Back in BUSINESS

CONLETH HILL on what's on the agenda for his cheating salesman

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THE POWER OF PARKER
NEW FRIDAY, 9.30PM, BBC1 COMEDY (BOX SET, BBC IPLAYER)

Dig out your shell suits and grab a can of hairspray: we're heading back to the 1990s for a new outing of BBC1's Stockport-set sitcom The Power of Parker!

The first run, which aired in 2023, saw electrical-goods salesman Martin Parker (played by Conleth Hill) frantically trying to cover his mounting debts, while his wife Diane (Rosie Cavaliero) discovered he'd been having an affair with her sister, Kath (the show's co-creator Sian Gibson). The siblings teamed up to take Martin down and gained control of his business in the series finale - only for Martin to burn it down for the insurance money.