0:00:14 > 0:00:17APPLAUSE
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Hello. I'm Mark Williams.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26Welcome to The Link, where 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 > 0:00:32Three teams are hoping to make the right connections,
0:00:32 > 0:00:35but only one of them can be in today's final.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Let's see who's hyped up and hot to trot.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46I'm Annie, I'm from Liverpool, I'm a police driving instructor
0:00:46 > 0:00:48and this is my son.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51I'm Kaan, I'm also from Liverpool, and I'm a call centre supervisor.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- And the link is you're mother and son.- Yes.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Kaan, how do you feel about your mother driving around at high speed?
0:01:02 > 0:01:05A little bit worrying, I suppose, but she did teach me to drive.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10I'm assuming it's handbrake turns like you were on The Bill?
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Well, I was trying to get her to and then she just taught me
0:01:14 > 0:01:16to drive like your average granny, really.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20So, you drive like your average granny. I'll bet your mum doesn't.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- Only when my mum's in the car, I drive like that.- Exactly. Brilliant.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- Annie, Kaan welcome. - BOTH: Thank you.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28John and Pete, tell us about yourselves.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30I'm John, I live in Staffordshire,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I'm a director of an access rental company and this is my colleague.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35I'm Pete, I live in Northamptonshire
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- and I work with John in the same company.- OK.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Good.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- And the link is you're colleagues, in business.- BOTH: Yes.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46You produce safety stuff.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50We provide access equipment to construction,
0:01:50 > 0:01:51but mainly to movie sets.
0:01:51 > 0:01:57- OK. Lifts and all that?- Yeah. - Safety assured here tonight.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59John and Pete, thank you very much.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Alison and David, tell us about yourselves.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04I'm Alison, I'm a call centre manager from Bexleyheath
0:02:04 > 0:02:05and this is my husband.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09I'm David, I am from Bexleyheath as well and I'm a removal man.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- And the link is they're married. - BOTH: We are.- Brilliant.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Can I just say, Alison, you said David wears the trousers,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- but you decide what pair he's wearing.- Yeah.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26You've got to let them think that they are in control.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31- Did she choose your trousers tonight, David?- Uh, yes.- OK.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34That proves that. Very nice strides they are.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Alison and David, welcome.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Welcome, all. Now, pay attention.
0:02:39 > 0:02:45Here are six cash pods containing amounts ranging from £125 to £2,000.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48The more cash in the pod, the more links holding it.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50What you have to do is cut the links holding the pods
0:02:50 > 0:02:53until they drop into your bank.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55And here's how you cut the links.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57I'm going to ask you four questions
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and you have to work out what links the answers.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03If you can find that link from the first answer alone,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07you will be able to cut four of the links.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11If you spot it after the second answer, you can cut three links,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14then two, then one.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16And of course the link here is...
0:03:16 > 0:03:19ALL: Ten pin bowling.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Of course.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23You need to bank as much as you can
0:03:23 > 0:03:26because the team with the least amount of money
0:03:26 > 0:03:29at the end of this round will be going home.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Let's play The Link.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Here's the first question. For four links.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45A trip to which Asian country might include visits to see
0:03:45 > 0:03:46the Terracotta Army...
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- BUZZER - John.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- China.- ..The Great Wall and the Forbidden City.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Yes, China.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56China, first clue. What's the link?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Pottery?- Pottery, crockery.- Crockery.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Shall we go with pottery?- Yes.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- Pottery, Mark.- Is the link pottery?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10No, it's not.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Everyone is back in play. Stand by. Your next question for three links.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Which material is measured in quantities known as reams?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- BUZZER - Annie.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25- Paper.- ..and comes in sizes such as A4 and A5?
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Paper. Correct.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29China, paper. What's the link?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32I'm thinking straightaway bone china but I don't know if you get
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- bone paper or anything to do with paper and bone.- No.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- Oh, er... When... Wedding anniversaries.- Yeah?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Can we guess wedding anniversaries?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Is the link wedding anniversaries?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Well done. Well done. Well done.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49APPLAUSE
0:04:49 > 0:04:52The remaining clues were... ruby and silver.
