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Robot Wars was a robot combat competition that was broadcast on British television from 1998 to 2004 and from 2016 to 2018. Each series involves teams of amateur and professional roboteers operating their own constructed remote controlled robots to fight against each other in an arena formed of steel and bullet proof glass fitted with arena hazards and containing areas occupied by hostile and heavier "House Robots". Earlier series included assault and trial courses for competing robots.

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  • Robot Wars ist eine von 1998 bis 2018 erstmals ausgestrahlte britische Spielshow von , die die Sportart Robotwars einem breiteren Publikum bekannt machte. (de)
  • Robot Wars was a robot combat competition that was broadcast on British television from 1998 to 2004 and from 2016 to 2018. Each series involves teams of amateur and professional roboteers operating their own constructed remote controlled robots to fight against each other in an arena formed of steel and bullet proof glass fitted with arena hazards and containing areas occupied by hostile and heavier "House Robots". Earlier series included assault and trial courses for competing robots. The original version of the show was broadcast on BBC Two from 20 February 1998 to 23 February 2001, on BBC Choice from 8 October 2001 to 7 February 2003 (later repeated on BBC Two) and on Channel 5 from 2 November 2003 to 28 March 2004. A revival was broadcast on BBC Two from 24 July 2016 to 7 January 2018. To date, the show has been broadcast as 10 main series each centred around a single competition, two "Extreme" series with several unconnected events and several special episodes. Jeremy Clarkson presented the first series, with Craig Charles taking over for the second to seventh series. Philippa Forrester co-hosted the first three series, the fifth, sixth and Extreme 2. Forrester also hosted the spin-off series Robot Wars Revealed from 1998 to 1999. The fourth series and Extreme 1 were co-hosted by Julia Reed and the seventh by Jayne Middlemiss. The revived series were hosted by Dara Ó Briain and Angela Scanlon. Jonathan Pearce provided commentary for all series. Additional series were filmed at the UK venue for specific sectors of the global market, including two series of Robot Wars Extreme Warriors with American competitors for the TNN network (hosted by Mick Foley with Rebecca Grant serving as pit reporter), two of Dutch Robot Wars for distribution in the Netherlands and a single series for Germany. The fourth series of the UK Robot Wars was shown in the US on TNN as Robot Wars: Grand Champions in 2002 and hosted by Joanie Laurer. Its merchandising was commercially successful, being one of the most popular selling toy ranges in 2002 produced by Logistix Kids. It included a mini arena, pullback, friction and ripcord toys and radio-controlled versions of the House Robots. In 2003, the roboteers themselves formed The Fighting Robot Association and with their associated event organizers, carry on participating in competitions for new audiences. In 2013, Roaming Robots purchased the rights to the Robot Wars brand from Robot Wars LLC and operated their travelling robotic combat show under that name. The use of the name Robot Wars for live shows ceased in early 2017, being renamed Extreme Robots. With a peak audience of six million viewers in the UK during the late 1990s, the format went on to become a worldwide success, showing in 45 countries including the US, Australia, Canada, China, India, Germany and Italy. In March 2003, it was dropped by BBC Two after eight series and Mentorn announced it was making 22 episodes for Channel 5, concluding with The Third World Championships broadcast in March 2004. Channel 5 later axed the show after one series due to low ratings. In July 2016, the show returned to BBC Two with a new arena, house robots and presenters. The first episode was well received becoming the top trending topic on Twitter that evening and having two million viewers, more than the last episode of the 23rd series of Top Gear in the same 8pm Sunday slot just a few weeks earlier. The revived show ran for three series, before it ended in March 2018. (en)
  • Robot Wars è uno show televisivo britannico riguardante i combattimenti tra robot radiocomandati amatoriali. Nato come competizione di robot negli USA (1994), il programma è stato poi sviluppato per la televisione in Inghilterra (1998). (it)
