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The Chase
GenreGame show
Created byDanny Carvalho
Pete Faherty
Chris Gepp
Elliot Johnson
Matt Pritchard
Amanda Wilson
Directed byIan Hamilton
Stuart Macdonald
Creative directorMichael Kelpie
Presented byBradley Walsh
StarringMark Labbett
Shaun Wallace
Anne Hegerty (2010–)
Paul Sinha (2011–)
Theme music composerPaul Farrer
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7 (regular series)
3 (celebrity series)
No. of episodes526 (regular series)
(as of 22 April 2014)
26 (celebrity series)
(as of 28 December 2013)
Production
Executive producersSue Allison
Martin Scott
ProducersJennifer Stephenson
David Hall
Production locationsRegular series
Granada Studios (2009)
The London Studios (2010–13)
Teddington Studios (2013–14)
Elstree Studios (2014–)[1]
Celebrity series
The London Studios
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companiesITV Studios (2009–13)
Potato (2013–)
Original release
NetworkITV, STV, UTV
Release29 June 2009 (2009-06-29) –
present

The Chase is an award-winning British game show broadcast on ITV and hosted by Bradley Walsh in which contestants play against an opponent who plays for the bank, known as "The Chaser".[2][3][4] The Chasers are Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett, Paul Sinha and Shaun Wallace. Labbett and Wallace have both been Chasers since series 1, while Hegerty joined in series 2 and Sinha joined in series 4.

In the show, a team of four contestants attempt to amass as much money as possible for a team prize fund by answering quick-fire questions in a 60-second round, with each correct answer earning the contestant £1,000. The Chaser's job is then to catch each contestant and make sure that they are not able to put the money into the prize fund, which the team must collectively play for in "The Final Chase".[5]

Gameplay

Cash Builder and individual chases

Each contestant comes up one at a time and is given one minute to answer as many questions as possible with each correct answer worth £1,000. This element is known as the Cash Builder. The questions supplied are all based on general knowledge and are asked openly or with three possible options, depending on the specific round.

After the minute is up, the money earned from the Cash Builder is placed three steps down on a seven-step money board (eight steps in the first series). The contestant may remain at this step and play for the money in their bank, but if they so wish, the contestant may also be placed one step lower down the board for a smaller award, or one 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 contestant elects to play for the greater reward, the Chaser is two steps behind them and the contestant must answer six questions correctly to reach home. If the contestant elects to remain where they are, the Chaser is three steps behind them and the contestant must answer five questions correctly to reach home. However, if the contestant elects to play for the smaller reward, the Chaser is four steps behind them and the contestant must answer four questions correctly to reach home.

Once the contestant 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 contestant and the Chaser are given the same multiple-choice question with three possible answers, then must secretly press one of the three buttons on their keypad to lock in their answer. When one person locks in their answer, the other is given five seconds to lock in, or else they will get locked out. If the contestant and/or the Chaser is correct, they move one step down the board, but if either is wrong or ran out of time, they must remain where they are. The Chaser's job is to catch up to the contestant and eliminate them from the game by capitalising on the mistakes the contestant makes before they can reach the bottom of the board. If this happens, the contestant is out of the game and the cash disappears, but if the contestant 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 four contestants.

The contestants who successfully outrun the Chaser proceed to The Final Chase. If all four contestants are caught by the Chaser, then their prize fund is set to £4,000 (£20,000 in celebrity episodes) and the team must nominate one contestant to proceed to The Final Chase.

The Final Chase

In the final round, the remaining contestants answer as many questions as possible in two minutes to amass as many spaces as possible. To start, they choose between two sets of questions: set A and set B. If they choose set A, they answer that set of questions and the Chaser answers the set B questions, and the same vice versa. The contestants are then given one space per remaining member of the team. In the case of all four contestants being caught, then the one nominated person will receive a one step head start, as opposed to having no head start at all. To answer a question, the contestant must press their own buzzer and only he or she can answer it. If a contestant presses the buzzer and another contestant answers the question, the question is thrown out. In the event that there is only one contestant in The Final Chase, that contestant is not required to press the buzzer.

After the two minutes are up, the Chaser is brought in and is told how many spaces the contestants collected. The Chaser is given a further two minutes of quick-fire questions to attempt to catch the team. If the Chaser gets any question wrong or is unable to answer it, the clock is stopped and the question is thrown over to the contestants. If they get the answer correct, the Chaser is pushed back one step and the clock is resumed. From series 3 onward, if the contestants answer the Chaser's question correctly whilst the Chaser is on zero steps, an extra step is added to the contestants' total. If the Chaser succeeds in catching the team, the team loses the prize pot and leaves empty-handed, but if the team is not caught by the Chaser before the clock reaches zero, the prize pot is split equally between the remaining team contestants. If there is only one contestant, they get the entire prize fund for themselves.

