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{{Infobox television
| image                = 
| genre                = [[Game show]]
| creator              = 
| director             = 
| presenter            = [[Bradley Walsh]]
| starring             = 
| theme_music_composer = [[Paul Farrer]]
| country              = United Kingdom
| language             = English
| num_series           = 7
| num_episodes         = 44
| executive_producer   = 
| location             = 
| editor               = 
| runtime              = 
| company              = [[Potato (production company)|Potato]]
| network              = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2020|df=yes}}
| last_aired           = present
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[The Chase (British game show)]]''
* [[The Chase (American game show)]]
}}
}}
'''''Beat The Chasers''''' (also known as '''''The Super Chase''''' in other countries) is a 2020 British television [[Game show|quiz show]] broadcast on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV network]]. The show is spin-off of the british game show ''[[The Chase (British game show)|The Chase]].'' Later, an [[The Chase Australia#Beat The Chasers|Australia version]] of the show was made.

== Gameplay ==

A single contestant plays, answering a series of multiple-choice questions worth [[Pound sign|£1,000]] each. The round ends once they either miss a question or get five right. After they must then decide how many Chasers from two to five to face in a timed head-to-head round, with the Chasers specifying a time limit for themselves (always less than 60 seconds) and offering larger cash prizes as an incentive to face more of them. The offer to face two Chasers is always equal to the amount earned in the Cash Builder. Any contestant who answers all five Cash Builder questions correctly is presented with a fifth "Super Offer" to face all six Chasers at once, with no time advantage and a still larger cash prize.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eales |first=Courtney |date=2025-05-24 |title=21 quiz questions to see if you could beat The Chasers |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/tv/21-general-knowledge-questions-see-31704997 |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Liverpool Echo |language=en}}</ref>

The contestant's clock is set to 60 seconds, while the Chasers' clock is set to their agreed-on time. Only one clock runs at any given moment, starting with the contestant; the side in control must answer a question correctly to stop their clock and turn control over to the opposing side. The Chasers must buzz in to respond and may not confer on any questions. The contestant wins the money on offer if the Chasers' clock runs out first, or nothing if their own clock runs out first.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Alex |date=2020-04-27 |title=Beat the Chasers: ITV viewers left 'confused' by The Chase spin-off |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1274614/Beat-the-Chasers-The-Chase-Bradley-Walsh-ITV-spin-off-video |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

== Production ==
[[File:Bradley_Walsh_in_2012_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Bradley Walsh, presenter of the show]]
In November 2019, ITV commissioned another spin-off called ''Beat the Chasers''. It began airing in prime-time on 27 April 2020 and features contestants attempting to beat up to five Chasers to win big cash prizes. The Chasers that featured in the show were Sinha, Labbett, Ryan, Hegerty and Wallace.<ref>{{cite web |title=ITV announces new prime time quiz series for 2020, Beat The Chasers |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-announces-new-prime-time-quiz-series-2020-beat-chasers |access-date=3 December 2019 |publisher=ITV}}</ref>

Series 2 of ''Beat the Chasers'' commenced airing on 3 January 2021, and continued consecutively for seven nights, excluding 9 January, until 10 January 2021. Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the second series featured no studio audience.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anne Hegerty reveals Beat the Chasers will "definitely" be back |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-05-19/anne-hegerty-beat-the-chasers-return/ |access-date=20 May 2020 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harp |first=Justin |date=20 May 2020 |title=Beat the Chasers star Anne Hegerty says The Chase spin-off will "definitely" return |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a32605092/beat-the-chasers-anne-hegerty-teases-renewal/ |access-date=20 May 2020 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Darvill |first1=Josh |date=13 November 2020 |title=Beat The Chasers series 2 is coming to ITV – how the game show works |url=https://tellymix.co.uk/tv/424608-beat-the-chasers-2020-start-date-itv.html |website=Telly Mix}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Beat The Chasers Episode 1 |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week1/beat-chasers |access-date=10 December 2020 |website=Press Centre |language=en}}</ref>

