0:00:02 > 0:00:06Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:37Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:50However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58My name is Neil, I'm 29, from Scarborough
0:00:58 > 0:01:00and I'm an entertainer.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03My name is Angie, I'm 62, from Staines
0:01:03 > 0:01:07and I'm a commercial manager of a football club.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11I'm Mike, I'm 47, I'm from Leeds and I'm a solicitor.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17I'm Debbie, I'm 58, I'm from Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and I'm a retired senior shop assistant.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25My name is Lee, I'm 40, from Dagenha and I'm a civil servant.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30I'm Stephanie, I'm 26, from Paignton and I'm a PA and photographer.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36I'm Patrick, I'm 53, from Carnoustie and I'm a painter and decorator.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40I'm Laressa, I'm 41, I'm from Corfe Castle
0:01:40 > 0:01:42and I'm an education operations manager.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46I'm Barry, I'm 62, from Boston in Lincolnshire
0:01:46 > 0:01:48and I'm a retired supplies manager.
0:01:48 > 0:01:54OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06but say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Round One. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:09 > 0:02:16We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Angie.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30In the home, which cleaning implement has a name that rhymes with "hop"?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- Mop.- Correct.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38In humans and most animals, what E is the three-letter term for the organ of hearing?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Ear.- Correct.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45In the UK, Christmas Day is celebrated during which season?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- Winter.- Correct. In maths, what is 5 plus 1?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- 6.- Correct.
0:02:51 > 0:02:58In expressions, the name of which chewy substance that is often blown and then popped by children
0:02:58 > 0:03:02is used to refer to a type of bland, upbeat pop music?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- Pop.- Bubble gum.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12In imperial measurements, a foot is equal to 12 what?
0:03:12 > 0:03:18- Inches.- Correct. In art, blue paint is mixed with which other primary colour to produce green?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- Yellow.- Correct.
0:03:20 > 0:03:26In British wildlife, a badger makes its home called a sett up a tree or under ground?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Under ground.- Correct.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32In modern slang, the rhyming phrase used to refer to the slowness
0:03:32 > 0:03:36of the traditional postal system is what mail?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Snail.- Correct.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43In British sports grounds, Lord's and the Oval are both venues primarily used for which game?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- Cricket.- Correct.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50The canned pulses in a tomato sauce that are commonly served on toast
0:03:50 > 0:03:53or with a full English breakfast are called baked what?
0:03:53 > 0:03:58- Beans.- Correct. In a shop, what C is the term for the balance of cash
0:03:58 > 0:04:03returned to a customer who has given more than the total value of the goods being purchased?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Change.- Correct.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12- Bank!- In cinema, the cartoon character called Mickey, introduced in 1928, is which species of rodent?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- Mouse.- Correct.
0:04:14 > 0:04:20In weather, which feature of an electric storm has varieties called streak, ribbon and sheet?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Lightning.- Correct.
0:04:23 > 0:04:29In refreshments, which word is used to describe a carbonated drink such as lemonade? Fizzy or snazzy?
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Fizzy.- Correct. In maths, what is 21 minus 11?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- 10.- Correct.
0:04:37 > 0:04:43In geography, which is the only continent with an English name that begins with the letter E?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Europe.- Correct.- Bank! - In Christianity,
0:04:46 > 0:04:52which word for a female parent often precedes Superior in the title of the head nun in a convent?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- Mother.- Correct.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59In board games, which of these is the name of a chess piece? A rook or a crow?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- A crow.- A rook.
0:05:02 > 0:05:09In TV, in 2011, the singer Jai McDowall won the fifth series of which entertainment competition?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- The X Factor.- Britain's Got Talent.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18In British insects, what L is the common name for the beetle
0:05:18 > 0:05:22that typically has a red shell with black spots and eats aphids?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- Ladybird.- Correct.- Bank! - In the 20th...
0:05:25 > 0:05:28END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Time's up and you won £920.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36You actually had a chain of 13 correct answers, so you could have got to the target.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39But who needs a mental makeover?
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Whose use-by date was this time yesterday?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55With the most correct answers, Debbie is the strongest link.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Statistically, Stephanie is the weakest link,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Stephanie.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Stephanie.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Stephanie.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Angie.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Mike.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Angie.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Stephanie.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Stephanie.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Mike.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Where are you from, Neil? - I'm from Scarborough.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- What do you do?- I'm an entertainer. - Put your board down.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- What can you do that will entertain me?- I can sing a song, tell a joke.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Start by telling me a joke. - I've had a dreadful day, Anne.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49I was walking through the park and I saw two policemen under a seesaw.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I said, "What are you doing there?" They said they'd been tipped off.
