An Edinburgh man took home his share of the spoils on the latest episode of The Chase on Thursday night.
Edinburgh Airport worker Jim was one of the quartet who took on and beat Ann Heggarty but was tasked with a difficult choice over how to spend his winnings with his wife, reports the Record.
Jim was joined by Anna from Hertfordshire, Pam from Lincolnshire and Jay from Loughborough and got the team off to the best start possible as he bagged £9,000 in the cash builder and continued to beat The Governess to re-take his seat alongside his team mates.
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Jim's origins also impressed host Bradley Walsh as he commended the "beautiful" capital city. Jim, 34, works at the airport as a customer service assistant and admitted he enjoys painting 'mini figures' for board games during his spare time.
"I set them up and have pretend battles with my friends," he said revealing he has 'thousands' at home already and would like to expand his collection as well as purchase a house with his wife in the near future.
"She wants the money for that and I want to buy more toys," he added as the audience laughed before he took on Anne - who also studied at the University of Edinburgh.
"Hello Jim I like reenacting battles with little soldiers too, that's why I am barred from that pub in Aldershot," The Governess joked.
After strolling through to the next round, next up to face The Governess was 31-year-old Anne, who admitted she should be spending her winnings on driving lessons but would be tempted to jet off into the sun.
She stuck with her £2,000 from the cash builder as her "dad would kill her" if she had taken the lower offer, before joining Jim in the final round.
Retired biology technician Pam, 70, who blew Bradley away with her age and trade union official Jay, 34, also joined the pair as the full-team joined forces in the final chase - banking a respectable £27,000 between them all having both contributed £8,000 to the pot.
In the final chase Anne admitted the team "played ridiculously well, I could be facing a very hard target," but they actually only managed to score 14 questions correctly along with their four head start - giving them 18.
Each player walked away with £6,750 despite Bradley pointing out they had "underperformed". Their six attempts to push back and three executed bagged them the thousands.
The players rallied around in a huge group embrace as they celebrated catching the Chaser with just seconds to spare, as Jim confirmed he would be spending his winnings on "more toys."
The Chase airs weekdays at 5pm on STV.
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