Episode 4 The Link

Hello, I'm Mark Williams and welcome to The Link,

where knowing the answers is only half the battle.

To win this game you have to find the link between the answers.

Three teams are hoping to make the right connections,

but only one of them can be in today's final.

Let's see who's dashing, dynamic and determined to do it.

I am Vicky, I am a teacher and this is my mother.

I am Gill, I'm retired and we're from Birmingham.

Vicky, where do you teach?

I teach at Ladypool Primary School.

I teach six to seven year olds, year two.

Oh, lovely.

A very rewarding job but not an easy one.

Gill, how many times do you intend to apologise today?

Probably a lot. I apologise for breathing generally.

Do you?

In my house I am going, "I am sorry,"

before I know what I have done.

My daughter is very, very forceful, as is my husband

so it is a bit like that.

-GASPS:

-"Sorry!"

Living on your nerves there.

Well, you are amongst friends now, Gill.

Paul and Frankie, introduce yourselves.

I am Paul, I'm a team manager and this is my wife.

I'm Frankie, I'm a retail assistant, and we are from Cheshire.

Paul, baking competitions?

Yes. I have only entered one but I did become runner-up.

-What was the cake?

-It was called a clafoutis.

Is it a bit doughnut-y or something, clafoutis?

No, it's a normal cake mixture, it's just with the fruit in.

It was pear and apple, bit of cream, lovely.

Marvellous. Lovely. Frankie, tell us about bargains.

-I love bargains.

-Do you?

Even if I won the lottery, I would still go bargain hunting,

couponing, competitioning.

Saves a lot of money. Hopefully you'll win some today.

Paul and Frankie, welcome.

David and Jonny, tell us about yourselves.

I'm David, I am an engineer. This is my friend.

I'm Jonny, I am an accountant, we are both from Scotland

but now we both live in London.

Whereabouts in Scotland are you from?

I am from Glasgow and he's from...

-Edinburgh.

-The dark side. Edinburgh.

I see. East and west.

Where did you meet?

We met in university and both went to Edinburgh Uni.

There you go. See, it's not the dark side, is it?

Yeah, I dipped my toe. I dipped my toe.

You went to the dark side. David, you are always active?

Yeah. Skiing, done that a lot.

Used to teach it for a while out in Canada.

You can ski in Scotland, can't you?

-Yes, you've got to be lucky, though.

-For snow.

Yeah. Mainly. That's the normal ingredient that you need to have.

Jonny, you are a baker as well, aren't you?

I am, very much like Paul, I'm into baking.

I was inspired by Paul Hollywood on The Great British Bake Off.

I find him truly inspirational,

although I tend to go for a slightly simplified recipe than what he does.

What you mean you just leave things out?

Occasionally, yes.

Hopefully you will be on there one day

and we will see you on the Bake Off.

-I hope so.

-David and Jonny, welcome.

-Thank you.

Welcome all. Now pay attention.

Here are six cash pods each containing amounts

ranging from £125-£2,000.

The more cash in the pod, the more links there are holding it.

What you have to do is cut the links holding the pods

until they drop down into your bank.

Here is how you cut the links.

I am going to ask you four questions

and you have to work out what links the answers.

If you can guess the link from the first answer alone,

you will be able to cut four of those links.

If you spot it after the second answer, you can cut three links.

Then two. Then one.

Rum, sugar, mint, lime.

And of course the link here is...

ALL: Mojito!

Mojito!

Yes, let's cut that link. There you go.

APPLAUSE

You need to bank as much cash as you can because the team with

the least amount of money at the end of this round will be going home.

Let's play The Link.

Round one, standby.

For four links, your first question.

What goes with rock and scissors in a game...? Vicky.

Paper.

In a game played using your hands. Paper.

First clue. What is the link?

-Could it be wedding anniversaries?

-Wedding anniversaries. Should we?

Wedding anniversaries.

Is the week link wedding anniversaries?

No.

That was good.

You both were into that straightaway.

Everyone standby, back in play for three links.

Which three-letter word is an abbreviated form

of Christopher or Catherine?

Jonny.

-Cat.

-No.

-Gill.

-Kit.

Yes.

