[Jon]

Be that as it may it's beside the point I was making.

My argument is The Crystal Maze doesn’t prove the point, because that jeopardy factor isn’t there to the same extent in the civilian version as big money shows like Beat the Chasers in first place. By having celebrity Millionaire or Beat the Chasers which I’m not against in small doses, you’re removing a key selling point of those shows. Arguably they weren’t with The Crystal Maze, there is the same amount of personal jeopardy just with added celebs.

It’s well known towards the end of the Tarrant run Millionaire always got better ratings for the Celeb version. So ITV just didn’t bother with the civilian, although to be fair until recently that has been happening less and less with quiz shows.