Scrapheap Challenge

Series 11 Episode 9 Caber Tossing (49 mins) [S]

6.30PM Sunday 25 Oct 2009 Channel 4

Dick Strawbridge and his Diamonds return to Scotland for some Highland games, Scrapheap-style. Three teams must build machines capable of tossing a 70kg, 18-foot caber through 270 degrees…

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Series 11 Episode 8 Mobile Mortars (49 mins) [S]

5.35PM Sunday 18 Oct 2009 Channel 4

Dick Strawbridge challenges the scrappers to build machines capable of travelling over rough terrain and firing missiles at multiple targets from fixed, rotating or adjustable launchers.

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Series 11 Episode 7 Super Surfboards (49 mins) [S]

5.30PM Sunday 11 Oct 2009 Channel 4

Bondi Beach it ain't, but Bristol Docks is witness to surfing like surfing's never been seen before.

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Series 11 Episode 6 Monster Golf (49 mins) [S]

5.35PM Sunday 04 Oct 2009 Channel 4

Dick Strawbridge and his Diamonds are in the heart of Scotland with a challenge to build machines to play monster golf.

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Series 11 Episode 5 Medieval Thrower (49 mins) [S]

5.30PM Sunday 27 Sep 2009 Channel 4

Hever Castle is the scene of medieval merriment and madness as Scrapheap Challengers arrive with monster-sized throwing machines to lob cabbages - and Robin Hood - as far as they can.

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Series 11 Episode 4 Blow Football (49 mins) [S]

5.30PM Sunday 20 Sep 2009 Channel 4

Who's got enough puff to beat Dick Strawbridge and his Diamonds in a game of blow football?

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Series 11 Episode 3 Water Power (49 mins) [S]

5.30PM Sunday 13 Sep 2009 Channel 4

Dick Strawbridge challenges the Scrappers to build a machine powered by water.

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Series 11 Episode 2 Stuck in the Mud (49 mins) [S]

5.30PM Sunday 06 Sep 2009 Channel 4

If you go down to the woods today, chaos rules as three teams take on Dick Strawbridge and his Diamonds in crazy challenges in the squelching mud of Beaulieu.

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Series 11 Episode 1 Chariots (49 mins) [S]

5.25PM Sunday 30 Aug 2009 Channel 4

Dick Strawbridge throws down the gauntlet as he challenges three teams to build and race chariots at historic Hever castle.

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Series 2001 Episode 1 Best of Scrapheap Challenge (49 mins)

A manic, mixed medley of the best and worst moments from the Heap, seasoned with a rich supply of out-takes.

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Series 11 Episode 9 Caber Tossing (49 mins) [S]

6.30PM Sunday 25 Oct 2009 Channel 4

Dick Strawbridge and his Diamonds return to Scotland for some Highland games, Scrapheap-style. Three teams must build machines capable of tossing a 70kg, 18-foot caber through 270 degrees…

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Series 11 Episode 8 Mobile Mortars (49 mins) [S]

5.35PM Sunday 18 Oct 2009 Channel 4

Dick Strawbridge challenges the scrappers to build machines capable of travelling over rough terrain and firing missiles at multiple targets from fixed, rotating or adjustable launchers.

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Series 11 Episode 7 Super Surfboards (49 mins) [S]

5.30PM Sunday 11 Oct 2009 Channel 4

Bondi Beach it ain't, but Bristol Docks is witness to surfing like surfing's never been seen before.

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Series 11 Episode 6 Monster Golf (49 mins) [S]

5.35PM Sunday 04 Oct 2009 Channel 4

Dick Strawbridge and his Diamonds are in the heart of Scotland with a challenge to build machines to play monster golf.

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Series 11 Episode 5 Medieval Thrower (49 mins) [S]

5.30PM Sunday 27 Sep 2009 Channel 4

Hever Castle is the scene of medieval merriment and madness as Scrapheap Challengers arrive with monster-sized throwing machines to lob cabbages - and Robin Hood - as far as they can.

