0:00:17 > 0:00:21Hello. I'm Mark Williams and welcome to The Link,
0:00:21 > 0:00:24where knowing the answers is only half the battle.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28To win this game you have to find the link between the answers.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Three teams are hoping to make the right connections
0:00:30 > 0:00:33but only one of them can be in today's final.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38Let's see who's feeling ready, resilient and remarkable.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44My name's Linda and I'm an IT trainer from York.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- And this is my colleague.- I'm Phil.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50I live in Little Sutton in Cheshire and I'm an IT trainer in Liverpool.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- APPLAUSE - And the link is you're colleagues.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57- Yeah. - How long have you worked together?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00It was a couple of years ago and we worked together on a contract.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And it was about three months and we have kept in touch ever since.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Brilliant. Good luck with playing The Link.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Adam and Dan, please introduce yourselves.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12My name's Adam, I'm a development manager from Hertfordshire,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15originally from Southend-on-Sea, and I'm here today with my friend.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18I'm Daniel, I'm also from Hertfordshire.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Again, like Adam, from Southend-on-Sea originally,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25and I'm an estate agent. APPLAUSE
0:01:25 > 0:01:26- Hello there.- Hello.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Longest pier in the country. Is that right?- It is still the longest.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- As long as things stop crashing into it, it'll be all right.- Good.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Welcome to The Link.- Thank you. - Thank you.- Amy and Bill.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Hi, I'm Amy. I'm from Erskine in Renfrewshire
0:01:40 > 0:01:44and I work as a merchandiser in the clothing manufacture industry.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- And this is my dad.- I'm Bill.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50I'm an airline security supervisor and I'm also from Renfrewshire.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- Thank you, Amy and Bill, and welcome to The Link.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Welcome, all. Now pay attention.
0:02:00 > 0:02:08Here are six cash pods containing amounts ranging from £125-£2,000.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11The more cash in the pod, the more links holding it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15What you have to do is cut the links holding the pods
0:02:15 > 0:02:18until they drop into your bank. And here's how you cut the links.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21I'm going to ask you four questions
0:02:21 > 0:02:23and you have to work out what links the answers.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26If you can find the link from the first question alone,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30you will be able to cut four of those links.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32If you spot it after the second answer,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36you can cut three links, then two, then one.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- And, of course, the link here is... - ALL: Herbs.- Herbs!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46You need to bank as much as you can because the team with the least
0:02:46 > 0:02:51amount of money at the end of this round will be going home.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Let's play The Link.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00Stand-by. Round one. Here's the first question. For four links.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03In the 1987 film Dirty Dancing,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06what is the nickname of Jennifer Grey's character...
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- Adam.- Baby.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13What is the nickname of Jennifer Grey's character, Francis?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Baby, that's correct.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18There's your first clue. What's the link?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- Babe, baby...- Kids.- Nickname for girlfriends or partners.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27- Go for that one.- Go for nicknames for partners or wives or husband, etc.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Is the link Nicknames?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33No. Right. Everyone's back in play. Stand-by.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Your next question. For three links.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38What is the common name of the garden plant
0:03:38 > 0:03:43of the genus helianthus that van Gogh famously...
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- Linda.- Sunflower.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48..painted. Sunflower.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53Correct. Baby, Sunflower. What's the link?
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Is it that artist that paints babies dressed up in different things?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Cos she painted a...
0:04:00 > 0:04:03She's got a picture of a famous one with babies dressed
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- up as sunflowers. - Or could it be oils?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Oh, baby oil! I like it!
0:04:10 > 0:04:14I like yours better than mine. Types Of Oil.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Is it Types Of Oil?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20APPLAUSE
0:04:22 > 0:04:27So, Phil's a keeper. The remaining clues would have been:
0:04:29 > 0:04:33You got that on the second clue, which means you can cut three links.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I think get some money in the bank, just to get us...
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- try and get us through to the next round.- Absolutely, yeah.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Take the 500.- Take the three links from the 500, please.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Let's remove those links from the £500 pod.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Rather refreshingly into your bank,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Linda and Phil. £500. - APPLAUSE
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Everybody else in play. Stand by for four links.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Since 2002, the English £5 note
0:05:05 > 0:05:11has featured the faces of Queen Elizabeth II
0:05:11 > 0:05:13and which other Elizabeth?
