Richard Ayoade to host new series of ‘The Crystal Maze’

Channel 4 has ordered a new series featuring 20 hour-long episodes.

Channel 4 has announced a new series of The Crystal Maze with Richard Ayoade as host.

A total of 20 hour-long episodes have been ordered, including a set of celebrity specials for the channels’ Stand Up to Cancer campaign.

The original Crystal Maze designer, James Dillon, is creating a new 30,000 square feet maze for the series at The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol. The show’s producers are already scouting for teams of five contestants to take part.

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The new series follows a one-off revival episode of The Crystal Maze hosted by Stephen Merchant as part of last year’s Stand Up to Cancer campaign.

Channel 4’s Tom Beck said of the new series: “The Stand Up To Cancer special was so brilliant and so successful that commissioning a series of The Crystal Maze was almost a no-brainer. And I couldn’t be more pleased and excited that Richard has agreed to become the new Maze Master – he’s an inspired choice.”

The Channel 4 show originally ran for 83 episodes between 1990 and 1995, with the first four series hosted by Richard O’Brien, and the final two steered by Tenpole Tudor frontman Edward Tudor-Pole. A live immersive version of the game show opened in London last year, and is now coming to Manchester too.

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