0:00:18 > 0:00:20Hello.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23I'm Mark Williams and welcome to The Link,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26where knowing the answers is only half the battle.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30To win this game, you have to find the link between the answers.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Three teams are hoping to make the right connections
0:00:33 > 0:00:36but only one of them can be in today's final.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41Let's see who's geared up, gifted and going places.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49My name's Ian, I'm from Essex and I work in the travel industry.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51- And this is my sister. - My name's Claire.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54I'm also from Essex and I work for a bank as a lending manager.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02- And the link is you're brother and sister.- Yes.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Essex...- Yeah.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07It gets a terrible press, doesn't it, really?
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- People are always on about the TOWIE end of it.- Yeah.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12How do you feel about that?
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Well, I come from Brentwood, the home of TOWIE.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- And I work in Brentwood, the home of TOWIE.- We hate it.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25- What, TOWIE or Brentwood? - No...Yeah, TOWIE.- OK.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30- Well, you're here to redeem the intellectual status of Essex.- OK.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- Hopefully.- Welcome. Mike and Ben. Tell us about yourselves.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38I'm Mike, I'm a support worker from Lancaster and this is my friend.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I'm Ben, I'm an optical lab technician also from Lancaster.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- The link is you're friends.- We are.
0:01:48 > 0:01:54- Now, is it true, Ben, that you have a fear of oranges?- It is.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Has it been analysed? - I try not to tell people,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59which is maybe a bit silly on television.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Yeah, you shouldn't have told me, then, really.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- A bit of an error, that.- Mike, as a specialist, can you help him?
0:02:06 > 0:02:12- I think he's a bit beyond help. - He's a bit beyond help! OK.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Mike and Ben, welcome.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Tammie and Jonny, tell us about yourselves.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19I'm Tammie, I'm a teacher of psychology from Belfast
0:02:19 > 0:02:21and this is my husband.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Also from Belfast, I'm Jonny and I'm an IT manager.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33- And the link is you're married. - We are indeed.- So where did you meet?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- We met at university 15 years ago. - Did you?
0:02:36 > 0:02:41- That's quite a long time ago. How's it going?- Great!- That'll do.
0:02:41 > 0:02:47Tammie and Jonny, welcome. Welcome all. Now, pay attention.
0:02:47 > 0:02:54Here are six cash pods, containing amounts ranging from £125 to £2,000.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57The more cash in the pod, the more links holding it.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59What you have to do is cut the links holding the pods
0:02:59 > 0:03:01until they drop into your bank.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04And here's how you cut the links.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I'm going to ask you four questions
0:03:06 > 0:03:10and you have to work out what links the answers.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13If you can find that link from the first answer alone,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16you will be able to cut four of those links.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20If you spot it after the second answer, you cut three links.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25Then two, then one. And of course, the link here is...?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27ALL: US sitcoms.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33"US sitcoms," they all chorus, rather beautifully.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Let's cut that link.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39You need to bank as much as you can because the team with
0:03:39 > 0:03:44the least amount of money at the end of this round will be going home.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Let's play The Link.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54Here's the first question. For four links...
0:03:54 > 0:03:59The name of which animal follows "grease" to complete an informal...?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- Mike.- Monkey.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04..to complete an informal name for a mechanic?
0:04:04 > 0:04:09Monkey is correct. Here's your first clue. What's the link?
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- Chinese New Year?- Yeah, try that. - Chinese New Year.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- We would like to try Chinese years. - Thank you for asking so politely.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19I will ask.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Is the link Chinese New Years?
0:04:24 > 0:04:27No. Everyone back in play.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Your next question for three links...
0:04:30 > 0:04:33According to the lyrics of the song, Yankee Doodle...
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Ben.- Pony.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40..Yankee Doodle comes into town riding on a...?
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Pony. Correct.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47- Monkey, pony, what's the link? - It's a slang term for money.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- Slang term for money. - Is the link slang terms for money?
