The Power of Parker

2023, Show

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.

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Season 1

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6.7

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6.7

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Critic Season 1 Sharon Lougher

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...a saucy, super-charged nostalgia trip.

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Critic Season 1 Abby Robinson

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Car Share's Sian Gibson is out for revenge.

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Critic Season 1 Lucy Mangan

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...this comedy-drama wishes it was a Victoria Wood show.

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In the sleepy town of Stockport, 1990, Martin Parker is living large as a wannabe business guru with a successful chain of electrical stores, a beautiful wife, kids, and a flashy car. But beneath the façade, his life is crumbling under the weight of debt and deceit. His two women, Kath and Diane, are fed up with his antics and join forces to bring him down. It's a comedy of errors as Martin's perfect life unravels in the most unexpected ways.

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