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Scrapheap Challenge (1998)

1998 GB, US 9 Seasons 97 Episodes

Reality Action & Adventure

Overview

Scrapheap Challenge, an innovative engineering competition from RDF Media, aired on Channel 4 in the UK. Contestants form teams and have just 10 hours to construct a functional machine from scrap materials, tackling specific challenges. The engaging format captured audiences and was adapted in the United States as Junkyard Wars, also produced by RDF Media. Initially broadcast on The Learning Channel, the American version has since found a home in reruns on the Science Channel, continuing to inspire DIY enthusiasts and engineering fans alike.

Cast

Robert Llewellyn Lisa Rogers Dick Strawbridge

Episodes

Off Road Buggies

Flying Machines

Amphibious Vehicles

Mileage Marathon

Final: Walking Machines

Underwater Chariot

Missile Launcher

Bridging Machines

Steam-Powered Car

Final: Fireboat

Grand Final: Dragster

Blind Navigation

Bomb Disposal Vehicles

Amphibious Motorbikes

Giant Dart Throwers

Jet Powered Cars

Super Slick Speedboats

Grand Final: Grand Prix Racers

Human Cannonballs

Giant Skateboards

Mechanical Mortars

Final: Swamp Racers

Grand Final: Dozers

Christmas Special: Paddle Boats

Scrapheap Challenge Roadshow 2: Sofa Speedway

Scrapheap Challenge Roadshow 3: Welly Wanging

Scrapheap Retrospective: Series 9

Scrap Speed Record

Scooter Shooters

Decoration Dash

Stuck in the Mud 1

Blow Football 1

Medieval Thrower 1

Super Surfboards 1

Mobile Mortars 1

Caber Tossing 1

Stuck In the Mud 2

Blow Football 2

Medieval Thrower 2

Super Surfboards 2

Mobile Mortars 2

Caber Tossing 2

Off-road mine-retrieval machines

Water Powered Racers

Football machines