Robot Wars was not a cool show, but it was a distinctly British one. Nerdy eccentrics from the Home Counties navigating crap remote-controlled tin heaps around BBC sound studios in far-flung locations ...

Robot Wars: Ultimate Warrior Collection was a collection of videos that were released on VHS and DVD (a first for Robot Wars). Three of these were dedicated to some of the best-performing competitors ...

In early February 1998 a new TV game show surfaced on BBC Two, one that was about as different as anything we’d ever seen. It didn’t feature general knowledge questions or sprints around a super ...

Two teams from Oxfordshire will battle it out on BBC2's Robot Wars tonight (Friday, May 31). Self-employed tow-bar fitter Christopher Arnell, from St Mary's Park, Bampton, pits his 200kg robot, Black ...

The BBC has commissioned the return of classic TV series Robot Wars, with filming to take place for six hour-long episodes set to air later this year. The show will be filmed in a "bulletproof" ...

The Rose family is planning another attempt to win BBC2's Robot Wars after being defeated in this year's final. Their home-made machine, Hypno-Disc, was finally halted on Friday. But Ken Rose and twin ...

Andy Robertson (@GeekDadGamer) is a freelance journalist specialising on the intersection of games, technology and families for national newspapers and broadcasters ...