Scrapheap Challenge

Scrapheap Challenge was a British television show where teams of contestants build a working machine that can perform a specific task, using materials available in a <a href="/facts/Wrecking_yard/9yNJHwH5">scrapyard</a>. The series features teams of four or five members who are given ten hours (based around sunset) to build vehicles or machines to complete a specific task, such as a <a href="/facts/Trebuchet/1MtgjeVV">trebuchet</a>, or complete a racecourse whilst acting as a <a href="/facts/Gyroscope/UjXGsfMq">gyroscope</a>. The programme ran for eleven series and was originally shown on <a href="/facts/Channel_4/qosXcrpc">Channel 4</a>. The format was exported to the United States, where it was known as Junkyard Wars. The American show was also produced by RDF Media, and was originally shown on <a href="/facts/TLC_(TV_channel)/INyrXurA">The Learning Channel</a>. Repeats have aired on another Discovery network, the <a href="/facts/Science_(TV_channel)/lavqV2x2">Science Channel</a>.

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Scrapheap Challenge