Andy Parsons is an English stand-up comedian and writer, known as a regular panellist on Mock The Week from series 3 to series 14, and for writing the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Scrooby Trevithick.
Biography
Andy Parsons is an English stand-up comedian and writer, known as a regular panellist on Mock The Week from series 3 to series 14.
Along with comedy partner Henry Naylor, he has written and presented nine series of Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections for BBC Radio 2.
Born in Weymouth, Dorset, Parsons was educated at Parc Eglos Primary School, Helston Comprehensive School, an Churston Ferrers Grammar School, before reading Law at Christ's College, Cambridge. It was here that he met Henry Naylor and eventually formed a double act, touring twice with the National Student Theatre Company and once with the successful Cambridge comedy group the Footlights.
After graduation, Parsons initially worked as a legal clerk on a case at the Greenock shipyards, which he has described as "the most tedious thing I'd ever done." Thankfully for the comedy world, he elected to change approach and soon established TBA, London's first ever sketch comedy club.
Parsons began his career as a writer on ITV's puppet-based satirical comedy show Spitting Image, and soon he was making guest appearances on shows such as They Think It's All Over, QI, and Fighting Talk, on BBC Radio 5 Live. From 2005 to [/y]2015[/y] he was a regular panellist on Mock The Week, missing only five episodes in total.
An accomplished stand-up performer, Parsons won the Time Out Comedy Award in 2002, and has toured the UK on numerous occasions.
From 2008 to 2010 Parsons wrote and recorded his own BBC Radio 4 sitcom entitled Scrooby Trevithick. It is based on at the well-meaning but desperately flawed and hapless Scrooby, who tries to better himself through his own website, where he's left a number of web diaries.
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- England
- Born
- Monday 3rd April 1967 (53 years-old)
Contact
Known for
Credits
Year | Production | Role |
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2020 | Southport Comedy Festival | Self |
2020 | Live At The Apollo - The One About...
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Guest |
2020 | The News Quiz - Series 102 | Guest |
2020 | Leicester Comedy Festival | Self |
2019 | Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation | Self |
2019 | Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz | Team Captain |
2017 | Andy Parsons: Peak Bullsh*t | Self |
2017 | The News Quiz - Series 92 | Guest |
2016 | It's Not What You Know - Series 4
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Guest |
2015 | Mock The Week - Series 14 | Regular Panellist |
2014 | The Football's On - Series 2
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Guest |
2014 | Mock The Week - Series 13 | Regular Panellist |
2014 | The Football's On - Series 1
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Guest |
2014 | Andy Parsons: Slacktivist | Host / Presenter |
2014 | Andy Parsons: Slacktivist | Writer |
2013 | Mock The Week - Series 12 | Regular Panellist |
2013 | The Matt Lucas Awards - Series 2
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Guest |
2013 | Mock The Week Looks Back At... | Self (Archive Material) |
2013 | Fighting Talk - Series 10 | Guest |
2012 | Andy Parsons Gruntled Live | Host / Presenter |
2012 | Comedy World Cup
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Team Captain |
2012 | Mock The Week - Series 11 | Regular Panellist |
2012 | Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask - Series 1
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Guest |
2011 | Live At The Apollo - Series 7 | Host / Presenter |
2011 | What's So Funny? - Series 2
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Guest |
2011 | Andy Parsons: Gruntled | Self |
2011 | Mock The Week - Series 10 | Regular Panellist |
2011 | 24 Hour Panel People | Guest |
2011 | It's Your Round - Series 1
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Guest |
2010 | No Angel | Policeman |
2010 | Andy Parsons - Britain's Got Idiots | Host / Presenter |
2010 | Andy Parsons - Britain's Got Idiots | Writer |
2010 | Fighting Talk - Series 8 | Guest |
2010 | Mock The Week - Series 9 | Regular Panellist |
2010 | Never Write Off The Germans | Team Captain |
2010 | Fighting Talk - Series 7 | Guest |
2010 | Channel 4's Comedy Gala | Guest |
2010 | Scrooby Trevithick - Series 2 | Scrooby Trevithick |
2010 | Scrooby Trevithick - Series 2 | Writer |
2010 | Mock The Week - Series 8 | Regular Panellist |
2009 | The News Quiz - Series 69 | Guest |
2009 | I Guess That's Why They Call It The News
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Guest |
2009 | Mock The Week - Series 7 | Regular Panellist |
2009 | Does The Team Think... - Series 2
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Guest |
2009 | Live At The Apollo - Series 4 | Guest |
2009 | The PMQ Show | Host / Presenter |
2008 | Argumental - Series 1
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Guest |
2008 | Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 5 | Guest |
2008 | Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive - Series 4
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Guest |
2008 | Mock The Week - Series 6 | Regular Panellist |
2008 | Scrooby Trevithick - Series 1 | Scrooby Trevithick |
2008 | Scrooby Trevithick - Series 1 | Narrator |
2008 | Scrooby Trevithick - Series 1 | Writer |
2008 | Scrooby Trevithick - Series 1 | Producer |
2008 | Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 4 | Guest |
2007 | Mock The Week - Series 5 | Regular Panellist |
2007 | Does The Team Think... - Series 1
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Guest |
2007 | Political Animal - Series 1
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Guest |
2007 | Mock The Week - Series 4 | Regular Panellist |
2006 | QI - Series D
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Guest |
2006 | Mock The Week - Series 3 | Regular Panellist |
2006 | Mock The Week - Series 2 | Guest |
2005 | The News Quiz - Series 58 | Guest |
2005 | Mock The Week - Series 1 | Guest |
2004 | Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 3 | Guest |
1994 | The Detectives - Series 2
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Armed Officer |
Non-comedy TV and film credits might be found here:
Andy Parsons on IMDb