Gladiators (2008 British TV series)
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 American version of the show. The US, UK and Australian versions of the show were all revived in 2008.
| Gladiators | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Dan Carr John Ferraro |
| Presented by | Ian Wright Kirsty Gallacher (Series 1) Caroline Flack (Series 2) |
| Starring | Referee: John Anderson (Series 1) John Coyle (Series 2) |
| Narrated by | Alan Parry |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 27 (inc. 8 specials) |
| Production | |
| Production location | Shepperton Studios |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | Shine TV |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky One |
| Release | 11 May 2008 – 25 October 2009 |
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For the first series, the show was hosted by Ian Wright and Kirsty Gallacher with original Referee John Anderson returning. For the second series Wright was joined by Caroline Flack owing to Gallacher not wanting to return. Another change was the removal of Anderson owing to the producers wanting to give the show its own feel and cut ties with the original series. He was replaced by well known boxing referee John Coyle for series two. The winners of the series each earned £50,000.
The show was cancelled in May 2009 by then director of programmes Stuart Murphy. On 13 January 2024, a second revival started broadcasting on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, presented by Bradley Walsh alongside his son Barney.