Paper. Kit.

How about bag? Paper bag.

-Kit bag.

-Yes. Good one.

-Bag.

Right, is the link bag?

Oh.

They are quick.

Right. The remaining clues were, punch and post.

You got that on the second clue which means you can cut three links.

Think very carefully about whether you want to cut

links on the smaller values for a quick cash fix or

if you want to snip away at one of the higher value pods.

Vicky and Gill, what do you want to do?

Shall we go for the 500?

We will take all three links off the 500, please.

Right. I see what you mean about being forceful, Gill.

Yes.

Take all three links off the £500, please. As Vicky says.

There you go.

Yay! We've got some money.

Vicky and Gill have banked £500, Paul and Frankie yet to bank.

David and Jonny yet to bank.

Everyone back in play, standby for four links.

The former politician

and prolific novelist who is Baron of Weston-super-Mare is Jeffrey...?

Vicky.

Archer.

Jeffrey Archer. Correct.

-Star signs?

-Star signs, I think.

Star signs.

Is the link star signs?

No. OK, everyone back in play.

Standby for three links.

Hydra, which contains the bright star Alphard,

is considered to be the largest WHAT in the sky?

Frankie.

Constellation.

Correct.

Archer. Constellation.

Any ideas?

Stars?

Outer space.

Outer space?

Is the link outer space?

No. Everyone is back in play. Standby for two links.

What is the title of the 2007 film starring

Jake Gyllenhaal as a San Francisco cartoonist...?

Jonny.

Zodiac.

..who becomes obsessed with tracking down a serial killer? Zodiac.

Correct.

Any ideas?

Is it not star signs?

I think they have eliminated that.

-Right, OK.

-I don't know.

I would have said star signs as well but it will sound silly

-if we say it again.

-Yeah, I know.

Star signs?

Is link star signs?

No, it still isn't star signs.

Everyone is back in play, standby for one link.

In the Harry Potter series of novels,

what type of mythological creature is Firenze?

Vicky.

A centaur.

Is correct.

Archer. Constellation. Zodiac. Centaur.

Vicky and Gill, what is the link?

Is it Sagittarius?

Is the link Sagittarius?

-Yes. You were so close there but you needed refining.

-Yes.

You got that on the last clue, Vicky and Gill,

which means you can cut one link.

What would you like to do?

We will take the 125, please.

You are going to take the £125.

Poor lonely little thing up there.

Safe refuge in Vicky and Gill's bank. £625.

Paul and Frankie haven't banked yet,

David and Johnny haven't banked yet.

Everyone back in play. Standby for four links.

According to the popular children's song My Fair Lady,

what is the name of the bridge that is falling down?

-Vicky.

-London.

Correct. What's the link?

That could be about a million and one connections.

Capital cities I think.

Capital cities.

Is the link capital cities?

Everyone back in play. That is everyone.

Fingers on your buzzers. Get in there before Vicky.

Right, for three links.

The Fenn Street Gang was a sequel to which sitcom which starred

John Alderton as the newly qualified teacher Bernard Hedges?

No? The answer is Please Sir!

No-one has a chance to guess that link.

For two links, standby, everyone back in play.

In 1999, what R&B band had a UK number two hit with

the Craig David song...?

-Vicky.

-Artful Dodger.

Rewind. The crowd say bo' selecta.

Artful Dodger is correct.

London. Please Sir. Artful Dodger.

Oliver Twist.

Is the link Oliver Twist?

Yes. The remaining clue was...Charles Dickens.

Set in London, "Please, sir, may I have some more?"

"No," was the answer.

The Artful Dodger was his accomplice.

Charles Dickens wrote it.

You got that on the third clue which means you can cut two links.

-Shall we take the 300?

-Yes.

We'll take the 300, please.

Right then, let's cut those links.

Right.

Vicky and Gill have £925 in their bank.

But you are not guaranteed to go through yet

because there is £3,750 left to play for.

Everyone is back in play. Standby for four links.

In 2014, Chelmsford became the first city in which English...?

Vicky.

Essex.

..the first city in which English county? Essex. Correct.

What is the link?

Famous Davids?

THEY LAUGH

It could be...

