The Chase

Love this programme. Love Bradley. It's my favourite quiz show.

Deeper Blue

I like the show but I actually find the host fairly irritating. The chasers are good value though.

One thing I do like is that the questions are about right in terms of difficulty - not impossible, but not ridiculously easy either. Keeps it interesting.

colossus-x

Deleted User wrote: »

Love this programme. Love Bradley. It's my favourite quiz show.

I couldn't agree more with you. I think it's a fantastic quiz show and the ONLY show I watch on the awful ITV ( for common people ).

Not only is the quiz format great and original but ITV played a blinder by choosing the extremely likable Bradly Walsh. Perhaps now all British TV stations will adopt a policy of now hiring similar such likable people instead of the usually creepy types are are in fashion over there ( remember Mathew Kelly , Paul Daniels , etc etc etc.. ).

No wonder the USA have bought it up with The Beast himself as the sole "Chaser".

FloatingVoter

I like the show myself but as for Bradley Walsh - woudl he not try going back to the acting game. He'll never trouble the Oscars but he wasn't bad at it.

Inspector Dhar

Do they let Paddies on it? I'm a veteran of 15 to 1 with good ole William G Stewart. Channel 4 paid for my flights, accommodation, spending money etc. I didn't utterly disgrace myself - there were only 4 remaining when I got booted off. But it was the best of craic... I'd love to give The Chase a rattle....

Welsh Megaman

colossus-x wrote: »

I think it's a fantastic quiz show and the ONLY show I watch on the awful ITV ( for common people ).

*loses monacle in glass of Pimms*

A personal highlight was when a contestant chose to go for the lowest amount which was a negative, meaning he was taking OUT of the prize pot. The team didn't hide the fact that they, like the viewer, were rooting for the chaser!

He was caught, and for him, the chase...was over :pac:

Gamayun

FloatingVoter wrote: »

I like the show myself but as for Bradley Walsh - woudl he not try going back to the acting game. He'll never trouble the Oscars but he wasn't bad at it.

He's in Law & Order: UK, which is still going. I haven't seen it myself but often see the ads for it.

I think Paul Sinha was a good addition to the chasers, he's probably the weakest quizzer but by far the most entertaining.

Inspector Dhar

Inspector Dhar wrote: »

Do they let Paddies on it? I'm a veteran of 15 to 1 with good ole William G Stewart. Channel 4 paid for my flights, accommodation, spending money etc. I didn't utterly disgrace myself - there were only 4 remaining when I got booted off. But it was the best of craic... I'd love to give The Chase a rattle....

Why not get in touch with them! Give old frosty knickers a run for her money!

5starpool

Nope, need to be a UK resident to apply. C4 allow Irish people to apply it seems, as plenty have been on the likes of countdown, but ITV and BBC do not afaik.

colossus-x

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

*loses monacle in glass of Pimms*

Pimms in January? I don't think so..bit common.

Gamayun wrote: »

He's in Law & Order: UK, which is still going. I haven't seen it myself but often see the ads for it.

I think Paul Sinha was a good addition to the chasers, he's probably the weakest quizzer but by far the most entertaining.

Professional comedian apparently but I think Ann Hegerty has the better quips. Nevertheless like my remark about Bradly I find all the chasers extremely likable in stark contrast to say the Eggheads panel - a more dour, gray bunch of people you would ever wish to meet.

colossus-x

colossus-x wrote: »

Pimms in January? I don't think so..bit common.



Professional comedian apparently but I think Ann Hegerty has the better quips. Nevertheless like my remark about Bradly I find all the chasers extremely likable in stark contrast to say the Eggheads panel - a more dour, gray bunch of people you would ever wish to meet.

What? Even Daphne and the fragrant Judith!

Mick Murdock

Great show. Don't mind BW and the Chasers are great. Paul Sinha is hilarious.


On the other hand, Perfection has to be the worst quiz show ever.


Bring back Going for Gold with Athlone's finest, Henry Kelly!

colossus-x

Deleted User wrote: »

What? Even Daphne and the fragrant Judith!

Cannot bear Daphne. Have you not ever seen the condescending way she reacts when her colleagues get a question wrong. As for Judith , putting that rather sickly description you gave of her aside, I recall Vine making a lighthearted quip to her on her turn and she took it in really bad spirit. It was a really embarrassing awkward moment and she wouldn't let it drop when Vine tried to move on but then again that's how you'd expect a stuck up cow to react to a bit of banter. She was exactly the same on Who Want's to be a Millionaire when she instructed Tarrant not to tease in a scolding tone. He's like that will all contestants - it's part of the show!!!! How anyone could find that type of aloofness attractive is beyond me.

lertsnim

Inspector Dhar wrote: »

Do they let Paddies on it?

