0:00:17 > 0:00:20Hello I'm Mark Williams and welcome to The Link,
0:00:20 > 0:00:22where knowing the answers is only half the battle.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25To win this game, you have to find the link between the answers.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Three teams are hoping to make the right connections,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30but only one of them can be in today's final.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Let's see who's feisty, fun and formidable.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39I'm Robert. I'm a karate instructor. This is my friend.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42I'm Ellis, I'm a personal trainer, and we're both from Essex.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46APPLAUSE
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Robert, how did you get into karate?
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Um...
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Basically, I was being beaten up at school quite a bit,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54bullied actually, in actual fact.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57"I've got to do something about this, this guy's bullying me
0:00:57 > 0:00:59"and having a go at me, so I have to do something about it."
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Went down the karate and learned karate.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Does that happen with a lot of kids, do you think?
0:01:03 > 0:01:05It does actually. More and more these days, yeah.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Boys and girls come in, shy people,
0:01:07 > 0:01:08they walk out confident people.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10That's half the problem with bullies.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12If you're confident and you face up to these people,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14that's the problem, they'll back down.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- Did you sort your bully out? - Kind of.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I met him at a reunion once and he was a big, fat, overweight guy,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23bald, sweaty, little fella. And I come right up to him,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25close as this I got up to him, said, "Do you remember me?" "No."
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I said, "You used to bully me at school."
0:01:27 > 0:01:29And he started shaking and going white.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Without having to do anything, I've done it, you know?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- Yeah.- Just by confronting him, doing that, and I done it.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- Laid the ghost.- Yeah. - Ellis, you work out.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I'm a personal trainer, so I work at a corporate gym.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Do you do that so you can eat out more?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Yes, I do eat out a lot.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48And I've probably, over the last three or four years, well and truly
0:01:48 > 0:01:50got into The Great British Bake Off, so I do an awful lot
0:01:50 > 0:01:53of baking. So you've got to work it off, so I do that at the gym, yeah.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Great. When you go out, what do you like to eat?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Um, well you can't keep me away from a dessert,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01so small meals, big dessert.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Pile it on, pile it on, pile it on.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05So a starter and three desserts, yeah?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Basically, yeah.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09If you go to a buffet and there's all those desserts spread out,
0:02:09 > 0:02:10it's, "I might take some chicken wings,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12"but what's that on the dessert table?"
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Pile it on. And that's just my first trip.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I might go back for second, sometimes third. But then I go
0:02:17 > 0:02:19and run it off at a treadmill or do a spin class or something.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21OK. Brilliant. What a great trade-off.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Robert and Ellis, welcome.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26APPLAUSE
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Martin and Mark, welcome. Tell us about yourselves.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33I'm Martin, I deal in used cars, and he's my friend.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36I'm Mark, I work with vulnerable young adults,
0:02:36 > 0:02:37and we're both from Belfast.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41APPLAUSE
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Martin, you like the guitar.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Yeah, I suppose. I taught myself when I was around 15.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Went to see, I think, AC/DC in 1970-something.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53My brother took me, just heard Angus Young through the big stack
0:02:53 > 0:02:57of amps and me eyes began to water and I thought, "I want to do that."
0:02:57 > 0:02:59So I said "Dad, can you buy me a guitar?"
0:02:59 > 0:03:02He says, "You'll never play it, son." So...I did.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Have you got a special lead guitarist face?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07LAUGHTER
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- That's great! Bit of a grimace. - Yeah, yeah, bit like that.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11I can't remember, it's been so long.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Mark, tell us about your teaching.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Yeah, yeah.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I work with, as I say, I work with vulnerable young adults,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22so it's kids really with a whole range of health issues.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24And it's...difficult, but very rewarding.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28If you win, what will the money be used for for you?
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- Well, I have this camper van, I'm lucky with my job...- Oh!
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I'm afforded quite a lot of time off,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37but it needs some repairs at the moment.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Oh, we love a camper van. Martin and Mark, welcome.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Mandy and Robin, introduce yourselves please.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I'm Mandy, and I'm a sewing and dressmaking teacher,
0:03:46 > 0:03:47and this is my husband.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I'm Robin, I'm a utility cost consultant,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51and we're both from Surrey.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Robin, what's a utility cost consultant?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I basically negotiate electricity, gas and water contracts
0:03:58 > 0:04:01for companies, and hopefully save them money.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Mandy, you run a sewing school?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Yes, I run my own sewing school from home
0:04:05 > 0:04:08and I also teach adult education classes.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10I learned to use a sewing machine.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Did you? How did you get on?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I can still do it. I think it's vital. Everybody should.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I agree. And if you don't know how, I live in Surrey.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20You want to go to America?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I suppose, if I'm honest, the main reason is it's because the classes
0:04:23 > 0:04:27are held in a huge fabric store, and you get a 40% discount as a student.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Your secret vice is fabric.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31It's not that secret, to be fair!
