The Great Model Railway Challenge
Contest as railway modellers compete to create miniature masterpieces against the clock.
Seasons
1. Classic Movies
Air Date: 2018-10-05
In heat one, three teams offer their interpretations of James Bond, Jurassic Park, WWII flick The Longest Day, and a tour through Ealing Studios. But one team wilfully breaks the rules of the competition on day one.
2. British TV
Air Date: 2018-10-12
Judges tune in to model layouts inspired by beloved TV shows.
3. Globetrotting
Air Date: 2018-10-19
Teams create miniatures inspired by locations of the world.
4. Fire and Ice
Air Date: 2018-10-26
The Diesel Dynamos, The Fawley Flyers and The Railway Children arrive at Fawley Hill in Henley-on-Thames, and are tasked with building railway layouts on the creatively taxing theme of `fire and ice'.
5. Waterworld
Air Date: 2018-11-02
The theme for the final heat is layouts based on water.
6. Grand Finale
Air Date: 2018-11-09
The final theme for the modellers is A Journey Through Time.
1. Heat 1: The Restless Earth
Air Date: 2019-09-13
Three teams compete to create a deluge of volcanoes, earthquakes and other tiny natural disasters in only three days.
2. Heat 2: Best Sellers
Air Date: 2019-09-20
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. Heat 3: The Best of British
Air Date: 2019-09-27
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. Heat 4: Uncharted Territory
Air Date: 2019-10-04
Three teams take a magical mystery train tour through the jungle, a historic flood and the centre of the Earth.
5. Heat 5: The Sky's the Limit
Air Date: 2019-10-05
Three teams fight for a place in the final with their sci-fi displays incorporating miniature aerial acrobatics, towering peaks and space travel.
6. Semi-Final 1: Myths, Monsters, Legends and Fables
Air Date: 2019-10-12
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.
7. Semi-Final 2: Blockbusters
Air Date: 2019-10-19
The semi-finalists offer up blockbuster layouts based on Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and James Bond. Plus there is a mysterious operational challenge to overcome.
8. Grand Final: Surprise Surprise
Air Date: 2019-10-26
Four finalists have three days to create miniature railway layouts that amaze, confound and delight. But who will take the prize?
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Rating
8.0/10
Release Date
2018-10-05
Episodes
14 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