0:06:53 > 0:06:59- Maybe sing.- I'm a much better singer than I am a comic. Shall we have a bit of Sinatra?- Go on.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03# Come fly with me Let's fly, let's fly away
0:07:03 > 0:07:07# If you can use some exotic booze... #
0:07:07 > 0:07:14- Put your board up. Why Stephanie? - I thought we were on a bit of a roll there. I'm really sorry, Stephanie.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18She's really lovely, but I'll have to say ta-ra to her.
0:07:18 > 0:07:24- What do you do, Angie?- I'm a commercial manager of a football club.- How exciting!- It's lovely.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- Which one?- Staines Town. - What do you do for them?
0:07:27 > 0:07:32- I raise money, I bring in all the sponsorship deals. - They get sponsorship, do they?
0:07:32 > 0:07:37- What do they have on the back of their shirts?- Their number and name.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42If they had "Staines" on their shirt, you could get a washing powder to sponsor them.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I did approach a washing company and they said "no".
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- Is there a Mr Angie at home? - There is.- Yes.- A toyboy.
0:07:49 > 0:07:55- Really?- Oh, yeah. - How old are you?- I'm 62. - Yeah, and what's he?- He's 48.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Why Stephanie?- She got the bubble gum question wrong.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Just tell us the beginning of you and Mr Angie.
0:08:03 > 0:08:09We met on Christmas Eve and we were married on the beach in Antigua in the July.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11How did you approach him?
0:08:11 > 0:08:16He walked past me wearing funny glasses and a balloon tied to each ear
0:08:16 > 0:08:21- and I said, "Can I take your photo cos you look such an idiot?"- Yes...
0:08:21 > 0:08:26- What do you do, Mike? - I'm a solicitor.- What sort? - A personal injury solicitor.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- No win, no fee?- In a nutshell, yes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Do you chase ambulances? - No, they come to me.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- If they bump into you, who sues? - It depends who's driving.
0:08:35 > 0:08:41- Did you used to have hair?- Yes, a long time back.- Did you sue anyone
0:08:41 > 0:08:46- No, it was my own fault. I dyed it white and it all fell out. - Why Stephanie?
0:08:46 > 0:08:50She was the first one to get an answer wrong and it just stuck.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Stephanie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I didn't expect to get to the final.
0:09:00 > 0:09:06I was just here to enjoy the experience. I would have liked to have got past the first round.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Round 2. In the bank, £920. We now take ten seconds off your time.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Debbie.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Start the clock. In the 20th century,
0:09:21 > 0:09:26Lyndon Johnson and Gerald Ford each served as President of which country?
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- The United States.- Correct. In vocabulary,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34the term for a piece of material carried by a child for comfort
0:09:34 > 0:09:37that includes a word for a bed cover is a security what?
0:09:37 > 0:09:42- Blanket.- Correct. In celebrities, which London-born actor and star of the Twilight films
0:09:42 > 0:09:46is often referred to in the media as R-Patz?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- Pass.- Robert Pattinson.
0:09:50 > 0:09:56In remedies, the instruction that medicine should not be administered after having recently eaten food
0:09:56 > 0:09:58is "to take on an empty" what?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- Stomach.- Correct.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06In pop music, "it's close to midnight and something evil is lurking in the dark"
0:10:06 > 0:10:10are lyrics from which 1983 UK hit single by Michael Jackson?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Thriller.- Correct.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17In cooking, which word is used to describe a steak that is between rare and well done?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- Medium.- Correct.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26In UK government, the abbreviation DCMS stands for the Department for Culture, Media and what?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Social Studies.- Sport.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35In football, the English FA Cup Final is traditionally played in which month?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- June.- May.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41What "O" is the opposite of a pessimist?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Optimist.- Correct.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48The name of which domestic pet noted for its agility precedes "burglar"
0:10:48 > 0:10:53in a term for a criminal who breaks into buildings by climbing walls and drainpipes?
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- Cat.- Correct. In the Periodic Table,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00which letter is the chemical symbol for the element hydrogen?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- H.- Correct.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08In fashion, the French designer born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel in 1883
0:11:08 > 0:11:12became better known using what nickname as her forename?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- Pass.- Coco.
0:11:16 > 0:11:23In film, in the 2009 animation entitled Up, a pensioner flies to South America in his house
0:11:23 > 0:11:27by attaching which items to it? Balloons or fireworks?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Balloons.- Correct.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31In modern history in 1969,
0:11:31 > 0:11:38which US astronaut spoke the famous line, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Neil Armstrong.- Correct.
