It’s not just the show salary. The Chasers are brands. They do corporate gigs, host quizzes, write books, and appear on panel shows. Mark Labbett has his own pub quiz app, for crying out loud. That’s passive income, baby.
Imagine your side hustle being “being a Chaser.” You go to a pub, people buy you drinks, you answer questions, and you leave with a fat envelope. That’s basically a superhero origin story—but with more anoraks.
Also, let’s not forget the free suits. Okay, maybe not free, but they’ve got the best-dressed team in telly history. Shaun’s pocket squares alone cost more than my monthly grocery budget.
Is It Enough to Retire On?
Probably not. The Chasers are smart people—they know TV fame doesn’t last forever. Most of them have other careers: Shaun’s a barrister, Paul’s a comedian and doctor, Anne’s a journalist. The Chaser salary is the cherry on top of a very qualified cake.
Unless you’re The Beast. He’s been on telly so long he might just retire into a mountain of question cards and leftover prize money. But even he does pantomime tours, so he’s clearly not sitting on a Scrooge McDuck vault.
The real answer? They’re paid well enough to keep smiling, but not so well that they’d stop quizzing. It’s a niche talent—and niche talents command niche salaries.
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