54-478: Shed Productions , part of Warner Bros. Television Productions UK , was an independent UK television production company, specialising in contemporary, original drama programming and content. It was established in 1998 by Eileen Gallagher, Brian Park , Ann McManus and Maureen Chadwick , who previously worked together at Granada Television . As of October 2015 it no longer exists as a company with all properties folded into Wall to Wall . Shed's first major production,
108-533: A 21.37% shareholding, with the remaining stake being split between a group of 27 key staff members. In January 2012, Shed Media Group had announced that they've launched an entertainment and comedy production company named Yalli Productions with a focus on developing Warner Bros' library formats to the UK market as well their own formats with Bert Gray heading the production company as the managing director. In April 2012, Shed Media Group had announced that they've acquired
162-701: A German audience, and the show was cancelled after only four episodes. Mediaset produced its own version of the series in Italy, called Ho sposato un calciatore ( I Married a Footballer ), which was written and directed by Stefano Sollima and lasted for four episodes on Canale 5 in 2005. It stars Paolo Seganti and Jane Alexander as Bruno and Tonia Caracci, Karin Proia and Edoardo Leo as Anna and Vito Palma, Maria Elena Vandone as Crystal Ferrari, and Mirko Petrini as Luca Martelli. A US version, called Football Wives and focusing on an American football team,
216-523: A coma. Jason helps her push his car off the side of the road, making it look like a drunken accident. Series one was produced by Liz Lake. Series two was shown between 8 January and 26 February 2003 with eight episodes. Series 2 begins with Tanya and Jason in court, lying on oath. The British population is convinced that Frank is deranged and that he tried to rape Tanya. Charges are dropped, and Tanya walks away scot-free. Chardonnay Lane-Pascoe and Kyle Pascoe raise Jackie Pascoe 's baby son Paddy as theirs. At
270-462: A group of footballers' wives whose husbands play for Earls Park (nicknamed "Sparks"). Ian Walmsley, Sparks' latest signing, deals with his up-and-coming success. His wife Donna is more concerned with getting their son back from the woman who adopted him after her parents forced her to give him up when she was a teenager. In the final episode, their 8-year-old daughter Holly is kidnapped. Donna's younger sister causes trouble while staying with them. She has
324-558: A majority stake in London-based British factual entertainment television production company Renegade Pictures with its team continued to operate the acquired company in their London base as Renegade's production output will now be distributed by Warner Bros.' international television distribution division. Time Warner acquired 100% of Shed and renamed the group Warner Bros. Television Productions UK in June 2014. As of 2015
378-505: A new series, with production returning to the Greater Manchester area. One-off drama Catwalk Dogs – written by Men Behaving Badly creator Simon Nye and starring Kris Marshall and Georgia MacKenzie – aired on ITV1 in 2007 and introduced viewers to the world of dog shows. This was followed in 2008 by Rock Rivals , another ITV commission that starred Michelle Collins and Sean Gallagher as Karina and Mal Faith –
432-459: A rape scandal during a party in Spain. Shannon and Harley have marriage problems and eventually split up. Darius turns out to be the rapist of Katie in Spain, and has a breakdown when she kidnaps him for revenge. Jackie Pascoe marries club manager Roger Webb, who signs his son Seb to the club. Seb tries to cause trouble in their marriage, and is thrown out. Hazel leaves the club with her new girlfriend,
486-483: A second series. Remaining consistently popular with the viewers, seven series of Waterloo Road have so far been aired (as of 2012). In November 2011, it was announced by the BBC and Shed Media that production on the show would be relocating from Rochdale to Greenock , Scotland as part of the BBC's aim to produce more programming in the country. A further 50 episodes were commissioned for broadcast between 2012 and 2014, with
540-484: A secret fling with the Sparks' mid-fielder, ruthless bad boy Jason Turner, who is married to the beautiful-yet-vile Tanya Turner. Tanya is too busy to worry about the affair as she tries to save her husband's job when club owner Frank Laslett buys 'Italian stallion' Sal Biagi, who takes Jason's job. Tanya and Jason take matters into their own hands on the way home from a club dinner, and in a drunken brawl, Tanya puts Frank in
594-436: A shocking cliff-hanger. Tanya is pregnant with Frank's child. She killed Frank for his money by "shagging him to death" on a lethal combination of Viagra, alcohol and cocaine. When Amber Gates announces that she is pregnant with Conrad's child, Tanya tries to keep Conrad by claiming that she too is expecting his child. Series three was produced by Sean O'Connor . This series was nominated for a National Television Award in 2004,
