The Game Show Thread

[Hatton Cross]

... on Gladiators even though they emphasised it was a genuinely tough challenge, there was all the panto element to it, so there were jokes and loads of audience participation..

'Square Eyes' the then reviewer in Private Eye, when casting their eye over Gladiators, said "the whole show runs on deep irony. If someone was to just snigger at the over inflated bombast, the whole edifice would come crashing down around everyone"

But, that said - they did produce the best example of a production team totally taking the p... out of themselves for Comic Relief
https://youtu.be/mOd0mEBlvsg