0:04:52 > 0:04:59- Paper is first, ruby is 40, silver is 25, china is 20th.- Is it?
0:04:59 > 0:05:03You got that on the second clue, which means you can cut three links.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06How do you want to use your three links?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I think it would be good to get some money in the bank for definite
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- and if you're happy, go with the 500? - Yeah.- Let's go with the 500, please.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14All right. Are you sure, Annie?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Oh, yes.- Yeah? Yeah.- OK, good. OK, let's cut the links.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23That £500...
0:05:26 > 0:05:29..slithers through into Annie and Kaan's bank.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32500 quid.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Everyone back in play. For four links.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Neroli oil comes from the Seville variety of which fruit?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- BUZZER - Annie.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Oranges.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Orange is correct.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50The first clue. What's the link?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- It's not fruit.- Not fruit. - It's not colours.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55Erm....
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I don't know.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- Oh...- Types of chicken?
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Orange chicken?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02LAUGHTER
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I don't know. Go with types of chicken.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Types of chicken.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- LAUGHTER - Is the link types of chicken?
0:06:10 > 0:06:11No.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Wow! It could be a thing. You never know.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15I'd like to see it.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Orange chicken, no.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20OK, all back in play.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Your next question, for three links.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Christian is the central character in the John Bunyan work
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- The Pilgrim's what? - BUZZER
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- Annie.- Progress. - Progress is correct.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Orange, progress - what's the link?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Something to do with work, maybe, getting promotions.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Erm...
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Pathways to promotion. I don't know, I'm just saying it out loud.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Er...
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Pathways.- Pathways, we've got nothing else.- Is the link pathways?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49No.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Everyone back in play. For two links.
0:06:54 > 0:07:00Which singer had UK top ten hits with Boom Bang-A-Bang and Shout?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- BUZZER - Annie?- Lulu.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Lulu is correct.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Orange, progress, Lulu - what's the link?
0:07:08 > 0:07:13- Ohhh!- OK, erm...- Dogs? No, it's... Oh, I don't know.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- It's not about Lulu.- No.- Scotland.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Is the link Scotland?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26No. It's not. You're all back in play. Stand by.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Your next question, for one link.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34In which 1995 film does a character called Arthur Hoggett say...
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- BUZZER - Alison?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Is it Babe?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41..does a character called Arthur Hoggett say,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43"That'll do, pig, that'll do"?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45It's Babe.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Orange, progress, Lulu, Babe. Alison and David, what's the link?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54If any subject should come up for me today, what would it be?
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- It would be Take That.- It's Take That.- OK, good. Right. Smashing.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Is the link Take That?
0:08:02 > 0:08:03APPLAUSE
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Correct.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12Jason Orange is a band member, Progress was a number one album,
0:08:12 > 0:08:17Lulu featured on Relight My Fire, and Babe was a single.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21OK, that means you can cut a link. Where are you going to cut it?
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- Got to get some money. - Yeah, 125, please.- Got to be.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Right, cut the link on the 125 pod.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Ooh! There he goes. Whoosh!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35APPLAUSE
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Alison and David, £125, John and Pete, yet to bank,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Annie and Kaan, 500.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Are you ready? For four links.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48The Wimbledon tennis championship is played on what natural...?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- BUZZER - Alison?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- Grass.- ..on what natural surface?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Grass. Or "grahss".
0:08:58 > 0:09:03- There's your first clue. What's the link?- Plants? Erm...- Materials?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- Things that are green?- Natural...
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Things that grow in soil?- I think materials.- Things in a garden?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Gardens?- Shall we say gardens? - Gardens.- Gardens.- Gardens.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17You're going to say gardens. Is the link gardens?
