It’s the morning after the night before for Sarah Parish. She has had a late night out, not that you would notice. She is looking fresh and gorgeous, laughing and joking about.

This is certainly not something Annie Naylor, her character in Trust would normally get up to. Annie is a formidable force in law firm Cooper-Fozard, and knows exactly what she wants - a partnership - and how to get it.

"Annie’s controlling and quite stubborn," explains Sarah. "She’s quite a pedantic person who has to do everything herself, otherwise she doesn’t think it’ll be done properly.

"She’s one of those people who’d sit in the back of a cab and say, ‘No, no, no - you don’t want to go that way; you want to go down here!’, even though the cabby’s been living there for years and she’s only just moved there."

Annie’s drive and determination mean that her family ultimately plays second fiddle to her career.

"Annie’s a woman who is juggling a very difficult career and a family. At some point something’s going to break," explains Sarah. "The emphasis for Annie is on herself and not so much on her family anymore. It’s Annie’s career: Annie’s got to get this, Annie’s got to do that - and I think that becomes quite tiresome for her husband after a while. When you are determined to get something, as Annie is determined to be made a partner, other things pale into insignificance. Things that should be important are suddenly left by the wayside - she wants that partnership no matter what, but she is actually losing her family because of it. She’s in a Catch-22 situation."

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