The Chase's new star Darragh Ennis has opened up about the tough recruitment process, which saw him interviewed and quizzed for four years before being given the role.
Darragh appeared as a contestant on the ITV quiz show in 2017 and was soon contacted by producers inviting him to come and audition.
But it certainly wasn't a simple process and involved a number of rounds over the years.
He also revealed that he rejected an initial name he was given, leading him to only find out his 'Menace' pseudonym when he was on air.
Speaking to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, Darragh said: "A couple of days after recording I got a phone call from one of the producers - which I originally thought was a joke, and then it turned out it was real - and they were asking me to come in for auditions so I just went in.
"I spent a very long time - that was four years ago. So I spent a very long time doing auditions and trials and training before they trusted me on the show."
A stunned Phil asked: "What kind of trials and training are you doing for four years to get the Chasers job?!"
"It takes a long time but the first time it was only ever once every few months," Darragh explained. "They'd call me and do camera tests and ask me loads of questions and lots of things. I'm sure there were more people than me that were being considered.
"Once they decided I would go in regularly for training where they would ask me loads of questions and when I got them wrong, we'd talk through the answers."
Darragh also revealed that producers initially wanted him to be called The Professor, but he rejected the name.
"I work in the university here in Oxford and that's a title [professor] that you really have to earn and I think people would be very annoyed if I started calling myself the Professor.
"So I said I didn't want that but they didn't tell me what my name would be until I was on set. I was on stage, waiting to go on, when I first heard!"
*This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV
