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Genre
  
sketch show

Country
  
United Kingdom

Home station
  
BBC Radio 2

Running time
  
30 mins

Language(s)
  
English

Starring
  
Andy Parsons Henry Naylor Richie Webb

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".

Contents

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 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 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 are 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.

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;

    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

    References

    Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections Wikipedia