The Chase star Mark Labbett reveals relationship status after split from wife

The Chase after fighting off a gang of muggers, ITV boss Sue Allison revealed. The professional quizzer – fondly known as The Governess on the beloved daytime show – has been a regular member on Bradley Walsh’s gameshow since 2010.After the show launched back in 2009, TV producers had been searching far and wide for a new Chaser and were eager to throw a strong female character into the mix.And it’s not hard to see why the brainbox caught their attention after the star wrote a compelling letter to bosses telling them she was a strong woman both mentally and physically.On Tuesday (May 24), the Chase producer appeared in a new instalment of the TV Show and Tell podcast where she revealed what convinced them to involve her into the show.She told listeners: “For the series I really wanted the third chaser to be a woman, a strong woman who could hold her own and could be completely herself.“That was quite a hard task.

AN ITV boss slammed The Chase as 'boring' - and forced a major change on the show. Award-winning entertainment executive producer Sue Allison opened up to producer David Bodycombe and TV consultant Justin Scroggie about the ITV programme on the TV Show And Tell podcast.

The Chase fans couldn't help but compare a contestant to several famous faces. Bradley Walsh returned to present another round of the popular ITV quiz show, and today (May 25), he welcomed 69-year-old Gordon.Gordon, who is a retired English teacher who has long hair, was second in line to face Paul Sinha.Immediately, viewers at home took to social media to compare the contestant to a few familiar faces, including a Harry Potter star and former professional footballer.Comparing Gordon to the actor who played Argus Filch in Harry Potter, one user wrote: "Tonight the role of Gordon will be played by renowned actor David Bradley.""I know that he’s a retired English teacher, but does he really need to have his hair cut like William Shakespeare? #TheChase," another penned.Accompanied by a picture of the infamous Dr.

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The Chase fans were left fuming after noticing a contestant's "predictable" tactics.

Holly Willoughby’s sister uploaded a snap with her famous sibling and the pair look so alike their mother that they could all be sisters. In celebration of her birthday, Kelly Willoughby shared a picture of the three of them beaming from ear to ear.On the left, Kelly wore her dark hair in a loose up do whilst wearing a large white fluffy coat.She showed off the signature Willoughby smile with minimal makeup as her sister held the camera out for the selfie.Holly wore her blonde hair slicked back with a purple cardigan and a green jacket while their mother posed to her right.Her ageless beauty shone through as she smiled with her hair immaculately styled and a hint of pink lipstick.Kelly wrote in the caption: “Mama Willoughby, practically perfect in every way.

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's BBC quiz show 'Take Off' has been axed after one series.The show, which was co-hosted by The Chase's Bradley Walsh, saw members of the audience compete each week to win luxury holidays abroad last summer.However, despite the incredible prizes and well-known presenters, the show failed to impress viewers as many were unable to go travelling at the time it aired due to coronavirus restrictions.According to The Express, the show had been filmed before the pandemic but only aired on our screens in the summer of 2021.Take Off was produced by Hungry Bear Media, which is owned by Holly Willoughby's husband Dan Baldwin.The show, which consisted of four episodes, has now reportedly been shelved as it appeared to be 'too difficult' to get the winners of the show on holiday.A source told The Sun that travel was much easier when the show was filmed prior to the pandemic.They said: "Now, it’s more difficult with so many restrictions. It didn’t land with viewers who were grounded."According to the publication, the BBC did not comment on the claims.Despite the show being axed, the source said Holly and Bradley had great on-screen chemistry and loved working together.Last year, Bradley admitted that he didn't know the rules of Take Off and that he leaves that to his co-host, Holly.He said: "I leave that to Holly - she is the nuts and bolts of it all.

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.

THOSE tuning into ITV this week were left raging after realising that The Chase had been replaced by fellow game show Lingo. Earlier this week, fans were looking forward to tuning into another episode of the popular ITV programme fronted by Bradley Walsh.

The Chase star Anne Hegerty has had a pop at her co-stars branding them all "evil" after they compared her to Disney villain Cruella De Vil. Anne, known as 'Frosty Knickers,' has taken a swipe at her fellow Chasers after she was missing from a Beat The Chasers line-up. Anne took to Twitter to repost a video clip from the most recent episode of the ITV spin-off show, hosted by Bradley Walsh.

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.

Mark Labbett has admitted he would "happily be strapped up" to a lie detector test to prove The Chase is not a fix.ITV quiz hit The Chase is one of Britain's most popular teatime shows. The Chasers all have their own individual quirky personality traits that make them lovable to viewers, and viewers have got to know them over the year.This means that with over 2,200 episodes since 2009, fans have come up with some crazy conspiracies - including those viewers who accuse the show of being 'fixed'.One of the chasers, Mark Labbett or otherwise known as The Beast, is not shy of defending himself and his fellow Chasers.In an episode in 2017, Paul Sinha got asked a question which viewers thought was easy, they accused the show of being a fix.Mark didn't let these allegations slide as he told the Express that he would "happily be strapped up" to a lie detector to prove that the show was most definitely not a fix."Social media is great for people's immediate gut reactions but not for a more considered opinion", the Chaser continued.One of the most memorable and shocking moments throughout the 13 years that the quiz show has been aired, happened earlier this year and The Beast was the one under fire.Viewers were left with their jaws dropped as the now iconic moment of Mark Labbett punching the wall and breaking the set after he had just lost a big sum of money to the players.He then took to social media after the outburst to apologise: "Apologies to those of you disappointed with my behaviour tonight.

Mark Labbett has become one of the most popular faces in the game show world and fans of The Chase just can’t seem to get enough of him. One of the most sassy chasers, the Beast has had an exciting life, including his marriage to his second cousin, an incredible transformation and a shocking diabetes diagnosis.

The Sun: "Shaun is super proud of his win on Mastermind and thought it was a great prop to show the kids during his talk."He'd done it loads of times with no issues but things went horribly wrong on one visit. The glass trophy was dropped and smashed into a million pieces.

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

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...

The Chase's Mark Labbett has opened about his current relationship status after he parted ways from his wife Katie - who is also his second cousin.The 56-year-old, who shot to fame on the popular ITV quiz show as his alter-ego The Beast, explained that he was far "too busy" for love at the moment.In 2020, as the UK slipped into a Covid-19 lockdown, many marriages and romances felt the strain, with Mark's and his ex-wife Katie's being one of them. The couple, who had been married for seven years, announced that they were parting ways and blamed the coronavirus situation for their relationship woes.