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Scrapheap Challenge

Scrapheap Challenge Logo
Also known as Junkyard Wars (USA)
Genre Science
Technology
Engineering
Gameshow
Created by Cathy Rogers
Directed by Jon Ormrod
Presented by Robert Llewellyn
Cathy Rogers
Lisa Rogers
Composer(s) Simon Lacey
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language(s) English
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No.  of episodes 136 (UK)
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Bill Hobbins
Producer(s) Cathy Rogers
Jon Ormrod
Dominic Bowles
Editor(s) Mike Kerr
Camera setup Nigel Dupont
Running time 52 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Channel 4
Original run April 12, 1998 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary


Scrapheap Challenge is an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. Cathy Rogers (born May 28, 1968) is a British television executive producer and presenter who has also had some success as a musician Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) RDF Media Group is a British television production company founded in 1993 by David Frank. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the show, teams of contestants have 10 hours, in which to build a working machine that can do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap. Scrap is a term used to describe Recyclable materials left over from every manner of product consumption such as parts of vehicles building supplies and surplus materials The format has been exported to the United States, where it was known as Junkyard Wars. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (The US show was also produced by RDF Media, and was shown on The Learning Channel, for a period of time, but is now shown on The Science Channel. TLC (generally called as The Learning Channel) is a cable TV network in the US and Canada, that carries a variety of informational and Science Channel is a cable and satellite television network produced by Discovery Communications. ) The UK version of the show is also exported to Australia, and is shown on ABC1 and ABC2. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. ABC1 is a national public television channel in Australia. Launched on November 5, 1956, it is the responsibility of the ABC ABC2 is a national public television channel in Australia Launched on 7 March 2005 it is the responsibility of the ABC 's television division

A typical episode features a competition between two 4-person teams, each consisting of three regular members, plus an expert in the field related to the particular challenge. The judge for each episode will typically be a specialist in (non-scrap) versions of the machine being constructed.

The challenges are many and varied, usually involving teams constructing a machine to achieve a particular objective. The final showdown usually consists of either head to head races or individually run timed events.

Examples of challenges include making a jet car, a bridging machine, a car-crusher, or a machine to fling a British Leyland Mini as far as possible. specific --->A jet engine is a Reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet of Fluid to The Mini is a small car that was produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC and its successors from 1959 until 2000

Assistant Producer Eve Kay had the idea for the show after watching a scene in the movie Apollo 13, where NASA engineers had only a short period of time to construct a carbon dioxide filter out of parts available on the space capsule. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program [1] The show also draws its inspiration on the 1980s TV series The Great Egg Race. The Great Egg Race was a BBC television series that ran from 1978 to 1986 and featured Professor Heinz Wolff and Lesley Judd.

Contents

Details of individual series

Scrapheap Challenge (UK)

The UK show is presented by Robert Llewellyn, joined in series 2-4 by deviser of the series, producer Cathy Rogers, and in series 5 onwards by Lisa Rogers (no relation). Robert Llewellyn (born 10 March 1956 in Northampton, England) is an English actor presenter Cathy Rogers (born May 28, 1968) is a British television executive producer and presenter who has also had some success as a musician Lisa Rogers is a Welsh Television presenter and occasional actress. Series 1 was titled Scrapheap, and pitted the same two teams against each other each week. From series 2, the show was renamed Scrapheap Challenge - a knockout championship between teams drawn from the general public. A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of Tournament where the loser of each From series 3, a champion of champions was initiated. Series 3 and 4 included a single US team in the field. Series 3 had The Nerds [2], and season 4 had The Mulewrights brought in at the last minute when one team couldn't travel due to a livestock epidemic. Both US teams made it to the final round.

Series 9 was shown in two halves. The first eight episodes aired between the 15th April and the 3rd June, and the remaining episodes aired between the 4th November and the 23rd December 2007. [3]

The tenth began transmission on Channel 4 on Sunday 27th April 2008.

It it reported that the eleventh series will be presented by Dick Strawbridge. [4]. Robert Llewellyn had previously announced that he will not be presenting any further episodes of Scrapheap Challenge. [5] Robert's post and related YouTube video stated that Channel 4 were considering a different style for the show, and that Scrapheap Challenge would not be continuing in its current form.

Scrappy Races (UK)

A spin-off series, Scrapheap Challenge: The Scrappy Races was instituted in 2003 and was broadcast following the main series each year. It is also presented by Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rogers.

It involves several teams being allocated a budget and several weeks to construct a road-legal vehicle which - if classified as a car - must pass the Single Vehicle Approval [1] test. They then drive to various tests in-convoy across the UK where they are given eight hours at a local scrapheap to modify their vehicles for the test - although, in all but the final test, they must be capable of being returned to road-legal status.

Scrappy Races Rally (UK)

Scrappy Races Rally was a spin-off series broadcast in 2006, presented by Robert Lllewellyn and Lisa Rogers.

Four teams were given vehicles and participated in 5 challenges in the Galloway Forest Park. Galloway Forest Park is a woodland park operated by the Scottish Forestry Commission, principally covering woodland in Dumfries and Galloway. They had to adapt the vehicles to perform two different tasks in each episode. This series was unusual for Scrapheap in that the build time was added together with the time taken to complete each stage. The winner was Maximus, a team of alternative-lifestyle boatbuilders and rickshaw makers from Bath.

Scrapheap Mega Challenge (UK)

Another spin-off, the contestants have more time and a harder project to build.

