Henry Normal | |
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Birth name | Peter James Carroll |
Born | 15 August 1956 Nottingham, England | (age 68)
Medium | Comedian, television producer, poet, writer |
Years active | 1980s–present |
Website | henrynormalpoet |
Henry Normal (born Peter James Carroll, 15 August 1956) is an English writer, poet, film and TV producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Manchester 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 set up Baby Cow Productions with Steve Coogan in 1999, and was its managing director until his retirement in 2016.