John Anderson: Former Gladiators referee dies aged 92 (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by vext01@lemmy.sdf.org to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

His voice is still burned into my brain even now all these years later. Good childhood memories.

top 8 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Contendaaahhrrrs....

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 year ago

YOU will go on my FIRST whistle…

[-] Quicky@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Man pronounced the “h” in whistle like nobody else.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

We were not ready.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They need to bring that show back. I miss it.

[-] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

They did bring it back! Recently!

[-] Schal330@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I really enjoyed the new ones, the gladiators are all pretty great except viper, he's trying to match wolf's persona but falling flat. Oh and they need to replace the son presenter for someone entertaining

[-] Bloodyhog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They just started filming the second season of the revived show, had some nice family time in Sheffield for day 1 of shooting. The kids were happy! Viper is deliberately nasty, got all the boos from the audience. Ok, can agree partially, you can feel that he is acting, not living it. The rest of the gladiators were really nice to contenders. When one got an injury, the gladiator who did it (unintentionally) was really kind and respectful. Overall, would not really recommend going to the live show, it is much better to watch it on tv rather than have to spend the whole day (it took almost 10 hours all in all). The orgs are doing a decent job though with all the interactive stuff in-between the actual contests, so could be worth it for big fans.