Western Morning News

THE CHASERS ROAD TRIP: TRAINS, BRAINS & AUTOMOBILE­S

ITV, 9pm

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QUIZZERS Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace have become beloved by fans thanks to hit series The Chase.

Now they’ve been allowed out of the studio to embark on an investigat­ion into intelligen­ce.

“Intelligen­ce defines who I am,” says Mark, perhaps the most competitiv­e of the three.

“You’ve always got to push the boundaries of trying to learn,” adds Shaun.

It’s a fascinatin­g excursion into why some of us are more clever than others, if animals are smarter than we think and if human intelligen­ce is about to be overtaken by robots.

There’s the added fizz of competitio­n as the Chasers are constantly pitted against each other.

In this first part, they’re in America to pit their wits against Kanzi, a Bonobo ape who understand­s English.

They also meet a chimpanzee memory wizard, a 25-year-old gamer orangutan called Katie and that wellknown genius of the ocean, the dolphin. Next week, their mettle is tested by the UK’s brightest kids.

 ??  ?? Chasers Mark Labbett, Anne Hegarty and Shaun Wallace take a memory test
Chasers Mark Labbett, Anne Hegarty and Shaun Wallace take a memory test

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