02/03/2009 Weakest Link

Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

Only one of them will win up to £10,000.

The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met, but to get the prize money they'll have to work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing,

as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Michael, 28, from Winchester,

and I'm a property consultant and law student.

I'm Sylvia. I'm 65 years old,

I'm from Ipswich and I'm retired.

My name's Sean. I'm 22, from Bridgend and I'm a student.

I'm Elaine. I'm 42, I'm from Nottingham and I'm a civil servant.

I'm George. I'm 62, I'm from Wirral in Merseyside

and I'm a writer.

I'm Lucy. I'm 28, I'm from Oxford and I'm a graphic designer.

I'm Jason, 42, from Peterborough and a police officer.

I'm Paula. I'm 59, I'm from Cornwall

and I'm an administrator with the National Trust.

I'm Glynn. I'm 48, I'm from Telford and I'm an entertainer.

OK. Just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.

The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain and you lose the money in that chain.

Say "Bank" before the question and the money is safe.

Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Elaine.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

In counting, which number comes next in the sequence that begins 5,6,7?

-8.

-The name of which species of primate

is commonly abbreviated to chimp?

-Chimpanzee.

-A jack of all trades is master of how many?

-None.

-What C is the usual three-letter name

for a domestic motorised passenger vehicle?

-Car.

-In cricket scores, a century is defined

as consisting of at least 100 what?

-Runs.

-The purpose of shampoo is to clean and enhance

which feature of the body?

-Your hair.

-In the media, tabloid newspapers and celebrity magazines

often refer to George Clooney by what nickname,

the Silver Fox or Golden Frog?

-Silver Fox.

-In the Gregorian calendar,

which is the 12th and last month of the year?

-December.

-In families, what is the male equivalent of an aunt?

-Uncle.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

OK. You've reached and banked your £1,000 target.

That money will go through to the next round but one of you will not.

Who probably thinks Strangeways is a lifestyle choice?

Who might be operating a one-man, one-brain-cell policy?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

In an impressive first round, Elaine is the strongest link.

George is statistically the weakest link,

but who will be the first to take the walk of shame?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Jason.

George.

George.

George.

Sean.

George.

George.

George.

Michael.

What do you do, Jason?

-I'm a police officer.

-Are you? Where?

-In Peterborough.

-Oh, good. And what sort of police officer?

-I'm a reactive officer, Anne.

-OK...

You call 999 and I will come to you.

-So I ring 999.

-Yes.

Where are you when you get the 999 call?

I'm in a vehicle going to another job,

and if it's urgent, I will leave it and go to yours.

-You get the call from me?

-Not from you. From my control room.

What sort of car have you got?

-A Skoda Fabia Estate. Diesel.

-Jason's in a Skoda.

-Or a Ford Focus Estate.

-That doesn't make it any better, Jason.

OK. So you're in your Skoda. Put your board down.

-OK. So you're driving.

-Yes.

-OK, well, start driving.

-Right...

-Where are we going?

-Anywhere in Peterborough.

-Tell me a typical incident.

You're driving, Jason!

It could be anything from a shoplifter to a burglary.

-So it's a car crash.

-It could be.

-Is the siren going on now?

If it's serious, yes.

-What's the siren sound like?

-I...

I can't do it. It's er...

-Rrrrrrr!

-Yeah, keep going. Rrrrrr!

-It's not like that at all.

-A little like that, yes, but...

-Well, go on.

There's the standard nee-naw one, as you know.

OK. I don't know. Do that one, then.

Oh, God. It's kind of...

Woooo-woooo-woooo! There's so many different... There's four to choose from.

You're quite camp, aren't you?

-No.

-OK. We've got to the car crash now.

-Yeah.

-I'm on the kerb.

-Right. What are you doing there, Anne?

-I've crashed my car.

-Oh, it's you, is it?

So have you got a nice, calming voice?

-I hope so. I believe so, yes.

-What do you say to me?

If it's you, I just say, "Anne, are you OK?"

-You don't know my name's Anne. Put your board up.

-Oh, right.

-Why George?

-George? I thought, well...

We can't both have platinum highlights so I chose George.

What do you do, Paula?

I'm an administrator with the National Trust.

What part of the National Trust are you administrating?

I'm at a countryside property called Lydford Gorge.

-What's that?

-It's a gorge.

-Yes...

With a very big waterfall.

Is the waterfall from the gorge

bigger than the rain that falls on Cornwall when people go for holidays?

-It's got a lot of that in it, actually.

-Has it? Yes.

And tell me, what are you? An unpleasant Cornish person or a visitor?

