I don’t know how it was for you, but at the time I thought Robot Wars to be one of the coolest TV shows ever. I think this show may have in fact played a significant role in my current choice of hobby 😉 

Aaaaand, the BBC is going to bring it back! New and improved! Super awesome!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/robot-wars-returns

UPDATE: Actually, this BBC article is quite boring. Better check out The Guardian instead (turns out, adding backstory & pictures do make things more interesting).

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2016/jan/14/robot-wars-new-series-bbc