Robot Wars, the British TV game show that first aired on the BBC in 1998, reaching a peak of 6 million viewers and spawning two seasons of US spin-off Robot Wars Extreme Warriors on Spike (then known as TNN), is returning to United Kingdom screens.
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“The show will be recorded in a new purpose-built fighting arena in Glasgow, allowing viewers to get even closer to the action, with state-of-the-art cameras capable of capturing every crushing, sawing and scorching moment in incredible detail”.
The BBC is bringing back classic “man and machine” tech gameshow Robot Wars.
Tyler claime he received numerous robot pitches for new shows but the redevelopment of Robot Wars had proved to be the best.
Shillinglaw described Robot Wars as “an absolute TV classic” and a “fantastic example of the kind of content-rich factual entertainment that BBC2 excels at”.
BBC Two channel controller Kim Shillinglaw, the BBC’s acting controller of entertainment, and commissioning editor Jo Street co-commissioned the new Robot Wars.
The show was hosted by Jeremy Clarkson for its first series before the much more enthusiastic Craig Charles took over.
Two has confirmed a brand new six-episode series, which if you don’t know, saw amateur robot creators and their mechanical designs battle it out to be crowned the ultimate robotic champion.
The show will be produced by Mentorn Media Scotland in association with SJP Media, and executively produced by Chris Brogden, creative director of entertainment at Tinopolis. “Its return will see new and improved robots, with extraordinary innovation and power in these updated machines – it promises to be quite the competition”.
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Its final series was broadcast on Channel 5 from November 2003-March 2004.
