The Chase Celebrity Special


04:00 am - 05:00 am, Thursday, December 25 on Challenge (48)

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Season 4, Episode 1

TV presenter Fern Britton, former England cricketer Matthew Hoggard, lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone and actor Neil Morrissey pit their general knowledge against a trivia expert as they try to win thousands of pounds for charity. However, they must work as a team to build their prize pot and stay one step ahead of the Chaser. Bradley Walsh hosts


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Bradley Walsh (Host)
Born: June 04, 1960 in Watford
Best Known For: Coronation Street and Law & Order: UK
Early-life: Bradley John Walsh was born in Watford on June 4, 1960. He wanted to be a footballer and was playing for a county league team when he was offered a contract with Brentford FC. Sadly, his sporting career was brought to an abrupt end when he broke both his ankles. He then considered joining the police, but was told he was too short, so he followed his father into engineering. He eventually decided to try stand-up comedy, and made his first steps towards turning professional when he became an entertainer at a holiday camp near Morecambe.
Career: Walsh's big TV break came in 1993, when he appeared on the Royal Variety Show. It led to a stint presenting the National Lottery, and he also hosted the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Win, Lose or Draw. After fearing his brand of light entertainment was becoming dated he moved into acting, taking parts in the TV version of Lock, Stock, the soap Night and Day and movie Mike Bassett: England Manager before Coronation Street's bosses created the role of Danny Baldwin for him in 2004. He stayed in Weatherfield for two years before leaving to pursue other projects. He's since appeared in Torn, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Law and Order: UK and SunTrap. He moved back into presenting in 2009 with ITV quiz show The Chase, and is a team captain on Play to the Whistle.
Quote: "Professionally I saw the end of light entertainment galloping towards me. Oddly enough, it's coming back now thanks to all the reality shows."
Trivia: Walsh is a supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Fern Britton (Contestant)
Born: July 17, 1957 in Ealing
Best Known For: Presenting This Morning.
Early-life: Born July 17, 1957, in Ealing. She is the daughter of actor Tony Britton of TV comedy series Don't Wait Up fame, and his first wife Ruth. She has an older sister and a younger half-brother. Her parents divorced when she was two and she stayed with her mother. Fern went to school in Buckinghamshire. She grew up surrounded by famous, glamorous people, thanks to her father's career on stage and screen.
Career: Originally intending to follow her father into acting, Britton spent two years at drama school and three years as a theatre stage manager before her first broadcasting job with ITV's Westward Television, based in Plymouth, in 1979. After a switch to TVS's regional news programme, she braced herself for 3am starts with breakfast programmes for the BBC and ITV before quitting to do Ready Steady Cook. She began co-presenting This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield in 1999 and stayed with the show for 10 years. More recently, she has co-presented Mr and Mrs and interviewed high-profile personalities about their religious beliefs in Fern Britton Meets... In 2012, she partnered professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev on Strictly Come Dancing, a year after her short-lived teatime chat show Fern was axed. She is now the presenter of BBC Two's The Big Allotment Challenge.
Quote: On having gastric band surgery: "I did this for myself and I would not wish to influence others to do the same. For me it has worked and I am pleased with the results."
Trivia: Britton has appeared in a number of commercials, including Ryvita Minis.
Matthew Hoggard (Contestant)
Michelle Mone (Contestant)
Neil Morrissey (Contestant)
Born: July 04, 1962 in Stafford
Best Known For: Men Behaving Badly.
Early-life: Neil Anthony Morrissey was born on July 4, 1962, in Staffordshire, one of four sons of Irish Catholic parents. He and brother Stephen were caught by police during a spree of petty pilfering. They were separated, sent to a children's home and grew up in care. Morrissey didn't have many prospects on leaving school, but turned his life around after enrolling at the Guildhall School Of Music And Drama. On graduating, he landed a job in panto.
Career: Morrissey made ends meet by taking on advertising work, eventually making his TV debut in a 1984 Juliet Bravo episode. The same year he had a small role in The Bounty alongside Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. Morrissey's big break came in Boon, playing sidekick Rocky for five years before quitting in 1992. Six series of Men Behaving Badly turned him into a major TV star. Other projects include A Woman's Guide To Adultery, Happy Birthday Shakespeare, Hunting Venus, Up 'n' Under, My Summer With Des, The Match and Paradise Heights. He was the original voice of Bob the Builder and had hit records as the character.
Quote: "If someone wants to pay me millions to be lazy on a big fat project in the sun, then I'm more than happy to take it."
Trivia: He appeared on the stage in 2006 in Acorn Antiques: The Musical.
Stuart McDonald (Director)
Jennifer Stephenson (Producer)

Before / After

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The Chase
03:00 am
Bullseye
05:00 am