"with no money. During celebrity episodes, if the chaser catches the team before time runs out, the team leaves with $15,000 divided equally. ""The Chase"" originated in the United Kingdom, premiering on ITV in 2009. As the series became increasingly popular in the UK, Fox ordered two pilot episodes in April 2012 to be taped in London for consideration to be added to the network's U.S. programming lineup. Bradley Walsh, presenter of the British version, was featured as the show's host, while UK chaser Mark Labbett (nicknamed ""The Beast"", which is ""la bête"" in French) and ""Jeopardy!"" champion Brad Rutter"
"The Chase (U.S. game show) The Chase is an American television quiz show based on the British program of the same name. The show premiered on August 6, 2013, on Game Show Network (GSN). It is hosted by Brooke Burns, and features Mark Labbett (nicknamed ""The Beast"") as the ""chaser"". The American version of the show follows the same general format as the original UK version, but with teams of three contestants instead of four. The game is a quiz competition in which contestants attempt to win money by challenging a quiz show genius known as the chaser. Each contestant"
"for her place of residence. Jenny Ryan Jenny Alexis Ryan (born 2 April 1982) is a British quizzer and one of the five chasers on the ITV game show ""The Chase"", alongside Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty and Paul Sinha. Ryan has made appearances on quiz shows ""Fifteen to One"" and ""The Weakest Link"", and was a member of the team, The Gamblers, on ""Only Connect"" who won the third series of the show. She has also appeared on ""University Challenge"", helping the University of Leeds to reach the semi-finals in 2003. Moreover, she featured in both series of"
"Jenny Ryan Jenny Alexis Ryan (born 2 April 1982) is a British quizzer and one of the five chasers on the ITV game show ""The Chase"", alongside Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty and Paul Sinha. Ryan has made appearances on quiz shows ""Fifteen to One"" and ""The Weakest Link"", and was a member of the team, The Gamblers, on ""Only Connect"" who won the third series of the show. She has also appeared on ""University Challenge"", helping the University of Leeds to reach the semi-finals in 2003. Moreover, she featured in both series of the spin-off quiz show ""Are"
"Anne Hegerty Anne Hegerty (born 14 July 1958) is an English television quiz personality and one of the ""Chasers"" on the ITV game show ""The Chase"". She was a contestant in the 2018 ITV reality show ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"". Hegerty is one of the Chasers on the ITV game show ""The Chase"", alongside Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Paul Sinha and Jenny Ryan. As well as being in the UK version, she is also a Chaser on the Australian version of the show on the Seven Network with fellow UK Chasers Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace. Hegerty"
"Mark Labbett Mark Andrew ""The Beast"" Labbett (born 15 August 1965) is a British television personality and ""Chaser"" on the ITV game show ""The Chase"" in the United Kingdom. He took up this role in 2009 and has since appeared on the American version as their sole Chaser in 2013 and as one of six Chasers on the Australian version since 2016. He has also appeared in several television quiz shows and is a regular in quizzing competitions. Mark Labbett was born in Tiverton, Devon, to Carolyn and Jon Labbett. He has two younger brothers, Paul and Philip. Labbett obtained"
"Shaun Wallace Shaun Anthony Linford Wallace (born 2 June 1960) is an English television personality and a barrister. He is a ""Chaser"" on the ITV quiz show ""The Chase"". Wallace is also a part-time lecturer and often visits schools, colleges and other institutions to educate students on the many aspects of law. In 2004, he won ""Mastermind"" and was ranked 286th in the ""World Quizzing Championships"" in 2012. Wallace was called to the Bar in November 1984 and in 1986 completed pupilage. He has taken part in hearings held at both the Old Bailey as well as several Magistrates' Courts"
"in celebrity and family editions of the show. He has said he is more known overseas (such as in New Zealand) than in Britain, where ""The Chase"" is screened at 5pm before people are home from work. In May 2017, Sinha revealed on The Chase that he is openly gay, though he has often discussed his sexuality in his comedy shows. Paul Sinha Supriya Kumar ""Paul"" Sinha (born 28 May 1970) is a British comedian, broadcaster, quiz player, and doctor of Bengali descent. He is one of the Chasers on the ITV game show ""The Chase. Sinha was educated at"
