Aaron Birch Jul 22, 2016
Ahead of the return of Robot Wars to BBC Two, we revisit the classic original run of the show...
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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 market, it was equal parts testosterone and techno-geek chic. It was, of course, Robot Wars and it would quickly become one of the most popular programmes on TV.
Before appearing on UK TV, Robot Wars was first dreamt up over the pond. The story goes that a Lucasfilm-employed toy designer by the name of Marc Thorpe came up with the idea in 1992 while failing to build a remote control vacuum cleaner. The results ended up being less about cleanliness, and more about carnage. This unexpected turn out made Thorpe realise that radio controlled...
Ahead of the return of Robot Wars to BBC Two, we revisit the classic original run of the show...
3. 2. 1. Activate!
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 market, it was equal parts testosterone and techno-geek chic. It was, of course, Robot Wars and it would quickly become one of the most popular programmes on TV.
Before appearing on UK TV, Robot Wars was first dreamt up over the pond. The story goes that a Lucasfilm-employed toy designer by the name of Marc Thorpe came up with the idea in 1992 while failing to build a remote control vacuum cleaner. The results ended up being less about cleanliness, and more about carnage. This unexpected turn out made Thorpe realise that radio controlled...
- 7/21/2016
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Rob Leane Jul 12, 2016
The BBC has given us our best look yet at the new Robot Wars, with a four-minute preview clip...
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The BBC has released a whopping four-minutes-long trailer to get us all hyped up for the new series of Robot Wars. Unfortunately, because this preview clip is hosted on iPlayer, it's not yet possible to embed it here.
You need to click here to see the mammoth new Robot Wars trailer.
The BBC has also released this tantalising text about the show...
"Back in the days when the internet was a little baby, and we had to make our own entertainment… we all watched a programme called Robot Wars. Full of clever people who made robots in their garages that smashed each other up for fun. In the arena keeping order were a team of angry robots called the House Robots.
The BBC has given us our best look yet at the new Robot Wars, with a four-minute preview clip...
Please note: we've moved the comments for Robot Wars here
The BBC has released a whopping four-minutes-long trailer to get us all hyped up for the new series of Robot Wars. Unfortunately, because this preview clip is hosted on iPlayer, it's not yet possible to embed it here.
You need to click here to see the mammoth new Robot Wars trailer.
The BBC has also released this tantalising text about the show...
"Back in the days when the internet was a little baby, and we had to make our own entertainment… we all watched a programme called Robot Wars. Full of clever people who made robots in their garages that smashed each other up for fun. In the arena keeping order were a team of angry robots called the House Robots.
- 1/13/2016
- Den of Geek
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The BBC is bringing back 1990s classic teatime mechanical battle show, Robot Wars...
The basis of many happy late 90s Friday teatimes and a cracking episode of Spaced, Robot Wars is coming back.
For the uninitiated, the series showcased amateur robotics and wanton destruction for an hour a week on BBC Two between 1998 and 2001, before moving off the channel and finally packing its bags in 2004.
The premise was simple: build a robot, arm it to the teeth, and use it to attempt to take out imaginatively named house robots including Shunt and Sir Killalot while presenters Craig Charles and Philippa Forrester looked on.
A dozen years after it ended, BBC2 has recommissioned a revived Robot Wars from Mentorn Scotland, which promises to deliver "more robots, battles and science."
A six-episode run of the rebooted series has been ordered, with no official word yet on who the presenters will be.
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The BBC is bringing back 1990s classic teatime mechanical battle show, Robot Wars...
The basis of many happy late 90s Friday teatimes and a cracking episode of Spaced, Robot Wars is coming back.
For the uninitiated, the series showcased amateur robotics and wanton destruction for an hour a week on BBC Two between 1998 and 2001, before moving off the channel and finally packing its bags in 2004.
The premise was simple: build a robot, arm it to the teeth, and use it to attempt to take out imaginatively named house robots including Shunt and Sir Killalot while presenters Craig Charles and Philippa Forrester looked on.
A dozen years after it ended, BBC2 has recommissioned a revived Robot Wars from Mentorn Scotland, which promises to deliver "more robots, battles and science."
A six-episode run of the rebooted series has been ordered, with no official word yet on who the presenters will be.
- 1/13/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Sep 9, 2016
31 years ago, Cbbc's Broom Cupboard opened its doors. We salute some of its most memorable moments...
On the afternoon of the 9th of September 1985, UK children were introduced to their new big brother. Phillip Schofield, a vision in a side-parting, a geometric print jumper and a beaming smile, arrived in the Children’s BBC Broom Cupboard to babysit the nation’s kids for an hour and a half every weekday.
Schofield’s job was to ferry us through the post-school slump and drop us off at Neighbours no later than 5.35pm. He let us watch cartoons, wished us happy birthday, praised our felt-tip drawings of Jimbo and the Jet Set, and never once told us off for eating too many packs of salt and vinegar Chipsticks before tea.
After Phillip came Debbie Flint, who was awesome because her earrings didn’t match, and then Andy Crane, who...
31 years ago, Cbbc's Broom Cupboard opened its doors. We salute some of its most memorable moments...
On the afternoon of the 9th of September 1985, UK children were introduced to their new big brother. Phillip Schofield, a vision in a side-parting, a geometric print jumper and a beaming smile, arrived in the Children’s BBC Broom Cupboard to babysit the nation’s kids for an hour and a half every weekday.
