"It's not so much about winning, it's just about having a good fight," says Becky Dowson, who has travelled to Sutton-on-the-Forest from her home in Nottingham. She is one of a group of roboteers who ...

Philippa Forrester was a popular face on British TV in the 90s, fronting shows like The Broom Cupboard and Robot Wars - but she has gone through heartache and a major move off-screen ...

Philippa Forrester was a popular face on British TV in the '90s, fronting shows like Tomorrow's World and The Heaven and ...

I was watching the space channel lat night, and I happened apon the UK version of robot wars. I had forgotten how cool this show was, as I don;t think I've watched it in a few years, is it still in ...

Fighting robots and their owners from across Europe have been competing at the UK championships. Almost 50 robots, each weighing 1.5kg or less, fought against each other at an event in St Michael's ...

He also worked on the first three ‘Indiana Jones’ movies and ‘Poltergeist’ before staging his first combat event in 1994. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Marc Thorpe, who created special effects for Star ...

Marc Thorpe, the visual effects artist who worked on various Star Wars and Indiana Jones films and created the Robot Wars concept in the early 1990s — around the same time he was first diagnosed with ...