Footballers' Wives 'unchristian'

Christians should reject the selfish, materialistic lifestyle typified by ITV's Footballers' Wives, the Archbishop of Canterbury has urged.

Dr Rowan Williams said the hit series portrayed a world in which qualities such as charity and fairness had been swept aside.

Writing an Easter message in Outlook, the diocese's newspaper, he said it represented 'different kinds of selfish behaviour'.

But the maker of the ITV1 show hit back last night. Executive producer Brian Park said the show's viewers did not watch it because it was a reflection of themselves, adding: 'We offer a portal to a world of untold wealth, but we show that it comes with a price, that it doesn't buy happiness.'