Fort Boyard (game show)

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Fort Boyard is a French game show developed by Jacques Antoine, that was first broadcast on 7 July 1990 (originally as Les Clés de Fort Boyard, then shortened to Fort Boyard from the second series in 1991). Many foreign versions of the show, totalling over 2,000 episodes, have aired around the world since 1990. Set and filmed on the real fortress of the same name on the west coast of France, the programme appears similar to the British game show The Crystal Maze (February 1990 onwards) which was created as an alternative format by Antoine for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, after the fortress was unavailable to film in because of its then ongoing refurbishment (during 1989). In both programmes the contestants have to complete challenges to win prize-money. However, while The Crystal Maze varies the type of games quite considerably, Fort Boyard tends to focus mainly on physical and endurance challenges. Although Fort Boyard was something of a pioneer in the area of game show fear and adventure...

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