Beat the Chasers
| Beat the Chasers | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by | Bradley Walsh |
| Theme music composer | Paul Farrer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 44 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Potato |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 27 April 2020 – present |
| Related | |
Beat the Chasers (stylized in start case, also known as The Super Chase in other countries) is a 2020 British television quiz show broadcast on the ITV network. The show is spin-off of the british game show The Chase. Later, an Australia version of the show was made.
Gameplay
[edit]A single contestant plays, answering a series of multiple-choice questions worth £1,000 each. The round ends once they either miss a question or get five right. 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. Any contestant who answers all five Cash Builder questions correctly is presented with a fifth "Super Offer" to face all six Chasers at once, with no time advantage and a still larger cash prize.[1]
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, and any response given by a Chaser who has not buzzed in is automatically ruled wrong. The contestant wins the money on offer if the Chasers' clock runs out first, or nothing if their own clock runs out first.[2]
Production
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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.[3]
Series 2 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 COVID-19 pandemic, the second series featured no studio audience.[4][5][6][7]
Series 3 was commissioned by ITV.[8] 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.[9] The series began with a celebrity special on 27 March 2021 and once again featured no studio audience.[10]
Series 4 was commissioned by ITV, and premiered on 11 September 2021 with all six Chasers participating for the first time. It also saw the return of the studio audience and the return of Paul Sinha. 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.[11]
Series 5 went into production in March 2022 and premiered on 16 May 2022. Hegerty was absent from the regular episodes of this series (Episodes 1–5) due to a positive COVID-19 test and was replaced by guest Chaser Issa "The Supernerd" Schultz from The Chase Australia.[12] Hegerty returned for the celebrity specials (Episodes 6–7) which were filmed as part of Series 6 in May 2023.
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.[13]
In August 2020, it was announced that an Australian version of Beat The Chasers would be produced.[14]
Series overview
[edit]| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 5 | 27 April 2020 | 1 May 2020 | |
| 2 | 7 | 3 January 2021 | 10 January 2021 | |
| 3 | 7 | 27 March 2021 | 29 May 2021 | |
| 4 | 9 | 11 September 2021 | 9 May 2024 | |
| 5 | 7 | 16 May 2022 | 19 January 2024 | |
| 6 | 9 | 6 May 2024 | 20 February 2025 | |
| 7 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
International versions
[edit]Legend: Currently airing No longer airing Upcoming
| Country | Local title | Channel(s) | Presenter(s) | Chaser(s) | Cash Builder question value | Premiere date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Beat the Chasers Australia | Seven Network | Andrew O'Keefe | Brydon Coverdale
Issa Schultz Cheryl Toh Matt Parkinson |
AU$1,000 (Normal)
AU$5,000 (Tournament games) |
1 November 2020 | 29 November 2020 |
| Croatia | Super Potjera
(The Super Chase) |
HRT 1 | Joško Lokas | Dean Kotiga
Morana Zibar Krešimir Sučević-Međeral Mladen Vukorepa Sven Marcelić |
€500 | 26 March 2023 | |
| Czech Republic | Superlov
(The Super Chase) |
TV Nova | Ondřej Sokol | Dagmar Jandová
Jakub Kvášovský Jiří Martínek Václav Slabyhoudek (season 1-2) Viktorie Mertová Libor Šimůnek (since season 3) |
5,000 Kč | 4 March 2023 | |
| Finland | Super-Jahti
(The Super Chase)[15] |
MTV3 | Mikko Leppilampi | Eero Ylitalo
Magnus Mali Markus Leikola |
€500 | 5 February 2021 | 20 July 2021 |
| Germany | Gefragt – Gejagt: Allein gegen Alle
(Asked – Chased: Alone versus All)[16] |
Das Erste | Alexander Bommes | Adriane Rickel
Annegret Schenkel Klaus Otto Nagorsnik Manuel Hobiger Sebastian Jacoby Sebastian Klussmann Thomas Kinne |
€500 | 17 October 2022 | |
| Netherlands | Beat the Champions | RTL4 | Chantal Janzen | Diederik Jekel (2021–2023)
Cindy Hemink (2021–2023) Abel Gilsing Nynke de Jong Devrim Aslan Anna Gimbrère (2024–present) Andries Tunru (2024–present) |
€500 | 3 January 2021 | |
| Serbia | Superpotera
(The Super Chase) |
RTS1 | Jovan Memedović | Žarko Stevanović
Milica Jokanović Milan Bukvić Dušan Macura |
20,000 din. | 8 March 2025 | |
| Spain | La Noche de los Cazadores | La 1 | Ion Aramendi (Season 1)
Rodrigo Vázquez (Season 2) |
Erundino Alonso
Paz Herrera Ruth de Andrés Lilit Manukyan David Leo García |
€1,000 | 17 January 2022 | 20 September 2022 |
References
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- ^ Davies, Alex (2020-04-27). "Beat the Chasers: ITV viewers left 'confused' by The Chase spin-off". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ "ITV announces new prime time quiz series for 2020, Beat The Chasers". ITV. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Anne Hegerty reveals Beat the Chasers will "definitely" be back". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Harp, Justin (20 May 2020). "Beat the Chasers star Anne Hegerty says The Chase spin-off will "definitely" return". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Darvill, Josh (13 November 2020). "Beat The Chasers series 2 is coming to ITV – how the game show works". Telly Mix.
- ^ "Beat The Chasers Episode 1". Press Centre. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Potato secures bumper crop of orders". Press Centre. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Darvill, Josh (18 March 2021). "Darragh Ennis joins Beat The Chasers - but Paul Sinha will miss new series". TellyMix.
- ^ "Beat The Chasers - Celebrity Special Episode 1". Press Centre. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Darvill, Josh (1 September 2021). "Beat The Chasers returns for 'toughest series yet' with six Chasers". TellyMix.
- ^ Hegerty, Anne [@anne_hegerty] (March 17, 2022). "Unfortunately I've contracted Covid-19 so won't be filming this series of #BeatTheChasers. The fantastic @Issa25 will be stepping in for me and I'm looking forward to watching the series when it's on air later this year. I feel fine, but I'm still positive! (in all respects)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Beat The Chasers Theme Tune Analysis. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 10 April 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Seven confirms Beat the Chasers | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
- ^ "Super-Jahdissa osat vaihtuvat – nyt jahtaajat muodostavat joukkueen!". mtvuutiset.fi. 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Gefragt – Gejagt". daserste.de. 27 September 2022.
- ^ "El cazador spin-off". 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Beat The Chasers travels to Spain". ITV Studios. 22 January 2021.