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Series 11 Episode 4 Blow Football (49 mins) [S]

5.30PM Sunday 20 Sep 2009 Channel 4

Who's got enough puff to beat Dick Strawbridge and his Diamonds in a game of blow football?

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Series 11 Episode 3 Water Power (49 mins) [S]

5.30PM Sunday 13 Sep 2009 Channel 4

Dick Strawbridge challenges the Scrappers to build a machine powered by water.

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Series 11 Episode 2 Stuck in the Mud (49 mins) [S]

5.30PM Sunday 06 Sep 2009 Channel 4

If you go down to the woods today, chaos rules as three teams take on Dick Strawbridge and his Diamonds in crazy challenges in the squelching mud of Beaulieu.

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Series 11 Episode 1 Chariots (49 mins) [S]

5.25PM Sunday 30 Aug 2009 Channel 4

Dick Strawbridge throws down the gauntlet as he challenges three teams to build and race chariots at historic Hever castle.

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Series 10 Episode 16 Scrapheap Retrospective (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 10.05AM Sunday 31 May 2009 More4

Robert Llewellyn looks back over the highlights of a decade on the heap with the presenters, experts and contestants who've made the show such a success.

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Series 10 Episode 15 Ballistas (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 1.25PM Sunday 24 May 2009 More4

Teams from around the country have been challenged to build giant mechanical bows capable of launching four-foot arrows, making for an archery tournament of epic proportions.

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Series 10 Episode 14 Dragsters (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.15PM Sunday 24 May 2009 More4

Sixteen teams of backyard bodgers from around the UK battle it out for the chance to take on the crème de la crème of the engineering world, the Scrapheap Allstars.

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Series 10 Episode 13 Hover Bother (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 11.10AM Sunday 24 May 2009 More4

A blast from the past, taking inspiration from the very first episode, when two teams were challenged to race makeshift hovercraft around the Scrapheap course.

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Series 10 Episode 12 Manphibious Madness (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 10.05AM Sunday 24 May 2009 More4

It's the grand final of Scrapheap Challenge and the Rusty Regiment go head-to-head with Woof Justice for 2008's Rings of Steel trophy.

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Series 10 Episode 11 Land Tugs (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 1.15PM Sunday 17 May 2009 More4

Two teams have reached the final and now they have just ten hours to build a tow tug capable of pulling a 155 ton jumbo jet along.

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Series 10 Episode 10 Savvy Salvaging (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.10PM Sunday 17 May 2009 More4

This challenge tests the teams' underwater ingenuity as they build a salvage machine from a stockpile of scrap in order to retrieve lost treasure from the bottom of a mini ocean.

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Series 10 Episode 9 Snow Shifters (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 11.05AM Sunday 17 May 2009 More4

The teams are challenged to build super snow shifting machines as well as having to race up a ten-degree slope in temperatures of minus four degrees.

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Series 10 Episode 8 Fire Fighters (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 10AM Sunday 17 May 2009 More4

The teams are challenged to build fire engines in just 10 hours. They have to complete a tight course in the fastest possible time, extinguishing two burning mock jet engines.

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Series 10 Episode 7 Rocket Railway (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 1.20PM Sunday 10 May 2009 More4

Inspired by the sleds used to test supersonic planes and spacecraft, the teams are challenged to build a superfast railway... but all usual forms of propulsion are banned.

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Series 10 Episode 6 Powerboats (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.15PM Sunday 10 May 2009 More4

The teams compete to build wave-pounding power boats capable of skimming across the Scrapheap lake. And it's not as easy as it sounds.

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Series 10 Episode 5 Dune Bashers (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 11.05AM Sunday 10 May 2009 More4

The teams must build super-swift vehicles capable of racing up and over the Scrapheap's very own desert dunes.

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Series 10 Episode 4 Decoration Dash (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 10AM Sunday 10 May 2009 More4

It's a decorator's dream as two teams compete to build a mobile painting machine capable of decorating a house from a distance

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Series 10 Episode 3 Superbikes (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 1.15PM Sunday 03 May 2009 More4

The teams build high speed motorbikes capable of racing each other head-to-head around the twisty Scrapheap circuit.

