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Referee Lee Phillips is a firefighter and athlete. (Hungry Bear Media Ltd/Graeme Hunter/BBC) “I got involved helping run the fitness tests for try-outs for the Gladiators and contenders, but when I ...

As well as being the show’s Assistant Referee, Lee Phillips is also so fit that he could pass as a Gladiator himself. In fact, he is the guy who designed the show’s fitness tests. When the ...

Lee Phillips Perhaps the least well known of the three before the start of Gladiators, Lee is a fitness professional, firefighter, and athlete. Following University, he became a full-time firefighter.

Lee Phillips Perhaps the least well known of the three before the start of Gladiators, Lee is a fitness professional, firefighter, and athlete. Following University, he became a full-time firefighter.

Lee Phillips Perhaps the least well known of the three before the start of Gladiators, Lee is a fitness professional, firefighter, and athlete. Following University, he became a full-time firefighter.

Lee Phillips Perhaps the least well known of the three before the start of Gladiators, Lee is a fitness professional, firefighter, and athlete. Following University, he became a full-time firefighter.

Lee Phillips Perhaps the least well known of the three before the start of Gladiators, Lee is a fitness professional, firefighter, and athlete. Following University, he became a full-time firefighter.

The hit show – which first aired more than 30 years ago – was rebooted by the BBC last year and became their most-watched new show of the year, drawing in 6m viewers for its first episode.

Lee Phillips Perhaps the least well known of the three before the start of Gladiators, Lee is a fitness professional, firefighter, and athlete. Following University, he became a full-time firefighter.

Lee Phillips Perhaps the least well known of the three before the start of Gladiators, Lee is a fitness professional, firefighter, and athlete. Following University, he became a full-time firefighter.