0:04:58 > 0:05:02The remaining clues were ton and Lady Godiva.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07- Monkey, £500, pony?- £20.- £25.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Come on! Ton, £100. Lady Godiva, fiver.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17You got that on the second clue which means you can cut three links.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20How would you like to use your three links?
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- We'll have the £500, please. - On the monkey.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Are you ready? Stand by for four links.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Sofia Helin plays the role of Saga Noren
0:05:42 > 0:05:46in the Danish/Swedish crime drama The...?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- Claire.- The Killing?
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Is incorrect. Tammie?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- The Heist?- Is not right.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Mike and Ben, worth a go.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- The Crow?- Is incorrect.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03The correct answer was The Bridge.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08So none of you have a chance to guess the link. Let's move on.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11You're all back in play. For three links,
0:06:11 > 0:06:17which band had a UK number one song in 1987 with China In Your Hand?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- Claire.- T'Pau.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22T'Pau. Correct.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- Bridge, T'Pau. What's the link? - I'm pretty sure it's Star Trek.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Yeah, Star Trek.- Straight in with Star Trek. Is the link Star Trek?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40The remaining clues were Spock, Enterprise.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- How do you want to use your three links?- Two?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I think we're best having some money.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47We'd like to get on the board
0:06:47 > 0:06:49so we'll take the £125 and the £300, please.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Right, let's cut one link from the £125
0:06:52 > 0:06:56which releases it into Ian and Claire's bank,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59and two from the £300...
0:07:01 > 0:07:06..liberating that money, giving you a total of £425.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14Mike and Ben, £500, Tammie and Jonny, well, you know...
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Stand by.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Your next question for four links...
0:07:19 > 0:07:24Complete the title of the award-winning 2006 nature programme
0:07:24 > 0:07:27narrated by David Attenborough.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28- Jonny.- Planet Earth.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Planet Earth is correct.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35The first clue, what's the link?
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- What about something like insects, like an earthworm?- Yeah.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- Let's try that.- We'll go for worms. - Is the link worms?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49No. Everyone back in play.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51For three links, in chemistry,
0:07:51 > 0:07:57what word is used for a solution that has a pH of seven... Mike.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- Neutral.- ..that has a pH of seven, is neither acidic
0:08:00 > 0:08:03nor alkaline. Neutral's correct.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Mike and Ben, what's the link? - They're the wires in a plug.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- Earth, neutral, live and then I don't know what the fourth is going to be.- Electric.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17It could be a plug or electricity. More like electricity.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- We are going to go with electricity. - Is the link electricity?
0:08:23 > 0:08:28No, it's not. Everyone back in play. Stand by for two links.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30A kirby grip is better known...
0:08:32 > 0:08:33- Tammie.- A hairpin.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38A kirby grip is better known in the US as a Bobby what?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41You said hairpin. We'll give you pin.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Earth, neutral, pin. What's the link?
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Well, they're all the wires and the parts that come out of a plug, aren't they?
0:08:50 > 0:08:55- So it's got to be plug? Plug, please.- Is the link plug?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05The remaining clue was...
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Mike and Ben, you were getting there, weren't you?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13But you didn't put it into words.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Tammie and Jonny, how do you want to use your two links?
0:09:17 > 0:09:22I think we'll have to be a bit strategic here, and go for £2,000.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26You're going to take two links off the £2,000. Let's do that.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Leaving four links remaining on £2,000,
0:09:32 > 0:09:37five on the £1,000, and four on the £750. You're all back in play.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Stand by for four links.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45In which University, founded in 1209...?
0:09:45 > 0:09:46- Ian.- Oxford.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Is incorrect. Jonny.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Cambridge.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54..would you find the women's-only colleges
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Newnham and Lucy Cavendish?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Cambridge is correct.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02That's your first clue. What is the link?