Series 3 was commissioned by [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Potato secures bumper crop of orders |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/potato-secures-bumper-crop-orders |access-date=4 March 2021 |website=Press Centre |language=en}}</ref> The network had originally intended to have all six Chasers participate in this series; however, these plans had to be postponed as Paul Sinha was absent due to illness.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darvill |first=Josh |date=18 March 2021 |title=Darragh Ennis joins Beat The Chasers - but Paul Sinha will miss new series |url=https://tellymix.co.uk/tv/575596-darragh-ennis-joins-beat-the-chasers-but-paul-sinha-will-miss-new-series.html |website=TellyMix}}</ref> The series began with a celebrity special on 27 March 2021 and once again featured no studio audience.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Beat The Chasers - Celebrity Special Episode 1 |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week13/beat-chasers-celebrity-special |access-date=21 March 2021 |website=Press Centre |language=en}}</ref>

Series 4 was commissioned by ITV, and premiered on 11 September 2021 with all six Chasers participating for the first time. It also saw the return of the studio audience and the return of Paul Sinha. This series introduced a "Super Offer", available only to contestants who answered all five of their Cash Builder questions correctly. This offer was presented in conjunction with the other four and gave the contestant a chance to play against all six Chasers at once, with no time advantage and a larger cash prize than that offered for facing five Chasers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darvill |first=Josh |date=1 September 2021 |title=Beat The Chasers returns for 'toughest series yet' with six Chasers |url=https://tellymix.co.uk/tv/573446-beat-the-chasers-back-for-new-series-and-celebrity-specials.html |website=TellyMix}}</ref>

Series 5 went into production in March 2022 and premiered on 16 May 2022. Hegerty was absent from the regular episodes of this series (Episodes 1–5) due to a positive [[COVID-19]] test and was replaced by guest Chaser [[Issa Schultz|Issa "The Supernerd" Schultz]] from ''[[The Chase Australia]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1504458502869245955 |user=anne_hegerty |title=Unfortunately I've contracted Covid-19 so won't be filming this series of #BeatTheChasers. The fantastic @Issa25 will be stepping in for me and I'm looking forward to watching the series when it's on air later this year. I feel fine, but I'm still positive! (in all respects) |first=Anne |last=Hegerty |author-link=Anne Hegerty}}</ref> Hegerty returned for the celebrity specials (Episodes 6–7) which were filmed as part of Series 6 in May 2023.

The original working title for the spin-off show was ''Take On the Chasers''. The theme tune was composed by [[Paul Farrer]] using part of the original 2009 Chaser walk-on music.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jl1ayP6cZg |title=Beat The Chasers Theme Tune Analysis |language=en |access-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/2jl1ayP6cZg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In August 2020, it was announced that an Australian version of ''Beat The Chasers'' would be produced.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-03 |title=Seven confirms Beat the Chasers {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/08/seven-confirms-beat-the-chasers.html |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=TV Tonight |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Series overview ==
{{Series overview
| series     = 
| episodes1  = 5
| start1     = 27 April 2020
| end1       = 1 May 2020
| episodes2  = 7
| start2     = 3 January 2021
| end2       = 10 January 2021
| episodes3  = 7
| start3     = 3 May 2021
| end3       = 7 May 2021
| episodes4  = 9
| start4     = 11 September 2021
| end4       = 16 October 2021
| episodes5  = 7
| start5     = 16 May 2022
| end5       = 20 May 2022
| episodes6  = 9
| start6     = 6 May 2024
| end6       = 8 May 2024
| episodes7  = TBA
| start7     = TBA
| end7       = TBA
}}