Full Metal Challenge (worldwide)

Main article: Full Metal Challenge

An early spin off (2001) that had teams from around the world. Full Metal Challenge was a television series made by RDF Media for Channel 4 in the UK and the Learning Channel in the USA Teams had a fixed budget, and one month to build a vehicle to compete in a varied set of trials, such as auto "bowling", a race through a flooded course, a "car coaster", car "sumo" and other contrived tests. The winners were the Aquaholics from the UK. It lasted one season. It was hosted by Cathy Rogers and Henry Rollins. Cathy Rogers (born May 28, 1968) is a British television executive producer and presenter who has also had some success as a musician Henry Rollins (born February 13 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American singer-songwriter Spoken word Artist, Stand-up comedian, author

Wright Brothers Reenactment (Worldwide)

For the 100th anniversary of the first flight of the Wright Brothers, the Scrapheap presenters (Robert Llewellyn) and the Junkyard presenters (Karyn Bryant and Tyler Harcott) hosted an episode that had teams from England, America, and France compete to try to build a plane that could fly. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Robert Llewellyn (born 10 March 1956 in Northampton, England) is an English actor presenter Karyn Bryant is an American Actress, Writer, and Television personality. Instead of the usual time, each team was given 20 hours to build their plane. With health and safety in mind, each was given a propeller and an engine to help build their plane. Another difference between this challenge and the usual was that the teams used period tools to build their planes. Normally "kit built" aircraft need a minimum of 500 hours build time to be certified by the FAA as airworthy whereas these aircraft were certified as airworthy and all carry a US registration. The Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of

The ultimate winners were the British who created a plane with an estimated flight time of twelve minutes.

Warship Mega Challenge (UK)

With the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the teams set out to build warships in the usual 10 hours to battle each other. The Battle of Trafalgar ( 21 October 1805) was a historic sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the Each ship had to have a coconut launcher and the hulls were weakened to give the teams an advantage to sink the other ships. And, although on test day, each team had its usual spate of technical difficulties, and, although none of the ships were sunk, the final winner was chosen by their seamanship, tactics and offensive firepower.

The overall winners of challenge were The Aquaholics. This was a different team to the Aquaholics who won Full Metal Challenge.

Junkyard Wars (USA)

The US show was presented by George Gray and Tyler Harcott (season 2-5), joined by Cathy Rogers (season 1-3) and Karyn Bryant (season 4-5)

Note: Former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer was one of many notable people appearing on the show. Cathy Rogers (born May 28, 1968) is a British television executive producer and presenter who has also had some success as a musician Karyn Bryant is an American Actress, Writer, and Television personality. North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. Edward Thomas "Ed" Schafer (born August 8 1946) is the 29th United States Secretary of Agriculture. Schafer was on during the fifth season as a member of the High Flyers which lost to the Jet Doctors in the Fifth Series finale. The first season was filmed in the UK, and included a competition between the grand winner of series 3 (UK) Megalomaniacs, and the season 1 (US) champs the Long Brothers (winners).

Junkyard Mega-Wars (USA)

The show was reformatted, to consist of two regular captains, who each select 3 people to help in the challenge. The show was presented by Rossi Morreale and Bobbi Sue Luther. Rossi Morreale (born April 27, 1977 in Fort Smith Arkansas) is an American football player and television personality Bobbi Sue Luther is a model and host of TLC 's Junkyard Mega Wars.

Broadcasting Notes

The UK show was broadcast on US television under the then-current US title (ie Junkyard Wars for series 1-3; Junkyard Mega-Wars for series 4 onwards). Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Francis "Dick" Strawbridge MBE (born September 3, 1959
The US show is broadcast in the UK as Scrapheap Challenge USA on Channel 4, and as Junkyard Wars on the Discovery Channel UK. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Discovery Channel is an American Satellite and Cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, Terrestrial television and

Locations

Various locations have been used for filming. Several of the early seasons of the UK series, and the first season of the US series were filmed in a corner of a real scrapyard in the Canning Town section of London. ---- Canning Town is an area of East London, England. It is part of the London Borough of Newham and is situated in the area of the former London docks on (it was space rented in an actual scrap dealer's yard).

The next two seasons of both the US and UK series, were filmed in California. The US edition continued to use the Los Angeles site, and for the next 2 series the UK version moved to a new site, a rented part of a scrapyard near Wokingham, Berkshire. Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South For Series 8, a new Scrapheap was used within an army training area in Bramley, just outside Basingstoke, Hampshire, and is not open to the public. Bramley is a Village and parish in Hampshire, UK. In the 2001 census it had a Population of 3348 Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, England It lies across a Valley at the source of the River Loddon. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain For series 9 (filmed May-June 2006) the scrapheap was again on part of the army site, this time with indoor workshops.

The US Scrapyard was cited as Memory Lane (A Classic Car dismantler and Wrecking Yard) in California for 3 years according to their website.

References

  1. ^ Munira Mirza, Culture Vultures, Policy Exchange, 2006, p. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. 72 http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/libimages/138.pdf
  2. ^ The New England Rubbish Deconstruction Society; The NERDS
  3. ^ Steve G's Scrapheap and airing dates page
  4. ^ Simon Reynolds. 'Scrapheap Challenge' drops Llewellyn. Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2008-06-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem
  5. ^ Robert Llewellyn's forum post confirming he will not present any further episodes of Scrapheap Challenge

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