The Great Egg Race

Teams from: WELLCOME LABORATORIES, ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY, and ici are challenged to weigh the judges.

Teams from: BP RESEARCH, NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY and RENTOKIL are given three hours to design and construct a liquid dispenser.

Presented by Johnny Ball and Hilary Henson with teams from ALLIED BREWERIES, PILKINGTON BROTHERS, LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY, tackling a problem of ' Beans and Stresses '.

Introduced by Johnny Ball ' Pea picking' is the problem for tonight's teams from BIRD'S EYE FOODS, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE and UNIVERSITY OF MAN CHESTER INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (UMIST)

Introduced by Johnny Ball and Hilary Henson , with teams from KTM/VICKERS, LLOYDS BANK, THE HOME OFFICE FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY, CHORLEY. Judging how well they keep their heads above water, Heinz Wolff and Des Sleightholme. Egg racing for the Hartmann Fibre Trophy from Radio Nottingham and the London Transport Museum.

Produce a ' music machine' in three hours - that's the problem set by judges Heinz Wolff and Terry Pamplin to teams from DOWTY ELECTRICS, THE LONDON HOSPITAL and TATE AND LYLE. Hilary Henson reports on egg-mobile racing from Radio Leicester, and we find out who goes into the semi-final to challenge for the Hartmann Fibre Trophy.

Judges Heinz Wolff and Professor Ian Fells challenge teams from BRITISH STEEL, CHAILEY HERITAGE HOSPITAL and PLESSEY RESEARCH to design and build an ' automatic pancake tossing' machine. Hilary Henson reports on the first semi-final of The Great Egg Race.

Hilary Henson reports from the London Transport Museum. Teams from BRITISH NUCLEAR itels, IMPERIAL METAL INDUSTRIES and INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP are set a problem to ' sort out' by judges Heinz Wolff and Professor Gordon Higginson.

Teams from BRITISH AEROSPACE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY and RACAL ELECTRONICS make ' a meal of their problem for judges Professor Bruce Archer and Heinz Wolff.