First look at Richard Ayoade on The Crystal Maze | Series starts next month

First look at Richard Ayoade on The Crystal Maze

Series starts next month

Here is the first image of Richard Ayoade on the set of The Crystal Maze.

The adventure gameshow is returning to Channel 4 next month. with the IT Crowd star helping teams of five contestants navigate the Aztec, Medieval, Industrial and Future zones.

A batch of celebrity specials in aid of Stand Up 2 Cancer will also air later this year.

The series is filmed at The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol, where a purpose-built maze spanning over 30,000 square feet has been created by the original Crystal Maze designer, James Dillon.

Ayoade's IT Crowd co-star Chris O'Dowd is about to star in US series Get Shorty – the first trailer for which was released yesterday here.

Published: 26 May 2017

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