The Great Egg Race

[waddycall]

Just discovered that full length episodes of the Great Egg Race are available in the BBC archives - I used to love this program!

The Great Egg Race

From 1979 to 1986, science-based show 'The Great Egg Race' introduced BBC Two viewers to teams of inventors who took on the challenge of building gadgets using limited resources and their own ingenuity. Initially focused on creating rubber-band powered devices to carry eggs the furthest possible...

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[cheb]

Boffins sir, faarsaands of 'em.

That was a cracking series.

 

[Gritineye]

Thanks for that, my brother was a contestant on that program, must have a look!

 

[galooph]

Excellent! I was a big fan and got to meet Heinz Wolff a few years after the series ended, lovely chap

 

[Dev]

ess zan eeeelegant solution to ze problem

 

[cheb]

Stand out features: The fashions and the foreheads.