The Chase (British game show)

The Chase is a British television quiz show broadcast on the ITV network, hosted by Bradley Walsh. Contestants play against a professional quizzer, known as the "Chaser", who attempts to prevent them from winning a cash prize. As of 2026, there are six chasers: Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan and Darragh Ennis. It shares similarities with the Australian quiz show The Master (Australian game show) that first aired briefly in 2006. Labbett and Wallace have both been chasers since Series 1 while Hegerty joined in Series 2, Sinha in Series 4, Ryan in Series 9 and Ennis in Series 13. With exceptions for special episodes (for example Christmas specials and anniversary episodes), only one chaser participates in a single episode.

The Chase also has a loyal following in Ireland with it broadcasting on Virgin Media One at 1pm and 2pm and Virgin Media Two at 6pm and 7pm.

The Chase also airs classic episodes on Challenge from 8pm-11am the next day every day.

A team of four contestants individually attempt to amass as much money as possible which is later added to a prize fund if the contestant survives their chase. The chaser must attempt to catch each contestant during their chase, eliminating that person from the game and preventing the money from being added to the collective prize fund. In the individual chase, the player must choose between a higher offer (closer to the chaser), their earned money and a lower offer (further away from the chaser). Later, in the final round, contestants who survived their chases play collectively as a team against the chaser for an equal share of the prize fund.

With a regular audience of three to five million, The Chase is one of the most successful and longest running game shows on UK television and one of ITV's most successful daytime shows ever. The show has been nominated seven times at the National Television Awards, winning in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2024. They also won for the spin-off series Beat the Chasers in 2021 and 2022. It was also nominated for the inaugural Best Daytime award at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards, and won it in 2022.

Additionally, The Chase has become a successful international franchise with many international versions. Among its most popular international adaptions are the Australian version, by Seven Network, and the American version, by GSN and ABC. Labbett and Hegerty feature as chasers on the Australian version (with Wallace appearing as a "Guest Chaser" in 2018). Labbett featured as the sole chaser on the 2013-2015 American version and joined the 2021 American version for its second season, leaving again in 2022.