Henry Naylor
| Henry Naylor | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Henry James Naylor |
| Born | 19 January 1966 |
| Genres | Satire |
| Notable works and roles |
Spitting Image Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections Headcases |
Henry Naylor (born 19 January 1966) is a British comedy writer, director and performer, best known for his work with comedy partner Andy Parsons in Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections.[1]
He was head writer for Spitting Image, and has written for many shows including, Smith & Jones, Dead Ringers and Alistair McGowan's Big Impression.
With Parsons, he has performed satirical shows in live venues in Australia and as part of the Edinburgh Fringe. Parsons and Naylor’s Pull-Out Sections broadcast its ninth season on BBC Radio 2 during Spring 2007. A compilation CD was released in 2003. The duo also set up London's first ever comedy sketch club TBA, at the Gate Theatre in the nineties, and in the process helped discover many of Britain's leading sketch performers including Armstrong and Miller, Tony Gardner and the Cheese Shop.
In 2008, he created, directed and executive produced Headcases, a satirical ITV show very similar to Spitting Image, but made with CGI rather than puppets.[2] The show won numerous prestigious TV awards - including the RTS for Design and Innovation, and the C21 Award for Best New Sketch Show at Cannes' Mipcom - and was nominated for Best New Programme in the Broadcast Awards.
His face is also known for playing Rowan Atkinson's sidekick 'Bough' in a series of 17 commercials for Barclaycard. He reprised the role in early publicity for Johnny English, but the role was taken over by Ben Miller.
In 2003 he was in the news for throwing a full English breakfast at David Blaine during his Above the Below stunt on the south bank of the River Thames in London.
Plays
Naylor has written and directed plays for the Edinburgh Fringe, usually playing in The Gilded Balloon Teviot Wine Bar. Finding Bin Laden (2003) was a satire about the media's representation of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, which also featured co-producer Sam Maynard's documentary photography.[3] Naylor has adapted it for the big screen; Hard News was scheduled to be produced in summer 2005.
Hunting Diana, his 2004 Fringe offering, was about conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.[4]
In 2007 he directed Sarah Kendall's Fringe show My Very First Kidnapping.
| Cultural offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Roland Kenyon |
Footlights President 1989–1990 |
Succeeded by Sue Perkins |
References
- ↑ Dessau, Bruce (April 5, 2008). "ITV's satire show Headcases to be more than Spitting Images lookalike". London: The Times. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ↑ "A Spitting Image for the digital age : News 2007 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ Finding Bin Laden review
- ↑ The Scotsman Hunting Diana review