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Series 10 Episode 2 Scooter Shooters (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.10PM Sunday 03 May 2009 More4

The teams have to build contraptions to throw a 100kg scooter as far as they can without the help of compressed gas or gunpowder.

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Series 10 Episode 1 Scrap Speed Record (48 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 11.05AM Sunday 03 May 2009 More4

The Rocketeers and The Brum Brums set out to beat the Scrapheap Challenge speed record of 72mph on the historic Pendine Sands.

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Series 9 Episode 16 Scrapheap Retrospective (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 10.35AM Sunday 05 Apr 2009 More4

Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rogers look back over the highlights of another year on the Scrapheap. The programme will hear from the contestants who have made this yeat so memorable.

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Series 9 Episode 15 Welly Wanging (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 1.05PM Sunday 21 Dec 2008 More4

The setting is the Great Dorset Steam Fair and 16 teams have designed eccentric machines designed to throw Wellington boots as far as possible.

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Series 9 Episode 14 Sofa Speedway (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.05PM Sunday 21 Dec 2008 More4

The Sofa Speedway roadshow brings together 16 teams from all over the country. They converge on the National Motor museum at Beaulieu with their pieces of motorised furniture.

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Series 9 Episode 13 Paddle Boats (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 11AM Sunday 21 Dec 2008 More4

This special challenge was inspired by the maritime achievements of a true engineering heavyweight - Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Series 9 Episode 12 Dozers (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 4.55AM Sunday 11 Jan 2009 Channel 4

In this Grand Final, returning champs the Powerlifters were not going to give up their throne easily, so to test their resolve they are set the challenge of building full-scale bulldozers…

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Series 9 Episode 11 Swamp Racers (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 5.05AM Saturday 03 Jan 2009 Channel 4

The two finalists met down in the swamp. The challenge - to race across the mud and water in the fastest time. The winning team takes home the Scrapheap crown.

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Series 9 Episode 10 Drag Sleds (48 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 5.05AM Friday 02 Jan 2009 Channel 4

Woof Justice and the Turbo Taxis are challenged to build super fast drag sleds - single-axled speedsters, inspired by the oddball US pastime of racing motorbike-engined beasts with skis…

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Series 9 Episode 9 Earth Movers (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 4.50AM Thursday 01 Jan 2009 Channel 4

Scrapheap goes back to basics and asks the teams to build enormous earth movers. The Beach Bums and the Extinguishers are provided with a skip into which they had to load as much earth and…

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Series 9 Episode 8 Skid Pan Sumo (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 5AM Tuesday 30 Dec 2008 Channel 4

Scrapheap is going Japanese with a heavyweight challenge: the Super subs and the Turbo Taxis have just ten hours to construct giant motorised sumo wrestling machines that will do battle on…

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Series 9 Episode 7 Airboats (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 5.20AM Monday 29 Dec 2008 Channel 4

The Diggers from Hull and The Beach Bums from Torquay must race to build Florida-style airboats to skim round the Scrapheap's very own alligator-infested Everglades.

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Series 9 Episode 6 Mechanical Mortars (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 4.40AM Sunday 28 Dec 2008 Channel 4

Woof Justice and the Bus Boys were challenged to build mortars that would be fired in a lobbing motion onto targets. Mobility and accuracy would be the key, as the teams race head-to-head…

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Series 9 Episode 5 Giant Skateboards (48 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 5AM Thursday 25 Dec 2008 Channel 4

Norfolk firemen the Extinguishers and vintage railway buffs the Steaming Scots must supersize a skateboard to gigantic proportions in order to carry all the team, plus expert, around our…

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Series 9 Episode 4 Snowmobiles (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 4.55AM Friday 26 Dec 2008 Channel 4

Suffolk builders the Cement Mixers and Dorset cabbies the Turbo Taxis had to build scrappy snowmobiles in just 10 hours. They had to complete a tight course in the fastest possible time…

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Series 9 Episode 3 Muscle Trains (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 5.20AM Sunday 21 Dec 2008 Channel 4

