Footballers' Wives: Extra Time
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| Footballers' Wives: Extra Time | |
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| Format | Drama |
| Created by | Maureen Chadwick, Ann McManus |
| Starring | Courtney Akers, Nicholas Ball, Marc Bannerman, Sarah Barrand, Frances Da Costa, Jamie Davis, Elaine Glover, Marc Hendrey, Helen Latham, Sarah Matravers, Georgina Mellor, Travis Oliver, Louise Plowright, Ben Richards, Laila Rouass, Tom Swire Julie Le Grand |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Shed Media |
| Running time | 20 to 30 minutes (no breaks) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV2 |
| Original run | May 26, 2005 – May 18, 2006 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Footballers' Wives |
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| IMDb profile | |
Footballers' Wives: Extra Time (sometimes known as Footballers' Wive$: Extra Time) was a British television programme, (a spinoff of Footballers' Wives). It aired on ITV2 for two series but has now been cancelled. In the US on BBC America, Footballers' Wives: Extra Time is called Footballers' Wives: Overtime.
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[edit] The Original
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the private lives of a group of professional footballers and their wives. It is immensely popular because of its soap opera format. The show centers around the fictional Earls Park Football Club. It began on ITV in 2002 and ran for five series.
[edit] Background
Footballers' Wives: Extra Time is the racy drama spin-off to award winning original series, Footballers' Wives. Picking up from the end of Footballers' Wives Series 4. It aired on ITV2.
[edit] Episodes
With success of the first series ITV2 increased the episode lengths by 10 minutes and ordered 1 more than the first series.
| Series | Number of episodes | Length of episodes (no breaks) | Length of episodes (with breaks |
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| 1 | 12 | 20 minutes | 30 minutes |
| 2 | 13 | 30 minutes | 45 minutes |
The original episode line-up consisted of 18 episodes at 20-25 minutes each. However, there is no explanation as to why the 18 episodes were put into 13 extended episodes for airing.
[edit] Cast
- Georgina Mellor as Anika Beevor (Series 1-2)
- Travis Oliver as Oliver Ryan (Series 1-2)
- Frances Da Costa as Yasmin Salter (Series 1-2)
- Marc Hendrey as Rees Salter (Series 1-2)
- Sarah Matravers as Joly Salter (Series 1-2)
- Tom Swire as Seb Webb (Series 1-2)
- Dominique Moore as Channel O'Grady (Series 1-2)
- Jack Pierce as Cash Brown (Series 1-2)
- Ben Richards as Bruno Milligan (Series 1-2)
- Helen Latham as Lucy Milligan (Series 1-2)
- Nicholas Ball as Gary Ryan (series 1-2; crossed over to series 5 of Footballers' Wives)
- Peter Ash as Darius Fry (Series 2)
- Julie Le Grand as Janette Dunkley (Series 2)
- Louise Plowright - Michelle Thorn (Series 1)
- Alice Bird as Lizzy (Series 2)
- Ross Finbow as Woody (Series 2)
- Marc Bannerman as Matt Bryant (Series 1-2)
[edit] Special Guest Stars
- Sarah Barrand as Shannon Donnelly-Lawson (Series 1-2)
- Laila Rouass as Amber Gates (Series 1)
- Jamie Davis as Harley Lawson (Series 1)
- Elaine Glover as Katie Jones (Series 1)
- Craig Gallivan as Callum Watson (Series 2)
- Angela Ridgeon as Trisha Watson (Series 2)
- Courtney Akers - Angelica Milligan (Series 1-2)
[edit] Connected characters
These characters are connected to characters from the main show, Footballers' Wives
| character | relation |
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| Anika Beevor | Tanya Turner's half-sister |
| Oliver Ryan | Gary Ryan's son |
| Yasmin Salter | Bruno Milligan's Daughter |
| Rees Salter | Bruno Milligan's Son |
| Joly Salter | Bruno Milligan's ex-wife |
| Seb Webb | Roger Webb's son |
[edit] DVD releases
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| July 3, 2006 | July 10, 2006 | TBC | ||
| The Complete Second Series | ||||
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| January 7, 2008 | January 15, 2007 | TBC | ||
Both series of Footballers' Wives: Extra Time have been released in Australia. However, the Series 2 release in Australia has the original episode-plan of 18 episodes.
[edit] Foreign Audience
In the United States, BBC America has aired the first season, although it is known in the US as Footballers Wive$: Overtime. In Israel the 2 seasons aired on channel Yes+.In Estonia the first season is aired on Kanal 2.
[edit] External links
- Footballers' Wives: Extra Time Official website
- Shed Insider
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