Arabella rose to fame in The Fast Show asking “Does my bum look big in this?” which she wrote as well as performed, but did you know about her musical based on the life of Tina Turner? Hear a clip of that and various radio, TV and film scripts she penned that didn’t get the go ahead…. yet.
This episode contains strong language.
Cast: Rachel Atkins, Beth Chalmers, Leah Marks, Chris Pavlo, Nigel Pilkington and Keith Wickham.
OFFCUTS:
- 03’11’’ – Does My Bum Look Big In This?; scene from a stage play, 2001
- 13’57’’ – English Life; pilot for a radio comedy series, 2010
- 23’50’’ – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; pilot for a TV sitcom , 2008
- 32’09’’ – River Deep, Mountain High; treatment for a Tina Turner stage musical, 2004
- 39’55’’ – Stupid Cupid; script for a film adaptation, 2005
Arabella is an actress, author and presenter. She is best known as one of the stars of the award winning TV sketch show The Fast Show, which enjoyed five series on BBC2. Her numerous television credits include Two Doors Down, recently commissioned for a fifth series by BBC2, as well as Pure, Drifters, Doctor Who, Skins, Taking Over the Asylum, and Traffik.
While still working as an actress she wrote best-selling books. The first was Does My Bum Look Big In This? The Diary of an Insecure Woman, then Onwards and Upwards and Stupid Cupid. She later published an autobiography: The Real Me Is Thin. She’s also written a trilogy for teenagers, and co-wrote the comedy Posh Nosh for the BBC, starring in it alongside Richard E Grant. Later this year she’s back on tour with her one-woman show Does My Mum Loom Big In This.
More about Arabella Weir:
- Twitter: @ArabellaWeir
- Instagram: @ArabellaWeir
- Buy tickets for Arabella’s one-woman show: Arabella Weir “Does My Mum Loom Big In This”