I don't know, it's not going to be anything like counties

because has been in the question.

Davids, then.

Famous Davids.

Is the link famous Davids?

No. Everyone back in play.

Standby for three links.

In 1999, John Major's son, James, married model

and actress Emma Jane WHO?

-Frankie.

-I'm going to guess Morgan.

No.

-Jonny?

-I am going to guess Thompson.

-No.

Nope. Noble. Essex. Noble.

No-one has a chance to make the link, everyone is back in play.

Stand by for two links.

When it first launched in America, Regis Philbin was the original

host of Who Wants To Be A WHAT?

-Paul.

-Millionaire.

-Correct.

Right, Essex, Noble, Millionaire.

Anyone who has been knighted or from Essex? Chris Tarrant?

-Could be.

-Is he from Essex?

-Don't know.

Don't know. Shall we guess that?

Yeah. Go on. We will guess Chris Tarrant.

Is the link Chris Tarrant?

No. It is not.

Everyone is back in play. Stand by for one link.

The 2010 film starring Nicolas Cage was called the Sorcerer's WHAT?

-Vicky.

-Apprentice.

Is correct.

Essex. Noble. Millionaire. Apprentice.

I think it is Lord Sugar.

Is the link Lord Sugar?

Yes. That is where he is from.

He has been ennobled.

He is a millionaire and he presides over the programme The Apprentice.

You got that on the last clue which means you can cut one link.

What would you like to do?

Shall we will take one from the 2,000?

One from the 2,000 please.

Let's take one from the 2,000.

-Why?

-We don't want to take one from the 750

because that makes it a bit easier to get that one,

but you still have to get five now for the 2,000 anyway.

You can't do it in one go.

Five links remaining on the £1,000 pod.

Five things remaining on £2,000 pod.

Four on the 750 pod.

Everyone is back in play for four links.

Which English city gives its name to a style of baggy men's trousers

popular in the 1920s?

-Gill.

-Oxford.

Correct. What is the link?

Universities? But that may be a bit obvious.

I suppose it is.

Boat race? You choose.

Universities.

Is the link universities?

No. Everyone back in play.

Standby for three links.

Which word meaning large and impressive

is also used as a slang term for £1,000?

-Frankie.

-Grand.

Grand is correct.

Oxford. Grand.

Are they...

-Monopoly?

-Yeah.

-Monopoly places.

Or underground stations?

No.

-Shall we go for Monopoly?

-Yes, go on, then.

Monopoly.

Is the link Monopoly?

No. Everyone is back in play. Standby for two links.

Which Central American country lends its name to a man's

wide-brimmed straw hat.

Frankie.

Stetson.

No. Vicky.

-Panama.

-Correct.

-It's canals.

-Canals.

Oxford. Grand. Panama.

Canals.

-Sorry!

-What?!

-See! Sorry. She said it.

She said sorry. Is the link canals?

Yes.

The remaining clue was Suez.

The Oxford Canal, a narrow canal.

Grand Canal in Venice. Panama Canal, the ship canal, Suez similar.

You got that on the third clue which means you can cut two links.

What would you like to do?

I think we should do one off the 2,000 and one off the 1,000.

OK, we'll do that then.

One off the 2,000 and one off the 1,000.

And one from the 2,000.

Everyone is back in play.

Standby for four links.

The team that produced many of Kylie Minogue's early hits

consisted of Stock, Aitken...?

-Paul.

-Waterman.

..and Waterman. Correct. Waterman.

Waterman. Are they boating things?

I don't know boating things.

Shall we go for that?

Boating names?

Is the link boating names?

-No.

-Shucks.

Everyone back in play. Standby for three links.

Timothy West plays the grandfather in which EastEnders family?

Vicky.

-Armstrong.

-No.

Paul.

-Moon.

-No.

-Not EastEnders fans?

-No.

Carter.

Right. No-one gets a chance to make that link.

Standby for two links, you are all back in play.

Sounding like a Norse god, as snow melts it is said to what?

Vicky.

-Thaw.

-Correct.

Waterman. Carter. Thaw.

It's The Sweeney.

The Sweeney.

Is the link The Sweeney?

It is.

The remaining clue was Regan.

