Footballers' Wives: Extra Time

Footballers' Wives: Extra Time

Opening credits title
Also known as Footballers' Wives: Overtime
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 Legrand
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 25
Production
Executive producer(s) Cameron Roach
Producer(s) Di Burrows
Running time 20–25 Mins
Production company(s) Shed Productions
Broadcast
Original channel ITV2
Original run 26 May 2005 
18 May 2006
Chronology
Related shows Footballers' Wives
(2002–06)

Footballers' Wives: Extra Time (stylised as footballers wive$: extra time) is a British drama programme. A spin-off of Footballers' Wives, the programme aired on ITV2 for two series. Footballers' Wives: Extra Time aired in the US on BBC America under the title Footballers' Wives: Overtime.

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.

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)
1 12 20 minutes 30 minutes
2 13 30 minutes 45 minutes

The original episode line-up of series two 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.

Both series aired on Thursdays at 10:00pm, though for some episodes the time varied.

Cast

Special guest stars

Connected characters

These characters are connected to characters from the main show, Footballers' Wives

Character Relation
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

DVD releases

Acorn Media have announced they will release both series of Footballers Wives Extra Time with the 'Footballers Wives: Complete Collection' boxset in August 2012.

The Complete First Series
Set Details Special Features
  • 12 Episodes
  • 2-Disc Set
  • 16:9 Anamorphic Aspect Ratio
  • Subtitles: English
  • English (Stereo)
  • This set contains no special features.
Release dates
United Kingdom Australia United States
3 July 2006 10 July 2006 TBC
Footballers' Wives Extra Time - Series 1 & 2
Set Details Special Features
  • 30 Episodes
  • 4-Disc Set
  • 16:9 Anamorphic Aspect Ratio
  • Subtitles: English
  • English (Dolby Digital)
  • This set contains no special features.
Release dates
United Kingdom
11 June 2012

The Series 2 release in Australia has the original episode-plan of 18 episodes, however the release from the Second half boxset has the aired version of 13 extended episodes (30 minutes).

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.

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