Gladiators

Gladiators - October 1992 to January 2000

Gladiators is a British television entertainment series, produced by LWT for ITV, and broadcast between 10 October 1992 and 1 January 2000. It is an adaptation of the American format American Gladiators. The success of the British series spawned further adaptations in Australia and other countries.

The series was revived in 2008 on Sky1, before again being cancelled in 2009. The series was originally presented by John Fashanu and Ulrika Jonsson, however, Fashanu was replaced by Jeremy Guscott in 1997. Guscott left the series in 1998, and subsequently, Fashanu returned for the final series in 1999. The series was refereed by John Anderson and the timekeepers over the show's run were Andrew Norgate, Derek Redmond and Eugene Gilkes. John Sachs was the show's commentator, and the series was accompanied by its own group of cheerleaders, known as G-Force.

Despite being made by London Weekend Television, all episodes of Gladiators, International Gladiators, the second series of The Ashes and the first series of The Springbok Challenge were recorded at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. The first series of The Ashes and the second series of the The Springbok Challenge, however, were filmed on the sets of the Australian and South African versions of the shows respectively.

The series also spawned a version for children, entitled Gladiators: Train 2 Win, which was broadcast on CITV between 1995 and 1998.

X-Men

X-Men - October 1992 to September 1997

They are mutants, genetically gifted human beings - the world's newest and most persecuted minority group. Amidst an increasing climate of fear and bigotry, one enlightened individual, Professor Charles Xavier, has created a safe haven for some of these powerful outcasts. The mutants here are taught to harness their unique abilities for the betterment of the human race. They fight against hostile Government agencies and mutant supremacist Magneto, and his factions, which seek to destroy the human race.

Here's a list of the team members, and their mutant powers:

Cyclops: Team leader. Stores solar energy for discharge as powerful force beams fire from his eyes.

Professor X: Founder of the X-Men. Telepathic abilities. Can read minds and project thoughts.

Jean Grey: Able to move objects with telekinetic energy. Limited telepathic abilities.

Gambit: Can charge objects with explosive charges of kinetic energy. Costume is body armor.

Storm: Ability to control and manipulate the forces of nature.

Beast: Extraordinary agility and superhuman strength.

Rogue: Has ability to absorb energy from other living beings, also has power of flight and is indestructible.

Wolverine: Heightened senses and accelerated healing ability. Implanted indestructible adamantium skeleton and claws.

Jubilee: Pyrotechnics akin to fireworks.

X-Men no longer airs on either Toon Disney nor ABC Family. A dispute between Marvel Enterprises and Buena Vista distribution over ownership of the series since Saban Entertainment sold its library to them has become more entangled.