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Footballers Wives - The Complete First Season

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I picked this DVD up after reading some of the reviews here on Amazon and, oh my dear fellow FW addicts, thanking you a million times over couldn't even begin to express my gratitude for having led me to one of the best, most addictive, over-the-top and trashiest soap operas ever!

Even in its heyday, Melrose Place could never have compared to this. I mean, in the very first episode alone there's a marriage on the rocks, a child given up for adoption eight years earlier, a slutty sister-in-law, a meddling mother-in-law, infidelity, a lingerie model (named Chardonnay, no less!), a fight, a coma, a cocaine habit and frontal male nudity! How's that grab ya?

As the episodes progress, you'll witness even more shocking sights including what has to be the *tackiest* wedding ever (and that dress!) as well as one totally messed-up outrageous nurse. Your jaw will drop as you witness what this woman is capable of!

This show more than makes up for all those years of snooty Masterpiece Theater the UK's been sending our way.

And I must thank whoever had enough sense to include subtitles on this DVD! Some of the characters have incredibly thick accents.

If you like your soaps on the dramatically ridiculous side, pick this up. You won't be disappointed.

I stumbled across this first season set, having never seen it, and thought it was similar to Coupling. I took a chance and what I found that while very unlike Coupling, it had it's own style that keeps you watching. This is primarily a drama, but it does have it's share of laugh out loud scenes.

Every one of the 8 episodes on Season 1 has all sorts of scenarios and crazy new things developing. The one thing I just noticed after watching it all, that except for maybe Donna and Ian's son that they originally gave up, there are really no innocent, completely likable characters. I mean someone is usually ending up cheating, lying, or deceiving someone else! No one, and I mean no one is anywhere near sainthood in this one!

This close knit team and their families is a very interesting watch, with spot on performance by every actor in their roles. The German Team Manager use to play Alistair in As Time Goes By and was very funny in that. While he takes on a more serious role in this, he is again completely fun to watch. The actress who played Judi Dench's daughter in As Time Goes By also makes an appearance as a physician.

All the characters get into so many heated confrontations, deceptions, and flirtations, you have to just keep watching and watching to see what will develop. Another exciting program from the British. Keep 'em coming!

I have been looking for a juicy soap for a while now, since Melrose Place was cancelled and now i'm in love with FOOTBALLERS WIVES. Unfortunatly because of the word "WIVES" there will be comparisons with DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, don't get me wrong DH is an OK show i just feel it's like comparing apples and oranges. While DH is constantly winking at the audience, FW is deadly serious. While DH's world and characters are more surreal and cartoony, FW despite it's soapiness seems more rooted in reality.
The series focuses on the lives of three Earls Park soccer stars. We have team capitain Jason Turner (Cristian Solimeno) a self important jerk who believes he's irreplaceable and thus acts like a big baby, His fabulous wife Tanya (Zoe Lucker) will do anything and anyone to keep her status as team capitain. Meanwhile Kyle Pascoe (Gary Lucy) only has eyes for his bride to be, glamour/topless model Chardonnay Lane (Susie Amy) their trip to the altar and marriage will have more than a couple of bumps. And last but not least The Whalmsleys Ian And Donna (Nathan Constance and Katherine Monaghan) Ian is becoming more taken by the glamourous lifestyle while down-to-earth Donna just wants to raise her family and have a normal existence, but Ians decisions will put his family in jeopardy in more ways than one. The fact that the season is so short (8 Episodes) means there is not a lot of time for filler, things that would drag on and on other shows are dealt with in a very prompt and satisfactory way. For example Chardonnay was deppressed after what happened to her she moped for one episode and picked herself up and kept on going, on DH it would have taken 7 episodes to get to that point and it would have been very annoying. Anyway the DVD quality is great it contains subtitles (THANK GOD) since their accents take a while to get used to, and a slang dictionary to help you with their slang.Hopefully seasons 2 and 3 will be released quickly. Overall an excellent show for those of you who are looking for something sexy and scandalous. EP

I'm thrilled that Footballer's Wives is finally coming out on DVD. This show puts the American soaps---from Dallas and Dynasty to Melrose Place and Desperate Housewives---to shame. It's what Desperate Housewives aspires to be but can't (thank you FCC).

Outrageously funny and addictive---I was hooked after watching the first 15 minutes of it. (you will NOT believe some of the plot lines).

