The Crystal Maze gets 12 new episodes and you can be part of it

The run includes six Stand Up To Cancer specials
Comeback: The Crystal Maze has been given 12 new episodes
Channel 4
Natasha Sporn22 January 2018

The Crystal Maze is returning to Channel 4 for another 12 episodes – and you can be part of it.

While new episodes are already due to air sometime this year, having been filmed in 2017, the show’s new commission of 12 episodes needs new recruits to take on the famous zones.

Teams of five will be able to apply for the chance to be on the show from Tuesday 23 January 2018, to be filmed in Bristol later this year.

The legendary game show returned to screens last year after over a decade off-screen, hosted by comedian Richard Ayoade.

Richard Ayoade hosts the revival of The Crystal Maze
Channel 4

Teams make their way through the Aztec, Medieval, Industrial and Future Zones in a bid to secure as much time as possible inside the Crystal Dome.

Last year, one of the episodes featured a contestant who had last taken on the game in 1992 with a group of strangers.

Heather Wilson’s group failed to crack the final stage and went home without anything except for the commemorative dome.

The Crystal Maze: A first look

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Wilson returned to the show 25 years later, with a group of friends who were all black belts in Martial Arts.

Six of the episodes in the newly-commissioned run will be celebrity specials in aid of Stand Up 2 Cancer.

Previous celebrity specials, hosted by Ayoade, have included the likes of former Strictly Come Dancing champion Ore Oduba, Loose Women star Stacey Solomon, presenter Scarlett Moffatt and retired footballer Rio Ferdinand.

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