Footballers' Wives: Extra Time (stylised as footballers wive$: extra time) is a British drama programme. A spin-off of Footballers' Wives, the programme aired on ITV2 for two series. Footballers' Wives: Extra Time aired in the United States on BBC America under the title Footballers' Wives: Overtime.

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Footballers' Wives: Extra Time
Opening credits title
Also known as	Footballers' Wives: Overtime
Created by	Maureen Chadwick Ann McManus
Starring	Courtney Akers Nicholas Ball Marc Bannerman Sarah Barrand Frances Da Costa Jamie Davis Elaine Glover Marc Hendrey Helen Latham Julie Legrand Sarah Matravers Georgina Mellor Dominique Moore Travis Oliver Louise Plowright Ben Richards Laila Rouass Tom Swire
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	25
Production
Executive producer	Cameron Roach
Producer	Di Burrows
Running time	20–25 Mins
Production company	Shed Productions
Original release
Network	ITV2
Release	26 May 2005 (2005-05-26) – 18 May 2006 (2006-05-18)
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Footballers' Wives: Extra Time was the spin-off to the award-winning original series Footballers' Wives. Picking up from the end of Footballers' Wives Series 4, it aired on ITV2.^[1][2]

With success of the first series, ITV2 increased the episode lengths by 10 minutes and ordered one more episode than the first series.

The original episode line-up of series two consisted of 18 episodes at 20–25 minutes each. However, there is no explanation as to why the 18 episodes were put into 13 extended episodes for airing.

Both series aired on Thursdays at 10:00 pm, though for some episodes the time varied.

• Georgina Mellor as Anika Beevor (Series 1-2)
• Travis Oliver as Oliver Ryan (Series 1-2)
• Frances Da Costa as Yasmin Salter (Series 1-2)
• Marc Hendrey as Rees Salter (Series 1-2)
• Sarah Matravers as Joly Salter (Series 1-2)
• Tom Swire as Seb Webb (Series 1-2)
• Dominique Moore as Channel O'Grady (Series 1-2)
• Jack Pierce as Cash Brown (Series 1-2)
• Ben Richards as Bruno Milligan (Series 1-2)
• Helen Latham as Lucy Milligan (Series 1-2)
• Nicholas Ball as Gary Ryan (series 1-2; crossed over to series 5 of Footballers' Wives)
• Peter Ash as Darius Fry (Series 2)
• Julie Legrand as Janette Dunkley (Series 2)
• Louise Plowright - Michelle Thorn (Series 1)
• Alice Bird as Lizzy Robinson (Series 2)
• Ross Finbow as Woody (Series 2)
• Marc Bannerman as Matt Bryant (Series 1-2)

These characters are connected to characters from the main series, Footballers' Wives.

Acorn Media announced that they will release both series of Footballers Wives: Extra Time with the Footballers Wives: Complete Collection box set in August 2012.

The Series 2 release in Australia has the original episode-plan of 18 episodes. However, the release of the Second half boxset has the aired version of 13 extended episodes (30 minutes).

In the United States, BBC America has aired the first season, although it is known in the US as Footballers Wive$: Overtime.^[4][5] In Israel, the 2 seasons aired on channel Yes+. In Estonia, the first season was aired on Kanal 2.