The Sweet Chariots and the Super Subs were given the traditional 10 hours to build locomotives powered by their physical effort alone. Pure muscle power wouldn't cut it though - the teams…

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Series 9 Episode 2 Monster Trikes (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 3.45AM Thursday 04 Dec 2008 Channel 4

The Engine Eggheads from London and the Diggers from Hull scour the scrapheap to cannibalise bikes and cars to build souped-up, super-sized, three-wheeled wonders. In lay terms that means…

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Series 9 Episode 1 Human Cannonballs (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 3.50AM Monday 01 Dec 2008 Channel 4

Series nine of Scrapheap gets off to a flying start - literally - when the Beach Bums from Devon and the Vikings from Salisbury are given just 10 hours to build contraptions capable of…

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Series 8 Episode 15 Best of Scrapheap Challenge (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 10AM Sunday 21 Dec 2008 More4

Featuring all the highs and lows and trips and tumbles, this special episode shows just what the teams faced, as well as their many crazy contraptions.

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Series 8 Episode 14 Scrapheap Challenge Roadshow (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 9AM Sunday 21 Dec 2008 More4

The first-ever Scrapheap Challenge Roadshow in which 20 teams are challenged to build tomato-flinging machines in their garages.

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Series 8 Episode 13 Punkin' Chunk (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.05PM Sunday 14 Dec 2008 More4

In 1986 a group of men in the US were arguing over who could throw an anvil the furthest. Hearing that some students were throwing pumpkins to raise funds for their school, the men's…

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Series 8 Episode 12 Flying Machines (50 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 11.05AM Sunday 14 Dec 2008 More4

This is the build to end all builds. Returning champs from Series 7, The Anoraks, take on the new wearers of the Scrapheap crown, The Powerlifters. The teams have just 20 hours to build…

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Series 8 Episode 11 Rock Crawler (50 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 10AM Sunday 14 Dec 2008 More4

In the showdown of this series, classic car nuts, the Beasts of Bodmin, take on Essex forklift trio, The Powerlifters. In a quest for Scrapheap glory, the finalists must make cars that can…

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Series 8 Episode 10 Monster Drag Racing (50 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 9AM Sunday 14 Dec 2008 More4

In this semi final, those thrill seekers from Blackpool, The Big Dippers, meet Essex forklift fixers and fabricating fanatics, The Powerlifters, for one of the biggest builds in Scrapheap…

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Series 8 Episode 9 Steeplechase (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.40PM Sunday 22 Feb 2009 More4

The challengers must build steeplechasers with horsepower in the Scrapheap semi final. Their creations must be capable of carrying the entire team over six 1.3m high hurdles, without…

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Series 8 Episode 8 Caber Tossers (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 11.35AM Sunday 22 Feb 2009 More4

A bravehearted bunch of rollercoaster engineers, The Big Dippers, take on the furiously fast Skids in a Scrapheap-style Highland fling. The challenge: to construct a monster-sized mobile…

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Series 8 Episode 7 Polar Pinball (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 10AM Sunday 07 Dec 2008 More4

In this chilling challenge, the teams have to build an omni-directional machine that will act as a pinball in our polar arena. By notching up points for precision prangs on our high…

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Series 8 Episode 6 Car Fishing (50 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 11.05AM Sunday 23 Nov 2008 More4

Tractor fanatics the Nuzzling Badgers take on British Airways pilots the Flying Scotsmen in a fraught fishing contest. The teams compete to make machines that will retrieve three Minis…

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Series 8 Episode 5 Drag Boats (50 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.10PM Sunday 30 Nov 2008 More4

The teams must build souped-up drag boats capable of a truly rapid ride along our aquatic drag strip. The winning team will complete the 300-metre, straight-line course in the quickest…

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Series 8 Episode 4 AC/DC Dairy Dash (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 11.05AM Sunday 30 Nov 2008 More4

Classic Jag lovers the Beasts of Bodmin take on The 7s, a team of easy-going Essex bikers. In an electrifying off-road contest, they race to construct battery-powered milk floats capable…

