Genre: | Robot competition |
Presenter: | Ulrika Jonsson (2000) Jayne Middlemiss (2001) Philippa Forrester (2002–03) |
Starring: | Ed Hall (2000–01) Sophie Blake (2000) Julia Reed (2001) Simon Scott (2002–03) Andy Collins (2002) Liz Bonnin (2003) |
Judges: | Noel Sharkey Martin Smith |
Voices: | Barry Davies |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Num Series: | 4 |
Num Episodes: | 35 |
Runtime: | 45 minutes |
Company: | TV21 (2000–01) Mentorn (2002–03) |
Network: | BBC Two |
Techno Games is a robot competition television programme that aired on BBC Two from 20 March 2000 to 28 March 2003. It is a spin-off from the hugely successful Robot Wars.
Schools, colleges, individuals and technology clubs competed to break world records, win medals and the grand series prize. For most events lifelike movement was required, so, for example, in the swimming event propellers were banned in favour of legs, paddles, flippers and fins.
Not all the events appeared in all of the series.
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes | |
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1 | 20 March 2000[1] | 24 March 2000[2] | 5 | |
2 | 5 March 2001[3] | 16 March 2001[4] | 10 | |
3 | 18 March 2002[5] | 29 March 2002[6] | 10 | |
4 | 17 March 2003[7] | 28 March 2003[8] | 10 |