Bradley Walsh error led to The Chase lawyers in studio having to intervene

11.01.2022 - 01:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk

When filming episodes of ITV's TV favourite, The Chase, there is a looming presence on set which viewers at home don’t get to see.

The popular dinner time quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, usually runs like clockwork aside from the occasional contestant meltdown or laugher outburst.

However, sometimes things can go wrong and the integrity of the series is called into question by angry viewers at home.

Episodes of The Chase are edited before they go out to viewers, with the three episodes they film per day taking 90 minutes each.

Bradley doesn’t actually get to see the questions before they start filming, leading to laugh out loud moments such as the infamous ‘Fanny Chmelar’ incident.

However, this does mean he can slip up during vital moments - and that’s when the lawyers have to get involved.

While it’s easy to correct mistakes during the bulk of the show, it becomes a particular issue during the tense Final Chase.

Brad is required to ask the contestants a set of questions under a two minute time limit, then do exactly the same for The Chaser, so how accurately and quickly he speaks is a major factor.

The Final Chase is almost always filmed in one go, according to Bradley, but it can be stopped and re-started if the presenter stumbles on a question.

The lawyers are always on hand to make sure that this is done in a fair manner - even going back through what they have just filmed.

“If there is a slight misread, I am stopped immediately – bang – by the lawyers,” Brad previously told Radio Times.

“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 video tape where my mouth opens – or where it’s closed from the previous question – and the