Gladiators (2008 British TV series)

Gladiators
GenreGame show
Created byDan Carr
John Ferraro
Presented byIan Wright
Kirsty Gallacher (Series 1)
Caroline Flack (Series 2)
StarringReferee:
John Anderson (Series 1)
John Coyle (Series 2)
Narrated byAlan Parry
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes27 (inc. 8 specials)
Production
Production locationShepperton Studios
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyShine TV
Original release
NetworkSky One
Release11 May 2008 (2008-05-11) –
25 October 2009 (2009-10-25)
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Gladiators is a British television series which aired on Sky One from 11 May 2008 to 25 October 2009. It was a revival of the earlier series of the same name and based on the second American version of the show. The US, UK and Australian versions of the show were all revived in 2008.

For the first series, the show was hosted by Ian Wright and Kirsty Gallacher with original referee John Anderson returning. The second series saw Caroline Flack replace Gallacher as host and Anderson replaced by boxing referee John Coyle.

The show was cancelled in May 2009 by then director of programmes Stuart Murphy.[1][2] On 13 January 2024, a second revival started broadcasting on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, presented by Bradley Walsh alongside his son Barney.[3]

  1. ^ "Gladiators Axed!". 21 May 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Holmwood, Leigh (21 May 2009). "Sky1 axes Gladiators and Don't Forget the Lyrics". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Gladiators BBC: Release date, cast and hosts for reboot". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 January 2024.