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 was very much looking forward to appearing in Sting's The Last Ship, particularly here in my home city, Sadly that's not to be." Nail played Parson Nathaniel in "War of the Worlds" at the Dominion Theatre, London in 2016. He appeared with Madonna and Antonio Banderas in the film "Evita" (1996), directed by Alan Parker and adapted from the musical. Two years later, he co-starred in the film "Still Crazy". He played the role of gamekeeper Rabbetts in the film "Danny, the Champion of the World", based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. In 2004, Nail