0:09:19 > 0:09:24No. It isn't. All back in play. For three links.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26HB and 2B are grades...
0:09:26 > 0:09:27- BUZZER - Annie?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Lead pencils.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32..used to measure the hardness of what writing implement?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Pencils.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Grass, pencil - what's the link?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- I think I know it.- Go on, then.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Skirts.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Is the link skirts?
0:09:44 > 0:09:45APPLAUSE
0:09:50 > 0:09:54And the remaining clues would have been poodle and mini.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57A poodle skirt, in case you were wondering,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00is a 1950s nipped-waist skirt.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04OK. How do you want to use your three links?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06I think, again, it would be good
0:10:06 > 0:10:09to just get some more money in the bank and go for 300,
0:10:09 > 0:10:10and we still have a link left over,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- so we could maybe take a chunk out of the 2,000.- OK.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16We'd like to take the 300. We've cut the two links on that.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18And then we'd like to take one link off the 2,000.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Right, let's take a link from the 2,000...
0:10:22 > 0:10:24leaving five links.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And let's cut the two links from the 300...
0:10:30 > 0:10:32..releasing that...
0:10:32 > 0:10:36into Annie and Kaan's bank, giving them a total now of £800.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37APPLAUSE
0:10:37 > 0:10:40John and Pete, you haven't banked anything yet.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Alison and David have banked £125.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49However, nobody is guaranteed to go through yet to the next round,
0:10:49 > 0:10:55because there is £3,750 still on the screen.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57OK, stand by. For four links.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Which of the Ivy League universities
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- shares its name with a colour? - BUZZER
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- Annie.- Yale. I just guessed it.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Yale's wrong.- I know.- I know it.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- Which of the Ivy League universities... - BUZZER
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- David?- Brown.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Brown is correct.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Brown. First clue. What's the link?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Could be anything, couldn't it? - Absolutely anything.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30- OK, Gordon Brown. - Was he a prime minister? He was.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- Brown the colour, brown food. - Prime ministers.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Is the link prime ministers?
0:11:38 > 0:11:41No. It isn't.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43OK, you're all back in play. Stand by.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Your next question, for three links.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Lima is the capital of... - BUZZER
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Pete?- Peru.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Lima is the capital of which country?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Peru. Correct.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Brown, Peru. The link? - Yeah.- What is it?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01I think it's a bear called Paddington.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- Ah! Of course it is.- We think the link is Paddington Bear.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Is the link Paddington Bear?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11APPLAUSE
0:12:14 > 0:12:16The remaining clues were...
0:12:16 > 0:12:19marmalade and duffle coat.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22His last name is Brown, he comes from Peru,
0:12:22 > 0:12:26he loves marmalade and wears a duffle coat.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Correct.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- You now have three links. How do you want to use the links?- Oh...
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- I had a thought that we'd spread it between the three.- I agree. I agree.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- You think?- Yeah.- One each and just play the game?- I would.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41So, we'll take one from each, Mark, please.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43One from 750...
0:12:44 > 0:12:46..one from 2,000...
0:12:46 > 0:12:47and one from 1,000.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Right, for four links, stand by.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- Durdle Door is a landmark in which English county? - BUZZER
0:12:57 > 0:12:59John?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Erm... I'm going to have an absolute guess on this, Mark,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04and I'm going to say Yorkshire.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06You're wrong.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- Annie?- Suffolk.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10You're wrong.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- Alison?- Norfolk?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14No. The correct answer is...
0:13:14 > 0:13:19And everybody in Dorset is going to go "what?!" - Dorset.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22That goes up on the screen,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25but none of you have a chance to find the link.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Stand by for three links. Your next question is...
