Robot Wars - Season 8 (2016)

In tonight's battles a team of engineering students unveil their machine which can move easily in any direction, a group of holiday camp staff launch their 'bot and a father and son team has a robot with giant claws.

It's the final heat and the action is starting to get hot - literally for one 'bot which bursts into flames. Featuring the tallest robot ever to appear on the show and one shaped like a lobster.

Dara O'Briain and Angela Scanlon present the grand final of the rebooted robotic combat series. The five heat winners will be joined by a wild-card entrant, selected by the judges, to battle it out for the championship.

Prepare to deck the halls with robot bodies as Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon present the first of two festive specials in which four celebrity teams design their dream robot and battle it out in the arena.

Football legend Robbie Savage, archaeologist and TV presenter Neil Oliver and Rizzle Kicks singer Jordan Stephens are among the celebrities battling it out in the second of two festive specials.