Footballer Wants a Wife is a comedy six-part web miniseries which parodies reality TV dating shows and sends up footballer stereotypes.[1][2][3]
| Footballer Wants a Wife | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Television comedy |
| Created by | Ben Nicholas |
| Written by | Ben Nicholas Carl J Sorheim |
| Directed by | Jovita O'Shaughnessy |
| Starring | Ben Nicholas Brooke Satchwell Cassandra Magrath |
| Composer | Dmitri Golovko |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Docklands Studios Melbourne |
| Cinematography | Jaque Fisher |
| Editor | Marc Arena |
| Running time | 8 minutes |
| Production company | Crankyfish |
| Original release | |
| Release | 9 September – 9 September 2015 |
The series, created by Ben Nicholas, was funded through Screen Australia's Multi Platform drama funding program and aired in September 2015. It was produced by Julian Vincent Costanzo and Jonathon Dutton, and written by Ben Nicholas and Carl J Sorheim. The series featured an all-star cast. [4]
Synopsis edit
Steven is a football player looking for a wife – just like his mother. He joins two other young footballers as they embark on their modern-day journey to find true love. [5] The three footballers (from three different codes), are matched up against fourteen women who will stop at nothing to become a WAG.
Cast edit
- Ben Nicholas as Steven Papakonstantinou
- Brooke Satchwell as Sally Brightmore
- Martin Copping as Camden
- Jonathon Buckley as Dustin Cox
- Stefan Dennis as The Voice
- Maya Aleksandra as Veronika
- Ella Cannon as Lucy
- Ra Chapman as Hope
- Maria Angelico as Jade
- Cassandra Magrath as Jackie / Substitute
- Elise Jansen as Kayla
- Georgia Chara as Bella
- Melissa Howard as Coreen
- Maria Mercedes as Mama
- Mahalia Brown as Peggy
- Stephanie Lillis as Jones
- James Mason as Nigel West
- Nikki Osborne as Substitute
- Sarah Roberts as Becky
- Warwick Capper as Self
Episodes edit
1. Meet the Team
2. Pack Date
3. Makeovers
4. Slave to Love
5. Meet My Family
6. Grand Finale
References edit
- ^ "Footballer Wants A Wife (2015) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Online parody Footballer Wants A Wife kicks goals". ABC News. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Footballer Wants A Wife". ABC iview. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Footballer Wants A Wife". www.female.com.au.
- ^ Team, The IF (16 August 2015). "Footballer Wants a Wife set for September launch".