The Chase Celebrity Special


12:00 am - 01:00 am, Saturday, December 27 on Challenge (48)

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About this Broadcast

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Season 8, Episode 5

Bradley Walsh presents as celebrity contestants Perry Fenwick, Jenny Eclair, Ore Oduba and Richard Madeley pit their wits against one of the ruthless Chasers 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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Ore Oduba (Guest)
Michael Kelpie (Executive producer)
Martin Scott (Executive producer)
Helen Tumbridge (Executive producer)

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Did You Know..

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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.
Perry Fenwick (Guest)
Born: May 29, 1962 in Canning Town
Early-life: Perry was born in Canning Town on May 29, 1962. He has a sister, Tracey, and two brothers, Faron and Lee. He went on to attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He had minor roles in a number of TV shows, including Tucker's Luck, Bergerac and Inspector Morse, before landing a recurring role on the hugely popular sitcom Watching.
Best Known For: Playing Billy Mitchell in EastEnders.
Career: Throughout the 1990s, Fenwick made guest appearances in the likes of Lovejoy, Minder, Pie in the Sky, Shine on Harvey Moon, Ellington, Casualty and The Bill. His big break came in 1998 when he joined the cast of EastEnders as Billy Mitchell.
Quote: "People believe Walford does exist."
Trivia: He filmed his 1,000th episode of EastEnders in August 2010.
Jenny Eclair (Guest)
Born: March 16, 1960 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Best Known For: Being a comedian.
Early-life: Born Jenny Clare Hargreaves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 16, 1960, her father served as a major in the British Army. Jenny returned to England when she was two. She went on to study at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre and joined a cabaret group. After moving to London, she found work as a life model and began performing punk poems. In 1989, she was named the Time Out Cabaret Award winner.
Career: Eclair's first break on TV was in the Channel 4 comedy series Packet of Three alongside Frank Skinner and Henry Normal. Since then, she has acted in Holby City and The Bill, but she is better known for her appearances on Grumpy Old Women and Loose Women. Her theatre credits include a touring version of Grumpy Old Women and The Vagina Monologues. She also continues to perform stand-up. No stranger to reality TV, she has been a contestant on Celebrity Fit Club, Celebrity Fame Academy and I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! In early 2014, she was a contestant on ITV reality series Splash!
Quote: "I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food."
Trivia: In 1995, Eclair became the first woman to win the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award. Since 1994, she has written a number of books, including the novel Life, Death and Vanilla Slices.
Ore Oduba (Guest)
Born: November 17, 1985 in London
Best Known For: Winning the 14th series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Early-life: Born on November 17, 1985 in London. Ore attended Dumpton School and then Canford School in Dorset. He graduated from Loughborough University in 2008 with a degree in Sports Science and Social Science.
Career: Oduba joined children's news programme Newsround in 2008, initially as a reporter and breakfast bulletin presenter but was promoted to deputy presenter in 2009 and began presenting the main Newsround bulletin in 2010. He was also the main presenter for spin-off show Sportsround from 2008 until 2010, when it was replaced with Match of the Day Kickabout and Oduba began presenting that instead. From 2012 to 2014, he also had an acting role in children's series Hacker Time. Oduba left Newsround in 2014. Since then, he has presented sport bulletins for BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio 5 Live and been a guest presenter on numerous episodes of The One Show. His other presenting credits include The National Lottery Draws, Claimed and Shamed as well as programmes for such sporting events as the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. In 2016, Oduba took part in Strictly Come Dancing with professional dancer Joanne Clifton and won the contest.
Quote: "The thought of getting married and being on Strictly were dreams from a very young age."
Trivia: He supports Manchester United.
Richard Madeley (Guest)
Born: May 13, 1956 in Romford, Essex
Best Known For: This Morning.
Early-life: Born May 13, 1956, in Essex. His father worked as a journalist on the local paper, but died at the age of 49 following a heart attack. Richard had his nose broken in a fight at 12, and spent years worrying about it - he also hated being lanky with big feet. However, despite his insecurities, he soon got a reputation for being ambitious and after leaving school at 16, started working as a junior reporter. He began his broadcasting career with a job at Radio Carlisle.
Career: He began his small screen career with Border Television, switching to Yorkshire, then Granada in 1982, where he first met Judy Finnigan. In 1988, the couple began presenting daytime show This Morning which quickly became a phenonemon, and led to Madeley hosting other programmes, including quiz shows Runway and Cluedo and documentary Eye Of the Storm. After 13 years, he and Finnigan quit ITV in May 2001 and were poached by Channel 4 in a multi-million pound deal. Their new teatime show, Richard and Judy, met with a lukewarm response when it debuted, but ratings quickly grew thanks to the success of features including their Book and Wine Clubs.
Quote: "I think it's ridiculous when men go to cosmetic surgeons. It implies such vanity and self-regard. People may think I'm vanity personified, but neither of us take ourselves seriously. "
Trivia: In 2011, Madeley received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Anglia Ruskin University.
Michael Kelpie (Executive producer)
Martin Scott (Executive producer)
Helen Tumbridge (Executive producer)

Before / After

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Bullseye
11:30 pm
The Chase
01:00 am