Footballer Wants a Wife

*Footballer Wants a Wife*
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

Footballer Wants a Wife is a six-part comedy web miniseries which parodies reality TV dating shows and sends up footballer stereotypes.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Production

The series was created by Ben Nicholas. It was funded through Screen Australia's Multi Platform drama funding program. The series aired in September 2015. It was produced by Julian Vincent Costanzo and Jonathon Dutton, and written by Nicholas and Carl J Sorheim. The series features an all-star cast.^[4]

Nicholas did not want to "tarnish" the AFL or those involved in it, but rather poke fun at reality television. He stated "I'm a big fan of football and I didn't want to tarnish the game. I don't want to go down any of the routes that mar the game. People don't need to know about drug scandals or in-jokes or bad boys."^[5]

Synopsis

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.^[6] The three footballers (from three different codes), are matched up against fourteen women who will stop at nothing to become a WAG.

Cast

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

Meet the Team
Pack Date
Makeovers
Slave to Love
Meet My Family
Grand Finale

References

^ "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.
^ Dennehy, Luke; Epstein, Jackie; Te Koha, Nui (20 August 2015). "Faux reality has own code". Herald Sun. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via Gale.
^ Team, The IF (16 August 2015). "Footballer Wants a Wife set for September launch".

[1] "Footballer Wants A Wife (2015) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

[2] "Online parody Footballer Wants A Wife kicks goals". ABC News. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

[3] "Footballer Wants A Wife". ABC iview. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

[4] "Footballer Wants A Wife". www.female.com.au.

[Dennehy-5] Dennehy, Luke; Epstein, Jackie; Te Koha, Nui (20 August 2015). "Faux reality has own code". Herald Sun. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via Gale.

[6] Team, The IF (16 August 2015). "Footballer Wants a Wife set for September launch".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]