The 10 Best Gameshows Ever: Number 10

Number 10 - Scrapheap Challenge

It's 2 teams creating something working from piles of scrap. What is better than that? The premise behind Scrapheap is 2 teams constucting a certain machine from a titanic mountain of scrap metal and (sometimes) working machinery. These two teams do have a structure. At the top there's the captain, the head honcho. Whatever he/she says goes (that's the theory anyway). Next there's the TC or technical consultant. This is someone from outside the team who has loads of experience in the particular area of the challenge. Finally there are the 2 scavengers who are responsible for finding all the crap needed to build the item. These items are always constructed in the build areas which are only separated by a high wall meaning that often when parts are hard to come by some 'borrowing' is required. Keeping it all together are the hosts Robert Lewellen and Cathy Rogers (or Lisa Rogers now - no relation) who both show incredible enthusiasm for the show. The core is of course the challenges themselves. These have been racing cars, chariots, car flingers, spy cars, log pullers, fire engines and bombs. After the build day (10 hours) the 2 teams put their machines to the test in a final contest after which the winners move on to the next round. First to the quarter finals, then the semis, then the final and then the series champions take on the reigning champions in the grand final. The first champions were the Megalomaniacs who became scrapheap legends until they were replaced at the top by the best scrapheap team of all time, the Catalysts. A team of Jaguar engineers who went on to win 3 championships until being taken down at last by the current champs the Anoraks. Scrapheap Challenge takes the 10th place in my chart.

Position - 10th
Created by - Cathy Rogers
Still going? - Yep

Spin-off list
Junkyard Wars (american version but they had to use our scrapheap)
Scrapheap vs Junkyard (the americans challenged us at our game, we won)
Scrapheap Mega Challenge (we took on the russians and the chinese, we lost)
The Rustys (the end of series awards/piss take)

Next time on The 10 Best Gameshows Ever
Number 9 - Sub Zero