The People behind the Podcast
Fat Lot of Good - The Presenter
Helen Thorn
Helen Thorn is a stand-up comedian, writer and author and is one-half of comedy double act Scummy Mummies. Together with fellow mum Ellie Gibson, she co-hosts the UK’s number one parenting podcast, which has now topped 2 million downloads. They perform live comedy shows to sold-out audiences around the country and their first book, Scummy Mummies, was published in March 2017. The podcast was nominated for Best Comedy Podcast at the 2017 British Podcast Awards and Best Talk Show: Health/Lifestyle in the 2017 Online Radio Awards. The podcast has been recommended by The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, BBC Radio 4, Woman’s Hour and Metro.
Helen host a popular fashion account on Instagram called Helen Wears a Size 18 - @helenwearsasize18. She is passionate about body confidence, diversity in fashion and having fun in the very serious world of clothes.
Television appearances have included The Today Show , Sunrise Weekend and The Morning Show in Australia and Good Morning Britain and Lorraine in the UK. In January 2017, the Scummy Mummies were hosts for NOW TV’s Facebook Live page for the National Television Awards. Helen has regularly appeared on Woman’s Hour, along with Radio 5 Live and BBC London.
Helen has written about parenting, body image and other subjects for publications including The Telegraph, Glamour Magazine, Smallish Magazine and Metro. Corporate work includes hosting events for English Heritage, The Baby Show, Channel Mum at YouTube and Mumsnet. The Scummy Mummies have also worked with high profile clients such as Kleenex, BirdsEye, McCain and Hello Fresh on their social media campaigns.
Fat Lot of Good - The Producer
Maddie Hickish
Maddie Hickish is an accomplished audio producer. Credits include Woman’s Hour and Unreliable Evidence with Clive
Anderson on BBC R4, the Gaming Show for BBC R1 and numerous documentaries and comedy series for the BBC and
Audible. For several years she produced the Pleasance Comedy Podcast from the Edinburgh Fringe and she currently
produces Sarah Millican’s live Standard Issue podcast, with previous guests including Jennifer Saunders, Nigella Lawson,
Katherine Ryan and Olivia Colman. Maddie's most recent project is What Do I Do, a 10-part interview series for Audible,
in which olympian Dame Kelly Holmes spoke to high-profile guests such as Jon Ronson, Davina McCall and Eddie Izzard.
Fat Lot of Good - The Presenter
Helen Thorn
Helen Thorn is a stand-up comedian, writer and author and is one-half of comedy double act Scummy Mummies. Together with fellow mum Ellie Gibson, she co-hosts the UK’s number one parenting podcast, which has now topped 2 million downloads. They perform live comedy shows to sold-out audiences around the country and their first book, Scummy Mummies, was published in March 2017. The podcast was nominated for Best Comedy Podcast at the 2017 British Podcast Awards and Best Talk Show: Health/Lifestyle in the 2017 Online Radio Awards. The podcast has been recommended by The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, BBC Radio 4, Woman’s Hour and Metro.
Helen host a popular fashion account on Instagram called Helen Wears a Size 18 - @helenwearsasize18. She is passionate about body confidence, diversity in fashion and having fun in the very serious world of clothes.
Television appearances have included The Today Show , Sunrise Weekend and The Morning Show in Australia and Good Morning Britain and Lorraine in the UK. In January 2017, the Scummy Mummies were hosts for NOW TV’s Facebook Live page for the National Television Awards. Helen has regularly appeared on Woman’s Hour, along with Radio 5 Live and BBC London.
Helen has written about parenting, body image and other subjects for publications including The Telegraph, Glamour Magazine, Smallish Magazine and Metro. Corporate work includes hosting events for English Heritage, The Baby Show, Channel Mum at YouTube and Mumsnet. The Scummy Mummies have also worked with high profile clients such as Kleenex, BirdsEye, McCain and Hello Fresh on their social media campaigns.
Fat Lot of Good - The Producer
Maddie Hickish
Maddie Hickish is an accomplished audio producer. Credits include Woman’s Hour and Unreliable Evidence with Clive
Anderson on BBC R4, the Gaming Show for BBC R1 and numerous documentaries and comedy series for the BBC and
Audible. For several years she produced the Pleasance Comedy Podcast from the Edinburgh Fringe and she currently
produces Sarah Millican’s live Standard Issue podcast, with previous guests including Jennifer Saunders, Nigella Lawson,
Katherine Ryan and Olivia Colman. Maddie's most recent project is What Do I Do, a 10-part interview series for Audible,
in which olympian Dame Kelly Holmes spoke to high-profile guests such as Jon Ronson, Davina McCall and Eddie Izzard.
