12 Facts About Cathy Rogers

Cathy Rogers was born on 29 May 1968 and is an English television executive, producer, presenter and musician.

Cathy Rogers was the presenter of the British reality competition series Scrapheap Challenge and its American counterpart Junkyard Wars.

Cathy Rogers is known for being the keyboardist and backing singer for the indie pop bands Heavenly and Marine Research.

Cathy Rogers studied medicine at the University of Oxford, earning a master's degree in Health Policy.

In 1995 Cathy 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.

Cathy Rogers appeared onscreen as co-presenter of Scrapheap Challenge from the second series onwards until 2001 when Lisa Rogers took over, and of Junkyard Wars for the first three series until replaced by Karyn Bryant.

Cathy Rogers created and hosted a related programme, Full Metal Challenge.

Cathy Rogers continued her popular music career as well, playing with the Heavenly spinoff Marine Research in the late 1990s.

In 2001, Cathy Rogers was promoted to creative director at RDF Media's new Los Angeles centre, where she oversaw the company's activities in the United States, including the American versions of popular shows such as Faking It and Wife Swap.

Cathy Rogers then ran an olive farm in Loro Piceno, Italy, and set up a tree adoption scheme.

Cathy Rogers published an account of her time in Italy as The Dolce Vita Diaries.

Cathy Rogers subsequently completed a PhD in Educational Neuroscience at Birkbeck, University of London and has published an introduction to the field.