List of Scrapheap Challenge episodes

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 have 10 hours in which to build a working machine that can do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap.

Series 1

Shown in 1998

Episode	Challenge name	Competing teams	Winning team	Comments
1	Siege Headquarters	Yellow Team Orange Team	Orange Team
2	Power Puller	Yellow Team Orange Team	Yellow Team
3	Sub Aqua	Yellow Team Orange Team	Yellow Team
4	Offroad Challenge	Yellow Team Orange Team	Yellow Team
5	Power Boat	Yellow Team Orange Team	Orange Team
6	Rockets	Yellow Team Orange Team	Orange Team	Series tied 3 - 3

Series 2

Shown in 1999

Episode	Challenge name	Competing teams	Winning team	Comments
1	Flying Machine	Brainy Bunch In A Spin	In A Spin
2	Cannon	Chemical Brothers Brothers in Arms	Chemical Brothers
3	Amphibious Car	Bodgers Navy Blues	Bodgers
4	Land Yacht	Megalomaniacs Driller Thrillers	Megalomaniacs
5	Mileage Marathon	In A Spin Bodgers	Bodgers	Semi-final
6	Marine Salvage	Chemical Brothers Megalomaniacs	Megalomaniacs	Semi-final
7	Walking Machine	Megalomaniacs Bodgers	Megalomaniacs	Series final

Series 3

Shown in 2000

Episode	Challenge name	Competing teams	Winning team	Comments
1	Demolition	Chaos Crew Beach Boys	Beach Boys	Spectacular failure of Chaos Crew's hydraulics
2	Aerial bomber	Three Revs a Minute Mothers of Invention	Mothers of Invention
3	Mini-sub	Dipsticks NERDS	NERDS
4	Windmill	Techno Teachers Manic Mechanics	Techno Teachers
5	Missile launcher	Beach Boys Filth	Beach Boys
6	Bridging machine	Brothers in Arms Mothers of Invention wit	Brothers in Arms
7	Steam car	Beach Boys NERDS	NERDS
8	Giant mower	Brothers in Arms Techno Teachers	Brothers in Arms
9	Fireboat	Brothers in Arms NERDS	Brothers in Arms	Series final
10	Dragster	Brothers in Arms Megalomaniacs	Megalomaniacs	Grand Final. First recorded dragster race in reverse
11	Car crusher	Megalomaniacs (UK) Long Brothers (USA)	Long Brothers	Trans-Atlantic Christmas Special

Series 4

Shown in 2001

Episode	Challenge name	Competing teams	Winning team	Comments
1	Egg Shooter	Storm Force Dirty Dancers	Storm Force
2	Monster Truck	Mulewrights Abominable Snowmen	Mulewrights
3	Torpedo	Top Guns Chairmen	Chairmen
4	Street Cleaner	Chaos Crew Cat-alysts	Cat-alysts
5	White Water Rider	X-tinguishers Body Snatchers	X-tinguishers
6	Snowmobile	Ellivators McCarknow Clan	McCarknow Clan
7	Mobile Crane	Chairmen Cat-alysts	Cat-alysts
8	Minesweeper	Mulewrights Storm Force	Mulewrights
9	Hill Climber	Mulewrights McCarknow Clan	Mulewrights
10	Tunneller	X-tinguishers Cat-alysts	Cat-alysts
11	Hydrofoil	Cat-alysts Mulewirghts	Cat-alysts	Series Final
12	Car Jousting	Cat-alysts Megalomaniacs	Cat-alysts	Grand Final Controversial win
13	All-terrain Marathon	Russian Bears British Bulldogs American Raptors	American Raptors	Mega Challenge