0:13:29 > 0:13:30In American history,
0:13:30 > 0:13:35- Custer's Last Stand is also known as the Battle of Little...? - BUZZER
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- John.- Little Bighorn.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Little Bighorn is correct.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Dorset, Bighorn. What's the link, John and Pete?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- Got to be animals, hasn't it? - Is it sheep? Something like that?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- I think it's sheep or cattle. - Or cattle.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Erm, I don't think it's cattle. I'm feeling sheep.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- Well, I'm a Cumbrian, I should know, but I don't.- OK, go for it.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57We'll go for sheep.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Is the link sheep?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02APPLAUSE
0:14:04 > 0:14:09The remaining clues were wool and lamb. You're correct.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11How do you want to use your three links?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- Take the cash.- Yeah, we'll take the 750 cash, please.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19OK. Let's cut the links from the £750 pod.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23There it goes.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Ooh, hello! - APPLAUSE
0:14:28 > 0:14:36Annie and Kaan, £800, John and Pete, 750, Alison and David, £125.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42£3,000 still on the screen, so nobody is through.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Stand by. For four links.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50In the 1962 film To Kill A Mockingbird,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- Atticus Finch is played by Gregory... - BUZZER
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- Annie?- Peck.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Peck...
0:14:57 > 0:14:59is correct.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Peck, first clue. What's the link?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03A peck is, erm...
0:15:03 > 0:15:05It's the actions of a bird!
0:15:07 > 0:15:12- That's all we've got, isn't it?- Yeah. - Actions a bird makes...on a punt.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Is the link...bird actions?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20No.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- It was indeed a punt. - LAUGHTER
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Everyone back in play. Your next question, for three links.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- what is the name of the respiratory organ of a fish? - BUZZER
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- Alison?- Gills.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Gill is correct.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Peck, gill. The link?
0:15:41 > 0:15:42Gill...
0:15:42 > 0:15:45He was... That was the name of someone in a TV programme,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- wasn't it?- It was. - Richard Gill, but I can't...
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- No?- It's very open, isn't it?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55TV programmes.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Is the link TV programmes?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01No. It isn't. Stand by.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06- For two links, which Michael was leader of the Labour Party from... - BUZZER
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- John.- Michael Foot.
0:16:08 > 0:16:14..from 1980 to October 1983? Michael Foot. Correct.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Peck, gill, foot. What's the link?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Shall we go with what we're thinking?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- We're thinking it's units of measurement.- Yeah.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- We think it's units of measurement.- Right.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Is the link units of measurement?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- Correct. - APPLAUSE
0:16:30 > 0:16:35We'll accept that. Imperial measurements, ie non-metric.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37The remaining clue was...
0:16:37 > 0:16:40mile. How do you want to use your two links?
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- We'll do one of each, please, Mark.- OK.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Let's cut the links - one from 1,000...
0:16:46 > 0:16:47and one from 2,000...
0:16:48 > 0:16:53..which leaves three remaining on both.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54For four links.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- An occupant of the ancient Shaolin temple is known as a Fighting... - BUZZER
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- Pete?- Monk.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Monk is correct.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Monk, first clue. What's the link?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- It could be fish.- It could be fish!
0:17:10 > 0:17:15Actually, that's quite good, actually. Shall we go fish?
0:17:15 > 0:17:16We'll go with fish, Mark.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17OK, is the link fish?
0:17:19 > 0:17:21No, it's not.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23For three links,
0:17:23 > 0:17:29which wine bottle size holds approximately 1.5 litres of liquid?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- BUZZER - Alison.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Is it a magnum?- Yes.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Monk, Magnum - what's the link?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- Are they, like...? - I think I know what it is.- Go on.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41- I think it's police... - Hold on! Me first.- Go on.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43No, what do you think it is?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45I think it's police detectives.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- TV detectives?- Yeah.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Shall we go for that? - Yeah, TV detectives.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Is the link TV detectives?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57APPLAUSE
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Yeah, we'll give you that.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03The remaining clues were...
