| Rod Bradley: SPARTAN |
| Written by Nick Manning | |||
| Friday, 11 April 2008 18:02 | |||
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Rod, a member of the 2007 Britbowl Winning Blitz side, is joined in the Gladiators lineup by a bodybuilder, wrestlers, a Royal Marines Commando, an Olympic medal-winning runner, former Great Britain discus thrower and a former hammer thrower who has also competed in the Olympics. Blitz spokesman Nick Manning said, "Rod is one of the best, if not THE best athlete we have with the Blitz and we are delighted that he has been selected to represent British American Football in this massive national TV series. We wish him all the best, and he knows he will go into battle with all of the Blitz family right behind him." Rod was forced to keep his selection for the show a secret. Blitz teammates were told that his disappearance from training and the recent pre-season scrimmage at Sussex Thunder was down to a foot injury, but he has been in a secret Gladiators training camp for the last 2 weeks. It's not believed that Bradley's antics in the Gladiators arena will have an impact on the Blitz 2008 campaign. The show will be filmed over the next month, and Rod will be back in the Blitz fold in time for the Blitz season opener against Gateshead Senators. {mosimage} Producers have whittled down 20,000 hopefuls to 32 contenders set to take on the Rod and the other Gladiators in events like Duel, Powerball, Hang Tough and The Eliminator for the £50,000 prize. The 12 new Lycra-clad, bicep-bulging Gladiators appearing in the revamped TV series were unveiled today at a press conference in East London, just a few miles from the Blitz home ground at Finsbury Park. The likes of Battleaxe, Destroyer, Inferno, and Predator make their show debut next month. At its peak, Gladiators, broadcast from 1992 to 2000, drew audiences of 14 million to its Saturday evening ITV slot.  The details of other Gladiators are: ATLAS - Sam Bond, 24, Bournemouth - "As strong as He-Man, fights hard and with dignity". BATTLEAXE - Shirley Webb, 26, Edinburgh - "A weapon of war, domineering, aggressive and indomitable. Battleaxe is a warrior queen". DESTROYER - Damar Martin, 38, Croydon - "Determined and strong, angry and unstoppable - nothing gets in his way". ENIGMA - Jenny Pacey, 25, Borehamwood - "Mysterious and beautiful, contradictory and unpredictable, impossible to capture". ICE - Caroline Pearce, 27, Cambridge - "Cold, steely, frosty and beautiful". INFERNO - Jemma Palmer, 24, Tamworth - "Hot, fiery, dangerous and destructive". OBLIVION - Nicholas Aldis, 21, Norwich - "Leaves nothing in his path - extinguishes his opposition". PANTHER - Kara Nwidobie, 26, Morecambe - "Beautiful, sleek, aggressive and powerful. Panther is the strongest and fiercest of the wild cats". {mosimage}PREDATOR - Du'aine Ledejo, 36, Newark - "Volatile, quick and poisonous, hunts down prey and takes no prisoners." SPARTAN - Roderick Bradley, 24, Grantham- "Handsome, disciplined and brave. Will take on any army - the perfect warrior". TEMPEST - Lucy Boggis, 19, Quintin, Wiltshire - "Naturally beautiful, a force of nature bringing furious agitation and commotion". TORNADO - David McIntosh, 22, Altrincham - "Violently destructive windstorm full of unstoppable energy - leaves you in a spin". Richard Woolfe, the director of programming for Sky One, Two and Three, says: "The games are bigger, the contenders are stronger and the Gladiators are even more unbelievable... we've found extraordinary characters. It's a colossus of a programme and it's going to blow people's socks off."
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| Last Updated on Friday, 11 April 2008 20:39 |
Sky One have revealed the new lineup of the 90's hit TV show Gladiators - and the Blitz' own WR Rod Bradley has been cast as the warrior character Spartan.