Jacques Antoine

Not listed in English anywhere (yet) but Jacques Antoine, creator of Fort Boyard, has died.

http://www.rtl.fr/actualites/culture-loisirs/television/article/mort-de-jacques-antoine-le-createur-de-fort-boyard-7752451161 (feed it through Google Translate).

http://www.fortboyard.net/Mort-de-Jacques-Antoine-createur-de-Fort-Boyard-238.html

I've got a feeling it was commonly believed by English speakers at least, he died long ago.

He has given us some great shows, and what would have Chatsworth Television done in 80s, 90s and 00s without him?

Probably the greatest influence of adventure gameshows both sides of the channel.

The world needs a new Jacques Antoine now.

And the greatest gameshow ever... The Crystal Maze!

Not forgetting Treasure Hunt and Interceptor as well...

It would be nice if Challenge could a classic adventure night as a tribute, of course the public at large wouldn't have a clue who he was but all those shows pull in viewers anyway so it wouldn't really matter.

They could brand it 'Classic Adventure Night' and put a tribute caption in now and then.

Treasure Hunt
Interceptor
The Crystal Maze
Fort Boyard

Could all feature.