Jenny Ryan You an Egghead?" in 2008 and 2009, and appeared on "Mastermind", choosing the American television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as her specialist subject. Ryan wrote questions for the pilot episode of "The Chase" in 2009. She joined the show in 2015, making her debut appearance on 2 September. She was recommended for "The Chase" by Anne Hegerty, as they had both competed together on the same quiz team, where Ryan was the captain of the team. Her nickname on the show is The Vixen, in reference to her red hair; she is also referred to as The Bolton Brainiac
ITV (TV channel) to £40 million each year, and affecting every ITV plc regional company with the exception of ITV London, ITV Wales and ITV Granada. These changes were implemented in early 2009. All sub-regional news programmes ceased, ITV Border's "Lookaround" programme was merged with ITV Tyne Tees' "North East Tonight" programme, ITV Westcountry's "Westcountry Live" merged with ITV West's "The West Tonight" programme, and ITV Meridian's "Meridian Tonight" south and south east editions merged with ITV Thames Valley's "Thames Valley Tonight". On 16 September 2013 ITV reverted to a more localised system, as was the case prior to a shake-up in 2009,