Episode 1
Hovercraft
The teams must build Hovercraft's in the Pilot of the now successful show.
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TV series
Scrapheap Challenge
199812 seasons6.4 / 10
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 as a completely different TV series. 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.
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Checked Jul 26, 2026
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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 as a completely different TV series. 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.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Siege Engines
In the first episode of the first series the two teams must make siege engines.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dave Price
Episode 3
Power Pullers
In this episode the two teams must make machines capable of moving heavy weights.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dave Price
Episode 4
Sub-Aqua
This week the two teams must make diving rings from the scrap.
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Episode 5
Powerboats
In this episode the two teams must make powers boats from the scrap.
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Episode 6
Off Road Buggies
In this episode the teams must make buggies that are capable of going off road.
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Episode 7
Final: Rockets
In this episode the teams must build rockets from the scrap to see who's can go the highest.
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Cast
Robert Llewellyn
Lisa Rogers
Dick Strawbridge
Helen CzerskiHerself - ContestantDave PriceSelf
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 165
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
Channel 4United Kingdom
Themes
contests and competitionsengineeringexpert opinion
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