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  1. Mar 17, 2018 · The BBC said that the show wouldn't be returning in order to "create room for new shows". Robot Wars has been axed by the BBC, it has been confirmed. After running on BBC2 for three series, the...

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  2. Mar 16, 2018 · The Robot Wars revival has been curtailed after three series. The BBC Two show has been axed in order to create room for new shows. In a tweet on Friday, the official Robot Wars account...

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    The Third Wars marked a significant change in the show's format, with the Gauntlet and Trial stages of the previous two series being scrapped. The main UK Championshiptook the form of a straightforward knockout tournament, with the series consisting of sixteen heats featuring eight robots each. Each heat featured two rounds of one-on-one battles, w...

    Heat A

    1. Main article: Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Heat A Robots competing in Heat A: Brimhur, Weeliwako, Mace 2, Stinger, Raizer Blade, Red Dragon, Forklift's Revenge, Suicidal Tendencies Round 1 1. Stinger vs Mace 2: Mace 2 won 2. Forklift's Revenge vs Suicidal Tendencies: Suicidal Tendencies won 3. Brimhur vs Weeliwako: Weeliwako won 4. Raizer Blade vs Red Dragon: Raizer Blade won Round 2 1. Mace 2 vs Weeliwako: Mace 2 won 2. Raizer Blade vs Suicidal Tendencies: Suicidal Tendencies won Final 1. M...

    Heat B

    1. Main article: Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Heat B Robots competing in Heat B: Abaddon, Technophobic, Pitbull, Sumpthing, General Carnage, Robocow, Behemoth, Shark Attack Round 1 1. Sumpthing vs Pitbull: Pitbull won 2. Abaddon vs Technophobic: Technophobic won 3. General Carnage vs Robocow: General Carnage won 4. Shark Attack vs Behemoth: Behemoth won Round 2 1. Technophobic vs Pitbull: Pitbull won 2. General Carnage vs Behemoth: Behemoth won Final 1. Pitbull vs Behemoth: Pitbull won

    Heat C

    1. Main article: Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Heat C Robots competing in Heat C: Agent Orange, Max Damage, Spike, Blade, Aggrobot, Binky, Backstabber, Razer 1. Note: Binky was a reserve robot, who was instated after Daisysuffered mechanical failures and were unable to compete. Round 1 1. Razer vs Backstabber: Razer won 2. Binky vs Aggrobot: Aggrobot won 3. Blade vs Spike: Blade won 4. Agent Orange vs Max Damage: Agent Orange won Round 2 1. Razer vs Aggrobot: Aggrobot won 2. Blade vs Agent Orang...

    Semi-Final 1

    1. Main article: Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Semi-Final 1 Round 1 1. Fire Storm vs Pitbull: Fire Storm won 2. Panic Attack vs Thing 2: Panic Attack won 3. Big Brother vs Mace 2: Mace 2 won 4. Chaos 2 vs Trident: Chaos 2 won Round 2 1. Fire Storm vs Panic Attack: Fire Storm won 2. Mace 2 vs Chaos 2: Chaos 2 won

    Semi-Final 2

    1. Main article: Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Semi-Final 2 Round 1 1. 101 vs Scutter's Revenge: 101 won 2. Gravedigger vs Steg-O-Saw-Us: Steg-O-Saw-Us won 3. Beast of Bodmin vs Blade: Beast of Bodmin won 4. Evil Weevil vs Hypno-Disc: Hypno-Disc won Round 2 1. Steg-O-Saw-Us vs Beast of Bodmin: Steg-O-Saw-Us won 2. 101 vs Hypno-Disc: Hypno-Disc won

    Although the trials had been removed from the main competition, two of these, Pinball and Soccer, were held as small competitions alongside the main championship. As was the case in previous years, the winner was the robot with the best performance (gaining the most points in Pinball, and either scoring the first goal or being the most active in So...

    After the third series, two international Robot Wars competitions were held. These were the International League Championship and The First World Championship, which both pitted the familiar British robots against other robots from around the world.

    When compared with the previous series, the first four Series 3 episodes received low ratings, with none reaching the top three highest weekly rated BBC 2 shows. Heat A attracted 4.3 million viewers, a decrease of 700,000 viewers when compared with Heat A of Series 2. Heat D received the lowest television rating and BARB ranking for the series, att...

    The Third Wars featured the largest number of competing robots in any domestic championship, with 128 robots taking part. Series 7 also featured 128 robots, although two of themdid not actually get...
    Series 3 contains at least one unaired battle, waged between Behemoth and Cerberus some time after The First World Championship was filmed. The winner of the battle is unknown, as the battle was on...
    A friendly "pits sweepstake" was mentioned in a few episodes. It is known that Jonathan Pearce had Excalibur and Philippa Forrester initially had The Parthian Shot before switching to X-Terminatora...
    This series marked the debut of the Floor Flipper as an arena hazard, and the last in which the floor spikes were used until the show's revivalin 2016.
  3. Mar 16, 2018 · The BBC has confirmed that it is axing its reboot of Robot Wars after just three series. News of the cancellation was announced on the show’s Twitter page, who thanked presenters Dara...

  4. Channel 5 later axed the show after one series due to low ratings. [10] After Robot Wars ended, an edited half-hour version of this series aired on Fox Kids (later Jetix) from 2004, on Bravo from after 2004, on Dave from 2010 and on Challenge & Sky History from before 2016.

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  5. Jan 13, 2016 · After a twelve year break, the BBC is resurrecting Robot Wars for six 60-minute long episodes to air on BBC Two - though an actual production start date and air date have yet to be determined.

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  7. Jan 13, 2016 · The iconic show, where teams of enthusiasts build their own robots and watch them battle each other, will be back on BBC2 with a new series of six hour-long episodes, and is set to feature more...

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