The WORST episodes of The Crystal Maze

Every episode of The Crystal Maze ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Crystal Maze!

A team of 6 contestants play a series of physical, mental, skill and mystery games across 4 themed zones gaining as many crystals as possible which determine how many seconds they get as they attempt to win a prize inside the Crystal Dome.

Last Updated: 11/10/2024Network: Channel 4Status: Ended
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#1 - Alan Burge, Sharon Gill, Jacqui Wilcock, Mak Natha, Niki Parkinson, Andy Mabbett

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/30/1994

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Catherine McHale (18), Steve Hewitt (31), Amanda Keerie (23), Christopher Parker (21), Mike Fittock (27), Mary Lowther (31)
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#2 - Catherine McHale (18), Steve Hewitt (31), Amanda Keerie (23), Christopher Parker (21), Mike Fittock (27), Mary Lowther (31)

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/17/1992

Episode Thirteen the final episode of season Three. Classic episode in which Catherine tackles the raft game in the Aztec zone, but spends most of her time falling off and swimming. Richard ends up going into the game and dragging her out, and struggles to hide his amusement. However she wins the crystal! Thus ends season three of the best game show ever to be made for television. Contestants : Catherine McHale (18), Steve Hewitt (31), Amanda Keerie (23), Christopher Parker (21), Mike Fittock (27), Mary Lowther (31)

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Claire Taylor (18), Karen Fewtrell (24), Abdul Nathekar (26), Jez Gaydon (29), Jenny Paris (39), Ian Colvin (30)
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#3 - Claire Taylor (18), Karen Fewtrell (24), Abdul Nathekar (26), Jez Gaydon (29), Jenny Paris (39), Ian Colvin (30)

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/29/1992

Episode Six. Richard is back with another team, this lot do pretty well and manage to win eight crystals....Wooooohoooo! Contestants : Claire Taylor (18), Karen Fewtrell (24), Abdul Nathekar (26), Jez Gaydon (29), Jenny Paris (39), Ian Colvin (30)

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#4 - Wayne Robinson, Lucy Crompton, Dennis Eddie, Joanne Carter, Simon Bevin, Liz Jarvis

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/3/1995

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#5 - Roy Ellaby, Jack Liston, Isabel Rigby, Carol Hawes, Iqbal Hussain, Rachel Nelson

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/13/1995

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Barley Laing, Sally Bird, Nick Weston, Tania, Sandy Duncan, Camilla Chandley
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#6 - Barley Laing, Sally Bird, Nick Weston, Tania, Sandy Duncan, Camilla Chandley

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/26/1992

Its Episode Ten. Richard takes out his frustrations on the Future World computer after meeting this weeks team. There is Sandy Douglas with his spirit level straight fringe and wearwolf beard. He is a school teacher / horror film extra and fits in well in the Medieval zone...Then there is Tania Jordon, leader of the Lesbian Liberation Leauge...Where else on Television do you get contestants like thesee today??? Contestants :Barley Laing, Sally Bird, Nick Weston, Tania, Sandy Duncan, Camilla Chandley

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Liz, Chris, Heather, Jama, Andy, Peter
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#7 - Liz, Chris, Heather, Jama, Andy, Peter

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/12/1992

Episode Eight. The bold adventure continues with another team and this time they win seven crystals..Maybe they have started to watch the show and have started to work out what they have to do in advance!?!?!? Contestants : Liz, Chris, Heather, Jama, Andy, Peter

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Tracey Woodcock, Stuart Grey, Chris Gilbert, Brett Higginson, Julia Green, Sherry Vincent
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#8 - Tracey Woodcock, Stuart Grey, Chris Gilbert, Brett Higginson, Julia Green, Sherry Vincent

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/25/1991

Episode Six. The Crystal Maze....Richard O Brien and another team of hopefulls attempt the Crystal Maze. Another classic episode from a game show where you had to think, have skill and put some effort in. And not just randomly opening boxes in the hope of winning something..... Contestants: Tracey Woodcock, Stuart Grey, Chris Gilbert, Brett Higginson, Julia Green, Sherry Vincent

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Andrew Goodman (21), Kate Clarke (18), Rob Smith (31), Liz Cummins (28), Paul Griffiths (29), Sylvie Lewis (20)
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#9 - Andrew Goodman (21), Kate Clarke (18), Rob Smith (31), Liz Cummins (28), Paul Griffiths (29), Sylvie Lewis (20)

