Scrapheap Challenge
Scrapheap Challenge is an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. In the show, teams of contestants had 10 hours in which to build a working machine that could do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap. The format was exported to the United States, where it was known as Junkyard Wars as a completely different TV series. The US show was also produced by RDF Media, and was originally shown on The Learning Channel. Repeats have aired on another Discovery network, the Science Channel.
Cast: Robert Llewellyn, Lisa Rogers, Dick Strawbridge
8 episodes
- 1. HovercraftThe teams must build Hovercraft's in the Pilot of the now successful show.CCApr 12, 1998
2. Siege EnginesIn the first episode of the first series the two teams must make siege engines.CCSep 13, 1998
3. Power PullersIn this episode the two teams must make machines capable of moving heavy weights.CCSep 20, 1998
4. Sub-AquaThis week the two teams must make diving rings from the scrap.CCSep 27, 1998
5. PowerboatsIn this episode the two teams must make powers boats from the scrap.CCOct 4, 1998
6. Off Road BuggiesIn this episode the teams must make buggies that are capable of going off road.CCOct 11, 1998
7. Final: RocketsIn this episode the teams must build rockets from the scrap to see who's can go the highest.CCOct 18, 1998- 8. The Commandments(Highlights)No synopsis available yet.CC
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Scrapheap Challenge
Scrapheap Challenge is an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. In the show, teams of contestants had 10 hours in which to build a working machine that could do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap. The format was exported to the United States, where it was known as Junkyard Wars as a completely different TV series. The US show was also produced by RDF Media, and was originally shown on The Learning Channel. Repeats have aired on another Discovery network, the Science Channel.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Cathy Rogers
