''Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections'' was a
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...
satirical comedy show starring
Andy Parsons
Andrew John Parsons (born 30 November 1966) is an English comedian and writer. He regularly appeared on ''Mock the Week'' from Series 3 to Series 14. With comedy partner Henry Naylor, he has written and presented nine series of ''Parsons and Na ...
and
Henry Naylor
Henry James Naylor (born 19 January 1966) is a British comedy writer, director and performer. He is also a playwright.
Early life
Naylor read history and history of art at Downing College, Cambridge.
Career
Naylor was head writer for ''Spitt ...
. It also stars
Richie Webb
Richie Webb is a British comedy writer, actor and composer. He was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School.
He is a composer of music for television – often with partner music producer Matt Katz – contributing to many comedy, entertainment ...
, and one female "special guest".
Female guests included
Lucy Porter
Lucy Donna Porter (born 27 January 1973) is an English actress, writer and comedian. She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Brighton Festival and many clubs around Britain. She is also a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 in various panel sh ...
,
Jo Caulfield
Josephine Caulfield (born 26 September 1965) is a British actress, writer and comedian.
Biography
Born in Wales to Irish parents, she was brought up in Derbyshire and Leicestershire, England.
At 17, Caulfield moved to London. For two years sh ...
,
Julia Morris
Julia Carolyn Margaret Morris (born 20 April 1968) is an Australian comedian, television presenter and actress who has worked extensively in Australian television and radio, touring the country with her solo comedy shows. She relocated to the Un ...
,
Sarah Kendall
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,
Kitty Flanagan
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,
Nina Conti
Nina Margarita Conti (born 25 August 1973) is a British actress, comedian, and ventriloquist.
Early life
Conti was born and raised in Hampstead, London, the daughter of actors Tom Conti and Kara Wilson. She attended King Alfred School, Londo ...
,
Geraldine McNulty
Geraldine McNulty is an English stage and television actress.
She has played the character of Mrs Raven in '' My Hero'', and had guest appearances in ''Neverwhere'', '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'', ''The Vicar of Dibley'', ''The Smoking Room'' and ''Th ...
and
Nina Wadia.
Most shows were recorded at
The Drill Hall in
London
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, although some were recorded at the
Pleasance during the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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. Some of series eight and one show of series nine was 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
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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
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.
Transmission dates and special guests
This table lists the dates of the original Thursday evening BBC Radio 2 transmissions, along with the special guests.
There were also New Year Specials on 3 January 2002 and 27 December 2002, and a
Christmas special on 25 December 2003.
*: Recorded at the
Pleasance Theatre during the
Edinburgh Fringe.
*: Recorded at the University of London Union (Malet Street, London. WC1).
*: 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
CD one
#Introduction
#News
Imagine a world - live in the Middle East
#Bigotry
#Football
#Culture
In a nutshell - Shakespear Play
#Home Affairs
#Society
#Bank Holidays
In a nutshell - Interview with a Royal nutter
#Music
#Lifestyle
#Introduction
#News
#Media
#Living
#Christmas
#Education
#Sport
#Music
#Animals
CD two
#Introduction
#News
#Society
#Travel
#Sport
#Lifestyle
#Culture
#Music
#News Review
#Introduction
#News
#Society
#Travel
#Culture
#Sport
#Hollywood
#Lifestyle
#Music
#Top 20
#News Review
References
External links
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BBC Writer's Room{dead link, date=December 2016 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
2003 interview
BBC Writers Room
BBC Radio comedy programmes
2001 radio programme debuts
BBC Radio 2 programmes