Scrapheap Challenge 1998

Overview

Scrapheap Challenge is an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. The show features teams of contestants competing against each other, with a specific task to be completed. Contestants have a limited amount of time to build a working machine that can accomplish the task, using materials available in a scrapheap. The show's format was exported to the United States, where it was broadcast on The Learning Channel and later on the Science Channel. The US version, known as Junkyard Wars, was also produced by RDF Media.