0:05:13 > 0:05:19Anybody? No. Elizabeth Fry is the correct answer.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23The prison reformer.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28So, nobody has a chance to guess the link. Everyone back in play.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Stand-by. Your next question for three links.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35The three main male characters in the TV sitcom Friends
0:05:35 > 0:05:37were Chandler, Ross...
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- Adam.- Chandler, Ross and Joey.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Chandler, Ross and who? Joey, correct.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Fry, Joey. What's the link, Adam and Dan?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Fry and Joey.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Joey can be a type of kangaroo as well.- Joey's a baby kangaroo.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57- Is Fry a baby...- Fry is a baby fish. It is a baby fish to have, Fry.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Yeah, Baby Animals. - Baby Animals please, Mark.- OK.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Is the link Baby Animals?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06BOTH: Yes! APPLAUSE
0:06:08 > 0:06:12OK. The remaining clues would have been:
0:06:12 > 0:06:15You have three links. What are you going to do with them?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Shall we get the three and the 125? Get some money in?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- Get some money in the bank. - Why not? Do it. 425, I reckon.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- The one off the 125 and the two off the 300, please.- Right.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Can we cut one link from the 125 pod...
0:06:28 > 0:06:30..two off the 300.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Right. For four links.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51Who is the patron saint of England? Bill.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- St George.- George. What's the link?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Surnames.- Squares.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- Peppa Pig characters. - LAUGHTER
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Prime Ministers? No.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- Go for Squares, as in George Square. - Go for Squares. Go.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14OK. Is the link Squares, as in town squares?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19No.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21OK. Everyone's back in play. Stand-by.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24The next question for three links.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28The Pennine Way National Trail begins in the national park
0:07:28 > 0:07:34- known as the what... Phil.- Peak District.- What district?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Peak District, indeed. The spine of England.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41George, Peak.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- What's the link?- Peak flow, peak...
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Is there any such thing as a George cap or hat?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- Like a peaked cap?- Possibly.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00- No. Go for Caps.- Need an answer. - Yeah. Types Of Cap.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03If the link Types Of Cap?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07No. You're wrong.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Everyone is back in play. Stand-by for two links.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16What is the first name of the wife of former US president Bill...
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Phil.- Hillary.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22..Clinton. The answer is Hillary, yes.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25George, Peak, Hillary. What's the link?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- Edmund Hillary was a mountaineer.- Yeah.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- Things to do with... - Peak is the top of a mountain.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- But what about George?- I don't know but let's go for mountains.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41Yeah? OK, then. Mountains.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Is the link Mountains?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48No. Everyone back in play.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of...
0:08:52 > 0:08:59- Bill.- Tibet.- Which autonomous region of China? Tibet.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- HE READS THE CLUES - What's the link?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Mount Everest is in Tibet, Edmund Hillary climbed it.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- It's the highest peak in the world. - So, Everest.- Mount Everest.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Is the link Mount Everest?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- APPLAUSE - Correct.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22George Everest was the surveyor after whom it was named.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- How do you want to use your link? - What do you think?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Do you think we should chip one off the 2,000?
0:09:27 > 0:09:31One off the 2,000, please. One link off the 2,000.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33OK. Let's cut that link.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Everybody's back in play for four links. Stand-by.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Which boys' name is also used to describe a device for raising
0:09:42 > 0:09:45a heavy weight, such as a car?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Dan.- Jack.- Jack is correct.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Your first clue. What's the link? - Names from nursery rhymes?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Names from nursery rhymes.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Jack is a point for MP3s, earphones, audio equipment.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- Audio equipment. - Parts Of Audio Equipment.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Parts Of Audio Equipment. Is that the link?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08No. It's not.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Everyone back in play. Stand-by.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14My next question for three links.
0:10:14 > 0:10:20In 2011, Enda Kenny became Prime Minister of which country?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Dan.- Australia.- No.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Anybody?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27No.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29The answer is Ireland.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34No-one gets the chance to guess that link.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Everyone is back in play. Stand-by for two links.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42British Steel and Screaming For Vengeance were UK top 20
0:10:42 > 0:10:46hit albums in the 1980s for Judas...
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- Phil.- Priest.- Judas who?
