The Great Model Railway Challenge
The Great Model Railway Challenge: Season 2

Air Date

September 13, 2019

Episodes

8 episodes

The Great Model Railway Challenge

Season 2

Episodes

Heat 1: The Restless Earth

1. Heat 1: The Restless Earth

September 13, 2019
60 min

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

Heat 2: Best Sellers

2. Heat 2: Best Sellers

September 20, 2019
60 min

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.

Heat 3: The Best of British

3. Heat 3: The Best of British

September 27, 2019
60 min

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.

Heat 4: Uncharted Territory

4. Heat 4: Uncharted Territory

October 4, 2019
60 min

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

Heat 5: The Sky's the Limit

5. Heat 5: The Sky's the Limit

October 5, 2019
60 min

Three teams fight for a place in the final with their sci-fi displays incorporating miniature aerial acrobatics, towering peaks and space travel.

Semi-Final 1: Myths, Monsters, Legends and Fables

6. Semi-Final 1: Myths, Monsters, Legends and Fables

October 12, 2019
60 min

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.

Semi-Final 2: Blockbusters

7. Semi-Final 2: Blockbusters

October 19, 2019
60 min

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.

Grand Final: Surprise Surprise

8. Grand Final: Surprise Surprise

October 26, 2019
60 min

Four finalists have three days to create miniature railway layouts that amaze, confound and delight. But who will take the prize?