UK Gladiators - Series 1 1992 - Heat 3

[@Reaver9029]

Ah Ulrika making the most of a set of tops that are all the same but different colours 👌

[@88DanBob]

I had the biggest crush on jet when I was younger. Now I’m older, I het high blood pressure watching her.

[@chrislayton4451]

It is just a real pity that you do not get good Saturday night television shows like this nowadays

[@Tubewings]

Had Roger and Simon's dead heat happen in a later series, both would have probably had to restart the course from the beginning of the last section (either the balance beam or the seesaws) in a sudden death run.

[@AdyReavill]

A tie in the Eliminator, the only time ever in Gladiators history.

[@CraigGSY]

Brings back some great memories ! But the Crowd looks empty!

[@MrMikeyj81]

Yeah thats what i was thinking lol In 1992 with it being a brand new show on Tv the first shows weren't selling out unlike 1993/1994 onwards were basically the whole arena was packed!!

[@martinjohnston7071]

It's amazing how quiet the shows in the first series are, compared to later ones. The crowd cheer much less, the competitors are less loud, and even John Sachs doesn't reach the same levels of excitement in his after-the-event commentary. Neither do Ulrika and John. When they explain the weapons in Danger Zone, they sound like they're explaining how to fasten seatbelts on a plane. Plus they hadn't realised that some of the rules needed changing to make the events more exciting, like the defensive rule in Duel. It's still worth watching, but later series are much better.

[@davidfearis7335]

Lets not be too harsh this is after all the very first UK Series of Gladiators and things were only going to get better for them.

[@martinjohnston7071]

Yes, I'm, not criticizing it - obviously they were still finding their way. It just surprised me on hindsight when I watched it again

[@ryanking5061]

I do totally agree with you but the producers deserve huge praise. They kept was was good from series 1 and changed what wasn't. What we ended up with was one of the best tv series of the 90s if not the best.

[@RoyStantz]

Gotta start small before you get big.

[@Captain_McClutch]

Man apart from being absolutely gorgeous Jet was also insanely good at some of these events. Hang tough was definitely her specialty.

[@simonbrown140]

I'd have loved Jet to wrap her legs around me 😏

[@Mel70708]

@@simonbrown140Umm

[@deandavies9576]

Ulrika and that shape omfg

[@richardguest2502]

Was there an age restriction? They seem to make it sound like 40 is one foot in the grave.

[@RoyStantz]

Looking back, this show was educating people wrong about the age of 40, which is still a pretty young age. If you ask me, 80 is one foot in the grave.

[@WhisperUK]

I was thinking that too. Shows like these, and even more current shows, tend to zero in on one or two things about a contestant as talking points. You see it a lot on (the inferior) Wipeout.

[@bobomb1986]

I think they made a point in the Series 2 final that when Jean Klenk went up against Georgina Berger, it was the eldest contestant ever against the youngest, Jean was either 36 or 37 at the time. There was a white-haired chap later on who I think was older, but I can't remember how old... And speaking of the Series 2 final, check out what Phil did better than any other contestant - the slide on the mat after the zipwire. Look at pictures of Michael van Wijk (Wolf) at the age of 69. Looks more physically fit now than he did then!

[@davidfearis7335]

46:10 One thing I've noticed looking at The Original American Gladiators was that the contenders after landing from The Zip-Line they have to cross a White Line before they can continue on the course Did Rodger gain a unfair advantage by taking a short-cut here, not that it matters hugely seeing as both contenders didn't qualify for The Semi-Finals

[@mikeykm1993]

I agree - seems pretty unfair that he got away with that!

[@Tubewings]

One of the things I didn't like about the first series is the elimination format. That is, only the four highest scoring contenders who won the Eliminator move on to the semifinals. Because of this, you could win the course, but still be knocked off because a later contender scored higher than you (which, spoiler alert, happened to three contenders from this episode).

