The Chase (UK game show)
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| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Danny Carvalho Pete Faherty Chris Gepp Elliot Johnson Matt Pritchard Amanda Wilson |
| Directed by | Ian Hamilton Stuart McDonald |
| Creative director(s) | Michael Kelpie |
| Presented by | Bradley Walsh |
| Starring |
Mark Labbett Shaun Wallace Anne Hegerty (2010–) Paul Sinha (2011–) Jenny Ryan (2015–) |
| Theme music composer | Paul Farrer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 1,000 (as of 29 September 2016) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Martin Scott Michael Kelpie |
| Location(s) |
Granada Studios (2009) The London Studios (2010–13) Teddington Studios (2013–14) Elstree Studios (2014–) |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) |
ITV Studios (2009–13) Potato (2013–) |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
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| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9 (HDTV) 1080i |
| Original release | 29 June 2009 – present |
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| Related shows |
The Chase (U.S.) The Chase Australia |
The Chase is a British television quiz show broadcast on ITV and hosted by Bradley Walsh. Contestants play against a professional quizzer, known as the "chaser", who attempts to prevent them from winning a cash prize. The chasers are Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha and Jenny Ryan. Labbett and Wallace have both been chasers since series 1, while Hegerty joined in series 2, Sinha in series 4 and Ryan in series 9.
A team of four contestants individually attempt to amass as much money as possible, which is later added to a prize fund if the contestant survives their individual chase. The chaser's job is 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. Any contestants who survive their individual chase later play collectively as a team for an equal share of the prize fund against the chaser.
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 Awards, winning in 2016 and 2017. It has also become a successful international franchise: regional versions have been made in Australia, China, Croatia, Germany, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and the United States. Labbett and Hegerty both feature as chasers on the Australian version, with the former also featuring as the sole chaser on the now defunct American version.
Each contestant comes up one at a time and attempts to build up the team's prize fund through two rounds. The first round, known as the "Cash Builder", sees each make an individual cash pot by answering as many questions as the contestant can within one minute, with each correct answer being worth £1,000. After completing the Cash Builder, the contestant enters the "Head-to-Head" round, in which the contesant attempts to bring the money that he or she earned to the bottom of a seven-step money board (referred to as "home"); in the first series, the board was eight steps long. Before the round begins, the money is placed three steps down from the top of the board, and the contestant is given the choice of either starting at that position, beginning one step closer to home or being one step closer to the chaser.
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