0:00:04 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43They've only just met but to get the prize money they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47However, eight will leave with nothing
0:00:47 > 0:00:51as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Let's meet the team.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59I'm Allan. I'm 65 and I'm from Leominster in Herefordshire
0:00:59 > 0:01:01and I'm a farm auditor.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05I'm Frankie. I'm 22. I'm from St Albans in Hertfordshire
0:01:05 > 0:01:07and I'm a barmaid.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11My name's Kevin. I'm 53. I live in Washington, Tyne and Wear
0:01:11 > 0:01:13and I'm a shot blaster.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17I'm Karen. I'm 31. I'm from Huyton in Liverpool
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and I'm an orthoptist.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25I'm Boe. I'm 46. I'm from Larne in County Antrim and I'm a postman.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28I'm Maggie. I'm 50.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30I'm from Dagenham in Essex and I'm a plasterer.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I'm Pete. I'm 32. I'm from Leeds in West Yorkshire
0:01:35 > 0:01:37and I'm a learning and development officer.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42I'm Shirley. I'm 47. From Livingstone in West Lothian
0:01:42 > 0:01:45and I'm a proof reader and baby stationery designer.
0:01:46 > 0:01:52I'm Johny. I'm 26. I live in Shropshire and I'm a cover teacher.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57OK, just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07bank before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Round One. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically, that's you, Allan.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Fist question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:21 > 0:02:29Allan, a hearing aid is normally worn in or behind which of the main sense organs?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30- Ear.- Correct.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Frankie. In maths, what is eight divided by two?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35- Four.- Correct.
0:02:35 > 0:02:42Kevin. What B is the five-letter name of the main foodstuff made by a baker?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- Bread.- Correct.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50Karen. In the 1990s, Victoria Beckham became famous as a member of a pop group called the Spice what?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Girls.- Correct.
0:02:52 > 0:03:00Boe. Which fairy tale traditionally includes the line, "Who's been eating my porridge"?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Goldilocks And The Three Bears. - Correct.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07Maggie. A prime minister calling a general election is said to do what -
0:03:07 > 0:03:10go to the country or run to the hills?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- Run for the hills. - Go to the country.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Pete. Which items of nightwear are informally referred to as PJs?
0:03:18 > 0:03:19- Pyjamas.- Correct.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Shirley. The main lights displayed at the rear of a vehicle
0:03:23 > 0:03:28when the headlights are switched on are which primary colour?
0:03:28 > 0:03:29- Red.- Correct.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Johny. In Christianity, what H usually precedes the word Bible
0:03:33 > 0:03:37on the front cover of the King James version?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- One.- Holy.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Allan. The football league club with a name that includes a day of the week is Sheffield what?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Wednesday.- Correct.
0:03:46 > 0:03:53Frankie. In the German language, the term Herr is conventionally used to address a person of which sex?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Male.- Correct.
0:03:56 > 0:04:02Kevin. The two characters who had an Excellent adventure in 1989
0:04:02 > 0:04:07and a Bogus Journey in 1991 are known as Bill and who?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Clancy?- Ted.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Karen. Which word that rhymes with fetch is a term for a rough drawing.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16- Sketch.- Correct.
0:04:16 > 0:04:23Boe. In the phrase, "Your starter for ten," used in the in the TV quiz programme University Challenge,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25the ten refers to what - points or prizes?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Points.- Correct.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Maggie. What name is given to a cubicle normally designed
0:04:30 > 0:04:34for the user to stand up and wash under spraying water from a nozzle?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- Shower.- Correct.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Bank!
0:04:37 > 0:04:43Pete. Blood vessels in the leg that become twisted and swollen are known alliteratively as what veins?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Varicose.- Correct.
0:04:45 > 0:04:52Shirley. The plays Hamlet and Twelfth Night were written by which dramatist?
0:04:52 > 0:04:53- William Shakespeare.- Correct.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Johny. A traditional non-propelling pencil
0:04:56 > 0:05:02consists of a thin rod of graphite encased in which natural material?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- Wood.- Bank!- Correct.
0:05:04 > 0:05:12Allan. What J is a word meaning large that is often applied to both elephants and aeroplanes?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Jumbo.- Correct.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15- Frankie.- Bank.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18The River Taff flows through which country of the UK?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Pass.- Wales.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:05:24 > 0:05:29Times up. And in that very, very, very easy first round,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32you only banked £220.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Whose fault was that?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Who thinks fillet of fish is an Irishman?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Who think KFC is an honour from the Queen?
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50'Having answered the most questions correctly, Allan is the strongest link.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53'The weakest link statistically is Maggie.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57'But who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?'
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Maggie.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Maggie.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Maggie.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Maggie.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Maggie.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Johny.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Johny.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Maggie.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Maggie.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29What do you do, Frankie?
0:06:29 > 0:06:30I'm a barmaid.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Is it a life ambition, to be a barmaid?
