TV series
Scrapheap Challenge
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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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 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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Episode information updated Jul 26, 2026
More about Scrapheap Challenge
Cast
Robert Llewellyn
Lisa Rogers
Dick Strawbridge
Helen CzerskiHerself - ContestantProduction details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 165
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
Channel 4United Kingdom
Themes
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