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Scrapheap Challenge

Season 2

1999 · 7 episodes

  1. 1. Flying Machines

    1999-09-05

    In this episode the two teams must make a machine capable of flight.

  2. 2. Cannons

    1999-09-12

    In this episode the two teams must create fully functional cannons

  3. 3. Amphibious Vehicles

    1999-09-19

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

  4. 4. Land Yachts

    1999-09-26

    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.

  5. 5. Mileage Marathon

    1999-10-03

    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.

  6. 6. Marine Salvage

    1999-10-10

    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.

  7. 7. Final: Walking Machines

    1999-10-17

    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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