0:06:32 > 0:06:37Oh, yeah, it's the best job ever(!) I've always wanted to learn to pull the perfect pint(!)
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Are you trained at all?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- As a barmaid?- No, in anything.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Erm, I went to university...
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- You didn't!- I did.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Yeah, I did Media and Performance.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51A proper university?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Salford University. - You've got a degree, have you?
0:06:54 > 0:06:55I do.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58And what did you do your dissertation on?
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Um...
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Like, celebrity culture, mainly.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04You've got a BA in Heat magazine, do you?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Pretty much, yeah.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Why Maggie?
0:07:07 > 0:07:13She got the first question wrong, so... Sorry, Maggie.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14What do you do, Johny?
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- I'm a cover teacher, Anne. - Really? And who are you covering at the moment.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Er, I cover a secondary school where I live.
0:07:21 > 0:07:27And basically I go in every day and look after the classes that have an absent teacher.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29And what's your best subject?
0:07:29 > 0:07:35- PE and Drama.- Do you do netball with the girls.- Sometimes.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Oh, that must be exciting.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41I'm pretty good at netball. It's quite a vicious game, if you've ever played it, Anne.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Why Maggie?
0:07:42 > 0:07:47Maggie got the first question wrong and that's why I voted for her.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49What do you do, Karen?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I'm an orthoptist.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Oh, where are you from?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Huyton in Liverpool.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55And what does the job involve?
0:07:55 > 0:08:00Looking at children's eyes. Making sure they move properly and they can see properly.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Cos if they can't see properly in Liverpool, the kids,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- they can't go shoplifting, can they? - That's true.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09How do you make sure that their eyes are straight?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12I do a lot of different tests
0:08:12 > 0:08:17using a light to make sure that the reflections in their eyes are central and symmetrical.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19And do you nail down the light?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22SHE LAUGHS
0:08:22 > 0:08:23I have lost a few, actually, yeah.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Have you? What are you doing when they're nicking the light?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29I'm obviously looking the other way.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- And this area of Liverpool you live...- Huyton.
0:08:32 > 0:08:38- Very nice.- Is it? Big houses?- Very posh.- And have you got a big house?
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Massive.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- And who do you live with in your big house?- I live with my partner Dave.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44And what does Dave do?
0:08:44 > 0:08:48He was a bouncer, but now he looks after our kids, so he's a house-husband.
0:08:48 > 0:08:54When you come home, if you're wearing trainers does he stop you coming into the house?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55He tries to, yeah.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Why Maggie?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I just remembered she got the first question wrong.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Maggie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I did have a feeling that I'd be voted off first
0:09:12 > 0:09:16because I was the first person to get a question wrong
0:09:16 > 0:09:18and that name seemed to stick in people's minds.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Other people who got their first question wrong, I think I could have carried on for a few more rounds.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Round Two. In the bank, £220.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30I'm now taking ten seconds off your time.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - that's Allen.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Start the clock.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Allen. Which historical marauders are frequently portrayed
0:09:41 > 0:09:45with a wooden leg and an eye patch and a parrot on the shoulder?
0:09:45 > 0:09:46- Pirate.- Correct.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51Frankie. Between its two handles, a rolling pin has the shape
0:09:51 > 0:09:55of which geometric figure - a pyramid or a cylinder?
0:09:55 > 0:09:56- A cylinder.- Correct.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Kevin. The singer born in Utah
0:09:59 > 0:10:04who had a number one single entitled Puppy Love in 1972 is Donny who?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- Osmond.- Correct.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11Karen. The word hydrophobia, that is an alternative name for rabies,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13literally means the fear of which liquid?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Water.- Correct.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Boe. At the end of a film, what C is the specific term for the written list of the cast,
0:10:19 > 0:10:24technical crew and creative staff who have worked on the production?
0:10:24 > 0:10:25- Credits.- Correct.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Pete. In which indoor game must competitors stand behind a line called the oche?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Darts.- Correct.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37Shirley. In children's TV, what is the name of the Royal Mail delivery operative
0:10:37 > 0:10:39who has a piebald feline companion?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41- Postman Pat.- Correct.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Johny. In art, which steel sculpture in Northeast England
0:10:45 > 0:10:49is 20 metres tall and has a wingspan of 54 metres?
0:10:49 > 0:10:50- The Angel Of The North.- Correct.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Bank!
0:10:51 > 0:10:57Allan. In January 2010, which presenter began hosting the Radio Two Breakfast Show
0:10:57 > 0:10:59as the successor to Terry Wogan?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- Moyles?- Chris Evans,
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Frankie. In South Africa, a Krugerrand is a type of what - steel band or gold coin?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Er, steel band.- Gold coin.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Kevin. A flat, round cake of finely chopped beef
0:11:14 > 0:11:20that's often fried and served in a soft bread roll is named after which German city?
