Gladiators: Epic Pranks
Gladiators: Epic Pranks is a TV show on CBBC. Nitro plays hilarious pranks on his fellow Gladiators, and join behind-the-scenes fun from Sheffield Arena with challenges and sneaky pranking on the audience! The program has been available since 2025. A total of 27 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2026.
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Gladiators: Epic Pranks
Nitro and Electro prank Fury at a fake wellness retreat! Prepare for fart whistles, bubble yoga, a bogus snail oracle and the slowest game of Unleash ever!
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Nitro, Legend and Freddie Fraser fool Apollo, Athena, Fury and Giant with a hilarious farm prank – prepare for jigs, turnip tosses, owl chases and a panto cow reveal!
Nitro, Cyclone, Legend and Sabre compete at a hotel check-in desk as they dare each other with outrageous instructions for the chance to win or tap out and risk losing.
Nitro, Fire and Hammer prank a dad who thinks his son is meeting the Gladiators. However, when Hammer doesn’t appear, dad is asked to put on a fake wig, beard and costume to stand in!
Legend, Cyclone, Nitro and Sabre return to compete at a hotel check-in. With a hidden earpiece, will they obey all silly instructions for the chance to win or tap out and risk losing?
Series 1
Phantom is pranked by Nitro and Steel when he believes he’s in a new Gladiators video game, and the other Gladiators have fun pranking the audience behind the scenes at Sheffield Arena.
Series 2
Phantom, Fire, Hammer and Nitro dare each other to do silly things at a gym. To win, they must obey their fellow Gladiators’ outrageous instructions or tap out and risk losing!
Series 1
Nitro and Bionic prank Athena as a massive broccoli at a fake healthy eating film shoot. Meanwhile, the other Gladiators are up to mischief behind the scenes at Sheffield Arena.
Series 2
Nitro and Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock team up for an out-of-this-world space prank on Comet. Prepare for wind machines, cosmic rubber chickens and an unexpected meteor shower!
Series 1
Nitro and Diamond prank Comet at a fake Christmas calendar photoshoot. The other Gladiators have sneaky fun pranking the audience at Sheffield Arena.
Series 2
Nitro, Cyclone, Legend and Sabre dare each other to do silly things at a restaurant and obey rivals’ outrageous instructions for the chance to win or tap out and risk losing.
Series 1
Nitro pranks Electro at a fake fashion photoshoot when her fabulous, precious dress is ruined. Meanwhile, the other Gladiators are up to mischief behind the scenes at Sheffield Arena.
Series 2
Nitro and JB Gill bring boy band chaos, turning Electro’s pop song into a note-perfect prank with weird warm-ups, hoodie rage, cheesy pop video moves and snowball choreography.
Series 1
Bionic ends up dressed as a rabbit when Nitro pranks him at a fake photoshoot, and the rest of the Gladiators have fun behind the scenes as they prank the audience at Sheffield Arena.
Series 2
Nitro and wildlife presenter Megan McCubbin confuse Bionic with a fake birdwatching club as he dresses in feathers, makes bizarre bird calls and joins a bird-loving conga.
Series 1
Nitro pranks Hammer with a hysterical, historical Gladiator mix-up in a magazine interview, and the other Gladiators have sneaky backstage fun at Sheffield Arena.
Nitro pranks Viper with a fake interview that ends with an unexpected splashdown, but he doesn’t find it funny! The other Gladiators have sneaky behind-the-scenes fun at Sheffield Arena.
Nitro pranks Apollo again - this time he thinks he is filming for a Gladiator video game set in ancient Greece. And the other Gladiators have sneaky fun backstage at Sheffield Arena.
Nitro pranks Diamond when the guest on a live TV show can’t stop pumping! The other Gladiators have fun behind the scenes, pranking the audience at Sheffield Arena.
Series 2
Nitro hires a fake image guru and, with help from the Gladiator producers, tells Viper and Phantom they need new looks as a prancing unicorn and a lassoing cowboy!