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Frost and Morse.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07OK, you've got three links,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09how are you going to cut them?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- I think we'll take the two grand please!- Yeah, two grand, please.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Let's cut those links.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20So, £2,000 going to Alison
0:18:20 > 0:18:21and David's bank.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22APPLAUSE
0:18:22 > 0:18:25That means, with £2,125,
0:18:25 > 0:18:30you are definitely through to the next round.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Annie and Kaan on £800,
0:18:32 > 0:18:34John and Pete on £750,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37with £1,000 on the screen.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39It's all to play for.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41For four links, stand by.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46First screened in 2003,
0:18:46 > 0:18:50the BBC comedy starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams is called...
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- BUZZER - Kaan?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Little Britain?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56..Is called Little what? Britain, correct, yes.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01There's your first clue. What's the link?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- EU states?- No.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I'll let you go for it, say something.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10We're going to say locomotives,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- names of locomotives. - Why not? Yeah.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Is the link names of locomotives?
0:19:18 > 0:19:22It's not. Stand by, your next question for three links.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Which 1983 chart-topping U2 album features...
0:19:27 > 0:19:28BUZZER
0:19:28 > 0:19:30- Annie.- Joshua Tree?
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Is wrong.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37Which 1983 chart-topping U2 album features the songs
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- BUZZER - John.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44I think it's Rattle And Hum.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45It's not.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47BUZZER
0:19:47 > 0:19:48- David.- Is it Achtung Baby?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50No.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52The correct answer was...
0:19:52 > 0:19:54War.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57That goes up on the screen. Britain, war.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01None of you have a chance to find the link.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Moving on, stand by, for two links.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07On a computer keyboard, ESC...
0:20:07 > 0:20:08BUZZER
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Alison.- Escape?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13..is an abbreviation of which word? Escape is correct.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20- Britain, war, escape. Alison and David, what's the link?- Go on.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Any ideas?
0:20:21 > 0:20:26I think it could be films, could be Escape To Victory, war films...
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- It's a bit obvious, isn't it? - Britain, war, escape.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Who was Britain in a war with? What wars have Britain escaped from?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35World War II.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37What's the link?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- No.- No?- Movies.- No!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Oh, war films.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Is the link war films?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47No.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51For one link, if a citizen of Germany is a German,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53a citizen of Denmark is a...
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- BUZZER - Kaan.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56A Dane?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57A Dane is correct.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Britain, war, escape, Dane.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04What's the link, for one link?
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Great.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10- Yes! Cos you've got Great Escape... - Great War, Great Escape, Great Dane.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12OK, is the link "great"?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Yup.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17APPLAUSE
0:21:19 > 0:21:22OK, one link. Can you guess where we want to go, Mark?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24I don't know. Oh, yeah!
0:21:24 > 0:21:25OK, let's cut it.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Annie and Kaan, £800,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32John and Pete, 750,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Alison and David with £2,125.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36They're through, you're not, you're not.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Ready? Everyone back in play for four links.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47In 2006, Reese Witherspoon won the best actress Oscar
0:21:47 > 0:21:48for her role in the film Walk The...
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- BUZZER - Kaan.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Walk The Line?
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Walk The Line is correct.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Line, your first clue. What's the link?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58OK, thinking fishing,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01you could catch with a net, catch with a line.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I don't know, fishing.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Line, you could have a load of things.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Line judge. I would say it's judges.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12OK. Judges.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Is the link judges?
0:22:17 > 0:22:18No.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20You're all back in play.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24For three links, two remaining on the 1,000 pod.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Which four-letter word describes a lively Scottish dance?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- BUZZER - Alison?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Jig.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34No.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Which four-letter word...
0:22:36 > 0:22:37- BUZZER - Pete.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38Reel.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Is correct.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- Line, reel, what's the link? - It feels like fishing.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50It looks like fishing. I think we'll try fishing.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53It feels like fishing, looks like fishing, is the link fishing?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58APPLAUSE
0:22:58 > 0:23:01The remaining clues were
0:23:01 > 0:23:03rod, hook.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- I said fishing, I'm so gutted. Well done, though, guys.- OK.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Right, then, how would you like to use your three links?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Bearing in mind you only have two left on the 1,000.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16We'll use two of them to take the 1,000.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Yes, please. Let's cut the links.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24It goes into John and Pete's bank...
