Airmageddon

Airmageddon
Genre	Children's Game Show
Created by	Steve Carsey
Presented by	Will Best Rachel Stringer
Narrated by	Colin Bryce
Theme music composer	Dobs Vye
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Production location(s)	UK
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	DHX Media Conceive Media
Release
Original network	CBBC
Picture format	16:9 1080i
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	20 February (2016-02-20) – 23 April 2016 (2016-04-23)

Airmageddon is a British children's game show. The show is produced by DHX Media in association with Conceive Media for CBBC that aired on 20 February 2016 and created by Robot Wars creator Steve Carsey. The show involves teams of children using radio-controlled drones.

Format

Airmageddon follows a similar format to the Gauntlet/Trial/Arena format of the first and second series of Robot Wars. The show followed eight heats, two semi-finals and a grand final, as well as a "grudge match" special.

Resident drones

Air Marshall

The referee of the Airena, he announces the start of a challenge and makes sure that things are kept in order.

P.I.G. (Personalised Interactive Gyrocopter)

A pig-shaped drone who demonstrates how each challenge is done. He'll also oversee challenges if the Air Marshall is out of action.

G.U.A.R.D. (Giant Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance Drone)

A large drone built for defensive purposes and is mentioned to not be the smartest.

D.R.A.GON (Direct Response Aerial Gyrocopter)

A prototype dragon-shaped drone who, true to his namesake, is armed with a flamethrower.

W.A.SP (Weaponised Assault Ship)

A wasp-shaped drone armed with a spark gun stinger.

Teams

Heats

Heat 1

• Girls Squad-Drone – heat winner
• Dronehawkz – defeated in the Dogfight
• The Flying Scotsmen – grounded in the Drop as the slowest in a three-way tie
• The Hovering Hornetz – crashed out in the Airsault Course

Heat 2

• Stealth 2.2 – crashed out in the Airsault Course
• Master Hawks – defeated in the Dogfight
• Team Hornets – crashed out in Barrage Balloons with lowest score
• Area 51 – heat winner

Heat 3

• Drone Dominators – defeated in the Dogfight
• The Stratus – crashed out in Paintball Precision with lowest score
• Skyfliers – grounded with slowest time in the Airsault Course
• Dronebusters – heat winner

Heat 4

• Cheating Gravity – defeated in the Dogfight
• Q-Rexx – heat winner
• The Props – grounded with slowest time in the Airsault Course
• Shadow Vulture – crashed out in Barrage Balloons with no points

Heat 5

• Team Ace – heat winner
• Pie Flyers – defeated in the Dogfight
• Team Shadow – crashed out in the Airsault Course
• Quadflight 101 – grounded in the Drop with lowest score

Heat 6

• Avengedrone – defeated in the Dogfight
• Team Zephyr – grounded with slowest time in the Airsault Course
• Prop Breakers – grounded in the Slalom with lowest score
• Red Zumbido – heat winner

Heat 7

• Infiniti – heat winner
• Vlad's Vampires – defeated in the Dogfight
• King's Fliers – crashed out in the Airsault Course
• Wild Racers – grounded in the Slalom with lowest score

Heat 8

• Vertigo – defeated in the Dogfight
• The Falcon Brothers – crashed out in the Airsault Course
• The Suffolk Air Squad – heat winner
• Quadrasoar – crashed out in Paintball Precision with no points

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

• Red Zumbido (Heat 6 winner) – disqualified for not completing the Airsault Course properly
• Girls Squad-Drone (Heat 1 winner) – defeated in the Dogfight
• The Suffolk Air Squad (Heat 8 winner) – semi-final winner
• Area 51 (Heat 2 winner) – crashed out with lowest score in Wall Buster

Semi-Final 2

• Infiniti (Heat 7 winner) – defeated in the Dogfight
• Team Ace (Heat 5 winner) – grounded with slowest time in the Airsault Course
• Q-Rexx (Heat 4 winner) – semi-final winner
• Dronebusters (Heat 3 winner) – grounded with lowest score in Wall Buster

Grand Final

• The Suffolk Air Squad – runner up
• Q-Rexx – grand champion

Grudge Match Special

Airsault Course Time Trial

• Vertigo – completed in 1:23
• Infiniti – crashed out
• Shadow Vulture – completed in 1:24
• Dronebusters – first place with 1:19

Resident Drone Battle (Barrage Balloons)

• Winner: D.R.A.GON

Dogfight Grudge Match

Avengedrone vs. Red Zumbido

• Winner: Avengedrone

Challenges

Round 1

Airsault Course

Round 2

The Drop

Barrage Balloons

Paintball Precision

Slalom

Wall Buster (Semi-Finals)

Bubble Burst (Grand Final)

Round 3

Dogfight

External links

• Airmageddon at BBC Online
• Airmageddon at UKGameshows.com
• Rohith Manikonda