"The Chase Australia The Chase Australia is an Australian television quiz show based on the British program of the same name. It is broadcast on the Seven Network and hosted by Andrew O'Keefe. Four contestants play against an opponent, known as the ""chaser"", who plays for the bank. There have been six chasers on the show; they are Matt Parkinson, Brydon Coverdale, Anne Hegerty, Issa Schultz, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace. The show premiered on 14 September 2015. In mid-2014 it was reported that the Seven Network had considered producing a local version of ""The Chase"" on the back of"
"was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in 2005. She is a Catholic and a member of the Catholic Writers Guild. Anne Hegerty Anne Hegerty (born 14 July 1958) is an English television quiz personality and one of the ""Chasers"" on the ITV game show ""The Chase"". She was a contestant in the 2018 ITV reality show ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"". Hegerty is one of the Chasers on the ITV game show ""The Chase"", alongside Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Paul Sinha and Jenny Ryan. As well as being in the UK version, she is also a Chaser on the"
"and Andrews. It features three of the Chasers: Issa, Brydon, and Matt. The Chase Australia The Chase Australia is an Australian television quiz show based on the British program of the same name. It is broadcast on the Seven Network and hosted by Andrew O'Keefe. Four contestants play against an opponent, known as the ""chaser"", who plays for the bank. There have been six chasers on the show; they are Matt Parkinson, Brydon Coverdale, Anne Hegerty, Issa Schultz, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace. The show premiered on 14 September 2015. In mid-2014 it was reported that the Seven Network had"
"Chase the Case Chase the Case is a British television game show created by Lynsey Wylie and produced by Bandicoot Productions for BBC One, that premiered on 17 September 2018. Hosted by Dan Walker, the show will have five contestants who try and win the case containing most cash by ending the game. The show also features Deborah Anderson as the security guard. The object of the game is to discover which cases have what cash amounts; players can never look inside their own case, but may look inside the other cases. Five players each have a case of a"
"and cross the finish line; in either scenario, they win the amount in their case. If their case holds the zero, all five players leave with nothing. Chase the Case Chase the Case is a British television game show created by Lynsey Wylie and produced by Bandicoot Productions for BBC One, that premiered on 17 September 2018. Hosted by Dan Walker, the show will have five contestants who try and win the case containing most cash by ending the game. The show also features Deborah Anderson as the security guard. The object of the game is to discover which cases"
"prize fund if the contestant survives their individual chase. The chaser must attempt to catch each contestant during their individual chase, eliminating that person from the game and preventing the money from being added to the collective prize fund. Later, in the final round, contestants who survived their individual chases play collectively as a team against the chaser for an equal share of the prize fund. With a regular audience of three to five million, ""The Chase"" is one of ITV's most successful daytime shows ever. It has been nominated four times for ""Best Daytime Show"" at the National Television"
"Paul Sinha Supriya Kumar ""Paul"" Sinha (born 28 May 1970) is a British comedian, broadcaster, quiz player, and doctor of Bengali descent. He is one of the Chasers on the ITV game show ""The Chase. Sinha was educated at Dulwich College and St George's Hospital Medical School. Sinha is a general practitioner, qualifying in the 1990s. While at medical school he developed a taste for the stage in St George's annual revue and refined his comedy as co-editor of the medical school newsletter, popularly known as the ""Slag Mag"". Sinha began performing stand-up while working as a junior gynaecologist in"
"Olav Bjortomt Stein Olav Bjortomt (born 13 December 1978 in Eastbourne) is an England international quiz player, three-time world champion (2003, 2015, 2018) and three time individual European champion (2010, 2014, 2015). He is the star player of the world's most successful quizzing club ""Broken Hearts"" with which he has won several European Championships. As of 2018 he is one of the writers for the show The Chase. In contrast to the other two full-time professionals of Team England Pat Gibson and Kevin Ashman he hasn't done as well both in domestic competitions with only a second place in the"
