TV Series

The Great Egg Race (1979–1986)

Name: The Great Egg Race
Cast: Brian Cant, Johnny Ball, Lesley Judd, Heinz Wolff

First aired January 2, 1979
Seasons: 8 · Episodes: 68
30m per episode

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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.

Starring: Brian Cant, Johnny Ball, Lesley Judd

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Season 8 · Episode 9 · September 12, 1986

Series 8, Episode 9

Finalists compete on an oil rig in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeen. Their task is to take an aerial photograph of the platform without using an aircraft. Former RAF aerial photographer Tom Pratt is the guest...