The Chase

lertsnim · 08-01-2021 9:38am

Say Your Number wrote: »

You think they might be playing up to the cameras with the interactions with contestants, but it seems Mark actually hates Mohammed.

https://twitter.com/MarkLabbett/status/1347291705318526982

Muhammad was one of the most up his arse contestants ever on this show or The Chase. You'd hope he was taking the piss.

Storm 10 · 08-01-2021 12:01pm

lertsnim wrote: »

Muhammad was one of the most up his arse contestants ever on this show or The Chase. You'd hope he was taking the piss.

I was hoping he would not win he was a real chicken ok only going for the 1k he was well sussed out by Paul.

gidget · 08-01-2021 5:04pm

I often have to wonder about some of the answers that do & don’t get accepted.

Rewatching last nights Beat the Chasers, to hear one of the answers again, to confirm an answer that rightly shouldn’t have been allowed. When the Irish woman was doing the challenge she was asked ‘What fruit is used to make dried currents’, to which she answered first with sultanas before saying apple. By right Bradley should have stopped the clock & said have to accept the first answer.

Noticed it last week too in one of the celeb version of The Chase, question was ‘Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels’ instead of saying Jonathan Swift he answered with Swift Jonathan.

Yet last night Bradley wouldn’t allow the question that Paul gave at the last second because he didn’t pronounce it right.

Basq · 08-01-2021 5:21pm

gidget wrote: »

When the Irish woman was doing the challenge she was asked ‘What fruit is used to make dried currents’, to which she answered first with sultanas before saying apple. By right Bradley should have stopped the clock & said have to accept the first answer.

No, she said "sultanas" and then said "grapes".

"Grapes" being the correct answer was said second, so Brad's actions were correct. He couldn't accept it as the first answer was incorrect.

Water John · 08-01-2021 5:28pm

Swift Jonathon is different. What happens is you answer the correct name, as in Swift, the follow up Jonathon is a clarification as to his first name. Always accepted, in fact many quizzes wouldn't need a first name.

Say Your Number · 08-01-2021 10:56pm

Disaster.

nsnoefc1878 · 08-01-2021 11:19pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

He wasn't best pleased at that!! Will there be another twitter storm tonight?

Yer man was good (if a teeny bit lucky at the end).

Arrogant little fecker and a sore loser that Paul fella.

MisterAnarchy · 10-01-2021 3:02am

Whilst the Beat the Chasers format is entertaining its flawed.

I dont like the multiple choice question format, some of the questions are very abstract.
There seems to be no logic as to how the offers are made to different contestants.

Some offers are derisory and others are extremely generous, especially towards the weaker contestants.

It seems too contrived .
Against a good contestant the Chasers are ruthless and waste hardly any time but against the poorer contestants they waste time and throw answers .

The contestants questions seem to get harder as the 60 seconds goes on so the smart money is on taking the 40-42 second offer .
That way you avoid the harder questions .
If the Chasers want to make it easy for a contestant then they make a generous offer around 40-42 seconds, if they dont want to give the money away they make no decent offer until 45 seconds and higher.

Say Your Number · 10-01-2021 10:54pm

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

Happy4all · 10-01-2021 11:05pm

A few nice wins tonight

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 1:22am

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 1:30am

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 2:44pm

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 3:01pm

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 3:23pm

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 6:50pm

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 8:44pm

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 6:17pm

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 1:07pm

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 6:28pm

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 7:47pm

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 7:51pm

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

Unearthly · 21-01-2021 8:06pm

[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 6:05pm

Darragh finally!

25-01-2021 6:30pm

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.

03-05-2021 6:29pm

Watching The Chase just now and two things struck me about The Beast.
He seems to have a slight shake in his head.
He got a question wrong and said “I can see it, but cannot remember what it is”. It’s the second time that I’ve heard him say that in recent weeks.

imfml · 09-05-2021 10:37am

iamwhoiam wrote: »

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

Much harder to play along. In the original format you could see how many questions you'd have got correct in the cash builder and if you'd have got through at the table. With Beat The Chasers it's not possible to play from home. Still, I wish I could apply to any version of The Chase and go on the show!

Water John · 09-05-2021 7:02pm

In the head to head I think you have to pick one side to play with, usually the contestant. You couldn't keep up with answering or trying to answer both sides.

11-05-2021 2:59pm

imfml wrote: »

Much harder to play along. In the original format you could see how many questions you'd have got correct in the cash builder and if you'd have got through at the table. With Beat The Chasers it's not possible to play from home. Still, I wish I could apply to any version of The Chase and go on the show!

I dont mind Beat the Chasers but my father, who controls the remote doesn't like it at all.

But yeah, same as you, I'd love to go on it. I've got my strategy mapped out and everything.

No, I'm not a nerd at all...:rolleyes:

Pussyhands · 17-05-2021 11:51am

Gone right off the Chase in general.

Must be nearing cancellation at this stage.

The "big mean chaser" shtick is boring now when they're so often very complimentary and happy for the winning contestants.

Beat the Chasers is worse again. How can the Chasers be the one that sets the time allowed? Sure what's to stop them saying they want 50 seconds for every level? It's probably a disadvantage to do good in the cash builder too because then you get less time for the higher offer.

18-05-2021 1:40am

Pussyhands wrote: »

Gone right off the Chase in general.

Must be nearing cancellation at this stage.

The "big mean chaser" shtick is boring now when they're so often very complimentary and happy for the winning contestants.

Beat the Chasers is worse again. How can the Chasers be the one that sets the time allowed? Sure what's to stop them saying they want 50 seconds for every level? It's probably a disadvantage to do good in the cash builder too because then you get less time for the higher offer.

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.

Yeah, its definitely on the verge of being cancelled. :rolleyes:

lertsnim · 18-05-2021 8:18am

Pussyhands wrote: »

Beat the Chasers is worse again. How can the Chasers be the one that sets the time allowed?

I'd say it's the producers that decide the time for each option.

HeidiHeidi · 18-05-2021 12:09pm

lertsnim wrote: »

I'd say it's the producers that decide the time for each option.

Same as the money offer in the normal game.

No way are the chasers let loose with those decisions!

Water John · 18-05-2021 12:13pm

Hard to judge how much leeway, if any they have. The Beast tends to make a poor offer generally.

HeidiHeidi · 18-05-2021 12:25pm

Water John wrote: »

Hard to judge how much leeway, if any they have. The Beast tends to make a poor offer generally.

But then if they rise him a bit he makes "THE BIGGEST OFFER WE'VE EVER MADE". He, in particular, would completely lose the run of himself if let loose I reckon!

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