The team would tackle all the games and discover their fate in the crystal dome "as live" on the first day, followed by multiple cameras.
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Filming įilming would take two days for each episode, with three episodes shot a week, an entire series took about five weeks to film each episode had a budget of about £125,000 in all. The 2016 celebrity special was filmed at The Crystal Maze: live immersive experience in London, as the original set had long since been dismantled.įor the 2017 revival Dillon was once again given the task of designing the maze, this time built in a 30,000 sq ft warehouse at Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol. The Crystal Maze was filmed on a very large custom built set designed by James Dillon, For the first series H Stage in Shepperton Studios, a 30,000 sq ft space with a water tank was used for filming.Īfter the first series the production decided to expand the maze, moving to an adapted aircraft hangar- Hangar 6, operated by Aces High Studios at North Weald Airfield in Essex.Įach series of the show featured its own portfolio of games: 37 different game designs in series 1, and between 46 and 49 games in each subsequent series. The Crystal Maze concept was developed in “two days” creating a show which although similar to Fort Boyard, was substantially different in presentation and style. Producer Malcolm Heyworth contacted Fort Boyard's creator Jacques Antoine about developing an alternative format using themed zones as a means to keep the show visually fresh.
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Ī pilot of Fort Boyard was filmed, hosted by Richard O'Brien, but After Channel 4 commissioned a full series it became apparent Fort Boyard's set would be unavailable in time for filming. The original outlined concept was, according to Richard O’brien, "kind of like Dungeons and Dragons" with the host acting as the " Dungeon master", O'Brien's name "was thrown into the hat at that point". Originally Chatsworth Television intended to make a British version of the French show Fort Boyard.
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