0:04:31 > 0:04:35No! And not that much of a vice to be perfectly honest.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Mandy and Robin, welcome.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Thank you.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Welcome all. Now pay attention.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Here are six cash pods containing amounts ranging from £125 to £2,000.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49The more cash in the pod, the more links there are holding it.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52What you have to do is cut the links holding the pods
0:04:52 > 0:04:54until they drop down into your bank.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56And here's how you cut the links.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I'm going to ask you four questions.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00You have to work out what links the answers.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03If you can guess the link from the first question alone,
0:05:03 > 0:05:05you'll be able to cut four of those links.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09If you spot it after the second answer, you can cut three links.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Then two, then one.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17And of course the link here is...
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- CONTESTANTS:- Famous steam trains.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Correct.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Let's cut that link.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30You need to bank as much cash as you can because the team with
0:05:30 > 0:05:34the least amount of money at the end of this round will be going home.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Let's play The Link.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Round One. Stand by, here's your first question.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42For four links...
0:05:42 > 0:05:44A form of communication used over
0:05:44 > 0:05:47a great distance is called a smoke what?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- Robin.- Signal.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Correct.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54First clue, what's the link, Mandy and Robin?
0:05:54 > 0:05:55- Oh, don't know.- Railways?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Railways? Maybe, yeah.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58I can't think of anything else.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Eh...no. So we'll go with railways.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Is the link railways?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06No. Everyone's back in play, stand by for three links.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Tasmin Archer had a UK number one single... Robert.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Sleeping Satellite.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Had a UK number one single in 1992 with Sleeping what?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Satellite is correct. Signal, satellite.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20- What's the link?- Signal...
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- OK, so...- Signal, satellite. - It's communication.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Ah! Got it. Box. Satellite box, signal box.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- OK, go with that then. - Box. Yeah, we'll go box.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Is the link box?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32No.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34I was with you, but no.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Everyone back in play, stand by for two links.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40The BBC's talent show, which sees the coaches swivel on chairs is
0:06:40 > 0:06:42called The... Ellis.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43The Voice.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45..The what? Voice is correct.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Signal, satellite, voice.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Recorder. Could have a recorder. Voice recorder. Satellite recorder.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- Signal recor... Oh, no.- No.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Communication?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57It's communication, isn't it?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Yeah, but... Satellite, communication.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Could be recorder.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Need an answer, please, Robert and Ellis.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- What do you want to say? - Go recorder.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08OK, we'll go recorder, please.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Is the link recorder?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11No. Everyone's back in play.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Stand by for one link.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16A group of letters and numbers which are added to an address to
0:07:16 > 0:07:17assist the sorting of mail. Mandy.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Postcode.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Is a postcode. Correct.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Signal, satellite, voice, postcode. What's the link?
0:07:24 > 0:07:25- Oh.- Gosh.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I would have said telecommunications,
0:07:27 > 0:07:28but not with postcode.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Um...
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- Um, um, um.- Mail.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Mail?
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Satellite?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Voicemail, I was thinking, but no, don't know.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Um... Ooh!
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Delivery. No, I don't know.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Um... Communications.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Is the link communication?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Well yes, but no.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49LAUGHTER
0:07:49 > 0:07:52The link we were looking for was satnav.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Uses GPS signal, global positional satellites,
0:07:55 > 0:08:00speaks to you in a voice and is most efficient with postcodes.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Satnav.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03OK, right, let's move onto the next link.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Here's another set of questions. For four links...
0:08:07 > 0:08:11The spa town of Harrogate is located in which English county?
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Mark.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- Yorkshire.- Correct.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16What's the link?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Pudding?- Possible. Possibly dogs. Did you say dogs?
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Could be, terriers.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, let's try that.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- I think that might be better. - Types of terrier?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Is the link types of terrier?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29No.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31For three links. Stand by, you're all back in play.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34What is the hard, white fat on the kidneys and loins
0:08:34 > 0:08:36of various animals...? Mandy.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Suet.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39..and used in cookery usually called?
0:08:39 > 0:08:44Correct. Yorkshire, suet. What's the link?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45- Puddings.- Puddings.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Is the link puddings?
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Correct.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55The remaining clues were Christmas and summer.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Ellis, where were you?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I know, as soon as she said it, I'm thinking baking.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02You got that on the second clue, which means you can cut three links.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Think very carefully about whether you want to cut
0:09:04 > 0:09:07links on the smaller values for a quick cash fix or
0:09:07 > 0:09:09if you snip away at one of those higher value pods.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11What would you like to do, Mandy and Robin?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14I think we'll grab the 500 and get some cash.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17OK, smash and grab the 500.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22There we go.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Mandy and Robin have £500, Martin and Mark yet to bank,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Robin and Ellis similarly.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Everyone back in play - stand by for four links.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Which two nursery rhyme characters go up a hill to fetch...? Mandy.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Jack and Jill.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Correct. ..to fetch a pail of water? Jack and Jill.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46There's your first clue, what's the link?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- Bathrooms.- Exactly, bathrooms!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- It's the first thought that comes to mind.- Is it?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Bathrooms, yeah.- Which is a bit sad really, but still...
