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The Chase
Directed byIan Hamilton
Richard Van't Riet
Presented byBradley Walsh
StarringChasers:
Mark Labbett (2009–)
Shaun Wallace (2009–)
Anne Hegerty (2010–)
Paul Sinha (2011–)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4 (airing)
No. of episodes120
(as of 14 October 2011)
Production
Executive producersMichael Kelpie
Sue Allison
Production locationsThe Manchester Studios
(a.k.a Granada Studios)
(Series 1)
The London Studios
(Series 2–)
Running time60mins (inc. comms)
Production companyITV Studios
Original release
NetworkITV (ITV1/UTV/STV)
(also ITV1 HD/STV HD/UTV HD)
Release29 June 2009 (2009-06-29) –

present

The Chase is a British game show, broadcast on ITV (ITV1/UTV/STV) (also ITV1 HD/STV HD/UTV HD) at 5pm weekdays. It is hosted by Bradley Walsh. The chasers are Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, both of whom have been Chasers since series 1, Anne Hegerty, who joined them in series 2, and Paul Sinha, who debuted in series 4.[1] The 4th series began on 5 September 2011. On 12 September 2011, Bradley Walsh announced on ITV's Lorraine that The Chase has been commissioned for Celebrity Specials in the future, these will air at around 6pm on Saturday nights during a weekday series. Series 5 is also said to be in production now.[2]

Format

A team of 4 contestants attempt to amass as much money as possible for a team kitty by answering quick-fire questions in a 60 second round - each correct answer earns the contestant £1,000. The money earned will go towards the team kitty, but there is one person standing in their way: a quiz genius known as The Chaser. It's The Chaser's job to catch each contestant and make sure the players are not able to put the money into the kitty which the team must collectively play for in 'The Final Chase'.

Cashbuilder round

Each player is given 1 minute to answer as many questions as possible with each correct answer worth £1,000. After the minute is up, the player's money is placed 3 steps down on an 8-step money board. The player may remain at this step and play for the money they have won, but if they so wish, they can be placed 1 step lower down the board for a smaller award, or they can be placed 1 step further up the board for a greater award, with each award's value being set by The Chaser. The lower award can occasionally be a negative amount of money.

  • If the player elects to play for the higher reward, The Chaser is 2 steps behind them and the player must answer 6 questions correctly to reach home.
  • If the player elects to remain where they are, The Chaser is 3 steps behind them and the player must answer 5 questions correctly to reach home.
  • If the player elects to play for the smaller reward, The Chaser is 4 steps behind them and the player must answer 4 questions correctly to reach home.

Once the player nominates their starting position, they must answer questions correctly in order to reach the bottom of the board (known as 'getting home') and bank their money. Both the player and The Chaser are given the same multiple-choice question with 3 possible answers. When one person locks in their answer, the other is given 5 seconds to lock in their answer. If the player and/or The Chaser is correct, they move 1 step down the board, but if wrong, they must remain where they are. The Chaser's job is to catch up to the player and eliminate them from the game by capitalising on the mistakes the player makes before they can reach the bottom of the board. If this happens, the player is out of the game and the cash disappears, but if the player reaches home, their money is put into the team's prize pot which will be contested for in the final round. This is repeated for all 4 players.[3]

The players who successfully outrun The Chaser proceed to The Final Chase. If all 4 players are caught by The Chaser, then their prize fund is set to £4,000, and the team must nominate one player to proceed to The Final Chase.[3]

The Final Chase

In the final round, the remaining players answer as many questions as possible in 2 minutes to amass as many spaces as possible. To start with, they are given 1 space per remaining member of the team (for example, if there is only 1 player left, that player starts with 1 step, 2 steps for 2 players remaining, 3 steps for 3 players remaining and 4 steps for all 4 players remaining). After the 2 minutes are up, The Chaser is brought in and is told how many spaces the players collected. The Chaser is given a further 2 minutes of quick-fire questions to attempt to catch the team. If The Chaser gets any question wrong or can't answer any question, the clock is stopped and the question is thrown over to the players. If they get the answer correct, The Chaser is pushed back 1 step and the clock is resumed.[3] From Series 3 onwards, if the players answer a Chasers question correctly whilst the Chaser is on 0 steps, an extra step is added to the players total. If The Chaser succeeds in catching the team, they lose the prize pot and leave empty-handed, but if the team is not caught by the Chaser before the clock reaches 0:00, the prize pot is split equally between the remaining team players.

"Chasers"

Episode results

Total Series Winnings

  • Series 1 - £50,500
  • Series 2 - £215,900
  • Series 3 - £233,600
  • Series 4 - £146,300+

+Series in progress

Average Winnings Per Episode

  • Series 1 - £5,050 (10 Episodes)
  • Series 2 - £5,397.50 (40 Episodes)
  • Series 3 - £5,840 (40 Episodes)
  • Series 4 - £5,044.83 (29 Episodes+)

+Series in Progress

Average Winnings Per Win

  • Series 1 - £16,833.33 (3 Wins)
  • Series 2 - £21,590 (10 Wins)
  • Series 3 - £25,955.55 (9 Wins)
  • Series 4 - £24,383.33 (6 Wins+)

+Series in Progress

Chaser Records

Chaser Wins Losses Win Percentage Highest Score Lowest Losing Score
Anne 28 6 85.0% 26 17
Paul 5 1 83% 20 20
Mark 34 11 75.6% 27 14
Shaun 25 11 69.4% 23 9

Contestant Records

Category Record
Highest Amount Won (per contestant) £20,500
Highest Amount Won by One Person Alone £10,000
Biggest Winning Total £50,400 (4 contestants)
Smallest Winning Total £7,000
Biggest Losing Total £45,000
Highest Score in the Final Chase 28
Lowest Score in the Final Chase 8
Highest Winning Score 28
Lowest Winning Score 18
Highest Final Chase Score by One Person Alone 23
Lowest Final Chase Score by 4 People 19
Highest Amount Banked £50,400
Lowest Amount Banked £2,000
Highest Amount Banked by One Person £45,000
Biggest Winning Margin 13 (contestants scored 22, Chaser scored 9)
Quickest Defeat Caught with 1:27 remaining

Transmissions

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 29 June 2009 10 July 2009 10
2 24 May 2010 19 July 2010 40
3 3 January 2011 25 February 2011 40
4 5 September 2011

References

  1. ^ http://www.bradleywalsh.co.uk/tv-the-chase-meet-the-chasers.php
  2. ^ http://www.itv.com/lorraine/celebrity/bradley-walsh/
  3. ^ a b c http://www.itv.com/entertainment/thechase/
  4. ^ http://la-triviata.blogspot.com
  5. ^ http://www.bradleywalsh.co.uk/tv-the-chase-meet-the-chasers.php
  6. ^ "British Quizzing Association - Home of British Quiz!". British Quizzing Association. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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