Series
The Great Egg Race
1979 · 8 seasons
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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.
Cast
Details
- First aired
- January 2, 1979
- Last aired
- September 12, 1986
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- English
- Episodes
- 68
Seasons
- Season 15 episodes · 1979
- Season 29 episodes · 1980
- Season 39 episodes · 1981
- Season 49 episodes · 1982
- Season 59 episodes · 1983
- Season 69 episodes · 1984
- Season 79 episodes · 1985
- Season 89 episodes · 1986
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