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Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'I loved the 90s. Take me back' star of BBC comedy set ....in the 90s
Star and co-writer of BBC comedy Power of Parker simply loved the 90s. Sian Gibson is back as Kath in series 2 of the series, set in the 1990s. She said: "I loved the 90s. Take me back." In series 2, Kath, Martin and her sister Diane are all trying their best to get along. Martin (Conleth Hill) is down on his luck, Diane is running Parker's with Sandy Copper (Steve Pemberton) and Kath just wants everyone to be happy. But Kath's constant interfering changes all of their lives forever. They'll need to depend on each other now more than ever, but who do they trust? This is what Sian, the star of Car Share with Bolton's Peter Kay has to say about series 2, now showing on BBC and iPlayer Tell us where we pick up with Kath in Series 2? The series is set two years later in 1992 and Kath thinks she has exactly what she always wanted in life. She's living with Martin and finally has her man to herself, and she's also rekindled her relationship with her sister, Diane. She should be living the dream, but instead she's worried that Martin has 'lost his sparkle' now he's not the boss of his own electrical store, and she is still feeling guilty for betraying Diane. There's a power shift between Martin and Diane, and Kath feels stuck in the middle of them both. Kath thinks if she can sort out Martin and Diane's problems then everyone will be happy, and they can all live happily ever after. Unfortunately, her interfering doesn't go to plan and she manages to make everything worse, throwing them all into chaos. How has Kath's relationship with Martin and Diane changed since Series 1? Kath and Diane have put their differences behind them and are getting to know each other again and actually getting on! Kath wants to make it up to Diane for having an affair with her husband. (So yeah, she has a lot of making up to do! ) Kath has never really stood up for herself but she won't let anyone hurt her sister and will happily stand up for Diane whatever the cost. This is all much to the annoyance of Martin who hates his girlfriend being mates with his ex wife, meaning Kath is having to sneak around behind his back to see Diane. Kath and Martin are scraping a living on Kath's wage, but Kath has never been money motivated and loves that she now has Martin all to herself with their relationship now out in the open. Kath senses that Martin isn't happy with his new arrangement and does what she can to try and make him happy. Kath has always been the eternal optimist and just wants her happy ending, but the cracks are starting to show now and she is questioning her life choices and who she can trust. READ MORE: 'I'd turn the whole internet off': Star of The Power of Parker as it airs TONIGHT BBC comedy The Power of Parker recap and ending explained ahead of series 2 Everything to know as BBC comedy The Power of Parker returns for series 2 Do you have a favourite moment from filming? This is a massive cliche, but we have such an amazing cast, crew and production team that every day was such a laugh. I feel very lucky to work with such lovely people - I can't really call it work! What can we expect from Kath in this series? It's a rollercoaster for Kath in this series, she's all over the place. In her quest to put everything right for everyone else, she has a fight at a party, gets into trouble with her dad, leans on her old friends for advice and meets a blast from her past. She's got a lot going on this series! How was the writing process for this series? Did you always know you wanted to take the characters in a new direction? Paul and I love writing this series, we know each other so well and know what will make each other laugh which is usually spending our days stuck down a YouTube rabbit hole watching early 90s Top Of the Pops episodes. Knowing the characters more this time really helped, and we knew we had to raise the stakes for the characters and increase the jeopardy. We've also added some new characters, Mic and Ash, played by Diane Morgan and Navin Chowdhry who are both fabulous and take the series in a completely new direction. Do you have a favourite outfit from Series 2? Our costume team were fantastic, and all the costumes and accessories were vintage from 1992 and earlier. Kath wears a particularly fabulous red dress in one episode but let's just say there's a lot of lycra and a lot of Spanx were used in the making of this series. What were you doing in 1992? I was starting my A-Levels in 1992. The world was my oyster. I was a wannabe goth, with dyed cherry red hair, Doc Martins and an array of band t-shirts like The Cure, The Smiths and Pearl Jam. I was using fake ID to go to Indie Nights at the local nightclub but in reality, I liked nothing better than wearing sequins and dancing to show tunes in my bedroom. What's one thing from 1992 you'd like to bring to the present day? I can't name just one thing. T'Pau, Quantum Leap, Body Shop's Dewberry Oil.. I loved the 90s. Take me back.
