Helen Keen is an award-winning performer and popular-science writer and presenter. A regular, distinctive voice on BBC Radio 4, her debut show, It Is Rocket Science, won numerous accolades.
Helen's innovative and quirky approach to matters factual has enjoyed rave reviews from critics and the public alike. Some career highlights include compering the first live comedy night at CERN, touring with Brian Cox and Robin Ince, having an episode of National Geographic's StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson devoted to her work on pop culture and science.
Helen has appeared on the Science and Spin episode of BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage again with Brian Cox and Robin Ince. Helen launched a new podcast in 2025, Future Tense, on Audible together with Warwick Davis and Richard Ayoade, with a mix of science and comedy.
She was appointed as an Innovation Fellow by WIRED magazine in recognition of her original, influential blend of science and comedy.