0:09:53 > 0:09:55OK, is the link bathrooms?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58No.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01You were unanimous with that, so... But you were wrong.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Everyone's back in play, stand by for three links.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08In what professional sport have Sugar Ray Robinson...? Martin.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Boxing.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12..and Joe Frazier been competitors? Boxing is correct.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Jack and Jill, boxing.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- What's the link?- Tricky.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Boxing Day, Jack and Jill...
0:10:20 > 0:10:21What happens to Jack and Jill?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Went up the hill. Over the hill.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Fell, broke his crown.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Guess?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Crown.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Is the link crown?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32No.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35OK, everyone's back in play. For two links...
0:10:35 > 0:10:37International Women's Day occurs on the eighth
0:10:37 > 0:10:39of what month of the year?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Robert.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42April.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- No.- Mark.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50- March.- March is correct. Jack and Jill, boxing, March.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51What's the link?
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Still not seeing anything.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Hares?- March hare?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56March hare? What's Jack and Jill?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Yeah, famous, famous hares, Jack and Jill hare!
0:10:58 > 0:11:00LAUGHTER
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Go for hare.- Hare.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Is the link hare?- Yep.- Oh!
0:11:05 > 0:11:08The remaining clue was...ears.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13They have long ones. March, mad as a March hare. They do box,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16the males. Well, that's what it looks like. A jack is a male
0:11:16 > 0:11:17and a jill is a female.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20You got that on the third clue, which means you can cut two links,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22so what would you like to do?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Oh, we'll take the cash every time, I think.- Take 300.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Yeah, we'll cut two links and take 300.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Use your two links to cut the £300 pod and release it into your bank.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Let's do that.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37There we are.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Martin and Mark now on 300,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Mandy and Robin on 500, Robert
0:11:43 > 0:11:44and Ellis yet to bank.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Nobody's through yet. Everyone back in play.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Stand by for four links.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Croke Park is a stadium... Martin?
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Dublin.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58..in which Irish city? Dublin is correct.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00There's your first clue. What's the link?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- Dublin.- Prawns?
0:12:02 > 0:12:03Prawns? Footballers?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- Yeah. Dion Dublin, possibly.- Ah.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Can't think of any other link, apart from the city,
0:12:09 > 0:12:10- and that's too obvious.- Yeah, em...
0:12:10 > 0:12:13It's not going to be anything to do with Ireland.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- Wouldn't be footballers, would it? - It's possible, yeah. Could be.- OK.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Yeah, we'll go for footballers.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Is the link footballers?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25No. Everyone's back in play. Stand by for three links.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28The 2014 action film starring Tom Cruise
0:12:28 > 0:12:30and Emily Blunt is called the...
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- Ellis?- Edge Of Tomorrow.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Is called The Edge Of Tomorrow. Correct.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Dublin, Edge. What's the link?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- I'm thinking U2. - I think it's U2 as well.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41- U2?- Yeah. We're going to go with U2.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Is the link U2?
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Yeah.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47The remaining clues were... Joshua Tree, the album, Vertigo,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49the single. Edge, the guitarist.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54And Dublin-based, or Dublin-originated, band - U2.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57You got that on the second clue, which means you can cut three links.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- What would you like to do? - We'll have to go 125, do you think?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- That means we've got something.- Yeah.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- We can use the other two on the... What, on the?- The 750.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06- Really, or?- No, two thou...
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- Make inroads on the 2,000? - Good point. Yeah.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Em... All right, Mark, we'll take 125, please.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- Yeah, and?- And then we'll use the final two links on the 2,000.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17OK. Let's cut two links from the £2,000 pod.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Leaving four. And one from the 125.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27That means Robert and Ellis have banked
0:13:27 > 0:13:29125. Martin and Mark,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31300. Mandy and Robin,
0:13:31 > 0:13:32£500.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Nobody through yet. Everyone back in play.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Stand by for four links.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43The popular soul singer who had a 1972 hit with Let's Stay Together...
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Ellis?- Al Green.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Is the Reverend Al Green. Correct.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Green. Em...
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Colours on a Cluedo board, maybe.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Colours on a Cluedo... Yeah. Know what I'm thinking...
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Green room, maybe.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Is it Green... Is a character in Cluedo Green?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- No, I don't...- No.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- Is it Professor Green? - It could be snooker.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05- Green baize.- Green baize, maybe.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07There you go. Snooker. Could be anything, couldn't it?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- We should go for Cluedo. - Need an answer.- Go on.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Cluedo colours?- Yeah. - Eh, colours on a Cluedo board.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14OK. Is the link colours on a Cluedo board?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19No. Everyone's back in play. Stand by for three links.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22A rich older man who lavishes gifts on a young woman...
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Robin?- Sugar?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27..in return for her company is known as a SUGAR daddy.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Correct. Green. Sugar.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Two clues, what's the link?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Sugar cubes? Green. - Sugar cubes? Green.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Sugar... Em... em, em, icing.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40No. Eh, bananas?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42LAUGHTER
0:14:42 > 0:14:45You have... Are you down... Are you down with that, Robin?
