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Scrapheap ChallengePolar Pinball: Two teams go head-to-head to build machines capable of racking up points on a giant ice-bound pinball game. [S]Sun, Apr 28, 7:00 amChallenge60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeSteeplechase: The challenge is on to see who can build a steeplechaser with horsepower in the Scrapheap semi final. [S]Sun, Apr 28, 8:00 amChallenge60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeRockcrawlers: Two teams compete to build a boulder-bashing rock-crawler capable of scrambling over a course hewn from the side of a stone quarry. [S]Sun, Apr 28, 9:00 amChallenge60 mins

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Scrapheap ChallengeThe Emmy-nominated entertainment show gives teams just one day to build amazing machines - from demolition vehicles to rockets and amphibious vehicles - which they will then race. S7/Ep15Tue, Jul 31, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe Emmy-nominated entertainment show gives teams just one day to build amazing machines - from demolition vehicles to rockets and amphibious vehicles - which they will then race. S7/Ep13Fri, Jul 27, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S7/Ep12Thu, Jul 26, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S7/Ep11Wed, Jul 25, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTwo teams - The Up And At 'Ems and the Bakewell Puddings - are tasked with building a low-level spy car that can carry the team and negotiate a tricky obstacle course. S7/Ep8Fri, Jul 20, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S7/Ep7Thu, Jul 19, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S7/Ep6Wed, Jul 18, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S7/Ep5Tue, Jul 17, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S7/Ep4Mon, Jul 16, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S7/Ep3Fri, Jul 13, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S7/Ep2Thu, Jul 12, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S7/Ep1Wed, Jul 11, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S6/Ep13Tue, Jul 10, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S6/Ep12Mon, Jul 9, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S6/Ep11Fri, Jul 6, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S6/Ep10Thu, Jul 5, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S6/Ep9Wed, Jul 4, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team. S6/Ep8Tue, Jul 3, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeA team of navel engineers compete with a gang of turbo-charged scout masters to build a jet-powered dragster that can race down the legendary strip at Santa Pod. S6/Ep7Mon, Jul 2, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTwo teams of metal-bashers battle it out to build a motorbike - but not any old roadster - one that can burn rubber on land and on water. Who will make a splash, and who will sink? S6/Ep4Wed, Jun 27, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeA team of scout leaders compete against a group of agricultural students to build a car that can be broken down into parts that will fit into four small rucksacks. S6/Ep3Tue, Jun 26, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeIt's the mother of all mechanical showdowns as two teams go to a 'weapons warehouse' full of hazards, with the explosive task of building a remote bomb-disposal device. S6/Ep2Mon, Jun 25, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeA team of navy engineers go up against an RAF crew to build a rip-roaring wheelie car that can both get its two front wheels off the ground and out-power the competition. S6/Ep1Fri, Jun 22, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe grand final sees the Barley Pickers line up against last year's winners, the Cat-alysts, in the most awesome challenge ever: to fling a Mini over the horizon. S5/Ep12Thu, Jun 21, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe challenge presented by Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rogers is to build destroyers that can sink the enemy team's giant galleons in a massive Scrapheap water war. S5/Ep11Wed, Jun 20, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe Coventry wrestlers and the Hammerlocks have to dig deep - the challenge is to build a machine that can dig up as much sand as possible in a given time. S5/Ep10Tue, Jun 19, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe Martial Mechanics and the Boat Bouys must go back in time to build tugboats, but using only technology that predates the invention of the propeller. S5/Ep9Mon, Jun 18, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe Hammerlocks, three wrestlers from Coventry, and the Tunnel Ratz, a trio of London Underground engineers, are asked to make massive one-wheel motorbikes. S5/Ep8Fri, Jun 15, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe Young Ones and The Barley Pickers have to build balancing rigs to carry vats full of liquid around an unfeasibly uneven course, spilling as little as they can. S5/Ep7Thu, Jun 14, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTwo teams are given the formidable challenge of making a full size clockwork car. Lisa Rogers and Robert Llewellyn preside over the challenge. S5/Ep6Wed, Jun 13, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeA trio of London Underground engineers and three Formula One car designers must build a machine that can travel at speed on both road and rail. S5/Ep5Tue, Jun 12, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeLisa Rogers and Robert Llewellyn present a testing challenge as the teams compete to build machines that can guide them around a course they can't even see. S5/Ep4Mon, Jun 11, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeIt's a fast-firing Scrapheap shootout as two teams race against the clock to build contraptions that will propel golf balls at amazing speeds. S5/Ep3Fri, Jun 8, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe Martial Mechanics, a team of garage staff with a passion for judo, take on the Kiwi Go-Karters to build a hovercraft that can float over land and water. S5/Ep2Thu, Jun 7, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTwo teams play seriously dirty as Devon farmers the Barley Pickers fight it out with biker trio the Munch Bunch to see who can build the meanest mud monster. S5/Ep1Wed, Jun 6, 6:20 amQUEST50 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe contestants have to dive beneath the waves as Robert Llewellyn and Cathy Rogers set The Nerds against The Dipsticks. The two teams have just 10 hours to build a craft.Sat, Jun 10, 7:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTwo teams battle it out to see who can build the best bomber in this challenge to drop small paint-bombs on a giant target, using some kind of radio-controlled aircraft.Sat, Jun 3, 7:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe teams have to build a salvage machine capable of raising a Mini from the bottom of a murky lake and parking it safely in a car park.Sat, Apr 1, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams are challenged to build a vehicle to travel as far as possible on only a coffee cup full of petrol. The economical victors cruise through to a place in the grand final.Fri, Mar 31, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe teams must build a yacht, but not one for the high seas. It must be a land yacht capable of carrying the entire team.Thu, Mar 30, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeA doubly hard challenge - to build a car that thinks it's a boat! The teams have just one day to construct an amphibious vehicle out of scrap materials.Wed, Mar 29, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeRobert Llewellyn and Cathy Rogers host an explosive battle of ingenuity and skill as two teams are fired up to this week's task - building a cannon.Tue, Mar 28, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe Brainy Bunch' face 'In A Spin.' Their challenge is to scavenge junk from the scrapheap's industrial graveyard and create... a flying machine.Mon, Mar 27, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThis week the two teams are challenged to design and build a powerboat. They'll then have to race the vessel around a course, rescuing team members along the way.Sat, Mar 25, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThis week the two teams are challenged to design and build a powerboat. They'll then have to race the vessel around a course, rescuing team members along the way.Fri, Mar 24, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe teams have to build a one-man diving apparatus. Their challenge is to then dive 20 feet into the Atlantic Tank at the London Aquarium to retrieve gold from a treasure chest.Thu, Mar 23, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe Emmy-nominated entertainment show gives teams just one day to build amazing machines - from demolition vehicles to rockets and amphibious vehicles - which they will then race.Mon, Mar 20, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe Emmy-nominated entertainment show gives teams just one day to build amazing machines - from demolition vehicles to rockets and amphibious vehicles - which they will then race.Sun, Mar 19, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeThe Emmy-nominated entertainment show gives teams just one day to build amazing machines - from demolition vehicles to rockets and amphibious vehicles - which they will then race.Sat, Mar 18, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins
Scrapheap ChallengeTeams compete to construct a junk machine, using only what they can scavenge from the scrapheap. Every season builds to a final contest - and the crowning of a champion team.Fri, Mar 17, 2:00 amQUEST60 mins