0:11:40 > 0:11:47In pop music, Kate Bush had a UK No.1 single in 1978 named after which novel by Emily Bronte?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- Wuthering Heights.- Correct.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54In food, a club sandwich contains at least how many separate layers of filling?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Three.- Two.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01In theatrical parlance, a terrible actor is often described
0:12:01 > 0:12:05as being unable to act his way out of a paper bag or an iron mask?
0:12:05 > 0:12:10- A paper bag.- Correct.- Bank! - In jewellery, which gemstone noted for its hardness...
0:12:10 > 0:12:12END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Time's up. You only won £20.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Whose fault was that?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Who'd sell their car for petrol money?
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Whose dog probably carries the pooper-scooper?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32For the second round in a row, Debbie is the strongest link.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38The statistics show that Mike is the weakest link, but who will the team want off?
0:12:38 > 0:12:44Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Mike.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Patrick.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Patrick.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Patrick.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Mike.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Mike.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Angie.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Mike.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- What do you do, Lee? - Civil servant, Anne.- What sort?
0:13:06 > 0:13:11I was a Customs and Excise officer. Now I'm a member of Her Majesty's UK Border Force.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- Where?- Heathrow Airport. - Are you preventing crime?
0:13:15 > 0:13:20Currently I'm with the firearms team, dealing with foreign dignitaries
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- and air marshals coming in from othe countries.- OK, put your board down.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- When the air marshals arrive, what do you do?- We go on board the plane,
0:13:29 > 0:13:35- download their weapons, take them away.- Where do you download them to? - Into a Kevlar bag.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37So you're a sort of airline bouncer?
0:13:37 > 0:13:41- I've got a lot more charisma than a bouncer.- Put your board up.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46- Why Mike?- Because he got the questions wrong, Anne.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Where are you from, Barry? - Boston in Lincolnshire.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54- What do you do?- I worked for 43 years for a local printing company.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- What sort of printing?- Printing on to sticky labels.- 43 years?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- Yes.- With sticky labels? - It was great.- Do you miss it?
0:14:01 > 0:14:08- I'm thinking of writing my memoirs. - What were you thinking of calling it? My Life...- In Sticky Labels.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- My Life In Sticky Labels?- Or All Stuck Up or something like that.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- They'd just be gagging for the film rights.- I think so.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- Would you be the hero?- I think I could be considered for that role.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24And what would be the peak of the memoirs?
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Probably the day I met Ken Dodd at Norprint.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33- I think it's exciting enough without Ken Dodd.- Yes.- Why Mike?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I'm afraid Mike got two questions wrong.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Mike, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:43 > 0:14:49One reason why I wanted to come on the Weakest Link was my dad appeared on Eggheads. They didn't win.
0:14:49 > 0:14:55I thought I'd go on the Weakest Link pick up the prize money and show him how it's done.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59It didn't pan out that way and I'm not going to hear the end of this.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Round 3 and you've banked £940. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10We'll start with the strongest link. That's Debbie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16Start the clock. In domestic work, what C is a common five-letter term for any dreary household task?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- A chore.- Correct.
0:15:18 > 0:15:24Which member of the British Royal Family has brothers called Charles, Andrew and Edward?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Sorry, say that again, Anne?
0:15:26 > 0:15:32Which member of the British Royal Family has brothers called Charles, Andrew and Edward?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Philip, uh...
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Philip.- Princess Anne.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48In geography, which body of water is further north? The Red Sea or the Black Sea?
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- The Black Sea.- Correct. In the media,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55a short film on TV in which politicians appeal for votes
0:15:55 > 0:15:59is known as a PEB which stands for Party Election what?
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- Broadcast.- Correct. In maths, what is the positive square root of 16?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- 4.- Correct.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- Bank!- What "A" was the name of the 5th century King of the Huns
0:16:09 > 0:16:14who, according to legend, died of a nosebleed on his wedding night?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- Attila.- Correct.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21In pop music, Wannabe, 2 Become 1 and Viva Forever
0:16:21 > 0:16:24were UK No.1 singles in the 1990s for which group?
0:16:24 > 0:16:30- Spice Girls.- Correct. In the home, a potentially dangerous escape of fuel
0:16:30 > 0:16:34from a domestic boiler or appliance into the atmosphere is known as a gas what?
