The Power Of Parker - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide

TV sitcom
BBC One
2023 - 2025
12 episodes (2 series)

Comedy about a self-made man struggling to keep his head above water as the 1980s turn into the 1990s. Stars Conleth Hill, Rosie Cavaliero, Sian Gibson, George Costigan, Sheila Reid and more.

Continues on Friday on BBC1 at 9:30pm with Series 2, Episode 4
Catch-up on Series 2, Episode 3

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The Power Of Parker. Image shows left to right: Diane Parker (Rosie Cavaliero), Martin Parker (Conleth Hill), Kath (Sian Gibson)

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

2023 - 2025

Channel

BBC One

Episodes

12 (2 series)

Stars

Conleth Hill, Rosie Cavaliero, Sian Gibson, George Costigan, Sheila Reid, Rhiannon Clements, Abby Vicky-Russell, Steve Pemberton and more

Writers

Sian Gibson and Paul Coleman

Director

Joe Roberts

Producers

Gill Isles, Kate Daughton, Tanya Qureshi, Paul Coleman, Sian Gibson, Fahima Chowdhury, Rosie Cavaliero and Conleth Hill

Companies

Sitcom set in 1990. Martin Parker is a self-made impresario with the ambition of Alan Sugar and the swagger of Robert Kilroy Silk. A man with a chain of electrical stores bearing his name, he seems to have it all. But the truth is, times are changing. He's swimming in debt, his complicated private life is catching up with him and he's starting to lose his power.

The Power Of Parker plots his downfall at the hands of all those he's screwing over with his lust for money, sex and success. Including wife Diane, father-in-law Dougie, mobile hairdresser Kath and Kath's best mate Gladys.