[@donnajackson3041]

Tubewings gghnsd cgg,a

[@JDT-Loadsamoney]

@@donnajackson3041 were you having a stroke 4 years ago?

[@senben9180]

Those atlaspheres look heavier than the US originals, when contestants try to slow them down they don't slow up at all, but scoring here is way easier, in US original you have to settle the atlasphere to a standstill, here you just have to roll over the top.

[@MultiVince95]

Saturday 24th October 1992

[@daniel-bkk]

46:40 absolutely lovely view. She really was unbelievably beautiful back then. Actually flawless.

[@dhallmark1978]

She was stunning, Lady in red thong leotard had a great body aswell though

[@beachboy_boobybuilder]

LMAO. You horn dawg....but yeah she was a fox back in the day. Jet was the hottest IMO.

[@hypnocilicdreams]

30:41 Jet goes legs akimbo

[@julianstanhope378]

More Gladiators gameshow on you tube please and when is gladiators gameshow back on challenge and I am missing this programme 😢

[@Devo_UTFR]

Roger definitely went through first, 💯

[@Costas22]

Ulrika was definitely at her all time hottest in seasons 1 and 2.

[@davidfearis7335]

During Danger-Zone's Run throughout the whole Gladiators era, the MORTAR really was the most useless and pointless weapon in the armory, no-one ever came close to hitting the target with that weapon so it really should been replaced with something else after this series had ended.

[@STEInc.]

24 October 1992

[@Ian-ev5tg]

Is it Claire eggerton or Marc boland from t-REX

[@porcupinefizzy2908]

Rosie must now be 70.

[@jackminton352]

About 68 1992-40 years= 1952 1952+ 68 years= 2020

[@azlean5323]

69 this year (2021)

[@JDT-Loadsamoney]

@@azlean5323 if anyone makes a joke I will hire a fucking hitman

[@TwmUkLive]

She's 73 this year

[@DanielLorey]

They clearly were short on time. Both contenders went through together, so do they run a replay of them going through the paper? No… they show a FULL replay of the whole eliminator 😂

[@ben2nd]

What I would do to play hang tough with jet 😉

[@julierose2398]

Imagine being a lesbian contender

[@davidfearis7335]

The girls were pretty poor in Swingshot they kept getting tangled and lost far too much scoring time making the event not really exciting until the 2nd series.

[@davidfearis7335]

Also I don't know what the Female Gladiators were doing they sure must've known they couldn't double team on a contender and that they could only blocked the contender on the same side as them. The were at least 2-3 occasions where Claire was completely unmarked and they double teamed on Rosie, VERY POOR TEAMWORK from the Female Gladiators!!!

[@jackminton352]

35:02 looks like she stepped over on purpose imo

[@davidfearis7335]

In DUEL these should be the results in my opinion; CLARE stepped across so scores 0 POINTS, ROSIE dropped her Pugil-Stick so also scores 0 POINTS. ROGER certainly KO'd so gets 0 POINTS, SIMON went down just as fast so also scored 0 POINTS.

[@robingiles82]

Roger won that Roger probably won

[@christianlangdale2043]

Wish Rosie won looking back.

[@dhallmark1978]

She was the one brave enough to wear the thong leotard over shorts should have won for that alone lol

[@saletaizquierdo9885]

Kaledidosope theatre kemderon

[@KaiserRika]

Am I the only one who is skipping most of the presenting in this series? It's so awkward it's cringey.

[@RoyStantz]

It doesn't get any cringier until Jeremy Guscott shows up in Series 6.

[@davidfearis7335]

Yeah that's why everyone watches KZbin, you can skip over the bits that don't interest you at all

[@RoyStantz]

Like I said, just wait until Guscott shows up for Series 6 and 7 after Fash is forced to leave for the time being.

