Production

Henry Normal

Born August 15, 1956 · Nottingham (age 70)

Henry Normal is an English comedian, television producer, poet and writer. He was managing director of Baby Cow Productions Ltd, which he set up with Steve Coogan.

Known For

Philomena

Philomena · 2013

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story · 2005

A Cock and Bull Story

MovieComedyHistory

Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa · 2013

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.

Snow Cake

Snow Cake · 2006

MovieRomanceDrama

A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

The Parole Officer

The Parole Officer · 2001

The Parole Officer

MovieCrimeComedy

A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.

Mindhorn

Mindhorn · 2016

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.

Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008

Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008 · 2008

Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008

MovieComedyDrama

As Nessa and the Wests head to Essex to spend Christmas with the Shipmans, Gavin and Stacey have a startling announcement to make.

The Trip to Italy

The Trip to Italy · 2014

The Trip to Italy

MovieComedyDrama

Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern England, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.

Filmography

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Philomena

Philomena · 2013

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

Executive Producer

A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story · 2005

A Cock and Bull Story

MovieComedyHistory

Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.

Executive Producer

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa · 2013

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.

Producer

Snow Cake

Snow Cake · 2006

MovieRomanceDrama

A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

Executive Producer

The Parole Officer

The Parole Officer · 2001

The Parole Officer

MovieCrimeComedy

A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.

Writer

Mindhorn

Mindhorn · 2016

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.

Executive Producer

Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008

Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008 · 2008

Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008

MovieComedyDrama

As Nessa and the Wests head to Essex to spend Christmas with the Shipmans, Gavin and Stacey have a startling announcement to make.

Executive Producer

The Trip to Italy

The Trip to Italy · 2014

The Trip to Italy

MovieComedyDrama

Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern England, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.

Executive Producer

Dancer

MovieDocumentary

Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.

Executive Producer

The Mighty Boosh: Making Boosh 3

The Mighty Boosh: Making Boosh 3 · 2008

The Mighty Boosh: Making Boosh 3

MovieComedyDocumentary

A documentary on the production of series three of The Mighty Boosh.

Executive Producer

The Trip

The Trip · 2011

MovieComedyDrama

When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

Executive Producer

The Shuttleworths

The Shuttleworths · 2015

The Shuttleworths

MovieAnimationComedy

Versatile singer/song-writer John Shuttleworth struggles to balance semi-professional obligations - a gig at a care home - with domestic, namely his 25th wedding anniversary.

Executive Producer

Northern Soul

Northern Soul · 2014

MovieMusicDrama

Set in 1974, an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.

Executive Producer

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party · 2001

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

MovieComedyTV Movie

A prequel to Marion and Geoff, which captures on camcorder the fateful events at a garden party when mini-cab driver Keith's life fell apart. Friends and family have gathered for a barbecue to celebrate the career of Keith's wife Marion, who is at the party with her boss, Mr Sushimoto, and her colleague, Geoff. However, Keith's father-in-law uncovers the true extent of Marion's naked ambition, with humiliating results for Keith.

Executive Producer

Svengali

Svengali · 2013

Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…

Executive Producer

Down Terrace

Down Terrace · 2010

MovieCrimeDrama

After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down Terrace aren't feeling terribly trusting of one another. It might look like an ordinary house, but at Down Terrace, the walls are closing in..

Executive Producer

AD/BC: A Rock Opera

AD/BC: A Rock Opera · 2004

AD/BC: A Rock Opera

MovieComedyMusic

An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper. Despairing after a bad year, he contemplates suicide but his attempt is stalled by a voice from above who points out that King Herod is coming to town.

Executive Producer

The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space

The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space · 2008

The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space

MovieComedyDocumentary

Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt tell the story behind The Mighty Boosh in their own words. They visit locations key to their past, including the comedy club where they first performed and the studio where the radio show was recorded, which is now an organic supermarket. Featuring interviews with Stewart Lee, Danny Wallace, Lee Mack, Steve Coogan, Russell Brand, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Jo Whiley, Lenny Henry, Kasabian and The Horrors as well as never before seen photos and home movies from the boys themselves.

Executive Producer

Coogan's Runner

Coogan's Runner · 2003

Coogan's Runner

MovieDocumentary

Video diary from behind the scenes of 2002's "Cruise of the Gods."

Executive Producer

Steve Coogan - Live As Alan Partridge And Other Less Successful Characters

Steve Coogan - Live As Alan Partridge And Other Less Successful Characters · 2009

Steve Coogan - Live As Alan Partridge And Other Less Successful Characters

There comes a time in every man's life when he must end his ten year hiatus from live performance and embark on his 86 date sell out tour. For Steve Coogan that time came in October 2009. Armed with nothing more than a hire car, a Little Chef loyalty card and a support staff of 35, Coogan criss-crossed the nation, reintroducing us to some of his best-loved characters.

Writer

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys · 2003

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys

MovieComedyHistory

The Private Life of Samuel Pepys is a 2003 British comedy television film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon and Nathaniel Parker. It portrayed the historical diarist Samuel Pepys. It was aired on BBC2 on 16 December 2003, drawing an audience of 2.9 million viewers.

