{"product_id":"hear-no-evil-presents-a-spoken-word-special-with-henry-normal-tues-2-june-2026-7-30-9-30pm","title":"Hear No Evil Presents A Spoken Word Special with Henry Normal | Tues 2 June 2026 | 7:30 - 9.30PM","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHEAR NO EVIL PRESENTS A SPOKEN WORD SPECIAL WITH HENRY NORMAL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is Henry Normal?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenry is a writer, poet, TV \u0026amp; Film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn June 2017 he was honoured with a special BAFTA for services to Television.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSetting 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlights of the Baby Cow output during his time include the Oscar nominated film Philomena, I believe in Miracles, Gavin and Stacey, Moone Boy, Uncle, Marion and Geof, Nighty Night, The Mighty Boosh, Red Dwarf, Hunderby, Camping and Alan Partridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince retiring in April 2016, Henry has written and performed 10 x BBC Radio 4 shows combining comedy, poetry and stories about family. His 11th BBC Radio 4 show ‘A Normal Journey’ will be recorded this autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in St Anne’s, Nottingham in 1956, Henry now lives in Fairlight, Nr Hastings with his wife and screenwriter Angela Pell and their son Johnny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn April 2018, Two Roads publishers released his book of memoirs ‘A Normal Family’ which was written with his wife Angela Pell, drawing on his family experience. It immediately became a best seller on Amazon and has already been reprinted. The paperback was released on 21st March 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenry performs poetry at Literature Festivals around the UK and has thirteen poetry books available from Flapjack. His latest collection ‘A Quiet Promise’ being released in spring 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was recently given an honorary doctorate of letters by Nottingham Trent University, another by Nottingham University and has a beer and a bus named after him in Nottingham!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Succinct, heartrending and peppered with gentle punchlines’\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHannah Verdier, The Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Shove up National Treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon O’Hagan – Radio Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘the Alan Bennett of poetry’\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eDovetails bittersweet poetry with a sublimely observant wit’\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A mixture of the absurd and downright wacky…a gentle giant of stand-up poetry’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e The List\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The poetry itself is stuff of proper substance, marrying the suburban beauty of Beatles ballads with the blunt candour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eof the kitchen sink’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Witty and uncannily accurate with his observations” – \u003cstrong\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Distinctly funny”\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cstrong\u003eTime Out\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt’s a rare and lovely thing: half an hour of radio that stops you short, gently demands your attention and then wipes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eyour tears away while you have to have a little sit down\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cstrong\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e“It’s a real treat to hear a seasoned professional like Henry taking command of this evening comedy spot to deliver a\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eshow that’s idiosyncratic and effortlessly funny”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Not heard anything that jumps from hilarious to moving in such an intelligent, subtle way as Henry Normal’s show”\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cstrong\u003eRadio Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beer No Evil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56217319113083,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/5289\/2579\/files\/PRODUCT_MATT_OWEN_Instagram_Post_1.png?v=1779273129","url":"https:\/\/beernoevil.co.uk\/products\/hear-no-evil-presents-a-spoken-word-special-with-henry-normal-tues-2-june-2026-7-30-9-30pm","provider":"Beer No Evil","version":"1.0","type":"link"}