Overview

• The masked Chaser dubbed Maverick was revealed on the Oct. 19 series finale to be Joe Pasquale, following days of viewer speculation.
• Pasquale told This Morning he altered his speech patterns and used a voice changer under a red-and-black mask to avoid detection.
• Producers withheld Maverick’s identity from Bradley Walsh, with Pasquale describing the secrecy as necessary due to their long friendship.
• Maverick occupied Darragh ‘The Menace’ Ennis’s seat for the episode, which outlets reported as a one-off guest participation rather than a replacement.
• Coverage highlighted Pasquale’s entertainment credentials and noted his strong quizzing on the night, with a statistic cited to him by Mark Labbett that he answered the most questions correctly.