In the late 1990s the BBC's Robot Wars made household names of Sergeant Bash, Shunt and Sir Killalot as the extravagantly-named mechanical monsters did battle with the UK's best amateur roboteers' creations.

While the teatime telly favourite may have been consigned to the scrapheap in 2018, in a farm building near York fans of the series are keeping the show's spirit alive.

"It's not so much about winning, it's just about having a good fight," says Becky Dowson, who has travelled to Sutton-on-the-Forest from her home in Nottingham.

She is one of a group of roboteers who have gathered at the farm for Robodojo - a combat robotics club.

Inspired by the BBC classic members meet regularly to pitch their home-made robots against each other.

"I really liked watching Robot Wars as a kid, and me and my partner made our first robot in 2019 for this competition," she said.

"It's snowballed from there and now we've got quite a few robots in different weight classes.

"I find the most satisfying part is just smashing into things really hard.