[@davidfearis7335]

@@RoyStantz Yeah, plus the majority on the show is 10% Gameplay & 90% Interviews, and that's on a good day

[@JDT-Loadsamoney]

@@davidfearis7335 I’ve gotten to here in about half an hour, and that is with watching some extra parts

[@TwmUkLive]

Rosie clearly goes over the middle of the pad at 6:09 but gets 0 points, this show was so rigged.

[@yeahsssa8114]

LOL

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

wmrlive - IU noticed that too - definitely questionable

[@asherandai1000]

Problem is she went over it too fast so the sphere never dropped onto the sensor. It's not just speed, but also control which Rosie unfortunately didn't have.

[@davidfearis7335]

Raven:- In THE ELIMINATOR Your Points Are Of Vital Importance As They Will Allow You Addition Time Over Your Rival ROSIE You Have 20 POINTS & Will Have Just A 1 SECOND Head-Start Over CLAIRE Who Has 18 POINTS RODGER With 14 POINTS You Will Have Only 0.5 SECONDS Head-Start Over SIMON Who Has Only 13 POINTS Contenders You All Have Low Scores & Are In Serious Danger Of Not Surviving On The Leader-Board For Long MAY THE LUCK OF THE RAVEN'S EYE BE WITH YOU ALL

[@daveceaser13]

looks like roger won to me

[@Tubewings]

It wouldn't have mattered in the long run, as Chris Saunders, Kym Dalton, and Tony Bayford all scored more points during their heats and won their respective Eliminators.

[@AirTails]

They break through at the same time, but Simon was legs-first making him "artificially longer" somewhat :P I agree Roger should've won, but due to the wonky "highest scores" format of the 1st series it doesn't matter in the end

[@daveceaser13]

I may be wrong but on Rogers side you can see a split in the paper to the right of the G a split second before Simon's feet came through

[@xragdoll5662]

I think it's more the principle

[@davidfearis7335]

In the replay as I see, it certainly looks like Roger made it through the Paper Burst 1st making him the rightful winner of the heat, not that it made much difference later on as both their scores were far too low to qualify for the Semi-Finals, had they used the paper they did from 1994 onwards it would certainly split better and we would have seen it more clearly than we could with the black paper here.

[@aarongorton1984]

they should of remade gladiators ages ago

[@Ian-ev5tg]

"Have"

[@mikeykm1993]

They tried around 2008 and it was awful!

[@williamhumes7332]

@@mikeykm1993 It's coming back!

[@RoyStantz]

@@williamhumes7332 And it's gonna be on BBC1.

[@aarongorton1984]

@Steven Universe tough luck i already did and necro a thread

[@davidfearis7335]

All 4 Contenders didn't score enough in certain events where they had the best opportunity to do so! Claire didn't pick up enough in Atlaspheres, Danger-Zone & Swingshot where I feel its easier to score points! Rosie also didn't do well enough in Atlaspheres & Swingshot by scoring 0 POINTS in both events! Mind both Claire & Rosie lost far too much time when they kept getting TANGLED during Swingshot! Roger didn't do well in Atlaspheres & The Wall and left it too late to really make a comeback unless he was to win Hang-Tough or Duel! And most of the time in Atlaspheres he was TOTALLY UNMARKED and failed to take advantage of the situation! Simon got off to a great start in Atlaspheres but failed to score in The Wall & Danger-Zone losing too many crucial points!

[@kiwi36O]

Thanks for the breakdown fella

[@aarongorton1984]

SHADOW WAS FOUND TO BE O NSTEROIDS ONLY REASON EH WON ALL THEM EVENTS

[@kirb-asaurus1480]

Yes he was on steroids but he still would have beat all them contenders steroids or no steroids... FACT

[@Burningrobes]

@@kirb-asaurus1480 The only one of the male gladiators that i can say i really don't know if he was on steds or not was Saracen, his build could be achieved without them, but the other male gladiators more than likely were all on steds.

[@MrMikeyj81]

@@Burningrobes 100% agreed on Saracen and yes it was a well known fact that the rest were geared up to the eyeballs including some of the female gladiator's too lol