Episodes 5

1 The Scrappy Races: The Build

February 1, 2004

1h

In the Scrappy Races series, five teams - The Barley Pickers, The Megalomaniacs, Chaos Crew, Boat Buoys and The Green Goddesses - build road-legal vehicles capable of being adapted to take on a different challange each week. The first episode follows the teams on their initial build, leading up to the vehicles being put through the government roadworthiness examination and then a spin round the Scrappy Races test circuit.

2 The Scrappy Races: Speed Challenge

February 8, 2004

1h

The teams travel to South Wales for their first proper challenge. They have eight hours on a local scrapheap to adapt their vehicles before taking them out for speed trials on the Pendine Sands, home to attempts on the World Land Speed Record since the 1920s.

3 The Scrappy Races: Off-Road Challenge

February 15, 2004

1h

The Scrappy Races motorcade travels to Tong in Yorkshire, where the teams adapt their vehicles to take on a torturous all-terrain course.

4 The Scrappy Races: Amphibious Challenge

February 22, 2004

1h

The final leg of the Scrappy Races tour takes the teams to the banks of Loch Lomond where they must adapt their vehicles for a race on water.

8 Frozen Tundra

1h

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