Cathy Rogers : Hello, welcome to my first ever chat! - waves - Hello!
Billie Joe : I really enjoy your show - is there any chance of participating in it
Cathy Rogers : Definitely! Are you a girl??
JonathanBl : Yeah... More girls!! :o)
Cathy Rogers : Anyone can apply! The instructions are on the C4 website. We exercise definite positive discrimination - so as long as you can weld!
phil_m : A boys v girls scrapheap?
Cathy Rogers : Oooo is that a challenge? Me and Robert have talked about doing it. If we were on opposing teams, Robert and I that is, I think we'd be pretty much equally awful.
The Nass Man : Do it!
Cathy Rogers laughs
Caz : Celebrity Scrapheap?
Ice : Will they be doing a children's version as I really like the show and have a few mates who like building things?
Cathy Rogers : Caz - we tried to do the celebrity one, but we discovered that thee are no celebrities that are able to do anything useful! And the kids one, we are trying to think of a way of doing it.
Billie Joe : Celebs wouldn't get dirty.
Cathy Rogers : We are keen to do it and are trying to think of a way to do it so that it's not too dangerous.
DrWiggy : I've heard Carol Vorderman is an excellent spot welder...
Cathy Rogers chuckles - Dr Wiggy I am suspicious of your sources!
UberEmily : Is this your first presenting job? What else have you presented?
Engine : What did you do before Scrapheap?
Cathy Rogers : Yes, it is my first. Before this I made documentaries, science ones actually.
Bib Facetious : What about doing a Scrapheap on tour and visiting the various scrap yards of the country??
Cathy Rogers laughs - I can't think of a nicer way to spend a weekend! I'm sure not all of the scrapheaps would be as well stocked as ours though.
Fog : is the scrapheap that you work in a real scrapheap?
Cathy Rogers : Sort of... it's part of a real working scrapheap. We build it from scratch, so that it's safe for people to clamber on and so that it has some interesting stuff in there.
HOD : How much 'assistance' do the challengers get in Scrapheap? How much 'scrap' is made available for special purposes?
Harry Palmer : How much of the scrap is 'planted'?
Cathy Rogers : There are sometimes a few little golden nuggets shall we say...
Engine : That was my question.
Chat Ed : That was many people's question :)
Cathy Rogers : We have to make sure that there is the stuff there that can help them make the things we have challenged. The fact that it's built means that it's put there for a reason. But there are some little treasure troves!
Neil : Got any hub caps for a 1995 Escort Ghia?
Cathy Rogers laughs - I'll haggle for the price... 25 quid!
jason : Have there ever been scares over the safety (and perhaps sanity) of any of the teams?
Cathy Rogers : Yes, on probably an hourly basis... nothing serious. There was an incident last series where they set fire to their sail; a spark from the grinder hit the glue and the whole thing went up in flames. It was quite scary. Some of the drivers of the quad bikes have certain areas of driving skills to be desired. It's basically just cut fingers - it's just that there are lots of times when it seems like it could get much more horrific.
G-Force : Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?
Cathy Rogers laughs - G-Force can I crown you King of Cheese?
tom2 : Is there gonna be another series of Scrapheap next year?
HoopyMcHula : *Shouts over evertyone else*Has C4 commisioned another series?
Cathy Rogers : Why does everyone have such mad names! The answer is yes, there is going to be another series.
DaveM : Cathy, do you have any engineering background?
Darren : Do you have engineering qualifications?
Cathy Rogers : I'm afraid to confess... damn, you've spotted it! None at all. I'm a fraud!
Wiggy : Do you and Robert ever get to have a go on the mechanical machines?
Cathy Rogers chuckles - Erm... I had a go on the walking machines which were probably the most ridiculous machines that have ever been built. And I had to do it while it was suspended in the air on a crane! Robert is far too chicken to ever go on them.
SteveB : Hi Cathy. Who dreams up the challenges? [Sadists :)] Are there lots left?
Cathy Rogers : Hehehe, good question. Yes, we have a hard working team of sadists. We have a whole team and a weekly ideas meeting. There are lots left, but do write in with suggestions, as long as you have the sadist qualification!
Mac : What happens to the 'inventions' after the programme?
Cathy Rogers : Next week's show, is the steam powered cars. They are being exhibited in the Steam Exhibition. But I have to say, a lot of them, in fact most, get recycled on the scrapheap.
Chaos404 : What do you do for 10 hours while the teams are building? I can't beleive that you sit in that chair all the time.
Cathy Rogers : tee hee - There is a huge leisure/health spa complex so Robert and I go there and have health spas and eat chocolate all day! There is a comfy chair made out of gaffer tape too.
