Footballers' Wives: Extra Time
Footballers' Wives: Extra Time | |
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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 |
Release | |
Original network | ITV2 |
Original release |
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) |
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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
- 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 Legrand 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)
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)
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 |
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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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.
External links
- Footballers' Wives: Extra Time Official website
- Shed Insider
- Footballers' Wives: Extra Time at the Internet Movie Database