Episode Guide

The following is a list of episodes of the British television game show Robot Wars, a series that was originally broadcast from 1998 to 2004 on BBC Two and later BBC Choice before moving to Five for the Seventh Wars, and back to BBC Two for the 2016 reboot. The various international series of Robot Wars produced for American, Dutch and German audiences are also listed.

Series 2
During the run of Series 2 two specials were also produced. The first, The Making of Robot Wars was a behind-the-scenes special on the making of the first series. A week after the end of the series The Best of Robot Wars was shown, an episode featuring selected highlights from the second series of the show.

Series 3
Episodes starting with this series are 45 minutes in length.

Heat I was originally scheduled for broadcast on February 4 but was postponed to the following week due to extended tennis coverage.

The First World Championship was produced at the same time as the rest of Series 3 and was originally released on video (between the broadcast of Heats M and N) before premiering on TV in 2001 on BBC Choice during the run of Extreme Series 1. This was followed by a repeat on BBC Two.

Series 4
Following Christmas Day several special episodes were shown featuring various events. The first of these, the Celebrity Special was the only episode of Robot Wars to be broadcast on BBC One.

Extreme Series 1
This was the first series to be broadcast on BBC Choice before airing on BBC Two. The Second World Championship was preceded on TV by the first TV broadcast of The First World Championship (produced as part of Series 3) following a video release in 2000.

Extreme Series 2
This was the last series to be broadcast on BBC Choice or BBC Two. Due to Five acquiring the rights to the show the last three episodes were never broadcast on BBC Two.

Reboot 2016
No episodes currently produced

Nickelodeon Robot Wars
This series had eight competitions that were put into six episodes. Three of the competitions (US Championship, International Tag Team Terror and the Annihilator) each had their own dedicated episode with the other five competitions being spread across the remaining three episodes in a format similar to the first series of Robot Wars Extreme in the UK. Episodes this series were around 22 minutes long to fit into a half-hour timeslot, including commercials.

Series 1
A week before the start of the series the behind-the-scenes special Robot Wars: The Kick-Off was broadcast on December 24, 2001.

Series 2
As with the first series a behind-the-scenes special also called Robot Wars: The Kick-Off (though some places also list it as The Making of Robot Wars) was broadcast the week before the start of the series on March 10, 2003.

German Series
The series was broadcast on RTL II on Saturday evenings initially at 5.10pm, later moving to 5.15pm. Episodes were 45 minutes long.