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 Nightscreen starting usually at around 3:15–3:45 and finishing at 5:05, and other ITV channels use teleshopping. On Stv and Utv and in the Channel Islands the programme starts earlier, sometimes as early as midnight, breaking for a signed programme at 3am before resuming and occasionally in Scotland it has been known to broadcast continually from 1:00 am to 6:00 am without a break. However on the itv digital channels the amount of teleshopping affects how much Nightscreen is broadcast and on itv on Christmas day, boxing day and new years Day, more is broadcast as live jackpot 24/7 is not shown.