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/10/1990

The Thirteenth and Final Episode of Season 1. After competing in all four Zones, the remaining contestants entered the Crystal Dome, a 16-foot-high (4.9 m) replica of the 'time crystals' surrounded by a seven-foot circular moat and entered by a 3-foot-wide (0.91 m) 'drawbridge' which was hydraulically retracted once the team were inside. Similarly, one of the Dome's triangular panels was hydraulically opened and closed to let the team enter, then lock them inside. Inside the Dome, gold and silver banknote-sized 'tokens' made of foil were blown around from beneath the wire mesh floor by six huge fans mounted on a slowly rotating giant turntable, leading to O'Brien's catchphrase, occasionally delivered in a cod American accent: "Will you start the fans, please!" or Tudor-Pole's various elaborate intros, for example "Let the mighty winds blow!" In the Dome, and after the fans and turntable were up to speed with all the tokens swirling around, the team's aim was to grab the tokens from the air and post them into a roughly house brick sized clear plastic container mounted at waist height on the outside of one of the dome's panels. Tudor-Pole called it The Cosmic Pyramid, while O'Brien termed it The Letterbox. The container had a pneumatically-operated door on the inside, marked with a red saltire-shaped cross, which opened when the collection time started and closed when time was up.

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Paula Walcott (21), Graham Clark (29), Lisa Hawkins (24), Stuart Sibbald (28), Janine Palmer (34), Nick Ward (32)
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#10 - Paula Walcott (21), Graham Clark (29), Lisa Hawkins (24), Stuart Sibbald (28), Janine Palmer (34), Nick Ward (32)

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/27/1993

Episode Nine. Another collection of misfits, weirdos and genuinely annoying people come together to attempt the maze. The team does pretty well, but watch out for Lisa Hawkins with her Duran Duran boys haircut. She goes head first underwater in the Atec Zone Pole balance game. Classic swimming episode! Contestants : Paula Walcott (21), Graham Clark (29), Lisa Hawkins (24), Stuart Sibbald (28), Janine Palmer (34), Nick Ward (32)

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Ivan Cummings, Andy Fawcett, Neal Williams, Claire Nortcliff, Elizabeth Hurdman, Janet McKenzie
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#11 - Ivan Cummings, Andy Fawcett, Neal Williams, Claire Nortcliff, Elizabeth Hurdman, Janet McKenzie

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/9/1991

Episode Eight. Setting - The Crystal Maze... and Richard O Brien in rip roaring form, destroying the hopes of the team, and generally ripping them to pieces with his acidic wit as another collection of berks try to work out how to get a small ball to drop through a small hole.... Contestants : Ivan Cummings, Andy Fawcett, Neal Williams, Claire Nortcliff, Elizabeth Hurdman, Janet McKenzie

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Nicola Ford (20), Donna Kelly (25), Richard Colburn (28), Rachael Schilling (24), Tony Pantelli (23), Nicolas Gout (27)
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#12 - Nicola Ford (20), Donna Kelly (25), Richard Colburn (28), Rachael Schilling (24), Tony Pantelli (23), Nicolas Gout (27)

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/23/1991

Episode Ten. Another episode of legendary shenanigans from the Maze of Crystals....Watch the hilarity as Richard finally loses patience and attempts to teach a brain dead fool how to count and add up... Contestants : Nicola Ford (20), Donna Kelly (25), Richard Colburn (28), Rachael Schilling (24), Tony Pantelli (23), Nicolas Gout (27)

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Laura Knight, David Carnall, Jane Morland, David MacPherson, Viveca Selhurst, David Beatie
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#13 - Laura Knight, David Carnall, Jane Morland, David MacPherson, Viveca Selhurst, David Beatie

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/6/1991

Episode 12. Richard is back with another team of 80s throwbacks, who have decided to humiliate themselves on national television. What is going to happen this time????? Will a qualified airline pilot be unable to tell the difference between a red and green light? Or will he get confused by which way UP is supposed to be??? Contestants : Laura Knight, David Carnall, Jane Morland, David MacPherson, Viveca Selhurst, David Beatie

