Yahoo News ITV announces new The Chase spin-off show starring all five quiz experts
ITV is launching a new television show which will see The Chase's quiz experts team up for the first time in an Eggheads-style show.
Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha and Shaun Wallace will compete together as a team challenging contestants to play against them for huge cash prizes.
The fivesome normally appear solo on the show, which sees them battle against members of the public.
Now their knowledge will be tested in the new game show which will be shown across a week in 2020 and will be hosted by Bradley Walsh.
Eggheads, a BBC Two show, also sees contestants battle against a team of quiz champions to win a cash prize.
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.”
Michael Kelpie, managing director of development company for the show, Potato, says: “For quiz fans, this is the equivalent of competing in the Olympics or playing in an FA Cup Final.
"It's the ultimate challenge against the greatest quiz team ever assembled. In this brand new format, anyone who thinks they're clever enough can take on the nation's favourite quizzers.”
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."
Beat The Chasers is a Potato commission for ITV Studios.
It was commissioned by ITV's recently appointed Head of Entertainment Katie Rawcliffe and Commissioning Editor Joe Mace.
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