Gladiators

Yeah.

Um, so Gladiators-

Mm

... was one of them.

Saturday night TV, yeah.

Mm.

I mean, what did we have? We had Gladiators.

Blind Date.

Sharon's achievements saw her awarded an MBE for services to swimming in 1993.

And since retiring from swimming the following year, she's been a regular on British television, presenting several shows, including The Big Breakfast and competing on the 90s primetime show Gladiators.

She also broadcast at 10 Olympic Games for the BBC.

Over the last decade, Sharon has become an active campaigner in social and political issues, most notably against biological males competing in women's sport, whilst she was recently appointed to the House of Lords as a Conservative Peer.

So after that, you went into the TV world.

Yes.

How was that for you? Because I do remember you on The Big Breakfast, but you also went into another TV hit series called Radiators.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What you wanted him to dress as was Wolf from Gladiators.

[laughing]

Right.

'Cause basically my, my, my opening line was gonna be, "Hi, Susan.

I know Wolf from Gladiators." [laughing]

Which on a primary school playground is pretty high up there, isn't it, in terms of-

It's massive.

Okay.

I really like Gladiators.

Oh God, if I'd been 20 years younger, I would have tried to get onto Gladiators myself.

I loved it so much.

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