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Dara Ó Briain Says He Cheated Death Filming 'Robot Wars' Reboot

Dara Ó Briain Says He Cheated Death Filming 'Robot Wars' Reboot

It's back on Sunday!

Sian Broderick

Sian Broderick

Credit: BBC

If you didn't spend every Friday night watching Robot Wars when you were a kid, did you even have a childhood? It was the best and we're now just days away from the BBC Two reboot.

Although I'm absolutely gutted Craig Charles won't be returning, I'm excited to watch the new series which will be presented by Dara Ó Briain and Angela Scanlon.

The robots are bigger and better than ever, so much so that Ó Briain recently revealed in an interview that he was almost turned into roadkill by one.

"I have never been more appreciative of bullet-proof glass than when I ducked into one of the ring-side areas as I saw a shard of metal smash in front of our faces,' he said. "Like it's coming at you at 60mph.

"There was steam coming off this bit that's been wrenched off a robot right in front of us. The bullet-proof glass saved us."

The reboot will premiere on Sunday night and I absolutely cannot wait. The robots look absolutely sick and so they bloody should to be honest because, according to Ó Briain, they cost an absolute fortune.

Speaking to Square Eyes, he said: "There are robots which cost £25,000. They're engineered to within an inch of their lives, they have computer systems and they're wrapped in dry ice to cool them.

"There are levels of care that you would not see outside of the Premier League - but there are some proper ding-dong battles. Some are over in seconds, some are three minutes of just smashing each other, sometimes one flips another right out.

"The contestants generally take it in very good spirit but there were some tears."

8pm Sunday can't come quick enough!

Words by Sian Broderick

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Topics: Robots, Phones and Gadgets, TV and Film, Technology