The Chase (Großbritannien)

Vorlage:Unreferenced Vorlage:Infobox television The Chase is a British game show, broadcast on the ITV Network and ITV1 HD. It is hosted by Bradley Walsh in both series. The chasers were Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace in series 1, with Anne Hegerty joining the other two in the second series.

The chasers are all well established quiz players with impressive reputations. Wallace is a past BBC TV Mastermind winner and Hegerty and Labbett are participants on the UK 'Grand Prix' quiz circuit. Hegerty is currently ranked among the Top 20 of the UK's quiz players (as at 14 July 2010) and holds the rank of 'Master' (one step below 'Grand Master') in the UK 'Order of Merit'. Labbett is ranked 43rd and holds the rank of 'Sage' (two ranks below 'Master'). While Labbett appears to have withdrawn from international competition (he was last capped for Wales in 2007), Hegerty is expected to play for Scotland at the upcoming 2010 European Championships (November 2010).

Format

A team of 4 contestants attempt to amass as much money as possible for a team pot, but there is one person standing in their way, a ruthless quiz genius known as The Chaser. It's their job to catch the team and make sure the players lose the money and leave with nothing.

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 at the discretion of The Chaser, or they can be placed 1 step further up the board for a greater award, again, at the discretion of The Chaser. 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 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.

• 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.

In the final round, called The Final Chase, 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. If The Chaser succeeds in catching the team, they lose the prize pot and leave empty-handed, but if The Chaser is not able to catch the team, the prize pot is split equally between the remaining team players.

In the seventh episode of the first series, broadcast on 7 July 2009, The Chaser managed to catch all 4 of the players. In this situation, all 4 players are brought back and must nominate one of the players to go against The Chaser in The Final Chase. The game plays as normal with the player attempting to put as much distance between him and The Chaser as possible, and The Chaser attempting to catch the player. If the player manages to evade The Chaser, the team goes away with £1,000 each.

Episode 27 of the second series was not shown on its scheduled day on ITV1 because the Paraguay vs Japan match of the 2010 World Cup went to Extra Time and a Penalty Shoot-Out. On 7 July 2010, it was shown.

Episode results

Series 1

Episode	Chaser	Contestants surviving/amount banked	Final Chase result
1	Mark Labbett	2 contestants bank £20,200	Target of 18 caught with 0:07 remaining
2	Shaun Wallace	3 contestants bank £36,000	Target of 20 caught with 0:02 remaining
3	Mark Labbett	4 contestants bank £12,400	Target of 22 caught with 0:08 remaining
4	Shaun Wallace	3 contestants bank £16,500	Target of 20/Chaser scores 14 Each player wins £5,500
5	Shaun Wallace	2 contestants bank £16,000	Target of 14 caught with 0:24 remaining
6	Mark Labbett	3 contestants bank £12,000	Target of 20/Chaser scores 19 Each player wins £4,000
7	Mark Labbett	All contestants caught so one sent back to battle for £4,000	Target of 19 caught with 0:05 remaining
8	Shaun Wallace	2 contestants bank £22,000	Target of 24/Chaser scores 22 Each player wins £11,000
9	Shaun Wallace	2 contestants bank £17,000	Target of 17 caught with 0:34 remaining
10	Mark Labbett	3 contestants bank £21,000	Target of 12 caught with 0:47 remaining

