Episodes List
Ep.1 Flying Machines
Air Date: 1999-09-05
In this episode the two teams must make a machine capable of flight.
Ep.2 Cannons
Air Date: 1999-09-12
In this episode the two teams must create fully functional cannons
Ep.3 Amphibious Vehicles
Air Date: 1999-09-19
Robert Llewellyn and co-presenter Cathy Rogers unveil a doubly hard challenge - build a car that thinks it's a boat!
Ep.4 Land Yachts
Air Date: 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.
Ep.5 Mileage Marathon
Air Date: 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.
Ep.6 Marine Salvage
Air Date: 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.
Ep.7 Final: Walking Machines
Air Date: 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.