Robot Wars

- Season 8

(2016)

Dara O'Briain and Angela Scanlon host the launch show for the revival of the mechanical mayhem. Eight robots compete in two initial group stage battles with four progressing to head-to-head bouts before the heat final.

Dara O'Briain and Angela Scanlon present more mechanised carnage from the arena. Amongst the 'bots on display are ones built by a builder from Northampton and a father and son team.

Dara O'Briain and Angela Scanlon present more robotic combat from the arena as eight more 'bots battle it out for a place in the grand final. With commentary from the ever-excitable Jonathan Pearce.

In tonight's battles a team of engineering students unveil their machine which can move easily in any direction, a group of holiday camp staff launch their 'bot and a father and son team has a robot with giant claws.

It's the final heat and the action is starting to get hot - literally for one 'bot which bursts into flames. Featuring the tallest robot ever to appear on the show and one shaped like a lobster.

Dara O'Briain and Angela Scanlon present the grand final of the rebooted robotic combat series. The five heat winners will be joined by a wild-card entrant, selected by the judges, to battle it out for the championship.

Prepare to deck the halls with robot bodies as Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon present the first of two festive specials in which four celebrity teams design their dream robot and battle it out in the arena.

Football legend Robbie Savage, archaeologist and TV presenter Neil Oliver and Rizzle Kicks singer Jordan Stephens are among the celebrities battling it out in the second of two festive specials.