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I guess it would have messed up the timings of the episode if they did have to skip an entire attempt of an event. Luckily, with the other contender withdrawing, they got to play a VT for the stand-by which would have taken up that time.


In a seperate point, I've just come across this website, which I think is probably official and predates the 2024 revival. Apparently, there was 27 different games in the original run - some are probably close to impossible to return, but there's plenty to take inspiration from if/when there is a second series.

www.gladiatorstv.com 

Yeah, just checked Wayback Machine, that site has existed since at least January 2001, it's changed it's url twice, from gladiatorszone.fsnet.co.uk, to gladiatorszone.co.uk then to the current gladiatorstv.com - I think it was probably originally a fansite, but was later made official.

I like how pages there have the appropriate logo at the top depending on whether the page is about the 90s, Sky, or current versions, and even the various international versions. It does need updating, since while it does list the new UK and Aussie Gladiators, it doesn't mention the new games yet. Hopefully they're just waiting until the current series finishes to do that.