Brian Cant
The Great Egg Race (1979)
Season 1
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.
Released Jan. 2, 1979
Episode 29 min
2+
Genres: Game Show
Keywords: imdb.show, imdb.non-fiction, tmdb.game-show
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Series 1, Episode 1
This is the first episode of the series devoted to finding a machine that can transport a single egg the furthest possible distance, using only a rubber band as a power source. Also in the programme, three teams compete to solve a precision weighing problem and their efforts are judged by Professors Heinz Wolff and Michael French.
In this episode, Professor Heinz Wolff made his debut as one of the judges. Prior to his broadcasting career, he studied physiology, working for the Radcliffe Infirmary, the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit and the Medical Research Council. During this time, he invented and designed medical machinery, including a dust sampling device that worked like an artificial lung. Wolff was born in Berlin in 1928 and fled Germany with his family in 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II.
Jan. 2, 1979, midnight
S1E2 - Series 1, Episode 2
Jan. 9, 1979, midnight
S1E3 - Series 1, Episode 3
Jan. 16, 1979, midnight
S1E4 - Series 1, Episode 4
Jan. 23, 1979, midnight
S1E5 - Series 1, Episode 5
Teams vie to keep their eggs whole as they are transported in eggmobiles and hurled across the studio by throwing machines. Brian Cant and Heinz Wolff are among those involved in the 'egg-centric' show.
Brian Cant presented the first series of 'The Great Egg Race' in 1979, but is probably better known for his time fronting 'Play School' and 'Play Away'. He was also the narrator on 'Trumpton' and 'Camberwick Green'. Heinz Wolff was a judge, rather than a presenter, on 'The Great Egg Race' from 1979 until 1982. Johnny Ball and Hilary Henson presented the series in 1980, Henson did the job alone in 1981 and Charlotte Allen took over in 1982. In 1983, Wolff became the main presenter until the final series in 1986.
Jan. 30, 1979, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 29 min.
Season Runtime: 29 min.
Released: Jan. 2, 1979
Last Air Date: Sept. 12, 1986, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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