"Do you feel the power of the Gladiators? Can you face the challenge of the champions? Do you have the courage of the heroes?
"Do you have the will or the skill? Do you have the strength, the speed the heart to be a winner? Deep down in your Soul?"
These were the fundamental questions posed by ITV's original Gladiators, to both the audience and brave contenders who dared to take part. While this particular writer longed to be Lightning (her backflips were to die for), all the seemingly superhuman powerhouses were forces to reckon with - only occasionally tamed by strict referee John Anderson.
Originally hosted by John Fashanu and Ulrika Jonsson, Gladiators was what Saturday nights in the '90s were made of.
So as Saracen (aka Mike Lewis) returns to our small screens to tackle the Ninja Warrior UK obstacle course, we pick out some of the...
"Do you have the will or the skill? Do you have the strength, the speed the heart to be a winner? Deep down in your Soul?"
These were the fundamental questions posed by ITV's original Gladiators, to both the audience and brave contenders who dared to take part. While this particular writer longed to be Lightning (her backflips were to die for), all the seemingly superhuman powerhouses were forces to reckon with - only occasionally tamed by strict referee John Anderson.
Originally hosted by John Fashanu and Ulrika Jonsson, Gladiators was what Saturday nights in the '90s were made of.
So as Saracen (aka Mike Lewis) returns to our small screens to tackle the Ninja Warrior UK obstacle course, we pick out some of the...
- 4/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Have you ever wondered what Jet, Wolf, and the rest of ITV's Gladiators did after the show finished? Wonder no more...
ITV’s Gladiators - the show that for eight years made children everywhere become interested in sports, eating well and keeping fit... for about five minutes on a Saturday night, then we all went back to our natural state of sitting on the settee eating sugar straight from the packet.
What was it that inspired this minor surge of enthusiasm for being buff? That would be the gladiators themselves. Every week, twelve superhuman powerhouses - six men and six women - would intimidate, bully, and otherwise humiliate whichever puny contestants stepped up to try their luck, beating or hindering them in a series of physical skill games. This took place before the big finale – where the contenders would race each other up a downwards escalator, while the gladiators were...
ITV’s Gladiators - the show that for eight years made children everywhere become interested in sports, eating well and keeping fit... for about five minutes on a Saturday night, then we all went back to our natural state of sitting on the settee eating sugar straight from the packet.
What was it that inspired this minor surge of enthusiasm for being buff? That would be the gladiators themselves. Every week, twelve superhuman powerhouses - six men and six women - would intimidate, bully, and otherwise humiliate whichever puny contestants stepped up to try their luck, beating or hindering them in a series of physical skill games. This took place before the big finale – where the contenders would race each other up a downwards escalator, while the gladiators were...
- 8/3/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Glamour model Katie Price has denied the accusation that she likes to demean men. TV presenter and ex-footballer Ian Wright queried Price about her relationship with the opposite sex on last night's Live From Studio Five. Wright asked the star what she thought about her ex-boyfriend Warren Furman's suggestion that she takes pleasure out of "grinding men down". "How much money did he get for that [story]?" she said. "He chipped in again a few weeks (more)...
- 9/15/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Warren Furman has claimed that he was humiliated by Katie Price when the pair were engaged over ten years ago. The 36-year-old, who starred as Ace on Gladiators from 1996 to 2000, told The Sun that Price thrived on "grinding men down". Furman said that Price was "sweet and loving" when they met, but added that she changed after her first breast enlargement operation and would later write that he had a small penis in her (more)...
- 5/18/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Katie Price enjoys "grinding men down", says her ex-fiance. Warren Furman - former star of the UK TV show 'Gladiators' - was engaged to Katie for two years and claims she acted in the same way during the breakdown of her three-and-a-half year marriage to Peter Andre. Warren claims Katie, also known as Jordan, drunkenly flirted with other men, taunted him about the size of his manhood and used a sudden interest in horse riding to meet other men -factors which are also said to have contributed to the end of her relationship with Peter. Warren revealed to Britain's The Sun newspaper: "She would say, 'You're just a washed up old Gladiator. I'm more famous than you.' " In...
- 5/18/2009
- Monsters and Critics
Katie Price enjoys "grinding men down", says her ex-fiance. Warren Furman - former star of the UK TV show 'Gladiators' - was engaged to Katie for two years and claims she acted in the same way during the breakdown of her three-and-a-half year marriage to Peter Andre. Warren claims Katie, also known as Jordan, drunkenly flirted with other men, taunted him about the size of his manhood and used a sudden interest in horse riding to meet other men -factors which are also said to have contributed to the end of her relationship with Peter. Warren revealed to Britain's The Sun newspaper: "She would say, 'You're just a washed up old Gladiator. I'm more famous than you.' " In her...
- 5/18/2009
- Monsters and Critics
Katie Price enjoys "grinding men down", says her ex-fiance. Warren Furman - former star of the UK TV show "Gladiators" - was engaged to Katie for two years and claims she acted in the same way during the breakdown of her three-and-a-half year marriage to Peter Andre.
Warren claims Katie, also known as Jordan, drunkenly flirted with other men, taunted him about the size of his manhood and used a sudden interest in horse riding to meet other men - factors which are also said to have contributed to the end of her relationship with Peter.
Warren revealed to Britain's The Sun newspaper: "She would say, 'You're just a washed up old Gladiator. I'm more famous than you.'"...
Warren claims Katie, also known as Jordan, drunkenly flirted with other men, taunted him about the size of his manhood and used a sudden interest in horse riding to meet other men - factors which are also said to have contributed to the end of her relationship with Peter.
Warren revealed to Britain's The Sun newspaper: "She would say, 'You're just a washed up old Gladiator. I'm more famous than you.'"...
- 5/18/2009
- icelebz.com
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