Henry Normal
Sat 14 Nov
|Boston Spa Village Hall
Jokes, stories and poetry from Radio 4's reticent poet, writer and TV & Film producer Henry Normal. A new fun packed show featuring his latest collection ‘A Quiet Promise’, "Not heard anything that jumps from hilarious to moving in such an intelligent, subtle way as Henry Normal's show" Radio Times


Time & Location
14 Nov 2026, 20:00
Boston Spa Village Hall, 199 High St, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 6AA
About the event
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, Tony Ferrino, Doctor Terrible and all three of Steve's live tours and the film The Parole Officer.
Setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd in 1990, Henry Executive Produced all and script edited many of the shows of it's 17 and a half year output during his tenure as MD.
Highlights of the Baby Cow output during his time include the Oscar nominated film Philomena, I believe in…