[Neil Jones]

I've never been sure why so many people dislike Ed on the show, I always thought he did a good job even if he was never going to be as good as Richard. Though even Ed doesn't like to talk about it.

I think the exact phrase used was "I was put on this Earth to play rock and roll, not present bloody gameshows" - Tudor-pole of course being the lead singer of a punk rock band as well as an actor.

I suspect the underlying issue was that he wasn't Richard O'Brien, who let's be honest only really rose to fame at all because of The Rocky Horror Show and its spin-off film. If that hadn't happened Crystal Maze could have gone to anybody else for hosting really, though I don't really know who was in the running for it besides O'Brien.

Lets not be mistaken here, Ed was good in his own way, we all have our own styles and methods of doing things, but the end result was the same, a professionally produced piece of television. However I sometimes wonder whether even if they hadn't picked Ed and just chose somebody else, the end result would have been the same - another two series and that's a wrap.