The Chase (British game show)

The Chase
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Genre	Quiz show
Created by	Danny Carvalho Pete Faherty Chris Gepp Elliot Johnson Matt Pritchard Amanda Wilson
Directed by	Ian Hamilton Stuart McDonald Mick Thomas
Creative director(s)	Michael Kelpie
Presented by	Bradley Walsh
Starring	Mark Labbett Shaun Wallace Anne Hegerty Paul Sinha Jenny Ryan Darragh Ennis
Theme music composer	Paul Farrer
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	15
No. of episodes	2200
Production
Executive producer(s)	Martin Scott Michael Kelpie
Production location(s)	Granada Studios (2009) The London Studios (2010–2013) Teddington Studios (2013–2014) Elstree Studios (2014–) Television Centre (2019 Celebrity Specials)
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	ITV Studios (2009–2013) Potato (2013–)
Distributor	ITV Studios
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	29 June 2009 (2009-06-29) – present
Chronology
Related shows	The Chase (U.S.) The Chase Australia
External links
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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 six chasers are Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan, and Darragh Ennis. Labbett and Wallace have both been chasers since series 1, while Hegerty joined in series 2, Sinha in series 4, Ryan in series 9 and Ennis in series 13. With rare exceptions for special episodes, only one chaser participates in any given episode.

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 chase. The chaser must attempt to catch each contestant during their chase, eliminating that person from the game and preventing the money from being added to the collective prize fund. In the individual chase, the player must choose between a higher offer (closer to the chaser), their earned money, and a lower offer (further away from the chaser). Later, in the final round, contestants who survived their 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. The show has been nominated six times at the National Television Awards, winning in 2016, 2017 and 2019. It was also nominated for the inaugural Best Daytime award at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards. 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. Labbett and Hegerty feature as chasers on the Australian version (with Wallace appearing as a "Guest Chaser" in 2018). Labbett featured as the sole chaser on the 2013–2015 American version, and joined the 2021 American version beginning with its second season.

Gameplay

Cash Builder and Head-to-Head rounds

Each contestant individually attempts to accumulate money for the team's prize fund through two rounds. In the first round, known as the "Cash Builder", the contestant answers as many questions as they can within one minute, with each correct answer worth £1,000 and no penalty for incorrect answers or passes. After completing the Cash Builder, the contestant enters the "Head-to-Head" round, attempting to move the money down to the bottom of a seven-step board and into the team's prize fund ("home") without being caught by the chaser. The board had eight steps in the first series.

The contestant is given three options by the Chaser at the start of the Head-to-Head round; play for the money earned in the Cash Builder and start three steps down the board (requiring five correct answers to reach home), accept a higher offer and start two steps down, or accept a lower offer and start four steps down. The lower offer can be zero, or even a negative amount if the team has already banked some money. Once the starting position is selected, the host asks a series of multiple-choice questions to the contestant and the Chaser, both of whom individually select one of the three answer options on keypads. After either person locks in a guess, the other must do so within five seconds or be locked out for that turn. A correct answer moves the person who gave it one step down the board, while a miss or lock-out leaves them where they are.

If the contestant reaches home without being caught, they advance to the Final Chase and their money is added to the team's prize fund (or deducted, if they took a negative amount). If the chaser catches up, the contestant is eliminated and the money is forfeited. If all four contestants are caught by the chaser, they nominate one contestant to play the Final Chase alone.

Final Chase

The contestants who have won their head-to-head chases blindly select one of two question sets for themselves (Set A and Set B), with the other set put aside for the Chaser, and then have two minutes to answer as many questions as possible on the buzzer. Any response given by a contestant who has not buzzed in is automatically ruled wrong; if only one contestant is participating in this round, the buzzer is not used. Every correct answer moves the team one step ahead of the Chaser, and they are given a head start of one step per contestant participating in this round. The contestants may not discuss or confer on any questions during this portion of the round and may pass as often as desired. There is no time limit on individual questions; the host will only ask a new question after someone has either answered or passed on the current one.

