Biography
Henry Normal (born Peter James Carroll, 15 August 1956) is an English writer, poet, television producer and comedian from Nottingham. He co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family (1998) with Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash.
In 1999 he co-founded Baby Cow Productions with Steve Coogan and served as its managing director until retiring in 2016, executive-producing many of its output including The Mighty Boosh (2004), Gavin & Stacey (2007), The Trip (2011), Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) and Philomena (2013). He received a special BAFTA award for services to television in 2017. Normal has also written poetry collections and founded the Manchester Poetry Festival (now Manchester Literature Festival).