Wiggy : Cathy, its my Birthday Tomorow, I'm going to be 16! Wahey! Could you say Happy Birthday to me please? - it would be the best present EVER!!!!!!! :-)
Cathy Rogers : Happy Birthday Wiggy!!!!
Chrisdale : Has anything of any real value been found on the scrapheap?
Cathy Rogers : Chris - yes a cat and six kittens!
SupaCathy : Are the teams given any extra assistance?
Cathy Rogers : They have an expert - and with some of the challenges I think they'd be hard pushed to do it without them. But that's about it really.
Cookie : What did they make out of the cat?
Cathy Rogers chuckles - A delicious pie!
Chris : Are the machines safety checked as they look like death traps (please read out this Q)!!!
Cathy Rogers : Yes they are. Before we begin we have an engineering team who checks them over thoroughly. It's all very safe.
Nixca : What if they don't pass the safety checks?
Cathy Rogers : They always do because the safety check involves adapting them and sometimes we have to do things - we do extra work to make them pass the safety test, but they usually pass anyway.
Chris : i am suprised any of them do.
Cathy Rogers : And the team who builds them has an incentive to make them safe too.
Mister_S : Will there be a bloopers video of Scrapheap screw-ups released by Channel 4???
paul : Any chance of an outakes special?
SteveK : Oh yes, that would be great!
Cathy Rogers : How much are you offering?? It'll probably only be suitable for post-watershed viewing.
dermot : how about a 'making of Scrapheap' prog then?
Cathy Rogers : Errrmm... OK.
Porcelain : what are u plans for the future.how long do u intend to stay with scrapheap??
Cathy Rogers : I don't really know... I think for a while yet. Why are you called Porcelain??
Porcelain : because of the Moby song, it's my fav.
Cathy Rogers : aaahhh :)
Ian R : What is the difference between 'Junkyard Wars' and 'Scrapheap Challenge?
Cathy Rogers : Junkyard Wars is the name of the show in America. They don't understand what scrapheaps are and a challenge isn't enough for them - they need a war!! So they changed it to that!
Blithe : lol
Wonky : Has the competitiveness ever led to a fight between the teams?
Cathy Rogers : No, but Colonel Dick has got a very subversive technique which is going out with the opposing team the night before and drinking them under the table! But we've never had actual fisty cuffs.
Salems Lot : How did you get the job? Why did you go for it??
Cathy Rogers : I didn't really go for it - it was a kind of accident. We had been looking for a second presenter to be with Robert and we couldn't find anyone, so C4 suggested that I do - so I said alright then.
bodged up vaux nova : why does robert always look dirty??????
Cathy Rogers laughs - It's designer dirt!
criso : What is the worst thing that has ever happened to you which was broadcasted on the tv?
Cathy Rogers : God... errm... I've had to suffer things like freezing to death - we had a challenge to get a mini out of a lake and I spent about 5 hours in what was supposedly a dry suit; it was sooooo cold!
Paul Mc Mahon : What's your favorite machine ever made on Scrapheap?
Cathy Rogers : I think the Chaos Cruise demolition machine. They were the most amazing team. It was more or less a JCB it was fantastically ridiculous!
Chat Ed : OK folks - we've done our half hour already, so last three questions now...
tonyad : what has been the best challenge so far in your opinion???
Cathy Rogers : I think my favourite is still the cannons, partly because the army lost - it was just funny and loud explosions are always good. My new fave is the very last one in this series... that wasn't a plug to keep watching! It's making dragsters.
Paul Mc Mahon : how many more series of scrapheap are planned? micahel : What are your plans after Scrapheap has finished? Please Ask This ED?
Cathy Rogers : I don't know how many more series. We only ever plan the next one at the time.
Porcelain : Please do loads, please.
Cathy Rogers : It would be nice to do something where my friends could stop making the joke oh she's on the scrapheap! I need a new joke!
Anthony : If we have suggestions for new challenges, who should we direct them to?
Cathy Rogers : Send them to scrapheapchallenge@rdfmedia.com - then they will definitely get to someone who will care.
Chat Ed : And last question, folks...
cheekyborg : will u marry me?
Cathy Rogers chuckles - Not with a name like that Mr.!!
Chaos404 : byeeeeeeeeee Cathy! Thanks!
Chat Ed : That's it folks! Thanks for coming, Cathy
Cathy Rogers : Bye bye bye to Wiggy as well, have a good birthday!!
Chat Ed : and thanks to you lot for joining us!
Cuttin_sam : bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
tonyad : bye cathy
Cathy Rogers : Thank you all. Bye bye.
HoopyMcHula : thanx cathy.
Cathy Rogers leaves the room
