Helen Arney – Page 17 – Comedian. Writer. Presenter. Geek Songstress

On 5 Live today, and on US Discovery Channel every Saturday

Some news for today… if you’re listening to 5 live between 3pm and 4pm today you’ll hear me and biologist/author/fellow science cheerleader Adam Rutherford on Richard Bacon’s afternoon show. We’re discussing this week’s science news and taking questions from the public – tune in here or listen again for the next 7 days on the same link.

Also, if you’re in the US or Canada, you can finally see my Discovery Channel show where we look at the science behind crazy YouTube stunts… in the UK it’s called You Have Been Warned, but in the US they call it Outrageous Acts of Science – ha, those Americans! It’s on Saturday nights at 10pm on the Science Channel.

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New showreel – now online!

in Uncategorized on 04/29/13

During April I spent a couple of fun*-filled weekends creating a showreel – click here to take a look!

It has a whole heap of TV, radio, voiceover, youtube and live stuff that I’ve done over the last few years. There’s everything from a BBC 2 series about computers to a Channel 4 piece about how I celebrate christmas, a science-comedy feature for Norwegian TV, some funny stuff I did on Radio 3, and my voice in a Tim Key comedy documentary about famous first lines for Radio 4. Oh, and Spoken Nerd live on stage at the Hammermsith Apollo 🙂

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Top of the Baroque this Friday!

in Uncategorized on 03/12/13

I’ve just sent out a newsletter (it’s been a while!) with details of this Friday’s fun on BBC Radio 3. Yes, my former employer have got me back as their pet comedian for the day to help out with Comic Relief – it’s been a heap of fun.

I’m live on the station between 2 and 4.30 on 15th March, giving a comedian’s take on some of the more ridiculous features of the Baroque era. The operas! wigs! The pox! The viola pomposa! Listen live or listen on iPlayer afterwards.

During the rest of the day you’ll hear some other bits and pieces written by me and James Sherwood, designed to make you donate your cash and choose one piece

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