Dennis Waterman plays George Carter and John Thaw played Jack Regan.

You got that on the third clue which means you can cut two links.

Shall we take two from the two or do you want to do one of each again?

-One each.

-OK. One from the 2,000, one from the 1,000, please.

One from the 1,000 and one from the 2,000.

Nobody is yet guaranteed to go through to the next round.

There is £3,750 on the screen.

You are all back in play.

Standby for four links.

The actor who played Rhett Butler in the 1939 film...? Vicky.

Clark Gable.

..who played Rhett Butler in the 1939 film

Gone With The Wind was Clark WHO?

Gable.

Parts of a house, then, do you think? Shall we go for that?

Yes, we'll try that.

Parts of a house.

Is the link parts of a house?

No. Everyone is back in play. Standby for three links.

What word can mean an apartment or a deflated...? Jonny.

Flat.

..or a deflated tyre? Flat. Correct.

Gable. Flat.

Any ideas?

No, absolutely none. Surprisingly.

Is it a type of roof?

Is the link types of roof?

We got one!

There you go. Very good.

Right, the remaining clues were - slate and thatch.

You got that on the second clue which means you can cut three links.

What would you like to do?

I think we will have to cut three off the 2,000, please.

Was that a struggle making that choice?

No, no, no.

-We are learning.

-Please.

Don't look so perturbed.

Let's cut three links from the £2,000...

..which means, David and Jonny,

with £2,000, you are definitely through to the next round.

Who is going to join them? For four links, standby.

The use of mercury in the creation of what clothing...? Frankie.

Hats.

Correct.

The use of mercury in the creation of what clothing

accessory in the 19th century is believed to have poisoned workers?

Hat.

Any ideas? Hats.

Hat.

-Hat.

-Hat, hat...

I don't know.

Top. No, I don't know.

-Is the word...

-Headwear.

..abbreviations for names?

No. I don't know. Go for headwear?

-Or top? No, that was in the question.

-Was it?

Shall we go for top.

Is the link top?

No. Everyone back in play.

Standby for three links.

What is the surname of the TV historian Mary...?

-Vicky.

-Beard.

-Is correct.

What is the surname of the TV historian Mary who presented

the TV series Meet The Romans?

Beard is correct. Hat. Beard.

-Yes.

-Abraham Lincoln.

Is the link Abraham Lincoln?

Good though. OK, everyone back in play.

Standby for two links.

Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote a children's book...?

-Vicky.

-Secret Garden.

..titled the Secret WHAT? Garden. Correct.

Hat. Beard. Garden.

-Any ideas at all?

-No.

-No, me either. I just can't.

No, I just don't know.

Bill and Ben?

Bill and Ben.

Right, Gill agreed. Is the link Bill and Ben?

No. Everyone back in play. Standby for one link.

The 2011 film based on a novel by Paul Torday

and starring Ewan McGregor is Salmon WHAT In The Yemen?

Frankie.

-Fishing.

-Fishing is correct. Salmon Fishing In The Yemen.

I think it's gnomes.

Hat, beard, garden, fishing. What's the link?

Is it gnomes.

Is it gnomes?

Yes.

You got that on the last clue which means you can cut one link.

I think we will take one off the 750, please.

What is your thinking behind that?

It makes it a bit harder. But a bit easier.

A bit harder but a bit easier, that is a bit Zen for me.

Everyone is back in play. Standby for four links.

Dustin Hoffman received his third Best Actor Oscar nomination

for which 1974 film?

Gill.

-Tootsie.

-No.

Frankie.

-Mrs Robinson.

-No.

No? Lenny.

Right, no-one has a chance to guess the link.

Standby, you are all back in play for three links.

You Don't Have To Say You Love Me was a 1966 number one single...?

-Vicky.

-Dusty Springfield.

..by singer Dusty Springfield. Correct. Lenny. Springfield.

It's The Simpsons.

The Simpsons.

Is the link The Simpsons?

Yes, the remaining clues were...

Burns and Barney.

Barney, Homer's drinking mate.

Burns his employer, it is set in Springfield,

and Lenny, another one of Homer's friends.

You got that on the second clue which means you can cut three links.