Executive Producer

Uncle Wormsley's Christmas

Uncle Wormsley's Christmas · 2012

Uncle Wormsley's Christmas

MovieTV MovieAnimation

Uncle Wormsley is a grey, decaying old man with cobweb-like hair and rotten fingernails. A lone figure who keeps himself to himself, Wormsley's only friend is a monstrous crab called Crabsley, who lives in a dungeon under his house.

Executive Producer

Paul Calf's Video Diary

Paul Calf's Video Diary · 1993

Paul Calf's Video Diary

MovieComedyTV Movie

Lager lout and philosopher Paul Calf records his video diary over New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Accompanied by his friends Fat Bob and Roland and his sister Pauline, he staggers through two days of drinking, fighting and failed sex, in desperate pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, Julie.

Writer

Cruise of the Gods

Cruise of the Gods · 2002

Cruise of the Gods

MovieComedyDrama

Andy Van Allen, former hero of the cult 80s futuristic TV show Children of Castor, is now working as a hotel porter. When Andy receives an unusual offer - the Children of Castor fan club-organised cruise around the Greek islands, with him as the principal celebrity - a combination of Andy's cynicism, his fans' adoration, a misguided sexual encounter and an unexpected reunion with his more famous co-star, Nick Lee, ensure the paradise cruise is far from plain sailing.

Executive Producer

Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf · 1988

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

Executive Producer

Ideal

Sitcom about a small-time dope dealer and his strange collection of acquaintances.

Executive Producer

The Mighty Boosh

The Mighty Boosh · 2004

The Mighty Boosh

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

A British comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short acappella songs which are present throughout all three series.

Producer

Gavin & Stacey

Gavin & Stacey · 2007

SeriesComedyDrama

Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love - bringing their friends, family and baggage with them.

Producer

The Royle Family

The Royle Family · 1998

The Royle Family

The Royle Family is a British sitcom created by Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, and produced by Granada Television for BBC Two (series 1) and BBC One (series 2 and 3). It centres on the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, comprising lazy patriarch Jim, his hard-working wife Barbara, their entitled daughter Denise, their put-upon son Antony, and Denise's lad fiancé–later husband–David.

Writer

Nighty Night

Nighty Night · 2004

Jill Tyrell is a narcissistic sociopath who manages a beauty parlour alongside her moronic, asthmatic assistant Linda. When Jill learns that her husband has cancer, she uses this fact to manipulate new neighbour Cathy Cole, a wheelchair user with multiple sclerosis whose husband Don, a womanising doctor, Jill has become obsessed with.

Executive Producer

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge · 2010

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

Famous DJ Alan Partridge gives us an insight into what happens behind the microphone at North Norfolk digital radio.

Producer

Sensitive Skin

Sensitive Skin · 2005

Bittersweet comedy about a 61-year-old former model trying to cope with life in London.

Executive Producer

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible · 2001

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible is a satirical British comedy-horror anthology series created by Graham Duff, who co-wrote the series with Steve Coogan. Spoofing the British horror films of Amicus, Hammer, and Tigon, the title parodies Amicus' 1965 anthology film Dr Terror's House of Horrors. Coogan presents each episode as the titular Dr Terrible, and plays the lead in each story.

Executive Producer

The Shadow Line

The Shadow Line · 2011

The Shadow Line

SeriesCrimeDrama

A murder is investigated by both sides of the line, cops and criminals, using opposing methods. But the real line is the morality within each person and how far they will go before they cross it.

Producer

Brain Candy

Brain Candy · 2003

Fast moving stand up from up-and-coming comedians, recorded on location in and around London.

Executive Producer

Marion and Geoff

Marion and Geoff · 2000

Marion and Geoff

SeriesComedyDrama

Keith Barret, a taxi driver, is estranged from his wife, Marion, and children, Rhys and Alun. Although it's clear the separation is having a devastating effect on him, he's determined - to the point of near insanity - to remain positive.

Associate Producer

Coogan's Run

Coogan's Run · 1995

Coogan's Run is a 1995 British anthology comedy programme created by and starring Steve Coogan as a series of odd characters residing in the fictional town of Ottle. The series consists of six self-contained stories, although Coogan's characters from the other episodes make occasional cameo appearances.

Writer

Home Time

Home Time · 2009

SeriesComedyDrama

Gaynor Jacks, aged 29, returns to her mum and dad's house in Coventry after running off to find her place in the big wide world when she was 17-years-old.

Producer

Lost In France

Lost In France · 1998

SeriesComedyDrama

This brief series (12 episodes of 10 or 15 minutes each screened over a three week period) followed the adventures of a family pursuing the English football team around France during the World Cup. The series was written during filming to acknowledge the success or failure of the team in the competition.

Writer

Camping

Camping · 2016

Follow the events of a week’s holiday where a group of old friends meet to celebrate one of their landmark birthdays. But as the days unfold, tensions and emotions start to rise…

Executive Producer