Scrapheap Challenge - The Commandments

Starring: Cathy Rogers, Robert Llewellyn Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 15th October, 2001 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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DVD Extras: chapter selection makes it easy to head straight for your favourite challenge, be it the catapult or the mini-submarine. The picture quality is true to the video original, capturing the bright & colourful lighting of the television programme. There are no extras, however, leaving the package slightly lacking on this format.

A compilation of the best bits of the Channel 4 series, Scrapheap Challenge, The Commandments is an enjoyable enough exercise in eccentricity. Presented with admirable gusto by Robert Llewellyn & Cathy Rogers, each episode features two teams set an engineering challenge with only the contents of a large scrapheap for inspiration & materials. Watching the assorted teams of oddballs trying to create such diverse projects as drag racers & car crushers from little more than junk is certainly diverting, proving to be a little harder than it was on the A-Team. Edited down from the TV version, the rushed nature of it all is a little frustrating, with the teams seeming to jump from a pile of scrap to the finished article. This is not particularly one for the casual observer but certainly recommended for fans of the show.

Cathy Rogers is a British television executive, producer & presenter, who has also had some success as a musician. After studying medicine at Oxford University, gaining a Masters Degree in Health Policy, Rogers joined the BBC as a producer in the early 1990s, specialising in scientific documentaries, including work on the long-running series Horizon. In 1995 she moved to the independent production company RDF Media & subsequently devised & produced the popular C4 technology gameshow Scrapheap Challenge, also appearing on screen as co-presenter from the second series onwards. She also created & hosted a related programme, Full Metal Challenge. In 2001 she was promoted to the role of Creative Director at RDF Medias new Los Angeles center, where she has overseen the companys activities in the USA, including the American versions of popular shows such as Faking It & Wife Swap. Cathy Rogers has also enjoyed success as a musician, having played keyboards & sung back-up vocals in the twee pop groups Heavenly & Marine Research.

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