Scrapheap Challenge

Scrapheap Challenge was an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. 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 now air on another Discovery network, The Science Channel. A typical episode featured a competition between two 4-person teams, each consisting of... three regular members , plus an expert in the field related to the particular challenge. The judge for each episode is typically a specialist in versions of the machine being constructed. The challenges are many and varied, usually involving teams constructing a machine to achieve a particular objective. The final showdown usually consisted of either head-to-head races or individually run timed events.
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