0:10:02 > 0:10:07It could be the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Yeah, that's a good one.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14- Duke of Duchesses?- Is the link Dukes and Duchesses?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Nope.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23Everyone is back in play. For three links, your next question.
0:10:23 > 0:10:30Formed in 1918, what is the oldest independent air force in the world?
0:10:30 > 0:10:31- Ian.- The RAF.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34The Royal Air Force is correct.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38What's the link?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Is it William? Is he in the RAF?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44It's worth a go. I can't think of anything else. Prince William.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- It's the only thing I can think of. - He's the Duke of Cambridge.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Could be. Yeah, go for it.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52We'll say Prince William.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53OK, is the link Prince William?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Oh, yes.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Yes, the link is Prince William.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05You were edging there, weren't you?
0:11:05 > 0:11:06The remaining clues were...
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17Served in the RAF, went to Eton - who didn't? - and married Kate.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I went to a tough school. "Eton"? Damn nearly.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22LAUGHTER
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Right. How do you want to use your three?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Do you want to use two off the £750
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- and one off the £1,000 to make that four?- I like that.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- Two off the £750 and one from the £1,000, please, Mark.- OK.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Two from the £750, let's do that first.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Leaving two. And one from the £1,000 pod.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48OK. For four links, stand by.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Which MC had a UK top-five...? Claire.
0:11:56 > 0:12:02- Hammer.- ..had a UK top-five hit in 1990 with You Can't Touch This?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05It was indeed MC Hammer.
0:12:06 > 0:12:12- What's the link?- It could be tools. Or Hammer House of Horror?
0:12:12 > 0:12:18- Movies, horror films? We are going to go for horror films.- OK.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Is the link horror films?
0:12:22 > 0:12:23No.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28OK. Everyone back in play. Your next question for three links...
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Which iconic seafront hotel...? Tammie.
0:12:33 > 0:12:39- The Grand.- ..with over 200 bedrooms was opened in Brighton in 1864?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42The Grand is correct.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Hammer, grand, what's the link?
0:12:47 > 0:12:52- Get in there.- Do you know it?- Pianos! Hammer keys, grand piano.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- It's got to be. Piano.- Ah, right! Is the link piano?
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Very good, Tammie. No wonder you married her.
0:13:08 > 0:13:15Right, the remaining clues were Liberace and ivory. As in tinkling.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17How do you want to use your three links?
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- We're going to take the £750, please, Mark.- And?
0:13:21 > 0:13:26- Let's go for the two in the hope that we get it.- Why not?- The £2,000?
0:13:26 > 0:13:32Let's take one link from the £2,000 and two from the £750...
0:13:34 > 0:13:36..releasing it into your bank.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Game-changing, you'll agree.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Tammie and Jonny now have £750, Mark and Ben have got £500,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Ian and Claire £425.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55There is £3000 left on the screen so nobody is through yet.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Ready. Stand by. For four links...
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Bara brith and brioche...
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Claire.- Bread.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09..are both types of which food? Bread. That's correct.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11First clue. What's the link?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Well, there was a sitcom called Bread.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- There was a sitcom called Bread. - There was a band called Bread.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18A '70s American band called Bread. Um...
0:14:18 > 0:14:23- Let's go for bands. - OK.- American bands.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Is the link American bands?
0:14:28 > 0:14:32No. Everyone back in play for three links.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36What type of swimwear is named after an atoll...? Ian.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Bikini.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40..after an atoll in the Pacific?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Bikini. Correct. Bread, bikini.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45What's the link, Ian and Claire?
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Polka-dot bikini, bikini wax...
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- Bikini line. Line! Breadline, bikini line.- Love that!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- Let's do that.- Line, Mark. - Is the link line?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04The remaining clues were...
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Very good.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11How do you want to use your three links?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I think we better take the 2,000.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Right, let's cut the links.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23And a lovely turquoise sploosh there,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- winging its way into your bank. - APPLAUSE
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Which means you will be going through to the next round.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Mike and Ben have 500,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Tammie and Jonny, 750,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35with 1,000 left.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37You have to fight it out.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39For four links, stand by.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45The prime meridian at zero degrees longitude
0:15:45 > 0:15:48runs through which European capital city?
