Anne Hegerty replaced on Beat The Chasers amid star’s health battle

ANNE Hegerty was replaced connected Friday's installment of Beat The Chasers amid her wellness battle.

The ITV crippled amusement welcomed a caller look erstwhile Aussie prima Issa 'The Supernerd' Schultz stepped successful for Anne, who had to miss filming owed to health reasons.

Known to fans of The Chase Australia, Issa impressing viewers with his trivia prowess successful the rerun episode.

Issa's accolades see 8 victories astatine the Australian Quizzing Championships betwixt 2011 and 2021, on with appearances connected shows similar The Rich List and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Chaser Shaun Wallace expressed his enthusiasm erstwhile Issa joined the team, posting, “The Super Nerd was conscionable super! Issa it was an implicit pleasance to enactment with you again. I anticipation that volition hap sooner alternatively than later.”

Issa responded, “So awesome sitting alongside you bully sir! Your cognition is sensational and you made maine consciousness close astatine home. Looking guardant to next time."

Anne, who goes by 'The Governess' nickmame, had shared the crushed for her lack connected X successful 2022, explaining, “Unfortunately I've contracted Covid-19 truthful won't beryllium filming this bid of #BeatTheChasers.”

Despite her impermanent absence, she kept fans updated and, aft investigating negative, tweeted: “#lurgyfree #butstillselfisolating.”

Beat The Chasers launched successful April 2020 arsenic a spin-off of the archetypal The Chase, which began successful 2009 with Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace.

Anne, a halfway portion of the amusement since 2010, has appeared successful hundreds of episodes, cementing her spot arsenic a instrumentality favorite.

The ever-busy prima precocious steered her vocation successful a antithetic absorption by starring successful the marque caller film, Exorcising Barry.

Anne volition instrumentality connected the relation of an intrusive neighbour, peering implicit the obstruction astatine a fake "priest" who has been hired to signifier an exorcism.

The airy hearted comedy mixed with horror sees London-born Anne transforming her dependable arsenic she attempts a Northern accent.

Co-star Joshua Ford revealed to The Express that Anne's alteration successful accent was cleanable arsenic helium said: "Anne conscionable had the astir flawless Northern accent you could perchance ideate and it conscionable killed us. She's hilarious... I don't deliberation this volition beryllium her past film."

The film, which was created connected a micro fund of £3000 and saw The Chase prima instrumentality nary outgo for being involved, is acceptable to aerial astatine movie festivals.