The END of Ftn!

Not too sure about that - but I expect if FTN is coming to an end soon, they will not bother showing any more unaired episodes of Krypton Factor - same as they haven't showed any Tenpole Tudor editions of The Crystal Maze yet. No news about Virgin 1 yet no.

How come the Radio Times states that Fort Boyard and The Crystal Maze will be on from 6pm to 8pm this week when EPG listings confirm they are not?

Flip a coin - I was convinced Gladiators was ending a few weeks back but thankfully it's continued. There's still the International 2 Final left to show so logically the 1996 series will start on Tuesday?

According to the itv.com TV Guide the Melinda Messenger version of Fort Boyard starts on Ftn next Saturday.

They only have the rights to the first four series. The reason being that the shows with Jet in bring in more viewers than the shows without Jet. 1992 will be beginning again on Tuesday, or at least that's what I've heard.

I'd still love to get it on DVD - there's a petition here

Oh Can I ask where you heard that? Since they don't seem to want to answer questions about it on the Challenge forum anymore.

It's common knowledge on the Gladiators Zone forums! They've alerady repeated IG2 once before on Ftn, and they went straight back to 1992 Heat 1.

Ah didn't think to check there for some reason! That's a shame, but I could have sworn that every recent ep was brand new to FTN. I'm aware they've been in rotation for years(?) on Challenge.

That is great news!

Thing is though, itv.com says that The Crystal Maze is on tonight at 7.00pm when in fact Gladiators is on.

So, I wouldn't be too sure about Melinda bouncing around on Saturday! Although it would be wicked if she is!

They've been in rotation since about 2002. They've been showing 1992-1995 since January 2006. I would expect 1996 to appear in January.

Is the first Ashes series part of the 95/IG2 package? Tonight's show is a Battle Of The Champions with Kerryn Sampey introduced as winner of the Ashes.

Apparently Battle Of The Champions is part of the 1995 package, but International Gladiators 2 saw the "Two Scoops" guy's reign end, yet according to Battle Of The Champions he's still leading it, so whether somebody's playing the episodes in the wrong order again...

Apparently the Ashes comes before the Battle Of The Champions in the running order, and bearing in mind there's no sign of any of the Wembley episodes, I would argue the Ashes (and the Sheffield shows) aren't going to be seen on Ftn as I don't believe they've been seen on Challenge either. Having said that, I have seen the 1998 Gladiators series on Challenge but whether its cleared for Ftn I couldn't say.

The Ashes 1 was filmed before the 1995 series of Gladiators, they were shown on Challenge when the 1995 series last came round. I'm not sure whether they've been seen on Ftn yet. The live shows have never been broadcast on TV. I believe that the order of the shows should be seen in is... 1995 Domestic, 1995 Specials, The Ashes 1, International Gladiators 2.