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Parents of the Band
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Jimmy Nail Tarquin Gotch
Written by	David Cummings Dick Clement Ian La Frenais
Directed by	Dominic Brigstocke
Starring	Jimmy Nail Peter Losasso
Theme music composer	Gary Kemp Jimmy Nail
Opening theme	"I Cry (Don't You Read the Papers?)"
Composer	Mark Hinton Stewart
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Kenton Allen Jimmy Nail Tarquin Gotch
Producer	Charlie Hanson
Cinematography	Martin Hawkins
Editor	Richard Halladey
Camera setup	Louise Edmunds
Running time	30 Mins
Production companies	BBC Vision Productions Serious Entertainment Productions
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	28 November 2008 (2008-11-28) – 9 January 2009 (2009-01-09)

Parents of the Band is a 2008 British comedy television series, created by Jimmy Nail and Tarquin Gotch and shown on BBC One. The show stars Jimmy Nail, and is set around a teenage musical band, which each band member's parents are trying to manage.

Plot

Phil Parker (Nail) is the father of Jack (Peter Losasso), who is a drummer in a teen band with a number of his friends. Phil is recently separated from his wife Marketa (Young) and was in a 'one-hit wonder' band in the 1980s, with the song "I Cry". Jack and his band simply want to jam and have fun, but their parents are standing in the way, not because they disapprove, but because they also want to be a part of the rock-star lifestyle. Ultimately the band enter into a talent contest.

Development

The six-episode series was commissioned by Lucy Lumsden, BBC Controller, Comedy Commissioning. The show was a co-venture between BBC Vision Productions and Serious Entertainment Productions. The latter company is owned by the series co-creators, Jimmy Nail and Tarquin Gotch. The series was written by David Cummings, and the script was edited by the writing partners, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. The producer is Charlie Hanson and executive producer is Kenton Allen, BBC Creative Head of Comedy Talent and Comedy North.

Jimmy Nail composed the theme music with Gary Kemp, of the eighties synth-pop band Spandau Ballet. A music video for the song "I Cry" was also posted on the show's BBC website.

Cast

• Jimmy Nail as Phil Parker
• Peter Losasso as Jack Parker
• Nina Young as Marketa
• Cascade Brown as Shania
• Niky Wardley as Sandy Soutakis
• David Barseghian as Eddie Soutakis
• Lucinda Dryzek as Lucy Soutakis
• Nicola Hughes as Carmen Cunningham
• Colin McFarlane as Ashton Cunningham
• Franz Drameh as Granville Cunningham
• Michael Karim as Adi Kundra
• Geoffrey McGivern as Kipper Hitchcock

Broadcast

The first episode aired on 28 November 2008 at 8:30pm on BBC One. On BBC One Scotland, and BBC One Northern Ireland however, the show aired at various times on Fridays. Each episode of Parents of the Band also aired in High-definition on BBC HD a week after its BBC One showing. The first episode received 2.61 million (11.2%) viewers. Episode 2 gained an additional 250,000 viewers, with 2.86m (12.7%). The final episode of series one aired on 9 January 2009.

Episodes

References

1. "Jimmy Nail returns to BBC One in Parents of the Band". BBC Press Office. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
2. "Sluggish start for new Nail comedy". Digital Spy. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
3. "10m see Swash win 'I'm A Celebrity'". Digital Spy. 6 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
4. "Sluggish start for new Nail comedy". Digital Spy. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
5. "10m see Swash win 'I'm A Celebrity'". Digital Spy. 6 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

External links

• Parents of the Band at BBC Online
• Parents of the Band at BBC Online
• Parents of the Band at IMDb
• Parents of the Band at British Comedy Guide

• 2000s British sitcoms
• 2008 British television series debuts
• 2009 British television series endings
• BBC television sitcoms