Series 5

Shown in 2002

Episode	Challenge name	Competing teams	Winning team	Comments
1	Mud Monster	Munch Bunch Barley Pickers	Barley Pickers
2	Hovercraft	Krazy Karters Martial Mechanics	Martial Mechanics
3	Golfball Gatling Gun	Clean Sweeps Boat Buoys	Boat Buoys
4	Blind Navigation	Academics Hammerlock	Hammerlock
5	Rail/Road Racer	Tunnel Ratz Pit Stop Crew	Tunnel Ratz
6	Clockwork Car	Jailbreakers Young Ones	Young Ones
7	Smooth Rider	Young Ones Barley Pickers	Barley Pickers
8	Monowheel	Tunnel Ratz Hammerlock	Hammerlock
9	Tugboat	Martial Mechanics Boat Buoys	Boat Buoys	The Martial Mechanics, Archimedes Screw design, worked perfectly on both their 1st and 2nd runs, up until the last 10-20m and then both times, veered to the left due to a broken driveshaft on one side, and hit a small concrete object.
10	Digger	Hammerlock Barley Pickers	Barley Pickers
11	Destroyer	Barley Pickers Boat Buoys	Barley Pickers	Series final
12	Car Flinger	Barley Pickers Cat-alysts	Cat-alysts	Grand final The most spectacular failure of a machine so far- the Barley Pickers' trebuchet jammed and completely destroyed itself.
13	Best of Scrapheap Challenge	Best of Series 5

Series 6

Shown in 2003

Episode	Challenge name	Competing teams	Winning team	Comments
1	Wheelie Car	The Squadron Destroyers	Destroyers
2	Bomb Disposal	Cops and Bodgers Men in White	Cops and Bodgers
3	Backpack Car	Ging Gang Goolies Muck Spreaders	Ging Gang Goolies
4	Amphi Bike	Rockin' Rabble Double Deckers	Rockin' Rabble
5	Ice Racer	Hot Property Jet Pack	Hot Property
6	Giant Darts	Iron Maidens Jousters	Jousters
7	Jet Car	Destroyers Ging Gang Goolies	Destroyers
8	Speedboat	Cops and Bodgers Jousters	Cops and Bodgers
9	Fire Engine	Hot Property Rockin' Rabble	Hot Property
10	Car Curler	Destroyers Cops and Bodgers	Destroyers
11	Tanks	Destroyers Hot Property	Destroyers	Series final Hot Property's tank never worked
12	Grand Prix racing cars	Destroyers Cat-alysts	Cat-alysts	Grand final
13	Best of Scrapheap Challenge			Best of Series 6 "The Golden Sprocket Awards"

Series 7

Shown in 2004

Episode	Challenge name	Competing teams	Winning team	Comments
1	Dunebuggy	The Anoraks The Hoselliers	The Anoraks	The Anoraks avoided the 'no four-wheel-drive' rule by instead building a six-wheel-drive machine.
2	Dam Buster	Irn Cru Maximus	Maximus	Famous for the accidental firing of their device, by a Scrapheap Challenge Official
3	Bowling Banger	REME Rebels Up 'n Atoms	Up 'n Atoms
4	Off Road Rescue	Rough Riders Bakewell Puddings	Bakewell Puddings
5	Jet Boat	Hairy Hogs Team Ragbo	Hairy Hogs
6	Propeller Car	The Fireblades The Thirsty Knights	The Thirsty Knight
7	Power Rower	The Anoraks Maximus	The Anoraks
8	Spy Car	Bakewell Puddings Up 'n Atoms	Up 'n Atoms
9	Landing Craft	Hairy Hogs The Thirsty Knight	Hairy Hogs	Famous for The Thirsty Knight's rescuing of their expert for the island, but once reaching the lake banks, accidentally setting him adrift, on their craft.
10	Flame Flingers	The Anoraks Up 'n Atoms	The Anoraks
11	Roman Motor-Chariot	The Anoraks Hairy Hogs	The Anoraks	Series final
12	Juggernaut	The Anoraks Cat-alysts	The Anoraks	Grand Final
13	Best of Scrapheap Challenge 2004 - "The Rusties"			Best of Series 7
14	Top 10 Special - "Hard and Hardy"			Episodes: Tunnellers (Series 4), Diggers (Series 5), Power Pullers (Series 1), Car Curling (Series 6), Car Jousters (Series 4), Monster Trucks (Series 4), Tanks (Series 6), Mini Salvage (Series 2), Demolition Machines (Series 3), Car Flingers (Series 5)
15	Top 10 Special - "Fast and Furious"			Episodes: Snow Mobiles (Series 4), Car Wheelers (Series 6), Power Boats (Series 1), Ice Skaters (Series 6), Speedboats (Series 6), Mud Racers (Series 5), Racing Cars (Series 6), Hillclimbers (Series 4), Dragsters (Series 3), Jet Racers (Series 6)
16	Rail locomotive	Clagsters (steam) In-Training (diesel) Nut Crackers (electric)	Clagsters	Scrapheap Mega Challenge. Celebrating 200 years since the Pen-y-Darren steam loco of Richard Trevithick. The 3 teams had to build locomoties (1 diesel, 1 electric and 1 steam) and have them do a timed haulage and sprint test over a 1/4 mile course. The steam locomotive matched the electric in round 1 (haulage) before beating it in 2.

