In its timeslot, The Chase airs at the same time as BBC One's Pointless, [84] a game show launched in August 2009, two months after The Chase 's debut. Bradley Walsh hosts this spin-off of the popular quiz show `The Chase', in which contestants from all over the UK face head-to-head challenges with not one, but all of the Chasers.

If they accept the offer, they will face all six chasers in the final round for a huge amount of money - higher than the usual offers seen on the show during previous series. Labbett featured as the sole chaser on the 2013–2015 American version and joined the 2021 American version for its second season. The round ends once they either miss a question or get five right; a miss on the first question immediately ends the game with no winnings. She reassured fans who said they didn't want to watch if Anne wasn't on the show, tweeting: "You should absolutely watch it, it will feature six SUPERB Chasers.Now in its tenth year and and having reached over 1000 episodes, The Chase has seen global success, with versions made in 11 countries. The Chase cast on winning Best Daytime Show at National Television Awards 2016 and challenging Pointless co-host Richard Osman".

Additionally, The Chase has become a successful international franchise: regional versions have been made in Australia, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Israel, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey and the United States. An eight-time winner of the Australian Quizzing Championships, he has also featured on the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Asked if he was surprised that the contestants dared to take on all five Chasers he says: "Of course not! Issa Schultz appeared as a guest chaser in this series, replacing Anne Hegerty who was unavailable for filming due to self-isolating following a positive Covid-19 test. The chasers are: Mark Labbett (The Beast), Anne Hegerty, (The Governess), Paul Sinha, (The Sinnerman), Jenny Ryan, (The Vixen), Shaun Wallace (The Dark Destroyer) and Darragh Ennis (The Menace).

No episode on 22 September 2023 because of live coverage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup game between Argentina and Samoa which was aired from 4:00 p. In an interview with The Sun 's TV Mag, Walsh said that the show was "at least 100 episodes behind schedule" due to lockdown; during the production hiatus, repeats were shown in the programme's regular timeslot. The six chasers are Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan and Darragh Ennis.

Series 12 episodes started airing before all the Series 11 episodes had been shown, hence transmission dates overlapping. This does not affect your statutory rights) If items are received back damaged, or missing items we are entitled to make a charge to cover the cost of this, and thus this may affect the amount credited to you. Darragh is famously the first chaser who was previously a contestant, having previously competed against Paul Sinha in 2017. Series 14 and Series 15 episodes started airing before all the Series 13 episodes had been shown, hence transmission dates overlapping. Contestants play against a professional quizzer, known as the "chaser", who attempts to prevent them from winning a cash prize.Appeared on Fifteen to One, Weakest Link, Beat the Nation, BrainTeaser, Greed, [10] and The Waiting Game; winner of Mastermind and a finalist on the first series of Are You an Egghead? If all four contestants are caught by the chaser, they nominate one contestant to play the Final Chase alone. Also referred to as 'Beastie Boy', Mark was one of the show's original Chasers alongside Shaun Wallace. The series began with a celebrity special on 27 March 2021 and once again featured no studio audience. Many viewers criticised ITV for deciding to air the episode hours after it was announced that Prodigy frontman Keith Flint had committed suicide.