Surprise!
Footballers' Wives is coming to DVD -
next week. That's right, the 8 episode (400 mins) first season of the show will be released on
June 7 by Capital Entertainment. Suggested retail price is $34.98 US ($39.99 CAN), but
Amazon.com is selling it for $26.23, and
Amazon.ca has it for $30.09.
Fabulously Outrageous British TV Show
First Season to Be Released on DVD June 7, 2005
LOS ANGELES - The sensational #1 hit show in Britain, Footballers' Wives is coming to American homes on DVD, available June 7, 2005 from Capital Entertainment. This two-disc set will include uncut versions of all eight episodes of the series' first season for a suggested retail price of $34.98.
A fictional series focusing on the young, rich and sexy wives of England's top soccer players, Footballers' Wives is a television phenomena in the U.K. The Guardian has raved of the show: "Footballers' Wives shoots and scores on all fronts, adeptly combining trash, flash and instantly addictive storylines."
But the title should not be misleading - Footballers' Wives is as much about soccer as Dallas was about oil. Depicting the double lives women lead when their husbands are away, the smash British show cleverly plays on the secrets that too often lie beneath the surface of marriages. Unlike its American cousin, Desperate Housewives, Footballers' Wives does not shy away from the graphic sex and nudity that its protégé can only suggest.
As The Telegraph so accurately wrote about this huge cultural phenomenon, "It was impossible not to be hooked the moment the players stepped into the fray." Prepare to get hooked...
