Scrapheap Challenge

61%
April 12, 1998
52 min per episode
RealityAction & Adventure

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. 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.

Seasons

12

Episodes

165

Status

Ended

Networks

Channel 4

Seasons

Specials

6 episodes • December 22, 2002

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Season 1

Season 1

8 episodes • April 12, 1998

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Season 2

Season 2

7 episodes • September 5, 1999

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Season 3

Season 3

11 episodes • September 17, 2000

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Season 4

Season 4

14 episodes • September 9, 2001

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Season 5

Season 5

14 episodes • September 15, 2002

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Season 6

Season 6

14 episodes • September 14, 2003

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Season 7

Season 7

16 episodes • September 5, 2004

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Season 8

Season 8

16 episodes • September 18, 2005

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Season 9

Season 9

16 episodes • April 15, 2007

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Season 10

Season 10

17 episodes • April 27, 2008

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Season 11

Season 11

20 episodes • August 30, 2009

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Season 12

12 episodes • Unknown date

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