Scrapheap Challenge (1998)

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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.

• Released: 1998-04-12
• Genres: Reality, Action & Adventure
• Seasons: 12, 165 episodes
• Episode length: 52m
• Network: Channel 4
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 23 votes

Top cast

• Robert Llewellyn
• Lisa Rogers
• Dick Strawbridge

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Scrapheap Challenge

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon MX Player; buy on Amazon Video
• United Kingdom: watch free on Channel 4
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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• Wheel of Fortune (1983)
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