The Industrial Zone (Series 1-3 and 2016 Revival Onwards))

The Industrial Zone is one of the 4 time zones of The Crystal Maze and represents an Industrial factory. The Industrial Zone was replaced by Ocean World for Series 4 to 6 but in a huge sense of irony, the Ocean Zone reverted back to Industrial for the 2016 revival special and 2017 series. The Industrial yet again survived the replacement of zones when The Eastern Zone was introduced in 2019, replacing Medieval.

Behind The Scenes
The Industrial Zone was built in 1989 along with the other 3 zones of The Crystal Maze, ready for filming of the first series later that year. Somehow the Industrial Zone was rated as quite bland and boring so after the filming of the 1992 series in November/December 1991, the Industrial Zone was dismantled and replaced with the Ocean Zone. The work carried out took place inbetween January 1992 and November 1992. It does seem that some of the railings and walkways of Industrial World were used for the boiler room of Ocean World.

The original seried ended in 1995 and the show was bought back in 2017, filmed at The Bottle Yard Studios, Bristol with the Industrial Zone reinstated. Original Crystal Maze designer James Dillon kept the original designs so it saved a lot of time and money.

Industrial World
The Industrial Zone is a plethora of corrugated iron walls, metal pipes, a chemical pool and walkways. Richard O'Brien often joked that the games were made in this zone. The comments on the zone itself were not as much as the other 3 zones, which were more appealing, this is probably why after Series 3, the Industrial Zone was replaced with a majestic Ocean World Zone.

Neighbouring Zones

 * The Aztec Zone
 * The Medieval Zone

Replaced With

 * The Ocean Zone (Series 4 to 6)