0:10:50 > 0:10:56- Judas Priest is correct. - HE READS THE CLUES
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- The link?- Is it Father Ted?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01You've got Father Jack, it's in Ireland and he's a priest.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Yes, it is, I think. - We're going to say Father Ted.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Is it Father Ted? Is that the link?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- APPLAUSE - The last clue would have been:
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Great. Two links. What are you going to do?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22If we take one off the 2,000 and one off the 1,000,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24that means it's still safe, relatively.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26It is relatively safe, yeah.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Shall we do that?
0:11:29 > 0:11:34For relative safety we'll take one link off 1,000 and one off 2,000.
0:11:36 > 0:11:403,750 on the screen. Stand-by for four links.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Which word can refer to the stylus of a record player...
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Bill.- Needle.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Or the leaf of a pine tree? Needle. Correct.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56There's your first clue. What's the link?
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- Sewing.- That was... - Needle, the Needle.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Rocks, outcrops.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11- Rock Formations.- Rock Formations. - Is the link Rock Formations?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15No.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19OK. Everyone back in play. Stand-by. Next question for three links.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Which actress was married eight times to...
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- Phil.- Elizabeth Taylor. - To seven different husbands,
0:12:27 > 0:12:31including twice to Richard Burton. Elizabeth Taylor.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Nice.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Needle, Elizabeth Taylor. What's the link?
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- Elizabeth Taylor is well-known for diamonds.- Right.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43I was thinking of things hard to find in a haystack
0:12:43 > 0:12:45but I reckon she would be quite easy to find!
0:12:45 > 0:12:49She was in a film once where she was in a haystack.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51and she would be easy to find.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56- Erm...Diamonds. - Is the link Diamonds?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- No.- No.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04Everyone is back in play. Stand-by for two links.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09The Camp David Accords were a peace agreement between Israel...
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- Dan.- Egypt.- And which other country? Egypt. Correct.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16HE READS THE CLUES
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- Cleopatra.- What is the link? - Cleopatra.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- Cleopatra.- Is the link Cleopatra?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25- Oh, yes. - APPLAUSE
0:13:27 > 0:13:31The final clue would have been Antony.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36Cleopatra's Needle is in London. There's one in Paris as well.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Liz Taylor played her, she was Queen of Egypt
0:13:39 > 0:13:42and had an affair with Mark Antony.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44How do you want to use those two links?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Can we have one off the 750 and one off the grand, please?
0:13:47 > 0:13:51One off the 750 and one off the thousand.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Stand-by for four links.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00What word follows Ferris in the name of a pop...
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- Adam.- Is it Wheel, Mark?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06In the name of a popular fairground ride?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10The answer is Wheel. Right. First clue. What's the link?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Parts of a car. - That would be the obvious one.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- Parts of a car. - I would just go for the obvious one.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- Parts Of A Car, please. - Is the link Parts Of A Car?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24No. OK. Everyone back in play.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Stand-by. Your next question for three links.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29The name of which health care profession
0:14:29 > 0:14:35features in the title of a song in the musical Little Shop Of Horrors?
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- Dan.- Dentist. - Dentist is correct.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44What's the link?
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- Wheelchair, dentist chair? - Yeah, chair. Chair.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Types Of Chair.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Is the link Types Of Chair?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57I liked that one, mate. That was very good.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00The remaining clues would have been:
0:15:03 > 0:15:05OK, you've got three links.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- Take the money? - Yeah, take the grand.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10We'd like to take the money, please, and bank it.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- You've got two monies there, mate. - 1,000.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- We'll take the thousand please, Mark.- Right.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18They'd like the bag of sand. Let's cut the three links.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27APPLAUSE
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Judicious. Because that means you are definitely going
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- through to the next round. - Wonderful.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37However, Linda and Phil, Amy and Bill,
0:15:37 > 0:15:42there are £2,750 on the screen to play for.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Stand by for four links.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Michael Crawford played Frank Spencer...
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Bill. - HE SIGHS
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Sorry, Bill. I'm going to finish the question.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Michael Crawford played Frank Spencer...
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Adam.- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Michael Crawford played Frank Spencer in the classic
0:16:06 > 0:16:09sitcom "Some WHAT Do 'Ave 'Em"?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Mothers. Correct.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Mother's.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- There's your first clue. What's the link, Adam and Dan?- Mother's.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Shall we say types of commemorative days?
