Scrapheap Challenge

S01E06: Off Road Buggies

In this episode the teams must make buggies that are capable of going off road.

Overview

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.

Episodes

S01E01 Hovercraft

April 12, 1998
The teams must build Hovercraft's in the Pilot of the now successful show.
Siege Engines

S01E02 Siege Engines

September 13, 1998
In the first episode of the first series the two teams must make siege engines.
Power Pullers

S01E03 Power Pullers

September 20, 1998
In this episode the two teams must make machines capable of moving heavy weights.
Sub-Aqua

S01E04 Sub-Aqua

September 27, 1998
This week the two teams must make diving rings from the scrap.
Powerboats

S01E05 Powerboats

October 4, 1998
In this episode the two teams must make powers boats from the scrap.
Off Road Buggies

S01E06 Off Road Buggies

October 11, 1998
In this episode the teams must make buggies that are capable of going off road.
Final: Rockets

S01E07 Final: Rockets

October 18, 1998
In this episode the teams must build rockets from the scrap to see who's can go the highest.

Cast

Robert Llewellyn
Robert Llewellyn
Lisa Rogers
Lisa Rogers
Dick Strawbridge
Dick Strawbridge

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