Scrapheap Challenge and a month to build a vehicle to compete in a varied set of trials, such as auto "bowling", a race through a flooded course, a "car coaster", car "sumo" and other tests. The winners were the Aquaholics from the UK. Hosted by Cathy Rogers and Henry Rollins, it lasted one season. Another spin-off series was instituted from 2004 to 2006 and was broadcast following the main series. It was also presented by Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rogers. It involved several teams being allocated a budget and several weeks to construct a road-legal vehicle which, if classified as a car,
Scrapheap Challenge of previous series. As well as a change in presenters the format of the series changed dramatically with teams of 'scrappers' from across the UK competing against Dick Strawbridge's home team known as 'Dick's Diamonds'. At the end of each episode a battle to determine the week's champion scrappers took place in a public venue in front of crowds of cheering fans. Series 11 of the UK show had its world premiere in Australia on ABC2, with episode 1 airing on 1 July 2009. A spin-off from 2003 that had teams from around the world. Teams had a fixed budget