Scrapheap Challenge is an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. 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. The format has been exported to the United States, where it was known as Junkyard Wars. The US show was also produced by RDF Media, and was shown on The Learning Channel for a period of t...
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Scrapheap Challenge is an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. 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. The format has been exported to the United States, where it was known as Junkyard Wars. The US show was also produced by RDF Media, and was shown on The Learning Channel for a period of time, and then shown on The Science Channel.
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...
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