The Chaser is then given two minutes to answer questions from the unused set in an attempt to catch the team, moving one step ahead per correct response. If the Chaser passes or misses a question, the clock is briefly stopped and the team are given a chance to discuss it and respond; a correct answer pushes the Chaser back one step, or (from series 3 onwards) moves the team ahead one step if the Chaser is at the starting line. If the Chaser catches the team before the time expires, the prize fund is forfeited and the contestants receive nothing. During celebrity editions, a consolation £1,000 is donated to each celebrity's chosen charity.

If the Chaser is unable to catch up to the team, the participating contestants split the prize fund equally. If all four contestants are caught in their head-to-head chases and the one they nominate wins the Final Chase, each contestant wins £1,000.

The single biggest ever win was achieved by contestant Eden Nash, 20, on 31 August 2021, who won £75,000 against Ennis.

The biggest ever win was achieved by celebrity contestants Jenni Falconer, Judge Jules, Lesley Joseph and Patrick Kielty. Kielty managed to bring back the biggest ever offer of £179,000 for the team, and then won £200,000 against Wallace.

Filming

Three episodes are filmed in a day, each one taking around an hour and a half to film. According to Walsh, "It runs like clockwork." The Final Chase can be stopped and re-started if Walsh stumbles on a question. He told the Radio Times, "If there is a slight misread, I am stopped immediately – bang – by the lawyers. We have the compliance lawyers in the studio all the time. What you have to do is 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."

Between March 2020 and late June 2020, production of the series was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic; the series was already on a previously-scheduled production hiatus at the time of the suspension. 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.

Chasers

Chaser (nickname)	Duration	Notes
Mark Labbett "The Beast"	2009–present	Appeared on University Challenge, Fifteen to One, The Syndicate and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?; runner-up on The People's Quiz, runner-up on Brain of Britain, and part of a winning team on Only Connect. He was also the sole chaser on the first three seasons of the first American version of the show on GSN and was one of six on the Australian version of the show. On 6 June 2021, Labbett returned as the fourth chaser on the second American adaptation of the show in 2021.
Shaun Wallace "The Dark Destroyer"	2009–present	Appeared on Fifteen to One, Weakest Link, Beat the Nation, BrainTeaser, Greed, and The Waiting Game; winner of Mastermind and a finalist on the first series of Are You an Egghead?. Wallace appeared as a guest chaser on the Australian version of the show in 2018.
Anne Hegerty "The Governess"	2010–present	Appeared twice on Mastermind, Fifteen to One, Today's the Day, Brain of Britain, and Are You an Egghead?. Hegerty is also a chaser on the Australian version of the show.
Paul Sinha "The Sinnerman"	2011–present	Appeared on Are You an Egghead?, Brain of Britain, Mastermind, University Challenge, and Weakest Link. He is also a stand-up comedian, with a comedy series called Paul Sinha's General Knowledge broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Jenny Ryan "The Vixen"	2015–present	Appeared on Mastermind, Are You an Egghead?, Fifteen to One, and The Weakest Link; part of a team that reached the semi-finals of University Challenge and was part of a winning team on Only Connect.
Darragh Ennis "The Menace"	2020–present	Part of a winning team against Paul Sinha on The Chase in 2017. Ennis is a postdoctoral researcher at Oxford University studying insects.
Issa Schultz "The Supernerd"	2022 (Guest, Beat the Chasers)	Eight-time winner of the Australian Quizzing Championships and seven-time pairs champion. Appeared on Australian Game Shows, The Rich List, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and The Einstein Factor as well as being a chaser on the Australian version of the show. He will appear in the fifth series of the original UK Beat the Chasers as a substitute for Anne Hegerty after she tested positive for COVID-19.

Spin-offs

The Chase: Celebrity Special

A spin-off series 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 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 £8,000 (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.

For celebrity specials airing at Christmas, the chasers frequently appear in costumes adhering to a common theme, such as Panto villains, subjects of famous paintings, or characters typically associated with Christmas.

The Family Chase

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. The second series of 16 episodes was commissioned and commenced airing on 24 March 2019. This version follows the same rules as the parent programme, but any winnings in the Final Chase are awarded to the entire family rather than individual members.

