Hit ITV daytime quiz set for another spin-off as bosses film pilot episode
A HIT ITV daytime quiz show has landed another spin-off by bosses as a secret pilot episode is recorded.
Execs at the channel are quietly plotting another version of The Chase – and it’s nothing like the current spin-off.
Production listings reveal a new travel competition spin-off is in the works and a pilot episode was recorded.
Website TVZone reports the pilot – which won’t be broadcast on television – was produced last month.
The yet-to-be announced spin-off is being made by Potato – the same production company behind the regular series of The Chase.
The Sun has contacted ITV.
The show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, has aired over 2,500 episodes across 18 series since its launch.
In 2020, ITV successfully launched Beat the Chasers – a spin-off to the regular series that sees all five chasers appear in each episode.
Payers have to answer a number of multiple choice questions to build up their cash-pot and eventually take on the group.
Each Chaser will then offer time and money depending on the contestant’s ability.
Their choice results in a nail-biting head-to-head race against the clock.
Earlier this year Anne Hegerty confirmed Beat the Chasers would return for a seventh series on ITV.
Its most recent series aired in January, stripped across a week, airing on ITV1.
The Chase's best moments
The Chase has been entertaining ITV viewers for years, here are some of the show's most memorable moments...
Bradley Walsh can’t stop laughing
- Every time host Bradley Walsh erupts into fits of laughter on The Chase it makes for pretty entertaining TV. One particularly memorable occasion was when he was asking the question ‘The title of which Elvis Presley song was engraved of the inside of Freddie Star’s coffin?” As usual the contestant was given four multiple choices but Bradley could get through reading them out before bursting into hysterics. Seeming the idea of the song being option ‘B: Way Down’ was too much for the presenter to handle.
The Double Trouble special
- To celebrate 15 years of The Chase on screens, ITV launched a special ‘double trouble’ episode where contestants faced off against not one but two of the show’s beloved Chasers. And despite the odds, the contestants managed to go home with some cash!
The contestants with famous names
- Eagle-eyed ITV fans are always quick to spot interesting and sometimes hidden details on the quiz show – but there have been a few times where the names of some contestants have been overtly obvious. For example, one 2017 episode of the quiz show saw Bradley welcome four contestants who were named after Friends characters Ross, Rachel, Phoebe and Joey. Another group of contestants with named from The Simpsons were also grouped together in another episode, much to viewers’ amusement.
The Beast’s anger gets the best of him
- During an episode from the 2024 season, Mark Labbett let out his inner beast as he exploded in a fit of anger. Close to losing the competition in the Final Chase, Mark then made a silly mistake and incorrectly answered the question, “Rabbit was a 1980 hit for which Cockney duo?” “Oh, you idiot!” he yelled at himself while slamming the table in front of him. With seconds left on the clock, the Chaser then admitted defeat, moaning “I don’t deserve to win.”