Footballers' Wives artwork. Acorn also released a "Complete Collection" box set featuring all five series, and both series of "Footballers' Wives Extra Time". Footballers' Wives Footballers' Wives (stylised as footballers wive$) is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006. The show initially focuses on three very different couples, but from the third series onward it revolves around a complex love triangle between Tanya Turner (Zöe Lucker), Amber Gates (Laila Rouass), and Conrad Gates (Ben Price).
Cal MacAninch Cal MacAninch Cal MacAninch (born 24 November 1963) is a Scottish actor, best known for portraying the character of DI John Keenan in police drama "HolbyBlue" on BBC1 (from 2007–08). Another notable appearance was his role in the ITV period drama, Mr Selfridge, as Mr Thackeray. MacAninch played Rowan Collins in Series 4 of the ITV drama series "Wild at Heart". He returned to the show for its fifth series as a main cast member. He also played Tauren, a sorcerer in the BBC television series "Merlin" in the episode "To Kill the King". He starred in the 2001 BBC