(19 Oct 2016, 2:57 pm)S813 FVK wrote I think what made the show so good was because of the energy that it had although that did die off once Ed Tudor-Pole became host although I still did enjoy watching it.There was also a similar sort of show to the Crystal Maze on CITV which was called Jungle Run which was basically just a children's version of the Crystal Maze.
The program was only created because Fort Boyard (Channel 5 later produced 4 series running from 1998 to 2001 and Challenge making their own series in 2003) was still undergoing refurbishment when they wanted to film the pilot (hence the similarities between the two) so to create a whole new show with the framework already there in such a short space of time and then go to make a success of it is just fantastic.
A shame we don't get shows like that these days. Nowhere near as exciting.
But yeah, it is sad there isn't much like this sort of show on TV these days but then again look at Sky One's attempt at a revamped Gladiators, it was pretty poor and just wasn't the same as the original series.