UK Gladiators - Series 7 1998 - Heat 1

UK Gladiators - Series 7 1998 - Episode 1 - Heat 1 - 5th September 1998

Louise Raines (Bridal shop owner from Preston, Lancashire) versus Claire Short (Pet shop owner from Portsmouth)

Alan Forshaw (Lake Warden from Wirral, Merseyside) versus Cassius Frankson (Fitness instructor from East London)

Notes: Powerball has its new rules that were changed in the first Springbok Challenge series: two Gladiators against two contenders, meaning each Gladiator targets a specific contender. It features new theme tunes for all Gladiators and contenders: Female: Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves by Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin and Male: Let's Get Ready to Rhumble by PJ & Duncan.

Gauntlet has its new point system being changed into a number of points: 10 points for reaching the end of Gauntlet in under 30 seconds, or a point for each sector the contenders fight their way through from sectors, 2-5 if they do not reach the end of Gauntlet in under 30 seconds. But it is in the first heat in an event line-up as a core event and a chest guarded event for odd numbered heats.

New Events: Dogfight and Vertigo, but each of them is played as a split event for all Gladiators and contenders: Vertigo for the women and Dogfight for the men.

The Gladiators casts remain as usual, but Andrew Norgate returns to Gladiators as the timekeeper after the sixth series replaced by Eugene Gilkes.

New Gladiator: Vulcan, who joins the British Gladiators series after his native Australian Gladiators series.

Absent: Cobra and Diesel.