0:16:34 > 0:16:40- Leak.- Correct. In the nursery rhyme that begins, "Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub,"
0:16:40 > 0:16:45the occupations mentioned are butcher, candlestick-maker and which other?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- Pass.- Baker.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52The Hollywood actor known for his tough guy roles
0:16:52 > 0:16:56who starred in Angels With Dirty Faces and White Heat was James who?
0:16:56 > 0:17:03- Cagney.- Correct. In marine life, the collective noun for a group of clams is a bath or a bed?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- A bath.- A bed.
0:17:05 > 0:17:10In the stage musical The Rocky Horror Show, two of the moves in the dance called The Time Warp
0:17:10 > 0:17:14are referred to as a jump to the left and a step to the what?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Right.- Correct. In the Second World War,
0:17:17 > 0:17:22what E was a British child removed from a city to live in the countryside?
0:17:22 > 0:17:28- Evacuee.- Correct. In nutrition, which colloquial term for a man who is very charming or suave
0:17:28 > 0:17:32is also the name of a thick drink made with pureed fruit?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- Suave...- Smoothie.- Oh, right.
0:17:40 > 0:17:46In English geography, the scenic chalk cliff near Eastbourne on the south coast is called Beachy what?
0:17:46 > 0:17:51- Head.- Correct. In history, Ptolemy was a 2nd century...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Time's up. You only won £100.
0:17:56 > 0:18:02Who's having their finest hour and who will shortly have a miserable minute?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Who sticks out like an honest politician?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14With no correct answers, Lee is the weakest link.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18According to the statistics, Debbie is the strongest link,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21but will the voting follow the statistics?
0:18:21 > 0:18:27Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Lee.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Lee.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Lee.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Laressa.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Lee.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Lee.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Lee.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50- Where are you from, Debbie? - Ashby-de-la-Zouch. - Yes. Put your board down.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Is there a reason you came dressed as one of the Chuckle Brothers?
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- This is my festival gear. - And what do you do with yourself?
0:18:58 > 0:19:04At the moment, I'm busy helping to organise a folk festival in a nearby village.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- What part do you play?- I'm actually the treasurer of the committee,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11but we all sort of muck in anyway.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- You can sing then?- I think I can.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- What are you going to sing? - Ten Long Years.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Don't make it, will you?
0:19:20 > 0:19:23# The judge, he said of an innocent man
0:19:23 > 0:19:27# Give him ten long years, ten long years
0:19:27 > 0:19:30# With a wig on his head and a gavel in his hand
0:19:30 > 0:19:32# Give him ten long years... #
0:19:32 > 0:19:38- Why do all folk songs sound the same?- They don't all sound like that.- Put your board up.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Why Lee?
0:19:40 > 0:19:44I think the nerves got to Lee in that round.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- What do you do, Patrick? - I'm a painter and decorator.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- Do your overalls look like Debbie at the end of the week? - Pretty much, yeah.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59- What else do you do?- I do the American Civil War re-enactment.- How long have you done that?- Six years.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Haven't you got the hang of it yet?
0:20:01 > 0:20:06- Why Lee?- Two questions wrong and a great big pause in between.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Lee, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:20:15 > 0:20:21I believe they've voted a valuable player off. Both rounds I banked money, prior to this round.
0:20:21 > 0:20:28Yeah, I had a brain freeze with two of the questions in this round, but I put money in the kitty.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Round 4. In the bank, £1,040. Ten seconds off the time.
0:20:33 > 0:20:39We'll start with the strongest link. That's Debbie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Start the clock.
0:20:41 > 0:20:47In TV, the female Liverpudlian character created by Paul O'Grady is called Lily what?
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- Savage.- Correct. In May, 2011, in a civil ceremony,
0:20:52 > 0:21:00at a country house hotel near Nottingham, which politician married his partner, Justine Thornton?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- David Cameron.- Even Ed Miliband.
0:21:03 > 0:21:10In the initials YHA, which represent an organisation providing cheap accommodation for young people,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12the letter H stands for what?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- Health.- Hostel.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21In pop music, the Sugababes had a UK number one single in 2002 with what title -
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Round Round or Down Down?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- Down Down.- Round Round.
0:21:26 > 0:21:34In ornithology, which word follows Blue, Great and Coal for three species of small British bird?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- Tit.- Correct.
0:21:36 > 0:21:42Which four-letter boy's name can mean a visible stain on clothing and target for a pickpocket?
0:21:42 > 0:21:47- Mark.- Correct. In entertainment, which singer and artist born in 1930
0:21:47 > 0:21:51is noted for his catchphrase, "Can you tell what it is yet?"