0:23:24 > 0:23:26APPLAUSE
0:23:26 > 0:23:28..giving them £1,750,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Alison and David have £2,125,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Annie and Khan on £800,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37and completely gutted.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- You've got no idea!- Cos you got it.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42I normally trust my mum because she's a bit sharper than I am...
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Well, you're supposed to!
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- What do you mean, "I normally trust my mum"?!- I do, so...
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Well done, guys, well done.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51That could have been exactly reversed.
0:23:51 > 0:23:56- But it wasn't.- Such is life. - Annie and Kaan, such is life.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Thanks for playing The Link. Goodbye.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00APPLAUSE
0:24:02 > 0:24:06John and Pete, and Alison and David, you're still in the game.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08John and Pete,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10you banked £1,750.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Alison and David, you banked £2,125.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18That money's now in these two cash pods,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20each held by seven links.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25The first team to cut all the links and release their cash pod
0:24:25 > 0:24:28takes their money through to the final round.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32The other team will be out.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Now, you can be as brave or as cautious as you like,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39because you decide how many links you want to cut.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41I'm going to ask you to identify a person,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45place or thing from a series of clues and you tell me
0:24:45 > 0:24:49whether you want to play for one, two or three or four links.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53The more links you play for, the fewer clues you'll receive.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56We'll start with the team who has brought most money
0:24:56 > 0:24:59through to this round, and that is Alison and David.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04First question is asking...
0:25:08 > 0:25:09How many links?
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- What do you think?- Two links? - Two links.- OK, two links.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15For two links, what am I? Here are your clues.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- Do you know it?- I think I know it. - Go on, what do you think it is?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42It's cricket, it is the Ashes.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Am I the Ashes?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Oh, yes.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50The remaining clue would have been...
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Let's cut your two links.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Play now passes to John and Pete. You ready?
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Your question is asking...
0:26:06 > 0:26:07How many links?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- We'll play for two links, please. - Two links.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13For two links, what am I?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31It has to be Luxembourg, Radio Luxembourg.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- We'll say Luxembourg, Mark. - OK.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Am I Luxembourg?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Correct.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41The final clue would have been...
0:26:46 > 0:26:50OK, excellent. So, let's cut your links.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59Five remaining, similarly, Alison and David.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Right, your question is asking...
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- How many links?- Two again. - Two again, please.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11For two links, who am I?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Any idea?- Absolutely none.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35OK, in the space of 15 years, I was married and divorced three times.
0:27:35 > 0:27:41- She's going to be quite old now. Or he.- Johnny Depp?- No, older than that.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45- Audrey Hepburn. Mae West? - Audrey Hepburn.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Did Audrey Hepburn have a lot of husbands?- Answer, please.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- Audrey Hepburn.- Am I Audrey Hepburn?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55No.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58John and Pete, you now have the chance to nick a link.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00You will see the remaining clue,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03for a chance to cut a single link from your cash pod.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04And it is...
0:28:09 > 0:28:14- Is it Marilyn Monroe? - Marilyn Monroe.- Am I Marilyn Monroe?
0:28:17 > 0:28:18APPLAUSE
0:28:20 > 0:28:25Oh, yes! That means we can cut one link from your pod.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30There it goes. And it's now your turn.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Your question will be asking...
0:28:34 > 0:28:37- How many links? - Will we play for two again?
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- We'll play for two. - We'll play for the two.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42For two links, here are your clues. Who am I?
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- Sir Christopher Wren. - Yeah, Sir Christopher Wren.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Am I Sir Christopher Wren?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- Yeah. - APPLAUSE
0:29:12 > 0:29:13The last clue would have been...