0:16:20 > 0:16:24I'm thinking, yeah, things like Mother's Day. Commemorative Days.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- Commemorative Days.- Commemorative Days. Is that the link?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Yeah! Very good. - APPLAUSE
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Right. The other clues would have been:
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- So, you've got four links. - We'll have the blue one, I reckon.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- Really?- I think so.
0:16:47 > 0:16:53With your four links, you are going to release £2,000 into your bank.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03APPLAUSE
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Linda and Phil, you have £500.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Amy and Bill haven't banked anything yet
0:17:12 > 0:17:15but you could still go through to the next round.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Stand-by for four links.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Which colour was the title of Coldplay's first UK...
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- Adam.- Yellow.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29..top 10 single. Yellow. Yellow's correct.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31There's your first clue. What's the link?
0:17:31 > 0:17:35- Colours of the rainbow. - Yellow.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I'd be thinking submarine, so parts of Beatles' tracks.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Parts...go on. - Colours Of The Rainbow.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Colours Of The Rainbow. Is that the link?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45No. It's not. OK.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Everyone is back in play. Stand-by.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Your next question for three links.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Copperhead and cottonmouth...
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Bill.- Snakes. Types of snakes.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Are types of which reptile? Snake.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- Correct. - HE READS CLUES
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Two clues. What's the link?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Yellow and snake. What's yellow? Let's think about it.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Birds. Don't know. Or...
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- Shall we say something like a Bird? - Is the link Bird?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21No. It's not.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Right. You're all back in play. Stand-by for two links.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29What is the surname of Little Nell?
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Amy.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- Jones.- No.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37What is the surname of Little Nell in Charles Dickens'
0:18:37 > 0:18:40The Old Curiosity Shop? Dan.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Fletcher.- No.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- Linda and Phil.- No idea.- Morris.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51No. The correct answer is Trent.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- HE READS THE CLUES - Your three clues.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59But none of you have a chance to make the link.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04Back in play, everybody. Stand-by. Next question for one link.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Which vast tropical rainforest...
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Adam.
0:19:10 > 0:19:16The Amazon. ..mainly in Brazil, is the largest in the world? Amazon.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18HE READS THE CLUES
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- The link is?- River.- BOTH: River.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- Is the link River? - APPLAUSE
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Right, you have one link. - It's a tough choice.- Is it really?
0:19:33 > 0:19:38- Hurry up then.- One off the 750. - One off the 750.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43OK. For four links.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49Complete the title of the David Walliams novel, "The Boy In The..."
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- Linda.- Dress.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Dress is correct.
0:19:56 > 0:20:02- That's your first clue. What's the link?- Head.- Yeah.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Words that follow head.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- OK.- Yeah. We just don't know, do we?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Go on.- Words that follow Head?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Right. Is the link Head?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16No. All back in play.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Stand-by. Your next question for three links.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Which word precedes both union and league to complete...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- Linda.- Rugby.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Which word precedes both union
0:20:30 > 0:20:34and league to complete the name of two ball sports?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Rugby. Correct.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- HE READS THE CLUES - What's the link?
0:20:40 > 0:20:45- It's a place as well, isn't it? - Rugby is based...is it Warwickshire?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Dress, though, has got nothing to do with that.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- What else does Rugby go with? Schools.- Names Of Schools.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Names Of Schools. Is Names Of Schools the link?
0:20:59 > 0:21:04No. It's not. Everyone back in play. Stand-by.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Your next question for two links.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12The Venetian explorer who travelled to China with his father...
0:21:12 > 0:21:18- Bill.- Marco Polo. - And uncle in 1271 was Marco Polo.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- HE READS THE CLUES - The link?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Dress, Rugby, Polo. - Shirts.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- Rugby shirt, polo shirt, dress shirt. Yeah, shirt.- Types Of Shirts.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- Types Of Shirts.- Is the link Shirts?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36APPLAUSE
0:21:38 > 0:21:41And the last clue was T.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48- Let's cut those two links and put £750 into Amy and Bill's bank.- Phew!
0:21:54 > 0:21:56APPLAUSE
0:21:59 > 0:22:02So that means Adam and Dan are through with £3,425.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09Amy and Bill are through with 750, at the last minute.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15Linda and Phil, unfortunately, with only £500, are going home.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20- That was a good round, I thought. - We were doing well and then...