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#1732786559818648-491: A similar series about ice hockey rather than directly adapting Footballers' Wives , as she felt that some elements of the original series—particularly the broad campiness of some British humour—would not translate well to a Canadian audience. In South Africa , kykNet launched Getroud met rugby or "Married to Rugby", an Afrikaans series in 2009, which became a nightly soap opera before being cancelled in 2022. In addition to being influenced by Footballers' Wives , it
702-472: A tennis player. New characters Bruno and Lucy Milligan have an adorable daughter, Angelica, but their marriage is eroding due to control-freak Bruno's emotional and sometimes physical abuse of Lucy. Lucy meets Dr. Giles Arrowsmith on the Internet and runs to him with Angelica in tow. He tries to kill Lucy, Angelica, and himself in his car, believing he is re-creating the accident that killed his real fiancée
756-434: A typically over-the-top Egyptian-themed wedding. Liberty, a top supermodel with a striking resemblance to Naomi Campbell , is exposed by the press for having a lesbian affair with her P.A. Urszula Rosen, then stars in a Japanese advert that makes her look like a cannibal. The fifth and final series was shown between 23 February and 13 April 2006 and consists of eight episodes, and was produced by Cameron Roach. In May 2006, it
810-418: 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 events leads to the wing governor coercing a criminal to confess to planting the drugs on her. Footballers Wives TV is a spin-off mockumentary comedy series that was broadcast to tie-in with
864-708: Is also revealed that she killed Jason. Tanya marries Frank Laslett as Jason had left her in debt. He also wanted her to admit that he did not rape her and that Jason had made her lie in court. Kyle finds new romance. Tanya has an affair with the new captain Conrad Gates and endures his jealous wife, Amber Gates . Tanya and Amber soon became arch-enemies and have a vicious catfight. Amber Gates fakes her own kidnapping when Conrad starts seeing Tanya. Harley Lawson and Shannon Donnelly 's lives are turned upside down when he becomes Earls Park's new signing. Conrad also has an affair with new signing Noah Alexander. The season ends with
918-640: Is delighted to hook up with the new Earls Park signing, Callum Watson. Shannon moves Callum in, but his interfering mother comes along and causes havoc. New club chairman Garry Ryan kills Roger, and Jackie leaves to live with her son Kyle in Australia. Tanya discovers evidence that proved Garry's involvement. As series five ends, Tanya is trying to come to a "settlement" with Garry over the tape-recording that proves he caused Roger's death, when he offers her cocaine laced with poison. New characters include Tremaine Gidigbi and Liberty Baker , who marry in episode 5 in
972-463: Is then sectioned and sent to a mental institution for bleeding on the brain. With Amber out of the way, Tanya returns and immediately aims to seduce Earls Park's latest star, Paulo Bardosa, and goes head-to-head with Eva de Wolffe ( Joan Collins ). Tanya's joy at snatching Paulo from Eva's clutches is short-lived; he has a breakdown and is taken to a mental hospital, and Tanya finds herself penniless. Shannon, now divorced from Harley and feeling lonely,
1026-506: The National Football League . Bad Girls - The Musical is an original British musical that was developed by the creators of the television series, Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus , in collaboration with composer and lyricist Kath Gotts , and director Maggie Norris . Bad Girls – The Musical takes as its starting point the original core characters from the first series of Bad Girls on TV, and loosely follows
1080-555: The TV Quick Award for Best Actress in 2004, as well as a nomination for Best Actress in 2005. The series also received the TV Quick Award for Best Loved Drama in 2005. Between the third and fourth series of Footballers' Wives , Zöe Lucker 's character Tanya Turner crossed over to Shed Media 's highest-rated series Bad Girls for three episodes of that programme's sixth series. In Bad Girls , which centres on
1134-506: The Lowland village of Wanlockhead. The series began airing on BBC One on Sunday 7 June 2009. Following on from Hope Springs will be Dirty Something , a drama series set around the lives and loves of Notting Hill Tories. After Footballers' Wives proved such a hit with US viewers when it was broadcast on BBC America , US network ABC commissioned a pilot for an American version of the show, named Football Wives . Although based on
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#17327865598181188-496: The UK by Acorn Media in Dolby Digital and with new artwork. Acorn also released a "Complete Collection" box set featuring all five series, and both series of Footballers' Wives Extra Time . On Saturday 15 July 2006 in the UK, the BBC made a spoof mini-episode entitled The Last Ever, Ever Footballers' Wives that was broadcast as part of Sport Relief live telethon. The six-minute episode featured four cast members from