Anyone by that in the name in the UK will surely be allowed on it. Don't see why not.

Inspector Dhar

colossus-x wrote: »

Cannot bare Daphne.

Seriously? Who'd want to bare Daphne? (Shudders)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L77E2eaorU

Skid X

I like The Chase. It's a decent quiz and it builds up nicely to the final round. Bradley does a decent job of winding up The Chasers and getting the contestants chatting. The Beast is my favourite Chaser, he's good and he knows it.

It's a pity it's on at the same time as Pointless. I know they are rival programmes but I would love to see a special of The Chase with Richard and Xander from Pointless as contestants (with two other Pointless Celebrities). Maybe they could do it for Comic Relief, and have a Pointless special with the Chasers as contestants.

Skid X

Skid X wrote: »

I like The Chase. It's a decent quiz and it builds up nicely to the final round. Bradley does a decent job of winding up The Chasers and getting the contestants chatting. The Beast is my favourite Chaser, he's good and he knows it.

It's a pity it's on at the same time as Pointless. I know they are rival programmes but I would love to see a special of The Chase with Richard and Xander from Pointless as contestants (with two other Pointless Celebrities). Maybe they could do it for Comic Relief, and have a Pointless special with the Chasers as contestants.

They could make up the four with Diarmuid and Jeremy from Eggheads.

MisterAnarchy

Gamayun wrote: »

I think Paul Sinha was a good addition to the chasers, he's probably the weakest quizzer but by far the most entertaining.

I actually think Sinha is the best Chaser ,I've never seen him lose (except in the celebrity edition but that's rigged so doesnt really count.
Sinha and the Beast are far better than the other too,Shaun Wallace is fairly poor .

Its a tough show,you'd want to really know your stuff to go on it yet it seems to attract alot of dummies .

flazio

Skid X wrote: »

I like The Chase. It's a decent quiz and it builds up nicely to the final round. Bradley does a decent job of winding up The Chasers and getting the contestants chatting. The Beast is my favourite Chaser, he's good and he knows it.

It's a pity it's on at the same time as Pointless. I know they are rival programmes but I would love to see a special of The Chase with Richard and Xander from Pointless as contestants (with two other Pointless Celebrities). Maybe they could do it for Comic Relief, and have a Pointless special with the Chasers as contestants.

Watch Pointless on BBC One, watch The Chase on ITV+1. Sorted.

kerry4sam

Deleted User wrote: »

Love this programme. Love Bradley. It's my favourite quiz show.

I respect all who enter and attempt to beat the chaser as the time constraints can result in serious pressure, especially if collecting winnings for a charity.

Not a programme I'd set aside time for every week, but still a programme that can be gripping at times.
Bradley is perfect for this, somewhat like Vernon Kay in the UK version of Family Fortunes - perfect characters for their respective job.

Go Harvey Go

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

A personal highlight was when a contestant chose to go for the lowest amount which was a negative, meaning he was taking OUT of the prize pot. The team didn't hide the fact that they, like the viewer, were rooting for the chaser!

He was caught, and for him, the chase...was over :pac:

Quite a few contestants have taken negative amounts.

It's probably fair to say that anyone who does so puts their desire to make the Final Chase well above everything else...

And one such contestant from Scotland, by the name of Stuart, not only succeeded in fulfilling that desire - but his team ended up winning. :eek:

Having told all of his team-mates to take the higher amount (none of them did), he then took the Sinnerman's offer of minus £2k without much hesitation. :rolleyes: And a very lucky guess on a question about the word "boycott" meant that the prize fund was reduced from £24k to £22k. Finally, the team won when Paul, closing in on a target of 23, tripped up on a Scrabble question in the dying seconds...

The producers must have been pleased with Stuart afterwards. "Thanks for making us pay out less money..."

Mick Murdock wrote: »

Bring back Going for Gold with Athlone's finest, Henry Kelly!

Channel 5 did bring it back in 2008 - but with John Suchet, and without any contestants from continental Europe.

And with a lot of phone-in questions, too...

kerry4sam wrote: »

Bradley is perfect for this, somewhat like Vernon Kay in the UK version of Family Fortunes - perfect characters for their respective job.

Have to disagree there. Vernon isn't as good as Bob or Les.

Or even Max, for that matter...

