Beat The Chasers' Bradley Walsh in shock as he brands difficult 'hooker' question 'nuts'

THE Chase fans were left open-mouthed as a contestant revealed his age - leaving host Bradley Walsh in stunned silence. The TV star was joined by four new hopefuls hoping to take home some cash from the popular ITV game show on Thursday night.

ITV game show The Chase was forced to quickly make changes after bosses dubbed the show "boring".The quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, first hit our screens in 2009 and has been keeping the nation entertained for almost 13 years.However, the original structure of the show was quite different to what we're used to seeing on our screens as entertainment executive producer Sue Allison revealed the impromptu changes they had to make.Opening up on the TV Show And Tell Podcast, Sue told producer David Bodycombe and TV consultant Justin Scroggie that the classic cash builder round wasn't planned.ITV commissioner Alison Sharman saw a run through of the show and wanted to give the format a switch up after fearing it would bore viewers to tears.Sue said: "It was just quite slow, quite slow going up the board, it was a long time until the Chaser came out and all of that."At the end of it she said 'Well I think our viewers will be bored to tears if we put that out. I think we need to change it!' We were like 'oh my god'.

Bradley Walsh has branded a contestant on The Chase as "magic." The 61-year-old welcomed four new hopefuls during today's episode (May 23), and one certainly made an impact.45-year-old contestant Esther was third in line to face the chaser, but not before she wowed with her impressive cash builder result.The solicitor from Brentwood won a whopping £10,000, answering every question in the round correctly.As soon as Esther's time was up, Bradley said: "Oh mate, that was unbelievable, truly."After finding out she answered 10 correctly, Esther gasped "No?" as she couldn't quite believe it.Bradley quipped: "You never missed one, that was magic.""Brilliant, truly brilliant. That's very rare," he added.

HOLLY Willoughby and Bradley Walsh’s presenting partnership has failed to land after their BBC1 Take Off show was quietly axed. The pair starred on the wacky prime-time quiz, which saw audience members get the chance to win plane tickets to luxury holiday destinations, last summer.

Gogglebox star Alison Worthington has confessed that she’d “snog” the Dark Destroyer from The Chase if she had the opportunity.On Friday (May 20), the beloved Channel 4 spin-off show, Beat The Chasers, aired their final instalment of the five-part game show.And it appears as though viewers at home aren’t the only people tuning into the final show, as the official Channel 4 Gogglebox Twitter account also tweeted throughout the hour-long episode to share their support online.As many fans shared their thoughts on the difficult slew of questions thrown at the contestants, the commentary show couldn’t help but share a naughty outtake from their show last week.During the show, Helena asked her mother which of the six Chasers she would snog given the choice.She asked: “Out of any of them, you’d go for the Beast wouldn’t you? If you were gonna snog any of them, which one would you snog?”The Salford-based grandma had the choice between Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan, Darragh Ennis, Mark Labbett, and Shaun Wallace.But it appears as though it was the Shaun who had caught her eye as she confessed: “It would be the Dark Destroyer, I think.”It was at this point that Helena quipped: “You wanna get destroyed by the Dark Destroyer,” to which Alison cheekily replied: “It might be the other way around!”It comes after the professional quizzer was left devastated after his rare Mastermind trophy was smashed to pieces. The star won the coveted away back in 2004, and has reached out to bosses at the BBC to see if they could replace the prized possession after the accident.

BEAT the Chasers star Darragh Ennis took an "evil" swipe at missing Chaser Anne Hegarty during its latest episode. Thursday's evening's instalment of the ITV game show saw The Governess continue her absence after testing positive for coronavirus.

Beat The Chasers' penultimate episode came with drama on Thursday night (May 19) and fans say they have 'never been so gutted' over a contestant's loss.

Beat The Chasers host Bradley Walsh and quizzer Mark 'The Beast' Labbett were reduced to tears of laughter by one naughty question during the latest episode.Thursday's edition of the ITV quiz show saw the duo lose all composure when confronted with a piece of trivia which alluded to the 'squeezing of sperm'.The question read: "'I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of insanity came over me' is a line in which classic novel?"While the studio audience laughed, Bradley could be seen rubbing his eyes in disbelief.He later bent at the waist as he struggled to maintain composure.The camera later panned to the The Beast, who could be seen wiping tears from his face in the hysterical moment.After maintaining his composure, Bradley said: "Certainly ain't the bible, that's for sure."He later laughed at the actual correct answer which was Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick.Bradley and The Beast weren't the only people in hysterics, as fans on Twitter also struggled to maintain their composure.One viewer wrote: "Of all the questions in the world and it has to be about sperm."Another commented: "I squeezed that sperm?What sort of show is this…"A third said: I squeezed that sperm, so my dirty mind shouted out it must be 50 Shades of Grey."Meanwhile, a fourth replied: "You squeezed that sperm until what sorry?""I squeezed that sperm. It's definitely not the Bible," another viewer concluded.The naughty gag followed Chaser Darragh Ennis making a savage gag about missing Chaser Anne 'The Governess' Hegerty.Darragh said: "It doesn't matter, Brad.