On the celebrity episodes, if the team is caught during The Final Chase, a consolation prize of £1,000 is awarded to each of the remaining celebrities (those who succeeded in their individual chases or, if everybody was caught in their individual chases, the entire team).

Chasers

Ratings

On 4 December 2012, The Chase received 3.6 million viewers, the highest ever for regular editions,[9] and by the following week, The Chase had become ITV's most popular teatime hit since The Paul O'Grady Show in 2005.[10] On 21 January 2013, The Chase managed a peak audience of 5.1 million, a new all-time high.[11] Almost every episode is now in ITV's Top 30 weekly broadcasts.[12] Episodes featuring celebrities have managed shares from 3.13m to 4.58m.[12]

In its 5:00pm timeslot, The Chase airs against another game show on BBC One, Pointless, which was launched in August 2009, two months after The Chase's debut. The two programmes usually receive similar ratings (e.g., in September 2012 The Chase had 2.44 million viewers versus 2.27 million for Pointless).[13][14] However, between October 2012 and January 2013, The Chase beat Pointless in the ratings each week. For two weeks in February 2013, Pointless received a higher share than The Chase (3.53 million viewers to 3.41 million, and again 3.58 million viewers to 3.30 million).[15][16]

Transmissions

Regular series

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 29 June 2009[17] 10 July 2009[18] 10[18]
2 24 May 2010[19] 19 July 2010[20] 40[20]
3 3 January 2011[21] 25 February 2011[22] 40[22]
4 5 September 2011[23] 30 January 2012[24] 60[24]
5 31 January 2012[25] 26 October 2012[26] 118[26]
6 29 October 2012[27] 28 June 2013[28] 148[28]
7 2 September 2013[29] 2014

Celebrity series

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 29 October 2011[30] 10 December 2011[31] 6[31]
2 19 August 2012[32] 7 October 2012[33] 6[33]
3 5 October 2013[34] 28 December 2013[35] 14[35]

Awards

Year Group Award Result Reference(s)
2013 National Television Awards Best Daytime Programme Nominated [36]
Broadcast Awards Best Daytime Programme Won [37]
TV Guide Awards Best Daytime Programme Nominated [38]
2014 National Television Awards Best Daytime Programme Nominated [39]

International versions

Country Local title Channel Presenter Chaser(s) Premiere date
 Croatia Potjera
(The Chase)[40] 		HRT Tarik Filipović Dean Kotiga
Mirko Miočić
Morana Zibar 		27 October 2013
 Germany Gefragt — gejagt
(Asked — chased/hunted) 		NDR Fernsehen Alexander Bommes (Series 1)
Sebastian Klussmann (Series 2)[41] 		Holger Waldenberger (Series 1)
Sebastian Jacoby (Series 2)[41]
Sebastian Klussmann (Series 2)[41] 		8 July 2012
 Russia «Погоня»
(Pursuit) 		Russia 1 Alexander Gurevich[42] Alexander Ediger
Juriy Hashimov
Olga Uspanova
Boris Burda 		17 November 2012[43]
 Serbia The Потрага
(Potraga; The Search) 		RTS Jovan Memedović Milorad Milinković
Maja Vidaković
Slobodan Nešović
Uroš Đurić 		28 October 2013[44]
 Turkey Takip
(Tracking)[45] 		Kanal D Uraz Kaygilaroğlu Muhsin Divan Spring 2014
 United States The Chase Game Show Network Brooke Burns Mark Labbett 6 August 2013[46]

United States

Main article: The Chase (U.S. game show)

In May 2012, the U.S. TV network Fox ordered two pilots to be recorded in London for consideration in its line-up.[47][48] Walsh was the host for both pilots, while Labbett was The Chaser for one, and Jeopardy! champion Brad Rutter was The Chaser for the other.[49] In April 2013, GSN announced that they had ordered eight episodes.[50] Brooke Burns (formerly of Dog Eat Dog) was named the host, and the program began airing on 6 August 2013 at 9:00PM Eastern.[46] Although not affiliated with production of the U.S. version of the show, Jaci Stephen revealed via her Twitter account on 9 April that Labbett would be The Chaser.[51] On 1 July 2013 (prior to the show's premiere on GSN), GSN announced that a second series of eight episodes had been ordered.[52]

Merchandise

A board game of the show was released in 2012.[53] On 12 December 2012, a version for iOS was released by Barnstorm Games. The app features all four Chasers and can be played by up to four people, as in the actual show. The only differences between the app and the show are that four choices are presented for questions in the Cash Builder and the Final Chase rounds and that no Final Chase is played if all players are caught in their individual chases. The app is designed for both iPhones and iPads.[54]

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  54. ^ The Chase for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store

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