Go Harvey Go

An incredible Final Chase today - the Beast was set a small target of 14, but only reached it in the dying milliseconds. :eek: :eek:



I make it the third time that the Chaser has reached his or her target with the clock showing zero.

The targets were much bigger in the previous two, however:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL195MsioP4

irishmover

http://youtu.be/teNgQTrv6pE

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the above. Possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen on a TV game show.

I like the show, good idea but quite difficult to go away with money.

Bradley Walsh is perfect for it. Surprised people find him annoying. Think he's a very good host. But I never watched him on tv until The Chase so maybe that might help.

Dozen Wicked Words

Bradley Walsh is actually very good as a host and I was never a fan his comedy act, it was very loud and ott (and crap), so it's great he is understated in this, just in the background letting the contestants and chasers be the stars. Oh and Shaun is usually the worst chaser with the weakest quips.

And to whoever said pointless is crap, thems fightin words.

Gamayun

Has anyone seen the BBC's Revenge of the Egghead?

It's like The Chase in that it's a team building up money and taking on the Egghead at the end. I can't help but think it's been inspired by The Chase (which is no bad thing in itself).

Watching it really shows just how good a job Bradley Walsh and the Chasers do. Jeremy Vine lacks charisma and the Egghead, CJ, is just unpleasant. I get that he's supposed to be the villain but the chasers do this with charm and humour whereas CJ is just arrogant and unlikeable.

Gamayun

Gamayun wrote: »

Has anyone seen the BBC's Revenge of the Egghead?

It's like The Chase in that it's a team building up money and taking on the Egghead at the end. I can't help but think it's been inspired by The Chase (which is no bad thing in itself).

Watching it really shows just how good a job Bradley Walsh and the Chasers do. Jeremy Vine lacks charisma and the Egghead, CJ, is just unpleasant. I get that he's supposed to be the villain but the chasers do this with charm and humour whereas CJ is just arrogant and unlikeable.

I watched it 4 times before I gave in to the urge to slap CJ's smug mug! (I threw a slipper at the telly) Awful, boring and nonsensical programme.

Hunchback

Mick Murdock wrote: »

Great show. Don't mind BW and the Chasers are great. Paul Sinha is hilarious.


On the other hand, Perfection has to be the worst quiz show ever.


Bring back Going for Gold with Athlone's finest, Henry Kelly!

I love Anne Hegarty and the beast, and at least Paul seems fairly decent, but I cannot staand Seán's bullying and intimidation tactics and his stupid face

Toto Wolfcastle

Only recently started watching this and up until yesterday I thought that Anne Hegarty was The Beast. I must not have been paying attention. I often wondered why she allowed herself to be referred to in that way.

It's a great show. I love the final chase. It's really tense. I felt really sorry for the two who just missed out on the money yesterday.

MisterAnarchy

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Bradley Walsh is actually very good as a host and I was never a fan his comedy act, it was very loud and ott (and crap), so it's great he is understated in this, just in the background letting the contestants and chasers be the stars. Oh and Shaun is usually the worst chaser with the weakest quips.
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I always liked Bradley ,seems like a really sound bloke unlike most hosts nowadays who seem to think the show is all about them and their loud obnoxious behaviour.

Bradley was a professional football player for Brentford for a few years before he had to retire due to bad injuries.

Dozen Wicked Words

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I always liked Bradley ,seems like a really sound bloke unlike most hosts nowadays who seem to think the show is all about them and their loud obnoxious behaviour.

Bradley was a professional football player for Brentford for a few years before he had to retire due to bad injuries.

Saw him on Saturday Kitchen today (rock and roll lifestyle I lead) and he definitely comes across as sound.

Go Harvey Go

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Oh and Shaun is usually the worst chaser with the weakest quips.

I think he makes a good quip here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgXck8t44BQ

While I think it would be at least a little bit harsh to call any of them the weakest Chaser, it is probably fair to say that Shaun cuts it very fine in the Final Chase more often than the others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ0LcgD0aq8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOO35KPbC4I

Go Harvey Go

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

An incredible Final Chase today - the Beast was set a small target of 14, but only reached it in the dying milliseconds. :eek: :eek:



I make it the third time that the Chaser has reached his or her target with the clock showing zero.

The targets were much bigger in the previous two, however:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL195MsioP4

In fact, I make it the fourth time now.

Turns out it also happened on the 500th episode last month. And the target was even smaller than yesterday's... :eek: :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITCJwvBJHGI

"It's just another day at the office" seems to be Shaun's catchphrase.

