Robot Wars UK - Series I

Host: Jeremy Clarkson
Pit reports: Phillipa Forrester
House robots: Shunt (mk1 - weak hammer and shovel), Sergant Bash (mk1 - flame thrower, most competent of series), Matilida (mk1 - lifting tusks and chain saw tail), Dead Metal (mk1 - cutting disk on long arm).

Format: Each show consisted of 4 rounds:

• The gauntlet is a battle of competitor against assault course and house robots. Slowest time or least distance covered is eliminated.
• Round two is a trial - ie a game to eliminate one more robot. In this series there was a different trial each week. Sumo (head to head with a house robot on a raised platform), British Bulldog (school type game - all robots against defending house robots), Soccer (competitors must score a goal against house robot defence. Last to score goes out.), Race (race around a figure of 8 track to complete most laps. Least laps is eliminated.), Maze (metal maze filled with obstacles and house robots - similar to gauntlet but bigger) and Snooker (attempt to pot balls past house robots - not so different from soccer really).
• The four remaining robots are paired up to do battle head to head in the Semi. The winner of each Semi is then put into the Final for one last fight. The winner of the Final goes through to the melee in the last show to decide the overall winner of the series. The winner is bascially the last man standing at the end of the melee.