Beat the Chasers

In November 2019, ITV commissioned another spin-off called Beat the Chasers. It began airing in prime-time on 27 April 2020 and features contestants attempting to beat up to five chasers to win big cash prizes. The chasers that featured in the show were Sinha, Labbett, Ryan, Hegerty and Wallace. A single contestant plays the Cash Builder round, answering a series of multiple-choice questions worth £1,000 each. The round ends once they either miss a question or get five right; a miss on the first question immediately eliminates the contestant with no winnings. They must then decide how many chasers from two to five to face in a timed head-to-head round, with the chasers specifying a time limit for themselves (always less than 60 seconds) and offering larger cash prizes as an incentive to face more of them. The offer to face two chasers is always equal to the amount earned in the Cash Builder.

The contestant's clock is set to 60 seconds, while the chasers' clock is set to their agreed-on time. Only one clock runs at any given moment, starting with the contestant; the side in control must answer a question correctly to stop their clock and turn control over to the opposing side. The chasers must buzz-in to respond and may not confer on any questions. The contestant wins the money on offer if the chasers' clock runs out first, or nothing if their own clock runs out.

A second series of Beat the Chasers commenced airing on 3 January 2021, and continued consecutively for seven nights, excluding 9 January, until 10 January 2021. Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the second series featured no studio audience.

A third series was commissioned by ITV. The network had originally intended to have all six chasers participate in this series; however, these plans had to be postponed as Paul Sinha was absent due to illness. The series began with a celebrity special on 27 March 2021 and once again featured no studio audience.

A fourth series was commissioned by ITV, and premiered on 11 September 2021 with all six chasers participating for the first time. This series introduced a "Super Offer," available only to contestants who answered all five of their Cash Builder questions correctly. This offer was presented in conjunction with the other four and gave the contestant a chance to play against all six chasers at once, with no time advantage and a larger cash prize than that offered for facing five chasers.

A fifth series went into production in March 2022. Hegerty will be absent from this series due to a positive COVID-19 test, and will be replaced by guest chaser Issa "The Supernerd" Schultz from The Chase Australia.

The original working title for the spin-off show was Take On the Chasers. The theme tune was composed by Paul Farrer using part of the original 2009 chaser walk-on music.

The Chase Extra

In this special isolation version of the show, broadcast on The Chase's YouTube channel and shown straight after the main show, all five Chasers are presenters and viewers at home can play along, for they are the contestants. Each series has five episodes; the first series was shown in mid-May 2020, and was hosted by Jenny Ryan. Between late-May and early-June, the second series was shown across consecutive days and presented by Shaun Wallace. On 1 March 2021, it was announced that a new series would be available on the ITV Hub for six episodes, every Monday at 6:00 p.m.

The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles

In November 2020, ITV announced another spin-off in which The Beast, The Dark Destroyer and The Governess go on a road trip around the world. On their travels, they play against child geniuses, great apes, dolphins and robots. The series takes them to the UK, USA and Japan. Episode 1 of the show aired on 21 January 2021, episode 2 aired on 28 January 2021 and episode 3 aired on 4 February 2021. The series was narrated by Rob Brydon.

Transmissions

Regular editions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes	Notes	References
1	29 June 2009	10 July 2009	10	Aired as one of three summer replacements for Golden Balls, with the other two being Divided and The Fuse.
2	24 May 2010	19 July 2010	40	No episode aired on 29 June due to the World Cup match between Paraguay and Japan.
3	3 January 2011	25 February 2011	40
4	5 September 2011	30 January 2012	60	Series 4 took a break from 31 October – 2 January.
5	31 January 2012	26 October 2012	120	Series 5 took breaks from 13–17 February, 2–6 April, 4 June – 31 August & 17 October.
6	29 October 2012	21 November 2014	149	Series 6 took breaks from 24 December – 1 January, 11–15 February, 25 March – 5 April 27–31 May & 1 July 2013 – 20 November 2014.
7	2 September 2013	17 November 2014	150	Series 7 took breaks from 28 October – 1 November, 11 November – 19 December, 17–21 February, 7–18 April, 28 April - 30 May, 6 June & 16 June – 4 July.
8	1 September 2014	3 July 2015	146	Series 8 took breaks from 22 December – 2 January, 16–20 February & 20 April – 29 May.
9	22 June 2015	6 September 2016	190	Series 9 took breaks from 3–28 August, 23 September – 7 October & 21 December – 1 January.
10	15 April 2016	24 October 2017	190	Series 10 took breaks from 13 June – 26 August, 19 December – 1 January, 20 January & 22 March.
11	25 April 2017	3 September 2018	170	Series 11 took breaks from 1–26 May, 19 June – 1 September & 25 December – 1 January.
12	2 March 2018	21 September 2020	170	Series 12 took breaks from 28 May – 31 August, 10–31 December 2018, 11–15 March, 1–5 April & 17 May 2019 – 20 September 2020.
13	7 March 2019	12 January 2022	209	Series 13 took breaks from 20 May – 30 August, 11 November – 31 December 2019, 9–13 March 2020, & 23 March – 31 August. From 4 November – 18 December 2020, and from 8 September 2021 – 12 January 2022, ITV aired a mixture of series 13 and series 14 episodes. 209 out of 211 aired.
14	4 November 2020	2022	210	Series 14 took breaks on 20 January 2021, 15 March – 16 April, 7 June – 27 August & 13 - 27 December 2021. From 4 November – 18 December 2020, and from 8 September 2021 – 12 January 2022, ITV aired a mixture of series 13 and series 14 episodes. From 27 January 2022, ITV aired a mixture of Series 14 and Series 15 episodes.
15	27 January 2022	2023	210	From 27 January 2022, ITV aired a mixture of series 14 and series 15 episodes.