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Yes. Let's cut those links.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Only two remaining.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Five remaining for Alison and David.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Your question will be asking...
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- How many links?- I think we need to try and catch up.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39But if we get it wrong, then they've only got to get one link,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41so they can have four clues next time.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46- We haven't got any of those in two. - Right, OK.- Have we?- No, OK.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- Two.- Two links, please.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53For two links, here are your clues.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55What am I?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- I think I know what it is.- Is it e-mail?- I think it's a text message.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18A text message? 1992?
0:30:18 > 0:30:21No, cos mobile phones were about in the '80s.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26But when was the internet? Alphanumeric? Text message, phones.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- Text message? - I think it's text message.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Am I a text message?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37APPLAUSE
0:30:40 > 0:30:42The remaining clue was...
0:30:42 > 0:30:46I used to be limited to 160 characters.
0:30:46 > 0:30:53Good work. And now you have two links to cut. Let's cut them.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59OK, John and Pete, your question is asking...
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- How many links? - We'll try for the two links, Mark.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09OK. For two links, what am I?
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- What are you thinking?- Not a lot! - I have two things in mind.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41One is the Crystal Palace. And one is...
0:31:41 > 0:31:43I don't know how old Buckingham Palace is.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- I think it's older than that.- What do you think of the Crystal Palace?
0:31:47 > 0:31:52- It's got to be around then, maybe. - What am I?- Shall we go for it?
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- Go for it.- We'll try the Crystal Palace.- Am I the Crystal Palace?
0:31:58 > 0:32:00- No.- No.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Alison and David, you have a chance to nick a link,
0:32:04 > 0:32:06and here's the remaining clue.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Is it Tower Bridge? Is that right?
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Are you sure?
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- You're not sure.- I am.- You are sure? - Speak to me!- Sorry.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26- Tower Bridge.- Right. Am I Tower Bridge?
0:32:28 > 0:32:30APPLAUSE
0:32:35 > 0:32:36OK, let's cut your link.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Whoa! It's now your go, Alison and David.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45And your question will be asking...
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- How many links?- We've got to go two links, haven't we?
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- Yeah, two links, please. - For two links, here are your clues.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Who am I?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Say some names.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Lee. Something Lee.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- Nelson?- No.- Napoleon. No.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29It's gone.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31- General Lee.- General Lee.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Am I General Lee?
0:33:36 > 0:33:37No.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39It could be the other one.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43John and Pete, you now have the chance to nick a link.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46So here's the remaining clue.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59- George Washington. - Am I George Washington?
0:34:01 > 0:34:03APPLAUSE
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- IN SOUTHERN DRAWL:- Yep. I sure am!
0:34:09 > 0:34:13OK, you've nicked a link. Let's cut it from your pod.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19And it's now your go. Your question will be asking...
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- How many links? - We'll play the one.- One.- Really?
0:34:25 > 0:34:28For one link, here are your clues.
0:35:03 > 0:35:09- It is Cliff Richard. We'll say Cliff Richard.- Right. Am I Cliff Richard?
0:35:12 > 0:35:13APPLAUSE
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Well done.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Well done. Let's cut the final link.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28APPLAUSE
0:35:30 > 0:35:33John and Pete, well done, you're through to the final round,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35and that cash goes with you.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40- Alison and David, that was incredibly close.- It was.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- Despite the fact that you didn't get George Washington.- No, gutted.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- Which meant you would have won. - I think we did OK.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- I'm pleased that we got here. - Yes! I'm so glad you said that.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53- Alison and David, thank you so much for playing The Link.- Thank you.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- Thank you, but goodbye. - Bye!- Bye. APPLAUSE
0:36:01 > 0:36:04John and Pete, you are today's finalists.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07You've brought through £1,750,
0:36:07 > 0:36:10and we're going to add £2,000 to that.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Making your maximum win today £3,750.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18APPLAUSE
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Any thoughts about what you're going to do with that if you win it?
