[2] Re-edited 15-minute episodes of the original show were later made for BBC Choice in 2000, under the title The Great Egg Race Rides Again.

[2][3] The series obtained its name from the initial challenge of making a device capable of transporting an egg in a rubber-band-powered vehicle the furthest possible distance without breaking it.

The show usually featured three problem solving teams from academia, industry or friend groups, creating Heath Robinson style mechanical creations.

The teams had limited resources, having to use ingenuity and creativity in an attempt to solve a complex problem, set at the start of the show.

[5] Later episodes would see the teams attempt challenges outside of the studio in remote and outdoor locations, and the final series changed the format into a knockout competition.

[12] This series has teams that have built a machine that can transport a single egg the furthest possible distance, using only a rubber band as a power source.

Brush Electrical Machines Marconi Radar Systems N. E. I. Parsons Britannia Airways Life Science Research Cranfield Product Engineering Centre Plessey Telecoms BXL Plastics Central School of Art and Design St George's Hospital British Telecom

Wuidart Engineering Townsend Thoresen Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment Johnson Matthey Hawtal Whiting Wirral Borough Council Queen's University Belfast Computer Technology Ltd STC Quartz W. S. Atkins Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment Southwark Surveyors Benfords Fylde Guitars JK Lasers Ruddocks Printers This series features a knock-out competition.