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Pass.- Rolf Harris.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59In tennis, in 2011, which player won his sixth French Open title,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03equalling a record in the modern era set in the 1980s by Bjorn Borg?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- Federer.- Rafael Nadal.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15In health, what A is the substance of which the UK Government advises
0:22:15 > 0:22:19that men consume no more than 4 units a day and women 3 units?
0:22:19 > 0:22:26- Alcohol.- Correct. In music, a nonet is a composition for how many instruments?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- Two.- Nine.
0:22:28 > 0:22:34Which monarch was the first head of the Church of England - Henry VIII or Richard the Lionheart?
0:22:34 > 0:22:40- Henry VIII.- Correct. In broadcasting, the presenter who in 2011 began hosting
0:22:40 > 0:22:43the Radio 2 early breakfast show is Vanessa who?
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- Feltz.- Correct. In travel destinations,
0:22:47 > 0:22:53the Rainbow Bridge between Canada and the US is a viewing point for which tourist attraction?
0:22:53 > 0:22:58- Niagara Falls.- Correct.- Bank! - A best-selling novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
0:22:58 > 0:23:03set in Roman times is entitled The Last Days of which ancient city?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- Rome.- Pompeii.
0:23:05 > 0:23:11In the legendary Indian trick, what name is given to the unsupported length of hemp climbed by...
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Time's up and you won £100,
0:23:16 > 0:23:21but who's the storm in your teacup? The rain on your parade?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30For the first time in the game, Angie is the strongest link.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Statistically, the weakest link is Patrick, but whose game is over?
0:23:35 > 0:23:40Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Patrick.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Barry.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Barry.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Barry.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Patrick.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Patrick.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00We have a tie, team. Barry and Patrick, three votes each.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- What do you do, Laressa?- I'm an education operations manager, Anne.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10- Who are you educating? - People who have committed traffic offences, low-end traffic offences.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15So if I come to one of your courses, what are you going to teach me?
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- Safety of in-car or out-car... - What do you mean?
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Well, you've got your children in the back of the car, animals,
0:24:24 > 0:24:29you've got the radio, when you should be concentrating on driving.
0:24:29 > 0:24:36- So the consequences?- Yes.- Wouldn't it be better if you did courses on how to avoid getting caught?
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- No, Anne, cos then everybody would do it.- And why Patrick?
0:24:42 > 0:24:49- Unfortunately, he's a lovely man, but he got a question wrong.- You haven't been brilliant.- No, Anne.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53- And you know the consequences of that.- Yes, I do!
0:24:53 > 0:24:59- Debbie, why Barry? - I remember him getting the music question wrong. It stuck in my mind.
0:24:59 > 0:25:07The strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and the strongest link was Angie. Why Barry?
0:25:07 > 0:25:12I thought he got two wrong, but I got lost when he was talking about stickers and labels.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17OK, you've got a choice now. Stick with Barry or move to Patrick.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20No, I will stick with Barry, stand by my guns.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Barry, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:28 > 0:25:35Last year I went to America for my holidays and visited the Grand Canyon,
0:25:35 > 0:25:41one of the great wonders of the world. This year I'm going to see the Great Wall of China
0:25:41 > 0:25:45and today I've seen the great Anne Robinson.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50Round 5. In the bank, £1,140. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55We'll start with Angie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Start the clock.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02In language, the abbreviation LOL, often used online
0:26:02 > 0:26:07and added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011 stands for Laughing Out what?
0:26:07 > 0:26:14- Loud.- Correct. In famous houses, the National Trust property called Chartwell in Kent was once the home
0:26:14 > 0:26:17of which 20th-century Prime Minister?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- Churchill?- Correct.
0:26:20 > 0:26:27In music, the Japanese violinist who devised a technique in the 1950s to teach children to play instruments
0:26:27 > 0:26:30had what name - Suzuki or Yamaha?
0:26:32 > 0:26:36- Suzuki.- Correct.- Bank. - In mixed drinks,
0:26:36 > 0:26:43what nationality follows "black" in the name of a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur and ice?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- Russian.- Correct.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48In maths, what is 7 multiplied by 7?
0:26:49 > 0:26:56- 49.- Correct. In British wildlife, which carnivorous mammal grows to about a metre in length,
0:26:56 > 0:27:01including its bushy tail, and has mostly orange-red fur?
0:27:01 > 0:27:06- Squirrel...fox!- I have to accept your first answer. It is fox.