  • Robot Wars var ett brittiskt TV-program från slutet av 1990-talet, lett av Craig Charles, där två eller flera lag tävlade med hemmagjorda, radiostyrda robotar på en arena. Robot Wars-arenan hade fällor, eldkastare och vinkelslipar i sargen och husrobotar i två av de fyra hörnen. Den vanligaste tävlingsformen (som också gav serien dess namn) var strider mellan robotarna, som kunde vara utrustade med exempelvis hydrauliska saxar eller motorsågar. Andra tävlingar inkluderade fotboll, dragkamp och hinderbanor. Robot Wars lades ner efter sju säsonger, och diverse omflyttning mellan kanalerna i England. Det sändes i Sverige av TV4, kommenterat av Mikael Dubois och Janne Blomkvist. Det fanns planer på att starta en svensk serie, men de förverkligades aldrig. När TV-serien slutat tog ideella krafter över och arrangerar både tävlingar och uppvisningar i ett flertal länder. Den största organisationen är Fighting Robot Association där det även finns ett svenskt forum. (sv)
  • «Битвы роботов» (англ. Robot Wars) — это телевизионные выпуски соревнований между роботами, которые проходили в Великобритании с 1998 по 2004 год. Ранее аналогичное шоу устраивалось в США в 1994—1997 годах. В России «Robot Wars» показывались на русском языке по телеканалу «Rambler» под названием «Битвы роботов». В битвах принимают участие как профессиональные, так и любительские команды, которые создают своих роботов для борьбы друг против друга в официальных соревнованиях и дружественных матчах. Одновременно со сражением друг с другом они должны избегать опасности арены и патрульных роботов, которые превосходят их в весе и вооружению. В конце 2015 года анонсировали перезапуск шоу который состоится летом-осенью в 2016 году (ru)
  • 《超暴力激鬥》(Robot Wars,又译名机器人大擂台)是一部英國電視節目,共7季;第1至6季於1998至2003年間由英國廣播公司播映,第7季則由英國第五台播映。臺灣MUCH TV曾於2000年代初期播映中文配音版,中文譯名《超暴力激鬥》。在節目中,各個參賽隊伍需製作各自的機械人,遙控機械人通過各種關卡並進行相互對戰,藉此決定最後的贏家。各季節目間的賽制均略有差異。 (zh)
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  • On the first day, I was in the dressing room and looking in the mirror and looking down at the arena. And they were pulling the robots into the arena on an invisible twine because nothing was working. And I was thinking: "Oh my God, what have I done with my career?" And you know, within the blink of an eye, it was the most watched show on BBC2. (en)
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  • Robot Wars ist eine von 1998 bis 2018 erstmals ausgestrahlte britische Spielshow von , die die Sportart Robotwars einem breiteren Publikum bekannt machte. (de)
  • Robot Wars è uno show televisivo britannico riguardante i combattimenti tra robot radiocomandati amatoriali. Nato come competizione di robot negli USA (1994), il programma è stato poi sviluppato per la televisione in Inghilterra (1998). (it)
  • 《超暴力激鬥》(Robot Wars,又译名机器人大擂台)是一部英國電視節目,共7季;第1至6季於1998至2003年間由英國廣播公司播映,第7季則由英國第五台播映。臺灣MUCH TV曾於2000年代初期播映中文配音版,中文譯名《超暴力激鬥》。在節目中,各個參賽隊伍需製作各自的機械人,遙控機械人通過各種關卡並進行相互對戰,藉此決定最後的贏家。各季節目間的賽制均略有差異。 (zh)
  • Robot Wars was a robot combat competition that was broadcast on British television from 1998 to 2004 and from 2016 to 2018. Each series involves teams of amateur and professional roboteers operating their own constructed remote controlled robots to fight against each other in an arena formed of steel and bullet proof glass fitted with arena hazards and containing areas occupied by hostile and heavier "House Robots". Earlier series included assault and trial courses for competing robots. (en)
  • «Битвы роботов» (англ. Robot Wars) — это телевизионные выпуски соревнований между роботами, которые проходили в Великобритании с 1998 по 2004 год. Ранее аналогичное шоу устраивалось в США в 1994—1997 годах. В России «Robot Wars» показывались на русском языке по телеканалу «Rambler» под названием «Битвы роботов». В конце 2015 года анонсировали перезапуск шоу который состоится летом-осенью в 2016 году (ru)
  • Robot Wars var ett brittiskt TV-program från slutet av 1990-talet, lett av Craig Charles, där två eller flera lag tävlade med hemmagjorda, radiostyrda robotar på en arena. Robot Wars-arenan hade fällor, eldkastare och vinkelslipar i sargen och husrobotar i två av de fyra hörnen. Den vanligaste tävlingsformen (som också gav serien dess namn) var strider mellan robotarna, som kunde vara utrustade med exempelvis hydrauliska saxar eller motorsågar. Andra tävlingar inkluderade fotboll, dragkamp och hinderbanor. (sv)
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  • Robot Wars (de)
  • Robot Wars (it)
  • Битвы роботов (ru)
  • Robot Wars (sv)
  • 超暴力激鬥 (zh)
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