The Gladiators Woman

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Typically, four contenders would appear in each episode, two male Red and Blue and two female Pink and Yellow , and each contender would compete in five or six events, depending on the series or time constraints. In each event, the contenders will score a number of points, usually ten for a win. Typically, both male and female contenders would compete in the same events; however, during series six, this format was removed, and female contenders would play easier games, whilst the male contenders would play more difficult games.

Once all five or six games are played, the number of points is totalled and the contestant with the highest number of points gets a headstart in The Eliminator assault course with every point ahead of their competitor worth half a second. The winner of The Eliminator then goes on to compete in the next round. A typical series contains fifteen episodes — eight heats, four quarter finals, two semi-finals and the grand final.

Occasionally, a celebrity or charity special will be broadcast after the grand final. Mini series, such as the final season series 8 , would consist of 3 episodes: The first series of The Ashes and second series of The Springbok Challenge were filmed on the sets of the Australian and South African series respectively.

Over the course of the 8 domestic Series, Gladiators had 3 main presenters. Former TV-am weather presenter Ulrika Jonsson was with the show from the first episode and in many ways was the main anchor due to her TV background.

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Despite having no hosting experience, footballer John Fashanu was given the role of male host of the series. For Series 6 and 7 he was replaced by rugby player Jeremy Guscott. Both Cobra and Lightning were never originally intended to be Gladiators. Instead, they trained and entered as contestants, and it wasn't until hours before the first recording that it was decided two more Gladiators would be required for the series.

This is the reason neither appear on the cover of the music CD that was released to accompany the series. They were both upgraded to full-time participants in show three, and both remained until the very end of the programme. Fox originally appeared as a contestant during the Wembley live shows of She was hand-picked to be a reserve Gladiator for the sixth series, however, she ended up becoming a full-time participant after Gold injured herself during training.

When the British series ended, Fox became a member of the South African Gladiators team, appearing in their final domestic season. Laser originally trained and entered as a contender but was later made into a reserve Gladiator due to several Female Gladiators being unable to compete due to ongoing injury problems. She later ended up becoming a full-time Gladiator, even appearing in the Second Ashes series. Vulcan joined the British Gladiators series after his native Australian edition of the series was cancelled.

In international Gladiators 2 and both Ashes competitions, he competed for Australia.

Wolf later became the team coach for the new set of Gladiators, who appeared in the revival of the series. Applicants who wanted to take part in the show had to go through vigorous fitness tests before they were selected to take part. Footage of several of the tests were broadcast during behind-the-scenes segments during both the first and second series. Female wrestler Non Evans who appeared only once as a contestant during the sixth series. Cage fighter Alex Reid also appeared as a contestant during the seventh series.

Most competitors achieved brief local fame, but series three women's champion Eunice Huthart earned great recognition, and briefly presented late night television before becoming a stunt double. Several competitors from the show's history later went on to appear on Total Wipeout , the most notable being series seven contestants Colm Curran and Micah Hudson. Series 5 winner Mark Mottram went on to become a professional stuntman and was Pierce Brosnan 's stunt double in the James Bond films.

He appeared in Batman as Heath Ledger 's double. He is married to Debbie Mottram, who was a cheerleader he met on Gladiators. Series 1 winner Weininger Irwin appeared in the BBC series Back in Time for Brixton in November , in which a family experience 50 years of black British history; [2] in one episode, he and his family watched his victory in the first Gladiators series final. John Anderson has been the head official. Before every event he called: During celebrity specials Anderson took a more light-hearted attitude to the show such as adapting his call to "Little contender ready!

John had an assistant on the show, known as the "Official Timekeeper". The role was predominately filled by Andrew Norgate since , 2nd series and his first appearance 4th series , 5th series , 7th series , and until 1 January 8th series and his last and final appearance who was also a producer. Norgate was replaced by athlete Derek Redmond for series 3 and Eugene Gilkes for series 6 and also for the Springbok Challenge series, and his arch-nemesis is male gladiator Wolf.

In the late s, when the popularity of the programme began to wane, a spin-off entitled Gladiators: The show featured two teams of children, each captained by a gladiator varying each week which sought to gain the most points. Some of the games differed from those on the parent show; for example, the "Eliminator" round was more similar to the "Pursuit" round though it still featured the famous "Travelator".

This Female Gladiator Captive Had to Fight for Her Life

Series seven saw the show have a major overhaul. One of which was Vulcan, the "bad boy" of the Australian version of the show. He was brought in to be a rival of Wolf.

Behind the scenes aspects were added including clips of the contenders selections and training. As well as the new games, 3 of the most established events Powerball, Pendulum and Gauntlet had rule changes.

Another change was the Gladiators' costumes. The "logos" Crossbow for Hunter, Cards for Ace etc. The actual "cut" of the costume remained the same for all gladiators from the previous year and no two design were the same. The main design was part of the word "Gladiators" written in black on each outfit. Despite the changes, Viewing figures continued to drop and the series was axed on 11 February However ITV agreed to film another 4 episodes. These episodes were filmed in summer at the National Indoor Arena , Birmingham. Consisting of a 3-part mini-series which saw previous winners compete to be crowned "Champion of Champions" and a one off special entitled "Battle of the Giants" where male gladiators competed against each other for the title of "Ultimate Gladiator".

The honour went to Hunter James Crossley. These 3 episodes attracted good ratings for the time slot with the series making it into a new millennium, finally bowing out on New Year's Day For four years a series of 'live' shows were played in the Spring ahead of the recording of the televised series.

These shows were used to roadtest new event concepts and new Gladiators. Wembley Arena , London, England Presenters: The first set of live shows was used to roadtest three new potential events ahead of the televised series. One of the events, Tilt, would be used in the televised series with little modification. Joust was also roadtested in this series with pugil sticks being used but the sybikes were much larger and lower to the ground than the events ultimate appearance in the televised series.

A third new event taken from the American series, Breakthrough And Conquer, was also roadtested but would not be taken forward. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The Gladiators' Woman Warriors of Rome 2 3. When Lana was taken prisoner and told to pleasure twelve gladiators, the last thing she expected was to do so willingly… The gladiators have asked Lana to trust them. They have promised that they can bring her pleasure and keep her safe.

To allow him and his men to watch her as she is humiliated.

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But t When Lana was taken prisoner and told to pleasure twelve gladiators, the last thing she expected was to do so willingly… The gladiators have asked Lana to trust them. Her men have given her one word. All she has to do is say it, and everything stops. Instead, they will attack her enemies, even if it costs them their lives. But can she really send the handsome gladiators to their deaths because of her fears?

Or can she forget why she was kidnapped, and learn to enjoy the touch of her twelve devoted warriors? This is not a story for the faint of heart. Kindle Edition , 23 pages. Warriors of Rome 2. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Gladiators' Woman , please sign up.

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