Footballer Wants a Wife

2015 comedy television miniseries

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 (2015-09-09) –
9 September 2015 (2015-09-09)

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

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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

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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

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* 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

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1. Meet the Team
2. Pack Date
3. Makeovers
4. Slave to Love
5. Meet My Family
6. Grand Finale

## References

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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.
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".

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