Celebrity Special editions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes	Notes
1	29 October 2011	10 December 2011	6	No episode aired on 12 November.
2	19 August 2012	7 October 2012	6	Series 2 took a break from 2–9 September.
3	5 October 2013	28 December 2013	15
4	30 August 2014	8 March 2015	18	The last two episodes of the series aired in March 2015.
5	24 October 2015	15 May 2016	16	This series aired in two parts; series took a break from 19 December 2015 – 20 March 2016.
6	11 September 2016	26 November 2017	16	Episodes 1–8 aired in Autumn 2016. Episodes 9 – 14 aired in Summer 2017. Episodes 15 and 16 aired in November 2017. Series 6 took breaks from 6 November 2016 – 2 July 2017 and 27 August 2017 – 29 October 2017. No episode was broadcast on 30 July 2017.
7	14 October 2017	21 October 2018	10	The first eight episodes aired in Autumn 2017, with the remaining episode broadcast in October 2018. The Christmas Special aired on 24 December 2017. The first two episodes were broadcast on Saturdays in October 2017, but the next six episodes aired on Sundays in November and December 2017. The series took breaks on 5 and 26 November 2017 when Series 6 episodes were broadcast.
8	14 October 2018	2022	8	The first four episodes aired on Sundays in Autumn 2018, alternating with Series 9 episodes. The Christmas special aired on 16 December 2018. Episode Six aired on 19 October 2019. Series 8 took breaks on 21 and 28 October 11 and 25 November, and 2 and 9 December 2018. Series 8 then returned with 2 episodes on 5 and 12 September 2020. Series 8 then took breaks on 19 and 26 September and 3 October 2020. Episode 7 is the last episode still set to air from Series 8 as of 2022.
9	8 June 2018	12 October 2019	8	The first episode of the series was entitled "The Chase for Soccer Aid" and aired on 8 June 2018. The next four episodes aired on Sundays from 28 October 2018, alternating with Series 8 episodes. The final three episodes were broadcast on Saturdays in Autumn 2019, alternating with Series 10 episodes. Series 9 took breaks on 4 and 18 November 2 and 16 December 2018, and 21 and 28 September 2019.
10	14 June 2019	6 November 2021	12	The first episode of the series was entitled "The Chase for Soccer Aid" and aired on 14 June 2019. Episodes resumed on Saturdays in Autumn 2019, alternating with Series 9 episodes. Series 10 took breaks on 14 September and 5–12 October 2019. Series 10 then began resuming episodes on Saturdays from 19 September – 10 October 2020. The final episode (12) aired on 6 November 2021.
11	17 October 2020	2022	12	Series 11 was due to be recorded in two parts, in April and September 2020. The first block of 6 episodes due to be recorded in April 2020 was postponed owing to the COVID-19 lockdown in England. Six episodes (including two Christmas Specials) were recorded in September 2020 with very strict measures in place, including a limited number of audience members, and contestants seats being social distanced. The contestants and Walsh, and the Chasers, were in Close Contact Cohorts meaning limited physical closeness was permitted under the industry guidelines. The first episode aired on 17 October 2020 and episodes continued every Saturday evenings until 7 November 2020. Series 11 then returned when two Christmas specials aired on 25 December, and 26 December 2020. The remaining episodes of Series 11 recommended in 2021 on 13 and 20 November 2021 and on 12 December. Episodes 9, 11 and 12 remain unaired.
12	3 September 2021	2022	12	The first episode of the series was entitled "The Chase for Soccer Aid" and aired on 3 September 2021. Series 12 then resumed in November on 20th and December on 4th, 11th and 18th. Two Christmas episodes aired on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day 2021. 5 episodes remain unaired.