Series 2

Episode	Chaser	Contestants surviving/amount banked	Final Chase result
1	Shaun Wallace	3 contestants bank £16,000	Target of 19 caught with 0:17 remaining
2	Mark Labbett	4 contestants bank £28,000	Target of 23 caught with 0:10 remaining
3	Mark Labbett	2 contestants bank £18,000	Target of 14 caught with 0:35 remaining
4	Shaun Wallace	4 contestants bank £19,000	Target of 25/Chaser scores 23 Each player wins £4,750
5	Anne Hegerty	2 contestants bank £15,000	Target of 21 caught with 0:22 remaining
6	Mark Labbett	2 contestants bank £20,500	Target of 22/Chaser scores 16 Each player wins £10,250
7	Anne Hegerty	3 contestants bank £31,000	Target of 21 caught with 0:19 remaining
8	Shaun Wallace	3 contestants bank £20,000	Target of 22 caught with 0:01 remaining
9	Mark Labbett	2 contestants bank £5,200	Target of 14 caught with 0:33 remaining
10	Anne Hegerty	4 contestants bank £18,400	Target of 21/Chaser scores 17 Each player wins £4,600
11	Shaun Wallace	3 contestants bank £22,000	Target of 14 caught with 0:29 remaining
12	Mark Labbett	2 contestants bank £22,000	Target of 26 caught with 0:03 remaining
13	Anne Hegerty	1 contestant banks £5,000	Target of 8 caught with 1:27 remaining
14	Mark Labbett	3 contestants bank £22,000	Target of 22/Chaser scores 21 Each player wins £7,333.33
15	Mark Labbett	1 contestant banks £4,000	Target of 15 caught with 0:56 remaining
16	Shaun Wallace	1 contestant banks £7,000	Target of 16 caught with 0:37 remaining
17	Mark Labbett	2 contestants bank £14,000	Target of 23 caught with 0:09 remaining
18	Anne Hegerty	1 contestant banks £24,000	Target of 18 caught with 0:38 remaining
19	Mark Labbett	2 contestants bank £16,000	Target of 28/Chaser scores 27 Each player wins £8,000
20	Shaun Wallace	3 contestants bank £38,000	Target of 14 caught with 0:41 remaining
21	Anne Hegerty	3 contestants bank £16,000	Target of 18 caught with 0:28 remaining
22	Mark Labbett	3 contestants bank £24,000	Target of 24/Chaser scores 23 Each player wins £8,000
23	Shaun Wallace	1 contestant banks £7,000	Target of 21 caught with 0:00 remaining
24	Anne Hegerty	3 contestants bank £34,000	Target of 24/Chaser scores 23 Each player wins £11,333.33
25	Shaun Wallace	4 contestants bank £20,000	Target of 23 caught with 0:22 remaining
26	Shaun Wallace	2 contestants bank £15,000	Target of 24/Chaser scores 22 Each player wins £7,500
27	Anne Hegerty	3 contestants bank £31,100	Target of 16 caught with 0:29 remaining
28	Mark Labbett	3 contestants bank £7,000	Target of 21/Chaser scores 18 Each player wins £2,333.33
29	Shaun Wallace	2 contestants bank £8,800	Target of 18 caught with 0:41 remaining
30	Mark Labbett	1 contestant banks £5,000	Target of 15 caught with 0:47 remaining
31	Anne Hegerty	3 contestants bank £12,000	Target of 18 caught with 0:12 remaining
32	Mark Labbett	1 contestant banks £40,000	Target of 16 caught with 0:55 remaining
33	Shaun Wallace	3 contestants bank £24,000	Target of 20 caught with 0:23 remaining
34	Anne Hegerty	2 contestants bank £40,000	Target of 24/Chaser scores 19 Each player wins £20,000
35	Shaun Wallace	3 contestants bank £20,000	Target of 22 caught with 0:08 remaining
36	Mark Labbett	2 contestants bank £6,000	Target of 16 caught with 0:44 remaining
37	Anne Hegerty	3 contestants bank £20,000	Target of 20 caught with 0:15 remaining
38	Shaun Wallace	4 contestants bank £17,500	Target of 21 caught with 0:12 remaining
39	Mark Labbett	3 contestants bank £21,000	Target of 19 caught with 0:14 remaining
40	Anne Hegerty	1 contestant banks £7,000	Target of 12 caught with 0:57 remaining

Win/Loss records

Name	Wins	Losses
Mark Labbett (29 June 2009)	14	6
Shaun Wallace (30 June 2009)	14	4
Anne Hegerty (28 May 2010)	9	3

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	29 June 2009	10 July 2009	10
2	24 May 2010	19 July 2010	40
3	2011	2011	40

External links

• Vorlage:Itv.com
• Vorlage:UKGameshow
• The Chase from Bradley Walsh's Official Website
• Application Form for The Chase Series 3 (to be filmed Oct / Nov 2010)