The Chase’s Bradley Walsh takes brutal swipe at rival game show Pointless after prize money disaster

THE Chase’s Bradley Walsh took a brutal swipe at rival game show Pointless after a prize money disaster.

Monday’s edition of the The Chase saw four new players take on one of the Chasers.

Mark, Rachel, Pauline and Sam faced off against Paul Sinha, but didn’t fair too well, with Paul on incredible form.

Rachel was sent home empty handed while – despite racking up an impressive £7,000 in his Cash Builder – Mark was also caught by Paul after going for his high offer of £58,000.

Thankfully Pauline and Sam managed to get back to their seats with some money for the prize pot, but the amount left Bradley feeling underwhelmed.

Bradley said: “Pauline, put it there, you’re through! Well played.

“Fantastic – we’re absolutely setting the world alight with two players through with two grand!”

He added sarcastically: “Wow! We’re galloping into Pointless territory.”

While players on The Chase can win potentially thousands of pounds if they secure their high offers and win the final chase, BBC quiz show Pointless builds up its prize pot at a much slower pace.

The starting amount is £1000 in an episode, with £250 up for grabs for any pointless answers.

If a team do not get a pointless answer in the final, the amount is rolled over to the next show with another £1000 added to it.

So it would take a great number of shows to roll over for Pointless contestants to be in with a chance of winning a big jackpot.

As of May 2022, the highest recorded jackpot won on the show was £24,750, and that was way back in March 2013.

The Chase airs weekdays at 5pm on ITV.