Scrapheap Challenge (1998)

04/12/1998 (GB) • 52m

Reality, Action & Adventure

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Robert Llewellyn

165 Episodes

Lisa Rogers

165 Episodes

Dick Strawbridge

165 Episodes


Last Season

Season 11

2009 | 20 Episodes

Season 11 of Scrapheap Challenge premiered on August 30, 2009.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

engineering

contests and competitions

expert opinion

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