The Great Egg Race

*The Great Egg Race*
The Great Egg Race
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Brian Cant (Series 1); Charlotte Allen (Series 1 & 4); Johnny Ball (Series 2); Hilary Henson (Series 2-3); Heinz Wolff (Series 5-8); Lesley Judd (Series 6); Howard Stableford (Series 8);
Theme music composer	Richard Denton; Martin Cook;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	8
No. of episodes	68 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Peter Bruce (Series 1-4); Charles Huff (Series 4-8);
Production location	Pebble Mill Studios
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC Television
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	2 January 1979 –; 12 September 1986
Related
	The Great Egg Race Rides Again
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The Great Egg Race was a BBC television series, in which problem solving teams are given a challenge to design and build machines using limited resources and time, to solve a problem set by the judges.

Sixty-eight episodes were produced and presented by seven presenters over the life of the show which ran for eight series from 1979 to 1986 and was broadcast on BBC 2. The first series consisted of five episodes and series two to eight consisted of nine episodes each.