Footballers' Wives
Everyone plays dirty.
On ITV1
A glamorous, scandal-driven soap opera about the toxic relationships and infidelities surrounding a Premier League football club, where money and status breed betrayal.
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006. The show began with a multi-lateral focus on a variety of different types of relationships explored; however, from the third series onward, the primary focus was on a complex love triangle between Tanya Turner, Amber Gates and Conrad Gates.
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Questions people ask
Does Footballers' Wives leave you hopeful? Barely. Less hopeful than 88% of series.
Is Footballers' Wives scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 73% of series.
Is Footballers' Wives easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of series.
Is Footballers' Wives sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Footballers' Wives violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Footballers' Wives
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Footballers' Wives
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Footballers' Wives, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Footballers' Wives, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Footballers' Wives, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
