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Henry Normal

Henry Normal

  • 68 years old
  • English
  • Writer, producer, executive producer, comedian, poet and script editor

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Review - Henry Normal at Latitude

When he's writing with a comic voice, he's as assured as you would expect... In the near 20 years he's been off the circuit he's been script-doctoring so many of those TV hits that there's no danger of him having rusty. A languid audience on a hot afternoon didn't always give these gags the recognition they deserved, but there's nothing Normal about his writing.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th July 2016

Henry Normal on Caroline Aherne

Her Royle Family co-writer recalls how she stuck to her guns when the BBC questioned why the sitcom had no plot.

Henry Normal, The Guardian, 4th July 2016

Henry Normal to leave Baby Cow

Henry Normal is to leave Baby Cow Productions nearly two decades after launching the Alan Partridge indie with Steve Coogan.

Broadcast, 7th April 2016

Rhod Gilbert working on Llanbobl sitcom

Rhod Gilbert is working on a sitcom based in his fictional Welsh hometown. Back To Llanbobl is being developed by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal's production company Baby Cow, which hopes to shoot a pilot episode this autumn.

Jay Richardson, Chortle, 11th March 2016

Interview with producer Henry Normal

He's the "scruffy kid from Bilborough" who ended up writing some of the most beloved comedies on British television. So what makes Baby Cow Productions co-founder and Steve Coogan's pal Henry Normal tick?

Rachel Gorman, Nottingham Post, 10th November 2015

Henry Normal mulls the lack of adult cartoons

It is the most popular genre of comedy - but one British broadcasters have been reluctant to embrace.

Henry Normal, Chortle, 13th May 2014

TV comedy has a problem and advertisers can solve it

Henry Normal, whose production company Baby Cow was behind TV hits such as Gavin & Stacey, The Trip and The Mighty Boosh, told an audience at Advertising Week Europe on Wednesday that surprisingly few brands approach him about working together on content.

Cameron Clarke, The Drum, 2nd April 2014

Henry Normal: Very exciting things with Alan Partridge

Forget the self-effacing pseudonym, Henry Normal is behind our best screen comedy - and now the new Alan Partridge film. Alice Jones meets him.

Alice Jones, The Independent, 10th May 2012

Steve Coogan produces new Sky1 family sitcom Starlings

Steve Coogan and Henry Normal will produce new Sky1 family sitcom The Starlings.

Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, 25th July 2011

Video: Iannucci on Alan Partridge in the digital age

As Alan Partridge returns for more of his web-only series, Catherine Gee talks to the men behind it, Armando Iannucci and Henry Normal.

Catherine Gee, The Telegraph, 18th February 2011

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