Footballers' Wives Lucker, Sarah Barrand, Laila Rouass, Halacy Kurenski and Ben Richards, who played their respective roles, with "Sport Relief" host Graham Norton playing new Sparks captain Brendan Spunk. Between the third and fourth series of "Footballers' Wives", Zöe Lucker's character Tanya Turner crossed over to Shed Media's "Bad Girls" for three episodes of that programme's sixth series. In "Bad Girls", which centres on a women's prison, Tanya is convicted for drug possession and sent to jail for six months. After stirring up mischief in the prison and even being arrested for poisoning inmates, Tanya is eventually released when a series of
Antoine Malick Sahira Shah (Laila Rouass), was created to compensate for the departures. Series producer Myar Craig-Brown hoped the new group would become "equally iconic" as their predecessors. Prior to being cast as Malick, Akingbola had multiple roles in "Holby"–branded programmes. He played main character Constable Neil Parker in "Holby City" police-procedural spin-off "HolbyBlue", and twice appeared in "Holby City" itself in guest roles. During series twelve, the actor had a two-episode arc as injured boxer Tommy King. His performance so impressed the producers that they agreed to bring him back as a main character. Contacted about the possibility of a permanent