Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis to reboot Takeshi’s Castle

Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis are to narrate a 'Takeshi’s Castle' reboot.

The TV stars will voice the new edition of the 90s Japanese obstacle programme - which sees contestants try to battle against devils and giant foam mushrooms before the finalists attempt to take on Takeshi himself for a 1-million-yen jackpot (£5,500) - and it is to be brought back to life by Amazon Prime Video.

Romesh, 45, and Tom, 44 - who are filling the shoes left by the current ‘Gogglebox’ narrator Craig Cash, 62 - said: “Nothing is more magical than a reboot of a successful show from yesteryear, heavy though is the pressure in bringing back the wonder that is ‘Takeshi’s Castle’.

“We are honoured to be bringing back the maddest show of all time to a whole new generation; hopefully they can take away the life lessons we learnt from the original.”

The streaming service - which will drop the eight English-language episodes on August 30 - called the duo “ingenious”.

Dan Grabiner, head of Prime Video's originals, said: "'Takeshi’s Castle' has a special place in the hearts of UK viewers, and Tom and Romesh’s ingenious new take on the show makes it as incomprehensible as ever, and very, very funny."

The comedy duo recently discussed the urban legend of razor blades being embedded into the slides at Water Palace in Croydon, the area of south London the pair grew up in.

Romesh said: "The idea is somebody takes razor blades with them in their shorts and then as they go down, manages to permanently embed them in the water slide."

Tom - who recalled the leisure centre closing when he was a teenager - admitted the tall tale was “frankly ridiculous”.

He said: "When you hear that as an eight or nine years old, it feels like something you should be absolutely terrified of but as an adult it feels quite frankly ridiculous that a kid would be able to stop halfway [down a slide] and then have enough about him [to do that]."

Romesh said: "As a kid if somebody puts that into your head, it doesn't matter how much contrary evidence you hear, you still believe it. The fact is you are queuing up for the water slide, loads of people are going down the water slide and it is absolutely fine.

"It isn't like they aren't being torn to ribbons as they go down and there is a pile of kids in a pool at the bottom. But for some reason you think [the razors] are only going to hit me and everybody has been fine."