Beat The Chasers: Brand new spin-off of The Chase starts tonight

Whoever you are, whatever your age - one of the few things that can unite the people in this country is The Chase. The quiz show, which is normally shown on ITV in the early evening, shows regular people putting their knowledge to the test against some of the smartest brainboxes the UK has to offer.

Hosted by national treasure Bradley Walsh, The Chase has teams of 'normal' people going up against Anne 'The Governess' Hegerty, Mark 'The Beast' Labbett, Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan, Paul 'The Sinnerman' Sinha and Shaun 'The Dark Destroyer' Wallace - and it's absolute essential viewing.

And in news that will utterly delight fans of The Chase (i.e everybody), there's a brand new spin-off show called Beat The Chasers starting tonight (Mon 27th April).

Official information from ITV reveals that all five of the Chasers will be teaming up for the first time ever to compete as a team against other quiz teams for cash prizes. The official synopsis reads, 'Bradley will call contestants down from the studio audience to compete. In the Cash Builder they’ll face five multiple choice questions, with the chance to bank up to £5,000. But get the first question wrong - they’re out!

'Next, contestants are given the option of playing between two and all five Chasers for increasing amounts of money, but with a decreasing time advantage against them. As the money goes up, so does the number of Chasers they must face. But those brave enough to take on all five Chasers could walk away with a huge cash prize.

'Play sees questions swap from contestant to the Chasers. But get a question wrong and their individual or team clock keeps counting down until a question is answered correctly. First to run out of time loses the game. With the Chasers forming the greatest quiz team on the planet, it remains to be seen - can anyone Beat The Chasers?'

Host Bradley Walsh said, "The contestants are brave facing one Chaser, let alone all five. With that group of top quizzing brains working as a team, it’s going to take some beating. But I can’t wait to see who’s going to take them on."

Katie Rawcliffe, Head of Entertainment, ITV says. "It's so exciting to be expanding the award-winning The Chase format. Chasers and contestants alike will really need to hold their nerve to come out victorious in this new spin on the quizzing format."

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Beat The Chasers airs on ITV tonight at 9pm.

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