Jimmy Nail 2008, Nail created and starred as Phil Parker in "Parents of the Band", a 6 x 30 mins series on BBC1, broadcast between November 2008 and January 2009. The series revolves around a group of teenagers who form a band just for their own enjoyment, and their parents, who fully expect them to be the next Led Zeppelin. Ratings were disappointing, around three million, and there was no second series. Although he made a living through acting, his first love was music. He had pop hits with "Ain't No Doubt", written by Charlie Dore, "Crocodile Shoes", and "Love Don't Live
Jimmy Nail setting fire to curtains. When he was 13, his older sister, Shelagh, died at the age of 20. Feeling lost and confused, he spent time drinking, fighting, and rebelling against authority. He got into a fight after a football match and was sent to prison. After prison he worked in a glass factory. While sweeping glass he stood on a six-inch spike that went through his foot and thereafter was called "Nail", a name he later adopted professionally. Also at that time he played guitar in a rock band called the King Crabs. His other sister Val McLane was Head