Gladiators' goddesses face off in racy photo shoot

Four of the six female Gladiators from Sky One's rejuvenation of the 1990s Saturday night TV classic have swapped their lycra leotards for sexy underwear for the pictorial in men's magazine FHM.

Jemma 'Inferno' Palmer, Jenny 'Enigma' Pacey, Lucy 'Tempest' Boggis and Caroline 'Ice' Pearce are pitted against each other in a race to be the sexiest gladiator.

Getting dirty: Enigma (left) and Inferno (right) get to grips with each other

In one shot, Enigma appears to be winning a wrestling match with flame-haired Tempest as the two women grapple in bodices and knee-high stiletto boots.

Another pose shows Tempest lying on the floor as she attempts to fight back at a baton-wielding Ice.

Leathered up: Tempest (left) fights back at a baton-wielding Ice (right)

Former Mission Implausible host Pacey, 24, has been reinvented as Enigma for the show.

Pacey has represented Great Britain in the long jump, pentathlon and bobsleigh and is in training to be a stunt woman.

Flame-haired Inferno, aka Jemma Palmer, is more than just red hot hair.

The 24-year-old was previously invited to be a WWE finalist and boasts she is 'hot, fiery, dangerous and destructive'.

At 19, Tempest is the youngest Gladiator and is tipped to be one of Britain's athletic stars at the 2012 Olympics.

Wiltshire-rasied Boggis is a full time heptathlete and has won four gold medals in the English schools competition.

Screamfest: A hollering Ice faces up to Inferno

Another former bobsleigher-turned-Gladiator is Pearce, aka Ice.

The 27-year-old fitness consultant competed in the heptathlon for Great Britain in the 2004 European Cup and describes herself as a 'true competitor'.

Completing the six female Gladiators, who did not take part in the FHM shoot, are Shirley 'Battleaxe' Webb and Kara 'Panther' Nwidobie

The new Gladiators show, which started on Sky One last month, features members of the public competing against the gladiators for two £50,000 first prizes.

At its peak in the 1990s, Gladiators attracted 14million viewers and made stars out of the likes of Jet, Saracen and Wolf.

The contender who earned the most points from each pair gained a head start for the final Eliminator - a fearsome assault course which would decide who was the champion.

The full Gladiators feature is in the latest issue of FHM magazine.