Cathy Rogers During the same period, she played keyboards and sang vocals in the twee pop group Heavenly. In 1995 Rogers moved to the independent production company RDF Media, where she helped devise and produced the popular Channel 4 technology reality game show "Scrapheap Challenge", known in North America as "Junkyard Wars". She appeared onscreen as co-presenter of "Scrapheap Challenge" from the second series onwards until 2001 when Lisa Rogers (no relation) took over, and of "Junkyard Wars" for the first three series until replaced by Karyn Bryant. She also created and hosted a related programme, "Full Metal Challenge". She continued her
The Cube (game show) 2008 with the format. It was made into a non-televised pilot by the channel, and was hosted by Justin Lee Collins. Channel 4 eventually decided not to commission the show because it would have been too expensive. In February 2009, ITV purchased the rights to the show and filming began during April 2009 at Wembley's Fountain Studios. "The Cube" is one of the first shows to use the game freeze filming technique on a frequent basis, such as when a contestant jumps in celebration. The technique used is called "time slice". Using specially designed cameras, it allows the viewer to