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Series 8 Episode 3 Sharp Shooters (49 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 10AM Sunday 30 Nov 2008 More4

This challenge testst to see who can build the most extreme rapid-fire arrow launcher. The teams will have to build a projectile launcher that can automatically load itself, as well as…

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Series 8 Episode 2 Kung Fu Cars (50 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 9AM Sunday 30 Nov 2008 More4

The teams have to construct a moveable car complete with a karate-chopping device. It's gotta be tough as it has to axe its way through six concrete slabs, half a metre of ice and finally…

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Series 8 Episode 1 Underwater Cars (50 mins) [S]

First Broadcast: 12.10PM Sunday 23 Nov 2008 More4

Scrapheap is off to marvellous Margate where a team of forklifting fixers take on a crew of army helicopter heroes in a battle to build underwater cars that can rip up the ocean bed.

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Series 5 Episode 13 Best of Scrapheap Challenge (50 mins)

First Broadcast: 10.35AM Sunday 18 Jan 2009 More4

A chance to see some of the funniest, most ridiculous and memorable moments of Scrapheap Challenge.

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Series 5 Episode 12 Car Flinger (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 9.30AM Sunday 18 Jan 2009 More4

Scrapheap's Series 5 grand final saw the Barley Pickers line up against last year's winners, the Cat-alysts, in our most awesome challenge ever: to fling a Mini over the horizon.

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Series 5 Episode 11 Destroyer (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 12.40PM Sunday 11 Jan 2009 More4

After 10 highly competitive challenges, two scraptastic teams - the Barley Pickers and the Boat Buoys - are poised to do battle for the coveted trophy. But the key to victory is…

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Series 5 Episode 10 Digger (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 11.35AM Sunday 11 Jan 2009 More4

The 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.

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Series 5 Episode 9 Tugs of War (50 mins)

First Broadcast: 10.30AM Sunday 11 Jan 2009 More4

For this challenge, the teams must go back in time. The Martial Mechanics and the Boat Bouys must build tugboats, but using only technology that predates the invention of the propeller.

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Series 5 Episode 8 Monowheel (50 mins)

First Broadcast: 9.30AM Sunday 11 Jan 2009 More4

The Hammerlocks, three wrestlers from Coventry, and a trio of London Underground engineers, the Tunnel Ratz, are going to reinvent the wheel. Wheels are generally found attached to an axle…

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Series 5 Episode 7 Smooth Rider (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 12.20PM Sunday 30 Aug 2009 More4

The Young Ones and The Barley Pickers have to build balancing rigs to carry vats brimming with liquid around an unfeasibly uneven course, spilling as little as they can along the way.

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Series 5 Episode 6 Clockwork Cars (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 11.35AM Sunday 04 Jan 2009 More4

The Jailbreakers take on The Young Ones in a bid to build human-powered vehicles. The tricky part is that the team may only put in energy when the vehicle is stationary. This means that…

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Series 5 Episode 5 Railroad Racer (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 10.35AM Sunday 04 Jan 2009 More4

The Tunnel Ratz, a team of London Underground engineers, take on Formula 1 engineers the Pit Stop Crew in a battle to create a vehicle that can travel both on the road and on railway…

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Series 5 Episode 4 Blind Navigation (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 12.05PM Sunday 28 Dec 2008 More4

The teams have been asked to map uncharted territory. The Hammerlocks, a team of wrestlers from Coventry, and the Academics Anonymous, a team from Kingston University, have to navigate…

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Series 5 Episode 3 Rapid Fire (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 11AM Sunday 28 Dec 2008 More4

It's a fast-firing Scrapheap shootout as The Clean Sweeps and Boat Bouys race against the clock to build contraptions that will propel golf balls at amazing speeds. The teams' arsenal of…

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Series 5 Episode 2 Hovercraft (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 10AM Sunday 28 Dec 2008 More4

The Martial Mechanics, a team of garage staff with a passion for judo, take on the Kiwi Go-Karters to build hovercraft. But levitation isn't just something airy-fairy - their hulking great…

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Series 5 Episode 1 Mud Monsters (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 9AM Sunday 28 Dec 2008 More4

Two 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. They need to produce vehicles…

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Series 4 Episode 12 Car Jousting (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 4.30AM Monday 13 Jul 2009 Channel 4

In the Grand Final, the teams' challenge is to take an ordinary car and convert it into a remote-controlled fighting machine.