0:27:06 > 0:27:13What V is a bridge consisting of a series of arches carrying a road or railway over a valley?
0:27:13 > 0:27:20- Viaduct.- Correct. In cities, Harare is the capital of which African country?
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- Nigeria.- Zimbabwe.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31According to the comic poet Ogden Nash, "the cow is of the bovine ilk,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34"one end is moo, the other..." what?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Milk.- Correct.
0:27:37 > 0:27:44In broadcasting, for 30 years from 1951, Eddie Waring commentated for radio and TV on which sport?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Darts?- Rugby league.
0:27:48 > 0:27:54In botany, the herb called borage sometimes used to treat arthritis has what alternative name -
0:27:54 > 0:27:56sunflower or starflower?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- Sunflower.- Starflower.
0:27:58 > 0:28:05In literature, the 2003 novel by Tracy Chevalier about a set of medieval tapestries
0:28:05 > 0:28:07is entitled The Lady And The what?
0:28:07 > 0:28:09- Tramp?- Unicorn.
0:28:09 > 0:28:16In pastimes, the society called the Sealed Knot was founded to perform re-enactments of battles
0:28:16 > 0:28:20- from which 17th-century conflict? - The English Civil War!
0:28:20 > 0:28:25Your answer was out of time. You won £100.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Who thinks Peaches Geldof is a fruity snack?
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Whose windsock has gone limp?
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:37 > 0:28:43Angie goes from being the strongest link in the last round to the weakest link in this.
0:28:43 > 0:28:50The statistics reveal that Laressa is the strongest link, but will the other players realise that?
0:28:50 > 0:28:55Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Patrick.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Debbie.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Laressa.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Angie.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08Patrick.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15So, Laressa, if the dog bites one of the children in the car,
0:29:15 > 0:29:22- and the other child is sick on you, do you just ignore it all?- No, I'd find a safe place to pull over...
0:29:22 > 0:29:27- You're on the motorway. - Then you go to the nearest services.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31- It's 10 miles away.- What do you do? - That's what I'm asking.
0:29:31 > 0:29:38- Go to the services.- They're 10 miles away.- Well, the sick's already there and the dog's already bit them,
0:29:38 > 0:29:45- so rather than kill the whole family...- Live on your own, do you? - Now I do, yes.- Why Patrick?
0:29:45 > 0:29:51- Unfortunately, he got a couple wrong.- How are you doing, Neil? - I'm doing all right. Are you?
0:29:51 > 0:29:58- Got another joke for me?- You're a glutton for punishment. What's the name of Jack the Ripper's dog?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- Jack the Russell. - Why Patrick?
0:30:01 > 0:30:08- I think he's got more wrong than anybody else.- Patrick, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:14 > 0:30:20Best part of the day has been speaking to Anne and just to watch her in action.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22She's absolutely brilliant.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28Round 6. In the bank, £1,240. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:30:28 > 0:30:35We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Laressa. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Start the clock.
0:30:37 > 0:30:44Which word meaning trembling did Michael Barrett put in front of the surname Stevens for his stage name?
0:30:44 > 0:30:50- Shakin'.- Correct. In science, what G is the term used by pharmacists
0:30:50 > 0:30:54to describe any medicinal drug with no brand name?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- General?- Generic.
0:30:57 > 0:31:04In cinema, the actress who has appeared in Breaking The Waves and Angela's Ashes is Emily who?
0:31:07 > 0:31:09- Lloyd.- Watson.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14Which word is the name of both a card game and a fire iron?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Poker!- Correct.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21In nature, what is the sum of the number of legs on a fly and on a spider?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23- Eight.- Fourteen.
0:31:23 > 0:31:31Which member of the cast of One Foot In The Grave was also the first chairman of Have I Got News For You?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34- Angus Deayton.- Correct.
0:31:34 > 0:31:40In the army, a long journey on foot by troops in training is known as a route what?
0:31:40 > 0:31:41- March.- Correct.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47- Bank.- In art, what P is the method of drawing in which the apparent size of objects is established
0:31:47 > 0:31:51by lines converging at a vanishing point?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Pointillism?- Perspective.
0:31:54 > 0:32:01In classical music, the Hungarian composer and pianist whose surname sounds like a column of words
0:32:01 > 0:32:03is Franz who?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- Bach.- Liszt.
0:32:07 > 0:32:13In aviation, a structure such as an aircraft wing that is shaped to produce more lift than drag
0:32:13 > 0:32:15is an aerofoil or counterfoil?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19- Aerofoil.- Correct.- Bank!
