The Power of Parker explained

Genre:Sitcom
Creator:Paul Coleman
Sian Gibson
Director:Joseph Roberts
Andrew Chaplin
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:6
Producer:Gill Isles
Runtime:29 minutes
Network:BBC One
Last Aired:present

The Power of Parker is a British television comedy series. Created and written by Sian Gibson and Paul Coleman, and starring Conleth Hill as businessman Martin Parker in Stockport in 1990, trying to juggle his debts, his wife, and his mistress. Gibson also stars, along with Rosie Cavaliero. The series aired weekly on BBC One from 28 July 2023, with all six episodes released on the same day on BBC iPlayer. The series was released on DVD on 4 September 2023. It was renewed for a second series in May 2024.[1]

Synopsis

In Stockport, 1990, Martin Parker (Hill) has a complicated life with personal issues and business debts but things could get worse if his mistress Kath (Gibson) and wife Diane (Cavaliero) team up to bring him down.[2]

Cast

Production

The series is written by Paul Coleman and Sian Gibson. Coleman came up with the idea and asked Gibson to write with him. It is set in Stockport, near Manchester, in 1990. Gibson was in Manchester as a student in the 1990s. Cavaliero also studied in Manchester. Lead actor Hill was also in Manchester in 1990, filming the TV show Medics.[3] [4] Gibson has described the series as a “suburban Fatal Attraction.[5] The show was commissioned in 2022 under the title Undoing Martin Parker and was filmed in Stockport in early 2023.[6]

Broadcast

The series first aired on 28 July 2023 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.[7]

Reception

Lucy Mangan in The Guardian wrote: "this comedy-drama wishes it was a Victoria Wood show".[8] Rachel Cooke in the New Statesman described it as “comic perfection”, but that with its 1990 setting and jokes about “Anneka Rice and Juliet Bravo”, it may be “only half comprehensible to anyone under 45”.[9] The Newspaper i described how the show’s “costume designers have had a ball with some truly horribly 1990s fashions.”[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Power of Parker to return for Series 2. 23 May 2024. British Comedy Guide. 23 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Car Share's Sian Gibson stars in first look at BBC's The Power of Parker. Radio Times. 28 July 2023. Abby. Robinson. 27 July 2023.
  3. Web site: NI actor Conleth Hill back in business with Sian Gibson in new show. Belfast Telegraph. 23 July 2023. 25 July 2023.
  4. Web site: The Power of Parker's cast reveal all about the "suspenseful, awkward, funny, sad and engrossing" new series. BBC.com. 28 July 2023. 17 July 2023.
  5. Web site: The Daily Telegraph. 28 July 2023. Sian Gibson interview: 'I've become addicted to clairvoyants. It's like therapy'. Helen. Brown. 28 July 2023.
  6. Web site: BBC Comedy commissions Undoing Martin Parker from Bafta Award-winning writers Paul Coleman and Sian Gibson .
  7. Web site: Mold's Sian Gibson to star in BBC's 'The Power of Parker'. Leader Live. 25 July 2023. 22 July 2023. Calum. Snell.
  8. News: Mangan . Lucy . Lucy Mangan . The Power of Parker review – this comedy-drama wishes it was a Victoria Wood show . 30 July 2023 . The Guardian . 28 July 2023.
  9. Web site: The Power of Parker captures the particular quirks of Nineties northern England. 26 July 2023. 28 July 2023. New Statesman. Rachel. Cooke.
  10. Web site: What's on TV this weekend: new BBC sitcom The Power of Parker takes us back to 1990s Stockport. inews.co.uk. 28 July 2023. 28 July 2023. Gerard. Gilbert. Ben. Walsh.

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