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Series 4 Episode 11 Hydrofoil (50 mins)

First Broadcast: 4.25AM Sunday 12 Jul 2009 Channel 4

The Cat-alysts and The Mulewrights battle it out to build a hydrofoil (a boat that flies across the water) that can carry one team member as fast as possible.

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Series 4 Episode 10 Tunneller (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 4.25AM Monday 06 Jul 2009 Channel 4

The second semi-final challenge is to build a machine that will dig a hole through two 3ft deep walls, the first slightly less dense than the second.

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Series 4 Episode 9 Hill Climber (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 4.25AM Sunday 05 Jul 2009 Channel 4

The first semi-final challenge is to build a machine that will climb as high as possible up our extremely steep hill.

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Series 4 Episode 8 Minesweeper (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 4.25AM Monday 29 Jun 2009 Channel 4

The teams have to build machines that are capable of getting across a minefield full of dummy mines filled with paint.

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Series 4 Episode 7 Mobile Crane (49 mins)

The teams have to build a mobile machine that will reach objects at a distance, lift them up and carry them around.

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Series 4 Episode 6 Snowmobile (49 mins)

First Broadcast: 4.25AM Sunday 28 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Snowmobile: The teams enter a winter wonderland to do battle on trusty snowmobiles made entirely out of scrap, which they must race on specially designed courses.

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Series 4 Episode 5 White Water Rider (49 mins)

In this challenge the teams must build a boat to power them upstream, along a stretch of wild, white water river and then safely back downstream again.

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Series 4 Episode 4 Street Cleaner (50 mins)

First Broadcast: 4.10AM Friday 26 Jun 2009 Channel 4

The Cat-Alysts go up against the Chaos Crew and build a four-man machine that can clean up a litter-strewn street.

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Series 4 Episode 3 Torpedos (50 mins)

The Chairmen battle with the Top Guns to build re-usable, surface-running torpedoes, like those used to attack boats.

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Series 4 Episode 2 Monster Truck (50 mins)

The Abominable Snowmen come head-to-head with The Mulewrights as they attempt to build the biggest, most beastly machines they can.

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Series 4 Episode 1 Egg Shooter (50 mins)

The Dirty Dancers and Storm Force compete to construct a machine that will propel an ostrich egg into the air. But who will launch it the furthest?

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Series 2 Episode 7 Walking Machines (51 mins)

The teams are challenged to make a walking machine: the winning contraption must carry the whole team and a heavy safe across a haphazard obstacle course.

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Series 2 Episode 6 Marine Salvage (50 mins)

The challenge is to build a salvage machine capable of raising a Mini from the bottom of a murky lake and park it safely in a car park.

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Series 2 Episode 5 Mileage Marathon (51 mins)

First Broadcast: 4AM Monday 22 Jun 2009 Channel 4

The first of the Scrapheap Challenge semi-finals, where two teams are challenged to build a vehicle to travel as far as possible on only a cup of petrol.

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Series 2 Episode 4 Land Yachts (50 mins)

The teams are asked to build a yacht, but not one for the high seas - a land yacht capable of carrying the entire team. The winners will sail through to the semi-finals.

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Series 2 Episode 3 Amphibious Vehicles (51 mins)

Robert Llewellyn and co-presenter Cathy Rogers unveil a doubly hard challenge - build a car that thinks it's a boat!

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Series 2 Episode 2 Cannons (51 mins)

Two teams go head to head in an explosive battle of ingenuity and improvisation. The challenge is to build a cannon capable of firing a weighty projectile 150 metres.

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Series 2 Episode 1 Flying Machines (51 mins)

First Broadcast: 4.25AM Monday 15 Jun 2009 Channel 4

Two teams compete to plan and build a crazy flying contraption from discarded junk.

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