[Neil Jones]

Although didn't seem quite in sync on The Wall, for the men it appeared the whistle for the Gladiators to go was at 49 seconds and the women 51 seconds!

This was an "issue" on the original show as well.

I think the women used to get something like 20 seconds head start and the men 15, and the graphics never matched the whistle, and when they replaced it with a digital clock showing tenths of a second, it was still way out from the whistle!

Hope to assume that the ref was fair and blew his whistle exactly once the headstart time had passed.

Related note: Somebody got 2.5 seconds head start on Saturday's episode before The Eliminator. I don't think they got that, it was closer to one second to my mind.