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Sunday 5:30 PM on Channel 4 Premiered Apr 12, 1998 In Season

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Before there was a Junkyard Wars in the States there was Scrapheap Challenge in the UK (Which gave birth to Junkyard Wars). Two teams of engineers give mechanical life to a pile of junk and go head to head over whose creation dominates.

Previously Aired Episode

AIRED ON 10/18/2009

Mobile Mortars

Season 11 : Episode 8

Episode Guide

S 11 : Ep 8	Mobile Mortars	Aired 10/18/09
S 11 : Ep 8	Mobile Mortars	Aired 10/18/09
S 11 : Ep 7	Super Surfboards	Aired 10/11/09
S 11 : Ep 6	Monster Golf	Aired 10/4/09
S 11 : Ep 5	Medieval Thrower	Aired 9/27/09

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Robert Llewellyn	Host
Cathy Rogers	Co-Host (1999-2001)
Lisa Rogers	Co-Host (2002-)
Dick Strawbridge	Host (2009-)
Jim Milner	Star Scrapper

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I really hate the new series. But the oldies... THAT'S HOW TO DO IT!!! 10 hours. A scrapyard of scrap. A machine to build. BRILLIANT

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By Goldstems, Jan 21, 2010

My favourite episode (for this whole review I'll talk about the oldies which they still show on certain channels) with my favourite team, was also one of the nations favourite episodes was Car Flinger. Definately. I'll use this episode as an example of what happens. Two teams. The Barley Pickers (my favourite team) vs the Cat-alysts. It was the grand final so they had twenty hours to complete this one. The BP's went for a trebushet design (I'm not goood with the spelling) and the Cats went with a giant Mangonel. At the beggining there was already a fight over some metal. This episode hosted the record of the tallest structure on SC (the Trebuchet). Now for test day. The teams had to fling a Mini as far as they could. BP's went first and... the whole thing collapsed!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is one of the SC 4 that make it a good show. Task, the scrap the teams use, success and destruction. The Cats one worked (on it's 2nd go), it didn't fling it far, but they won. Scrapheap Challenge: OKmoreless
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By Atomius1, Mar 01, 2009

In Scrapheap Challenge, a competition show, two teams of three people have to assemble, from a pile of junk parts, a device for some purpose, within ten hours building time (plus a little tinkering time before testing their devices). Then the two devices are put to the test in the challenge which decides the superior device. I.E in a catapult challenge the device which propels the projectile further is superior and wins.

The show is quite entertaining and runs for a good hour on ABC 2 here, a nice extension after The Simpsons on TEN, and is quite good. The devices assembly is always interesting and there is humor as well, including an opening sketch which is usually good. The graphic demonstrations make it understandable to everyday viewers, not just trained engineers, and the challenges are simple. The devices themselves are usually the complex things, and usually obey, as do all mechanical devices, the simple laws of energy transference between components.

All in all a smashing show.moreless
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Destroy Build Destroy a ripoff of this show?!?
Cartoon Network released a Highly-entergetic competition that got a 2.2 out of ten here on TV.com (anyway, on my new rating system...

By level2460, Jan 23, 2010

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which task has been ur favourite
this is just to see which task the teams have had to do that u as the audience would like to do and enjoyed watching.me personally...

By krath1, May 20, 2007

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