0:14:45 > 0:14:46I can't think of anything better.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48OK then. How marvellous.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Is the link bananas?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53I wish it were. You're all back in play.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Stand by for two links.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59The 2001 film featuring Jude Law was entitled The Enemy at the...
0:14:59 > 0:15:00- Ellis?- Gates.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04Gates is correct. Green, sugar, gates.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- What's the link?- (Bill. Bill Gates.)
0:15:06 > 0:15:08I was thinking Bill Gates.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Yeah, but how's that going to be... - I don't know.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- ..with sugar and green as well? - Gates.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Gates. Dawn. Pearly gates.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- Pear... Ah, no. - I'm not getting it either.- No.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Tea.- No. - No. What do you want to say, then?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Well, ah, ah... Ah, Bill?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23- Bill Gates? It's an answer. - We need an answer.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- Oh, well, good, we're going to say Bill.- Is the link Bill?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30No. Everyone's back in play. Stand by for one link.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33In bridge, what name is given to the suit of cards
0:15:33 > 0:15:36established in the bidding process that outranks...
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Robin?
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Trumps.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41..that outranks all the rest? Trump is correct.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Green, Sugar, Gates, Trump.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47What's the link?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Well, it could be, yeah, Donald.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Tower. Trump Tower.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Lords Of The Realm. Famous Donalds.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Weird haircuts.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Weird haircuts. Wigs.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- Em... We'll go with Donalds.- Yes.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Is the link Donalds?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06No. Anybody know for fun?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- Entrepreneur? - Are they entrepreneurs?
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Yes.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15All famous businessmen, Philip Green - Top Shop, Alan Sugar,
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Bill Gates, and Donald Trump, as you've said,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20the comb-over specialist.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23No, that did nobody any good. Let's move on to the next link.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Here is another set of questions. For four links...
0:16:27 > 0:16:28What is the surname of Tommy,
0:16:28 > 0:16:33the main character in the animated TV series The Rugrats?
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Robert?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36I don't know. I don't know what I said that for.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38To see if my buzzer worked.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Anybody else? No? Put you out of your misery.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Unless you have got kids, you wouldn't have got this - Pickles.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48That is the correct answer.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Unless you are actively watching children's television.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Right. No-one has the chance to guess the link.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Everyone back in play. Stand by for three links.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01David Jason played Pop Larkin in the TV series... Robert?
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Em... Oh, it's gone.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07It works, your buzzer.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Yeah.- You don't have to test it again, Robert. Anybody else?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Robin?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13The Darling Buds of May.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16In the TV series entitled The Darling Buds of May.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Correct. Pickles, Darling.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Em... No, it's not to do with Peter Pan, is it?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- It's not?- I don't know what Pickles.... I could say that,
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- but...- They are MPs, they are all MPs.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- Eric Pickles, Alistair Darling. - Oh. OK, go with that then.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- Members of Parliament. - Is the link Members of Parliament?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Ooh, cool. Well done.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39The remaining clue was... Hunt and Balls.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40British politicians.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43We will give you that, because at the time of recording
0:17:43 > 0:17:46they are all indeed members of Parliament.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Right then, you guessed that link on the second clue, which
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- means you can cut three links. What would you like to do?- Ooh.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53So, what do you... One off each?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- One off the 750?- One off the 750 and two off the 1,000.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Yeah, OK.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59One off the 750 and two off the 1,000, please, Mark.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03OK, one from the £750 pod. And two off the 1,000.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Leaving three - four on the 2,000, three on the 750.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12What is your thinking behind that?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Em... Well, it's unlikely that anyone's going to get
0:18:15 > 0:18:17any of those at the next...
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Three links is tough to guess straight off.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Mm. You've just got three links, though.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Yeah, but they weren't...
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- So...- So, so...- Look... - We'll get it next time.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30All right, everyone is back in play. Stand by. For four links...
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Commonly associated with the toy bear,
0:18:34 > 0:18:36what was he a affectionate nickname
0:18:36 > 0:18:38of the American president Theodore... Mandy?
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Teddy?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy. Correct.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Teddy. There is the clue. What is the link?- Phew.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Well, types of underwear, but we won't go there.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Em... Teddy... Em...
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Andy Pandy? Who was in Andy Pandy? Apart from Teddy?- Andy Pandy,
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Teddy, Looby Loo. There wasn't a fourth one that I know of.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Children's television programmes?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Yeah. Children's television programmes.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Is the link children's television programmes?
0:19:08 > 0:19:12No. Stand by. Everyone back in play. For three links...
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Established by Edward III in 1348,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18the oldest British order of chivalry is the order of...
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Robert?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20- The garter?- Garter is correct.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Oh, blast!
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Teddy, garter. What is the link?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- Garter. - Sorts of like, em, women's clothing?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Is it?- Yeah. I think so. - Oh, I don't... I'll go with you.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Say it.- Unless you've got any other ideas.- I've got no idea.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- That is all I can think of.- Em, items of women's clothing, underwear?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Is the link items of women's underwear?
