Judoka Kate Howey in Superstars final

It Made compelling viewing for over a decade with families up and down the country tuning in to watch some of Britain's top sports personalities battling it out. Now the classic TV show Superstars has been revived with the new series featuring some of Bath's sporting greats.

Kate Howey has reached the women’s final while former Bath Rugby and England international Phil de Glanville will be pitting his sporting wits against Olympian Mark Foster.
Mark Foster has competed in four Olympic games, broken eight world records and won five World Championship gold medals, while Kate Howey is the British judo champion and former world champion. She won an Olympic bronze in 1992 and a silver medal in 2000.
Other sporting stars taking part include Martin Offiah, Colin Jackson and Annabel Croft.

"We filmed the series after the European championships. I went straight to Spain for filming and it was really good fun," said Kate Howey.
"I wasn't worried about getting any injuries because none of the events were contact sports, which is when you get injured. One of the events was canoeing where the worst thing that can happen is falling out of a boat."

The sports stars also had to compete in swimming, mountain biking, target golf, football and archery.
"The worst one was archery," said Howey. "If your arm is in too far when you let the string go, it catches you and leaves a bruise."
To make the competition fair the stars were not allowed to take part in their own sporting events.

Superstars first hit our television screens in 1973 presented by David Vine, aided by technical explanations by Ron Pickering.
The show featured some of the top names from the world of sport, including Bobby Moore, Jackie Stewart, Joe Bugner and Tony Jacklin.
One of the favourites was judo star Brian Jacks, who now organises children's birthday parties and runs his own martial arts centre in Kent.

And taking part in Superstars has left Ms Howey itching to try new sports, although she said she is not ready to quit the world of judo yet.
"When I finish judo I want to play team sports because I have been in an individual sport for so long," she said.
Superstars starts on October 16 on BBC1.