Scrapheap Challenge - Season 7 - Eps 1: Sand-Racers
In the first of the new series, Scrapheap takes to the dusty dunes of a Guildford sand quarry as a team of hot-blooded Lancashire fire fighters take on some nerdy off-road enthusiasts in a battle to build sand-racers that can climb precipitous inclines and dig their way out of the deepest dusty trench.
About Scrapheap Challenge
Title: Scrapheap Challenge
First Air Date: 1998-04-12
Last Air Date: 2010-06-27
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.1/10 (from 19 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 13
Total Episodes: 165
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Reality, Action & Adventure
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Scrapheap Challenge is an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. In the show, teams of contestants had 10 hours in which to build a working machine that could do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap. The format was exported to the United States, where it was known as Junkyard Wars. The US show was also produced by RDF Media, and was originally shown on The Learning Channel. Repeats have aired on another Discovery network, the Science Channel.
Cast
Robert Llewellyn
Lisa Rogers
Dick Strawbridge
