Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections

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Parsons and Naylor’s Pull-Out Sections

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

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

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 Fringe. 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 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.^[1]

The eighth series coincided with the 2005 UK General Election. A ninth series started on 15 February 2007.

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

1 CD tracklisting
- 1.1 CD one
- 1.2 CD two
2 Transmission dates and special guests
3 Subjects
4 References
5 External links

[edit] CD tracklisting

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(s)	Gareth Edwards; Katie Tyrell

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 August	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	31 July	7 August¹ Lucy Porter	14 August¹ Jo Caulfield	21 August Kitty Flanagan	28 August Sarah Kendall	4 September Nina Conti	11 September	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^* Lucy Porter

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).^[1]
Note *: Not broadcast on the Thursday due to Comic Relief, but was broadcast on the Saturday repeat.