• 2017
Scrap Kings

Summary Follows workers in the world of demolition, salvage and waste management. From tower blocks to ships, bridges to Victorian mansions, every scrap of material has its value in the eyes of the scrap kings. View more details

  • 2017

Scrap Kings

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Colin Uttley Kevin Paxton Melissa Drabble Robbie Pollok

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jun 1, 2017

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Link to production companies website

Language : English

Production companies : Back2Back Productions

Summary Follows workers in the world of demolition, salvage and waste management. From tower blocks to ships, bridges to Victorian mansions, every scrap of material has its value in the eyes of the scrap kings. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jun 1, 2017

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Link to production companies website

Language : English

Production companies : Back2Back Productions

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Episode 1 • Jun 01, 2017
M74 Bridge, Hutchinsons Care Home York, Portsmouth Boat Breakers
In Scotland, a busy motorway bridge must come down in just 48 hours. A boatyard in Portsmouth destroys once loved vessels and a building in York is demolished, but will the centuries of Roman ruins below, remain undisturbed..."
Episode 2 • Jun 08, 2017
Howard Stott Network Rail, Tornado, Ice Cream Factory
One Scrap King takes to the skies, while his team below battle a site next to high speed trains. A military jet plane avoids the scrap heap. And a bitter-sweet job for one demolition firm, drafted in after a fire in an ice cream factory.
Episode 3 • Jun 15, 2017
Ernie Tower Blackpool, Barnsley Bus Yard, Dragon BBQ
The home of premium bonds in Blackpool is set for an explosive ending. A bus takes its final journey to a wrecking yard in Barnsley and the artist who made giant WW1 soldier out of scrap metal, tries to tame a dragon.
Episode 4 • Jun 22, 2017
Squibb Anglesey Aluminum, Caracvan Breakers, Plastic Sunglasses
Squibb Demolition recycles a challenging but financially lucrative, obsolete aluminum smelting plant. Trailer homes (caravans) that met with an untimely accident are recycle for spare parts. Plastic office desk trays are recycled into sunglasses frames.
Episode 5 • Jun 29, 2017
Rob Collard Office Havant, Banger Racing, Rag N' Bone Man
Collar Group demolition company strives to recycle ninety-eight percent of the materials in an office park they're tearing down. Father and son duo Mick and Marty Dunndedale of team Rodders work as amateur mechanics to keep their championship demolition race car in working order using salvaged parts to manage their budget. Paul Furbank, the Rag and Bone Man, builds designer furniture our of scrap metal parts he couldn't bear to see melted down.
Episode 6 • Jul 06, 2017
Hutchison Barnsley School, Barnsley Bus Yard Double-decker, Liftboys Fairground Restoration
Hutchison Demolition razes an abandoned and thoroughly looted hundred year old school. The money maker is a wall of valuable delph stone. Roger Sibley's company restores vintage amusement park rides and pedal cars. His challenge now is to restore and reassemble one of the very few remaining caterpillar rides in time for the summer season. Jeff Ripley's company specializes in bus salvage and shows us how it's done. Paul Thurback re-purposes scrap metal parts into new devices.
Episode 7 • Jul 13, 2017
Woodridge Factory, Bryan Hirst Digger Yard, Rob Collard Racing Tokens
Wooldridge demolition demolishes a steel frame brink factory which, despite the inspector's certification, contains dreaded asbestos. The experts explain how and why it has to be removed so carefully. Bill T Deacon recovers 'big metal' machines for recycling. Today he's after a broken down excavator which, true to Bill's normal experience, is almost impossible to move. Rob Collard offers a tour of his recycling center.
Episode 8 • Jul 20, 2017
H. Stott Pavilion Stockport, Boat Breakers Windsor, Car Scrap Yard
Stockport decides to demolish one of its ugliest buildings. A beautiful wooden boat is pulled from the Thames and a decision must be made to restore or recycle. And how many crushed cars can you cram into a container?
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