0:15:48 > 0:15:49London?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- London?- London is correct.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54London.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56First clue, what's the link?
0:15:56 > 0:16:02- It's capital cities? Olympic cities? - Yeah, try Olympic cities.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Olympic cities?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Olympic host cities.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Is the link Olympic host cities?
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Nope.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13All back in play.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Next question for three links.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19One of the founding members of Joy Division
0:16:19 > 0:16:21and New Order is the bass player Peter...who?
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- Ben?- Gabriel?
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Nope.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Peter who?
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Anybody else?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33No.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34The answer is Hook.
0:16:36 > 0:16:42London, Hook are the two clues that you do not have a chance to link.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Back in play, stand by, two links.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Kiefer Sutherland and...
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- Tammie?- Seven.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51No.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Claire?
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Julia Roberts.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55No.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Mark and Ben, I suggest you listen to the whole clue.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00LAUGHTER
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Kiefer Sutherland and Corey Feldman
0:17:02 > 0:17:07starred in which 1987 teen horror film?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10- Mike.- Lost Boys.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11The Lost Boys
0:17:11 > 0:17:13is correct.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16London, Hook, The Lost Boys, what's the link?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Peter Pan.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Is the link Peter Pan?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- Yes. - APPLAUSE
0:17:25 > 0:17:27The remaining clue was...
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Peter Pan, which begins in the Darlings' home in London,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36includes the characters Captain Hook,
0:17:36 > 0:17:37the Lost Boys
0:17:37 > 0:17:39and a crocodile.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42OK, how do you want to use the two links?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Two off the 1,000, please. - Funnily enough.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Let's cut them.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Right,
0:17:51 > 0:17:52for four links...
0:17:55 > 0:18:00Which TV series starring David Boreanaz
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- was a spin off from... - BUZZER
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Claire.- Angel.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08..from Buffy The Vampire Slayer was Angel, correct.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Angel, first clue. What's the link.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Underground stations?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Could be, or something to do with Christmas.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- No, Underground stations sounds good, though.- OK.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21- Yeah, Underground stations. - Is the link Underground stations?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25No.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Everyone back in play.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Your next question for three links -
0:18:30 > 0:18:32in the novel Life Of Pi,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Richard Parker is a Bengal...
0:18:35 > 0:18:36- Ian?- Tiger.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39..variety of which animal? Tiger.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Angel, tiger, what's the link?
0:18:43 > 0:18:47There's not an American football team called the Angels, is there?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50LA Angels and the something Tigers?
0:18:50 > 0:18:55- Yeah, they'll be baseball, I think. - Or basketball.- What's the link?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57American baseball teams.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Is the link American baseball teams?
0:19:03 > 0:19:04No.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Everyone's back in play. For two links -
0:19:08 > 0:19:11what was Florence Nightingale's profession?
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Mike.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14- Nurse.- Nurse is correct.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Angel, tiger, nurse.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20What's the link?
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Nurse shark.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23There's an angel fish.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Shall we take types of fish?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Fish or shark?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Is there a nurse fish?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Go with fish.- What's the link?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34We would like to go with fish.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Is the link fish?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Nope.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Everyone's back in play.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Your next question for one link -
0:19:45 > 0:19:505 Years Time is the title of a UK top-ten hit by Noah And The..?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- Ben?- Whale.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Noah And The...what?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Yeah, Noah And The Whale.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Angel, tiger, nurse, whale. The link?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Shall we try shark this time?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Sharks?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- Is the link sharks? - I do apologise.- It's all right!
0:20:09 > 0:20:11APPLAUSE
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Yeah.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Yeah, you so should have listened to him.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19But you were so gracious to apologise.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21How do you want to use your link?
