Five’s new channel, Five Life, has acquired the multi-channel rights to two of Britain’s most popular dramas, Bad Girls and Footballers’ Wives. The shows popularity are a constant source of puzzlement for me, but thankfully, I’m not the entire Great British public all by myself.

Nick Thorogood, controller of Five Life and Five US, said: “Bad Girls and Footballers’ Wives are terrific dramas; groundbreaking and great fun – perfect additions to Five Life where we have already brought our viewers a rich mix of drama and entertainment.“

Even though both series’ have ended on ITV1, US network ABC is planning an American version of Footballers’ Wives, which will be a co-production between the producers on both sides of the Atlantic. The show clocked up five series in the UK.

Bad Girls finished with its eighth series and a Christmas special in December. The second series is currently being shown on ITV3. So it’ll be more Cell Block H fun and hoover attachments being stuck on genitals for all. [Mof Gimmers via]