Comedy about a self-made man struggling to keep his head above water as the 1980s turn into the 1990s. Martin Parker has the ambition of Alan Sugar and the swagger of Robert Kilroy Silk. With a chain of electrical stores bearing his name, he seems to have it all. However the truth is he swimming in debt, his complicated private life is catching up with him and he's starting to lose his power.

It's Stockport 1990 and Martin Parker, a man with the ambition of Alan Sugar and the looks of Robert Kilroy Silk is slowly waking up to the fact that things are changing. With a chain of electrical stores, a wife, kids and a flash car, he has the perfect life. But in reality he's swimming in a sea of debt and lies, and it falls to the two women in his life, Kath and Diane to plot his downfall.

Kath is planning her anniversary celebrations, while Diane is worried she's not got enough cheese for the soiree she's organising for the 'French Exchange people'. Meanwhile Martin is under financial pressure and needs to make some big decisions - decisions that will end up impacting him and everyone close to him.