Scrapheap Challenge

Scrapheap Challenge

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1998-04-12

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. 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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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. 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.

First Aired

1998-04-12

Last Aired

2010-06-27

Seasons

12

Episodes

165

Director

Status

Ended

Genres

Reality

Action & Adventure

Language

English

Network

Channel 4

Production

Casts

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    Robert Llewellyn

    Robert Llewellyn
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    Lisa Rogers

    Lisa Rogers
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    Dick Strawbridge

    Dick Strawbridge