The Crystal Maze

Works for Challenge, think it was one Easter weekend was back to back Chase for four days straight.

You can dip in and dip out of that as it’s a tv channel. You can’t do that on a streaming service.

I think putting it on after on after Taskmaster, actually shows they’re trying to make it work. It’s a broadly similar sort of show albeit less popular than Taskmaster and it makes sense to try and capture part of that audience. I certainly think it’s a better slot than 8pm on a Friday night.

If they simply wanted to burn off the series, they wouldn’t be advertising the shows E4 run so much, in fact they could have ditched those episodes completely. Although it probably has something to do with the pandemic that they’ve suddenly appeared.

I think whether they make another series will come down to whether the Americans make another series over here again, as that must bring down the cost of production. Although there was talk of them building their own set, which should be interesting as you’d imagine they’d try out some new ideas.

Also, I wonder if the All4 performance up to now is what has kept the programme alive.

Crystal Maze received 0.36 million viewers for the last civilian episode on E4 and 1.16 million for it's first Celebrity edition 2 weeks ago on Channel 4 at 10pm. Which isn't too bad.

Thursday’s episode will now air 55 minutes later at 10.55pm, with a repeat of Cats Does Countdown before it.

Thursday’s episode will now air 55 minutes later at 10.55pm, with a repeat of Cats Does Countdown before it.