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
Dean Andrews set in Sheffield. Andrews played Barry Shiel in the TV series "Buried", which won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series in 2004. In 2005, Andrews played the character of Steven Maynard in the ITV drama "Wire in the Blood". In 2006, he appeared in yet another BBC drama, "Life On Mars", as the character DS Ray Carling. In 2007, he appeared in the BBC dramas "True Dare Kiss" and "The Street". In 2008, he returned to play the character in the spin-off series "Ashes to Ashes". Andrews also had a small role in the Channel 4 series "No Angels"