Beat The Chasers to return with explosive celebrity version where stars battle to outwit The Beast and his co-stars

BEAT The Chasers is to return with an explosive celebrity version where stars battle to outwit The Beast and his co-stars.

The popular ITV quiz show will pit famous faces against the formidable Chasers.

Returning for a third series the RTS nominated programme, hosted by Bradley Walsh will see celebrities trying to win big money prizes for charity.

For the first time ever there will be not one, but two celebrity specials.

In a twist to the usual daily episode of The Chase, the contestant can potentially face the whole group of Chasers at the same time.

So a celebrity could find themselves tackling general knowledge questions with Mark 'The Beast' Labbatt, The Sinnerman Paul Sinha and Anne Hegerty aka The Governess.

Or they could choose to be up against Shaun Wallace The Dark Destroyer, Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan or new boy Darragh 'The Menace' Ennis.

The debut series - a spin-off of The Chase - topped ratings records, becoming the biggest new entertainment series since the launch of BGT.

Contestants are given the option of playing multiple Chasers for increasing amounts of money, but with a decreasing time advantage against them.

Play sees questions swap from contestant to the Chasers - if they get a question wrong, their individual or team clock keeps counting down until a question is answered correctly.

First to run out of time loses the game and as always the question is - can anyone beat the Chasers?

Yesterday it was revealed that Phillip Schofield was being tipped to replace Bradley on the show.

It came as ITV revealed it was launching a new take on the programme on the ITV Hub, but without Bradley.

The 60-year-old has hosted The Chase on ITV since it began in 2009, but The Chase EXTRA will see each of the Chasers host their own episode, drumming up a series of 10 questions for the contestant to tackle.

The announcement has lead some bookmakers to predict 2021 will be Bradley's last year on the main show, despite him giving no indication that for him The Chase is over.