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Robot Wars

Series 8

Episode 3

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

The third episode of the robot fighting series presented by Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon.

This show features an eclectic collection of homemade robots including Glitterbomb, designed by nine-year-old April, which comes complete with a huge pink axe. In a Robot Wars first, a team of students from Falkirk, Scotland, bring a robot made of wood with a petrol engine and what appears to be an outboard motor for a weapon. Family team Big Nipper have an ingenious robot with interchangeable titanium weapons made up of parts they sourced from their local scrapyard. Show less

Contributors

Production Company:
Mentorn
Executive Producer:
Andrew Robertson
Series Producer:
Matt Wilkinson
Director:
Nikki Parsons
Presenter:
Dara O Briain
Presenter:
Angela Scanlon
Commentator:
Jonathan Pearce

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