What would you like to do?

We will take the 1,000, please.

Really? Let's cut those links.

So, that sends £1,000 into Vicky and Gill's bank.

£1,925. £2,000.

Vicky and Gill and David and Jonny are going through.

-Paul and Frankie, we are playing for honour here.

-Yep.

Three links remaining on the £750 pod. Everyone is back in play.

Standby for four links.

The hit single recorded and released by the band Was (Not Was)

in 1987...? Vicky.

Walk The Dinosaur.

..was called Walk The Dinosaur. Correct.

Was Barney the children's dinosaur? Could be Jurassic Park.

What do you think?

T-Rex.

OK, T-Rex.

Is the link T-Rex?

THEY CHEER

Well done!

Marc Bolan!

OK, the remaining clues were...

1970s. Marc. Band. They were a band.

Marc Bolan was the lead singer.

They were at their peak in the '70s.

A dinosaur is the T-Rex. Where did that come from?

I don't know.

I am full of rubbish, they will tell you that.

I am absolutely full of rubbish.

That's not rubbish, that's not rubbish, kid, because you got

that on the first clue which means you can cut four links.

-I think we'll probably take the 750 then, please.

-Oh, I would.

So that means Vicky and Gill are now on...

£2,675.

David and Jonny, £2,000, which means, Paul and Frankie,

you are going home.

Never mind. It's been fun.

You are a quiz show fan, Paul. Did you enjoy the questions?

I did. We got some right, just not the ones that counted.

Good, well you can leave with your heads held high.

Thank you.

Paul and Frankie, we have to say goodbye to you both

but thanks for playing.

Thank you. Goodbye.

APPLAUSE

Vicky and Gill, so far you have banked £2,675.

David and Jonny, you banked £2,000.

That money is now in these two cash pods each held by seven links.

The first team to cut all the links

and release their cash pod takes that money through

to the final round.

The other team will be out.

Now you can be as brave or as cautious as you like

because you decide how many links you want to try to cut.

I will ask you to identify a person,

place or thing from a series of clues and you tell me

whether you want to play for one, two, three or four links.

But the more links you play for, the fewer clues you will receive.

If you do not spot the link, your opponents will see all

the clues for a chance to cut a single link from their cash pod.

Vicky and Gill have brought the most money through to this round

so you get to decide if you want to play first or second.

-Shall we... We will go first, please.

-Going to go first?

-Yes, please.

Let's play.

Standby, round two.

The first question is asking...

Who am I?

How many links do you want to play for, Vicky and Gill.

Two, please.

For two links, who am I? Here are your clues.

Who am I?

Simon Bolivar.

Yeah. Go on, then. Is it? Simon Bolivar.

Am I Simon Bolivar?

No. That is wrong.

David and Jonny, you have the chance to nick a link.

You are going to see the remaining clue for a chance to cut

a single link from your cash pod.

I became president of Cuba in 1976. Who am I?

Fidel Castro.

Am I Fidel Castro?

Yep.

-You knew that, didn't you?

-Yes.

-OK.

But, David and Jonny, you have nicked a link

so let's cut it from your cash pod.

Leaving six links and it is now your turn.

Your question will be asking...

What am I? How many links would you like to play for?

Two. Two links, please.

For two links, what am I? Here are your clues.

-Have you any idea?

-No.

Waterway.

Some sort of canal.

Yes, I know, but I can't even think what it would be.

Geography has gone. Vanished. I don't have it.

-Come up with something, say something Swiss.

-Um...

Need an answer.

The river Rhine.

Am I the river Rhine?

The remaining clue would have been...

My path takes in a picture book German valley

designated a World Heritage Site.

That's unbelievable.

Well, hang on a minute. There aren't that many major European waterways -

there's the Danube or the Rhine.

That was the only one I could think of.

There you go, fantastic.

Let's cut those links.

Leaving four. Vicky and Gill, your turn now.

Your question will be asking...

Who am I?

How many links would you like to play for?

Just two, please.

For two links, here are your clues.

-BOTH:

-Harrison Ford.

Beautiful chorus. Am I Harrison Ford?

The remaining clue was...

