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Gladiators (1992)

Action · Game-Show · Reality-TV

Gladiators is a British television entertainment series, produced by LWT for ITV, and broadcast between 10 October 1992 and 1 January 2000. It is an adaptation of the American format American Gladiators. The success of the British series spawned further adaptations in Australia and Sweden. The series was revived in 2008, before again being cancelled in 2009. The series was originally presented by John Fashanu and Ulrika Jonsson, however, Fashanu was replaced by Jeremy Guscott in 1997. Guscott left the series in 1998, and subsequently, Fashanu returned for the final series in 1999. The series was refereed by John Anderson and the timekeepers over the show's run were Andrew Norgate, Derek Redmond and Eugene Gilkes. John Sachs was the show's commentator, and the series was accompanied by its own group of cheerleaders, known as G-Force. Despite being made by London Weekend Television, all episodes of Gladiators, International Gladiators, the second series of The Ashes and the first series of The Springbok Challenge were recorded at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. The first series of The Ashes and the second series of the The Springbok Challenge, however, were filmed on the sets of the Australian and South African versions of the shows respectively. The series also spawned a version for children, entitled Gladiators: Train 2 Win, which was broadcast on CITV between 1995 and 1998.

IMDb rating
6.6 (1,582 votes)
Seasons
4
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Seasons

Season 1 (1992)

7.69 avg 9 episodes 7.5 → 8.0

Ep 1: 7.5 · 17 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 15 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 15 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 15 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 12 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 12 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 13 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Heat 17.517
2Heat 27.615
3Heat 37.415
4Heat 47.315
5Heat 58.013
6Heat 68.013
7Semi Final 17.712
8Semi Final 27.712
9Final8.013

Season 2 (1993)

7.75 avg 16 episodes 8.3 → 7.8

Ep 1: 8.3 · 16 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 12 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 12 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 11 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 12 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 12 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 12 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 12 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 13 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 13 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 15 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 13 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 11 votesEp 14: 7.4 · 11 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 12 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 13 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Heat 18.316
2Heat 27.712
3Heat 37.712
4Heat 47.411
5Heat 57.712
6Heat 67.812
7Heat 77.712
8Heat 87.812
9Quarter Final 17.813
10Quarter Final 27.813
11Quarter Final 38.215
12Quarter Final 47.713
13Semi Final 17.411
14Semi Final 27.411
15Battle of the Gladiators7.812
16The Grand Final7.813

Season 4 (1995)

7.85 avg 15 episodes 7.8 → 8.0

Ep 1: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 12 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 11 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 11 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 12 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 11 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Heat 17.811
2Heat 28.011
3Heat 37.811
4Heat 47.811
5Heat 57.811
6Heat 67.811
7Heat 77.811
8Heat 87.812
9Quarter Final 17.811
10Quarter Final 27.811
11Quarter Final 37.611
12Quarter Final 47.611
13Semi Final 18.312
14Semi Final 28.011
15Grand Final8.011

Season 5 (1996)

7.85 avg 14 episodes 8.0 → 7.8

Ep 1: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 14 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 14 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 12 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 12 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 12 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 12 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Heat 18.012
2Heat 28.012
3Heat 38.012
4Heat 48.012
5Northern Semi Final 18.012
6Northern Semi Final 28.012
7Northern Final8.012
8Heat 1: South7.614
9Heat 2: South8.013
10Heat 3: South7.314
11Heat 4: South7.812
12Southern Semi Final 17.612
13Southern Semi Final 27.812
14Southern Final7.812