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Take one off the 1,000, please. - I would definitely do that.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30OK, you know the situation.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31For four links...
0:20:33 > 0:20:38The job title of the head of the United Nations is Secretary...
0:20:38 > 0:20:39- Ben.- General.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41..is Secretary General, correct.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45First clue. What's the link?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Army ranks?- Army ranks.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Electric companies?
0:20:51 > 0:20:56It wouldn't be ranks. It sounds a bit too obvious. General...store?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Stores.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Is the link stores?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Nope.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Everyone back in play.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Your next question for three links -
0:21:08 > 0:21:10which word goes before Dancer
0:21:10 > 0:21:13in the title of a 198..?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15- Tammie?- Private.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20..in the title of a 1984 UK top-30 hit single for Tina Turner?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Private is correct.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24General, private, what's the link?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- Army ranks?- They are army ranks, aren't they?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Can you think of anything else, though?
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Because we don't want to go for the too obvious and not win it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32It's got to be army ranks.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36- Yeah.- Army ranks, please, Mark. - Is the link army ranks?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41APPLAUSE
0:21:41 > 0:21:43The remaining clues were...
0:21:45 > 0:21:47What are you going to do?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- Obviously.- Erm, I think we'll take the one link off the 1,000, please.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Let's do it, then.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55£1,000...
0:21:57 > 0:22:01..blushingly arriving in your account.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Tammie and Jonny have £1,750 in their bank,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Ian and Claire, £2,425.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08We knew they were going through.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11We now know Tammie and Jonny are as well,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13but we also know that Mark and Ben aren't.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17With £500, creditable performance,
0:22:17 > 0:22:22- made slightly bitter by the fact you said army ranks.- I know.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Story of the game, really. Said the answer, gave something else.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- You were a good team...- Thanks.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31..and had things gone another way, I wouldn't be saying...
0:22:32 > 0:22:34..goodbye, Mike and Ben.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36APPLAUSE
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Ian and Claire and Tammie and Jonny,
0:22:44 > 0:22:48you're still in the game. Ian and Claire, you banked £2,425.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Tammie and Jonny, you banked £1,750.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56That money is now in these two cash pods,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58each held by seven links.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02The first team to cut all the links and release their cash pod
0:23:02 > 0:23:06takes their money through to the final round.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09The other team will be out.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Now you can be as brave, as cautious as you like,
0:23:12 > 0:23:16because you decide how many links you want to cut.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19I'm going to ask you to identify a person, place or thing
0:23:19 > 0:23:24from a series of clues and you tell me whether you want to play for one,
0:23:24 > 0:23:26two, three or four links,
0:23:26 > 0:23:31but the more links you play for, the fewer clues you'll receive.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33We'll start with the team who has brought
0:23:33 > 0:23:35the most money through to this round,
0:23:35 > 0:23:37which is Ian and Claire.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42The first question is asking...
0:23:44 > 0:23:47..what am I? Ian and Claire, how many links?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- Two or three?- Oh, two or three?
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- We'll go for two links, Mark. - Going for two links?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Here are your clues.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56What am I?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Oh, is it? It's not the Tower of London.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- Could be Hampton Court.- It's not that old, is it, Hampton Court?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- If it's Edward the Confessor... - What am I?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Tower of London? - Must be the Tower of London.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- Yeah.- Yeah, we'll say the Tower of London.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Am I the Tower of London?
0:24:34 > 0:24:35No.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Tammie and Jonny, you now have a chance to nick a link.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41You will see the remaining clue
0:24:41 > 0:24:45for the chance to cut a single link from your cash pod
0:24:45 > 0:24:46and here it is.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Westminster, cos it overlooks the Thames.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58But two chambers where the new laws are debated,
0:24:58 > 0:24:59where do they set laws?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Is it the House of Lords or the House of Commons?
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- What am I?- Isn't it the House of Lords that the laws are debated?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08House of Lords, do you want to go for that?
