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
Vickie Gates (actress) of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes for ITV. In 2013, she played Pat in the BBC comedy-drama "Being Eileen". Vickie Gates (actress) Vickie Gates is a British actress who made her television acting debut in "Brookside" at the age of 16. After her initial storylines from 1990–1993, she joined an all-girl pop band called Dream Reality and then appeared in the TV series "Springhill" before returning to "Brookside" in 1997 for four additional years. Her television career continued with roles in "City Central", "Liverpool 1" and "The Bill". She has supplemented her television work with appearances in the film "The