0:19:45 > 0:19:49OK, the remaining clues were basque and G-string.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52So, Mandy, you got that instantly and then you completely rejected it.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I thought it was too rude.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55What? Too rude? Why?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I don't know. It's a daytime programme, Mark.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00What is rude about a basque? A daytime programme. OK.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03There is nothing wrong with lingerie on a daytime programme,
0:20:03 > 0:20:04surely.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Right, you got that on the second clue,
0:20:06 > 0:20:07which means you can cut three links.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09What would you like to do, Robert and Ellis?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12We are going to take the three links from the 1,000, Mark.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Are you really? What a good idea.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Yeah, I think so.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Let's take the three links from the £1,000 pod.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25So, Robert and Ellis, you are now on...
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Martin and Mark, £300.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Mandy and Robin, £500.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Everyone back in play. Stand by. For four links...
0:20:37 > 0:20:41For what is couture designer Jimmy Choo best known? Robert?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- Shoes.- Correct.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Shoes. First clue, what's the link?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- Anything, couldn't it? - It's not fashion.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Ah, yeah, yeah, it's not...
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- Turning into a fashion corner over there.- Yeah, I know.- Shoes.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54What about Sex In The City?
0:20:54 > 0:20:55- Yeah, do that! Go on, then. - OK. All right.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57We'll guess Sex In The City.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00OK. Is the link Sex In The City?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02No. Everyone stand by.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03For three links...
0:21:03 > 0:21:08Which is Scotland's fourth largest city in terms of population? Martin?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Aberdeen.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11No.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Ellis.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Ah, Dundee.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Is correct.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Ooh, where the...?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Shoes, Dundee. What's the link? - Crocodile Dundee?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Cos he'd wear them shoes, he used to wear them shoes.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- Crocodile shoes. Crocodile. - Shall we say crocodile?- Crocodile.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26OK. We're giving crocodile as our answer, Mark.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Is the link crocodile?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Yeah, well done, Robert.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35The remaining clues were clip - crocodile clip, crocodile tears.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37And you were really frustrated with the first clue, Robert.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- You got it on the second clue. - Yeah.- Well done.- Thank you.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41That means you can cut three links.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- What would you like to do? - Got to be 750.- Yep.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- Say it, mate.- Ah, we'll take the three links from 750, please, Mark.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Taking the three links from the £750.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Releasing that into Robert and Ellis's bank.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Which means on
0:21:57 > 0:22:00£1,875, you are definitely
0:22:00 > 0:22:01through to the next round.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Martin and Mark, £300. Mandy and Robin, £500.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06All to play for.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Come on. £2,000 there.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Everyone's back in play.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15That £2,000 is suspended by four links. And for four links...
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Janice who is a DJ on BBC... Robert?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- Long.- BBC Radio 2. Janice Long.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Correct.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- Could be anything.- Long.- Long.- Eh...
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Just something.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Something. Long, short... em...
0:22:31 > 0:22:35What about like measurements of distances, maybe, or...
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Vague.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38What about long jump?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Long jump. Yes, yes. Well, if you say the word jump,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- say the word jump. - Yeah. Let's say jump.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- We'll go with the word jump, please Mark.- Is the link jump?
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Very good. You two are working really well. That was really great.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Great cooperation there. You're right.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01The remaining clues were... high, triple and ski.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05You got that on the first clue, which means you can cut four links.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- Shall we do that?- Yeah. I'll let Robert do this one.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Four, 2,000, now, please.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13"Four, 2,000 now." Let's do that then.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22APPLAUSE
0:23:23 > 0:23:26So Robert and Ellis,
0:23:26 > 0:23:27£3,875.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Mandy and Robin, £500.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32You are going through to the next round.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Martin and Mark,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36thanks very much. We have to say
0:23:36 > 0:23:38goodbye to you both, but thanks for playing The Link.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- BOTH:- Thank you.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Robert and Ellis, and Mandy and Robin,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49you're still in the game. Robert and Ellis,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51you've banked £3,875.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Mandy and Robin, you've banked £500.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58That money is now in these two cash pods, each held by seven links.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01The first team to cut all the links and release their cash pod
0:24:01 > 0:24:04takes that money through to the final round.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05The other team will be out.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Now, you can be as brave or as cautious as you like
0:24:08 > 0:24:11because you decide how many links you want to try to cut.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I'm going to ask you to identify a person,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17place or thing from a series of clues and you tell me
0:24:17 > 0:24:21whether you want to play for one, two, three or four links.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26But the more links you play for, the fewer clues you'll receive.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29If you do not spot the link, your opponents will see all
0:24:29 > 0:24:32the clues for a chance to cut a single link from their cash pod.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Robert and Ellis have brought through the most money to
0:24:35 > 0:24:39this round. So you get to decide if you want to play first or second.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- How do you want to do this?- Go first?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- Really? Do you want to go first? - Yeah. It doesn't matter. Yeah.
0:24:43 > 0:24:44- You sure?- Yeah.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- Want to go second?- OK then.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- All right then, we'll go first please, yeah.- Go first.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- LAUGHTER - OK. Let's play.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Stand by. Round Two.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57The first question is asking...
