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Junkyard Wars

2001–2003 · 15 seasons

A cheerful, low-stakes engineering contest where you watch clever people rummage and tinker, rooting for a scrappy build to actually work.

Starring
Robert Llewellyn, Lisa Rogers, Rossi Morreale
Overview
Two rival teams face off to overcome the challenge of the episode's theme. Using mechanical prowess, engineering, luck, and problem solving, they rely on using only the items found in an unusually well-stocked junkyard to rise to the occasion in the hopes of becoming the Junkyard Wars Season Champion! Junkyard Wars was adapted from the UK TV Series titled "Scrapheap Challenge".

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Starring
Robert Llewellyn, Lisa Rogers, Rossi Morreale
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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
    • education
    • friendship
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • procedural
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Starring
    Robert Llewellyn, Lisa Rogers, Rossi Morreale, George Gray
    Length
    15 seasons, 126 episodes, 60 min each
    Network
    TLC
    Languages
    English

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