Daily Mirror
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Phillip Schofield joke branded 'sick' as it's cut from TV show
The Power of Parker returns to the BBC this week for another hilarious series - but star and creator Sian Gibson has revealed that some '90s references had to be cut From the Queen's annus horribilis and John Major as prime minister to Depeche Mode storming the charts, The Power of Parker is taking us back to 1992 for its second series after two years off our screens. The BBC sitcom sees Conleth Hill return as down-on-his-luck businessman Martin Parker, who is out of a job after losing his electrical goods store over an affair with Kath (Sian Gibson) - the sister of his wife Diane (Rosie Cavaliero). While the series fully embraces the early Nineties, star and creator Sian admits that there are some references that had to be left in the past. 'We did have one joke about Diane saying that her ideal man was Phillip Schofield,' she says. 'But that went because it's sick isn't it?' The disgraced TV presenter, who left This Morning two years ago after an affair with a younger male co-worker, didn't get a mention in the end. However, Sian and her co-writer Paul Coleman did include a few figures who happened to make headlines this year. 'Gene Hackman - we didn't know he was going to die,' Sian says. 'And we didn't know Daley Thompson was going to be on Celebrity Big Brother.' We last saw Martin turn up on the doorstep of his mistress Kath after he was believed to have perished in a fire at his shop. Now two years on, Martin is living with now-girlfriend Kath and desperate for a job after Diane ran him out of the family business - now new and improved after the blaze. 'We left it on a cliffhanger thinking that the BBC will want to know what happens,' Sian admits. Conleth is lacing up his cowboy boots once again to play Martin - but reveals that his family weren't too impressed with the character when the first series aired. 'My older relatives didn't like him because he was an adulterer,' he shares. 'I based him on a mate of mine back home who wears cowboy boots and suits. When he doesn't, he looks like a dumpy middle-aged man but transforms in the suit and cowboy boots,' he admits. 'It's just something about the choice of 'I'm going to give myself a couple more inches' in the boots that I liked immediatley.' Martin is at 'his lowest' at the beginning of the series, but resorts to his old manipulative ways as the series progresses. 'It's just self preservation at all costs. He'll betray the woman he used to love and betray the woman he currently loves just to save his own skin,' Conleth says. 'There's something liberating about playing somebody that selfish.' Conleth wasn't the only star in dodgy Nineties fashion however, with Sian and Rosie sporting 'flammable and tight' clothing and bouffant heads of hair. 'The hair took ages,' Rosie says. 'We would get in the chair for about seven or six in the morning and then the rollers would stay in for ages.' Sian adds, 'I wore a very tight red dress and I said to Rosie at the fitting, 'I can't wear this, what can I do?' Rosie said, 'You're a comedy actress, you can't be vain.'' Meanwhile, the huge high heels proved to be dangerous for Sian. 'I slipped over for real in front of 70 supporting actors, all male over the age of 60,' she admits. 'I fell by Rosie and Steve [Pemberton's] feet. They burst out laughing. It went right up my coccyx to my head. Everyone tried to act concerned. All day, all these old men kept asking if I was OK.' BAFTA winner Steve Pemberton returns as Martin's former business partner Sandy - who joins forces with Diane and turns out to be a chauvinistic nightmare. The Inside No. 9 star and co-creator admits that working on someone else's project for once made for a rewarding change. 'It feels like play to me because I'm not thinking about the schedule or the scripts or the casting. I'm just enjoying myself,' he says. 'That's genuinely why I said yes - I thought I'm going to really enjoy going back up north. I wouldn't have done it if it wasn't very good.' Sian adds, 'I'm always nervous when I send the script to you. I'm like, 'Steve, just say what you want!'' Happy Valley 's Bob Costigan plays the role of Diane and Kath's dad Dougie - whose storyline was inspired by Sian's own life. 'We didn't want Diane and Kath to row over Martin anymore and me and my sisters row over my dad - who does the most, who went to see him the week before,' Sian says. 'We tried to bring a bit of that into it. I feel now we're all of a certian age where our parents are a certain age and that's another challenge you have in life. Maybe you have children and older parents - it's the juggle with all of that. That's the one thing that hasn't changed since the '90s.'
