Scrapheap Challenge events. Examples of challenges included making a jet car, a bridging machine, a car-crusher, and a machine to fling a British Leyland Mini as far as possible. Assistant producer Eve Kay had the idea for the show after watching a scene in the movie "Apollo 13", where NASA engineers had only a short period of time to construct a carbon dioxide filter out of parts available on the space capsule. The show also draws its inspiration from the 1980s TV series "The Great Egg Race". The UK show was originally presented by Robert Llewellyn, joined in series 2-4 by producer
Terry Ray (actor) Terry Ray (actor) Terry Ray (born February 12, 1961) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer. Some of his work includes "Gaydar" and "Cost of Living" (2009). Ray is the creator and writer of "here! TV"'s sitcom "From Here on OUT", the first original gay sitcom created by a gay network. Terry stars in the sitcom, along with Juliet Mills, Suzanne Whang and T.J. Hoban.<br><br>Terry Ray's 1987 appearance on Scrabble (game show) is noted as number 3 in the "10 Great Gay Moments in Game Show History", after Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Lynde. In the same appearance, Terry was