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Footballers' Wives

What’s the Story?

Reviewed by S. Jhoanna Robledo

Althought the title of this British nighttime soap includes the word "football," the real action takes place when the ball's not in play (the soccer ball, that is ...). The leader of the uber-competitive football wives group is Tanya Turner (Zoë Lucker), a fighter who's been down and out, riding the rollercoaster of romance and power. It doesn't help that a bevy of beauties is eyeing her throne, including the conniving Amber Gates (Laila Rouass), a Bollywood star who's on the wane. The show follows the decidedly unsporting antics of Tanya and the other wives, and nearly everyone acts in appalling ways, indulging in anything and everything obnoxious, rude, and downright dirty.

Is It Any Good?

3

It's fun to watch for a while and Zoe Lucker portrays Tanya with delicious devilry, but all the backstabbing ultimately leaves viewers feeling like they need a scalding bath. A heavy dose of intrigue sometimes works, but even played for camp, Footballers' Wives is too much of a bad thing. In the end, there's no one else to root for but evil Tanya herself, which just may be the show's best conceit. The nemesis becomes the hero, since everyone else appears either equally conniving or just plain boring in a goody-two-shoes kind of way.

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