1242-411: The UK original and using similar plots, the pilot featured American football rather than association football , and a completely new cast, including Lucy Lawless , Gabrielle Union , Eddie Cibrian , Kiele Sanchez , and James Van Der Beek . The pilot was not picked up due to budget reasons, however a number of websites have speculated that Football Wives was shelved due to potential conflicts with
1296-531: The best Documentary Feature category. On 5 August 2010, Warner Bros. Television secured a 55.75% stake in Shed Media. Warner Bros. completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Shed Media on 14 October. Under the deal, Shed Media will remain an independent company, but its global distribution arm, Outright Distribution , would be folded into the Warner's UK operation. The Shed management team held on to
1350-508: The bickering judges on a phenomenally successful TV talent show. In 2008, BBC One commissioned Hope Springs , a new eight-part drama from Shed Productions through BBC Scotland . The show, which will star Annette Crosbie and Alex Kingston , is about four female ex-cons who find themselves in hiding in a remote Scottish village called Hope Springs after their plans to start a new life in Barbados go awry. Filming has begun in summer 2008 in
1404-562: The company floated on AIM (Alternative Investment Market) in March 2005. The group has grown significantly since flotation and to date, five award-winning media companies: Ricochet , Twenty Twenty Television , Wall to Wall Media , and Outright Distribution have all joined the group. In 2010, it was bought by Time Warner . Shed was established in 1998, specialising in producing long-running returnable drama including Waterloo Road , Bad Girls and Footballers' Wives . In March 2005,
1458-679: The company listed on AIM (Alternative Investment Market). In November 2005, Shed Media Group had announced that they've acquired Brighton-based Factual entertainment television production company Ricochet , a leading production company specialising in factual entertainment. Ricochet created and produces global brand Supernanny . Other programmes include: Extreme Dreams , It's Me or the Dog , Breaking into Tesco and Blood, Sweat and T-shirts . Shed acquired Outright Distribution (formerly Screentime Partners) in September 2006. The acquisition
1512-433: The eleventh series will not appear here. Warner Bros. Television Productions UK Warner Bros. Television Studios UK (formerly Shed Media Group and later Warner Bros. Television Productions UK ) is a British creator and distributor of television content. The Group produces long-running television brands in drama, factual, documentary, factual entertainment, and history. Established in 1998 as Shed Productions ,
1566-529: The first to begin airing from September 2012. Filming on the eighth series began in April 2012 at the former Greenock Academy , and began airing from August 2012. Production on a ninth series began on 1 April 2013. It was announced on 2 April 2014 that series 10 would be the final series of the show, production on Series 10 ended in August 2014. In September 2021, it was announced that Waterloo Road would return with
1620-410: The hit drama Bad Girls was commissioned by ITV in the summer of 1998 and proved to be a huge success with viewers, becoming one of the UK's most consistently successful dramas during its eight-series run. In 2000, following the success of Bad Girls , Shed won a major new commission for primetime ITV, Footballers' Wives . During the five series it was on air, Footballers' Wives became probably
1674-734: The label under Twenty Twenty joining them as their senior creative producer. Shed Media was nominated for Float of the Year in 2005 and won Deal of the Year 2006 in the Quoted Company Awards for its acquisition of Ricochet. Several of Shed's programmes have won BAFTA, RTS, Rose D'Or and National Television Awards. Footballers%27 Wives Footballers' Wives is a British television drama about fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives, broadcast on ITV from 2002 to 2006. The show initially focuses on three very different couples, but from
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1728-476: The last season, Zöe 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. The Guardian described the show upon its 20th anniversary, "The show is now regarded as something of a kitsch cult classic, regularly appearing in meme form on social media". A musical in
1782-411: The most talked-about UK drama of recent times and spawned the popular ITV2 spin-off Footballers' Wives Extra Time , and factual entertainment series Footballers' Wives TV which aired on ITV2 in 2005. 2005 also saw Shed's first foray into the realms of children's television when seven-part drama The Fugitives was commissioned by CITV . Starring Maureen Lipman , Jack Ellis and Melanie Hill ,
