The Chase's Bradley Walsh shares some of the show's behind-the-scenes secrets

Publish Date
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 3:03PM

Every weeknight, thousands of Kiwis tune in to TVNZ 1 to watch The Chase, but have you ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes?

Well, wonder no more, because Bradley Walsh - who has presented the show since it began in 2009 - has spilt all on the popular ITV game show. 

Speaking to RadioTimes.com, Walsh revealed there are three episodes film in a day and that it only takes about an hour and a half to film each episode.

"It runs like clockwork," he said.

Ahead of each episode, the popular host genuinely has no idea which chaser is going to appear - with Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan admitting she tiptoes into the studio so Walsh can't hear her heels clicking on the floor!

So how do the chasers come up with the offers for contestants?

Apparently producers tell them what they can offer before they sit at the desk.

World quizzing champion, Olav Bjortomt - who is one of the main question writers on the show - constantly tries to make Walsh laugh, to re-create that famous "Fanny Chmelar" moment.

"Of course they do!" Walsh admitted.

"That’s their bent. That is exactly what they do. They deliberately go out of their way to find questions that will trip me up."

However, the 59-year-old does not see the questions before filming.

"The second the contestant sees the question, that’s when I see the question," he continued.

Opening up about the controversial final chase, in which Walsh is often accused of cheating, he revealed moment is almost always filmed in one go.

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"98% in one hit," he said.

"If there is a slight misread, I am stopped immediately – bang – by the lawyers.

"We have the compliance lawyers in the studio all the time. What you have to do is go back to the start of the question, literally on videotape where my mouth opens – or where it’s closed from the previous question – and the question is re-asked. It is stopped to the split second.

"It means no time is lost for either the contestant or the chaser," he added.

Finally, Walsh boasted it takes him 3.6 - 4 seconds on average to ask a question on The Chase.

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