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- You played really well together. Did you feel like that?- Yeah.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Just didn't get the connections.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- Linda and Phil, thanks for playing The Link.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- Goodbye. - APPLAUSE
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Adam and Dan and Amy and Bill, you're still in the game.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Adam and Dan, you banked £3,425.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Amy and Bill, you banked £750.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48That money is now in these two cash pods,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50each held by seven links.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54The first team to cut all the links and release their cash pod
0:22:54 > 0:22:57takes their money through to the final round.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00The other team will be out.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Now, you can be as brave or as cautious as you like
0:23:02 > 0:23:06because you decide how many links you want to cut.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I'm going to ask you to identify a person,
0:23:09 > 0:23:13place or thing from a series of clues and you tell me
0:23:13 > 0:23:18whether you want to play for one, two, three or four links.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23But the more links you play for, the fewer clues you will receive.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25We'll start with the team who has brought the most money
0:23:25 > 0:23:29through to this round, and that is Adam and Dan.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Stand-by. The first question is asking...
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- How many links, Adam and Dan? - I think two links.- Start with two.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- Let's start with two.- Start with two please, Mark.- Two links.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Here are your clues.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Killer whale, I reckon. Killer whale. Killer Whale.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Am I a Killer Whale?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14No.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Incorrect.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Which means Amy and Bill, you now have a chance to nick a link.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22You will see the remaining clue for the chance to cut
0:24:22 > 0:24:24a single link from your cash pod.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26And it is...
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- Yep. Dolphin.- Dolphins. - Am I a Dolphin?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39APPLAUSE
0:24:41 > 0:24:48Ouch. So, Amy and Bill, you've nicked a link. Let's remove that.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55You now have six links remaining on your pod and it's now your turn.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Your question will be asking...
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- How many links?- Two to start? Two, please.- Two, please.- Please, Mark.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Two links. What am I?
0:25:24 > 0:25:28What do you think? Helium? Neon?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Helium's not got an odour.- Helium.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- Helium.- Go for Helium. - Am I Helium?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38No.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Adam and Dan, you now have a chance to nick a link.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Here's the remaining link.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- Nitrogen is less, isn't it? - Nitrogen is more.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Nitrogen is one of the greatest, isn't it?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- Nitrogen and oxygen. - It's got no colour...
0:25:58 > 0:26:03- I need an answer.- It's got no colour as gas. Go for that.- Oxygen.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Am I Oxygen?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10APPLAUSE
0:26:10 > 0:26:15Yeah. Right. You've nicked a link. Let's cut it.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21And it's now your turn. Your question is asking...
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- For how many links? - BOTH: Two, please.- Two links.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29For two links, here are your clues.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Right. That was Virgin so it will be Branson.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- I actually read something about him recently.- Mike Oldfield.- It's great.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56- Richard Branson, we think it is. - Richard Branson, please.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Am I SIR Richard Branson?
0:27:01 > 0:27:04APPLAUSE
0:27:05 > 0:27:07The last clue would have been:
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Let's cut your links.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Amy and Bill, your question is asking...
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- How many links?- Two again, to be safe?- Two again.- Two.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33- Two links, please.- Yes, please. - For two links, here are your clues:
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- William Pitt?- Maybe. I don't... I wouldn't know.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- I don't know that one.- William Pitt.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Am I William Pitt?
0:28:00 > 0:28:04No. Adam and Dan, you've got a chance to make a link.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Here's the last clue.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Is it Disraeli? I was thinking it was Disraeli.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Why do you think that?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- Cos it's the only one I know from that era.- Was he twice?
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- Not a clue.- Was he twice? - Can we go for Disraeli?
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Am I Disraeli?
0:28:24 > 0:28:28No. That's not the correct link.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32I am...Sir Robert Peel.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- Peelers?- Bobbies.- Bobbies. Exactly.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38We stay with Adam and Dan.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Your question will be asking...
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- How many links?- Two links.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- Two links again, please. - For two links, your clues are...
0:29:07 > 0:29:09I don't know.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13"Open" gives the idea it's a bridge or a...
0:29:15 > 0:29:17If it's opened, do you declare...
0:29:17 > 0:29:20If it's a building, do you open a building or do you open a bridge?
