Nick Helm
- 43 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, stand-up comedian, musical comedian and poet
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Opinion: Comedy - as long as the price is right
I went to Angel Comedy Club in Islington last Thursday night because I'd heard Nick Helm was on. I didn't arrange to be on the guest list, I just turned up as a punter. And like a punter I was turned away because the gig was full.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2015The second series of the dark comedy charting the misadventures of downtrodden muso Andy (Nick Helm) and highly strung nephew Errol (Elliot Speller-Gillott) reaches its penultimate episode. Still unemployed and desperate for rent money, Andy does the logical thing and tries to worm his way into the will of dying Uncle Frank (Keith Allen). Sadly their reunion doesn't go to plan, as his abrasive relative wises up to his scheming. Could an appearance from Frank's estranged daughter bring the brood back together?
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 10th March 2015Review: Funny Valentines - Nick Helm: Elephant
Nick Helm's deceptively ambitious short feels more like a rough draft for a full-length indie film rather than a TV sketch.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th February 2015Nick Helm interview
Nick Helm talks about the return of Uncle - and why there's a lot of s**t on telly...
Frances Taylor, Digital Spy, 10th February 2015Carpet salesman and wannabe musician Andy (Nick Helm) has songwriter's block. He also has a restraining order to prevent any contact with his nephew after last series's inadvertent ecstasy consumption. But considering this is a sitcom centred on slacker Andy and nervy nephew Errol's unlikely friendship, this series two opener sees it continue regardless, the 13-year-old secretly visiting his uncle and helping him write one of the comedy musical numbers that usually punctuate the plot.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 10th February 2015Nick Helm's favourite TV
The star of BBC Three's Uncle on his love of cookery show Primal Grill and why he finds The Young Ones traumatic.
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 10th February 2015Nick Helm: I dispense advice to my young co-star
"When I am dead I hope he might say that Nick had some really interesting things to say about fame"
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 10th February 2015BBC announces iPlayer Valentine's comedies
The BBC has announced a set of 9 new iPlayer comedy programmes to mark Valentine's Day 2015. Contributors include Sara Pascoe, Roy Clarke, Nick Helm, Modern Toss and Bill Bailey.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd January 2015Nick Helm interview
Nick Helm has just come to the end of an insanely busy year, with two television shows, 'a greatest hits' Edinburgh show and, finally, a two-week run of a new Christmas show in London - all bookended by two Best Breakthrough awards. After a fantastic, if difficult, show on Black Eye Friday, I asked him some questions which he answered at unexpected length.
Molly Stewart, Giggle Beats, 5th January 2015Nick Helm review
Helm's festive outing is painful, self-pitying and aggressive, but the musical numbers provide structure and pace.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th December 2014