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- Hamburg.- Correct.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Karen. The New World Symphony by the Czech composer Dvorak
0:11:26 > 0:11:30was so called because it was written in which country?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Czechoslovakia.- United States.
0:11:33 > 0:11:39Boe. What Q is a constitutional title that's been held by women called Elizabeth in the UK
0:11:39 > 0:11:41and Beatrix in the Netherlands?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42- Queen.- Correct.
0:11:42 > 0:11:48Pete. Jousting was normally practised by knights mounted on which animals?
0:11:48 > 0:11:49- Horse.- Correct.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Shirley. If stalagmites grow upwards,
0:11:52 > 0:11:56what name is given to the similar structures that grow downwards?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- Stalactites.- Correct.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Johny. A person who claims an ability to communicate
0:12:03 > 0:12:06with another via thoughts alone is said to be what?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Telepathic or telegenic?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- Telepathic.- Correct. Allan.- Bank!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13END-OF-ROUND-JINGLE
0:12:13 > 0:12:16You've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21That money will go through to the next round
0:12:21 > 0:12:23but one of you will not.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Who's elite and who's E-minus?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Who has less fizz than a flat lager?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39'According to the statistics, Karen is the weakest link.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43'The strongest link is Johny, but who will the team want off?'
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Frankie.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Karen.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Boe.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Frankie.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Allan.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03Allan.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Frankie.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Frankie.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12What do you do, Shirley?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16I'm a freelance proofreader. I have a handmade baby stationery business...
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- A baby stationery business? - Yes, indeed.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Is there a big call amongst babies for stationery?
0:13:23 > 0:13:27There is, absolutely. Especially from the south of England, which is my biggest market.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31What age are the babies that use the stationery?
0:13:31 > 0:13:36It tends to be more the parents rather than the babies, cos they're not too good at writing at that age.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38And who do you proofread for?
0:13:38 > 0:13:43I've got various clients. I do some proofreading for my local council, for their magazines.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Are you one of these sneaky proofreaders who helps students?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- I do help students. - What do you charge?
0:13:49 > 0:13:52I charge £16 per hour.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57So when they put in their paper, does it say "Additions by Shirley"?
0:13:57 > 0:14:01There are no additions, it's just minor corrections I'm making.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02OK, "Minor corrections by Shirley".
0:14:02 > 0:14:07- To the best of my knowledge, they don't actually put that... - Why Frankie?
0:14:07 > 0:14:12I selected Frankie, unfortunately, because she got her Krugerrand question wrong.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- Yeah, not cos she's very pretty and much younger than you? - Not necessarily, no.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18What do you do, Allan?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19I'm a farm auditor.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Are you?- Yes.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22What does that involve?
0:14:22 > 0:14:28Going to farms and looking at the stock to see that their welfare's looked after and fed properly.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33- Can you count sheep?- Count sheep very good. I used to lamb 1,000 once, ten years ago.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- And when you're counting the sheep do you fall asleep?- No, I don't.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40It's usually a bit cold and raining. Keep you awake.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Why Frankie?
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Unfortunately, like you said, she's a beautiful young lady
0:14:45 > 0:14:49but she had one wrong. I think the rest of the team got most of them right.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Frankie. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03I definitely think they've lost a valuable member of the team.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06I think there was a bit of tactical voting going on.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10You know, to look at me, you can obviously tell I'm the next Einstein,
0:15:10 > 0:15:11or something.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14They felt a bit threatened by me and booted me out prematurely.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15It's very unfair.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Round three. In the bank, £1,220.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Another ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link
0:15:24 > 0:15:26from the last round - that's Johny.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Start the clock.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35In netball, on the bib of a player the initials GK stand for what?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- Goal keeper.- Correct.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41In celebrities, what surname is shared by a British TV presenter
0:15:41 > 0:15:44named Nick, and an American singer called Beyonce?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Adams.- No, Knowles.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51In rowing, what O is the term for the objects
0:15:51 > 0:15:53positioned on the side of a boat
0:15:53 > 0:15:55that are supported by the rowlocks?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57- Oars.- Correct.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01The Biblical figures whose names are used to describe a conflict
0:16:01 > 0:16:03between a strong and a seemingly weak person
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- are Goliath and who? - David.- Correct.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10In food, which tuberous vegetable is cooked with cabbage
0:16:10 > 0:16:13or other greens, to make the traditional Irish dish
0:16:13 > 0:16:14called colcannon?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- Leek.- Potato.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22In geography, the province called Newfoundland and Labrador
0:16:22 > 0:16:24is part of which Commonwealth country?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Canada.- Correct.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32In UK customs, which type of ring conventionally worn on the left hand
0:16:32 > 0:16:35of a married woman is usually set with a gemstone -
0:16:35 > 0:16:36wedding or engagement?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- Engagement.- Correct.- Bank.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42In Philadelphia, visitors often run up the steps
0:16:42 > 0:16:46of the Museum of Art to mimic a scene from which 1976 film?