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- Answer, please.- The thing I know that's opened by Queen Elizabeth II
0:29:23 > 0:29:27- was the toll bridge.- No, that's Dartford Tunnel?- It's a bridge.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31- No, bridge was later, Dartford Tunnel.- Too late. Time's up.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37- OK. Amy and Bill, you now have a chance to nick a link.- OK.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Here's the remaining clue.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- The Sydney Opera House?- No. - No? Are you sure?
0:29:49 > 0:29:53- Queen Elizabeth. Yeah, it was. - Sydney Opera House.- Uh-huh. Yeah.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Am I the Sydney Opera House?
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- Yes. - APPLAUSE
0:30:00 > 0:30:05- Well done.- Let's cut that link. Five links remaining.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09And now play now passes to you. Your question is asking...
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- How many links?- Shall we go two? - I think we should go for the three.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- No, stick.- Then we'll have an easier one on our last one if we go for it.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- I think we should go for the three just now.- OK. Go for three, please.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- Go for three.- OK. - That's him told!- Yes.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28For three links, here are your clues.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Revitalising rural communities?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- No, don't know. - The Canadian Mounties.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Am I the Mounties?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01- No.- Didn't think so.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04The only thing I could think of to do with Canada.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Adam and Dan, you now have a chance to make a link.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Here are the remaining clues.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Women's Institute, do you think?
0:31:24 > 0:31:27"Use the phrase 'Jam and Jerusalem' to refer to me."
0:31:27 > 0:31:30The Rylstone branch made the calendar and I'm sure that would be
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- Calendar Girls so that's members of the Women's Institute.- Go on, then.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Can we go for Women's Institute?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Am I the Women's Institute?
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- APPLAUSE - Well done.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Let's cut the link you nicked.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57Three left and it's now your turn. Your question will be asking...
0:31:59 > 0:32:02So, how many links?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Shall we stick with two or shall we just go with one and if they get
0:32:05 > 0:32:08one wrong, they've only got one at the end? Or we go with two next time.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- Just take one off now.- And hope we get it right so they can't...
0:32:11 > 0:32:16- OK, we're going to go for one. Just play tactically.- Right, then.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19For one link, here are your clues.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- Michelangelo.- It was indeed. - OK, Michelangelo.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Am I Michelangelo?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54APPLAUSE
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Let's cut that link.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Right. Amy and Bill, you've got five links.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08- They've only got two remaining.- OK. - Your question will be asking...
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- How many links?- Do you want to go three?- Three?- Go for three.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19- Three links.- So, for three links, here are your clues.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37- Daniel Radcliffe. - Am I Daniel Radcliffe?
0:33:38 > 0:33:41APPLAUSE
0:33:42 > 0:33:44The other clues would have been...
0:33:44 > 0:33:48"I was once Britain's second richest teenager." Who's the first?
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- Never heard of that film. - Never heard of that.- Very good. OK.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Let's cut your links.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Right. That's looking healthier. Two links remaining on both pods.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12Adam and Dan, it's your go. Your question is asking...
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- How many links?- Bit of pressure now so both of them, please.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22All right. For two links, here are your clues.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Oh, dear.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- Hurling? James Naismith. - Federation... What is IBA?
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Well, that's... Let's try and figure out.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48It's probably a Scottish sport though.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- Scottish sport with a name like Naismith as the inventor.- Hurling?
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- Hurling is Irish.- Hockey. - Hockey.- Hockey?
0:35:01 > 0:35:05No. Amy and Bill, you have a chance to nick a link.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07I'm going to give you the last clue.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- Basket...- Basketball. - Basketball.- Basketball.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Am I Basketball?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22- APPLAUSE - I sure am!
0:35:23 > 0:35:27OK. Let's cut the link that you nicked.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34Amy and Bill, you came from behind in the last round to go through.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Can you do it again? Your question will be...
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- How many links?- One. - SHE GIGGLES
0:35:44 > 0:35:46There you go, then. For one link, what am I?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- Venus.- Venus.- Venus.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Am I Venus?
0:36:15 > 0:36:17APPLAUSE Well done.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23Yeah. Let's cut that link...
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- ..which slooshes £750... - APPLAUSE
0:36:30 > 0:36:32..into Amy and Bill's bank.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Well done, Amy and Bill.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40You're going through to the final round and that cash goes with you.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- Adam, Dan, where did it go wrong? - We had it and lost it, Mark.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- It was there for us. We'll look back and kick ourselves.- Will you?
