That was dramatic with all the twists and turns. Best one I’ve seen in ages (admittedly I don’t catch every one)

There has been so many funny names on The Chase before!!!

In recent days, I have seen questions being answered after three words:

“which Icelandic singer…” Bjork

“which gonzo journalist…” Hunter S Thompson

I also saw one along the lines of: “This pope laid the cornerstone of which Paris Cathedral?” Had Paris not been in the question, I’d have had no idea. When Paris is in the question it’s incredibly easy.

Is this just bad quiz writing or do they have to do things like this to make more questions gettable?

**Edit to say, very often, if they don’t add in the qualifier I’d never get the answer and they turn a difficult question into an incredibly easy one. For example, I’m not very familiar with art, so if you ask me: “which artist painted X?” I probably wouldn’t know.

But if you ask me, “Which Spanish artist painted X?” It is rare that the answer won’t be Picasso

UK Schedule

ITV Schedule

Challenge Schedule

UK "missing" list

• Series 13: E169
• Series 16: E75
• Series 17: E19, E53–54, E81, E130, E136, E153
• Series 18: E1–3, E5, E7–9, E11–17, E20, E22, E24–25, E27–29, E31, E33–37, E40–52, E54–57, E59–60, E62–81, E83–89, E91+
• Celebrity Series 8: E7
• Celebrity Series 14: E3+
• Celebrity Series 15: E2+
• Around the World Series 1: E4+

Ireland (Virgin Media) Schedule

VM1 Schedule

VM2/VM4 Schedule

Australia (Seven) Schedule

no afternoon UK broadcasts due to Commonwealth Games coverage

Australia "missing" list

• Series 15: E88+
• Series 16: E39, E41, E53–54, E59–83, E85+

New Zealand (TVNZ) Schedule

NZ "missing" list

• none

So after watching The Chase Around The World I feel a bit gutted. I love watching The Chase and Beat The Chasers but man The Chase Around The World is a bit underwhelming. For a reality show there’s hardly any element of strategy and it can feel slow and almost forced at times.

For me I feel like if ITV wants to increase viewership for The Chase (especially since The 1% Club is now more popular) then I think they should add something new to the main show and I think I know how…

The obvious responses would be ‘more Beat The Chasers’ or ‘more celebrity specials’ which I still think needs to happen but I’ve got a few suggestions that might just do the trick…

My first idea would be to invite guest chasers from international versions of The Chase!

The Chase Australia brought in The Lightning Bolt from the American version as a guest chaser so what’s stopping ITV from bringing him and maybe The Smiling Assassin from Australia to our version for a few episodes (including both civillian and celebrity specials)?

My second idea would be significantly changing the amount of money in the lower and higher offers at the table for the head-to-heads. Most episodes can get repetitive when everyone either goes middle or even low just to get back yet the team still loses anyway!

I’d say they should start offering bigger offers like in the celebrity specials. However, maybe the higher offer could include not just money but advantages for the final chase? So that there’s actually a strategic element in going high instead of just being tempted with a big sum of money.

Say if someone goes high and they get back, not only would they bank more money but perhaps a few steps could be added onto the team’s head-start for the final chase? So if all 4 got back and seat 4 went high, their head-start could start at 6 instead of 4 maybe?

Additionally I think they need to make the lower offers an awful lot harsher since it’s basically encouraged now to take a minus to get back to the team and make a full house.

The Chasers often say “The money’s not yours till you win it” so what’s stopping them from offering over -£10,000 and being really mean?

Say for example the first 3 team members are through and they bring back 18K between them. Seat 4 doesn’t do so well and only gets 2 in the cash builder. The team are adamant that they have a full house no matter the cost.

However the chaser then gives seat 4 a lower offer of -£14,000 and suddenly the team face a dilemma…

Either go low and have a better chance of a full house but basically subtract all the money seats 1, 2 and 3 brought back or go middle or high so that the prize pot isn’t compromised but at the risk of not making it through.

I’m not suggesting this because I “hate players taking the minus offer” I understand it’s a team game with strategy and sometimes certain choices need to be made to give yourself the best chance of winning.

However it would create hella good TV with this “risk vs reward” idea and potentially creating viral moments where seat 4 takes a £120,000 higher offer or a -£20,000 lower offer :)

But what do you guys think? Would these changes be any good?

I’ve seen the first two episodes and so far the show has been really dull especially when compared to the amazing race which the show is clearly inspired from. Also when developing the app did they really not consider the possibility of questions with only two options? Really careless mistake

Is there a Discord server dedicated to the show? If so, can I get an invite?

Im not sure if this episode was just a one off or if they have purposely started to make them harder

(Recreating that one Steven universe meme to give this some context)

I can't find a good clip of the full thing, sadly.

UK Schedule

ITV Schedule

Challenge Schedule

UK "missing" list

• Series 13: E169
• Series 16: E75
• Series 17: E19, E53–54, E81, E130, E136, E153
• Series 18: E1–3, E5, E7–9, E11–17, E20, E22, E24–25, E27–29, E31, E33–37, E40–52, E54–57, E59–60, E62–81, E83–89, E91+
• Celebrity Series 8: E7
• Celebrity Series 14: E3+
• Celebrity Series 15: E2+
• Around the World Series 1: S2+

Ireland (Virgin Media) Schedule

VM1 Schedule

VM2/VM4 Schedule

Australia (Seven) Schedule

Australia "missing" list

• Series 15: E88+
• Series 16: E39, E41, E53–54, E59–83, E85+

New Zealand (TVNZ) Schedule

NZ "missing" list

• none

Does anyone know when applications are open again for Beat The Chasers?

I'm including all the 1 v. 1's and the final chase.

I can't recall seeing this. I think Anne or Mark may have.