The Chase is a British drama series created by Kay Mellor which centres around a struggling, family-run veterinary practice in the fictitious town of Oxley, Yorkshire.
The series originally aired in the UK on BBC One from 9 July 2006 to 26 August 2007. There are 20 episodes in two seasons.
The first season of The Chase aired in South Africa on DStv's BBC Prime channel from 18 June 2007 to 6 August 2007, on Mondays at 20h30. There were eight episodes in the season.
Season 2 premiered on BBC Prime on Wednesday 26 March 2008, at 20h30. There are 12 episodes in the season.
Repeats
Thursdays: 00h30
Saturdays: 23h00
Season 1 Synopsis
Set within a struggling veterinary practice in Yorkshire, The Chase features a stellar cast including Keith Barron, Gaynor Faye and Nicola Stephenson as a family of vets serving the fictional local community of Oxley.
George Williams heads the practice with his daughter Anna and her husband Tom.
George's second daughter Sarah lives in London, where she moved following the death of her mother – and the discovery of Tom in a compromising situation with one of the surgery nurses, Fiona.
But George has found a new wife, Claudie, and at the wedding reception he announces his retirement leaving an eight month pregnant Anna with a struggling business, an estranged sister, one vet down, one vet defecting to the local opposition and a list of operations as long as her arm.
It's enough to send a woman into labour...
The Chase also stars Reece Dinsdale as senior partner Rick, Janet Dibley as his wife and fearsome, snobby practice manager Deborah, and Sunetra Sarker, Rachel Davies and Liam Garrigan as veterinary nurses Clare, Margaret and Matt.
Season 2 Synopsis
Kay Mellor's impassioned Sunday night drama, The Chase, returns to BBC Prime for an extended second season with more sexy, stormy stories from the Yorkshire-based veterinary practice.
The season kicks off just days after Anna has discovered her husband Tom's infidelity with her cousin, Fiona.
While Anna comes to terms with her new single status, her sister, Sarah, is getting it together with childhood sweetheart, local farmer Adrian Huby.
Joining The Chase are four new members of the cast.
Rebekah Manning and Christian Louis Cooke are Claudie's siblings, Paula and Liam.
Claudie and Paula set up a beauty parlour in the vets' staff room causing mayhem as the battle of pooches and pampering begins, whereas Liam's arrival from prison raises tension and eyebrows.
Philip Jackson is Fiona's estranged father, Frank, who brings a myriad of buried family secrets, and Adam Croasdell sets pulses racing as sexy Sebastian Montgomery, brother of farmer William and close friend of Adrian Huby.
Meanwhile the practice manager, Deborah, is devastated when her husband and senior vet, Rick's relationship with colleague Clare becomes public; Margaret continues her struggle to juggle her work, the nurses and the dreaded menopause; and Matt is distracted by a new romance.