Huge BBC show pulled off air this weekend in huge schedule shake-up – leaving fans gutted

TELLY fans person shared their fury up of a large amusement being pulled disconnected aerial this weekend.

Due to a large docket shingle up, Gladiators volition not beryllium connected this Saturday night.

The 2nd bid of the fashionable situation amusement is already underway but it volition beryllium forced to instrumentality a interruption owed to the FA Cup.

Match Of The Day volition beryllium replacing Gladiators truthful footie fans tin tune successful to ticker Birmingham City instrumentality connected Newcastle United instead.

Gary Lineker volition contiguous the sum of the fourth-round necktie unrecorded from St Andrew's @ Knighthead Park.

But Gladiators fans are not impressed with the alteration to the telly schedule.

Sharing their vexation connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, 1 complained: "No Gladiators connected BBC One this Saturday? Instead it is pointless FA Cup. Not impressed, not everyone wants to ticker football connected a Saturday night."

Another added: "No #Gladiators next week for football, f***ing rugby connected itv arsenic well. Saturdays champion nighttime for tv and you’ve got athletics ruining it."

And a 3rd said: "Oh goodie. No #Gladiators adjacent week cos of f***ing football."

Gladiators primitively aired connected ITV during the 90s with Ulrika Jonsson and John Fashanu at helm.

Much to fans' delight, the amusement was fixed a reboot and returned to the tiny surface connected BBC One successful January 2024.

These days, Bradley Walsh and his lad Barney big the family-friendly programme.

Gladiators has proved to beryllium arsenic fashionable arsenic it was backmost successful the time and was fixed a Celebrity peculiar this Christmas.

Earlier this month, it returned to the Beeb for a 2nd civilian bid and a 3rd bid has already been commissioned.

The amusement had lone been backmost connected for 2 weeks but was already smashing the ratings.

A TV insider told The Sun: "Channel chiefs invariably hold to spot however 1 bid does earlier they bid different 1 - but usually they hold much than fortnight earlier they marque a decision.

"But play 2 of Gladiators has conscionable been truthful good received it was a nary brainer to committee a 3rd outing arsenic soon arsenic possible.

"It volition beryllium a immense thrill to the ever-growing army of fans of the family-friendly show."

RISKY BUSINESS

The rebooted mentation of Gladiators follows the aforesaid premise arsenic the 90s series.

Each week, members of the nationalist instrumentality connected assorted super-fit Gladiators successful a bid of gruelling carnal challenges.

The extremity of the occurrence sees the contenders spell caput to caput connected an battle people that spans the full arena level called the Eliminator.

But it doesn't travel without risk.

Safety measures person been ramped up for this bid aft a fig of achy injures among some the contenders and the Gladiators.

Last year, wedding celebrant Nikki Billingham ended up successful a cervix brace aft colliding with her hostile arsenic she fell disconnected The Edge.

Eagle-eyed viewers person noticed extra procedures person been enactment successful place to guarantee a akin mishap doesn't hap again.

• Gladiators volition instrumentality to BBC One connected Saturday February 15, 2025