Schofield’s job was to ferry us through the post-school slump and drop us off at Neighbours no later than 5.35pm. He let us watch cartoons, wished us happy birthday, praised our felt-tip drawings of Jimbo and the Jet Set, and never once told us off for eating too many packs of salt and vinegar Chipsticks before tea.
After Phillip came Debbie Flint, who was awesome because her earrings didn’t match, and then Andy Crane, who...
- 9/3/2015
- Den of Geek
To mark Cbbc’s thirtieth birthday, we delve into the Broom Cupboard to salute some cherished childhood memories…
On the afternoon of the 9th of September 1985, UK children were introduced to their new big brother. Phillip Schofield, a vision in a side-parting, a geometric print jumper and a beaming smile, arrived in the Children’s BBC Broom Cupboard to babysit the nation’s kids for an hour and a half every weekday.
Schofield’s job was to ferry us through the post-school slump and drop us off at Neighbours no later than 5.35pm. He let us watch cartoons, wished us happy birthday, praised our felt-tip drawings of Jimbo and the Jet Set, and never once told us off for eating too many packs of salt and vinegar Chipsticks before tea.
After Phillip came Debbie Flint, who was awesome because her earrings didn’t match, and then Andy Crane, who taught...
On the afternoon of the 9th of September 1985, UK children were introduced to their new big brother. Phillip Schofield, a vision in a side-parting, a geometric print jumper and a beaming smile, arrived in the Children’s BBC Broom Cupboard to babysit the nation’s kids for an hour and a half every weekday.
Schofield’s job was to ferry us through the post-school slump and drop us off at Neighbours no later than 5.35pm. He let us watch cartoons, wished us happy birthday, praised our felt-tip drawings of Jimbo and the Jet Set, and never once told us off for eating too many packs of salt and vinegar Chipsticks before tea.
After Phillip came Debbie Flint, who was awesome because her earrings didn’t match, and then Andy Crane, who taught...
- 9/3/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright returned to the big screen this week with The World's End, the concluding instalment in their Cornetto Trilogy. For those who loved Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, it was inevitable that the trio would make the leap to the big screen.
Alongside Jessica Hynes, the Cornetto collective produced a fast, funny and heartwarming look at the lives of twentysomethings immersed in pop culture. Naturally, the show came packed with film homages, and to mark the release of The World's End Digital Spy takes a look back through some of Spaced's memorable hat tips.
Fight Club
"The first rule of Robot Club is, you do not talk about Robot Club!" Finally, a cultural collision point for Philippa Forrester and Brad Pitt. Second series episode 'Mettle' saw Tim (Pegg) and Mike (Frost) attempt to reclaim their masculinity by constructing their own Robot Wars-style machine...
Alongside Jessica Hynes, the Cornetto collective produced a fast, funny and heartwarming look at the lives of twentysomethings immersed in pop culture. Naturally, the show came packed with film homages, and to mark the release of The World's End Digital Spy takes a look back through some of Spaced's memorable hat tips.
Fight Club
"The first rule of Robot Club is, you do not talk about Robot Club!" Finally, a cultural collision point for Philippa Forrester and Brad Pitt. Second series episode 'Mettle' saw Tim (Pegg) and Mike (Frost) attempt to reclaim their masculinity by constructing their own Robot Wars-style machine...
- 7/21/2013
- Digital Spy
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright returned to the big screen this week with The World's End, the concluding instalment in their Cornetto Trilogy. For those who loved Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, it was inevitable that the trio would make the leap to the big screen.
Alongside Jessica Hynes, the Cornetto collective produced a fast, funny and heartwarming look at the lives of twentysomethings immersed in pop culture. Naturally, the show came packed with film homages, and to mark the release of The World's End Digital Spy takes a look back through some of Spaced's memorable hat tips.
Fight Club
"The first rule of Robot Club is, you do not talk about Robot Club!" Finally, a cultural collision point for Philippa Forrester and Brad Pitt. Second series episode 'Mettle' saw Tim (Pegg) and Mike (Frost) attempt to reclaim their masculinity by constructing their own Robot Wars-style machine...
Alongside Jessica Hynes, the Cornetto collective produced a fast, funny and heartwarming look at the lives of twentysomethings immersed in pop culture. Naturally, the show came packed with film homages, and to mark the release of The World's End Digital Spy takes a look back through some of Spaced's memorable hat tips.
Fight Club
"The first rule of Robot Club is, you do not talk about Robot Club!" Finally, a cultural collision point for Philippa Forrester and Brad Pitt. Second series episode 'Mettle' saw Tim (Pegg) and Mike (Frost) attempt to reclaim their masculinity by constructing their own Robot Wars-style machine...
- 7/21/2013
- Digital Spy
An albino hedgehog has been put on a diet. The hedgehog, known as Snowball, arrived at the Tiggywinkles wildlife hospital in October weighing 1.5kg, Sky News reports. It is thought that he put on the weight by eating dog food left out at night, but he has now been put on a diet of kitten biscuits. Snowball is also swimming in a jacuzzi donated to the centre by television presenter Philippa Forrester. The new regime has seen him lose 38g so far. Tiggywinkles (more)...
- 12/12/2009
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
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