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- Hold on.- Answer.- Yep, we'll go for the House of Lords.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15OK.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Am I the House of Lords?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Sorry.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23No. The link was...
0:25:26 > 0:25:27..the Houses of Parliament.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Or the Palace of Westminster.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33You named one of the two chambers,
0:25:33 > 0:25:37but the Houses of Parliament was the link we needed,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40so no links removed, but we stay with you,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Tammie and Jonny, for the next question.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45It will be...
0:25:45 > 0:25:47what am I?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49How many links?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51We'll go for three links, please.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- No, two links. Three clues, two links.- Three clues.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58For two links...
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- Just checking with Tammie there. - LAUGHTER
0:26:00 > 0:26:02..here are your clues. What am I?
0:26:22 > 0:26:27Well, I'm woeful with volcanoes. Became a US state in '59?
0:26:29 > 0:26:34- Hawaii? But is Hawaii..? - Yeah, that might be right, actually.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36I think I've heard of a volcano in Hawaii.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Hawaii, please, Mark.- Am I Hawaii?
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Whoa-ho!
0:26:43 > 0:26:45The remaining clue was...
0:26:51 > 0:26:53That's probably one of the best sentences
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I've ever heard, though, Tammie.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57"I am woeful with volcanoes."
0:26:57 > 0:26:59LAUGHTER
0:26:59 > 0:27:03I think I might write that down. OK.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Let's cut your two links.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Leaving you with five.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Ian and Claire, you still have seven.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Your question will be asking...
0:27:16 > 0:27:18..who am I?
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- How many links?- Shall we go for three this time?- Yeah.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Yeah, we'll go for three links.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27For three links, here are your clues. Who am I?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- It's definitely Usain Bolt. - Usain Bolt.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- Usain Bolt.- Am I Usain Bolt?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50APPLAUSE
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Trained in Birmingham, I'll have you know.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Yes, the remaining clues would have been...
0:28:06 > 0:28:08OK, then, let's cut your links.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Four plays five.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Tammie and Jonny, your question will be asking...
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Who am I? How many links?
0:28:26 > 0:28:30We're going to go the same again, Mark, and have two links, please.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32For two links, who am I?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Hmm...
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- That's, erm...- Oh, what's her name?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- An actress, then?- It wouldn't be...
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Sophia Loren or someone like that?
0:29:04 > 0:29:09- No, I think more of an English classic...- Who?
0:29:09 > 0:29:10- ..actress.- Who am I?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- Born in '45...- Mirren. Helen Mirren?
0:29:12 > 0:29:13No. She's not got a Russian...
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- I know, but I think she... - But someone with a Russian father.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- Answer.- She was voted one of the sexiest women.- No, I don't think so.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- I'm going to go with that.- Go on. - Run out of time.- Oh.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Ian and Claire, you now have a chance to nick a link.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Here is the remaining clue.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- It's Helen Mirren...- Yep.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- It's Helen Mirren.- Sorry. - Am I Helen Mirren?
0:29:44 > 0:29:47APPLAUSE
0:29:47 > 0:29:49I am. Right, Ian and Claire,
0:29:49 > 0:29:51you've nicked a link.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Let's cut it from your pod.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58And it's now your turn.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Your question will be asking...
0:30:01 > 0:30:04What am I? How many links?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Well...
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- Can't do it next.- No.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Shall we take two?
0:30:10 > 0:30:12We'll take two links, please, Mark.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14For two links, here are your clues.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15What am I?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30We think it's orang-utan.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Orang-utan.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Am I a orang-utan?
0:30:39 > 0:30:41APPLAUSE
0:30:43 > 0:30:44The remaining clue was...
0:30:50 > 0:30:52OK.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Let's cut the links.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Leaving one.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Tammie and Jonny,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03you still have five links.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06So your question will be asking...
0:31:07 > 0:31:10What am I? How many links?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Two links, please.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15OK. For two links, here are your clues.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16What am I?