0:32:19 > 0:32:26In geography, the highest peak of the Alps, with a name that means "white mountain" is Mont what?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- Blanc.- Correct.
0:32:28 > 0:32:34- Bank!- The so-called Tamworth Two that became national news after escaping from an abattoir
0:32:34 > 0:32:39in Wiltshire in 1998 were which type of farm animal?
0:32:39 > 0:32:46- Pigs.- Correct. In summer events, the annual Henley Royal Regatta features races in which sport?
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Horse racing.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55Time's up. The correct answer is rowing. You won £90.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58So consider this.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03Has Neil been a bad joke? Or is Angie bottom of the league?
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12With the most wrong answers, Laressa is now the weakest link.
0:33:12 > 0:33:18Statistically, Debbie is the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:33:19 > 0:33:24Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Laressa.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Laressa.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Angie.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Neil.
0:33:38 > 0:33:45- Angie, why Laressa?- I think she got all of them wrong in that round. - She got three of them wrong.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- Neil, why Laressa?- For the same reason as Angie, I'm afraid.
0:33:49 > 0:33:55- It just seemed to be she got the most wrong.- Yes. She's going to pay the consequences.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Laressa, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09I think possibly Angie would win the Weakest Link.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13She's going to be a sly contender there.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18Round 7 and you're up to £1,330. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23We'll start with the strongest link. That's Debbie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Start the clock. In film,
0:34:28 > 0:34:34the English model called Rosie who starred in the 2011 sequel Transformers: Dark of the Moon
0:34:34 > 0:34:38has the double-barrelled surname Huntington-what?
0:34:38 > 0:34:45- Smith?- Whiteley. In the human body, the substance known as bile is stored in which small, muscular sac?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- The stomach.- The gall bladder.
0:34:48 > 0:34:54In the media, the news agency often referred by the initials AP is Associated what?
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- Associated Newspapers.- Press.
0:34:57 > 0:35:03In zoology, the once very common American bird that became extinct in 1914
0:35:03 > 0:35:07was called the commuter canary or passenger pigeon?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- Commuter canary?- Passenger pigeon.
0:35:10 > 0:35:16Neil, in pop music, in 1981 the singer Stevie Wonder and the Scottish group Altered Images
0:35:16 > 0:35:21each had UK hit singles with what two-word title?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- I don't know.- Happy Birthday.
0:35:24 > 0:35:30In former times, in a duel the place where the protagonists met to fight was the field of what?
0:35:30 > 0:35:36- Combat.- Honour. Which county in the Republic of Ireland shares its name with a TV doctor
0:35:36 > 0:35:40played in the 1960s by Richard Chamberlain?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42- Kildare!- Correct.
0:35:42 > 0:35:48In investment, what I is the term for a brick of gold, silver or other precious metal?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- Don't know.- Ingot.
0:35:51 > 0:35:58In art, the British painter born in 1903 who designed the stained glass for Coventry Cathedral was John who?
0:35:59 > 0:36:06- Smith.- Piper. In English geography, Jesus Green, Parker's Piece and the Backs are open spaces
0:36:06 > 0:36:09in which university city?
0:36:09 > 0:36:15- Oxford?- Cambridge. In music, the chorus of a song is also known as the refusal or refrain?
0:36:15 > 0:36:22- Refrain.- Correct. In snooker, the Canadian player who in 1983 became the first person to make a 147 break
0:36:22 > 0:36:25at the World Championships is Cliff who?
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- Thorburn.- Correct. - Bank!
0:36:31 > 0:36:38Time's up and your bank was in time and you won £50. In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43Have the courage to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50At this crucial stage in the game, Debbie is still the strongest link.
0:36:50 > 0:36:57According to the statistics, Neil is the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Angie.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Debbie.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Angie.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16- Debbie, why Angie? - I don't know, really!
0:37:16 > 0:37:23- Well, she voted for me once. - Cos she voted for you once? - Yes. And Neil hasn't.
0:37:23 > 0:37:28- Neil, why Angie?- Debbie's just been consistently good throughout.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Angie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42I should take it as a compliment that they both voted me off.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Be optimistic - I was a threat.
0:37:46 > 0:37:52Round 8. You have £1,380. In this round, there's 90 seconds.
0:37:52 > 0:37:58Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Debbie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Start the clock.
0:38:00 > 0:38:07In transport, the Stansted Express departs from which rail terminus in central London?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- Euston?- Liverpool Street Station.
0:38:10 > 0:38:16In celebrities, Freddie Mercury of Queen was born in 1946 on which East African island?
