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Scrapheap Challenge

1998–2010 · 12 seasons

A cheerful, hands-on contest where clever tinkering and teamwork turn junk into working machines, easy to dip into and satisfying to watch.

Genres
Reality, Action & adventure
Starring
Robert Llewellyn, Lisa Rogers, Dick Strawbridge
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 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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Free in the UK
  • Channel 4
More options Data from JustWatch
Genres
Reality, Action & adventure
Starring
Robert Llewellyn, Lisa Rogers, Dick Strawbridge
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • work
    • science
    • friendship
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • procedural
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror0
    Humour4
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness1
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight2

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    Where to watch in the UK

    Free
    • Channel 4

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    Details

    Genres
    reality, action & adventure
    Starring
    Robert Llewellyn, Lisa Rogers, Dick Strawbridge, Helen Czerski, Dave Price
    Length
    12 seasons, 165 episodes, 52 min each
    Network
    Channel 4
    Country
    United Kingdom, United States of America
    Languages
    English

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