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Silver? Got to be silver.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Yeah?
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Silver screen, I suppose.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Good thinking. Yeah, silver, please, Mark.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Am I silver?
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Oh, yes.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- APPLAUSE - Right, the remaining clue would've been...
0:31:53 > 0:31:57OK, let's cut those links.
0:32:00 > 0:32:06Ian and Claire, your question will be asking...
0:32:06 > 0:32:07who am I?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09How many links would you like?
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- Just the one, I think. - One, please, Mark.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13One, please, says Ian.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Who am I? Here are your clues.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Yeah, yeah, it's got to be Richard Curtis, isn't it?
0:32:43 > 0:32:47- Cos he was in... Yes, yeah, must be. - We think it's Richard Curtis.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Am I Richard Curtis?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55APPLAUSE
0:32:55 > 0:32:57I am.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Let's cut your final link.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10APPLAUSE
0:33:11 > 0:33:16Hurtling into your bank, £2,425 nestling there.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Well done, Ian and Claire,
0:33:18 > 0:33:20you're through to the final round
0:33:20 > 0:33:22and that cash goes with you.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Tammie and Jonny, sadly not to be.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28Think we could've got Helen Mirren there at the end.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32- Cos you said Helen Mirren and Tammie said no.- Yeah.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36You might want to discuss that later! But you were great.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38- Thank you very much. - BOTH: Thank you.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Tammie and Jonny, thanks for playing The Link.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Goodbye.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46APPLAUSE
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Ian and Claire,
0:33:48 > 0:33:50you are today's finalists.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54You've brought through £2,425
0:33:54 > 0:33:58and we're adding £2,000 to that.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05Making your maximum win today £4,425.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07APPLAUSE
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Any thoughts about how you'd spend it if you win it?
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Well, my car is held together by rust at the moment,
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- so I'd put some money towards a new car, I think.- Claire?
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Well, unfortunately I was diagnosed with cancer a little while ago
0:34:22 > 0:34:25so I had to cancel my holiday,
0:34:25 > 0:34:27cos I had to go and have chemotherapy.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- So I want to relive that holiday. - You want to have a holiday.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34- Yes, definitely.- OK. I wish you luck.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35To take that money home,
0:34:35 > 0:34:39you have just 60 seconds to find six super-links.
0:34:39 > 0:34:45At each level, you need to identify the link between ten one-word clues.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49As soon as you think you know the answer, buzz in and we'll stop
0:34:49 > 0:34:52the clock. If you're right, you can take that money home.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55But choose to play on and your team-mate will tackle
0:34:55 > 0:34:56the next super-link.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00But if you're wrong, play stays with you,
0:35:00 > 0:35:03we will restart the clock and you will face a new set of clues.
0:35:03 > 0:35:09Run out of time and you leave without any fiduciary currency.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- Who's going to play first?- Shall I? I think I am going to go first.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16OK, Claire.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18The clock will start when you see the first clue.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Stand by.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Cocktails.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Is the link cocktails?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40APPLAUSE
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Manhattan. And the remaining clues...
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Correct. That puts you on...
0:35:53 > 0:35:55..£125.
0:35:55 > 0:36:01Ian and Claire, with 52 seconds remaining, you now have a choice.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04You can take that money and go or you can play on.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- We'll play on.- Good. Ian.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Your turn now. You're on your own.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13The clock will restart when the first clue appears. Stand by.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Trees.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Is the link trees?
0:36:27 > 0:36:28Yes!
0:36:28 > 0:36:31APPLAUSE
0:36:31 > 0:36:33And the remaining clues...
0:36:37 > 0:36:42Ian and Claire, that puts you on...£300.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47With 46 seconds remaining, you can take that money
0:36:47 > 0:36:50and go or you can play on.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- I think we've got plenty of time so we'll play on.- Good.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56And Claire, your turn now, you're on your own.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10Composers?
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Is the link composers?
