{"id":34377,"date":"2023-06-29T15:02:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T13:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1851659"},"modified":"2023-06-29T20:47:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:47:47","slug":"darragh-ennis-teases-huge-celebrity-win-on-new-beat-the-chasers","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/darragh-ennis-teases-huge-celebrity-win-on-new-beat-the-chasers\/","title":{"rendered":"Darragh Ennis teases huge celebrity win on new Beat the Chasers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Who could be the lucky celebrity winner? <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Cormack\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 29 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>It looks as though a certain celebrity is set to win big in the new season of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/beat-the-chasers-season-5-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Beat the Chasers<\/a>, the spin-off series of beloved game show <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/the-chase-question-writers-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Chase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The primetime show sees the confident pack of Chasers take on members of the public who think they can outsmart all six of them, with varying results of success.<\/p>\n<p>And it seems as though the series is set to get some celebrity specials that will see some smart individuals manage to take home \u201cbig\u201d cash prizes for their chosen charities.<\/p> <p>Newest Chaser Darragh \u2018The Menace\u2019 Ennis revealed exclusively to <a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> at the TRIC Awards 2023 that, while there are no format changes to the original show, they have just finished recording a new series of Beat the Chasers and \u201cquite a lot of celeb shows\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ennis said that while a release date is yet to be confirmed for the new series, there are \u201clots of tight games, so that\u2019s going to be brilliant\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed: \u201cSome of the celebs won very large sums of money. Like, really life-changing for their charity sums of money. And some of them got squashed \u2013 but that\u2019s the nature of the game.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6330233307112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p>Although Ennis did admit that he feels guilty for a split moment if the celebrity doesn\u2019t win big for their charity, he was quick to point out that they do get \u00a31,000 and exposure for their charity.<\/p>\n<p>As for whether there would be room for any more Chasers in the show, Ennis said: \u201cPhysically, on Beat the Chasers, they\u2019d have to make a bigger set \u2013 so I don\u2019t know. But you never know, the producers make that call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/tom-hardy-cbeebies-bedtime-stories-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Tom Hardy returns to CBeebies Bedtime Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/graham-norton-wheel-of-fortune-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Graham Norton to host Wheel of Fortune as game show returns to UK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ennis continued: \u201cObviously, from a personal point of view, I\u2019m really happy to be part of the team and it would be very hypocritical as the newest person to say, \u2018No one else is allowed in.'\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The entertaining quiz show sees the Chasers take part in the ultimate quizzing challenge with some of the previous celebrity contestants including presenter Carol Vorderman, comedian Omid Djalili, actor Clive Mantle and Coronation Street actress Samia Longchambon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beat the Chasers seasons 1-5 are available to watch on ITVX.\u00a0Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>Take part in <\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/the-screen-test\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><b>the Screen Test<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>, a project from Radio Times and the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, to explore the role of television and audio in our lives.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><b>subscribe now<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>. 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