The return of the BRITISH version of Junkyard Wars this Wednesday!

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 12:46 pm

For those of you, like me, who like the British version of the show better than the American version (Robert Lewellen, the British host, is WAYYY funnier than the American host), looks like they're going to start running the British shows this Wed, 9pm.

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 2:17 pm

Junk Yard Wars rule I like the British version a little better too but I'll take either I love that show

Delta · Post by **Delta** » Wed Dec 05, 2001 7:27 am

junk yard wars? bah - scrapheap challenge is the real name for it

bonus points for anyone can tell me what other bigish show Robert Lewellen was in and who he played

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Dec 05, 2001 7:43 am

Red Dwarf - he was the robot wasn't he? Never watched the show much, but I'd catch it once in a while.

You guys ever hear the story behind Junkyard... err Scrapheap?

The creator and producer is the female host Cathy Rogers. She was inspired by the scene in the movie Apollo 13 when the engineers had to figure out how to adapt the command module's CO2 scrubbers to the Lunar Module's air system with only a pile of odds and ends that were available on the space craft.

She never planned on being one of the hosts - the first season it was just Robert Lewellen, but the director decided that Robert needed a female co-host to play off of and when they couldn't find a suitable actress to fill the role they drafted her and initially she was very reluctant.

Lot's of info on their website at Discovery.com

Delta · Post by **Delta** » Wed Dec 05, 2001 8:15 am

i didnt know that, but i did like that bit in apollo13 where they had to make the co2 scrubbers fit - proper bodging

yeah, he played Kryten - top show, the later series arnt as good tho mind - too much money spent on it now :/

vwkess · Post by **vwkess** » Wed Dec 05, 2001 11:11 am

Red Dwarf is a classic; love it!