Overview
- The BBC confirms the series returns to BBC One and iPlayer on January 17 at 5:45pm.
- New event Destruction pits two contenders against one Gladiator across four 8ft barriers, with obstacles requiring body power, a battering ram, and a climb before a final button press decides the winner.
- Three challenges are being added this season, with two brand-new events and one revival of an original, while full details of the other two remain under wraps.
- Returning Gladiators include Apollo, Athena, Bionic, Comet, Cyclone, Diamond, Dynamite, Electro, Fire, Fury, The Giant, Hammer, Legend, Nitro, Phantom, Sabre, Steel, and Viper, with Nitro back after injury.
- The run is produced by Hungry Bear Media and comprises 11 one-hour episodes plus a one-hour celebrity special.