Series 8

Shown in 2005

Episode	Challenge name	Competing teams	Winning team	Comments
1	Underwater Cars	Apache Warriors The Powerlifters	The Powerlifters
2	Kung Fu Cars	Lumbering Jacks The Haggis Bashers	Lumbering Jacks
3	Sharp Shooters	Stage Crew The Big Dippers	The Big Dippers
4	AC/DC Dairy Dash	Beasts of Bodmin The 7s	Beasts of Bodmin	The 7s' part-milkfloat/part-forklift machine, due to lack of suspension, proved to be a great laugh, even for the contestants, presenters and the judge.
5	Drag Boats	The Skids Rally Renegades	The Skids
6	Car Fishing	Nuzzling Badgers Flying Scotsmen	Nuzzling Badgers	Famous for the Flying Scotsmen's very long pole to bend out of shape after collecting the first floating 'Mini'.
7	Polar Pinball	Lumbering Jacks The Powerlifters	The Powerlifters	Famous for the Lumbering Jacks' rubber ring to explode due to incorrect glue substance, during the last 30 minutes of the 10-hour build. As a result of a quick redesign, their machine never worked, only getting just beyond the start line of the pinball course.
8	Caber Tossers	The Skids The Big Dippers	The Big Dippers	Both teams struggled to suceed in making the traditional caber toss.
9	Steeplechase	Nuzzling Badgers Beasts of Bodmin	Beasts of Bodmin	Famous for the Nuzzling Badgers' gigantic metal-wheel 4x4, which stopped upon touching the cut-out wheel section, only to suceed in damaging the gearbox.
10	Monster Drag	The Powerlifters The Big Dippers	The Powerlifters
11	Rock Crawler	Beasts of Bodmin The Powerlifters	The Powerlifters	Series final
12	Flying Machines	The Powerlifters The Anoraks	The Powerlifters	Grand final. Famous for the Powerlifters' expert to lose control of his plane, crashing right into a television camera scaring the life out of a cameraman.
13	Best of Scrapheap Challenge	Best of Series 8. Using the word "SCRAPHEAP", to go through the best of series.
14	Warships			Scrapheap Mega Challenge Screened 18 December 2005
15	Tomato Throwing			Screened 7th Jan 2006
16	Punkin Chunkin'	Scrapheap All-Stars The entire USA	All-Stars came second in their class	Standard pumpkin-throwing competition Screened 15th Jan 2006

Series 9

Shown in 2007. Lisa Rogers was pregnant throughout this series.