Beat The Chasers star Darragh Ennis made a savage dig at missing Chaser Anne Hegerty during the latest episode.Thursday's edition (May 19) of the ITV game show saw The Governess continue her absence after testing positive for coronavirus. Addressing her absence at the beginning of the episode, Beat The Chasers host Bradley Walsh said: "Still no Anne."The quizzer, 63, was soon on the receiving end of jokes from her cheeky co-stars.Comparing the absent Governess to Disney villain Cruella De Vil, Paul Sinha added: "We don't know where she is.

BEAT The Chasers star Shaun Wallace faced an awkward blunder as he forgot his new co-star Issa Schultz's name. The quizzing master took to Twitter to react to the hilarious clip ahead of tonight's new episode of the ITV spin-off show.

THE Chase star Anne Hegerty has branded her co-stars as "evil" after they compared her to Disney villain Cruella De Vil. The quizzing master took to Twitter to hit back at her fellow Chasers after she was missing from a Beat The Chasers line-up.

There was what could have been a very awkward moment on This Morning when Beat The Chasers star Issa Schultz admitted to not knowing who Holly Willoughby was. The quizzer was on the ITV daytime show to chat to the presenter and her co-host Phillip Schofield.

Beat The Chasers left Bradley Walsh and viewers alike in stitches as one contestant's thick accent caused the presenter to make an awkward blunder in the studio on Wednesday night. Paisley contestant Anne arrived on the podium eager to try and earn some money with her quizzing prowess, but during her initial chat with the host, things quickly took a nosedive. When asked what she does for a living, Anne quickly answered that she was a career adviser.

One contestant on Beat The Chasers got the last laugh after both Mark Labbett and Bradley Walsh took aim at him.

THEY are on our tellies every night of the week and while viewers know their quizzing style very well – they don’t know much about their love lives. The Chasers – Mark Labbett, Anne Hegerty, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha, Shaun Wallace and Darragh Ennis – have in fact spilled the beans about what goes on when they are not answering questions and here’s everything you need to know. Mark 'The Beast' Labbett Mark married nurse Katie in 2014 after meeting on Facebook - it was only after their wedding day they realised they were also second cousins.

Beat The Chasers star Paul Sinha has spoken out after a backlash from fans of the show.The popular ITV quiz show aired on Monday (May 16) night bringing with it controversy for viewers after one 'incorrect' answer they were adamant was actually right.The moment has now been labelled as 'brutal' by Paul who is known to fans as The Sinnerman.He was joined by Shaun 'The Dark Destroyer' Wallace, Darragh 'The Menace' Ennis, Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan and Mark 'The Beast' Labbett for the show as well as Australian The Chase star Issa Schultz, aka The Supernerd who stepped up to fill in for Anne Hegerty when she caught Covid prior to filming.During the episode, viewers saw contestant Steven battle it out against three of the chasers to win himself a not too shabby £25,000 in just 42 seconds.However, fans weren't happy when host Bradley Walsh asked: "What Patrick Swayze film became a West End musical?"Paul quickly answered: "Dirty Dancing."But Bradley, 61, told him his answer was in fact wrong and the correct response would have been Ghost.Confused viewers then took to Twitter to admit their disappointment at the answer being deemed wrong.One wrote: "Dirty Dancing is definitely a musical though? #BeatTheChasers." @Josneat said: "Glad he won but the Patrick Swayze question was really unfair as I’ve seen dirty dancing in the theatre. #BeatTheChasers."Another added: "Bit of a naughty question...

Beat The Chasers fans were left in hysterics on Tuesday's episode as newbie Issa Schultz poked fun at host Bradley Walsh. Australian The Chase star Issa, 38, has replaced Anne Hegerty on the ITV show as she tested positive for Covid during the time of filming.

Beat The Chasers host Bradley Walsh was left stunned on Tuesday's episode after a contestant revealed their past link to The Chase. During the latest instalment, Lynn Barton, who was the first female pilot employed by British Airways in 1987, went up against The Chasers in a bid to win money.

Beat The Chasers kicked off last night (May 16), but fans weren't happy with chaser Jenny Ryan.Bradley Walsh returned to host the brand new series of the ITV game show, but it wasn't long before Jenny Ryan came under fire for a comment she made towards a contestant.Contestant Josh was torn between which offer to choose from the table but ended up going with the higher amount.After he chose, Jenny, 40, said that his decision to go for the higher amount was "classic greed."Viewers immediately took to social media to fume over the quizzers choice of words.One viewer wrote: "Omfg I'm not sure it's up to or appropriate for a chaser to call a contestant greedy #BeatTheChasers that's disgusting of jenny Ryan."Another agreed: "I thought exactly the same. Rude.""Jenny has just knocked Josh for taking a high offer by saying "Classic greed".

Bradley Walsh has given given potential contestants a hint on topics to beat the Chasers.

BRADLEY Walsh was left red faced on last night’s Beat The Chasers – as he made a geographical error. The host was chatting to a contestant called Pam, who revealed she was from Peterlee, a town in County Durham.