Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections

Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections was a BBC Radio 2 satirical comedy show starring Andy Parsons and Henry Naylor. It also stars Richie Webb, and one female "special guest".

Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections

Genre	sketch show
Running time	30 mins
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 2
Starring	Andy Parsons Henry Naylor Richie Webb
Produced by	Gareth Edwards, Katie Tyrell, Carol Smith
Recording studio	Drill Hall, London; University of London Union; Pleasance, Edinburgh
Original release	20 January 2001 – 17 March 2007
No. of series	9
Website	bbc.co.uk/parsonsandnaylor

Female guests included Lucy Porter, Jo Caulfield, Julia Morris, Sarah Kendall, Kitty Flanagan, Nina Conti, Geraldine McNulty and Nina Wadia.

Most shows were recorded at The Drill Hall in London, although some were recorded at the Pleasance during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Some of series eight and one show of series nine were recorded at the University of London Union on Malet Street.

Production for the show started on Tuesdays, when the commissioned would meet at Broadcasting House at Portland Place. The show also had an open door policy, allowing non-commissioned writers to submit unsolicited scripts. On recording days, a variety of sketches would be tested in front of the audience and developed for later inclusion in the programme.

A 'best of' compilation album was released in August 2003, and shows were often repeated on BBC7.

Transmission dates and special guests

This table lists the dates of the original Thursday evening BBC Radio 2 transmissions, along with the special guests.

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Series 1 (2001)	20 January	27 January	3 February	10 February	17 February	24 February	3 March	10 March
Series 2 (2001)	28 June	5 July	12 July	19 July	26 July	2 August	9 August1	16 August	23 August	30 August
Series 3 (2002)	18 April	25 April	2 May	9 May	16 May	23 May	30 May	6 June	13 June
Series 4 (2002)	19 September	26 September	3 October	10 October	17 October	24 October
Series 5 (2003)	24 July Jenny Eclair	31 July	7 August1 Lucy Porter	14 August1 Jo Caulfield	21 August Kitty Flanagan	28 August Sarah Kendall	4 September Nina Conti	11 September Geraldine McNulty	18 September Lucy Porter	25 September Julia Morris
Series 6 (2004)	19 February	26 February	4 March	11 March	18 March	25 March
Series 7 (2004)	9 September	16 September	23 September Jo Caulfield	30 September Nina Conti	7 October Jackie Clune	14 October Jenny Eclair
Series 8 (2005)	14 April# Lucy Porter	21 April Jackie Clune	28 April Katherine Jakeways	5 May# (Election Special) Lucy Porter	12 May	19 May	26 May
Series 9 (2007)	15 Feb Julia Morris	22 Feb Lucy Porter	1 Mar Lucy Porter	8 March Lucy Porter	17 March* Barunka O'Shaughnessy

There were also New Year Specials on 3 January 2002 and 27 December 2002, and a Christmas special on 25 December 2003.

• ^Note 1 : Recorded at the Pleasance Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe.
• ^Note # : Recorded at the University of London Union (Malet Street, London. WC1).
• ^Note * : Not broadcast on the Thursday due to Comic Relief, but was broadcast on the Saturday repeat.

Subjects

Each show is introduced with a short hit on the co-star and 'musical maestro' Richie Webb.

The main subjects would include;

• News
• Society
• Lifestyle
• Culture
• Travel
• Music
• Media
• Sport
• Bigotry
• Football

• Home Affairs
• Bank Holidays
• Living
• Christmas
• Education
• Animals
• Hollywood
• News Review
• Classified
• Fashion

 

CD track listing

Parsons and Naylor Pull-out Sections
Compilation album by Andy Parsons, Henry Naylor, and others
Released	4 August 2003
Genre	Satire
Label	BBC Audiobooks
Producer	Gareth Edwards; Katie Tyrell

CD one

1. Introduction
2. News Imagine a world - live in the Middle East
3. Bigotry
4. Football
5. Culture In a nutshell - Shakespear Play
6. Home Affairs
7. Society
8. Bank Holidays In a nutshell - Interview with a Royal nutter
9. Music
10. Lifestyle
11. Introduction
12. News
13. Media
14. Living
15. Christmas
16. Education
17. Sport
18. Music
19. Animals

CD two

1. Introduction
2. News
3. Society
4. Travel
5. Sport
6. Lifestyle
7. Culture
8. Music
9. News Review
10. Introduction
11. News
12. Society
13. Travel
14. Culture
15. Sport
16. Hollywood
17. Lifestyle
18. Music
19. Top 20
20. News Review

External links

• Official website
• BBC Writer's Room
• Doubled up: Parsons and Naylor's comedy careers 2003 interview
• BBC Writers Room