Scrapheap Challenge last minute when one team couldn't travel due to a livestock epidemic. Both US teams made it to the final round. Series 9 was shown in two halves. The first eight episodes aired between 15 April and 3 June, and the remaining episodes between 4 November and 23 December 2007. Series 11 saw Dick Strawbridge (formerly a competitor from series 1-3) return as an expert and judge, replacing Robert Llewellyn. The show was now produced by RDF Bristol and Exec. producer Jane Lomas and series producer John Macnish had to deliver the new series on a fraction of the budget
Dick Strawbridge which he was the main presenter, "Planet Mechanics", and as a regular guest presenter on "Coast". Following his switch of career to television, Strawbridge often refers to himself as a "telly tart". Strawbridge began his career in television as the 'Yellow Team Leader' for six episodes in the first series of 'Scrapheap'. He has to date appeared in over 30 programmes of "Scrapheap Challenge" and "Junkyard Wars", winning the "Scrapheap Challenge" trophy in series 3 with his two younger brothers David and Bobby as 'Brothers in Arms', and the "Junkyard Megawars" trophy in 2003. On 5 June 2008, it was