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Who am I? How many links would you like to try and play for?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I think we should go for just two.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04OK then, absolutely.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07For two links, here are your clues. Who am I?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Who am I?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- Oh.- Well do seconds.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Ah, all right, so if it's Tooth Fairy,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- John Bishop is known for his teeth. - Liverpool. Yeah.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Yep, and em...- Didn't know that. Oh. - That's Northampton,
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- but he's Liverpool isn't he?- Yeah.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35He won the BBC's... Although John Bishop wasn't around in 2001.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37I'm thinking of Frank Skinner, but is that...
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- No. I know who it is. It's Alan Carr.- Oh.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Alan Carr. We'll give Alan Carr, please, Mark.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Am I Alan Carr?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Yeah. The remaining clue was...
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Let's cut those two links.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Leaving five.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Mandy and Robin, your turn now.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Your question will be asking...
0:26:03 > 0:26:05What am I? How many links would you like to play for?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Two?- Think we'll be copycats and go for two.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09OK. For two links.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Here are your clues. What am I?
0:26:22 > 0:26:23What am I?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- Oh.- No.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Ah, the Imperial War Museum. - Which is Duxford.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Duxford?
0:26:31 > 0:26:32- Up there.- Oh, North. Sorry, yes.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Right, OK. Em... Turner.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39The Turner...Museum.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Need an answer.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- Turner, em, something. - Turner Gallery.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Am I the Turner Gallery?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49No, I'm not. That's wrong.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Robert and Ellis, you now have a chance to nick a link.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Here is the remaining clue for a chance to cut a single
0:26:54 > 0:26:56link from your cash pod.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57And it is...
0:27:00 > 0:27:03National Gallery. National Gallery. Heywood Gallery, isn't it?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05See, I think it's the Tate Modern.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06No, no. I don't think...
0:27:06 > 0:27:09It's not a theatre and a gallery complex. National Theatre, national.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12The Heywood Gallery. Heywood Gallery.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13You know the Heywood?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- What's it called?- Heywood Gallery?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Is that what it's actually called? Cos I still think it's the Tate.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- Need an answer. - It's on the same side, isn't it?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- You're running out of time. - What do you think it is?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- Give an answer.- Heyward Gallery. - Heyward Gallery, please.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Am I the Heyward Gallery?
0:27:27 > 0:27:28No.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30The answer is...
0:27:32 > 0:27:33- ..The Lowry.- Oh!
0:27:33 > 0:27:36He was a famous artist, it is a theatre and gallery complex
0:27:36 > 0:27:40opened by the Queen and it is in the north of England.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43No links removed, but we stay with you, Robert
0:27:43 > 0:27:48and Ellis, for the next question. And that will be asking...
0:27:48 > 0:27:49What am I?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51How many links would you like to play for?
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- Yeah, two links. Yeah. - OK,- go on, then. Two links, please.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56For two links, here are your clues.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- OK. What do you think it is? - It's a whale or shark.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- A whaler shark?- Whale OR shark, yeah.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Well, no, cos one's a mammal, one's a fish, isn't it, so...
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Oh.- "My mouth is lined with large, serrated teeth used to
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- "prey on other sea creatures." That's what whales do.- Right.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28"I can detect..." Oh, no, serrated teeth, though.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29- That's what sharks have. - They are sharp.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32"I can detect one drop of blood in a million times that
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- "amount of sea water."- Right.- "I can grow up to 20 feet in length."
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- So, it's a specific shark, isn't it? - Need an answer.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39I think it's a great white shark. Great white shark.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Am I a great white shark?
0:28:42 > 0:28:43Yep.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- Oh. Where do you get that from? - The remaining clue was...
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Good bit of detective work there, Ellis.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- I was nowhere near it. Yeah. - Persistence paid off.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54- I helped.- Let's cut those two links.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Leaving three.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Mandy and Robin, your turn now.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Your question will be asking...
0:29:03 > 0:29:04What am I?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07With seven links still on your £500 pod,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10how many links would you like to play for?
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Well...should be brave and go for three.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- Yeah, go on.- But I want... No.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19I should... We should be, I said.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22But equally, I'll be so incredibly embarrassed
0:29:22 > 0:29:24if we don't get any, so let's go for two.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25- What do you think?- Two.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29OK. For two links, here are your clues, Mandy and Robin.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30What am I?
0:29:46 > 0:29:47What am I?
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- BOTH:- Bank of England. - Am I the Bank of England?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Yes. The remaining clue was...
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Yes, the Bank of England. Right, let's cut those links.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Ending Mandy's embarrassment.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08You've got five links left.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Robert and Ellis, you've got three.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13And it's your turn now. Your question will be asking...
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Who am I? How many links would you like to play for?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- Play safe.- Two links, gives us three clues does it?- Yeah.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Two links gives us three clues, yeah.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23- Yeah. Three clues please, Mark.- OK.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27For two links, here are your clues. Who am I?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44- Red Rum.- Do you think so?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Oh, no, Red Rum... Is it Shergar?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48That's what I'm trying to... I always get confused with those two.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Red Rum was... One was kidnapped, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- One of the horses was kidnapped. - That was Shergar.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55- Was it Shergar that was kidnapped? - Yeah.- So it must be Red Rum.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58So, "I guested," '77...