I broke my leg reprising my role as Han Solo

on the Star Wars film set in 2014.

OK, so you got that pretty early, didn't you? I heard you.

On the first one.

First one. However, we are cutting two links.

Leaving five.

It is now David and Jonny's turn. Your question will be asking...

Who am I? How many links do you want to play for?

Two again.

Yeah, go two.

For two links, who am I? Here are your clues.

Not Neil Diamond.

Not very hot on my Motown.

Yes, or Hall of Fame.

Or that song.

Got anything?

I need an answer, boys.

No.

Give us a guess.

I know it is not right but, Meatloaf.

Am I Meatloaf?

-No.

-Close.

Not known for his association with the Motown label.

Vicky and Gill you now have a chance to nick a link.

Here is the remaining clue.

BOTH: Stevie Wonder.

Am I see Stevie Wonder?

Yes, of course I am.

Not Neil Diamond, you were right.

Yeah, good. Or Meatloaf.

OK, Vicky and Gill you nicked a link,

let's cut it from your cash pod.

Leaving four links and it is your turn now, Vicky and Gill.

Your question will be asking...

What am I?

How many links would you like to play for?

Two, please.

For two links, what am I? Here are your clues.

What am I?

Aspirin, is it?

I think it could be. Shall we go for that?

Go on, then, yeah.

-Aspirin.

-Am I aspirin?

No.

David and Jonny, you have a chance to nick a link.

Here is the remaining clue.

Paracetamol.

-Let's go with Paracetamol. I think.

-Do you think?

-Yes. Paracetamol. Yeah, happy?

-Yes.

Paracetamol.

Am I paracetamol?

Yes, you have nicked a link.

Let's cut that link and now it is your turn,

and your question will be asking...

Who am I?

How many links would you like to play for?

-Same again?

-Yes. Two links, please.

-For two?

-Please.

Two links, here are your clues. Who am I?

The only thing...

Think of any prize-winners from that time.

35.

If he was 35 in 1964, it would be 1929 when he was born.

Sounds like Martin Luther or something.

-Could be.

-No.

-Yeah.

-Is it?

Martin Luther King?

Am I Martin Luther King?

Yeah.

The remaining clue was - I made my famous "I have a dream"

speech at a civil rights march in Washington in 1963.

He had made it before and he wasn't going to use that speech

until Mahalia Jackson said "Martin, tell them about the dream".

Right, let's cut those links.

-Leaving one.

-Getting close.

Vicky and Gill, your turn now.

Your question will be asking...

What am I? How many links would you like to play for?

-I think we are going to have to try three.

-Do you think?

-Or do you want to try two?

-I am quite happy to stick with two.

-Two.

-Let's just go with two.

-OK, then.

For two links, here are your clues. What am I?

What am I?

-Yes, let's try that.

-Shall we try that?

-Concorde.

-Am I Concorde?

Yes, the remaining clue was -

My maximum altitude of 60,000ft

allows my pilot the possibility of seeing the curvature of the Earth.

Right, let's cut those links.

Leaving you with two.

David and Jonny, your turn.

Your question will be asking...

Who am I?

How many links would you like to play for?

-One.

-Yeah, one I think.

-Easy.

Right, for one link, who am I? Here are your clues.

Who am I?

-It must be William Shakespeare.

-It is.

William Shakespeare.

Am I William Shakespeare?

Yes.

Right, let's cut that link.

Well done, David and Jonny, you are through to the final round

and that cash goes with you.

Vicky and Gill, what happened?

It fell apart when we didn't say Fidel Castro when we should

have done and we were playing catch up from there on in, really.

In the first round, you were invincible for a while.

-You are a great team.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

But now it is that time to say goodbye.

Bye. Thank you. Good luck, guys. Good luck.

David and Jonny, you are today's finalists. How are you feeling?

-Surprised.

-I think we are both pretty surprised.

THEY LAUGH

-And/or shocked.

-Yeah.

You were pretty shocked when you've got that £2,000.

-Yes, indeed.

-Unbelievable.

Not unbelievable, you actually answered the correct question

and won the money.

What is unbelievable about that?

That we got the right question.

Right, OK, you brought £2,000 through to the super-link round

and we are going to add £2,000 to that.

