Robot Wars Reboot Is Coming To BBC Two

Quick! Get down into your garage and start putting bits of old bikes together because Robot Wars is making an epic comeback to BBC Two.

The Beeb has promised “a raft of technological advances” to the show, which first aired between 1998 and 2003 on BBC, and then on Channel 5 for a further year.

The series will return with six 60-minute episodes as humans and their robots battle it out for the Robot Wars title.

BBC Two Controller Kim Shillinglaw commented, “Robot Wars is an absolute TV classic and I’m thrilled to be updating it for the next generation of viewers. With new technological advances making for an even more exciting and immersive experience, this is a fantastic example of the kind of content-rich factual entertainment that BBC Two excels at.”

The new series will be filmed in Glasgow and producers have promised state-of-the-art cameras will capture all the anarchy in high definition detail.

Robot Wars will also have “more robots, more battles and more science than ever before”.

The original series was hosted by Jeremy Clarkson for one series before he was replaced by Craig Charles.

Philippa Forrester served as roving reporter for most of the show’s run but she was replaced by Jayne Middlemiss for the final series on Channel 5.