The Hosts of the New 'Robot Wars' Have Been Announced

Dara O'Briain will be replacing Craig Charles.

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Last month, BBC Two announced it was brining the classic late 90s mechanical wrestling game show Robot Wars back to our screens. Other details were scant, but now the new presenters have been revealed.

Taking over from Craig Charles on hosting duties with be Irish comedian Dara O’Briain, best known for Mock The Week. He’ll be joined by relative newcomer Angela Scanlon, who’ll we predict will soon be causing major thirst amongst robotics students. Match Of The Day’s Jonathan Pearce will be back to do commentary, like he did back on the original run.

.@DaraOBriain & @AngelaScanlon to present #RobotWars reboot on @BBCTwo, & new logo unveiled https://t.co/7fpjI3bw7V pic.twitter.com/6qSGXdr98f

— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) February 3, 2016

And at the end of that round, the points go to Sir Killalot. Now, Hugh tells us what he's REALLY thinking. https://t.co/eME6GZ7BmA

— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) February 3, 2016

As part of hosting the new Robot Wars on BBC2, I'll also be hosting the coverage of our actual war against the Robots in 2021.

— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) February 3, 2016

So excited to be joining the mighty @daraobriain on the brand new series of ROBOT WARS!!!! @BBCTwo #robotwars pic.twitter.com/5R7J3fUV1K

— Angela Scanlon (@angelascanlon) February 3, 2016

 

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