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- I'm so...- Go on.- Shall we say Red Rum?- I need an answer.- Yeah, go on.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03OK. We'll go with Red Rum, please, Mark.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Am I Red Rum?
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Yeah. The remaining clue was...
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- OK, let's cut those links. - Three, wasn't it?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Leaving you with one. - So we'll take all those...
0:31:20 > 0:31:24Mandy and Robin, your turn.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Your question will be asking...
0:31:27 > 0:31:28What am I?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30How many links do you want to play for?
0:31:30 > 0:31:32- Do you think?- Yeah. We'll go two please, Mark.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34You're going to go for two links.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37OK. For two links, here are your clues. What am I?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58What am I?
0:31:58 > 0:31:59The Hollywood sign.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00Am I the Hollywood sign?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Yeah. The remaining clue was...
0:32:08 > 0:32:10So let's cut those links.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16And it's Robert and Ellis's go.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Your question will be asking...
0:32:20 > 0:32:21What am I?
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- Em... How many links would you like to play for?- Just one.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26- Uno.- One, please.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30OK, then. For one link.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32What am I? Here are your clues.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52What am I?
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- What do you think?- Phhh. Rubik's Cube?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01I don't know.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02I'll go Rubik's Cube.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05It's not Rubik's Cube, it's not. I know it's not.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Running out of time.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08- Yeah.- Don't run out of time.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10- No. Just say it.- Rubik's Cube?
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Am I Rubik's Cube?
0:33:12 > 0:33:13No.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15No, I'm not.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Mandy and Robin, you now have a chance to nick a link.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Yeah.- Ah, yeah. We have the chance to nick a link.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Em... Good grief. Eh...
0:33:24 > 0:33:25"The numbers must remain single."
0:33:25 > 0:33:29I don't know what that means. "I'm made up of several squares."
0:33:29 > 0:33:32- I can only think of...- Pixel. - Pixel?- Pixels?
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Am I pixels?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38No. I am...
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Sudoku.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40Oh!
0:33:40 > 0:33:44So if you want to know what sextillion is, six sextillion,
0:33:44 > 0:33:50it's 670 quintillion, 903 quadrillion, 752 trillion,
0:33:50 > 0:33:5621 billion, 72 million, 936,960.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57So there.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Right. No links removed, so play stays with you, Mandy and Robin.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Your question will be asking...
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Who am I? How many links would you like to play for?
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- We have to go three.- Well, we should be brave and go for the three.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13But then equally, they only got one and they just got it wrong.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14Yeah, but...
0:34:14 > 0:34:15But then so did we.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Yeah. Sorry. We'll go for three please, Mark.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19You going for three links?
0:34:19 > 0:34:20- Yeah, why not.- Very brave.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21For three links, who am I?
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Here are your clues.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Is it Demi Moore?
0:34:35 > 0:34:36Am I Demi Moore?
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Oh.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42Steady, Mandy.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45The remaining clues were...
0:34:50 > 0:34:51Well!
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- Good heavens.- Blimey. That's a bit of a turn-up for the books.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57- It makes up for the underwear question.- Yeah.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02- Makes up for the underwear. - Yes, it does. She didn't wear any.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Let's cut those links
0:35:08 > 0:35:12APPLAUSE
0:35:12 > 0:35:16- Sorry.- Well done, Mandy and Robin, you are through to the final round,
0:35:16 > 0:35:18and that cash goes with you.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Well, Rob and Ellis, that was a great round.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26But they did really well there, they did really well, yeah.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28- Thanks, guys.- Good tactics. You played really, really well.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- Thank you.- Any thoughts?
0:35:30 > 0:35:32I am going to try and practice some Sudoku now.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35LAUGHTER
0:35:35 > 0:35:36Have you ever played Sudoku?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Yeah, I normally fill in the coloured squares and stuff.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40My colleagues hate me.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44- You use it for colouring in? - Yeah.- Making patterns, brilliant.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Robert and Ellis, you played a great game, but it's time to say goodbye.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Mandy and Robin, you are today's finalists. How are you feeling?
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- Ah...- Nervous?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- Em... Yeah, slightly nervous. - I'll add to that.- Slightly anxious.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03It was really, really dramatic, that. Just the three.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06You were going, "No, two, two, two, three... Yes, got it."
0:36:06 > 0:36:09So you have bought £500 through to the super-link round
0:36:09 > 0:36:11and we're adding £2,000 to that.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15So today you're playing for £2,500.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Any thoughts on what you might do if you won that?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I tell you what, you can go to Portland.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- Yeah.- And I'll come with you.- OK.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- MARK LAUGHS - Brilliant! To do what?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Em, well, ostensibly, to go to a sewing course,
0:36:33 > 0:36:35but really to raid the fabric store.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37And if I go, it'll be to stop her from raiding the fabric store.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39So, that's a contract.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Right, to take that money home, you have just 60 seconds to find
0:36:43 > 0:36:44six super-links.
