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BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker takes savage swipe at Paul Sinha on ITV's The Chase
Dan Walker took a savage swipe at ITV Chaser Paul Sinha's outfit on a celebrity edition of The Chase.The BBC Breakfast presenter starred in a star-studded episode of The Chase last May alongside reality star Ferne McCann, Scottish former MP Ruth Davison and Level 42 musician Mark King.However, it wasn't long before Dan decided to have a pop at TV quizzer Paul Sinha - after spotting the Chaser's bold white blazer in the studio.Former Strictly star proceeded to mock Paul's glam white tuxedo at the end of Mark King's cash-builder round, where he racked up £4,000.Paul offered the musician a high offer of £60,000 and a low of £1,000 before host Bradley Walsh turned to Dan and asked him what he thought Mark should do.Bradley asked him: "Dan, what do you say?", to which Dan cheekily said: "Don't get sucked in by the man in the white tuxedo."Paul saw the funny side of the dig, because he could be seen smirking at the quip when the camera turned to him.Dan then took another shot at Paul when he told Mark: "Your jacket's much better, go four grand."When it came to Dan's round, he got off to a flying start and banked a whopping £8,000 in his cash-builder, demonstrating a wealth of general knowledge.Things heated up when he decided to take a major risk after Chaser Paul Sinha put a high offer of £104,000 on the table.Dan bravely decided to accept the offer, but he was beaten by a question about the 2019 Oscars, which saw him accidentally click the wrong answer.The huge button-error proved to be his un-doing, because it meant he was Chased down and defeated.Dan turned to his teammates and said: "Sorry, gang."The rest of his team had already made it back to the panel for the Final Chase.The question read: "In 2019, which Marvel film
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The Chase's Bradley Walsh floored as he praises 'greatest head-to-head he's ever seen'
The Chase host Bradley Walsh could not believe his eyes as a contestant bagged the high offer prize after a heart-racing head-to-head with chaser brainiac and doctor Paul Sinha.Darishka, from Letchworth Garden City, made an amazing achievement by beating chaser Paul, and bagging an impressive £40,000.She opted for the highest amount of money on offer, £40,000, saying: “Why not, I’m only on the show once,” going on to give the chaser a run for his money.Host Bradley Walsh was impressed with her performance against The Smiling Assassin, he said: “Wow. That was one of the greatest head to heads I have ever taken part in.”Darishka’s team mates Fran from Bristol, Ben from London and Matthew from Sheffield cheered the competitor on as she beat the chaser.When Fran was asked what she would do with the prize money, the retired woman replied she would buy a "stand up surfboard, or maybe some snow boots or skis'," which encouraged chuckles from the audience.Not only did other panellists cheer Darishka on, but viewers took to Twitter to discuss her achievement, and show just how impressed they really were with her knowledge that made up most of their hefty prize fund.One user said: “Don’t care if she blagged it, just nice to see someone go high ad get through.
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The Chase's Anne Hegerty says family she 'didn't get on with' inspired Governess character
The Chase star Anne Hegerty has revealed the inspiration behind her role as The Governess on the popular ITV quiz show.The quizzer, 63, has played the formidable role of The Governess on the show since 2010 but has now opened up on where she gets her inspiration for the part.The ITV personality told how she modelled herself on certain family members, despite not entirely getting on with them.The star made the remarks at an event celebrating International Women's Day last month.Anne revealed: "On my mother’s side, I come from a very feminist family."She went on to explain how her relatives were involved in campaigning for women's rights.She said: "My great grandmother campaigned for votes for women before the Suffragette movement."Two of their daughters went to university, my great aunt became a doctor and my grandmother studied history."Anne revealed that she took inspiration from her close relatives for her ITV character."I didn’t get on at all well with my grandmother but I sort of channel her a bit for The Governess," she added.Anne also said that she didn't get one with one of her aunts.She went on to explain how it resulted in her drawing inspiration from them to use in her role as The Governess, she told The Sun.Anne is one of six Chasers on the ITV quiz programme.She stars alongside Shaun Wallace, Mark Labbett, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha and Darragh Ennis.Elsewhere, Anne confirmed that she was forced to pull out of filming for Beat the Chasers after having tested positive for Covid.In an announcement on Twitter last month, Anne reassured her 161,200 followers that she felt okay and revealed who would be stepping in to take her place.Anne wrote: "Unfortunately I’ve contracted Covid-19 so won’t be filming this series of
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The Chase fans in stitches as they spot player's 'X-rated' credentials on ITV show
The Chase fans couldn't help blushing when one contestant revealed his racy-sounding credentials on the ITV quiz show.The hit quiz show returned on Monday night (March 28), and it saw hopeful players Dick, Louis, Penelope and Sophie take on the Chaser in a bid to take home a hefty cash prize.As always, the aim of the game was to out-run "Britain's finest quiz brains" by successfully answering questions of general knowledge.First up to face genius quiz-buff Paul Sinha was Dick, a company director from Cumbria who also happened to be 69-years-old.However, eagle-eyed viewers were immediately distracted and started blushing at the player's credentials as they sounded rather rude if read in the right context.The fans couldn't help giggling about the contestant's credentials on Twitter during the show.One chuckling fan wrote: "Dick, 69 on The Chase," as they attached a series of laughing and aubergine emojis.A second wrote: "Dick is 69" alongside a meme.A third commented: "Dick, 69, from Cumbria They've done that on purpose."A fourth added: "Dick, 69 from Cumbria" with a laughing-face emoji.Dick is the UK marketing director for his son's design-engineering company, which is based in the Philippines.Speaking to Bradley, the player revealed he'd spend any potential winnings on his 50th wedding anniversary.He also admitted he'd promised his grandchildren a smaller sum of money each, £10.Although he struggled in his cash-builder round, Dick was able to rack up £3000 and make it back to his teammates, meaning he secured himself a spot in the Final Chase.After his cash-builder, Bradley had told the player: "Undone by some modern culture questions there, Dick. Three grand.
