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Scrapheap Challenge (1998)

6.4 12 seasons 165 episodes Ended

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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.

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Seasons & episodes

Sand-RacersSep 5, 2004

In the first of the new series, Scrapheap takes to the dusty dunes of a Guildford sand quarry as a team of hot-blooded Lancashire fire figh…

Dam BusterSep 12, 2004

A brave-hearted bunch of Scottish boffins take on a rabble of right-on rickshaw riders in an epic Scrapheap battle. Following in the footst…

Bowling BangersSep 19, 2004

This week, Geneva-based expats the Up 'n Atoms face up to the REME Rebels, an all-girl team of army-tank tinkerers in one of Scrapheap's mo…

Off Road RescueSep 26, 2004

The Challenge This week's challenge is to build off-road rescue machines capable of lifting a hampered hatchback from a water hazard before…

Jet BoatOct 3, 2004

The Challenge This week's challenge is to build jet-powered speed boats that are both agile and fast. The teams will be competing in a two-…

Propeller CarOct 10, 2004

The Challenge This week our teams will have to earn their Scrapheap wings! Norfolk bikers, The Thirsty Knights, and Honda head honchos, The…

Power RowerOct 17, 2004

The Challenge Power Rowers Scrapheap goes back to the water for the latest challenge as The Anoraks take on Maximus. In honour of our Olymp…

Spy CarsOct 24, 2004

The Challenge Spy Cars The last quarter-final mission, should our challengers choose to accept it, is to build a stealthy 'spy car' for use…

Landing CraftOct 31, 2004

The Challenge The Thirsty Knights of Norfolk and the Belfast boys Hairy Hogs go head to head as two teams of bikers battle it out in a race…

Flaming FlingersNov 7, 2004

Final: Roman Motor-ChariotNov 14, 2004

Grand Final: JuggernautsNov 21, 2004

Grand final.

Best of Scrapheap Challenge Series 7Nov 28, 2004

A look back at the series' best bits of bodging, as Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rogers present 'The Rusties': Scrapheap Challenge's very own…

Top Ten MachinesDec 5, 2004

Favourite Fast MomentsDec 12, 2004

Christmas Special: LocomotivesDec 19, 2004

Special edition of the engineering challenge, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Richard Trevithick's invention of the steam locomotive.…

Cast

Robert Llewellyn

Lisa Rogers

Dick Strawbridge