Henry Normal is an award-winning writer, poet, TV and film producer, as well as 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 his many services to television. Since retiring in 2016, he has written and performed four BBC Radio 4 shows: A Normal Family, A Normal Life, A Normal Love and A Normal Imagination, combining comedy, poetry and stories about bringing up his autistic son.