
Scrapheap Challenge
Specials
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.
Synopsis
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.
Title | Scrapheap Challenge |
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Network | Channel 4 |


Season 1
Apr 12, 1998
Season 2
Sep 05, 1999
Season 3
Sep 17, 2000
Season 4
Sep 09, 2001
Season 5
Sep 15, 2002
Season 6
Sep 14, 2003
Season 7
Sep 05, 2004
Season 8
Sep 18, 2005
Season 9
Apr 15, 2007
Season 10
Apr 27, 2008
Season 11
Aug 30, 2009
Series 3 DVD Welcome
Jan 01, 1970
Locomotive Challenge
Jan 01, 1970
Wright Brothers Re-enactment
Dec 22, 2002
Mega Challenge: All-terrain marathon
Jan 01, 1970
Scrapheap Challenge Roadshow (Part 1)
Aug 03, 2008
Scrapheap Challenge Roadshow (Part 2)
Aug 10, 2008
Robert Llewellyn

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