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.
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A huge ITV quiz show could be about to land a spin-off series
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A pilot episode for a new edition of The Chase was reportedly recorded last month
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The Chase first launched on ITV in 2009 and over 2,500 episodes have been produced to date
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Production listings reveal a new travel competition spin-off is in the works and a pilot episode was recorded.
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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.
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The show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, has aired over 2,500 episodes across 18 series since its launch.
In 2020, ITV successfully launched
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.
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Their choice results in a nail-biting head-to-head race against the clock.
The Chase contestant narrowly misses out on £80k
Earlier this year
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
The Double Trouble special
To celebrate 15 years of The Chase on screens, ITV launched a
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
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