Gladiators

*Gladiators* is a British television entertainment series produced by London Weekend Television (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 led to further adaptations in Australia and Sweden. The show was revived in 2008, but was cancelled again in 2009. The series was originally presented by John Fashanu and Ulrika Jonsson, but Fashanu was replaced by Jeremy Guscott in 1997. Guscott left the series in 1998, after which 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 produced by LWT, 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 Springbok Challenge*, however, were filmed on the sets of the Australian and South African versions of the shows respectively. The series also led to a children's version, entitled *Gladiators: Train 2 Win*, which was broadcast on CITV between 1995 and 1998.

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