0:36:44 > 0:36:49At each level, you need to identify the link between ten clues.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51As soon as you think you know the answer, buzz
0:36:51 > 0:36:52and we'll stop the clock.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56If you're right, you can take that money home. But choose to play on,
0:36:56 > 0:36:59and your team-mate will step forward to tackle the next super-link.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01But if you're wrong, play stays with you,
0:37:01 > 0:37:04we will restart the clock and you'll face a new set of clues.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07If you run out of time, you leave with nothing.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Who's going to play first?
0:37:10 > 0:37:11- You?- I am going to play first.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Robin, you're on your own. No conferring.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18The clock will start when you see the first clue.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Let's see if you can find the link. You ready, Robin?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Just about.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24Good.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37National Parks.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Is the link National Parks?
0:37:40 > 0:37:41Yep. Very good.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44The remaining parks were...
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Did you know that before?
0:37:50 > 0:37:51Not until Exmoor came up, no.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55OK. That puts you on...
0:37:55 > 0:37:56£125.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00Mandy and Robin, with 52 seconds remaining on the clock,
0:38:00 > 0:38:01you now have a choice.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04You can take that money and go or you can play on,
0:38:04 > 0:38:05what would you like to do?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Can't get to Portland on 125 quid, so...
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Well, we will have to play on.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Mandy, you are on your own, no conferring.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14The clock will restart when the first clue appears. You ready?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27It's animal homes.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Is the link animal homes?
0:38:30 > 0:38:31Yes.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34And the remaining homes were...
0:38:37 > 0:38:39That puts you on £300.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44With 43 seconds remaining on the clock, you have the choice to
0:38:44 > 0:38:47take that money and go or you can play on.
0:38:47 > 0:38:48We will play on, Mark.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Robin, your turn now, no conferring.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53The clock will restart when the first clue appears. You ready?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Yep.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Hats.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Is the link hats?
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Couldn't have been simpler if you knew.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14The remaining hats were...
0:39:17 > 0:39:20All hats. That puts you on...
0:39:21 > 0:39:22£500.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24With 36 seconds remaining on the clock, you can
0:39:24 > 0:39:27decide to take that money and go or play on.
0:39:27 > 0:39:28Go on.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- Are you sure?- Yep.- OK. We'll go on, then.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35- I'll still love you if you don't get it.- OK.- "OK."
0:39:35 > 0:39:38OK. Mandy, your turn now.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41The clock will restart when the first clue appears. Are you ready?
0:39:41 > 0:39:42Mm-hm.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51Bread.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Is the link bread?
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Yep.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59And the remaining breads were...
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Bread.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08You've been word perfect so far.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11That puts you on £750.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Now, with 30 seconds remaining on the clock,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19half your available time to make the super-links,
0:40:19 > 0:40:24it's time to decide whether you play on or take the money and go.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Well, it's your round, so...
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- So it's my call?- Well, yeah.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- What do you think?- Don't mind, it's up to you.
0:40:35 > 0:40:36- Let's go for it, Mark.- OK.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Robin, your turn now.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42- The clock will restart when the first clue appears. You ready?- Yep.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Actors. SHE GASPS
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Is the link actors?
0:41:00 > 0:41:01No.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Roberts.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06The remaining two Roberts were Downey Junior and De Niro.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07Not all actors.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Robert Winston - scientist, Robert Palmer - singer,
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Robert Burns - poet, Robert Plant - singer.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13Mandy knew that.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17- Yes.- Hence her sharp intake of breath.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19That means play stays with you, Robin,
0:41:19 > 0:41:20and you face a new super-link.
0:41:20 > 0:41:2520 seconds left. The clock will restart when the first clue appears.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26- Are you ready?- Yep.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45Hair.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46Is the link hair?
0:41:51 > 0:41:54MARK LAUGHS
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Redemption with one clue remaining, which was...cut.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- Yes.- Well done. - The link there is hair.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04That puts you on....
0:42:04 > 0:42:05£1,000.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Your choice.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14So, Mandy and Robin, with six seconds remaining on the clock,
0:42:14 > 0:42:16for the final time you have the choice to take
0:42:16 > 0:42:18the money and go or play on.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Well, I don't think my cardiologist will let me go...go on,
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- so we'll take the money, regretfully.- OK.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27- Well, not regretfully.- No. Thankfully we'll take it.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29- THEY LAUGH - And that's teamwork.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Mandy and Robin, you didn't make it to today's top prize,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35but you're going home with £1,000.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37- Oh!- Thank you.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Will that get you to Portland?
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- Eh, no. - It won't get us both to Portland.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43It might get you to Portland.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46It's a deposit on your trip to Portland.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48There you go, you're part way there.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Round about the Azores, I think.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Thank you, Mandy and Robin, for playing The Link.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54- Thank you very much.- Thanks.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Join us next time when three more pairs will be playing The Link.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02See you then, goodbye.