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| - | Qualifying heats for the main ''[[World's Strongest Man]]'' tournament. | + | Qualifying heats for the main ''[[World's Strongest Man]]'' tournament. The ''Super Series'' also crowned an overall champion across the series; in 2009 it was effectively superseded by ''Giants Live'', a set of self-contained events. (The ''Super Series'' actually continued alongside for a couple of years but was shunted off to the specialist sport channels and lost its WSM qualifying status.) Nowadays competitions like Britain's and Europe's Strongest Man are events under the Giants Live brand and broadcast by Channel 5 as part of their annual ''World's Strongest Man'' series. |
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Revision as of 13:42, 23 December 2023
Contents |
Host
Martin Bayfield (2006-10)
James Richardson & Caroline Pearce (2011-)
Co-hosts
Commentators:
Nick Halling (2006-9)
Colin Bryce (2006-)
Paul Dickenson (2009-)
Broadcast
World's Strongest Man Super Series:
Transworld International & IMG Media Ltd for five, 1 December 2006 to 19 December 2008 (9 episodes in 3 series)
Giants Live:
Transworld International & IMG Media Ltd for Bravo, 26 December 2009 to 23 December 2010 (6 episodes in 2 series)
Transworld International & IMG Media Ltd for Channel 5, 20 December 2011 to present (2017 to present as part of the World's Strongest Man series)
Synopsis
Qualifying heats for the main World's Strongest Man tournament. The Super Series also crowned an overall champion across the series; in 2009 it was effectively superseded by Giants Live, a set of self-contained events. (The Super Series actually continued alongside for a couple of years but was shunted off to the specialist sport channels and lost its WSM qualifying status.) Nowadays competitions like Britain's and Europe's Strongest Man are events under the Giants Live brand and broadcast by Channel 5 as part of their annual World's Strongest Man series.
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