A new live experience of much loved ‘90s show The Crystal Maze will be held in the Old Granada Studios, the M.E.N can reveal.

Tickets go on sale today for the attraction, which opens in the spring of next year, allowing fans of the programme to try it out for themselves.

It is the first Crystal Maze live experience to be held outside of London, where tickets are sold out for a year in advance.

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Organisers are currently designing the Manchester venue, which will include four different zones, just as the show did.

Visitors will go round the maze in groups of eight, accompanied by ‘Maze Masters’, who are actors trained to play the part of previous TV show hosts Richard O’Brien and Ed Tudor-Pole.

Fans are being promised a ‘new variety of games’ and ‘bigger and better zones’, with some unique events different from its London base.

Tom Lionetti-Maguire, the man behind The Crystal Maze live, says it could be in Manchester for years depending on its success.

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The event will open six days a week and is also set to create up to 70 jobs.

Mr Lionetti-Maguire told the M.E.N: “We have been travelling in secret to Manchester for the past three or four months planning things.

“We have been thinking about where else we could set up, and Manchester was our obvious choice, our country’s second city. The reaction we have had from people who loved the show and want to take part has been amazing.”

The Old Granada Studios were used to film Coronation Street, Cracker and The Royle Family.

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They closed in 2013 but are now used as a venue for live music, food and drink festivals and pop up markets.

They were more recently opened up to the public as part of the Coronation Street tour, after the cobbles were moved to Salford Quays.

Developers Allied London bought the site, the home of Granada TV from 1956 to 2013, to be part of its St John’s cultural area.

It will now become home to the The Crystal Maze and The Crystal Dome, where in the show the contestants take part in their final challenge.

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It marks a continuing revival for the show, which ran from 1990 to 1995 and was hosted by Rocky Horror show actor Richard O’Brien and latterly musician Ed Tudor-Pole.

A one-off celebrity special will be screened on Channel 4 on Sunday, October 16, featuring new host Stephen Merchant and contestants including former United defender Rio Ferdinand.

Tickets are priced from £45 each. For more information visit the-crystal-maze.com