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The Chase's Bradley Walsh takes swipe at 'delusional' celebrity contestant on ITV show
The Chase host Bradley Walsh made a cheeky dig at Rachel Johnson during in a celebrity special of the ITV show.He is known for his cheeky jibes at his guests and things were no different when Prime Minister Boris Johnson's sister Rachel Johnson took to the stand to try her luck.The repeated episode of the quiz show also saw author Rachel, journalist Giles Coren, TV presenter Chris Packham and comedian Josie Long battle the chaser.Giles kicked off the quiz and bagged a huge £40,000 for the prize pot, before Rachel stepped up second to try and grab more cash for the team.Playing it safe and scoring a respectable £4,000, she returned to the panel for the final chase - but not before Bradley could take a swipe at her performance.In her initial questions, before going head-to-head with Paul Sinha, Rachel was unable to name champagne brand Veuve Clicquot."The shocking inditement is tonight of course, you not knowing Veuve Clicquot, which is my favourite champagne," Bradley joked."I felt like I got more right, but I'm always very over optimistic which is sad, isn't it?" she jibed back about her comparatively small prize fund.Bradley joked: "No, no it's okay - delusional, but okay."He went on to ask her if she was "ready" to face the Chaser, to which a baffled Rachel replied: "I'm sorry, I don't know what's happening.""Good, time to face the Chaser," the presenter joked.Rachel wasn't caught by The Sinnerman and ended up returning to the team to join them in the final chase.Chris was knocked out after taking a risk to play for £50,000, falling at the final hurdle and going home.Meanwhile, Josie returned to the panel with a low offer of £1,000.The total was taken to £45,000 - which the three celebrities would split between their
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The Chase fans 'lose count' of the amount of times Emmerdale celeb special repeated
Emmerdale actors and actresses appeared on The Chase today to take on the Chaser and be in with a chance of winning a huge cash prize for their chosen charities – but fans at home were fuming because the show happened to be a re-run.The panel was made up of Amy Walsh who plays Tracy Metcalfe, Matthew Wolfenden who plays David Metcalfe, Charley Webb who played Debbie Dingle and Mark Charnock who plays Marlon Dingle.Hopeful to take home some cash for their charities, they took on The Sinnerman, Paul Sinha.Fans at home though couldn't concentrate on the gameshow, because many moaned that the episode aired on Sunday night (March 13) had already been aired – multiple times in fact.One person fumed: "I've lost count the amount of times they've repeated this episode #TheChase."While another said: "@ITV have repeated this episode of #TheChase more times than they've repeated the bloody Harry Potter films."And a third added: "Repeat Repeat Repeat!!! Round and round this episode goes!! How long are ITV going to constantly fill our screens with repeats on Sundays?? Thank God for Netflix #ITV #TheChase."Someone else fumed over celebrity specials in general, writing: "I hate celebrity versions. 1.
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The Chase’s Paul Sinha launches furious Twitter tirade against India amid Ukraine invasion
Paul Sinha has criticised India's decision to abstain from voting on a UN Security Council resolution demanding Russia ceases its invasion of Ukraine.The Chase star took to Twitter to unleash his fury over the situation, receiving a mixed reaction from his followers.Paul, 51, went on Twitter to blast India following the news that the country had chosen to abstain from voting on a UN Security Council resolution demanding that Russia ceases its actions.Experts believe the decision was swayed by New Delhi's reliance on its ally for energy, weapons and support in conflicts with neighbours.Paul, who is of Indian descent, didn’t waste any time in weighing in on the debate in view of his 213,200 Twitter followers yesterday. The stand-up comedian raged: “Shame on you, India. “Your boast about being the world's largest democracy means very little now.“And the UAE can f**k right off as well.”He added: “The height of nuanced political satire, that tweet.”The Chase star’s comments left fans divided, as some felt he was being unfair.Richaaryan wrote: “It's easy to jump on the bandwagon and shame a country or a person. “Where are the NATO and the US forces? Ukraine is now left alone to defend themselves! “Just as the European countries are looking out for their interests first, India has the right to do the same!!!”Cantonaesque replied: “Clearly you have an understanding of the complicated geo political issues India has to face from your cushy UK residence. “Manage your house. We have to think about our future, and clearly the West's never had our back.”While others took Paul’s side, with Nigel David Holmes writing: “Disappointed in the lack of condemnation from India.”Celtic Warrior added: “Well said Paul.
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