The Family Chase editions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	2 September 2017	7 October 2017	6
2	24 March 2019	24 May 2020	16

EXTRA editions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes	Presenter(s)	Broadcast	Network(s)
1	18 May 2020 (2020-05-18)	22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)	5	Jenny Ryan	Monday to Friday	YouTube and Facebook
2	26 May 2020 (2020-05-26)	14 June 2020 (2020-06-14)		Shaun Wallace	Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
3	8 March 2021 (2021-03-08)	12 April 2021 (2021-04-12)	6	Jenny Ryan, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett, Paul Sinha and Darragh Ennis	Monday	ITV Hub
4	6 September 2021	11 October 2021
5	25 December 2021 (2021-12-25)	31 January 2022 (2022-01-31)

Beat the Chasers editions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	27 April 2020	1 May 2020	5
2	3 January 2021	10 January 2021	7
3	27 March 2021	29 May 2021	7
4	11 September 2021	11 January 2022	7
5	2022	2022	TBA

The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles editions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	21 January 2021	4 February 2021	3

International broadcasts

• United States – see The Chase (American game show)
• Australia – Episodes of the British version of The Chase air on weekday afternoons at 3:00 pm to good ratings (and sometimes airing double episodes from 2:00 pm), placing it in direct competition with rival ITV-produced game show Tipping Point on the Nine Network, except for Western Australia where it is up against Millionaire Hot Seat. Seven also considered producing a local version, and filmed a pilot episode on the UK set, but decided not to proceed. However, in mid-2015 a local version was commissioned to replace Deal or No Deal and Million Dollar Minute in a bid to revive ratings for its struggling flagship 6:00 pm nightly news bulletin. Hegerty and Labbett feature as two of the five permanent chasers on the Australian version, while Wallace appeared as a guest chaser in 2018. They are currently airing series 11.
• New Zealand – Episodes of the British version of The Chase air on Monday to Saturday afternoons at 5:00 pm on TVNZ 1, while The Celebrity Chase airs on Sunday afternoons at 4:55 pm, providing the lead-in to the 6:00pm nightly news. Repeat episodes air on Monday to Friday mornings at 11:00 am. The show frequently ranks in the weekly top-20 most watched TV shows, drawing in an average of 1.3 million viewers per week. As of January 2021, they are currently airing series 14.

Reception

Critical reception

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Bradley Walsh, presenter of the show

The Chase is highly popular with critics and viewers. Despite early criticism, opinion has improved over time. Some critics, as well as the chasers, put the show's success down to Walsh as host and his many memorable moments, some of which come from questions or answers which often leave him in hysterics. Labbett also said that the sense of fun and the variety of chasers is a major factor. Sinha said, "The format has been brilliantly thought out. No matter the relative strengths of the players, it is resolutely a team game, with a dramatic climax."

Controversies

The Chase has also been criticised on several occasions, such as the Final Chase, when it is alleged that Walsh asks the chasers' questions more quickly than those of the contestants. In an interview with the Radio Times, Walsh repudiated those claims: "We have lawyers on the floor to watch all of this. I read [the questions] at the same speed for both." He went on to say, "Don't forget, if I've got Mark Labbett answering questions for two minutes and I've got a team answering for two minutes, the team aren't going to be quicker. Simple as that, because they have to press the button [before answering], which is why they get a head start based on how many people are in the final. If you've got three people in the final chase that's a three-step head start–that's about a twelve-second advantage."

There have also been a number of games where the chaser has won with an answer right on the final buzzer, which some viewers have perceived to be out of time; spokespeople have asserted that an independent adjudicator – a representative from Beyond Dispute Ltd – always checks each show and makes the final call on whether answers were in or out of time.

