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Gladiators bosses 'name TV star at top of their wish list for celebrity spin-off while also setting their sights on two hunky reality personalities'

Gladiators bosses have reportedly named the star who is at the top of their wish list for a celebrity spin-off of the show.

Gladiators' arrival on the prime time Saturday night schedule proved to be a ratings winner for the BBC, with 28 day viewing figures revealing 9.8million tuned in for the first episode. 'I can reveal we are going to do a celebrity special,' Executive Producer and Hungry Bear Media Managing Director Dan Baldwin, husband of TV presenter Holly Willoughby, told Radio 4. He said: 'Of course, it means that we will, despite budget pressures, prioritise big national occasions – from the Coronation, Eurovision, the Proms and Glastonbury, to the Olympics and the Euros, or Strictly or Gladiators, Children in Need or even that great drama: Election Night.'

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