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''The Crystal Maze'' is a British game show produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 15 February 1990 and 10 August 1995. There was one series per year, with the first four series presented by Richard O'Brien and the final two by Ed Tudor-Pole. Each show was one hour long, including adverts. The show was originally intended to be a British remake of the French programme ''Fort Boyard'', devised by Jacques Antoine. However, the unavailability of the French show's set led British producer Malcolm Heyworth to reinvent the show, using themed zones as a means to keep the show visually fresh. The series is set in "The Crystal Maze", which features four different "zones" set in various periods of time and space. A team of six contestants take part in a series of challenges in order to win "time crystals". Each crystal gives the team five seconds of time inside "The Crystal Dome", the centrepiece of the maze where the contestants take part in their final challenge. The maze cost £250,000 to build and was the size of two football pitches. At its height the show was the most watched on Channel 4, regularly attracting between 4 and 6 million viewers. In 2006 and again in 2010, the show was voted "greatest UK game show of all time" by readers of UKGameshows.com.〔(All-time Poll ). UKGameshows.com. Retrieved 20 September 2013.〕〔(Gameshow General Election 2010 ). UKGameshows.com. Retrieved 20 September 2013.〕 This site describes the programme as "a highly-ambitious, high-risk show that paid off handsomely."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Crystal Maze )〕 On 10 June 2015, almost 20 years after the last episode aired, it was announced that ''The Crystal Maze'' would be making a comeback as a "live immersive experience" in London, starting in Autumn 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Live Immersive Experience (Coming Soon) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-06-10/the-crystal-maze-is-coming-back-as-immersive-experience )〕 ==Origins== Originally Chatsworth Television intended to make a British version of the French show ''Fort Boyard''. A pilot show of ''Fort Boyard'' was filmed, hosted by Richard O'Brien, which Channel 4 duly commissioned for a Thursday night primetime series. However, it then became clear that the fort would not be available for filming at the time it would be needed for the series. ''Fort Boyard'' ''The Crystal Maze'' was filmed on a very large set, originally at H Stage in Shepperton Studios, but after the first series at an adapted aircraft hangar named Aces High Studios at North Weald Airfield in Essex. O'Brien has revealed that the producers' original concept for the show was "kind of like Dungeons and Dragons to some extent". Therefore, when it came to selecting the show's host, their thinking was "what we need is a dungeon master", and O'Brien's name "was thrown into the hat at that point".〔 He also commented that he found ''The Crystal Maze'' "the better programme" compared to ''Fort Boyard''.〔 Channel 5 later bought the rights to ''Fort Boyard'' and made their own version, using the original set, running from 1998 to 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Crystal Maze」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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