So today you're playing for £4,000.

So what would you do with that?

I'd quite like to take all the boys on holiday.

That would be pretty decent.

Maybe go to Ibiza for New Year, there's a party there.

Yeah. You can come with us if you want.

Cheers, yeah.

There you go.

That's very specific.

So, to take that money home, you have just 60 seconds

to find six super-links.

At each level, you will need to identify the link between ten clues.

As soon as you think you know, buzz and we will stop the clock.

If you are right, you can take that money home.

Choose to play on and your team-mate will step forward to tackle

the next super-link.

If you are wrong, play stays with you and we will restart the clock

and you will face a new set of clues.

If you run out of time, you leave with nothing.

So, who is going to play first?

Jonny, you are up.

-Do you want me to go?

-Yeah.

-Looks like I'm going first.

"Jonny, you are up."

Doesn't seem very democratic to me.

However, Jonny, you are on your own, no conferring.

Standby, the clock will start when you see the first clue.

Let's see if you can find the link. You ready, Jonny?

Ready.

Jonny, you are out of time.

The answer was up-market, down-market.

Play stays with you, Jonny.

46 seconds on the clock and you now face a new super-link.

The clock will restart when the first clue appears. You ready?

Yes.

Are they measurements?

Is the link measurements?

We got one.

We gave you that. A unit of length is indeed a measurement.

The final clue was...metre.

That puts you on £125.

David and Jonny,

with 34 seconds remaining on the clock, you now have a choice.

You can take that money and go or you can play on.

-You need to have a go, don't you?

-Yeah, I do.

-You need to have a go.

-I think it's my opportunity.

Right, good. David, you are on your own, no conferring.

The clock will be restart when the first clue appears.

-Are you ready, David?

-Yep.

Types of sauce.

Is the link types of sauce?

Tabasco.

-You didn't need to say it so tentatively there.

-Yes.

-TENTATIVELY:

-Types of sauce?

Right, that puts you on £300.

With 20 seconds remaining on the clock,

you can now take the money and go or do you want to play on?

I would like to play on.

-You want me to play on?

-Yeah. You think you can do it?

-20 seconds.

-Yes, I think I can do it.

-Yeah.

-Yep.

-Yep. Let's do it.

Jonny is stepping up after David's lukewarm encouragement.

Jonny, no conferring, the clock will restart when the first clue appears.

Are you ready, Jonny?

-Yep.

-Good. Standby.

Is it types of war?

Is the link types of war?

No, it is collective nouns for birds. Groups of birds.

The final one was flock.

Exultation of larks, parliament of owls.

Siege of herons. Muster of peacocks.

Clutch of chickens. Murder of crows.

Murmuration of starlings.

A gaggle of geese.

Flight of swallows.

And a flock of any fowl or bird.

Which means play stays with you, Jonny,

and you face and new super-link.

Eight seconds remaining on the clock.

Which will restart when the first clue appears. Are you ready, Jonny?

Yeah.

Standby.

Are they family names?

Is the link family names?

Oh, man.

OK. Let's see what else you would have got. Janet Ellis.

Valerie Singleton. Peter Purves, Konnie Huq, and John Noakes.

And Shep.

It is my sad duty to inform you, Jonny, the play stays with you

and you face a new super-link with one second left.

The clock will restart when the first clue appears.

-You ready, Jonny?

-Yep.

Standby.

Is it types of fabric?

Is the link types of fabric?

No.

Silk, peak,

and the remaining radio stations were

Hallam, Connect, Jackie, Smooth, Kiss, Capital, Magic and Heart.

David and Jonny, you are out of time so you are leaving with...

-Nothing.

-Nothing.

Sorry about that.

-That's OK, not your fault.

-How do you feel?

At one point you had £2,000 possible, then you had £4,000.

And now we have nothing so thanks very much.

I feel like we won even just getting to the final, to be honest.

Yeah. That's a story in itself. That's all we really need. Yeah.

What are your mates going to say to you?

We are not going to Ibiza, so...

They will be disappointed.

David and Jonny, thank you for playing The Link.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time when three more pairs will be playing The Link.

See you then. Goodbye.