| Season Number: | 5 |
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| Starring: | Ulrika Jonsson John Fashanu John Anderson John Sachs |
| Num Episodes: | 16 |
| Network: | ITV |
The fifth series of Gladiators (subtitled Gladiators: The Challenge) aired in the UK from 28 September 1996 to 11 January 1997. The prizes in this series included a holiday at Sun City in South Africa for the runners-up with £1,000 for each of them to spend there, while the winners each received £1,000 for themselves along with a luxury four-wheel drive off-the-road family vehicle.
| Gladiator name | Portrayed by | |
|---|---|---|
| Ace | Warren Furman | |
| Cobra | Michael Willson | |
| Falcon | Bernadette Hunt | |
| Hunter | James Crossley | |
| Laser | Tina Andrew | |
| Lightning | Kim Betts | |
| Nightshade | Judy Simpson | |
| Panther | Helen O'Reilly | |
| Rebel | Jennifer Stoute | |
| Rhino | Mark Smith | |
| Rio | Jane Omorogbe | |
| Saracen | Mike Lewis | |
| Trojan | Mark Griffin | |
| Vogue | Suzanne Cox | |
| Warrior | Michael Ahearne | |
| Wolf | Michael Van Wijk | |
| Zodiac | Kate Staples |
| Episode | Title | Original airdate |
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Adrean injured his hamstring on the balance beam and didn't finish the eliminator, Ultimately he had to retire.
Patrick picked up a neck injury on Hit & Run and could not run the eliminator, forcing him to retire from the competition. Emmil won by default but had to run the eliminator against the clock to advance to the next round.
These events had the female Gladiators against the male contenders.
Warrior incidentally carrying an injury voulunteered to play with the female gladiators.
In these special episodes, there were 6 contenders with 2 being eliminated after event 3 and another 2 being eliminated after event 5.