On 6 April 2016, on an episode where Labbett was the chaser, a glitch occurred whereby the clock froze at 10 seconds and then increased to 11 seconds, giving Labbett an extra second. Although the contestants were far ahead and there was no chance of their being caught (and would win a £27,000 pot), a spokesperson for the show told OK! Online the following day that an error occurred during the editing process, but gameplay was otherwise not affected by it.

On 4 March 2019, Walsh asked a question about which band had the fewest members – with the possible answers being the Proclaimers, the Pretenders, or the Prodigy. Many viewers criticised ITV for deciding to air the episode hours after the news had publicly broken about the death of the Prodigy's frontman Keith Flint.

Ratings

During its first two series, the show averaged 1–2 million viewers, then over 2 million during series three. 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. In January 2021, The Chase managed a peak audience of over 5 million, an all-time high. Almost every episode is now seen between 4 and 5 million viewers; and each episode regularly features on ITV's Top 15 weekly broadcasts.

Rivalry with Pointless

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 September 2012, The Chase had 2.44 million viewers versus 2.27 million for Pointless). 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).

Awards

Year	Group	Award	Result	Reference
2013	National Television Awards	Best Daytime Programme	Nominated
	Broadcast Awards	Won
	TV Guide Awards	Nominated
2014	National Television Awards	Nominated
2015		Nominated
2016		Won
2017		Won
2018		Nominated
2019		Best Quiz Show	Won
2020		The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award	Nominated
2021		Best Daytime	Nominated
2021	British Academy Television Awards	Best Daytime	Nominated