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- Gibraltar?- Zanzibar.
0:38:20 > 0:38:27What C is a Latin word meaning, "I believe," used to describe a formal statement of principles?
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- Pass.- Credo.
0:38:30 > 0:38:36In film, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito starred as brothers in which 1988 comedy?
0:38:36 > 0:38:41- Twins.- Correct.- Bank!- In US history, before joining the Union in 1845,
0:38:41 > 0:38:45which large southern state was an independent republic?
0:38:45 > 0:38:52- Texas.- Correct. In media, in 1993 which newspaper became the Sunday stablemate of the Guardian?
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Pass.- The Observer.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01In literature, the novelist who was a member of the Bloomsbury group
0:39:01 > 0:39:05and also known for her garden designs was Vita Sackville what?
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Pass.- West.
0:39:08 > 0:39:14In nature, birds such as the albatross, whose nostrils are set in grooves,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17are sometimes called tube noses or pipe faces?
0:39:17 > 0:39:23- Tube noses?- Correct.- Bank! - In which sport, played by teams of four on horseback,
0:39:23 > 0:39:25are horses frequently changed?
0:39:25 > 0:39:31- Polo!- Correct. In dance music, the duo of Felix Buxton and...
0:39:34 > 0:39:39Time's up. You won £40, which we will treble.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43It gives you prize money today of:
0:39:43 > 0:39:49There can be only one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, sudden death.
0:39:49 > 0:39:54So, Neil and Debbie, for £1,500, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03- Neil, you have the choice of who goes first. - Er, Debbie can go first.
0:40:07 > 0:40:14In TV, Better Than Life, Polymorph, Parallel Universe and Kryten
0:40:14 > 0:40:21were episode titles of which sitcom first shown in 1988 and set aboard a spacecraft?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- Red Dwarf.- That is correct.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28In the British media, the title of which weekly rock music magazine
0:40:28 > 0:40:33that celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2011
0:40:33 > 0:40:40is taken from the sound of a power chord on an electric guitar?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- Kerrang?- That is correct.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47So, Debbie, in Greek mythology, which Trojan prince was called upon
0:40:47 > 0:40:50to judge who was the most beautiful
0:40:50 > 0:40:56of the goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite?
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- Perseus? - The correct answer is Paris.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03In politics,
0:41:03 > 0:41:08President Barack Obama was born on the 4th of August, 1961,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11in which US city?
0:41:13 > 0:41:17- Hawaii? - The correct answer is Honolulu.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Debbie, in cinema,
0:41:19 > 0:41:26the famous scene in which Tony Manero and his partner Stephanie win a dance contest
0:41:26 > 0:41:32at the Odyssey 2001 disco appears in which 1977 film?
0:41:32 > 0:41:37- Dirty Dancing.- The correct answer is Saturday Night Fever.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42In history, the metaphor often applied to British soldiers in the First World War
0:41:42 > 0:41:48refers to them as lions being led by which other creatures?
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- Lambs. - The correct answer is donkeys.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57Debbie, in literature, which author whose books include The Gruffalo,
0:41:57 > 0:42:01The Snail and The Whale and Zog
0:42:01 > 0:42:06was appointed in 2011 as the Children's Laureate?
0:42:09 > 0:42:14- Michael...- No, the correct answer is Julia Donaldson.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19In botany, once satirised in a Monty Python sketch,
0:42:19 > 0:42:23what is the national flower of Australia
0:42:23 > 0:42:27that is depicted on its coat of arms?
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- Sorry, I don't know. - The answer is the golden wattle.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36In space exploration, the probe launched in the 1980s
0:42:36 > 0:42:39to study Halley's comet at close range
0:42:39 > 0:42:45was named after which Florentine artist, born about 1270?
0:42:46 > 0:42:51- Leonardo Da Vinci? - The correct answer is Giotto.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55In the lyrics of a song by Elvis Presley
0:42:56 > 0:43:00that was a UK number one single when it was remixed
0:43:00 > 0:43:03by JXL in 2002,
0:43:04 > 0:43:10which four words precede "a little more action"?
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- A little less conversation. - That is correct.
0:43:17 > 0:43:23That means, Neil, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Debbie, you leave with nothing.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:32 > 0:43:39Getting to the final and not winning the money doesn't really bother me because I didn't expect it!
0:43:39 > 0:43:43If I had gone first, it would have been over a bit quicker
0:43:43 > 0:43:49because I knew Debbie's questions. It's just the luck of the draw, though, isn't it?
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