Robert Llewellyn
Scrapheap Challenge (1998)
Season 1
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.
Released April 12, 1998
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Genres: Action, Game Show, Reality
Keywords: imdb.construction, imdb.machine, imdb.welding, imdb.construction-competition, imdb.teamwork, imdb.salvage-yard, imdb.junkyard + 6 more, imdb.mechanic, imdb.non-fiction, awards.emmy-award-nominated, tmdb.engineering, tmdb.contests-and-competitions, tmdb.expert-opinion
Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Hovercraft
The teams must build Hovercraft's in the Pilot of the now successful show.
April 12, 1998, midnight
S1E2 - Siege Engines
In the first episode of the first series the two teams must make siege engines.
Sept. 13, 1998, midnight
S1E3 - Power Pullers
In this episode the two teams must make machines capable of moving heavy weights.
Sept. 20, 1998, midnight
S1E4 - Sub-Aqua
This week the two teams must make diving rings from the scrap.
Sept. 27, 1998, midnight
S1E5 - Powerboats
In this episode the two teams must make powers boats from the scrap.
Oct. 4, 1998, midnight
S1E6 - Off Road Buggies
In this episode the teams must make buggies that are capable of going off road.
Oct. 11, 1998, midnight
S1E7 - Final: Rockets
In this episode the teams must build rockets from the scrap to see who's can go the highest.
Oct. 18, 1998, midnight
S1E8 - The Commandments(Highlights)
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Network: Channel 4
Released: April 12, 1998
Last Air Date: June 27, 2010, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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