0:16:46 > 0:16:47- Rocky.- Correct.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52In history, the Tudor rose adopted as an emblem by Henry VII
0:16:52 > 0:16:56combined the roses of the House of York and the House of where?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Lancaster.- Correct.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02In navigation, what L is the usual word for conspicuous object
0:17:02 > 0:17:06such as a tall tree or building that can be used to identify
0:17:06 > 0:17:07a particular location?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Landmark.- Correct.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12In politics, the privilege used by the chair of a meeting
0:17:12 > 0:17:14to decide an issue
0:17:14 > 0:17:17when a ballot is tied, is known as the casting what?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18- Vote.- Correct.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23Robbie Williams had a UK Number One album in 2006
0:17:23 > 0:17:25with what title - Saucy Tin or Rude Box?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Rude Box.- Correct.- Bank.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Pioneered by the management guru, FW Taylor,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34the analysis of industrial production to improve efficiency
0:17:34 > 0:17:37is known as the study of time and what?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- Energy.- Motion.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43In weather, an austral wind blows from which
0:17:43 > 0:17:46of the four main compass directions?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- East.- South.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52In pastimes, the traditional game
0:17:52 > 0:17:55in which coins are thrown at a determined point
0:17:55 > 0:17:57or rebounded off a wall, is called pitch and what?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- Putt.- Toss.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03In the media, what Q is the general term for any magazine published
0:18:03 > 0:18:06at regular intervals, four times a year?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- Quarterly.- Correct.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Bank.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10In the TV sit...
0:18:10 > 0:18:12END OF ROUND JINGLE
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Time's up, and you won £370.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20So, who is uplifting, and who is jaw-dropping?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Whose parents probably ran away and joined the circus?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33'The statistics reveal that Kevin is the strongest link.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35'Boe is the weakest link.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37'But can he survive the vote?'
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Voting over, time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Boe.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Allan.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Johny.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Pete.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Allan.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Allan.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01Allan.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Where do you come from, Kevin?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Washington, Tyne and Wear, Anne.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09And what do you do?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- I'm a shot blaster. - What do you blast?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Erm, various pieces of metal.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15To get rust off them.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Have you always done this?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19No, I've only done this for the last five years.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Before that I've been a forklift driver, working in warehouses.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- Really?- I'm a very good forklift driver.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I've entered competitions before, Anne.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32I came second in one heat, and went to the final in Basingstoke,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35and I didn't win the final, but I won myself a case of lager.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- Did you?- Yeah.- Put your board down.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41What do you have to do?
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Basically, they've got a course set out...
0:19:44 > 0:19:46OK, you're in your truck now.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48You pick up a pallet...
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Well, do it. Do it.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51We have forks, pick up the pallet,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54and then drive round various obstacles...
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Are you the Jenson Button
0:19:56 > 0:19:58of forklift truck driving?
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Yeah, you could say so.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Of course you could. You must miss forklift truck driving.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Well, no, Anne. Because the job I am doing at the minute,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- I've got to use a forklift to put the...- Oh, perfect!
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- So I'm doing two jobs at the same time.- Great!
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Put your board up.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Why Allan?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19I think he got the first question wrong, Anne.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21What do you do, Pete?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23I'm a Learning Development Officer.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- What does that mean?- I train people.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- Train people to do what?- To provide excellent customer service.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31And you live in Leeds - is that cos your wife comes from Leeds?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- I don't have a wife.- Don't you?- No.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- You live alone? - No, I live with my partner.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- Oh, you've got a partner.- I have. - What's she called?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40HE is called Roger.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41- Oh, Roger!- Roger, yes.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42And what does he do?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44He's my hunky toy-boy policeman.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Does he come home in his uniform?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50- Sometimes, if I'm lucky.- Yes, good. And where did you meet?
0:20:50 > 0:20:53I met him on the internet.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55And what did you do, send him an e-mail?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57He actually sent me an e-mail.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59What did his e-mail say, Pete?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02He'd seen a photo of me and thought I was gorgeous, understandably!
0:21:02 > 0:21:05And then we met up on his birthday in Leeds.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Then what happened on his birthday?
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Oh, fireworks and everything, explosions.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- Why Allan?- Ha-ha-ha!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Erm, I think he got a couple of questions wrong in the last round
0:21:15 > 0:21:17and in this round as well.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Allan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:21:27 > 0:21:31My performance today, I think, was fairly good.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Having to walk the Walk of Shame,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35didn't mind it at all,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37because I was the third one off,
0:21:37 > 0:21:38not the first.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41So that was the fear - being voted off first time around.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Round four, in the bank, £1,590.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link
0:21:49 > 0:21:51from the last round - that's Kevin.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Start the clock.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Honeydew, Cantaloupe, and Galia are all varieties of which fruit?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Melons.- Correct.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07The film released in the UK in 2010 starring Jeff Bridges
0:22:07 > 0:22:08as a washed up country singer
0:22:08 > 0:22:11named Bad Blake, is entitled Crazy what?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Horse.- Heart.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18In international transport, plates bearing the letters "TIR"
0:22:18 > 0:22:22are normally attached to which vehicles - lorries or aircraft?
