26-03-2024, 09:19 PM
(26-03-2024, 09:08 PM)WillPS Wrote: It still baffles me that it was dropped. The ratings were decent (including repeat runs) and there was plenty of life in it still. You almost wonder why Channel 5 didn't pick it up themselves rather than do Fort Boyard.
Balance of ratings/income Vs the huge cost of building and maintaining a colossal set. Ch4 after 1993 no longer had the fallback of the ITV companies. Maybe that was a factor?
Maybe also they just genuinely felt it had run the course and was no longer innovative enough. Treasure Hunt from Chatsworth lasted seven series, and they got six years from Crystal Maze. Channel 4 back then was more open to pushing a boundary and trying new things - not like now flogging dead horses for years (see endless series of Bakeoff, that dog house show and Gogglebox...)