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

New showreel – now online!

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 🙂

Turns out I’ve been pretty busy the last few years. Do take a look, and if you know of … Read the rest

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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Oh Little Town of Pokémon, they call the Rising Sun

in Uncategorized on 03/05/13

Here’s a fun thing for a Tuesday luncthime… a couple of weeks ago I got together with ludicrously talented Jay Foreman (funny/heartbreaking songs here) and ever-inventive Tom Scott (Google Glass parody ad here) to do a one-take mashup of every song we could think of in Common Metre. Or Common Meter, if you’re using the less Common US spelling.

What’s Common Metre? Watch the video!

Or put another way, if you’ve ever wondered what Amazing Grace sounds like sung to the Pokémon theme, or the tune of Oh Susannah with the lyrics of House of the Rising Sun, we’ve answered all your questions in a single video.… Read the rest