Have you ever wondered what Jet, Wolf, and the rest of ITV's Gladiators did after the show finished? Wonder no more...
ITV’s Gladiators - the show that for eight years made children everywhere become interested in sports, eating well and keeping fit... for about five minutes on a Saturday night, then we all went back to our natural state of sitting on the settee eating sugar straight from the packet.
What was it that inspired this minor surge of enthusiasm for being buff? That would be the gladiators themselves. Every week, twelve superhuman powerhouses - six men and six women - would intimidate, bully, and otherwise humiliate whichever puny contestants stepped up to try their luck, beating or hindering them in a series of physical skill games. This took place before the big finale – where the contenders would race each other up a downwards escalator, while the gladiators were...
ITV’s Gladiators - the show that for eight years made children everywhere become interested in sports, eating well and keeping fit... for about five minutes on a Saturday night, then we all went back to our natural state of sitting on the settee eating sugar straight from the packet.
What was it that inspired this minor surge of enthusiasm for being buff? That would be the gladiators themselves. Every week, twelve superhuman powerhouses - six men and six women - would intimidate, bully, and otherwise humiliate whichever puny contestants stepped up to try their luck, beating or hindering them in a series of physical skill games. This took place before the big finale – where the contenders would race each other up a downwards escalator, while the gladiators were...
- 8/3/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Letter of rejection for campaigning reporter who went on to write Millennium trilogy likely to fetch £8,000 to £12,000 at auction
A letter of rejection from the Joint Committee of Colleges of Journalism in Stockholm to applicant 493 – the late Stieg Larsson – is to be sold at auction in London to help Expo, the anti-fascist, anti-discrimination organisation and magazine he helped create.
Despite the setback in 1972,Larsson went on to become one of Sweden's most fearless campaigning journalists before achieving posthumous fame with his Millennium trilogy of crime novels featuring the enigmatic heroine Lisbeth Salander.
He died aged just 50 in 2004 before he could reap the benefits of his work. He suffered a heart attack after climbing seven flights of stairs because the office lift was broken.
Many feel the success of the novels overshadowed his achievements as a journalist and the letter, which he kept for 32 years, shows he had to battle even as a young man.
A letter of rejection from the Joint Committee of Colleges of Journalism in Stockholm to applicant 493 – the late Stieg Larsson – is to be sold at auction in London to help Expo, the anti-fascist, anti-discrimination organisation and magazine he helped create.
Despite the setback in 1972,Larsson went on to become one of Sweden's most fearless campaigning journalists before achieving posthumous fame with his Millennium trilogy of crime novels featuring the enigmatic heroine Lisbeth Salander.
He died aged just 50 in 2004 before he could reap the benefits of his work. He suffered a heart attack after climbing seven flights of stairs because the office lift was broken.
Many feel the success of the novels overshadowed his achievements as a journalist and the letter, which he kept for 32 years, shows he had to battle even as a young man.
- 10/7/2011
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
On Sunday morning's Up with Chris Hayes, the panel discussed the contrast between the way Politico reported President Obama's speech before the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Associated Press' reporting. Unlike Politico, who used the official transcription to pull quotes, the AP's article reflected the President's folksier delivery by quotin' him without the dropped g's. Mark Smith, the AP reporter who wrote the story, commented on the debate exclusively for Mediaite.
- 9/25/2011
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
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