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Privacy NoticeITV’s new sitcom Piglets follows six hapless wannabe coppers as they are licked into shape by the police force’s most incompetent officers. Sarah Parish and Mark Heap play no-nonsense Superintendent Julie Spry and total-nonsense Superintendent Bob Weekes. Between them, they oversee the “piglets” – and all their disasters. The new recruits are Steph (Callie Cooke), Leggo (Sam Pote), Geeta (Sukh Ojla), Afia (Halema Hussain), Dev (Abdul Sessay) and Paul (Jamie Bisping). The Crown star Rebecca Humphries plays head of admin Melanie, while police trainers Mike and Daz are played by Ukweli Roach and Ricky Champ. The normally glamorous Sarah Parish looks almost unrecognisable as Julie Spry without a scrap of make-up and a short grey crop.
Sarah Parish and Mark Heap star in ITV’s new sitcom Piglets with a cast of up-and-coming actors
(Image: ITV)
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“I always want a physical expression for each character, but it’s especially the case for somebody like Julie because Piglets is such high comedy and I knew I could really go to town with her,” says Sarah. “When we met up for Piglets we tried on lots of wigs, and as soon as I put Julie’s on I knew that was the one, it was exactly how I saw her in my head. Then the make-up artist Jody Williams suggested fake teeth, so we went the whole hog.” It’s not the first time that Sarah has donned fake teeth for an acting role. “We went to a brilliant place called Fangs, where they make teeth for TV shows,” she says. “I’ve worked with them three times before, including when I played a big red spider in Doctor Who, so I’m used to working with prosthetics. “Out of all the teeth that I’ve used from Fangs, Julie’s were actually the most natural and easiest to speak with. I used to forget I had them in!”
Sarah looks unrecognisable in her new role in ITV’s Piglets
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Sarah Parish wears a wig and prosthetics to play Superintendent Julie Spry
(Image: ITV)
Co-star Callie was in awe of Sarah’s transformation and commitment to her role, and loved working with Friday Night Dinner favourite Mark. “The lead actors in the show always set the tone, and we were lucky that Sarah and Mark were unbelievable,” says Callie. “Actors can’t always be vulnerable enough to be that silly, but we were so lucky they were up for looking as ridiculous as possible. At one point they decided Julie and Bob would start eating boiled eggs competitively, that was very much the vibe! “It was really fun doing scenes with them – Julie and Bob have total contempt for the piglets and see through them, and we did feel like kids again in those moments. They took the reins and we just got to look silly in the background.” Piglets airs Saturday night at 9:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnThe CrownComedySitcomPiglets (TV series)