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Mandy Pinfield Wells (37), Martine Broderick (33), Nick Southan (27), Ian Burrell (20), Lorna Ko (17), Bhajneet Ahlowalia (23)
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#14 - Mandy Pinfield Wells (37), Martine Broderick (33), Nick Southan (27), Ian Burrell (20), Lorna Ko (17), Bhajneet Ahlowalia (23)

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/13/1991

Episode Thirteen. So ends the second series of the Crystal Maze. By this point in the shows run, Richard O Brien had become a household name, and the contestants had cemented their place in history, as classic examples of people that would make chimpanzees look like Albert Einstein... And the term - You Crystal Maze Contestant!!! Had passed into common use in the English language, to be used as an insulting term for someone who is not very bright.... Contestants : Mandy Pinfield Wells (37), Martine Broderick (33), Nick Southan (27), Ian Burrell (20), Lorna Ko (17), Bhajneet Ahlowalia (23)

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Anne Youngs (28), Giles Hooker (34), Fleur Beeley (22), Sally Cornall (25), Duncan King (28), David Ayling (24)
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#15 - Anne Youngs (28), Giles Hooker (34), Fleur Beeley (22), Sally Cornall (25), Duncan King (28), David Ayling (24)

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/29/1993

Episode Five. Its another fairly good effort this week, with the team of people with weird job titles that no one has ever heard of, winning eight crystals. I must remember to apply for that job as a ceiling relocation engineer this weekend when I have time... Contestants : Anne Youngs (28), Giles Hooker (34), Fleur Beeley (22), Sally Cornall (25), Duncan King (28), David Ayling (24)

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Caroline McCann (19), Morag Monaghan (26), Tony Philpps (25), Ray Wallace (34), Ian MacGregor (32), Sharon Melarkey (32)
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#16 - Caroline McCann (19), Morag Monaghan (26), Tony Philpps (25), Ray Wallace (34), Ian MacGregor (32), Sharon Melarkey (32)

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/1993

Episode Seven. Classic set of idiots this week. They manage to get two of the team locked in games, and only win four crystals. They end up at the dome with only the four of them to play. Probably the worst performance of the whole fourth series is here. Contestants : Caroline McCann (19), Morag Monaghan (26), Tony Philpps (25), Ray Wallace (34), Ian MacGregor (32), Sharon Melarkey (32)

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Colin Embleton (30), Rhian Crimmins (21), Michael Fallisn (24), Eloise Beebee (16), Philippa Jackson-Cox (37), David Coundon (26)
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#17 - Colin Embleton (30), Rhian Crimmins (21), Michael Fallisn (24), Eloise Beebee (16), Philippa Jackson-Cox (37), David Coundon (26)

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/24/1993

Episode Thirteen. And so here it is. The final episode of the Crystal Maze with Richard O Brien. His replacement Ed Tudor Pole is just a poor copy of Richard. Its obvious he was just trying to be like him and failing, the audience figures fell and it was soon all over. Everyone knows now, that we all watched the show for Richard O Brien and his interaction with the Maze Morons... Another Average team in the maze, with only five crystals won. As Richard says " Stay well, look after each other and....Bye!"

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#18 - Steve Priday, Clare Betteridge, Martin Campbell, Kerry Ryan, Alun Williams, Michele Stokes

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/9/1994

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#19 - Lynn Baker, Sue Tregenza, Dave Magleman, Chris Haggett, Andy Hilton, Sarah Henderson

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/19/1994

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#20 - Andrew Hall, Tim Santim, Tracey Gwynne, Sue Adey, Caroline Deft, David Kelly

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/7/1994

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#21 - David Cunnington, Nicky Agar, Kevin Hamlet, Margaret Williams, Sonia Kosta, Peter Meed

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/21/1994

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#22 - Simon Halstead, Bob Lishman, Kate Prior, Heather Walling, Neil Watson, Tracey Hinks

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/25/1995

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#23 - Natalie Jackman (31), Gaynor Thomas (31), Toby Rothwell (27), Julian Barker (35), Myra Langdon (27), Andy Evans (26)

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/8/1995

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#24 - Irene McDonald (31), Brent Hudson (31), Peter Clayfield (40), Casee Wilson (19), Vicky Stacey (28), Paul Mann (23)

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/15/1995

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#25 - Catherine Cork (23), Sarah Harvey (33), Ben Boggs (18) Martin Shor (40), Claire Hatcher (16), Jim Alexander (30)

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/10/1995

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