The Chase

10-01-2021 11:08PM

Happy4all wrote: »

A few nice wins tonight

A bit predictable and tame, I thought. Leave The Chase as is. It doesn’t work when they try to work as a team.

MisterAnarchy · 10-01-2021 11:51PM

Say Your Number wrote: »

As generous as it gets, thought he'd take on 5.

Ah its a complete fix .

Other contestants tonight were offered derisory offers and the last guy gets 3 great offers.

Credit Checker Moose · 11-01-2021 12:02AM

Are offers at the chasers discretion or are they fed to them by the ITV accountants?

HeidiHeidi · 11-01-2021 12:04AM

Credit Checker Moose wrote: »

Are offers at the chasers discretion or are they fed to them by the ITV accountants?

I've often wondered the same about the ordinary game, and I assume they're fed the offers from backstage.

Whatever about the others, Mark('s ego) would completely lose the run of himself far too often to be given free rein!

callaway92 · 11-01-2021 01:22AM

Of course they don’t come up with the offers themselves. There’s a massive team behind them doing that!

Likely the same with the one-liners etc.

Didn’t like the format the first time and don’t this time around either. The cash-builder is relatively pointless bar getting the first question wrong being a disaster.

newmember2 · 11-01-2021 01:30AM

Deleted User wrote: »

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

I can't watch it but maybe I'm missing something...the general public contestants go in a head-to-head at answering questions (that are chosen by the programme producers or whoever) against someone who works for the programme???

mloc123 · 11-01-2021 02:44PM

Credit Checker Moose wrote: »

Are offers at the chasers discretion or are they fed to them by the ITV accountants?

I would guess they have actuaries calculating the risks etc.. I also assume they grade contestants beforehand with tests etc..?

the purple tin · 11-01-2021 03:01PM

Some players seem to be acting the bimbo/himbo a bit to get more time and money. They suddenly get down to business and become very focused when it comes to the chase.

11-01-2021 03:23PM

Credit Checker Moose wrote: »

Are offers at the chasers discretion or are they fed to them by the ITV accountants?

I’d say so. I noticed a couple of chasers looking down before making an offer.

brian_t · 11-01-2021 06:50PM

There is a spin-off of sorts coming.

The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles starts on Thursday 21st January ITV at 9pm.

Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace - three of the biggest brains of the quizzing universe escape the confines of the studio to embark on an adventure like no other.

In this brand-new three part series The Chasers’ Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles, we follow our three fearless brainboxes as they pit their wits against extraordinary competition as they try to answer the age old question 'Are we really as smart as we think we are?'

To find the answers, this brand new primetime series, follows our three titans of trivia as they travel the globe to take on child geniuses, great apes, and the latest AI and robot technology.

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week3/chasers-road-trip-trains-brains-and-automobiles

11-01-2021 08:44PM

brian_t wrote: »

There is a spin-off of sorts coming.

The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles starts on Thursday 21st January ITV at 9pm.

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week3/chasers-road-trip-trains-brains-and-automobiles

Caught a glimpse of The Beast doing his version of Daniel Craig’s 007 coming out of the sea in swimming trunks. A real horror show!

the purple tin · 11-01-2021 10:12PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Caught a glimpse of The Beast doing his version of Daniel Craig’s 007 coming out of the sea in swimming trunks. A real horror show!

Why couldn't it have been the Vixen?

callaway92 · 11-01-2021 10:12PM

the purple tin wrote: »

Why couldn't it have been the Vixen?

Jesus

20-01-2021 06:17PM

Warning! Contains images that might cause offence!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9168065/The-Chasers-youve-NEVER-seen-before.html

MisterAnarchy · 21-01-2021 01:07PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Warning! Contains images that might cause offence!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9168065/The-Chasers-youve-NEVER-seen-before.html

Shauns shorts :eek:

The Beast looks like he has lost a good bit of weight in fairness to him.

Loyal Lady · 21-01-2021 06:28PM

In last night’s show, the chasers answered 31 questions correctly in the first section. Unfortunately, they didn’t all get through to the end but I was wondering whether 31 was the highest first round score for a team?

TheChrisD · 21-01-2021 07:47PM

Loyal Lady wrote: »

In last night’s show, the chasers answered 31 questions correctly in the first section. Unfortunately, they didn’t all get through to the end but I was wondering whether 31 was the highest first round score for a team?

Last night on V2? That was the second instance of a team scoring 31 combined in the cash builder, see http://onequestionshootout.xyz/stats/cashbuilders_team.htm under the Series 6+ section.

21-01-2021 07:51PM

The Governess had a horror today. 12 in the final chase and she was beaten by 7!

Unearthly · 21-01-2021 08:06PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The Governess had a horror today. 12 in the final chase and she was beaten by 7!

Yeah couldn't believe it. She usually comfortably beats any score that's below 20

MisterAnarchy · 21-01-2021 11:43PM

I enjoyed the road trip episode tonight , some good moments.

lertsnim · 22-01-2021 12:06PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The Governess had a horror today. 12 in the final chase and she was beaten by 7!

It was something else. It must be a contender for the biggest loss taken by a chaser but I am sure Shaun Wallace has lost to 11 before.

22-01-2021 12:38PM

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I enjoyed the road trip episode tonight , some good moments.

I find something very endearing about Shaun.

The sight of the beast coming out of the sea is one I can’t get out of my mind!!

Unearthly · 25-01-2021 06:05PM

Darragh finally!

25-01-2021 06:30PM

Unearthly wrote: »

Darragh finally!

He’s settled in a bit more and is interacting with Brad and the contestants more.

HeidiHeidi · 03-05-2021 12:18PM

I think there's a new Beat The Chasers series on this week.... it's listed in the paper as including Darragh, but not Paul Sinha.

Hope that's just giving the new guy a run out, and that Paul is OK

Penn · 03-05-2021 12:21PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I think there's a new Beat The Chasers series on this week.... it's listed in the paper as including Darragh, but not Paul Sinha.

Hope that's just giving the new guy a run out, and that Paul is OK

Paul was missing from the previous series over a month ago too due to illness, but I think this series was filmed around the same time so I think it was one bout of illness that took him out of both series'.

03-05-2021 12:21PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I think there's a new Beat The Chasers series on this week.... it's listed in the paper as including Darragh, but not Paul Sinha.

Hope that's just giving the new guy a run out, and that Paul is OK

Paul was ill when it was filmed so Daragh got to take his place. Paul was diagnosed with Parkinson’s last year.

iamwhoiam · 03-05-2021 12:22PM

I cant warm to Beat the Chasers at all . I must prefer the old format

HeidiHeidi · 03-05-2021 12:24PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Paul was ill when it was filmed so Daragh got to take his place. Paul was diagnosed with Parkinson’s last year.

Yes, I knew about the diagnosis, hence hoping he's OK.

I haven't been following the new series, so not up on who's been appearing in that. Although I gathered from this thread that Darragh is settling in well!

03-05-2021 12:24PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I cant warm to Beat the Chasers at all . I must prefer the old format

I find it very scripted. While there is some scripted chat in the original, it flows better.

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