Footballers Wives - The Complete First Season Reviews

• This is one crazy, trashy show, and utterly addictive!

  
  By A2HBRINA3F9YHV on 2005-11-08
  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!
  
  

• SCREAMINGLY FUNNY AND ADDICTIVE, *THIS* IS WHAT TRASHY SOAPS ARE ALL ABOUT!

  
  By A231ZCJGWZA38A on 2005-10-22
  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.
  
  
  
  

• Very Impressive.

  
  By A2098ZCJTGRGFW on 2005-07-23
  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
  
  

• Greatest TV show EVER

  
  By A27BH5ZLPBNPX1 on 2005-05-26
  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."
  
  

• Outrageous! Like Desperate Housewives only better!

  
  By A264PEPLLRY6XA on 2005-05-06
  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!
  
  
  
• Short but sweet..
  By A16ZL2448JF2VY on 2005-06-01
  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!
  
  
• Footballers
  By A3XDUDC5ZBFEJ on 2005-05-24
  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.
  
  
• These Wives are hot!
  By A3KSK9RDK0PIZR on 2005-05-25
  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!
  
  
• Over the top and shameless humor
  By A22TZUXUKA11SQ on 2006-06-13
  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.
  
  
• This is the show to watch
  By A2SYS1459DUQ9P on 2005-04-29
  Footballers Wives is a pure guilty pleasure. I was in the UK about two years ago and discovered this show. It is currently in Season 4 in the UK and I have the first three seasons on dvd (thanks to my region-free player) It is more fun than Melrose Place. Tanya and Jason Turner are the stand-out characters in this series and Tanya makes Alexis from Dynasty seem tame-(...) As there are only 9 episodes per season this show is a must-see without having to devote a whole week to watching a complete season. I highly recomend this.
  
  David
  
  
• Crazy show!
  By A1ESQJDYX0PDQ5 on 2005-06-14
  Wow, I picked this up cuz of a reccomendation on a Desperate Housewives forum I post on and I was totally surprised at the things that television shows can get away with when they aren't on American TV! If Desperate Housewives could get away with half the things this show does then it would be so much better.
  
  The only real problem I had with it is that it was kind of short. But you get a lot of goodness in what is packed in there. I guess seasons for shows are a lot shorter in the UK then they are here, but it also keeps the cost down when we buy entire seasons so I guess it balances itself out.
  
  If you're a fan of Desperate Housewives, get this DVD! You'll totally love it. I wasn't sure I would like it but I really did. It has nothing really to do with soccer like I thought it would from the title either.
  
  
• Art imitating Life
  By A9QMCCNBSR1Z7 on 2006-01-14
  Of course, everything in this and the following series is life condensed and caricatured to the high nines, but - gosh - didn't we half recognise some real life football (or soccer, for you Yanks) characters in a flash. This series is fascinating trash with an ever so obvious twinkle of irony that knows when art imitates real life.
  
  You only have to glimpse shows featuring footballers' cribs, or those airheaded savant non-entities comment on the fabulousness of in infamous/famous and their goodie-bags and you're right there in the La-La-Latida-Land of escapism and the slightly surreal. The exception is though that this series is actually interesting because it is sooooo O.T.T. (over the top).
  
  Why not indulge in the machinations, and celebrate with real Schadenfreude the ups and downs of people who have (in the series) more money to throw at their Gucci bags than braincells to use?
  
  Watching the series becomes slightly addictive but is also a great way to relax - not too taxing, but keeping you teetering on the edge of "I want to know what happens next..."
  
  I can't wait for the rest of the series to be released...
  
  
• Footballers Wives: Series One
  By A1LCOYO61AO3M on 2005-04-27
  Great series. We are currently up to series 4 in Australia and I have been adicted to each series
  
  
• Wow! Atlast!
  By A2SQLBFMJTIGNR on 2005-05-04
  TrioTV showed only the 5 edited eps of this series but it inspite of that the series was so incredibly bold that I fell in love with it. I actually never thought it would hit these shores again in any form but man I am happy it has. Kudos to those across the pond for sharing. This is a fantastic series.
  
  Now if only someone would ship the great Aussie series "The Secret Life Us" that would really make my year. But I won't be greedy. I just hope we get more of "Footballer Wives". Major, major props for bringing this series to the US.
  
  
• These are Desperate Housewives!
  By A18XT2ICF10P4V on 2005-10-16
  Another fantastic import from our UK friends.
  
  What these women won't do to hang onto their husbands, children and lifestyles. If you miss the old school primetime soaps and enjoy a much faster pace, FW is for you.
  
  ZOE LUCKER ROCKS!
  Tanya Turner is one of the most memorable characters ever.
  
  
  
• What have we here (a masterpiece)
  By AHYCVI3OBSC9W on 2005-10-27
  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.
  
  
• I can't wait!!
  By A1KWS0AKR8H2IC on 2005-04-08
  I have been reading about this show for some time now. I am happy that they are releasing the first series on DVD so we can watch it in the US. Some episodes were aired on Trio but I am excited about watching all of them and I am sure they are all filled with a multitude of outlandish and sexy antics. Nothing better than some fun, sexy, trashy TV.
  
  
• Great series
  By A28P59BFCS3DTI on 2005-07-09
  I love it! Don't expect this to be Sex and the City. It's more like a drama series. I find it very entertaining. Great DVDs. I'm waiting for Season Two.
  
