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+====== Robot Wars ======
+Robot Wars was a hit BBC (and later Five) television series produced by Mentorn Plc from 1997 to 2003. The final series was broadcast in 2003/2004 on Five, after the BBC canceled the show after [[Robot Wars Extreme]] Series 2.  At its peak, the show drew in several million viewers every episode, and was one of the most popular programs broadcast on BBC 2.
+The first use of the term Robot Wars actually originates from the USA, where it was a San Fransisco based robot competition from 1994 to 1997.  Robot Wars in the USA later evolved into [[Battlebots]], which is still running today.
+The UK show ran for nine series, including the two 'Extreme' series. There were additional series filmed for specific sectors of the global market, including two seasons of [[Robot Wars Extreme Warriors]] with U.S. competitors for the TNN network (hosted by Mick Foley), and two seasons of [[Dutch Robot Wars]] for distribution in the Netherlands.
+Robot Wars produced many elements of [[robot combat]] that are now common place in the [[live events]] that have succeeded it - [[House Robots]], the arena hazards and the term 3-2-1 Activate! all originate from the show.

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