The Crystal Maze - USA

We've heard from sources that The Crystal Maze USA is currently in Production in Bristol. (I never dreamed I would write that - who could have possibly thought). I'm still coming to terms with the fact that the show is back and filmed on my doorstep, let alone the fact the Maze is going to be exported to America for the first time.


We won't be able to post anything else about it for now as it's all kept firmly under wraps. We don't even know who the American Maze Master will be. (Unless they decide to use Ayoade again). Right now, it's hard to believe that American teams of intrepid adventurers are being flurried across the Atlantic on jets to become Crystal Maze Contestants...in a studio in Bristol.

In the original series, Richard O'Brien used to joke that another team was arriving into the Crystal Maze, whenever there was the sound of an aircraft flying overhead. This was to cover the fact they were filming the show at North Weald, an active airfield.

Will new games be devised for the American version, we wonder. Or will they reuse and recycle games from our own current UK series? What tweaks will be made, if any?

I am interested to see how the American version develops, and how American audiences take to the format. We are also going to be expecting a lot more website traffic from Americans across the pond, once the Crystal Maze is aired over in the USA. Including bloggers, YouTubers and more. It's certainly an interesting time. Maybe the Crystal Maze was part of the Brexit Trade Deal!  In other news, another UK 90s' classic game show Supermarket Sweep is currently in Production as well.