1836-399: The musical closed less than two months later due to poor ticket sales, with the final performance staged on 17 November 2007. Note: On average, Bad Girls was Shed Productions' highest rated and most successful production. Note: As Shed Productions are now defunct as of 2015, the recent revival of Waterloo Road is produced under Wall to Wall Media and Rope Ladder Fiction, therefore
1890-499: The name was completely phased out and all companies got completely integrated with new websites, however Shed Productions and Watershed became defunct with no new websites, little mentioning or integration. In January 2015, Warner Bros. Television Production UK announced that they've merged their production company Watershed Television with Twenty Twenty to form a boarding team with Watershed retained its branding under Twenty Twenty along with managing director Mark Rubens continued to lead
1944-477: The only time the series was nominated. The fourth was shown between 31 March and 26 May 2005 with nine episodes. Tanya and Amber both have their babies; Tanya had the babies swapped at birth to hide the possibility that hers could be Frank's, but this backfired when Amber's son (Tanya's, really) was smothered to death by Amber's dog. When the swap was discovered, Conrad and Amber claimed their rightful baby back and banished Tanya abroad. The footballers are involved in
1998-605: The original broadcast of the fourth series of Footballers Wives . It aired on Thursdays at 10:30pm on ITV2 and only lasted for one series of eight episodes. The series was loosely based on the book How to be a Footballer's Wife and centred on a chat show presented by Katherine Jakeways and Glenn Hugill as TV presenters Gary Fox and Lorna Miller. Characters from Footballers' Wives appeared in interviews as did parody celebrities. The spin-off series Footballers' Wives: Extra Time premiered on ITV2 on 26 May 2005, after series four of Footballers' Wives . Several characters from
2052-415: The original programme appeared, including Bruno and Lucy Milligan, Seb Webb, Harley and Shannon Lawson, Katie Jones, and Amber Gates. The first series of Extra Time features Tanya Turner's sister, Anika Beevor. Series two began on 23 February 2006 with Peter Ash as Darius Fry and Julie Legrand as Janette Dunkley from the original series as regular cast members. Nicholas Ball , who portrayed Garry Ryan in
2106-515: The previous year. Bruno accidentally shoots Conrad, thinking he is Giles. The final episode was considerably edited for broadcast on ITV, though the full episode was shown in Ireland and Australia. Some cuts from the episode were featured in the first series of Footballers' Wives: Extra Time, others were featured in series five of Footballers' Wives. The episode was restored for the DVD release. Series four
2160-477: The series' end, Jason sits on the rooftop, drunk and feeling sorry for himself, but as he slips and desperately grasps for a life-saving hold on the ledge, an unseen (by the audience) assailant hits his hands with a champagne bottle, causing him to fall to his death. Series two was produced by Claire Phillips. Series three was shown between 11 February and 7 April 2004, with nine episodes. The series begins with Chardonnay's funeral following her death from anorexia. It
2214-550: The series, crossed over to Footballers' Wives for series five as the new Chairman of Earl's Park Football Club. The series' executive producer was Cameron Roach. It was shown in the United States under the name Footballers' Wives: Overtime . In 2005, RTL in Germany adapted the programme as Das geheime Leben der Spielerfrauen ( The Secret Life of Footballers' Wives ). The original scripts were rewritten to appeal to
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2268-462: The show centred on two runaway teenagers and tackled head-on the serious subject of human cloning. In 2006, Shed received its first commission from BBC One , Waterloo Road , a drama series about a failing comprehensive school in Rochdale. After proving to be a huge hit with viewers, especially the valuable 16- to 24-year-old audience, Waterloo Road was immediately re-commissioned by the BBC for
2322-817: The storyline of the first series, most notably, the suicide of Rachel Hicks and the relationship between Wing Governor Helen Stewart and inmate Nikki Wade. Following a successful workshop production in November 2004 at the New Players Theatre, London , the musical went on to premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in 2006. The subsequent West End production began previews at the Garrick Theatre in August 2007 and officially opened in September 2007. Despite positive reviews,
2376-501: The third series onward revolves around a complex love triangle between Tanya Turner ( Zöe Lucker ), Amber Gates ( Laila Rouass ), and Conrad Gates ( Ben Price ). The show has earned a cult following since its cancellation and launched on BritBox in 2021 and ITVX in 2023. The show is centred on the fictional Earls Park Football Club (nicknamed "Sparks"). The series, based on the book, Footballers' Wives Tell Their Tales, by Shelley Webb , wife of British footballer Neil Webb ,
