Scrapheap Challenge - Season 3 - Eps 5: Missile Launcher
This time, a team called Filth goes up against the winner of Demolition (Chaos Crew or Beach Boys) to design and build a machine that can throw a rugby football as far as possible using only their own muscle power, so no motors allowed. They have to create something that can store muscle power gradually, then release it in a controlled burst. Filth decides to ignore their expert and creates a huge cross-bow-type machine. The other team decides to pump up an air cannon to shoot the ball. And while the winner can't be revealed, one team captain manages to throw his rugby ball farther than his machine could.
About Scrapheap Challenge
Title: Scrapheap Challenge
First Air Date: 1998-04-12
Last Air Date: 2010-06-27
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.1/10 (from 19 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 13
Total Episodes: 165
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Reality, Action & Adventure
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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 had 10 hours in which to build a working machine that could do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap. The format was exported to the United States, where it was known as Junkyard Wars. The US show was also produced by RDF Media, and was originally shown on The Learning Channel. Repeats have aired on another Discovery network, the Science Channel.
Cast
Robert Llewellyn
Lisa Rogers
Dick Strawbridge
