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'''''Scrapheap Challenge''''' is an engineering [[game show]] produced by [[RDF Media]] and broadcast on [[Channel 4]] in the [[United Kingdom|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 [[junkyard]]. The format has been exported to the [[United States]], where it is known as '''''Junkyard Wars'''''. (The US show is also produced by RDF Media, and is shown on [[The Learning Channel]].)
The UK programme is presented by [[Robert Llewellyn]], joined in series 2-5 by [[Cathy Rogers]], and in series 6 onwards by [[Lisa Rogers]] (no relation).▼
A typical episode will feature a competition between two 4-person teams, each consisting of three regular members, plus an expert in that field. The judge for each episode will typically be a specialist in (non-junk) versions of the machine being constructed.
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In the [[United Kingdom]], the two programs have distinct names, but American audiences only see the ''Junkyard Wars'' title. Sometimes, video of the UK version is even edited to blot out the name ''Scrapheap Challenge.'' In 2004, a series of the US programme was broadcast on Channel 4 under the title ''Scrapheap Challenge USA'', but only the title sequence was changed and the rest of the programme, including logos and verbal references to "Junkyard Wars" remained intact.
The actual scrapyard used in the programme is located in a former army training area just outside [[Basingstoke]], Hampshire, and is not open to the public. The US Scrapyard was cited as Memory Lane (A Classic Car dismantler and Wrecking Yard) in California for 3 years [http://www.oldautoparts.com/tv_movies.htm according to their website.]
== Details of individual series ==
=== Scrapheap Challenge (UK) ===
The UK show is presented by [[Robert Llewellyn]], joined in series 2-5 by [[Cathy Rogers]], and in series 6 onwards by [[Lisa Rogers]] (no relation). 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. From series 3, a champion of champions was initiated
* '''Series 1''' (1998) - The series was tied 3-3
* '''Series 2''' (1999) - Winners: Megalomaniacs
* '''Series 3''' (2000) - Winners: Brothers in Arms; Champion of Champions: Megalomaniacs
* '''Series 4''' (2001) - Winners: Cat-alysts; Champion of Champions: Cat-alysts
* '''Series 5''' (2002) - Winners: Barley Pickers; Champion of Champions: Cat-alysts
* '''Series 6''' (2003) - Winners: The Destroyers; Champion of Champions: Cat-alysts
* '''Series 7''' (2004) - Winners: Anoraks; Champion of Champions: Anoraks
=== Junkyard Wars (USA) ===
▲The
* '''Series 1''' (2001) - Winners: Long Brothers
* '''Series 2''' (2001) - Winners: Miami Gearheads
* '''Series 3''' (2002) - Winners: The Pit Crew
* '''Series 4''' (2002) - Winners: Kentucky Fried Family
* '''Series 5''' (2003) - Winners: Jet Doctors
=== Junkyard Megawars (USA) ===
For the 6th US series, the show was reformatted, to consist of two regular captains, who each select 3 people to help in the challenge. The show is presented by [[Rossi Morreale]] and [[Bobbi Sue Luther]].
* '''Series 1''' (2002) - Captains: Bowser, and Crash
* '''Series 2''' (2004) - Captains: Hacket and (retired) Colonel Dick Strawbridge
==External links==
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