"Walsh fronted his own ITV series entitled ""My Little Soldier"", in which young contestants are required to do ""grown-up things"" such as travelling on their own by train. In November and December 2008 Walsh hosted another game show for ITV, called ""Spin Star"". In June 2009 Walsh became the presenter of ITV game show ""The Chase"", as well as the celebrity editions of the programme. ""The Chase"" has become very popular, beating rival BBC quiz show ""Pointless"" regularly. The show features contestants who take on the ""Chaser"" in a series of general knowledge quiz rounds. There have also been a"
"the third series, ratings rose to over 2 million. By December 2012, ""The Chase"" had become ITV's most popular ""teatime"" programme since ""The Paul O'Grady Show"" in 2005, with over 3 million viewers an episode. On 21 January 2013, ""The Chase"" managed a peak audience of 5.1 million, a new all-time high. Almost every episode is now in ITV's Top 30 weekly broadcasts. In its timeslot, ""The Chase"" airs at the same time as BBC One's ""Pointless"", a game show launched in August 2009, two months after ""The Chase""s debut. The two programmes usually receive similar ratings (for example in"
"Chase"" received positive critical reception; Burns and Labbett earned positive reviews for their roles, and one critic praised the series for avoiding a slow pace in gameplay. Both the series and Burns received Daytime Emmy Award nominations; the series was nominated in 2014 for Outstanding Game Show, and Burns two years later for Outstanding Game Show Host. Each lost to ""Jeopardy!"" and Craig Ferguson (host of ""Celebrity Name Game"") respectively. Three new contestants compete on each episode as a team. In the first round, each contestant in turn wins money for their team by answering as many questions correctly as"
"2013 the original host, Grant Denyer, resigned for ""family reasons"" and was replaced by ""Weekend Sunrise"" sports presenter Simon Reeve for the 2014 series, with sound effects and themes also upgraded. It was announced on 30 August 2015 that the show would be axed after nearly two years, and replaced in its timeslot by ""The Chase Australia"". The game is first played by three opposing contestants in a buzzer game played over four rounds. The contestants begin with 15 points each. A series of six questions are asked and the first player to buzz in has a chance to answer."
"Issa Schultz Issa Schultz (born 1 March 1984) is an English Australian television quiz personality best known for being one of the ""Chasers"" on ""The Chase Australia"", where he is nicknamed ""The Supernerd"". In addition to his current role on ""The Chase Australia"", Schultz is also a six-time winner of the Australian Quizzing Championships (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) and six-time Pairs champion (2012-17). He also appeared on ""The Rich List"", where he won $200,000 in 2009, as well as ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" and ""The Einstein Factor"". His name Issa is an Arabic version of the"
"begins with 160 meters). The contestant carries a red backpack containing several thousand pounds, which they keep if they successfully reach the end of the course before the dogs catch them. Reggie Yates presented the show from 2013 until 2017. He was replaced by BBC Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson from series 4. ""The Guardian"" described the pilot show as ""both great and stupid, which ticks the only television boxes you need to worry about."" The ""South Wales Argus"" was more scathing, saying the contestants appear ""to have been brought down by none other than Lassie"" and ""the pursuit carries"
"10 September 2015. The Chaser's Media Circus The Chaser's Media Circus is an Australian television comedy quiz show broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television station ABC. The series is produced by the Australian satirical group, The Chaser, consisting of Chris Taylor, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, Andrew Hansen and Chas Licciardello. The show is a panel-like game and quiz show, with contestants using their knowledge about current media events to win. It is hosted by Craig Reucassel and features Chas Licciardello interjecting occasionally with 'fact-checks'. The Chaser team members Chris Taylor, Julian Morrow and Andrew Hansen appear as contestants."