Episode	Challenge name	Competing teams	Winning team	Comments
1	Human Cannonball	Beach Bums Vikings	Beach Bums
2	Monster Trikes	Eggheads Diggers	Diggers
3	Muscle Trains	Super Subs Sweet Chariots	Super Subs
4	Snowmobiles	Cement Mixers Turbo Taxis	Turbo Taxis
5	Giant Skateboards	Extinguishers Steaming Scots	Extinguishers
6	Mechanical Mortars	Woof Justice Bus Boys	Woof Justice
7	Airboats	Diggers Beach Bums	Beach Bums
8	Skid Pan Sumo	Super Subs Turbo Taxis	Turbo Taxis
9	Earth Movers	Extinguishers Beach Bums	Beach Bums
10	Drag Sleds	Turbo Taxis Woof Justice	Woof Justice
11	Swamp Racers	Woof Justice Beach Bums	Woof Justice	Series 9 final
12	Dozers	Woof Justice Powerlifters	Woof Justice	Series 9 Grand Final
13	Paddle Boats	Clagsters (UK) NERDS (USA)	NERDS	Special. Famous for the NERDS and their British expert arguing and disagreeing in the first day of the 2-day build, only for them to all pull together in the second build day.
14	Sofa Speedway	Scrapheap All-Stars Everyone else	King Sized Coopers (Everyone else)	Special
15	Welly Wanging	Scrapheap All-Stars Everyone else	Nuzzling Badgers (Everyone else)	Special
16	Best of Scrapheap Challenge	Best of Series 9

Series 10

Shown in 2008

Episode	Challenge name	Competing teams	Winning team	Comments
1	Scrap Speed Record	Rocketeers Brum Brums	Brum Brums
2	Scooter Shooters	Aquarium Crew Balloonatics	Aquarium Crew
3	Superbikes	Supermodels Rescuers	Supermodels
4	Decoration Dash	Cyborgs Crash Bang Clan	Crash Bang Clan
5	Dune Bashers	Happy Campers Dark Riders	Dark Riders	First time a vehicle caught air
6	Powerboats	Somerset Scramblers Rusty Regiment	Rusty Regiment	First speedboat to get on the plane
7	Rocket Railway	Aquarium Crew Brum Brums	Aquarium Crew
8	Fire Fighters	Supermodels Crash Bang Clan	Supermodels	One of the Supermodels' scavangers broke his wrist, whilst trying to shift some sheet metal ending up going to A&E. As a result, a behind-the-scenes engineer took his place for the remainder of the episode, and a new scavanger in the next challange.
9	Snow Shifters	Aquarium Crew Dark Riders	Dark Riders	Both teams struggled to get past the first snowdrift with the Dark Riders ruining their Jeep's clutch and the Aquarium Crew's tiny machine suffered a broken chain.
10	Deep Sea Treasure	Supermodels Rusty Regiment	Rusty Regiment
11	Land Tugs -	Rusty Regiment Dark Riders	Rusty Regiment	Series final. Famous for the Dark Riders, due to a lack of double-checking their measurements, having to extend their horse lorry's chassis within the last hour of the build to make way for their 4x4 transmission.
12	Manphibious Machines	Rusty Regiment Woof Justice	Woof Justice	Grand Final. Woof Justice's captain was on scavanging as one of the usual scavangers had a bad back, who stayed in workshop as 'acting captain'.
13	Hovercraft	Bright Sparks Grunts	Grunts	A 10 year anniversary celebration of Scrapheap Challenge. Hand-picked teams of 3. There were no experts in this challenge.
14	Juice Free Dragsters	Scrapheap All-Stars Everyone else	Three Fallers (Everyone else)	Scrapheap Challenge Roadshow at 2007 Wroughton Classic show
15	Giant Archery	Scrapheap All-Stars Everyone else	Scrapheap All-Stars	Scrapheap Challenge Roadshow at 2007 Bodelwyddan Medieval Festival
16	The BIG ONE	a clip show of celebration highlights for ten years of Scrapheap Challenge

Series 11

Shown in 2009/10. In this series, Dick Strawbridge's team "Dick's Diamonds" went up against two or three teams across the UK. His team consisted of himself, Jim Milner and a 'star scraper' (an experienced contestant from the old version of Scrapheap Challange). "Dick's Diamonds" only had one week and their own scrapheap to build their machines whereas the home teams had four weeks, but all had £450 to buy materials.

Full details can been seen here: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/scrapheap-challenge/episode-guide/series-11

External links

• Junkyard Wars online
• The Steve G - Scrapheap episode list