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- No, we'll kick each other. - We'll kick each other!
0:36:50 > 0:36:53However, you were great players.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- It was a real pleasure to have you playing The Link.- Thank you.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- Thanks for having us. - Thank you.- Bye.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01APPLAUSE
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Amy and Bill, you are today's finalists.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10You've brought through £750 with cunning and guile.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15And we're going to add £2,000 to your 750.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Lovely, yeah. Sounds good.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21So your maximum win today is £2,750.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25APPLAUSE
0:37:25 > 0:37:28So, what would you do with that if you won it?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31We'd love... Amy's got two...
0:37:31 > 0:37:35I've got three grandkids and we'd like to take them all...
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- We'd like to go to Florida. - Florida, yeah, on a family holiday.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Sounds great to me. OK.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43To take that money home you have just 60 seconds
0:37:43 > 0:37:45to find six super-links.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51At each level you need to identify the link between ten one-word clues.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55As soon as you think you know the answer,
0:37:55 > 0:37:58buzz in and we'll stop the clock.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02If you're right you can take that money home, but choose to play on
0:38:02 > 0:38:05and your team-mate will tackle the next super-link.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10If you're wrong, play stays with you.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14We'll restart the clock and you will face a new set of clues.
0:38:14 > 0:38:19Run out of time and you leave with zero, zilch, zot.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Who's going to play first? - I'm going to play first.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Amy, you're on your own.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30The clock will start when you see the first clue.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38HE READS THE CLUES
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Dances.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Is the link Dances?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- Good girl. - APPLAUSE
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Well done! Your remaining clues were...
0:38:59 > 0:39:02That puts you on £125.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Amy and Bill, with £125
0:39:07 > 0:39:12and 52 seconds remaining, you now have a choice.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16You can go with that money or you can play on.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- Play on.- Play on. - Play on, please.- OK.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Bill. Your turn now.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Tennis.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Is the link Tennis?
0:39:48 > 0:39:53- A bit too far.- Yeah. - The remaining clues were...
0:39:55 > 0:39:57The link, of course, was Wimbledon.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Which means play stays with you, Bill.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05You now face a new super-link. 41 seconds remaining.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Landslide. Fantasy.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Mama. Thunderbolt.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Queen Songs.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Is the link Queen Songs?
0:40:25 > 0:40:28No. The remaining clues were:
0:40:34 > 0:40:40It was a Queen song but specifically it was Bohemian Rhapsody.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- Which means, Bill... - Still with me.- Still with you.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46You now face a new super-link. 32 seconds left.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Waterfalls.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Is the link Waterfalls?
0:41:10 > 0:41:13- Yes. - APPLAUSE
0:41:15 > 0:41:17the final clue was...
0:41:18 > 0:41:22That puts you on £300.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26Amy and Bill, with 20 seconds remaining on the clock,
0:41:26 > 0:41:28you now have a choice.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31You can take that money and go or you can play on.
0:41:31 > 0:41:36- Play on. Go for it.- Play on, please. - OK. Amy, you're on your own.- OK.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Anthony Hopkins.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Is the link Anthony Hopkins?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07APPLAUSE Well done.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13You said, under your breath you just went, "Well done!"
0:42:15 > 0:42:17They were all Anthony Hopkins films.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20That puts you on...
0:42:20 > 0:42:25- £500.- What should we do? - With seven seconds remaining.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27I think we've pushed our luck.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29We have been lucky the last two rounds at the last minute.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32- I think we've pushed our luck enough. - OK. Seven seconds.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- It's very ominous, that. - BOTH: Yeah.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39Amy and Bill, you're going home with £500.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41APPLAUSE
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- That's not necessarily going to get you to Florida.- No.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- But it will get you part of the way. - Yeah, that's it.- Part of the way.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- And you played as a team. It was very good.- Thank you.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55That will be a first!
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- Thank you very much... - It's been a pleasure.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- Good to be here. - ..for playing The Link.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02APPLAUSE
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Join us next time when three more pairs will be
0:43:04 > 0:43:08trying to make all the right connections on The Link.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10See you then. Goodbye.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13APPLAUSE AND CHEERING