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The Chase

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  • #62
    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Harry Angstrom wrote: »
    Great show this evening. One of the best ever.

    That was a classic, I only remember one other Chase with a similar ending.


  • #63
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #64
    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    The one I was thinking of was another one where Paul Sinha had a very poor final against a solo contestant. That was after he had beaten each of them easily in the first round.


  • #65
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    What happened? I didnt know it was back :(


  • #66
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #67
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Thanks for that, when did the Beast storm off though?


  • #68
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #69
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Found a good one looking for it on Youtube, he's definitely the best of the Chasers:



  • #70
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 71,557 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    The Beast was on 'Only Connect' a while back, on a team called 'The Rugby Boys' - remember him getting quite irate when one of his team mates got a question wrong.

    :D


  • #71
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    Thargor wrote: »
    Found a good one looking for it on Youtube, he's definitely the best of the Chasers:


    Just look at the contestants at the beginning and then watch them closer as the time pushes on and he misses nothing; to the very end.

    Such a transformation through emotion,
    kerry4sam


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  • #72
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    If Bradley read the questions that fast to the contestants they might have been on a way higher number aswell though...


  • #73
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    I've just been watching the celebrity edition on ITV and I'm convinced Shaun Wallace deliberately threw it. It ain't exactly the $64,000 Dollar Question to know that Julian Fellowes wrote Downton Abbey :rolleyes:


  • #74
    somesoldiers
    Registered Users Posts: 13,845 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    Harry Angstrom wrote: »
    I've just been watching the celebrity edition on ITV and I'm convinced Shaun Wallace deliberately threw it. It ain't exactly the $64,000 Dollar Question to know that Julian Fellowes wrote Downton Abbey :rolleyes:

    caught up on this at the weekend and I said the exact same thing to my wife, must have been time to give a few bob to charity!


  • #75
    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,514 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    Harry Angstrom wrote: »
    I've just been watching the celebrity edition on ITV and I'm convinced Shaun Wallace deliberately threw it. It ain't exactly the $64,000 Dollar Question to know that Julian Fellowes wrote Downton Abbey :rolleyes:

    They often do that on the celebrity chase ,its quite obvious too.


  • #76
    Fred Swanson
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  • #77
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Yeah Ive noticed that aswell, the banter from the contestants sounds very scripted at times but thats not as bad as actually throwing the competition.


  • #78
    colossus-x
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭colossus-x


    Harry Angstrom wrote: »
    I've just been watching the celebrity edition on ITV and I'm convinced Shaun Wallace deliberately threw it. It ain't exactly the $64,000 Dollar Question to know that Julian Fellowes wrote Downton Abbey :rolleyes:

    Well he's an intelligent man thus prolly doesn't watch that garbage.


  • #79
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,715 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    Today's was quite possibly the longest final chase I have ever seen. Shaun Wallace caught a target of 11 with half a second to spare. So may push backs not taken.


  • #80
    Aubrey loves Joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 665 ✭✭✭Aubrey loves Joe


    Love this programme. Bradley is a great host


  • #81
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    UTV showing The Chase @ 23:10 at night? Im watching it anyway!


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  • #82
    bnagrrl
    Registered Users Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bnagrrl


    Thargor wrote: »
    UTV showing The Chase @ 23:10 at night? Im watching it anyway!

    I'm watching too :)

    I've always wondered what would happen in the Chaser caught all the contestants, so interesting that the Beast brought it up


  • #83
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 71,557 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    bnagrrl wrote: »
    I'm watching too :)

    I've always wondered what would happen in the Chaser caught all the contestants, so interesting that the Beast brought it up

    It has happened once or twice.

    IIRC, the team nominate one person to answer questions in two minutes and play for just £1000. As with the normal final chase, the team can confer if the Chaser gives a wrong answer and can 'push him back' one space.


  • #84
    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    https://twitter.com/ChallengeTV/status/509298123290574849

    I'll give that a watch. The Americans did the sensible thing by recruiting Mark Labbett (The Beast) as the only Chaser for their version.


  • #85
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users Posts: 8,299 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    I've seen a few episodes of the chase myself in my spare time and it is a great show to watch for the entertainment and for Bradley Walsh.

    The show glues you into the questions and the final chase near the end.

    Although I have seen a few contestants answer certain questions wrong up until very recently. A question which was so simple was asked about one of the batman villains concerning the real name of the Joker. A very easy one not to slip up on. The person who answered it had said Harvey Dent even though the correct answer was actually Jack Napier.

    Questions of that nature surprisingly fail very easily on that show but it is a very good recommendation to watch for your teatime TV.


  • #86
    colinod0806
    Closed Accounts Posts: 614 ✭✭✭colinod0806


    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    I've seen a few episodes of the chase myself in my spare time and it is a great show to watch for the entertainment and for Bradley Walsh.

    The show glues you into the questions and the final chase near the end.

    Although I have seen a few contestants answer certain questions wrong up until very recently. A question which was so simple was asked about one of the batman villains concerning the real name of the Joker. A very easy one not to slip up on. The person who answered it had said Harvey Dent even though the correct answer was actually Jack Napier.

    Questions of that nature surprisingly fail very easily on that show but it is a very good recommendation to watch for your teatime TV.
    I'm sorry but to the many, many of us who aren't batman fans that's the opposite of an easy question.


  • #87
    Hyzepher
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,659 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hyzepher


    I'd love them to introduce a feature where contestants can forfeit some of their banked cask to increase the amount of squares they start with. i.e. 3 contestants left = 3 squares to start, they have £25,000 and decide to spend £10,000 on two extra squares (£5,00 ea)


  • #88
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 71,557 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Louis Walsh on The Chase: Celebrity Special!

    This won't take long :D


  • #89
    MJ23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭MJ23


    A good show, I like it. If Danny Baldwin didn't say "Corrrrect" after every answer he'd get at least 3 more questions in in the minute.


  • #90
    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Skid X wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/ChallengeTV/status/509298123290574849

    I'll give that a watch. The Americans did the sensible thing by recruiting Mark Labbett (The Beast) as the only Chaser for their version.

    Just started on Challenge


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  • #91
    somesoldiers
    Registered Users Posts: 13,845 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    Watched a great episode on 3e on Sat- first two went for big offer and were caught, next lad got 7K, next lady got 11K. They built up 29 for the final Chase ( mostly down to the lady who was brilliant) and the beast was one short of catching them- riveting stuff


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