Sarah Parish is a guest on Sunday’s episode of Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh, joining host Alan and singer Peter Andre in the studio
Sarah Parish is a guest on Sunday’s episode of Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh(Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh will see Sarah Parish as a guest on Sunday’s episode.
The Industry star, 57, joins host Alan, 76, and singer Peter Andre in the ITV studio, where as well as catching up with his celebrity guests, Alan will get updates with the zebras currently residing in Warwickshire and issue advice on on reviving houseplants after the winter months.
Sarah has had an impressive career since starting her acting journey back in 1993. The actress has appeared in hit romcom films such as The Wedding Date and The Holiday.
While television shows include Peak Practice, Broadchurch, Cutting It, Mistresses, Merlin, Monroe, Atlantis, W1A, Trollied, Bancroft, Industry and Stay Close to name just a few.
Sarah has been married to fellow actor, James Murray, since 2007. James, 51, has appeared in Primeval, Defiance, Cutting It, Cucumber, McDonald & Dodds, The Crown and Masters of the Air – to name just a few.
Actress Sarah Parish is married to Primeval and The Crown actor James Murray.(Image: GETTY)
The actress has spent the last decade juggling two remarkably different careers: the unpredictable but creatively rewarding world of acting and what she calls the “grounding” reality of running a children’s charity born from personal tragedy.
In January 2009, Sarah and James lost their eight-month-old daughter Ella-Jayne to congenital heart failure after she was born with rare genetic disorder Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome.
Five years later, they founded The Murray Parish Trust and raised over £5 million for Southampton Children’s Hospital, where Ella-Jayne spent most of her short life.
The couple, who also have daughter Nell, 16, both received MBEs in honour of their charity work with the duo on a mission to reach every seriously ill child in the UK by 2035, by providing everything from drama classes, yoga and music workshops to comforting spaces in paediatric units where parents can process the unthinkable.
Five years later, they founded The Murray Parish Trust and raised over £5 million for Southampton Children’s Hospital(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Opening up earlier this year in an interview with the Sunday Times, Sarah explained there were days they ‘fell apart’ and struggled to cope with their own grief and each other’s.
She explained: “I’d been very lucky in life. Jim and I were rolling along, having a lovely time. Moved out to the country to start a family. Ticked every box, as they say. We were both working, both leading shows. And then suddenly something puts a spanner in the works and it’s quite unbelievable.
“But in hindsight, everything happens for a reason and it’s often those terrible, terrible things that lead you in the direction that you were always supposed to go.
“I think if Jim and I had just carried on… I don’t know if we’d still be… I don’t… We would just be very different people. Maybe not as patient, maybe not as nice.”
Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh airs on Sunday at 9:30am on ITV and ITV X.
