GladPod: The Gladiators Podcast

Jet (aka Diane Youdale), Producer Paul, and David are joined by special guests and GladFans as they mark 30 years to the day since Gladiators first appeared on UK TV screens way back on October 10 1992. We hear from  Lightning (Kim Betts), Zodiac (Kate Staples), Scorpio (Nikki Diamond), Diesel (Daz Crawford), Vogue (Suzie Cox), Siren (Ali Paton), Rebel (Jenny Stoute), Bullit (Mike Harvey MBE), Khan (Radosav Nekic), Laser (Tina Andrew), Wolf (Mike van Wijk), Hunter (James Crossley), Ace (Warren Furman) We also have special messages from Saracen (Michael Lewis), Rhino (Mark Smith), Cobra (Michael Willson), Blaze (Eunice Huthart), and Wesley '2 Scoops' Berry --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

With reports that the BBC is planning to bring Gladiators back to our screens after a 22-year hiatus since the original ITV series ended, fan favourite Jet, Dave and Producer Paul are back with a one-off episode with special guests. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

Playing the bad guy was a winning formula for Wolf, AKA Michael Van Wijk - the best known baddie in the business who had a legion of fans and only wanted to be loved. He joins Di, Dave and Producer Paul for an unmissable GladPod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

Gladiators were drug-tested more often than Olympic athletes and losing one of them cast a long Shadow over the whole team and broke Nigel Lythgoe’s heart, but would he like the show to make a comeback? Di, Dave, and Producer Paul are joined by God of Gladiators this week --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

Di, Dave and Producer Paul are joined by Gladiator Siren, AKA Ali Paton --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

Contender Kerryn Chamberlin (née Sampey) became instantly recognisable after appearing on Gladiators and she tells Di, Dave, and Producer Paul how the show changed her life and why it should come back. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

Wayne Gordon and Jenny Pacey will forever be know as Enigma and Doom to GladFans, and they join Di, Dave and Producer Paul to talk about the Sky revival series and how it changed their lives.from the Sky revival series --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

This week Di, Dave, and Producer Paul are going Down Under and are joined by Aussie Gladiator favourite Delta, aka Karyn Lenehan (née Alley). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

Olympian Sharron Davies MBE, AKA Amazon joins Di, Dave and Producer Paul for this week's GladPod and reveals all about her days as a teatime TV star feeling a little like a fish out of water in the arena. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

Costume designer Stephen Adnitt had a monster task in creating Lycra masterpieces for each Gladiator and he gives Di, Dave and Producer Paul us an insight into producing iconic logos for each character. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

Tina Andrew - aka Laser - was travelling the world with her husband when she applied to be a Contender on Gladiators. However, just two days before they were due to leave the UK, Tina was informed she was needed in Birmingham immediately for the filming of the sixth series. After arriving in the production office she soon realised she wasn't going to be a Contender, Tina was going to become the newest Gladiator... Laser! She joins Di, David and Producer Paul this week to share her journey about her time before, during and after Gladiators. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

A firm fan favourite, Mark "Rhino" Smith joins Di, David and Producer Paul to share his journey about his time before, during and after Gladiators --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

Di, Dave and Producer Paul are back with the second part of Jet Revisited where Di shares more of her experiences as Gladiator Jet, tackles some fan questions, discusses the story behind her debut album 'No Covers' and also her life after leaving the iconic show. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

Di, Dave and Producer Paul are back with Series Two of The GladPod! Kicking off this hotly-anticipated series, Dave and Paul dive deeper into those early days of Jet to shed a bit more light on the life of Diane Youdale. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

It might surprise you to learn that Helen O’Reilly - aka Panther - hated sports at school! But once she found the sport she loved in bodybuilding there was no stopping her - and after claiming a Miss Universe title, Helen was snapped up to become an original Gladiator. She joins David and Di this week to share her journey about her time before, during and after Gladiators. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

The commentary of your favourite show might have sounded live - but was it? John Sachs reveals the tricks of the trade to bring the sound of the Gladiators straight to your TV every Saturday night and tells Dave and guest presenter Vogue about his years behind the mic. It was more complicated than you might think! Oh, and Wolf was a pussycat. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

It wouldn’t be a shock if you don’t recall our guest for this week's GladPod. Metin Hussein was set to join Gladiators as Shark but a stomach ulcer saw his career end before it even started (despite featuring in promotional videos!) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

This week Jet and Dave are talking to the first ever male contender champion - Weininger Irwin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

On GladPod this week, Jet and Dave speak to Phoenix (Sandy Young) about her short time on Gladiators, why she is now breaking her silence on her departure and her life after the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message

This week, Jet and David are joined by Cobra (aka Mick Wilson) to hear his journey of becoming a Gladiator and his time on the hit show and why he now feels like he’s only ‘half a Gladiator’ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gladpod/message