6.6 /10 1 Votes6.6
7.2/10 No. of series 2 First episode date 26 May 2005 Program creator Maureen Chadwick | 6.2/10 Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 25 Final episode date 18 May 2006 Number of episodes 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by Maureen ChadwickAnn McManus Starring Courtney AkersNicholas BallMarc BannermanSarah BarrandFrances Da CostaJamie DavisElaine GloverMarc HendreyHelen LathamSarah MatraversGeorgina MellorTravis OliverLouise PlowrightBen RichardsLaila RouassTom SwireJulie Legrand Cast Similar Footballers' Wives, Meet the Magoons, Trevor's World of Sport, Family Affairs, The Amazing Mrs Pritch |
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.
Contents

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.

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
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 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.