I highly recommend that you invite some friends over, put in this DVD and make a night of "Footballer's Wives."

I saw this show on my satelite last year and I loved it. I just saw that it's coming out on DVD and I think anyone who loves good tv should check it out. It's better than most american shows since they don't have to worry about censorship. And don't let the shortness of the series turn you off, it's totally worth it. I missed one or 2 of them and I can't wait to see them all. I hope the rest of the series comes out soon!

Listen, i thought it was going to be crap. Slick camera work and nubile young bodies, what else could it be? It isn't. It's hilarious soap opera to the extreme. They step over good taste, for compelling stories and outlandish plot lines. Sure it's akin to the likes of Desperate Housewives, but without waaaaay MORE than that in the way of craziness. It's worth a look gang, so do yourself a favor, buy a copy and then thank me later.

I am so excited someone is finally bringing this DVD to America. Footballer's Wives is an outrageous dramatic series much like Desperate Housewives. The concept is similar, housewives living in a suburban neighborhood who share their life tribulations with drama happening all around them. The difference, Footballer's Wives are the wives of England superstars, the biggest soccer team (known as Football outside of America) in the country. The wives are rich, sexy and so full of drama. Sisters are sleeping with husbands, illegitimate children are found, nudity, drugs, alcohol and lots of sex. There is also an attempted murder, charred body parts and a fairytale, truly fairytale, wedding.

Footballer's Wives is a MUST SEE show, it will hook you in the first five minutes!

Footballers Wives has become one of my favorite television shows to rent since I don't have cable. It has everything you could want in a cheesy soap opera: sex, drugs, promiscuity, depression, family problems, etc. The characters in this British comedy are shameless and over the top and it's hard to gauge what they'll do next. This show takes no prisoners and if you liked the late years of Melrose Place with a bit of NBC's Passions and a hint of Desperate Housewives, this is definitely the show for you.

The show focuses on the members of the Earls Park football team and their wives. The couples are:

Jason and Tanya: Jason is the team's captain, and Tanya is his wife (therefore the most important person as far as the women are concerned). Jason and Tanya's relationship is volatile and hanging on by a thread, but neither one of them will do anything about it. Instead, Jason is consistently unfaithful and Tanya drowns her sorrows in booze and cocaine.

Kyle and Chardonnay: Kyle is one of the team's rising stars and he is engaged to the beautiful Page Three-model (basically topless pictures) Chardonnay Lane. Theirs is a fairy tale romance and Chardonnay has every intention of making that known with her over-the-top Cinderella wedding theme.

Ian and Donna: Ian is Earls Park's newest striker and he's on his best behavior to fit in well with the team. He's been with his wife Donna since they were teenagers, and they have two children to show for it. The problem is that their first child was given up for adoption and Donna can't stop thinking about him. This puts Ian in an awkward position because they were just kids then and he just wants to be happy with the success they've garnered after all this time.

A few of the single, and more infamous, characters on the show include Kyle's mother Jackie who constantly nags Chardonnay and still lives at home with her son, Donna's sister Marie who fancies herself in love with Jason and will stop at nothing to get him, and newest Earls Park member Salvatore Biagi who everyone is afraid will step in and take Jason's spot on the team.

This show is addictive and if you give it a shot, it won't take long for you to become hooked. I can't wait for the third season of DVDs to arrive.

When i first heard of footballers wives i thought to myself "it looks good". But when i actually saw it, it changed from being just good to a complete masterpiece. This controversial drama from are brothers in England just goes to show that America is missing out on some good drama. My favourite characters are Tanya Turner and Nurse Dunkley. A definite must have in any ones DVD collection.

While vacationing in Europe last summer I was staying at a friends place and I caught a few episodes of this show. I must say it's very hot. The women are dead sexy and I guess the men aren't that bad to look at either. After watching just a few episodes I had to see the rest. Sadly when I returned home I found out that it was not on DVD here yet. So I am so happy that it is finally coming to DVD! I can't wait to get this. The shows I saw were from Season 3 and my friend said that Season one was even hotter! This show is a real treat. Like some other people said, if you like Desperate Housewives or Sex in the City then this show will be one that you'll wnat in your collection. Buy it, watch it, and then get your friends addicted to it! They'll love you!