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Anne Hegerty will not feature in the upcoming series of Beat The Chasers after testing positive for COVID-19, with a quiz whizz from the Australian version of the show stepping in to temporarily replace her.<\/p>\n
The primetime spin-off of ITV\u2019s popular daytime trivia test sees contestants go up against the combined might of a team of Chasers, including fellow champions Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace and Jenny Ryan.<\/p>\n
Hegerty had been due to return to the show for its upcoming fifth season, but unfortunately has tested positive for COVID-19 this week, with filming scheduled to begin tonight.<\/p>\n
At short notice, Issa Schultz of The Chase Australia \u2013 which also features Hegerty \u2013 has been able to step in to perform her duties while she is recovering from the illness.<\/p>
An ITV spokesperson told RadioTimes.com<\/a>: \u201cUnfortunately, Anne \u2018The Governess\u2019 Hegerty has contracted COVID-19, so won\u2019t be filming the upcoming Beat The Chasers<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n They added: \u201cWe look forward to having her back on set soon. We\u2019re thrilled The Chase and Beat The Chaser Australia\u2019s Issa Schultz is able to step in.\u201d<\/p>\n Long-time viewers shouldn\u2019t be concerned that Hegerty\u2019s absence will make the gameshow any easier, as Schultz is an eight-time winner of the Australian Quizzing Championships, so he\u2019s certainly qualified to fill her shoes.<\/p>\n Coronavirus cases are currently on the rise in England, where all social restrictions have been dropped, with other television shows being affected by the spread.<\/p>\n Joel Dommett had to step down<\/a> from his presenting role on Comic Relief 2022 after testing positive yesterday, while last week saw\u00a0Dancing On Ice<\/a>\u2018s Holly Willoughby also absent with the bug.<\/p>\n Beat The Chasers is returning soon to ITV. Check out more of our Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By David Craig Published: Thursday, 17 March 2022 at 12:00 am Anne Hegerty will not feature in the upcoming series of Beat The Chasers after testing positive for COVID-19, with a quiz whizz from the Australian version of the show stepping in to temporarily replace her. The primetime spin-off of ITV\u2019s popular daytime trivia test […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12382,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/anne-hegerty-replaced-on-beat-the-chasers-due-to-covid-19.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/anne-hegerty-replaced-on-beat-the-chasers-due-to-covid-19-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/anne-hegerty-replaced-on-beat-the-chasers-due-to-covid-19-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/anne-hegerty-replaced-on-beat-the-chasers-due-to-covid-19.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/anne-hegerty-replaced-on-beat-the-chasers-due-to-covid-19.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/anne-hegerty-replaced-on-beat-the-chasers-due-to-covid-19.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/anne-hegerty-replaced-on-beat-the-chasers-due-to-covid-19.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By David Craig Published: Thursday, 17 March 2022 at 12:00 am Anne Hegerty will not feature in the upcoming series of Beat The Chasers after testing positive for COVID-19, with a quiz whizz from the Australian version of the show stepping in to temporarily replace her. The primetime spin-off of ITV\u2019s popular daytime trivia test…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/12381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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