"go back to the start of the question, literally on videotape where my mouth opens – or where it's closed from the previous question – and the question is re-asked. It is stopped to the split second."" A spin-off titled ""The Chase: Celebrity Special"" featuring celebrity teams as contestants began airing on ITV in 2011. As many contestants are comedians or actors, there is a much-higher comedic element. The game is played exactly the same way as the regular version. However, if all four celebrities have been caught by the chaser, the prize fund during the Final Chase is £20,000"
"answering a question, and are provided with a safety net that grants them a guaranteed cash prize if they give an incorrect answer, provided they reach a specific milestone in the quiz. The original series aired for 30 series and a total of 592 episodes, from 4 September 1998 to 11 February 2014, and was presented by Chris Tarrant. Over the course of its run, the original series had around five contestants walk away with the top cash prize of £1 million, and faced a number of controversies during its run, including an attempt to defraud the show of its"
"else, the concept was innovative and offered something different to the majority of quiz shows on television right now. But will ""Cash Trapped"" become as popular and well-loved as Bradley Walsh's other quiz vehicle? We doubt it. The beauty of ""The Chase"" is not only the thrill of, well, the chase – but also in the interactions between the Chasers, the contestants and Walsh himself. ""Cash Trapped"" was certainly enjoyable, but it wasn't a classic."" Cash Trapped Cash Trapped is a British game show that has aired on ITV since 1 August 2016. Presented and based on an idea by"
"The Chaser's Media Circus The Chaser's Media Circus is an Australian television comedy quiz show broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television station ABC. The series is produced by the Australian satirical group, The Chaser, consisting of Chris Taylor, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, Andrew Hansen and Chas Licciardello. The show is a panel-like game and quiz show, with contestants using their knowledge about current media events to win. It is hosted by Craig Reucassel and features Chas Licciardello interjecting occasionally with 'fact-checks'. The Chaser team members Chris Taylor, Julian Morrow and Andrew Hansen appear as contestants. It also features"
"Chasers Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace. His weakest subject revolves around horse racing and soap opera. Labbett moved to Caldicot, Monmouthshire in 1998 and then to nearby Newport, in 2003 before moving to Moorgate, Rotherham, in 2013. He now lives in or near Herefordshire. Labbett is a Type-II diabetic. Labbett married his wife, Katie, who is his second cousin and 27 years his junior, in October 2014 at Arundel Cathedral. Mark Labbett Mark Andrew ""The Beast"" Labbett (born 15 August 1965) is a British television personality and ""Chaser"" on the ITV game show ""The Chase"" in the United Kingdom. He"
"(originally £4,000). If the team is caught during the Final Chase, a consolation prize of £1,000 is awarded to the charities for each celebrity who advanced to this stage. In February 2017, ITV commissioned ""The Family Chase"", a spin-off featuring a team of four family members. The six episode spin-off debuted on 2 September 2017. On 29 September 2016, ""The Chase"" celebrated its 1,000th episode by having all five chasers involved in a random selection where each chaser was present for all five sections of the game (one each for each contestant, then Hegerty attempting to catch the team in"
"thirty episodes, and was filmed next to Channel 4's ""Countdown"". During filming, the seats malfunctioned and producers had to run on and off the stage in order to fix them. This left some audience members disgruntled, and they had to be bribed to stay by being given chocolates. The show forms part of a shake-up of ITV daytime programming; ""Tipping Point"" was replaced by ""Ejector Seat"" and ""The Chase"" was replaced by ""The Paul O'Grady Show"". ""Good Morning Britain"" and """" were also introduced that week. The Chase returned on 2 June 2014 The game show has been the subject"
"The Fuse (game show) The Fuse is a British game show that has aired on ITV from 13 to 24 July 2009 and is hosted by Austin Healey. Twelve categories are shown on a board, each containing a different sum of money from £1 to £5,000. One contestant selects a category and starting with the person at the end of the line, the fuse is lit and the team have two minutes to answer six questions in a row correctly (hence the name of the round). If a player gets a question wrong, the chain is broken and play goes"
"A team can win up to £35,000 over the course of the entire game. Don't Blow the Inheritance Don't Blow the Inheritance is a 5:00pm daytime quiz show that aired on ITV from 20 to 31 August 2012 for a 10 episode run as a summer replacement for ""The Chase"" the other being ""Tipping Point"". It was hosted by stand-up comedian Tim Vine. Four teams, each composed of two family members from different generations (""offspring"" and ""elder""), compete on each episode to build up as large a prize pot (""inheritance fund"") as possible. The two members of each team may"
"for Hull-based wrestling promotion New Generation Wrestling (NGW). Labbett is one of the ""Chasers"" in the ITV teatime quiz ""The Chase"", first broadcast in 2009 and hosted by Bradley Walsh. In the show, his nickname is ""The Beast"", a two-pronged nickname referencing both his stature and his surname (Labbett sounds like the French ""la bête"", meaning ""the beast""). In August 2013, Labbett appeared as the only Chaser on the U.S. version of ""The Chase"" on Game Show Network. He also appears as one of six Chasers on the Australian version of ""The Chase"" on the Seven Network, alongside fellow UK"