The Great Egg Race
5.0
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1979–1986
8 seasons
~30m/ep
Overview
The Great Egg Race was a BBC television series that ran from 1979 to 1986 and featured Brian Cant, Professor Heinz Wolff and Lesley Judd, who joined the series in 1984. It was later revived on BBC Choice and was presented by Johnny Ball. In a similar vein to the later Channel 4 series Scrapheap Challenge, the show featured teams creating Heath Robinson-esque mechanical creations in an attempt to solve a problem set at the start of the show.
Top cast
Seasons
Season 1
5 episodes · 1979
Season 2
9 episodes · 1980
Season 3
9 episodes · 1981
Season 4
9 episodes · 1982
Season 5
9 episodes · 1983
Season 6
9 episodes · 1984
Season 7
9 episodes · 1985
Season 8
9 episodes · 1986
Details
Status
Ended
First aired
January 2, 1979
Last aired
September 12, 1986
Seasons
8
Episodes
68
Networks
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Language
English
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