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Gemma Jones

ITV schedule shake up as The Chase airs new episodes and Tipping Point replaced

Regular viewers of ITV's daytime TV may notice some changes to the schedule from Monday.

The Chase is set to air brand new episodes from its fifteenth series. Bradley Walsh will return to host as players compete against a chaser with hopes of winning a cash prize.

However, the show will be on at a slightly different time on bank holiday Monday (August 29). Usually the programme begins at 5pm, but on this day it will start slightly later at 6.30pm instead. It will return to its normal time on Tuesday.

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Fans are bound to be glad of the news as Twitter has recently been flooded with complaints about the repeats. Chaser Anne Hegerty recently addressed the discontent as she said new episodes are "generally after the August bank holiday, once people are back home."

Meanwhile, quiz lovers may be disappointed to learn Tipping Point is being taken off air to make way for a whole new show - Fastest Finger First. The show will debut on Monday at 4.30pm.

For the rest of the week, it will be on at 4pm instead - Tipping Point's usual time slot. In the new game show, five contestants will compete for a guaranteed place on the new series of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? where they’ll sit opposite Jeremy Clarkson and the chance to play for one million pounds.

Countryfile presenter Anita Rani will be hosting the TV programme. As the name suggests, Fastest Finger First will expand on the first round of Millionaire, where contestants have to put their answers to a multiple-choice question in a specific order.

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