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The Great Model Railway Challenge

Season 2

2019 · 8 episodes

  1. 1. Heat 1: The Restless Earth

    2019-09-13 · 60m

    Three teams compete to create a deluge of volcanoes, earthquakes and other tiny natural disasters in only three days.

  2. 2. Heat 2: Best Sellers

    2019-09-20 · 60m

    Three teams create best sellers based on the books of Lawrence of Arabia, HG Wells and Agatha Christie, featuring Roman ruins, alien motherships and the Orient Express.

  3. 3. Heat 3: The Best of British

    2019-09-27 · 60m

    Three teams create a bucolic landscape of crochet trees, massive replicas of Kings Cross and St Pancras station, and a fiendishly technical haggis delivery system.

  4. 4. Heat 4: Uncharted Territory

    2019-10-04 · 60m

    Three teams take a magical mystery train tour through the jungle, a historic flood and the centre of the Earth.

  5. 5. Heat 5: The Sky's the Limit

    2019-10-05 · 60m

    Three teams fight for a place in the final with their sci-fi displays incorporating miniature aerial acrobatics, towering peaks and space travel.

  6. 6. Semi-Final 1: Myths, Monsters, Legends and Fables

    2019-10-12 · 60m

    Only two can make it to the last stretch, and with a tough challenge on a fabulous fantasy theme to overcome, any team could find themselves on the next train home.

  7. 7. Semi-Final 2: Blockbusters

    2019-10-19 · 60m

    The semi-finalists offer up blockbuster layouts based on Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and James Bond. Plus there is a mysterious operational challenge to overcome.

  8. 8. Grand Final: Surprise Surprise

    2019-10-26 · 60m

    Four finalists have three days to create miniature railway layouts that amaze, confound and delight. But who will take the prize?

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