Robot Wars Series 2 (1999) Heat K: In the darkness of post-nuclear days...
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Activate! The Robot Wars Podcast
ACTIVATE! reviews the unique world of classic UK television series Robot Wars. Hear about the wars from the perspective of Rob E. Harmlessly and Benji 'also the Hitman' who grew up tainting...
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Robot Wars Series 2 (1999) Heat J: Sir Killalot Feeds on the Tears of Children
They say war cares for no man, woman, or child, and Heat J of Robot Wars Series 2 is here to prove that point. This episode features explosi...
Robot Wars Series 2 (1999) Heat I: The Punishment of Prometheus
Welcome to the first of infinite episodes of Sir K and friends. This week guest starring Prometheus, who is going to show the world what he'...
BattleBots 2018 Episode 3: It Only Takes One Shot
In this episode of The Twilight Zone, Benji and Rob are trapped on Gamma 9 - The planet where robots fight each other in identical battles,...
Robot Wars Series 2 (1999) Heat H: That One Where a Wizard Plays Football
This episode features Cassius, the pacifist robot that murders everything. We cried when they killed off Sir Killalot. RIP Sir K, all hail k...
Robot Wars Series 2 (1999) Heat G: Because Robot Wars Hates Children
Racism bad. Crushing children's dreams bad. Fixed results bad. Episode bad. Back to BattleBots next time...
BattleBots 2018 Episode 2: Exactly What You'd Expect if a Human Fought a Giant Himalayan Monster
Featuring a much anticipated main event in which Voodoo Practitioner faces off against the Abominable Snowman, that goes pretty much as one...
BattleBots 2018 Episode 1: Let's get right into Fight Night
For the first time ever we enter a whole new world. The debut of Activate! Podcast reviewing BattleBots has finally arrived. Did we love it?...
DOUBLE FEATURE: #BringBackRobotWars Special + Series 2 Heat F
For the first time ever we bring you a double feature to Activate! We discuss the cancellation of Robot Wars with YOU, the public, through t...
Q&A Time Plus Robot Wars Series 10 Overview and Hall of Fame
Three long months after it finished airing - we're finally looking back at the whole of series 10 with a much more simplified Hall of Fame a...
Robot Wars (Once Again...) Goes International
The entire rest of the world are back with a vengeance after being humiliated by the UK. Thank God this time they have the absolute greatest...
Robot Wars Goes International
We're back for 2018, and so is Diotoir. The UK take on the Rest of the World (AKA Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal) with nothing b...
Series 10 (2017) Grand Final: How to win Robot Wars after already losing Robot Wars
That's it. The best episode of Robot Wars ever produced. Now what?... We have to continue this podcast knowing that everything else will pal...
Series 10 (2017) Heat E: God of Thunder vs Neutron Star
Whoever wins... we lose... our minds at how awesome these bots are! The final heat for Season X has some heavy hitters (and not so heavy, ge...
Robot Wars 1995: Year of the Paint Bucket
The 2nd annual Robot Wars competition brings with it incredible innovation via bots such as The Master, La Machine and Thor. It also feature...
Series 10 (2017) Heat D: A Lesson in Precision Sniping with Nuts 2
Craziest episode yet? You may even say it's... nuts...2. Bonus points to whoever can count how many name variants we use to refer to Androne...
Series 10 (2017) Heat C: Guest Starring Super Meat Boy
The age old tale that proves no matter how many children you have, the purity of money always wins in the end. Ever wondered what would happ...
Series 10 (2017)Heat B: I Dress-up as Will Thomas for Halloween
Spooky, Scary Gabriel 2 battles Eater-Of-Souls Carbide in one of the greatest matches in modern robot combat history. Only 2 episodes into S...
Series 10 (2017) Heat A: Behemoth's Odyssey
The first episode of Season X has arrived and rewarded our patience with total mayhem. Sleeping giant Behemoth has risen to the occasion and...
Robot Wars Series 2 (1999) Heat E: The One Where Shunt Gets Possessed
Beware! A presence haunts the arena this night and takes possession of numerous bots, well... mainly Shunt, and does a pretty Shunt job of i...