0:37:15 > 0:37:16Yes!
0:37:19 > 0:37:21The remaining clues were...
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Good. You are now on...
0:37:30 > 0:37:34..£500. Ian and Claire, you now have a choice.
0:37:34 > 0:37:39You can take that money and go, with 39 seconds remaining,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- or you can play on.- Play on? - We'll play on.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44APPLAUSE
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Ian. You're on your own.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- Wizards.- Gandalf...
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Is the link wizards?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Yes.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19APPLAUSE
0:38:21 > 0:38:26Ian and Claire, that puts you on...
0:38:26 > 0:38:29£750 with 25 seconds remaining.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Are you going to take the money and go or play on?
0:38:32 > 0:38:37- We've still got 25 seconds. Yes. We will play on.- OK, Claire.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39- APPLAUSE - Good.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43You're on your own. The clock will start when you see the first clue.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- Claire.- Golfers.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Is the link golfers?
0:39:02 > 0:39:07No. It is not. The correct answer was...
0:39:07 > 0:39:11golf. Because the remaining clues were...
0:39:15 > 0:39:19And balata is what they make balls out of. Claire...
0:39:20 > 0:39:24..you have to play on and face a new super-link.
0:39:24 > 0:39:2718 seconds left. The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:39:27 > 0:39:28Are you ready?
0:39:41 > 0:39:42Prisons.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Is the link prisons?
0:39:46 > 0:39:47Yes.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50APPLAUSE
0:39:50 > 0:39:52The remaining clues were...
0:39:55 > 0:39:57So, that puts you on...
0:39:59 > 0:40:04..£1,000. With 11 seconds remaining on the clock, you now have a choice.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08You can take that money and go. Or you can play on.
0:40:08 > 0:40:09What do you think?
0:40:09 > 0:40:12If we play on and you don't get it, it's all your fault.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13OK, thanks for that.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17It's tight but on the other hand, we're the quadrupling...
0:40:17 > 0:40:18more than quadrupling the money.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21And 11 seconds will get you most of the way down the board.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Only get one go at it. But...
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- It's up to you.- Shall we do it?
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- It's up to you because you're answering.- I'll go for it.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32APPLAUSE
0:40:34 > 0:40:36I knew you would.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Ian, cometh the hour, cometh the man. Stand forward.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43You're on your own.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Can you win today's top prize?
0:40:47 > 0:40:50With 11 seconds remaining on the clock, we'll restart
0:40:50 > 0:40:52when the first clue appears. Are you ready?
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Ian?
0:41:08 > 0:41:09Erm...
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Bones.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14Is the link bones?
0:41:17 > 0:41:19GROANING
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- So close.- Muscles.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Oh, muscles! Muscles!
0:41:25 > 0:41:28The remaining clues were...
0:41:30 > 0:41:35- Yeah, that's what I'd have got. - So, play stays with you.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40And you face a new super-link. With one second left.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44The clock will restart when the first clue appears. Stand by, Ian.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Er... Little House On The Prairie.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Is the link Little House On The Prairie?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Computer viruses.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- The remaining clues were... - I knew it was computers(!)- Yeah(!)
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Nothing would have given me
0:42:15 > 0:42:19greater pleasure for it to have been Little House On The Prairie.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Well, Ian and Claire, I'm afraid that is wrong
0:42:23 > 0:42:25so you're leaving with nothing.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28APPLAUSE
0:42:28 > 0:42:29Oh, well...
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- I would like to be sending you off on a holiday, Claire.- Oh, well.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38- But it's not going to happen. - Never mind. We had fun anyway.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42- Have you had a good time? Apart from that?- Apart from that, fantastic.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- Thank you.- Ian and Claire, thank you for playing.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47APPLAUSE
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Join us next time when three more pairs will be trying to make
0:42:54 > 0:42:57all the right connections on The Link.
0:42:57 > 0:42:58See you, then. Goodbye.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE