UK Gladiators - Series 2 1993 - Heat 4

UK Gladiators - Series 2 1993 - Episode 4 - Heat 4 - 9th October 1993
Sophie Cheston (PE teacher from Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire) versus Helen Williams (Medical sales rep from Stockport)
Alan Bates (Sports coach from Belfast, Northern Ireland) versus Brian Ward (Royal Air Force engineer from Thetford, Norfolk)

[@davecommentator]

And big up Burntwood - that's my home town too, Lightning grew up just up the road from me :)

[@PW-zs2yx]

i would not have minded bumping into Lightning in a disco back in the day

[@icemanlj2k7]

Man, watching Sophie get wrecked on the eliminator was so satisfying after watching her give it the big one the entire episode.

[@mrdmm8596]

She didn't get wrecked, she did a good job.

[@gwendolx]

Warrior and Jet are my favourite gladiators. Had a huge crush on them as a kid and rewatching this some 31 years later I feel very nostalgic and happy ❤

[@nataliab547]

Team Cheston! She is my maths teacher now😂

[@KaiserRika]

From PE to maths?!

[@nataliab547]

@@KaiserRika she does both

[@SadlyLostEmotions]

Lool she's my maths teacher too

[@stevenholbrook3642]

@@KaiserRika tgvgybhyvvtrtvtcff

[@samabercrombie]

Thanks so much - waited for so long to see this!

[@markcushines3120]

My favorite UK gladiators are Nightshade, Shadow, and Saracen.

[@RexBanner_]

Great picks.. Formidable lineup!

[@davecommentator]

36:55 - "Ooh and he's yanked him off with ease!"....giggity!

[@Tubewings]

Thank you so much for posting this! This was one of two heats from Series 2 I hadn't seen in full yet. You can probably guess what the other one was.

[@grahampilcher5867]

Tubewings yh heat 5 is the other one iv waiting to see heats 4 and 5 for ages

[@josephboddy4600]

And lightning is my favourite female gladiator and jet as well

[@oldtrafford1231]

Everything about duel is awesome. From the face of at the beginning to the music, gives me street fighter vibes

[@Reprogrammed_By_SEGA]

17:00 Jet's low back injury coming back to haunt her. 🙁

[@markjonno91]

Brilliant heat this one! Alan Bates is from right beside me! Great guy 🙂

[@anthonymawer5992]

Gladiators is the best

[@FabianPyka]

geez lightning got whooped in duel

[@scarletfish6904]

Agreed. Beaten worse than two eggs in an omelette!

[@josephboddy4600]

Wolf is my favourite male gladiator

[@josephboddy4600]

Danger zone is my favourite event

[@puregold9559]

Ulrika is so cute 😂

[@nicoladale1668]

Shadow didn't look entirely comfortable on Hang Tough...

[@user-sb2tb9oe7d]

Better than when he did Tilt lol.

[@Tigermarly1]

I prefer the AG version of "Tilt" (tug of war), to the UK version. It was completely even

[@sonicranger8481]

Official Wolf Fan Club: Who let that lot in?

[@bentheswitchsportsfan06]

John Anderson: Where did he come from? I'm gonna have a talk with him...

[@davidfearis7335]

In the 1st Pull with SARACEN on Tilt, he fell backwards on his own accord, which also caused Brain to come off at the same time, it was indeed a WIN for Brian 5 POINTS

[@OneHundredPercentAus]

8:23 O_o...

[@lifegoals9528]

What was Zodiac's win/loss/draw record? Don't think I've ever seen her win!

[@user-sb2tb9oe7d]

She started winning a bit in Season 3, on the Wall, Pyramid and Hang Tough, then was one of the best Gladiators in Season 4. Her and Falcon got alot better.

[@tourous4life]

@@user-sb2tb9oe7d she was the best in season 3 and international. A beast on pendulum

[@user-sb2tb9oe7d]

@@tourous4life Season 4 she was a beast, she was better in Season 3 than 2 but in 4 she was nearly as good as Lightning.

[@davidfearis7335]

Did Sophie push LIGHTNING off with her Pugil-Stick, I know its allowed but what does everyone else think?

[@michaelvidal1971]

i know in series 5 Sarah Damm was disqualified for pushing but in Series 6 the contender was not. I think the distinction is was it part of an attacking move as in series 6 or just a push with no attempt to engage as in series 5.

[@davidfearis7335]

@@michaelvidal1971 Sarah Damm's Pushing Incident Happened On SUSPENSION BRIDGE & Not DUEL

[@asherandai1000]

@@michaelvidal1971 Pushing is part of a thrust or jab, or even a side swing. These aren't weapons that are going to do any damage, so the pushing element of the attack is essential to get anything done. Haven't seen the Sarah Damm disqualification, I'm watching these through in order, but I'm imagining she just pushed without any attack.

[@cakes3958]

The male gladiators weren’t introduced for Swingshot and only Cobra was mentioned by name (in the final 6 seconds). Very odd.

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

34:44 'Alan looked a little previous there' no, I thought he was just fast

[@Lace-A-Motion]

Lightning hits really hard in Duel 28:00 but she went up against a contender who's 20-lbs heavier, but she managed an impressive draw.

[@Tim_Serpell]

Shouldn`t this be titled "Heat 5"?

[@davidfearis7335]

No this is Heat 4, Heat 5 is the Powerball Accident with Zodiac

[@georgesmith4476]

33:21 Helen is stronger than Popeye 💪 hotter too

[@Costas22]

Brian massively overachieved in this series. Watching the heats, aside from Phil Norman, there were at least 3 other guys who looked better poised to reach the final. Brian just had that element of luck that got him to the final. Especially against Roddy in the Quarters. As for the women, Sophie was ridiculously overconfident for someone who had to wear a shirt to hide the fact that she's fat. Glad Helen made it past her.

[@michaelvidal1971]

In powerball why was Sophie wearing a Tee Shirt?

[@daedralord1]

Big Boobs flopping out

[@vincitveritas3872]

Hang tough second third forth to go are disadvantaged by the moving rings

[@davidfearis7335]

They do stop the rings swaying before each competitor starts so its fair on everyone

[@MrGriser]

15:30 that's going to far!

[@erinshae]

It was obviously scripted.

[@MrGriser]

Seriously??????

[@erinshae]

MrGriser It had to be, because they didn't make a big deal about it. It's just part of wolf's character.

[@MrGriser]

But there have been other occasions when he has had to be physically restrained!

[@erinshae]

MrGriser Like I said. It's a part of his character. Trust me if he wasn't supposed to act like that he would've been fired.

[@Sold33d]

27:13 - Lightning was the absolute *worst* on the combat events.

[@davidfearis7335]

I think we found the one thing LIGHTNING is Rubbish at!

[@Sold33d]

@@davidfearis7335 It's why I've never brought into the whole 'Lightning was the best female Gladiator position'. She was such a liability on the combat events that she wasn't put on them after the 96 series.

[@vincitveritas3872]

She went down in combat events like my LARP partner

[@lifegoals9528]

@@Sold33d Nightshade was the best, but Jet & Lightning amazing on rings, wall, pursuit, skytrack, Danger Zone.

[@user-sb2tb9oe7d]

She won a few times at Duel, which is more that can be said for Panther who never won a single Duel, same with Scorpio

[@davidfearis7335]

26:07 It looks like Brain interfered with the Cylinder by pulling himself up it to reach that BLUE BALL surely those 2 POINTS should've been DQ!!!

[@davidfearis7335]

Looking at it again I would imagine the contenders are allowed to touch the Silver Section at the bottom of the Cylinder but that's all

[@stihlextreme9357]

How was no one testing positive for steroids on this show I will never know….😂

[@emmamarshall221]

About that...

[@stihlextreme9357]

@@emmamarshall221 haha!!! Lol Am I right??

[@emmamarshall221]

@@stihlextreme9357 SPOILERS: Both Shadow and Warrior got kicked out for steroid use. To the surprise of literally zero people.

[@stihlextreme9357]

@@emmamarshall221 well…. You don’t say?????? I just thought a human was capable of getting to that size.. And having some of the women compete in mrs universe… They never said it was natural but I let them put my mind at rest at 8-9 years old..

[@asherandai1000]

@@stihlextreme9357 Humans are capable of getting to that size naturally. It's just extremely hard work so some people take shortcuts.

[@davecommentator]

15:30 - no doubt he'd be "cancelled" for that in today's society, even if it was all just play-acting.

[@cakes3958]

Sophie was clearly a lesbian who couldn’t wait to get her legs around Jet!

[@michaelvidal1971]

I note that when she went to check if Jet had hurt herself on landing she appeared to give Jet a pat on the rear to see if she was hurt. Also did Jet give Helen a peck on the check at the end of the womrn's hang tough?

[@Kat-mu8wq]

Jet also just married a woman.

[@SpecializedRider249]

​@Kat-mu8wq In her prime she wouldn't have!

[@danorthsidemang3834]

Gladiators were arse on Tilt on this day

[@davidfearis7335]

9:00-10:10 The Male Gladiators All Played Illegally In POWERBALL Here They CANNOT Tackle A Contender Still In Their SAFE ZONE & Cannot Move Into The WHITE AREA Until The Contenders Come Out Of The SAFE ZONE, That's What They Were Doing WOLF & SHADOW BOTH GET A RED CARD!!! 🟥🟥 In Terms Of PENALTY POINTS Its 2 POINTS For Each Offence That Would Make ALAN 10 & BRIAN 4