The new Robot Wars is exactly the same as it used to be...Which is great!

There’s always a worry when someone makes the decision to bring something beloved back from your childhood that they’re going to ruin it for you, erasing an entirely life-times worth of fond memories.

However as far as nostalgic returns go, I’m on a bit of a role. Pokemon Go has allowed to me to live out a dream I’ve had for a long, long time, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play in London was nothing short of phenomenal and now Dara O'Briain and Angela Scanlon’s Robot Wars return is exactly the same as the original Robot Wars series. Which is great!

I honestly thought I’d miss Craig Charles’ ridiculous jackets and Philippa Forrester’s glamourous pit-side commentary but the new hosts have taken to robots smashing each other up in all manner of ways like a duck takes to water. Not to mention the return of contest announcer Jonathan Pearce who is pretty much the unsung hero of the show.

And then we move onto the actual robot wars as the title of the show suggests and they’ve lived up to the hype. Already we’ve seen a robot called ‘Nuts’ that had mini-clusterbots, a robot called 'Foxic’ that gave us the 'worst battle ever’ according to head judge Noel Sharkey, the return of fan favourites Behemoth and Razer, the show’s most successful robot leading to both crashing out in the first episode and last but not least bigger and better house robots patrolling those CPZ’s and dealing out all sorts of robotic justice!

We also got a new Robot Wars hero in Carbide, a robot with a spinning arm capable of spinning at 2,500 rpm, which is destructive to say the least, who overcame series regulars Razer and Behemoth as well as the promising Terrahurtz to become the first robot through to the final.

It really has been glorious watching robots gleefully activating the pit button, trapping competitors over the fire pit, flipping them high into the air or smashing them to pieces with circular saws, axes, spinning discs and all manner of weapons. It’s also been great watching Scanlon and O'Briain interact with desperately working crew members trying to repair their machine for the next battle or trying to act magnanimous in brutal defeat.

So if there’s anyone out there worried that something treasured from their youth is being trampled in in yet another misguided attempt by a corporation to cash in on the powerful feeling of nostalgia, worry no more! Robot Wars is a hoot. Go and watch those robots being smashed up right now!