The Chase’s Darragh Ennis in brutal reply to viewer over prioritising BBC rival Pointless

The Chase star Darragh ‘The Menace’ Ennis responded to a Twitter user’s remarks as he shared a trailer for the programme online. The quizzer, who enjoys a following of more than 18,000, had initially taken to the social media platform to celebrate a contestant’s win.

According to the video, 20-year-old Eden had achieved the “highest single player win on The Chase ever”.

In the tweet, Ennis announced: “#TheChase great and well deserved win for Eden.”

The show, which has become a British daytime TV staple with a 12-year run, airs on weekdays at 5pm.

However, this means the show is forced to compete with fellow quiz veteran and rival Pointless, which airs weekdays on BBC One at 5.15pm.

“Problem solved.”

The game show fan then added: “I run quiz teams, they all watch both.

“Best is to avoid Twitter until 7pm.”

But the Chaser then agreed, adding: “Probably. Especially with an episode like today.”

Last night’s episode of The Chase made history after Eden, who was the last contestant standing, managed to make it through to the final on his own.

Darragh was left surprised as the contestant answered the majority of the questions correctly.

He then had two minutes to answer 18 questions correctly.

As the round came to an end, Darragh had 12 seconds remaining and five questions to answer correctly.