2430-476: Was a strategic move in order to maximise exploitation of the Group's IP through its own in-house distribution company, whilst growing third-party business. In September 2007, Shed Productions had announced that they've continued their acquisition spree by taking over BAFTA award-winning British independent factual entertainment production house Twenty Twenty and placing it under Shed's combined holding company which
2484-470: Was also inspired by Friday Night Lights . All five seasons have been released on DVD in the United Kingdom and Australia, by Contender Entertainment Group (Series 1-2) and Video Collection International/2 Entertain (Series 3-5) in the United Kingdom and Shock Entertainment in Australia. Series 1 through 3 have been released on DVD in the United States. All five series were re-released in
2538-506: Was announced by Shed Productions and ITV that no further series of Footballers' Wives would be commissioned. Its cancellation had been blamed on falling ratings, particularly during its fifth and final series. Footballers' Wives has been nominated for several awards; in 2004, there were two nominations at the National Television Awards – for Most Popular Drama and Zöe Lucker for Best Actress. Zöe Lucker received
2592-883: Was being named Shed Media Group. Brands include: The Choir , That'll Teach 'Em , Brat Camp , Evacuation , and The Sorcerer's Apprentice . In November 2007, Shed Media Group had announced that they've acquired British scripted and unscripted television production company Wall to Wall Media with Wall to Wall Media's distribution division Wall to Wall International being interrogated into Shed's own distribution arm Outright Distribution. A multiple BAFTA winner, Wall to Wall produces long-running brands including BBC One's Who Do You Think You Are? and New Tricks . Reality dramas include: 1940's House and Frontier House . Docu-dramas include: The Day Britain Stopped and Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story . In 2008, Wall to Wall's Man on Wire won an Academy Award Oscar in
2646-431: Was cancelled in 2006. A number of celebrities made cameo appearances in the series, appearing as themselves. They include: Peter Stringfellow , Tara Palmer-Tomkinson , Jordan , Antony Worrall Thompson , Peter Andre , Lionel Blair , Richard Madeley , Judy Finnigan , Calum Best and Rula Lenska , as well as footballers Sol Campbell , David Seaman , Teddy Sheringham and Nigel Quashie . The part of Tanya Turner
2700-426: Was developed for ABC in 2007. The pilot episode , written by Marco Pennette and directed by Bryan Singer , starred Lucy Lawless and Eddie Cibrian as Tanya and Jason Austin, James Van Der Beek and Kiele Sanchez as Brian and Donna Reynolds, Gabrielle Union as Chardonnay Lane, Brian J. White as Kyle Jameson, Holly Robinson-Peete as Jackie Jameson, and Ving Rhames as Frank Wallingford. Football Wives
2754-686: Was not picked up for series for the fall 2007 season, but The Hollywood Reporter later reported that the production company ABC Studios had extended its options on the show's cast, and that NBC and FOX , even The CW were interested in the series. A number of websites, including Digital Spy , speculated that Football Wives was not picked up due to potential conflicts with the National Football League and ABC sister network's ESPN 's Monday Night Football and broad surrounding NFL programming deal. In Canada, CBC Television launched MVP in early 2008. Creator Mary Young Leckie acknowledged Footballers' Wives as an inspiration, but chose to create
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#17327865598182808-433: Was originally named Tansy. In the earlier series, Earls Park Football Club's home games were played at the real life Selhurst Park , which is the home of Crystal Palace Football Club . From series three onward, stadium scenes were filmed at the original White Hart Lane , former (now demolished) home of Tottenham Hotspur . Series one was shown between 8 January and 26 February 2002 with eight episodes. The series follows
2862-493: Was produced by Cameron Roach. After Lucy leaves Bruno at the altar of their Pride and Prejudice -themed wedding, Amber takes the lead as the central character and wastes no time getting revenge on Bruno, knowing he killed Conrad. She moves in with him and inflicts her own brand of psychological torture on him by making him think he is losing his mind. Becoming more desperate, Amber tries to poison, then shoot, him. In her last scene, she shoots Roger Webb, who loses his sight. Amber
2916-442: Was produced by Liz Lake, Claire Phillips, and Cameron Roach, with Brian Park as executive producer. The show began as an ensemble of three different football couples, but from the third series on the show largely revolved around the character Tanya Turner ( Zöe Lucker ). Lucker left the series halfway through series four, and returned midway through the next series, by which time the series' ratings had fallen significantly. The series
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