Thargor

Shaun can be great some days and just as bad as a random they pulled in off the street other times, some of the stuff he misses is often shocking, legal terms a barrister like him should know straight away, soft geography questions etc.

lertsnim

Low offer **** really piss me off. I give out to the tv when someone does it.

Go Harvey Go

It's very rare that the Chaser is set a single-digit target - but it happened yesterday.

Charlene and Steve did manage to push Shaun back twice, though - including on a Dodie Smith question, when he took a long time before saying "One Thousand and One Dalmatians".

In the end, he had 42 seconds to spare when he caught them. Just another day at the office.

miss-bored

I love the chase too

I believe the final chase is much more tough for the contestants as they need to spend time buzzing in to answer questions and also have to wait for Bradley say their first name before answering. The chaser can go ahead and answer all questions without any of that. Surely this consumes a fair amount of time on the clock for the contestants!

Bradley is a great host, very likeable man.

irishmover

miss-bored wrote: »

I love the chase too

I believe the final chase is much more tough for the contestants as they need to spend time buzzing in to answer questions and also have to wait for Bradley say their first name before answering. The chaser can go ahead and answer all questions without any of that. Surely this consumes a fair amount of time on the clock for the contestants!

Bradley is a great host, very likeable man.

You're not the only one to notice and it definitely hinders the contestants.

Skid X

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

It's very rare that the Chaser is set a single-digit target - but it happened yesterday.

Charlene and Steve did manage to push Shaun back twice, though - including on a Dodie Smith question, when he took a long time before saying "One Thousand and One Dalmatians".

In the end, he had 42 seconds to spare when he caught them. Just another day at the office.

Nine?

Wow, that's a meagre return for two people in two minutes. I suppose it's easy to freeze when you get off to a bad start.

The point about the time lost to buzzers and name checks is a good one. Because of that it might actually be an advantage to get through to the final on your own (unless you have more than one strong contestant)

Here's an example, Larry does brilliantly but he would have had less time if he was carrying a dead weight partner.

lertsnim

Skid X wrote: »

Nine?

Wow, that's a meagre return for two people in two minutes. I suppose it's easy to freeze when you get off to a bad start.

There was a lot of apologising done after one contestant would buzz to say pass as the other player was pressing the buzzer to answer. She gave him no chance at all.

Toto Wolfcastle

lertsnim wrote: »

There was a lot of apologising done after one contestant would buzz to say pass as the other player was pressing the buzzer to answer. She gave him no chance at all.

She pretty much guessed her way to the final too. She kept giggling and saying 'I can't believe I got that right.'

lertsnim

Yeah. I bet he felt sorry that he told her to go for the lower offer too.

Luck of the draw I suppose. Some days you will find yourself on a great team while yesterday can happen too

She did answer most of the questions in the final round. He just collapsed!

The Princess Bride

I like The Chase -it's good to see contestants win occasionally though, otherwise it's all a bit too predictable.

lertsnim

Deleted User wrote: »

She did answer most of the questions in the final round. He just collapsed!

He knew the answers to questions where she buzzed in almost instantly with pass or a guess. Both of them were poor tbf

mrkiscool2

Don't know why some people are so down on BW. I think he is great, brings the contestants out of their shells and has some great banter. Also, some of the faces and laughs he makes are amazing. I present half an hour of laughing your ass off.

LynnGrace

I like the programme, it's entertaining. I like BW too.

colossus-x

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Don't know why some people are so down on BW. I think he is great, brings the contestants out of their shells and has some great banter. Also, some of the faces and laughs he makes are amazing. I present half an hour of laughing your ass off.

Yes its a phenomenon whereby when someone is so universally liked that your get a very tiny bunch of vociferous haters. Strange but true. The show is a out and out winner and he's 50% responsible for it. The USA version is poor in comparison.

Welsh Megaman

As 'Pointless' is taking a break due to Wimbledon, I've been getting my tea time game show fix with 'The Chase'

In tonight's final chase, Anne's questions were suspiciously easier...'What Is 7 x 7?'

:rolleyes:

50M31 3L535 dream

a question there, something about in which profession might you encounter the bends,

fighter pilot, astronaut, or deep sea diver.


i'm nearly sure it could be any of them

brian_t

New quiz coming in the Chase's timeslot next Monday.

Not sure if it deserves it's own thread so I'm just sticking it here.

The 21st Question

The 21st Question is a brand new quiz show, a game that revolves around what you know and how well you play your hand. Eleven contestants compete to get onto the power spot and to control the game. Whoever is standing on the power spot when quizmaster Gethin Jones asks the 21st and final question gets the chance to win big and take home all of the money made in the game