International versions

The Chase international versions

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Country	Local title	Channel(s)	Presenter(s)	Chaser(s)	Cash Builder question value	Premiere date	End date
Australia	The Chase Australia	Seven Network	Andrew O'Keefe (2015–2021) Larry Emdur (2021–)	Brydon Coverdale Anne Hegerty Mark Labbett (2016–) Matt Parkinson Issa Schultz Shaun Wallace (Guest Chaser; 2018) Cheryl Toh (Guest Chaser; 2019–2021, Regular; 2021–)	$2,000	2013–1014 September 2015
Bulgaria	Мастерът (The Master)	Nova	Emo Cholakov	Martin Ivanov Nikolay Kolev Yordan Yordanov	1,000 лв.	September 2022
China	挑战文化名人 Tiǎozhǎn wénhuà míngrén (Challenge the Culture Masters)	Jiangxi Television	Liú Wèi	Meng Man Ji Lianhai A Yi Kang Zhen Li Bo	¥1,000	2014–0720 July 2014	4 October 2014
Croatia	Potjera (The Chase)	HRT 1	Tarik Filipović (2013–2019) Joško Lokas (2019–)	Dean Kotiga (2013–) Mirko Miočić (2013–2016) Morana Zibar (2013–) Krešimir Sučević-Međeral (2016–) Mladen Vukorepa (2017–)	3,500 kn	3 November 2013
Cyprus	Το Kυνηγητό To Kynigitó (The Chase)	Alpha TV Cyprus	Tasos Tryfonos	Silia Ioannidou Andreas Pitsillides Marinos Cleanthous George Pamporidis (Guest Chaser; 2020) Louis Patsalidis (Guest Chaser; 2020) Christiana Aristotelous (Guest Chaser; 2020) Katerina Mina (Guest Chaser; 2021)	€200	13 September 2020
Czech Republic	Na Lovu (On The Hunt)	TV Nova	Ondřej Sokol	Dagmar Jandová Jakub Kvášovský Jiří Martínek Václav Slabyhoudek	5,000 Kč	16 August 2021
Finland	Jahti (The Chase)	MTV3	Mikko Leppilampi	Eero Ylitalo Magnus Mali Markus Leikola	€500	30 August 2018
Germany	Gefragt – Gejagt (Asked – Chased)	NDR Fernsehen (2012–2015) Das Erste (2015–)	Alexander Bommes	Holger Waldenberger (2012, 2014-2015) Sebastian Jacoby (2013–) Sebastian Klussmann (2013–) Klaus Otto Nagorsnik (2014–) Grażyna Werner (2017) Manuel Hobiger (2018–) Thomas J. Kinne (2018–) 2012–08Adriane Rickel (2021–)	€500	8 July 2012
Greece	The Chase	Mega Channel	Maria Bekatorou	Vassilis Fasias Panos Dimakis Elias Alexiou Maria Markou	€250	27 December 2021
Israel	המרדף HaMirdaf (The Chase)	KAN 11	Ido Rosenblum (2017–2021) Lucy Ayoub (2021–)	Itai Hermann (2017–) Ron Kofman (Guest Chaser; 2017 and 2018) Nadav Jacobi (Guest Chaser; 2018) Michal Sharon (2018–)	₪5,000	2017–0518 May 2017
	המרדף עד הבית HaMirdaf ad HaBait (The Chase To Home)		Dudu Erez	Itai Hermann		26 March 2020	7 April 2020
Norway	Jaget (Hunted)	TV 2	Sturla Berg-Johansen	Trine Aalborg Jan Arild Breistein Thomas Kolåsæter (2015–2016)	10,000 Kr	2014–097 September 2014	11 May 2016
Russia	Погоня Pogoniya (Pursuit)	Russia-1	Alexander Gurevich	Alexander Ediger Yuriy Hashimov Olga Uspanova Boris Burda	₽5,000	2012–1117 November 2012	14 September 2013
Serbia	Потера Potera (The Chase)	RTS 1	Jovan Memedović	Milorad Milinković (Series 1–) Uroš Đurić (Series 1–5) Slobodan Nešović (Series 1) Maja Lalić (Series 1) Milica Jokanović (Series 2–) Žarko Stevanović (Series 5–) Milan Bukvić (Series 9–)	10,000 din.	2013–1028 October 2013
Slovakia	Na Love (On the Hunt)	TV Markíza	TBA	TBA		TBA
Spain	El Cazador (The Hunter)	La 1	Ion Aramendi (2020–2022) Rodrigo Vázquez (2022–)	Erundino Alonso Paz Herrera Ruth de Andrés Lilit Manukyan David Leo García (2021–)	€1,000	10 February 2020
Turkey	Takip (Follow)	Kanal D	Uraz Kaygilaroğlu	Muhsin Divan	₺5,000	2014–049 April 2014	19 January 2015
United States	The Chase	GSN (2013–2015) ABC (2021–)	Brooke Burns (2013–2015) Sara Haines (2021–)	Mark Labbett (2013–2015, 2021–2022) Brad Rutter (2021–) Ken Jennings (2021–2022) James Holzhauer (2021–)	$5,000 (GSN) $25,000 (ABC season 1) $10,000 (ABC season 2)	2013–086 August 2013

Beat the Chasers international versions

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Country	Local title	Channel(s)	Presenter(s)	Chaser(s)	Premiere date	End date
Australia	Beat the Chasers Australia	Seven Network	Andrew O'Keefe (2020)	Brydon Coverdale Issa Schultz Cheryl Toh Matt Parkinson	1 November 2020
Finland	Super-Jahti (The Super Chase)	MTV3	Mikko Leppilampi	Eero Ylitalo Magnus Mali Markus Leikola	5 February 2021
Netherlands	Beat the Champions	RTL4	Chantal Janzen	Diederik Jekel Cindy Hemink Abel Gilsing Nynke de Jong Devrim Aslan	3 January 2021
Spain	La Noche de los Cazadores (The Night of Hunters)	La 1	Ion Aramendi	Erundino Alonso Paz Herrera Ruth de Andrés Lilit Manukyan David Leo García	17 January 2022

Merchandise

A board game based on the show was released in 2012 by Ideal. In 2013, a card game based on the show was released by Ginger Fox.

On 12 December 2012, a version for iOS was released by Barnstorm Games. The app features four chasers (excluding Jenny "The Vixen" Ryan and Darragh "The Menace" Ennis, both of whom had not yet appeared on the programme at the time of release) 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 four players are caught in their head-to-head chases. The app is designed for both iPhones and iPads. An updated version, The Chase: Ultimate Edition, was released in 2017 and features five chasers (excluding Ennis) and host Walsh. In 2020, the app is updated with now featuring Ennis.

External links

• The Chase at IMDb
• The Chase at UKGameshows.com