  
• What a great show!!! When is season 2 coming?!!?
  By A2LDBQEOXZPI8B on 2005-08-25
  This show is fantastic.
  
  I am a big fan of British shows (Eastenders, Little Britian) and I had heard about this from friends in the UK and reading Brit Mages like Hello and OK.
  I had been waiting with baited breath to see it and man was it worth it!
  It has drama, it has humour, it has it all (including a few nakey scences in the Sparks locker room!)
  The story line is so great and it is easy to see why people compare it to Desperate Housewives (a fan of that here as well!).
  
  Some of the language is a bit hard get if you are not a Brit TV fan already, but it is fairly simple to figure out the slang.
  
  I love this show and cannot wait to get the rest of the dvds as the UK is about to begin airing season 5 and here we are at the begining!! Hurry get more out soon!!!
  
  
• One of the best tv shows!!!
  By A2L6EV0V3SOATU on 2005-08-30
  Who the heck compared it to desperate housewives? there's no connection! This is an excellent trashy and soapy tv show, there is no way they would make a show like this in the U.S , British tv is far more provocative than in the U.S (except cable ). In the series there's nudity , foul language , funny and completely disturbed characters and lots of plots and twists. Don't get turned off by the football in the title , there's not much of football in there, I hate football myself,
  too bad there's only 9 episodes per season , but believe me a lot is happening in every episode so I suggest you to order the rest of the seasons from amazon.co.uk! Tanya Turner (Zoe Lucker) is the bitchiest person on tv!
  
  
• Footballers wives
  By ALXB60EW794U on 2005-09-17
  This is a very well-done show. I was very pleased with what i got for my money , I am looking foward to season 2 and Beyond.
  
  
• Love it!!!!
  By A14QBAR10F7XEX on 2005-09-29
  Being British I am obviously a bit impartial but I thought it was so entertaining and also so funny!!! That is what footballers and their wives are like huh?
  Someone please tell me when we are going to get season 2 and 3 on this side of the world. My friends at home say it's superb!!!
  
  
• Footballer's Wives
  By A3IYNQU563DGQ8 on 2005-10-12
  Hello, I love this show. It is better than DH. Just to let everyone know. I just bought Season 4 and Footballerls wive's Extra on DVD'r on Ebay. I went home and saw them. This is a Great Show. I even got my sisters all into it. I thought i wasen't going to be able to view them. I put it in my DVD and they play fine. I also love them cause they are commercial free. The 4th Season has a lot of Drama. Footballer's Wives Extra continue's from Season 4 with a lot more twist. DQ Big fan in USA..........
  
  
• Better than Desperate Housewives
  By ANSBGB7T314NB on 2006-01-01
  I was hooked after the first episode! Highly recommend this dvd collection. Goes in the same category as Nip/Tuck which is saying alot because it's excellent!
  
  
• One of the best shows ever.
  By A2902WQ1OOE8Q4 on 2006-07-28
  I gotta say that footballers wives is one of the best shows I have ever watched. I have never been the type to enjoy tv drama's or soaps so to me this is totally new. But since watching the first episode I have been loving the show. I wish it still was on but at least I can get all the seasons!
  
  
• This rocks!!!
  By A1S95BPN8I17RT on 2005-06-25
  I heard about this show from other friends. When I saw it was coming out on DVD - I had to get it. And, I'm so glad I did. Finished the season in 4 days. It's dishy, fun, great soap. I can't wait for Season 2.
  
  
• It's Here! It's Here! On BBC cable
  By AX5XCTVC64QLI on 2005-09-25
  I just discovered this show while channel surfing for news (Our press is useless) and I came across Footballers'Wives. What a show! I have no idea which season I'm watching but Jason appears to have washed his hands of the delightful Tanya. I've told anyone who'll listen to me about this show. The next thing I'm doing is getting my hands on the first season and making a party of it.
  
  
• Footballers' Wives - season 1
  By A9TW58O8ERI6Y on 2006-07-11
  From the very first episode you know this show is different from anything that is seen in America. It is a total blow and everyone will love it, no matter what your style is.
  
  
• An utterly addictive trash fest!
  By A13STKDYQO5DQ8 on 2006-08-03
  The whole point of footballer's wives is extreme in all happenings and such witty, critical, parody of the bizarre modern culture of the overpaid British footballer's (soccer player's) life.
  The series is at once, searingly accurate and achingly sarcastic. It's insanely addictive and abounds with beautiful people. A super, no holes barred, bitch, sex, drugs and rock and roll fest.
  There is a whole host of characters who mirror trashy B,C and D
  list UK celebs to, almost litigoius, perfection.
  Page three topless model/bimbo's, self interested, no brain, players, psychopathic managers, social climbers, schemers and uber bithces!
  All the cast are fabulous but look out in particular for the pretty and witless "Chardonnay" and the bitch of all bitches "Tanya", the latter performs like Joan Collins in Dynasty with a spalsh of evil, a dash of menace and a shed load of energy. Fabulously and addicitively trashy! Be warned!!
  
  
• Non-stop drama, non-stop entertainment.
  By AXLKQ2H6FOGYE on 2006-08-18
  All you have to do is watch one episode and you're hooked. Now, I tune in every Sunday on BBC America to keep up!
  
  Tanya makes the show. Even though Hazel plays a minor part, she's no angel. All the characters are great. A must see!
  
  

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