0:36:24 > 0:36:27I'll give some of it to charity, actually.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31And will you split it with John, or will you just take most of it?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- I'd prefer not to.- John, how are you going to get your apportionment?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36I would like to think I'm the charity.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38OK, we'll leave it with that.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41To take that money home,
0:36:41 > 0:36:45you have just 60 seconds to find six super-links.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51At each level you need to identify the link between ten one-word clues.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54As soon as you think you know the answer,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56buzz in and we'll stop the clock.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58If you are right, you can take that money home,
0:36:58 > 0:37:00but choose to play on
0:37:00 > 0:37:05and your team-mate will tackle the next super-link.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07But if you are wrong, play stays with you,
0:37:07 > 0:37:12we will restart the clock and you'll face a new set of clues.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Run out of time, and you will leave
0:37:14 > 0:37:18with a complete absence of folding.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21OK, who's going to play first?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24We've had a discussion, and I'm going to go first.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Pete, you're on your own.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28The clock will start when you see the first clue.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Stand by.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- Pete.- Cake.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Is the answer cake?
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Oh, yes. - APPLAUSE
0:37:52 > 0:37:55We'll give you the plural. And the remaining clues...
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Right, that puts you on...
0:38:04 > 0:38:05£125.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10John and Pete, with 50 seconds remaining, you now have a choice.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14You can take that money and go, or you can play on.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15We're playing on.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17- Yep.- John, it's your turn now.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Is it art?- Is the link art?
0:38:38 > 0:38:39APPLAUSE
0:38:41 > 0:38:44OK. And the remaining clues were...
0:38:48 > 0:38:53Yes, art movements. That puts you on £300.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57John and Pete, the decision.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02With 42 seconds remaining on the clock, you now have a choice.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05You can take that money and go, or you can play on.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09- We'll play on, thank you. - Pete has made the decision.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11And it's now his go. Pete, you're on your own.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- Pete?- Roman emperors.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33Tiberius... Is the link Roman emperors?
0:39:34 > 0:39:35APPLAUSE
0:39:35 > 0:39:39Oh, yes! Yes, it is. Roman emperors.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41The remaining clues were...
0:39:45 > 0:39:47That puts you on...
0:39:49 > 0:39:54£500. With 33 seconds remaining on the clock, you now have a choice.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57You can take that money and go, or you can play on.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02- You want to go again?- Absolutely. - You sure?- Yes.- We'll go again.- OK.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03APPLAUSE
0:40:05 > 0:40:09John, your turn now. The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21- John.- I might regret that. Lamps?
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Is the link lamps?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30No, it's not.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Moths. The remaining clues were...
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Right, that means play stays with you, John.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45And you now face a new super-link.
0:40:45 > 0:40:5126 seconds left. The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10Stamps.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13Is the link stamps?
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Rod Stewart.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24John, play stays with you.
0:41:24 > 0:41:30And you face another super-link with 12 seconds remaining.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Are you ready? The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53- John.- Poets.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Is the link poets?
0:41:57 > 0:41:59APPLAUSE
0:42:02 > 0:42:04The remaining clues were...
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Right. That puts you on...
0:42:12 > 0:42:16£750. With one second remaining on the clock, you now have a choice.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21You can take that money and go, or you can play on.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- Not a lot of time, is it?- I think we'll take the money and go.
0:42:24 > 0:42:25We'll take the money.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29John and Pete, you didn't make it to today's top prize,
0:42:29 > 0:42:31but you're going home with £750.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32APPLAUSE
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- To be apportioned later, I presume? - Absolutely.- Excellent.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44John and Pete, thank you very much for playing The Link.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- Thank you, Mark.- And goodbye.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49APPLAUSE
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Join us next time, when three more players
0:42:51 > 0:42:55will be trying to make all the right connections on The Link.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57See you, then. Goodbye.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59APPLAUSE AND CHEERING