0:22:22 > 0:22:23- Lorries.- Correct.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28In botany, the white-petaled flower sometimes known by the French name,
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Marguerite, is commonly called ox-eye what?
0:22:32 > 0:22:33- Pass.- Daisy.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36In astronomy, to the nearest whole number
0:22:36 > 0:22:39it takes how many days for the Earth to orbit the Sun?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- 365?- Correct.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49What H is the word for the tanned skin of an animal,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51especially a large one?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- Pass.- Hide.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58In history, which Asian country adopted a new constitution
0:22:58 > 0:23:00in 1956, and became an Islamic republic?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- Pass.- Pakistan.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09What was the title of the 2008 UK Number One single
0:23:09 > 0:23:13by Duffy, that includes the lines, "I love you but I gotta stay true"?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17- Pass.- Mercy.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21In spelling, the word "glare", meaning dazzling light,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24is an anagram of the name of which alcoholic drink?
0:23:24 > 0:23:25- Lager.- Correct.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29In vocabulary, the American slang term, cooler,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32refers to which type of institution - a prison or library?
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- A prison.- Correct.- Bank.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39In weaponry, the shot fired from shotguns traditionally consisted of
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- small round pellets of which soft, grey metal?- Lead.- Correct.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47The Australian tennis player nicknamed the Rockhampton Rocket,
0:23:47 > 0:23:51who twice achieved the Grand Slam during the 1960s
0:23:51 > 0:23:52is Rod who?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- Pass.- Laver.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00In animal behaviour, what T is the term for a fixed area
0:24:00 > 0:24:03which an individual will defend by marking the boundary with scent?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- Territory.- Correct.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09The saying used by people needing to get hold of something
0:24:09 > 0:24:12by any means necessary is beg, borrow, or what?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- Steal.- Correct.- Bank.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17In US history, John Wilkes Booth
0:24:17 > 0:24:20was the assassin of which 19th century president?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24- Abraham Lincoln.- Correct.- Bank.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:24:27 > 0:24:32Time's up - your bank was in time, you won £120.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35But who is proof that Britain hasn't got a talent?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43With no correct answers, Johny is the weakest link.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46The strongest link, statistically, is Boe.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49But will the votes pick up on the facts?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Voting over, time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Karen.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Boe.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Johny.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Johny.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Johny.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Karen.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14What do you do, Boe?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16I'm a postman.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18And do you whistle while you work?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20- Sometimes, yes!- Can you sing?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21A little bit, yeah.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23What can you sing?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24I sing pretty much everything.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Do you sing professionally?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30No, I have a hobby at the weekends, I sing in a little band.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Are you a cover band, then?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34We do cover versions. We don't do our own material.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Whose material do you do?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- Erm...- The Beatles? - The Beatles, yeah.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40What can you sing?
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- All My Lovin'.- OK. Just a little bit, then. Put your board down.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49# Close your eyes and I'll kiss you
0:25:49 > 0:25:51# Tomorrow I'll miss you
0:25:51 > 0:25:55# Remember I'll always be true
0:25:55 > 0:25:57# And then while I'm away
0:25:57 > 0:25:59# I'll write home every day
0:25:59 > 0:26:04# And I'll send all my lovin' to you. #
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Put your board up. Why Johny?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Well, Johny got a couple wrong.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Shirley, why Johny?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16He mentioned earlier that he was into sports
0:26:16 > 0:26:19and netball and stuff like that, so I figured with a sporting background
0:26:19 > 0:26:22he might have got the Rod Laver question right.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Johny, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34I didn't have any expectations, I just wanted to get past round one
0:26:34 > 0:26:37and getting the strongest link in round two was just a bonus.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Really enjoyed my day. Peter will probably win in the end,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41he's a nice guy, deserves it as well.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Round five. Your total is £1,710.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Another ten seconds off the time.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Boe.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Start the clock.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58In a 1988 animated film
0:26:58 > 0:27:02the voice of the voluptuous character Jessica Rabbit
0:27:02 > 0:27:05is provided by whom, Kathleen Turner or Anthea Turner?
0:27:05 > 0:27:06- Kathleen Turner.- Correct.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10The best-selling author whose novels include
0:27:10 > 0:27:14The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games and The Sum of All Fears
0:27:14 > 0:27:15is Tom who?
