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Gladiators was never good TV

Plus: the hideous virus that is The Traitors

However much Bradley Walsh is being paid to electroshock some life into this corpse, it's not enough: Giant, Bradley Walsh and Myles Harris in BBC1's Gladiators reboot. Image: BBC / © Hungry Bear Media Ltd

  • Gladiators; The Traitors

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