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"Scrapheap" (1998) More at IMDbPro »TV series 1998-????

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8.0/10   145 votes
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
January 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Game-Show more
Plot:
A show in which, each week, two rival teams are given the task of building some kind of machine, in one day... more
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
User Comments:
Home Improvement meets Mad Max more

Cast

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Robert Llewellyn ... Himself - Presenter (22 episodes, 1998-2003)
Lisa Rogers ... Herself - Presenter (12 episodes, 2002-2003)
Cathy Rogers ... Presenter / ... (11 episodes, 1998-2001)
Dick Strawbridge ... Team Captain / ... (10 episodes, 1998-2004)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Junkyard Wars" (USA)
"Scrapheap Challenge" (UK) (new title)
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Runtime:
60 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Company:
RDF Television more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
'Cathy Rogers (I)' got the idea for the show (i.e. having people build something useful out of junk) after watching Apollo 13 (1995). more
Quotes:
[coming back from a commercial on the American version]
Tyler Harcott: Welcome back to "Junkyard Wars", the only show on television with more heavy metal than an OZZY OSBOURNE CONCERT!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Good Eats: Scrap Iron Chef: Bacon Challenge (#5.5)" (2002) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Home Improvement meets Mad Max, 1 August 2000
Author: FilmGeek from Hamilton, New Zealand

This is the most entertaining live action TV programme I have ever seen. Pitting two teams against each other in a contest of both brains and brawn to produce a complex working machine in 10 hours using only what they can find in the eponymous Scrapheap ("Junkyard" for you Americans) is just plain brilliant.

Not only entertaining but educational as well. To make it possible to build the machines, the teams must be able to grasp the basic operational principles behind each one. The explanations they give are a great way of passing that understanding on to the audience.

For some of the projects, I suspect that the scrapheap is "seeded" with some specialist items without which successful construction would be virtually impossible. However, that does not detract from the flow of the programme at all.

The producers also like to select teams full of colourful and eccentric characters. When people with nicknames like "Bowser", "Nosher" and "Lurch" feature, you just know they aren't going to "go quietly into the good night".

I rate this show very highly. I think any country whose citizens pride themselves on their ingenuity and "can-do" attitude would get a real kick out of this programme.

Channel 4 should be very proud of their work.

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