0:27:15 > 0:27:16- Clancy.- Correct.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21In science, which form of crystalline alcohol tastes of mint
0:27:21 > 0:27:23and is used in remedies for coughs and colds?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25- Menthol.- Correct.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30Which long-running TV wildlife series first shown in 1961
0:27:30 > 0:27:32was relaunched in 2010
0:27:32 > 0:27:34with Ray Mears as presenter?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- Pass.- Survival.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41In the UK, what E is the name of a city in East Anglia
0:27:41 > 0:27:43that was once home to Oliver Cromwell
0:27:43 > 0:27:47and has a cathedral with an octagonal tower at its centre?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- Pass.- Ely.
0:27:49 > 0:27:55The Agony Aunt column in the Sun began in 1980 is entitled Dear who?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- Jane?- Deirdre.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01In money, the image of a harp appears on the reverse
0:28:01 > 0:28:02of all the Euro coins
0:28:02 > 0:28:04issued by which country?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- Belgium.- The Republic of Ireland.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11A popular slogan of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
0:28:11 > 0:28:14in the 1950s urged governments to do what with the bomb?
0:28:14 > 0:28:15Drop it or ban it?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- Ban it.- Correct.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22In music, the 2010 UK hit album entitled Heligoland
0:28:22 > 0:28:25was the fifth studio release in 19 years
0:28:25 > 0:28:27by which British trip-hop group?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29- Pass.- Massive Attack.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32In maths, the area of a triangle is calculated
0:28:32 > 0:28:35using the formula half the base length
0:28:35 > 0:28:37multiplied by which measurement?
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- Pass.- The height.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43The actor who starred in the films Grosse Point Blank,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Pushing Tin, and Hi-Fidelity,
0:28:46 > 0:28:47is John who?
0:28:47 > 0:28:49- Pass.- Cusack.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52In energy conservation, what L is the general name
0:28:52 > 0:28:56for the insulating material wrapped around pipes or boilers to...?
0:28:56 > 0:28:57- Lagging.- Correct.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02An informal phrase often interpreted as neither one thing nor the other
0:29:02 > 0:29:05that includes two words with the same meaning
0:29:05 > 0:29:06is between betwixt and what?
0:29:06 > 0:29:07- Between.- Correct.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11- Bank.- A powder once thought to be an aphrodisiac
0:29:11 > 0:29:14that is actually made from the bodies of certain beetles
0:29:14 > 0:29:16is known as a fly of what...?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Time's up. The correct answer is Spanish.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23And you won £50.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27So, who is now the master chef and who's the little chef?
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Who's great and who's just grating?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38'Having got all her answers right, Shirley is the strongest link.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41'Statistically, the weakest link is Karen.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44'But will the other players realise that?'
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Voting over - it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:51 > 0:29:52Karen.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Kevin.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Kevin.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Kevin.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Kevin.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Pete, why Kevin?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I think he got more questions wrong than anybody else.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Do you think he was the worst player?
0:30:10 > 0:30:14- I think so, yeah. - But he wasn't, was he, Karen?
0:30:14 > 0:30:17No. SHE CHUCKLES
0:30:17 > 0:30:19No. I can guarantee he wasn't, no.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Why Kevin?
0:30:21 > 0:30:24He passed a few times.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- I don't know.- He banked.- He did, yeah.- You didn't bank, did you?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30No.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34It's votes that count, Kevin, you are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46I thought I'd go as far as I could go. Maybe I could've gone one more round.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Karen should've been voted off instead of me,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51because I think she got her questions wrong
0:30:51 > 0:30:53and I did bank money in that round.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Round 6. In the bank - £1,760.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Another ten seconds off, we start with the strongest link,
0:31:02 > 0:31:04that's Shirley. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Start the clock.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10In TV, which long-running soap opera
0:31:10 > 0:31:14is set within the fictional postcode area of E20?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- EastEnders?- Correct.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21In physics, in magnetism what is the opposite of repulsion?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23- Attraction.- Correct.
0:31:23 > 0:31:32- Bank.- A particular associated with the designer is called his or her signature look or autograph look?
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Signature look.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36The North Pole is in which ocean?
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Arctic Ocean.
0:31:38 > 0:31:45The form of the mineral gypsum used for making casts and moulds is called plaster of where?
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Paris.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50In the film and stage musical Hairspray,
0:31:50 > 0:31:57what T is the surname of the family that comprises mother Edna, father Wilbur and daughter Tracy?
0:31:57 > 0:31:59- Pass.- Turnblad.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04"In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf" is the opening line
0:32:04 > 0:32:08of the book by Eric Carle called The Very Hungry what?
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- Pass.- Caterpilar.
0:32:11 > 0:32:17What's the name of the politician who's served the longest time in office as Labour Prime Minister?
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- Douglas Home.- Tony Blair.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23In the money markets,
0:32:23 > 0:32:28the abbreviation Forex is short for the term Foreign what?
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- Exchange?- Correct.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35A player has the options to stick or twist in which card game,
0:32:35 > 0:32:37gin rummy or pontoon?
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- Gin rummy.- Pontoon.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44The comedian who in 2010 dressed up as Cheryl Cole
0:32:44 > 0:32:47in Let's Dance for Sport Relief
0:32:47 > 0:32:51and began presented Outtake TV uses the name Rufus what?
