanzine writer and knocked on the bedsit door of editor Faye Ray. The fanzine editor played Normal tapes of 'ranting' poets he had recently received including Steven 'Seething' Wells, Little Brother and Joolz. Normal went on to be a central figure in the local music scene and the performance poet was a regular fixture at local gigs.

Early in his career Normal toured with the band Pulp. With Mark Atwood he helped form the Live Poets Society whose motto was 'poetry so good you can actually understand it'. Established in Manchester, they performed in pubs and clubs throughout the north of England. Normal had an eccentric delivery style, and at a 1987 poetry convention in Corby performed with a paper bag over his head. Also in the 1980s, Henry Normal had short prose pieces published in small press magazines such as Peace & Freedom. He had a live album released in 1987 by in Tape, Ostrich Man.

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