The Chase stars reveal best celeb quizzers including EastEnders legend

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The Chase stars Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace have revealed the top celebrity quizzers - and reckon the best one around is an EastEnders legend.

Quiz experts Hegerty and Wallace, known as The Governess and The Dark Destroyer, said that Shaun Williamson - best known for his role as Barry Evans in the BBC One soap - was a force to be reckoned with when they appeared on This Morning.

What, how, and why?

As two of The Chase's best-known stars, Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace know a thing or two about recognising talent on the quizzing scene.

The ITV stars, known as The Governess and The Dark Destroyer, appeared on Tuesday's This Morning where they revealed who the best celebrities on the circuit are, and had a surprising answer. Wallace told viewers that Shaun Williamson, who starred in EastEnders as hapless Barry Evans who was eventually murdered by bride Janine Butcher, was the best famous quizzer around.

Asked about celebrities who did well in quizzes, Wallace said: "Rachel Riley in particular is the only celeb who has never lost. Jonathan Ross is very, very good. His brother Paul. I'd say Paul is [better] he's really good. But the best celebrity quizzer on the circuit is Shaun Williamson, he really is good."

Hegerty explained: "Barry from EastEnders." Wallace added: "He's so good he takes part in a national quiz league. He is that good. He really is."

They also offered tips on how to be a good quizzer as Wallace said: "As long as you're confident in your own ability and are not frighted to get a question wrong and avoid something we call the past spiral. That's when you get a question wrong and then you focus on the question last question you got wrong."

Hegerty added: "We've worked on not doing that, you have to throw it away and focus really hard on the next question."

Opening up on their close friendship with their co-stars, Wallace said: "We really rate and respect each other and we really get on well."

Hegerty said: "We all get our own separate dressing rooms, but the producers have worked out if they want to find The Chasers we've probably all congregated in one dressing room, usually Paul's (Sinha, aka The Sinnerman), and we're quizzing. We test each other before we go on."

What else has happened on This Morning?

Fans of the ITV daytime show got the chance to see former host Holly Willoughby back on screen on Sunday for the first time since she quit in October.

Willoughby left This Morning following reports of an alleged kidnap plot against her, but made her TV return for the series debut of Dancing On Ice.

She also has a new co-host for the reality show after her former presenting partner Phillip Schofield bowed out of TV work in May.

Schofield, who had also been her co-star at This Morning, was revealed to have had an affair with a much younger male colleague on the show and has not returned to any other ITV work, including Dancing On Ice.

Instead, Willoughby was joined on the ice by Stephen Mulhern who she previously appeared alongside in their Saturday morning kids' TV early careers.

This Morning airs on ITV1 at 10am on weekdays.

Beat The Chasers airs on on ITV and ITVX at 9pm on Fridays.

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