0:32:51 > 0:32:53- Pass.- Hound.
0:32:53 > 0:32:59Theology: The Talmud is a sacred text in which religion?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01- Islam.- Judaiism.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05What C is the carbohydrate that is a major ingredeient in the diet
0:33:05 > 0:33:10of herbivores and the most abundant substance in the plant kingdom?
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- Carbon?- Cellulose.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17The annual event organised by the British Army in which teams...
0:33:17 > 0:33:19END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Time's up. You only banked £50,
0:33:22 > 0:33:27so are you looking straight at Karen?
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Should Boe get the sack?
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Will you call on Pete?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Or is Shirley an obvious mistake?
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Time to vote off The Weakest Link.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44'For the second round in a row, Shirley is the strongest link.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47'Karen is statistically the weakest link,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49'but who will lose out in the vote?'
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57Pete.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Karen.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02Karen.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Karen.
0:34:06 > 0:34:12- Pete, why Karen? - I think she was the only person who played worse than me.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Boe, why Karen?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18I know I didn't do great, but she got a couple wrong.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Finally, Karen...
0:34:21 > 0:34:22SHE SNIGGERS
0:34:22 > 0:34:25You are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35I think I deserved to be voted off in the sixth round,
0:34:35 > 0:34:38but definitely in the fourth and fifth as well,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41so I was really, really happy I made it as far as I did
0:34:41 > 0:34:45because I was really, really rubbish for a lot of the rounds
0:34:45 > 0:34:48and I don't know how I made it to the round I did at all.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Round 7, in the bank - £1,810.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Another ten seconds off, we start with the strongest link,
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Shirley. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Start the clock.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03In pop music,
0:35:03 > 0:35:10in 1970, Jean Terrell replaced which singer as the third member of The Supremes?
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- Pass.- Diana Ross.
0:35:12 > 0:35:18During the 1960s more than 30 former European colonies achieved independence in which continent?
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Africa.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25In the 19thC, the Swiss-born businessman Cesar Ritz
0:35:25 > 0:35:28established a range of what, named after himself?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Hotels.- Correct.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36Which 1996 comedy drama centred on the proposed closure of Grimley colliery
0:35:36 > 0:35:40and the consequent demise of its town band?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- Pass.- Brassed Off.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48In history, the island of Malta was awarded which gallantry decoration
0:35:48 > 0:35:52in 1942 for its heroic resistance to bombardment in the Second World War?
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- Maltese Cross?- The George Cross.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00What L is the term meaning scholarly as it is traditionally used
0:36:00 > 0:36:03by barristers to refer to each other in court?
0:36:03 > 0:36:06- My Learned Friend.- Correct.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10The lower joint of the leg of a chicken is known by the name
0:36:10 > 0:36:12of which accessory used by a percussionist?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Drumstick.
0:36:14 > 0:36:19- Bank.- If April 1st is a Monday, then the third Monday of that month will fall on which date?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Can you repeat that?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24If April 1st is a Monday,
0:36:24 > 0:36:27then the third Monday of that month will fall on which date?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- 15th?- Correct.
0:36:31 > 0:36:36The pale flame seen over wetlands and known as the will o' the wisp
0:36:36 > 0:36:39is caused by the spontaneous combustion of which gas?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Methane.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45- Bank.- A charitable show biz society founded in 1889
0:36:45 > 0:36:49is the Grand Order of what, Harvest Mice or Water Rats?
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Water Rats.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56- Bank.- Osteo and rheumatoid are forms of which disease?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- Arthritis.- Bank.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02In 18th century literature...
0:37:02 > 0:37:04END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Time's up. You won £140.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12In round eight, you get to treble what you bank. Before that
0:37:12 > 0:37:15think carefully. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21'Shirley has gone from being the strongest link for two rounds
0:37:21 > 0:37:23'to the weakest in this.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25'The strongest link statistically is Pete,
0:37:25 > 0:37:29'but who will be taking the final walk of shame?'
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is The Weakest Link.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Pete.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Shirley.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Boe.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47You've got a vote each.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52A three-way tie.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Pete, why Shirley?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Because, unfortunately, I think she got the most questions wrong.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Shirley, why Boe?
0:37:59 > 0:38:04I struggled with the tougher questions, but I can't vote for myself,
0:38:04 > 0:38:06so I opted for Boe.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09And Boe, you thought Pete was the worst player, did you?
