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Katie Fitzpatrick

The Chase blunder as contestant gets Coronation Street's Rovers Return and Wetherspoons mixed up

The Chase has seen some corkers over the years and tonight viewers - and host Bradley Walsh - couldn't help giggling at a blunder by one of the players.

Contestant Kieran caused amusement when he got the famous Coronation Street boozer the Rovers Return mixed up with the pub chain Wetherspoons.

"Betty's hotpot is served in what fictional TV pub?" he was asked by host Bradley Walsh.

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"Wetherspoons," replied Kieran hesitantly.

And host Bradley Walsh, who starred in Corrie as Danny Baldwin from 2004 to 2006, couldn't hide his laughter.

Kieran saw the funny side (ITV)

"Wetherspoons I love it, brilliant," he chuckled as he later told Kieran the right answer.

Wetherspoons was founded in 1979 by Tim Martin and it has around 1,000 pubs in the UK.

But to Corrie fans there is only one Rovers.

The much-loved fictional pub, which lies on the corner of Coronation Street and Rosamund Street, was built in 1902 by the fictional brewery Newton and Ridley.

Bradley as Danny Baldwin in the Rovers in 2005 (ITV Network)

The inspiration for its name comes from the Ye Olde Rovers Return in Withy Grove which was demolished in 1958.

The story goes that it was originally meant to be named The Coronation, and it has seen its fair share of misfortune.

It was gutted by fire twice - by an electrical fault accidentally started by Jack Duckworth in 1986 and again in March 2013 in an arson attack started by former landlord Karl Munro.

And it is famed for Betty Turpin's famous hotpot which is still served in her memory following her death in 2012.

Betty was barmaid at the Rovers for 42 years and famous for serving up the popular Lancashire dish.

Landlord and landlady when the soap launched on December 9 1960 were Jack and Annie Walker and its current owner is Jenny Bradley.

Famous faces behind the bar include singer Ed Sheeran, who visited the boozer as part of radio station Key 103's 40th anniversary celebrations.

And The Voice coach will.i.am is such a fan he used the Rovers set at Trafford Wharf, close to where the music talent show is filmed, to make a music video for his song Fiyah.

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