In later series, Industrial Zone was replaced with Ocean Zone. The hunt began for a new location, which turned out to be a disused aircraft hangar in North Weald (north-east London).Ĭomputer graphic of the maze.
However, by the time planning for the second series began, both of the suitable studios were already booked up. For the first series, the set was built in Shepperton Studios - one of only two studios in the country that were large enough to accommodate the Maze. The maze cost something in the region of £250,000 to build and was approximately the size of two football pitches. In later series, Industrial was replaced with Ocean - a sunken ship called the S.
Industrial - A wasteland of dirty metal doors, disused oil barrels and security fences.Medieval - A castle with wooden timbers and stone carvings.Futuristic - A space station filled with neon lights and electronics.Aztec - A sand-covered floor flanked by ziggurats on either side and a totem pole.Firstly, it wasn't really a maze at all - a better description might be: a circuit of four inter-connecting play areas or "time zones". Mumsey, the fortune teller (Sandra Caron, original series 1, 2 & 4)Īuntie Sabrina (Sandra Caron, original series 3)Ĭhatsworth Television for Channel 4, 15 February 1990 to 10 August 1995 (78 episodes in 6 series + 5 specials)įizz in association with Little Lion for Channel 4, 16 October 2016įizz and RDF West for Channel 4, 23 June 2017 to 31 December 2020 (45 episodes in 3 series)īefore the show itself, a few words about the structure of the Maze - a huge, custom-built set which was the largest in Europe.
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