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Footballers’ Wives is reportedly set to return for an epic reboot 20 years after it first aired – following a resurge in popularity on ITVX.
The scandal-filled drama about fictional Premier League football club Earls Park FC is tipped to have an all-sttar cast if it goes ahead.
The reboot could air in 2026, according to actor Gary Lucy, who starred in the drama as footie ace Kyle Pascoe from 2002 to 2006.
The actor said ITV bosses are trying to bring the show back ‘but it might be in a slightly different format.’
Gary added that he floated the idea of a reboot earlier this year, as he thinks it will ‘go down a storm.’
However he ruled out playing a footballer in the series as he says he’s ‘too old for that now.’
Footballers’ Wives is reportedly set to return for an epic reboot 20 years after it first aired – following a resurge in popularity on ITVX
The reboot could air in 2026, according to actor Gary Lucy , who starred in the drama as footie ace Kyle Pascoe from 2002 to 2006
Gary told The Sun it was a lot of fun filming the show and the cast would often have footballers come up to them to say they watched it.
He added: ‘It would be something refreshing. People loved it. It was just escapism. You’d just watch it and forget about all the nonsense that’s going on in real life, you know?’
The series was a marathon of money, champagne and scandalous storylines.
In recent weeks, it has been rediscovered on streaming service ITVX and fans are loving it.
The cast included Susie Amy as Gary’s on-screen wife Chardonnay, Zoe Lucker, Christian Solimeno, Katharine Monaghan, Nathan Constance and EastEnders star Gillian Taylforth.
Earlier this year, stars of the series showed off very different looks as they returned to screens for a TV reunion.
Some of the cast reunited on the sofa on an episode of This Morning, for a nostalgic interview 23 years after the salacious drama first hit our screens.
And despite a cheeky, knowing joke from co-host Ben Shepherd that the celebrities had ‘not changed, not remotely’, the celebs showed off their very different looks on the ITV daytime chat show today.
Some of its stars reunited on the sofa (pictured) on a recent episode of This Morning, for a nostalgic interview 23 years after the salacious drama first hit our screens
The drama (pictured) about fictional Premier League football club Earls Park FC, its players and their wives was first broadcast in 2002. Pictured: Susie as Chardonnay, middle right, and Gary as Kyle, front
Joining Ben and his co-presenter Cat Deeley were Laila Rouass and Susie Amy, who played WAGs Amber Gates and Chardonnay Lane-Pascoe.
They were accompanied by Gary and Alison Newman who was sports agent Hazel Bailey.
Laila’s character Amber was one of the most memorable late additions to the series, coming in during season three.
A particularly infamous scene of hers saw the WAG crash a party with a shotgun and try to kill football player Bruno Milligan (Ben Richards) who accidentally shot her husband in the previous series.
Her character left the show in series four to be the agent for her tennis player girlfriend – who Alison revealed was played by English actress Hannah Waddingham.
Hannah is now best-known for also playing a football club owner – Rebecca Welton, in hit Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso, a not dissimilar comedy-drama about fictional club AFC Richmond, first released in 2020 and still airing.