0:38:09 > 0:38:15Shirley was more solid through the earlier rounds and I thought she deserved to stay.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19When the vote's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote
0:38:19 > 0:38:21and the strongest link was Pete.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Pete, who do you want to get rid of?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30He can go. Get rid of Boe.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34Boe, you are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43When I get back home, my work colleagues
0:38:43 > 0:38:49won't take the mickey too much, because I did get to the final three
0:38:49 > 0:38:52and it's a lot further than I thought I was going to get.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Round eight, in the bank - £1,950.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00In this round - 90 seconds, but whatever you win is trebled.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02We start with the strongest link,
0:39:02 > 0:39:04that's Pete. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Start the clock.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08In pop music,
0:39:08 > 0:39:12which female singer had a UK number 1 single in 1990
0:39:12 > 0:39:14with a song Nothing Compares To You?
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Sinead O'Connor.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20A period of time during which prices on the stock exchange
0:39:20 > 0:39:23are falling is known as a what, bull market or bear market?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25- Bull market.- Bear market.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30The American writer, actor and director Melvin Kominsky,
0:39:30 > 0:39:34who was born in 1926 is better known as Mel who?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Gibson.- Brooks.
0:39:37 > 0:39:43Athletics: In 1984, which Briton retained the 1500m Olympic title
0:39:43 > 0:39:46that he'd won four years earlier in Moscow?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- Pass.- Sebastian Coe.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52An art exhibition known as the Biennale
0:39:52 > 0:39:56that presents a Golden Lion statuette to award winners
0:39:56 > 0:40:00was founded in 1895 in which Italian city?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- Milan.- Venice.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06Which type of service in which a vehicle runs to and fro
0:40:06 > 0:40:11between two or more places is named after a device used in weaving?
0:40:11 > 0:40:12A shuttle bus.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- Bank.- In the animal kingdom,
0:40:14 > 0:40:18the South American freshwater fish that can stun its prey
0:40:18 > 0:40:21using an organ in its tail to produce a shock
0:40:21 > 0:40:24is known as what sort of eel?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- Electric.- Correct.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- Bank.- Which festive season
0:40:28 > 0:40:32goes before pudding to give an alternative name for plum pudding?
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- Eve's?- Christmas.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37In London...
0:40:37 > 0:40:40END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:40:40 > 0:40:41Time's up. You won £40,
0:40:41 > 0:40:47which we will treble. It gives you prize money today of...
0:40:47 > 0:40:48There can only be one winner now.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Up to five questions each.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58Pete and Shirley, for £2,070, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Pete, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04I'd like to go first, please.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10In African wildlife,
0:41:10 > 0:41:12the great migration in the Serengeti
0:41:12 > 0:41:15is a continual journey by hundreds of thousands
0:41:15 > 0:41:21of zebras, Thomson gazelles and over a million of which type of antelope?
0:41:21 > 0:41:23- Wildebeest.- That is the correct answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:29Shirley, musicals: an unfavourable review by an online theatre critic
0:41:29 > 0:41:32referred to which Andrew Lloyd Webber production
0:41:32 > 0:41:35that opened in the West End in 2010
0:41:35 > 0:41:38as Paint Never Dries?
0:41:40 > 0:41:41Pass.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45The correct answer is Love Never Dies.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Pete, what's the two word name of the government agency
0:41:48 > 0:41:51established in 1919
0:41:51 > 0:41:54following timber shortages in the First World War
0:41:54 > 0:41:58that is responsible for protecting the UK's woodlands?
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- The Forestry Commission. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06Which planet, originally called the Georgian planet
0:42:06 > 0:42:10in honour of King George III was later named
0:42:10 > 0:42:13after the Greek god of the heavens?
0:42:14 > 0:42:18- Venus?- The correct answer is Uranus.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22The 1990 film GoodFellas
0:42:22 > 0:42:25features a cover version by the Sex Pistols'
0:42:25 > 0:42:30bassist Sid Vicious of which song made famous by Frank Sinatra?
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- New York, New York?- The correct answer is My Way.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Which US actress is often credited with launching
0:42:37 > 0:42:41the home fitness boom with a 1992 workout video
0:42:41 > 0:42:45in which she encouraged participants to "go for the burn"?
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- Jane Fonda?- That is correct.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Pete, in science, in the periodic table
0:42:51 > 0:42:54the only three elements that have chemical symbols
0:42:54 > 0:42:56consisting of a single vowel letter
0:42:56 > 0:43:01are iodine, uranium and which other non-metal?
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- Oxygen.- That is the correct answer.
0:43:05 > 0:43:11Which town in Wiltshire was the site of the main locomotive depot
0:43:11 > 0:43:13for the Great Western Railway
0:43:13 > 0:43:17and is now noted for its many roundabouts?
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Milton Keynes?
0:43:20 > 0:43:22The correct answer is Swindon.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30Pete, you are today's strongest link and you go away with £2,070.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Shirley, you leave with nothing.
0:43:34 > 0:43:39Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Pete was a great guy.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44He kept us entertained the whole day.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48He's a worthy winner, I hope he puts his winnings to good use.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50I feel amazing.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52I didn't think for one second I would win all that money,
0:43:52 > 0:43:54so I'm really, really glad.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57It puts people to rights who thought I'd lose in the first round.
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