Scrapheap Challenge

tv show

poster for Scrapheap Challenge

165 total episodes

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12 seasons

First Aired April 12, 1998

Overview

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.

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Land Yachts

Season 2 - Episode 4 - 0h 0m

Air Date

September 26, 1999

Overview

The teams are asked to build a yacht, but not one for the high seas - a land yacht capable of carrying the entire team. The winners will sail through to the semi-finals.