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Scrapheap Challenge is a British television show where teams of contestants build a working machine that could do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap. The series features teams of four or five given ten hours to build vehicles, or machines to complete a specific task, such as being a trebuchet, or complete a racecourse whilst acting as a gyroscope. The series ran for eleven series, and originally shown on Channel 4. 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.
Original Release
04/12/1998 on Channel 4
US Release
04/12/1998
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Llewellyn | Self - Presenter |
Lisa Rogers | Self - Presenter |
Cathy Rogers | Self - Presenter / Presenter |
Dick Strawbridge | Self - Presenter / Team Captain |
Paul Denney | Self - Team Expert |
Mike Connell | Self / Majik |
Dave Price | Self |
Anne Saunders | Self |
Sally Gray | Self - Presenter Pilot Episode / Self - Presenter |
John Kilgour | Self |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Chariots | Sunday, 06 June 2010 |
2 | Off-road mine-retrieval machines | Sunday, 13 June 2010 |
3 | Water Powered Racers | Sunday, 20 June 2010 |
4 | Football machines | Sunday, 27 June 2010 |
5 | Ice Racers | |
6 | Giant Darts | |
7 | Jet Cars | |
8 | Speedboats | |
9 | Fire Engines | |
10 | Car Curlers | |
11 | Tanks | |
12 | Grand Prix |
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Directors
Justin Kelly, Theo Williams, Lindsay Keith, Sophie Meyrick, George Pagliero, Helen Williamson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Llewellyn | Self - Presenter |
Lisa Rogers | Self - Presenter |
Cathy Rogers | Self - Presenter / Presenter |
Dick Strawbridge | Self - Presenter / Team Captain |
Paul Denney | Self - Team Expert |
Mike Connell | Self / Majik |
Dave Price | Self |
Anne Saunders | Self |
Sally Gray | Self - Presenter Pilot Episode / Self - Presenter |
John Kilgour | Self |
Jamie Pardoe | Self |
Chris Ryan | Team Captain |
Peter Cracknell | Expert |
John Hanson | Self |
Steve Jack | Self - Demolition Project Manager |
John Middleton | Self |
Steve Garfirth | Expert |
Danny Harding | Self |
Andy Middleton | Team Captain |
John Roberts | Judge |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rupert Parker | Executive Producer |
Dominic McCarthy | Producer |
Dom Bowles | Producer |
Ronan Browne | Producer |
Peter Clews | Producer |
Jackie Morris | Producer |
Nathaniel Grouille | Producer |
John Macnish | Producer |
Helen Williamson | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class) | Nominated |