The Chase star Mark Labbett – aka The Beast – has shared some of the popular quiz show’s secrets, as he revealed ITV are filming fewer episodes next year
Mark Labbett has revealed The Chase stars can earn more money from appearing on their ITV spin-off show than the regular programme.
The 57-year-old â who is dubbed The Beast on the weeknight show â said that when he and his co-stars film Beat The Chasers they can earn extra cash. This is on top of the set fee they each earn per episode of The Chase.
He joked the wage top up during the week-long special series – in which all the Chasers appear rather than quiz teams battling it out against one of them – can be so much that they “earn like Premier League footballers”.
And Mark said given the chance he’d like to “purge half” of his fellow Chasers, such as Anne Hegerty, Shaun Wallace, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha and Darragh Ennis so he could pocket even more money for himself.