DwarfCast 152 – Robot Wars – Commentary

If you're reading this then there's a decent chance that at some
point in your childhood or early adulthood you sat down on a
Friday night and enjoyed the feast of mechanical violence that
was Robot Wars. For older Millennials and young Gen Xers watching
this show went hand in hand with being a Red Dwarf fan, not least
because the host was, from series 2 onwards, Craig Charles
himself. And it's for that reason Robot Wars qualifies for our
series of 'Dwarf-adjacent' commentaries as we seize with both
hands the opportunity to talk at length about a show very dear to
our hearts for... quite a long time.


Show notes


Christopher Wickham's Ludicrously Niche blog posts on Robot
Wars.

Robot Wars Series 1 trailer, featuring Norman Lovett.

Cheesoid hate self. Cheesoid kill self.

Yes, there was a Robot Wars Celebrity Special in which Vic
Reeves operated Diotoir, and yes it's on YouTube.

Ant from Behemoth has a little strop.

That time Jeremy Clarkson was nearly decapitated.

Craig's other '90s technology-based game show gets the
G&TV treatment.

Every Craig Charles outro poem, Part 1.

Aaaaaand, here's Part 2.