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[1][2]

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[1][3]

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[1][4][5]

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[1][6][7]

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[1][8][9]

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 drive shaft 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[1][10][11]

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

Series 7

Shown in 2004[1][12][13]

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 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 locomotives (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[1][14]

Episode Challenge name Competing teams Winning team Comments
1 Underwater Cars Apache Warriors
The Powerlifters
The Powerlifters Powerlifters car had the car controls piped through to the roof as nothing in the rules that said that they HAD to be inside the car.
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
5 Drag Boats The Skids
Rally Renegades
The Skids
6 Car Fishing Nuzzling Badgers
Flying Scotsmen
Nuzzling Badgers
7 Polar Pinball Lumbering Jacks
The Powerlifters
The Powerlifters
8 Caber Tossers The Skids
The Big Dippers
The Big Dippers
9 Steeplechase Nuzzling Badgers
Beasts of Bodmin
Beasts of Bodmin
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
13 Best of Scrapheap Challenge Best of Series 8
14 Warships Scrapheap Mega Challenge
Screened 18 December 2005
15 Tomato Throwing Screened 7 Jan 2006
16 Punkin Chunkin' Scrapheap All-Stars
The entire USA
All-Stars came second in their class Standard pumpkin-throwing competition
Screened 15 Jan 2006

Series 9

Shown in 2007[1][15]

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[1][16]

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 The Cyborgs were disqualified for using a sprayhead
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
9 Snow Shifters Aquarium Crew
Dark Riders
Dark Riders
10 Deep Sea Treasure Supermodels
Rusty Regiment
Rusty Regiment
11 Land Tugs - Rusty Regiment
Dark Riders
Rusty Regiment Series final
12 Manphibious Machines Rusty Regiment
Woof Justice
Woof Justice Grand Final
13 Hovercraft Bright Sparks
Grunts
Grunts A 10 year anniversary celebration of Scrapheap Challenge. Hand-picked teams
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[17]

Episode Challenge name Competing teams Winning team Comments
1 Chariot Jousting 1 Showmans
Three Fallers
Scrappy Wacky Doodaas
Scrappy Wacky Doodaas
2 Stuck In The Mud 1 Supermodels
Wreckers
Criticizers
Supermodels
3 Water Power 1 Rocketeers
South Devon Scholars
Young Ones
Rocketeers
4 Blow Football 1 Construction Cops
Marcliffe Modifiers
Construction Cops
5 Medieval Throwers 1 Snow Hope
The Extinguishers
The Burnout Boys
6 Giant Golf 1 The Garage Widows
The Broken Repairables
Dad's Heroes
7 Super Surf Boards 1 The Wheel Nuts
The Beach Bums
The Chuggers
The Wheel Nuts
8 Mobile Mortars 1 The Rusty Regiment
The Essex Bodgie Builders
The Trekies
The Trekies
9 Caber Tosser 1 Biker Scum
The Classic B's
The Wacky Racers
10 Chariot Jousting 2 The Tree Musketeers
The Cowshed Cobblers
The Muddy Boys
The Tree Musketeers
11 Stuck In The Mud 2 Plane Crazy
The Tree Fellers
Team Gizmo
12 Water Power 2 Beasts Of Bodmin
The Masters
New Forest Hillbillies
13 Blow Football 2 The Roboteers
The Carbon Consolidators
The White Horse Wanderers
14 Medieval Throwers 2 The Destroyers
The Supertwin Top Gas
The Westminster Warriors
The Destroyers
15 Monster Golf 2 The Dark Riders
Team Stagefright
The Recovery Crew
16 Super Surfboards 2 Bodgit & Scarper
Team Mobilise
The Norsemen
17 Mobile Mortars 2 The Big Dippers
The Cannock Ruff Necks
The Recyclers
The Cannock Ruff Necks
18 Caber Tosser 2 The Paintball Terriers
The Mersey Mechanics
The Tramps
19 Semi Final The Rocketeers
The Cannock Ruff Necks
The Tree Musketeers
The Destroyers
The Carbon Consolidators
The Wheel Nuts
The Tree Musketeers
The Carbon Consolidators
The Wheel Nuts
The Tree Musketeers were the "Wild Card"
20 Grand Final The Tree Musketeers
The Carbon Consolidators
The Wheel Nuts
The Wheel Nuts

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