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The Great Model Railway Challenge

  • 2018 – 2019
  • Ended
  • ~1h / ep
  • 2 seasons
  • 8.0/10

Contest as railway modellers compete to create miniature masterpieces against the clock.

Latest: Season 2 · 2019

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  1. E1. Heat 1: The Restless Earth

    Sep 13, 2019 · 60m

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

  2. E2. Heat 2: Best Sellers

    Sep 20, 2019 · 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. E3. Heat 3: The Best of British

    Sep 27, 2019 · 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. E4. Heat 4: Uncharted Territory

    Oct 4, 2019 · 60m

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

  5. E5. Heat 5: The Sky's the Limit

    Oct 5, 2019 · 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. E6. Semi-Final 1: Myths, Monsters, Legends and Fables

    Oct 12, 2019 · 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.

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