Robot Wars 2016 reboot: Craig Charles would 'love' to host the new series
Craig Charles has revealed he would love to host the new series of Robot Wars.
Charles, 51, fronted the show from the second series onwards – and is keen to return to the new six-episode series later this year.
The show originally aired on Friday nights on BBC Two between 1998 and 2001.
Charles tweeted: “Okay guys. I've heard the news but as yet have had no contact with anyone involved in the new production of robot wars.#lovetodoit.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Okay guys. I've heard the news but as yet have had no contact with anyone involved in the new production of robot wars.<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lovetodoit?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/hashtag/lovetodoit?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#lovetodoit</a> — Craig Charles (@CCfunkandsoul) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul/status/687331706752348162" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul/status/687331706752348162" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 13, 2016</a>
Fans were quick to throw their support behind Charles' return to the reboot.
One said the show would not be the same without the former Red Dwarf actor, while another said producers should be pleading with him to return.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul" data-vars-event-id="c23">@CCfunkandsoul</a> wouldn’t be the same without you! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/robotwars?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/hashtag/robotwars?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#robotwars</a> — Smyth(e) not Smith (@johnpsmyth) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/johnpsmyth/status/687332316423798784" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/johnpsmyth/status/687332316423798784" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 13, 2016</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul" data-vars-event-id="c23">@CCfunkandsoul</a> the producers must me mad, the Beeb should be knocking down your doors, for you to come back, to Robot Wars. — Chris Brindle (@Brindmeister) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Brindmeister/status/687335376571228160" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/Brindmeister/status/687335376571228160" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 13, 2016</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul" data-vars-event-id="c23">@CCfunkandsoul</a> get them rang up. We're not watching if you don't do it — Hannah Page (@misshannahpage) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/misshannahpage/status/687332049217261569" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/misshannahpage/status/687332049217261569" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 13, 2016</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul" data-vars-event-id="c23">@CCfunkandsoul</a> we need our master of mayhem back <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RobotWars?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/hashtag/RobotWars?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#RobotWars</a> — Max Spooner (@MaxSpooner) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MaxSpooner/status/687357383727792130" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/MaxSpooner/status/687357383727792130" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 13, 2016</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/CCfunkandsoul" data-vars-event-id="c23">@CCfunkandsoul</a> literally they cannot bring robot wars back without you and Jonathan pierce! — Sam Jason Grange (@SamJasonGrange) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/SamJasonGrange/status/687342025864261632" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3156031-https://twitter.com/SamJasonGrange/status/687342025864261632" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 13, 2016</a>
It is currently unknown who will present the new series, or which bots will return.
Chris Brodgen of producers Tinopolis said the reboot “promises to be quite the competition, [featuring] new and improved robots, with extraordinary innovation and power in these updated machines.”
Charles recently stepped down from his role as Lloyd Mullaney on Coronation Street after 10 years as the Street Cars cabbie.
Explaining his decision to quit the cobbles, he said: “It’s really quite sad, actually, but my brother died last year. He was 52 – I’m 51. When he died I thought, ‘There’s things that I’ve got to do. I’ve got to do some things before it’s my time’. There’s so many things that, Coronation Street is such a big part of your life, you don’t get to do.”
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