The Chase Celebrity Special


6:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Saturday, December 27 on Challenge (48)

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Season 10, Episode 7

Bradley Walsh presents a Good Morning Britain special of the quiz show, as Piers Morgan, Susanna Reid, Richard Arnold and Kate Garraway pit their wits against ruthless quiz genius the Chaser in the hope of winning a potential prize pot worth thousands of pounds. They must work as a team and play strategically to answer general knowledge questions against the clock and race down the game board to the exit without being caught


subtitles repeat 16x9
Game Show/Quiz/Contest Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Piers Morgan (Contestant)
Susanna Reid (Contestant)
Richard Arnold (Contestant)
Kate Garraway (Contestant)
Michael Kelpie (Executive producer)
Martin Scott (Executive producer)
Helen Tumbridge (Executive producer)

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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.
Piers Morgan (Contestant)
Born: March 30, 1965 in Guildford, Surrey
Best Known For: Being the former editor of the Daily Mirror.
Early-life: Born Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan in East Sussex in 1965, he has three siblings and was reportedly named after motor-racing driver Piers Courage. He attended Chailey School and went on to study journalism at Harlow College. After a brief stint at Lloyds of London, he landed a job as a reporter on the South London Press. Not long after, Morgan joined the team at The Sun, where he was made editor of the Bizarre column.
Career: In 1994, Morgan made headlines when he was appointed editor of the News of the World at the age of just 28. He quit after publishing sensational pictures of Earl Spencer's first wife leaving a detox clinic. It was the first of many controversies which would dog the journalist. Morgan then moved to The Daily Mirror, where he tried to move the paper away from its tabloid roots. However, he was sacked in 2004 after publishing fake pictures of Iraqi prisoners being abused by British soldiers. In 2005, Morgan bought newspaper industry paper The Press Gazette, but sold it on again just over a year later. In 2006, he launched First News, a weekly paper for nine to 12-year-olds. Away from the news, the journalist has built a career as a TV presenter, featuring on the series You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous; Morgan & Platell; and as a judge on both America and Britain's Got Talent. He hosted Piers Morgan Live on CNN between January 2011 and March 2014.
Quote: On the US snooping into his private life: "I like it, it's funny. I got exposed over a whole page in the National Enquirer. I thought it was hilarious."
Trivia: Morgan has penned several books and is a devoted Arsenal fan.
Susanna Reid (Contestant)
Born: December 10, 1970 in Croydon
Best Known For: Presenting breakfast TV.
Early-life: Born in Croydon on December 10, 1970, Susanna studied politics, philosophy and law at the University of Bristol. She followed this up with a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the Cardiff School of Journalism.
Career: Reid began her career at BBC Radio Bristol before moving to BBC Radio 5 Live as a reporter and producer. She went on to join BBC News 24 and became a reporter for Breakfast News before rejoining BBC News 24 as a presenter. For two series, she hosted Sunday Morning Live, a religious and currents affairs discussion programme on BBC One. She presented Breakfast between 2010 and 2014, hosted the BBC's coverage of the Oscars from Los Angeles, and stood in for Andrew Marr on The Andrew Marr Show. In 2013, she finished third in Strictly Come Dancing. In early 2014, Reid made the switch to ITV and began co-presenting Good Morning Britain.
Quote: "People are always going to talk about what women wear on TV. It's a fact of life."
Trivia: In 2011, Reid took part in a Strictly Come Dancing competition as part of Children in Need along with three other BBC newsreaders.
Richard Arnold (Contestant)
Born: November 24, 1969 in Hampshire
Best Known For: Being a showbiz reporter on breakfast telly.
Early-life: Born in Hampshire on November 24, 1969, Richard grew up in Inverurie, Scotland, after his family moved there in 1981. He studied at Edinburgh University and the City University in London. His first foray into journalism was working for Inside Soap magazine.
Career: Richard joined Radio Scotland as their resident TV critic in 1994 and presented a TV review show on Radio 5 for four years from 1993. He left Inside Soap in 1995 to become a TV presenter on the Sunday Show for the BBC. A couple of years later, he became the TV critic for GMTV. For 10 years, Richard made daily appearances on GMTV, GMTV Today and LK Today. Other TV credits include hosting The Richard Arnold Show, Loose Lips, Soapstar Superchef and Take It Or Leave It. In 2012, he became the Showbiz Editor for ITV breakfast programme Daybreak, and partnered professional dancer Erin Boag on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote: In the run-up to Strictly Come Dancing: "The BBC said who would be your preferred partner and I did say Anton - someone with a good sense of humour and a firm hand - but apparently the programme hasn't moved that far forward yet."
Trivia: He took part in the first series of Celebrity MasterChef.
Kate Garraway (Contestant)
Born: May 04, 1967 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Best Known For: Sitting on the GMTV sofa.
Early-life: Kathryn Mary Garraway was born in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, on May 4, 1967. Kate attended Fitzharrys School and spent a year operating a shrink-wrapping machine in a toilet-roll factory before taking up a place at Bath University, where she studied English and History. Following her graduation, she began her broadcasting career with a job at BBC Radio Oxford.
Career: In 1994, Garraway won a trainee position at ITN, before becoming a reporter and presenter for Central News. That led to jobs with Meridian, BBC News 24 and Sky News. She joined the GMTV team in 2000. She went on to become one of the show's most popular hosts, and has also worked on other series, including Des and Mel, Ultimate Psychic Challenge, Access Hollywood and Too Many Cooks. In 2007, she hit the headlines when she took part in Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote: "The thing about Strictly is, the worst you could say about me was that I'm a rubbish dancer. You haven't discovered any of my politics."
Trivia: Garraway is an ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Michael Kelpie (Executive producer)
Martin Scott (Executive producer)
Helen Tumbridge (Executive producer)