== International versions ==
'''Legend:''' {{Color box|lightgreen|border=darkgray}} Currently airing &nbsp; {{Color box|#FFC0CB|border=darkgray}} No longer airing &nbsp; {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Upcoming &nbsp; {{sticky header}}
{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" style="text-align:left; line-height:14px;"
! scope="col" |Country
! scope="col" |Local title
! scope="col" |Channel(s)
! scope="col" |Presenter(s)
! scope="col" |Chaser(s)
! scope="col" |Cash Builder question value
! scope="col" |Premiere date
! scope="col" |End date
|-
| style="background-color: #FFC0CB" |[[Australia]]
|''[[The Chase Australia#Beat The Chasers|Beat the Chasers Australia]]''
|Seven Network
|Andrew O'Keefe
|Brydon Coverdale
Issa Schultz
Cheryl Toh
Matt Parkinson
|AU$1,000 {{small|(Normal)}}
AU$5,000 {{small|(Tournament games)}}
|1 November 2020
|29 November 2020
|-
| style="background-color:lightgreen" |[[Croatia]]
|''Super Potjera''
''(The Super Chase)''
|HRT 1
|Joško Lokas
|Dean Kotiga
Morana Zibar
Krešimir Sučević-Međeral
Mladen Vukorepa
Sven Marcelić
|€500
|26 March 2023
|
|-
| style="background-color:lightgreen" |[[Czech Republic]]
|''[[:cs:Na lovu#Na_lovu:_Superlov|Superlov]]''
''(The Super Chase)''
|TV Nova
|Ondřej Sokol
|Dagmar Jandová
Jakub Kvášovský
Jiří Martínek
Václav Slabyhoudek (season 1-2)
Viktorie Mertová
Libor Šimůnek (since season 3)
|5,000{{nbsp}}Kč
|4 March 2023
|
|-
| style="background-color: #FFC0CB" |[[Finland]]
|''[[:fi:Jahti (visailuohjelma)#Spin-off:_Super-Jahti|Super-Jahti]]''
''(The Super Chase)''<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2021 |title=Super-Jahdissa osat vaihtuvat – nyt jahtaajat muodostavat joukkueen! |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/super-jahdissa-osat-vaihtuvat-nyt-jahtaajat-muodostavat-joukkueen/8031366 |website=mtvuutiset.fi}}</ref>
|MTV3
|Mikko Leppilampi
|Eero Ylitalo
Magnus Mali
Markus Leikola
|€500
|5 February 2021
|20 July 2021
|-
| style="background-color:lightgreen" |[[Germany]]
|''[[:de:Gefragt – Gejagt#Spielvariante_„Allein_gegen_alle“_(„Beat_the_Chasers“)|Gefragt – Gejagt: Allein gegen Alle]]''
''(Asked – Chased: Alone versus All)''<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2022 |title=Gefragt – Gejagt |url=https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/quiz-show/gefragt-gejagt/sendung/gefragt-gejagt-folge-1-106.html |website=daserste.de}}</ref>
|Das Erste
|Alexander Bommes
|Adriane Rickel
Annegret Schenkel
Klaus Otto Nagorsnik
Manuel Hobiger
Sebastian Jacoby
Sebastian Klussmann
Thomas Kinne
|€500
|17 October 2022
|
|-
| style="background-color:lightgreen" |[[Netherlands]]
|''[[:nl:Beat the Champions|Beat the Champions]]''
|[[RTL 4|RTL4]]
|[[Chantal Janzen]]
|[[Diederik Jekel]] (2021–2023) 
Cindy Hemink (2021–2023) 
Abel Gilsing 
Nynke de Jong 
Devrim Aslan 
Anna Gimbrère (2024–present) 
Andries Tunru (2024–present)
|€500
|3 January 2021
|
|-
| style="background-color: lightgreen" |[[Serbia]]
|''Superpotera''
(The Super Chase)
|RTS1
|Jovan Memedović
|Žarko Stevanović
Milica Jokanović
Milan Bukvić
Dušan Macura
|20,000 din.
|8 March 2025
|
|-
| style="background-color:#FFC0CB" |[[Spain]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |''[[:es:El cazador (programa de televisión)#La_noche_de_los_cazadores|La Noche de los Cazadores]]''

(''The Night of Hunters'')<ref>{{cite web |date=16 January 2021 |title=El cazador spin-off |url=https://www.tvienes.com/2021/tve-prepara-un-spin-off-de-el-cazador-para-el-prime-time/ |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=22 January 2021 |title=Beat The Chasers travels to Spain |url=https://www.itvstudios.com/news/beat-the-chasers-travels-to-spain |publisher=ITV Studios |access-date=14 July 2025 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007064547/https://www.itvstudios.com/news/beat-the-chasers-travels-to-spain |dead-url=yes }}</ref>
|La 1
|Ion Aramendi {{small|(Season 1)}} 
Rodrigo Vázquez {{small|(Season 2)}}
|Erundino Alonso
Paz Herrera
Ruth de Andrés
Lilit Manukyan
David Leo García
|€1,000
|17 January 2022
|20 September 2022
|}

== References ==
<references />{{Draft categories|[[Category:2010s British game shows]]
	
[[Category:ITV game shows]]
	
[[Category:Television series by ITV Studios]]

[[Category:Television series impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic]]

[[Category:2020s British game shows]]
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