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.

Scrapheap Challenge
Scrapheap ChallengeSeries

Details

First aired
12 Apr 1998
Seasons
12
Episodes
165
  • TMDB 6.4
Last aired
27 Jun 2010
Genres
  • Reality
  • Action & Adventure
Status
Ended
Network
Channel 4
Episode runtime
52 min
Countries
  • GB
Original language
en
Original title
Scrapheap Challenge

Series