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31st August 2001 -
SCRAPHEAP IS BACK !The C4 chat forum received a posting tonight from the TV guys themselves. SCRAPHEAP IS BACK !
The entry read ........
It's back - Scrapheap's new series
Scrapheap Challenge, kicks off on 9th September 2001 at 6pm on Channel 4 UK television
.I understand that the first program on Sunday 9th September 2001 at 6.00pm see the Dirty Dancers take on their opposition and yes Robert and Cathy are still your presenters.
Have fun watching, I know I will.
20th July 2001 -
modifications and updates to missing and changed links.4th July 2001 - Lucky USA, a whole Independence Day Junkyard/Scrapheap special from TLC with the first showing of the Trans-Atlantic Challenge car crusher episode. Congratulations to the Long Brothers and their expert James on a job well done. The Megalomaniacs performed fantastic but my design was not to be the one to bring the cup to the UK. BUT BEWARE .......... Some of my old buddies may well be back to kick ass ! We shall have to see.
7th June 2001 - It appears that the Russian Team in a MEGA 2-DAY BUILD World Challenge Grand Final that was detailed at this link, now no longer appears to mention the subject. Have they found the Russian team ?... is the MEGA challenge still on ? Let see what we can find out.
17th May 2001 - photo added.
6th May 2001 - minor amendments to some links.
10th April 2001, entry revised on 16th April 2001
The Scrapheap Challenge 2000 website lists that the 'Muncher' Demolition Challenge will be shown again on the UK Channel 4 television on Friday 20th April 2001, so for all those who missed the first showing .... HAVE FUN ! It does in fact appear that according to the national UK television guides this week that Channel 4 are in fact re-screening the complete series three of Scrapheap Challenge so all you teams that took part can experience 'fame again' and all you viewers get another chance to experience the action.
The filming for the NEW series of both Scrapheap Challenge (Scrapheap series 4) and Junkyard Wars (Junkyard series 2) has now started at the brand new location Stateside in L.A. During the period of the 8th - 16th April 2001 my old demolition 'Muncher' buddies the Chaos Crew flew to Los Angeles to take part in the new series. I spoke to the Crew at the end of the build day in L.A. and asked if they had any concerns regarding the machine that they had just built and the Chaos Crew reply was "No concerns, everything went well and we are just looking forward to the actual Challenge to take place tomorrow". What did they build ? How did they get on ?, well you will have to wait and see when it is shown on UK television possibly later this year 2001.
Now go and HAVE A LOOK at what is in store for the end of this new series as the Junkyard Wars production crew search for a Russian Team. It seems that the final winners of the Brits Scrapheap Challenge and the final winners of the US Junkyards Wars may take on a Russian Team in a MEGA 2-DAY BUILD World Challenge Grand Final, but first they need to find a Russian team. Watch this space.
And finally a new link has been added. A guy named Jay Lewis approached me for an interview about the Demolition challenge that I did with the Chaos Crew during 2000 and the resultant article has now been posted by him on his website. This is a interesting site that also has interviews with the hyperactive 'Buzz' of the series 1 rocket fame, also Trev Smith and Rob Pincham of the series 2 glider and mileage marathon fame. I understand that there are further interviews planned shortly. Note that I have received some reports that this site is often found to be unavailable, I can however confirm that the hyperlink on this page is correct and it is the web address that has a problem. A later attempt is usually successful.
18th March 2001
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21st January 2001
**** The Photo Galleries are now available ****
Click here to go to the photo gallery index.
6th January 2001
The American series version of the great Scrapheap Challenge is to begin broadcasting in the UK on Channel 4 television on Tuesday 9th January 2001 at 6.00pm. Compare the American methods and idea's that go into creating these wonderful machines.
1st January 2001
My apologies to anyone who is waiting to see the many pictures as promised. I am presently experiencing difficulties in the resize and production of the 'thumbnails' and the 'big image' links. As soon as the problem is resolved the photographs shall be posted as promised.
18th December 2000
Well the US have won the Trans-Atlantic challenge shown as the Christmas Special on Sunday 17th December 2000
The Trans-Atlantic Scrapheap Challenge Christmas Special was shown again on Christmas Day Channel 4 at 11.35am
The Trans-Atlantic showdown when both teams had 10 hours to build a car crusher has been won by the Long Brothers from the USA, congratulations ! I was the drafted expert member for the British team the Megalomaniacs and our hydraulic press solution was JUST pipped to the post. I shall be posting a report with behind the scenes information about Scrapheap Challenge and Junkyard Wars with details of the build and the challenge days. There will be photographs of the machines and unseen views of the preparation and action.
After the show was screened Brian (Longs Brothers Captain) and Nosher (Megalomaniacs Captain) and myself were on-line for a Channel 4 'live' web-chat. You can
'click here' to read the full transcript of the web-chat as it happened.At a later date you can
'click here' to go to the details of the Trans-Atlantic showdown challenge.
17th December 2000
Look out for the
Scrapheap Challenge Christmas Special when I am the nominated expert for the Brits as the Megalomaniacs take on the Long Brothers from the USA in a Trans-Atlantic showdown. The date for the show in the UK on Channel 4 television is at 6.30pm Sunday 17th December 2000 and it is on for ONE AND A HALF hours. This program will also be shown in the US after the new Junkyard Wars series is screened on TCL. More details to follow soon and after the show this site shall be updated via a link with a full review and behind the scenes information.After the show is aired I shall be posting a report with behind the scenes information about Scrapheap Challenge and Junkyard Wars with details of the build and the challenge days. There will be photographs of the machines and unseen views of the preparation and action. If you are in the US and have not therefore yet seen the show then don't use the link and keep you mind open.
26th September 2000
Myself on behalf of the Chaos Crew and 'dp' (Jeff) from the NERDS have been interviewed by the on-line news magazine Wired.Com about Scrapheap Challenge and Junkyard Wars.
Click here to read the resultant article.
17th September 2000
Well the Scrapheap 'Demolition Challenge' has now been shown to the UK and of course we all now know that WE LOST .... Arrrrgggghhhhh !!!!. Anyway what did you all think to the show ?
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