I'm an unpleasant Welsh person, actually.

-That's a fearful combination. So you're a Welsh person...

-Living in Cornwall. Yes.

-What do you do at the gorge?

-I do all sorts of things.

-Do you do teas?

-Yes, we have two tea rooms. And shops.

And cheap souvenirs?

Actually, they're quite good. The National Trust is known for its good-quality merchandise.

-You've got a National Trust voice.

-POSH VOICE: Sorry...

-One minute you're Welsh, the next you have that voice.

-When I have to.

Why George?

Well, because we all answered our questions correctly,

I've got a little system to...

Have you now, Paula?

It's only when I can't make a decision.

-Yes.

-And as we all had them correct this time,

I think of a number, and if that number comes up in the alphabet,

and it's a person here...

Have you been living out of Wales long?

-Yes.

-What do you do, Sean?

-I'm a student.

-What are you studying?

Sport and recreation management.

-Really? Where?

-In Swansea.

Fabulous.

What are you going to do at the end?

Hopefully something to do with sports coaching.

So you can't play sport, you just want to teach it?

No, I do play sport, Anne. I play um...football.

And how good are you?

I've represented Wales Under-19s.

-Really? How many caps have you got for Wales?

-I had six caps.

Six caps for Wales? Sean!

Are you the David Beckham of Swansea?

-Not quite, Anne, no.

-And is there a Posh in your life?

There is, yeah. I'm engaged.

And do you live in a fantastically fabulous luxurious pad in Swansea?

Not yet, no. I'm living in a flat with my grandmother at the moment.

Aaah! And tell me, when you make it big

and you move to Los Angeles,

will Gran come with you?

If she wishes to, yeah.

-Will you keep the earring?

-Yes, Anne, I will. Yeah.

I'll tell you what's helpful. You've got Gary Lineker ears, haven't you?

Yes, Anne. It's been commented on before.

Why George? He didn't do anything wrong.

-Neither of us did anything wrong.

-I never do anything wrong.

I beg to differ, Anne.

George, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm absolutely amazed I was voted off in the first round.

I know that I'm a genius,

and I think the rest of the team knew that I was a genius.

I did nothing wrong. I didn't answer one wrong

and I think they all conspired to get rid of me because I was the biggest threat.

I would have won.

Round Two. You have...

Ten seconds off. We start with the strongest link, that's Elaine. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Derived from the Bible story of Adam and Eve,

the alliterative term for something tempting is forbidden what?

-Fruit.

-What B is a verb meaning to negotiate the terms of an agreement

and is also a word for something that is bought at a low price?

-Bargain.

-In 20th century literature,

characters with the surnames No, Finlay and Zhivago

all have which professional title?

-Doctor.

-In geography, contrary to popular belief,

Cape Agulus and not the Cape of Good Hope

is the most southerly point of which continent?

-Africa?

-In street crime,

a dispute over territory between rival gangs

is known as a what, lawn fight or turf war?

-Turf war.

-What is the commonly-used abbreviation

for the phrase electronic mail?

-Email.

-Which word derived from the Latin for shade is an accessory

designed to protect the person who carries it from the rain?

-Umbrella.

-Bank.

What A is the single-word title of a 1984 UK hit single

by Black Lace?

-Pass.

-Agadoo. What is the first name of the British MP

who is the subject of a 2008 book by Dylan Jones

entitled Cameron On Cameron?

-David.

-In a building, the supply of fresh air is called what,

ventilation or vaccination?

-Ventilation.

-In classifications, used in Europe,

9H is the hardest and 9B is the softest

generally-available variety of which everyday item?

-Pencil.

-Which children's TV programme

originally shown in 1972

featured the characters George, Bungle and Zippy?

-Rainbow.

-Bank.

A resort in which people take their summer breaks

staying not in tents as the name suggests but in chalets

is called a holiday what?

Sorry, can you repeat the question?

A resort in which people take their summer breaks

staying not in tents as the name suggests but in chalets

is a holiday what?

-Park.

-Camp. The renowned lover Casanova

spent the last years of his life as a what, librarian or Rastafarian?

-Librarian.

-The Fens are a flat, low-lying region

in the east of which country of the UK?

Sorry, could you repeat the question?

The Fens are a flat, low-lying region

in the east of which country of the UK?

-England.

-The first UK hit single for Sting as a solo artist

was called Spread A Little what?

-Love.

-Happiness. What O is the general term for the lubricant

that is normally used to stop hinges squeaking?

-Oil.

-Bank.

The three-letter name of which type of coniferous tree

sounds the same as the term for the covering of hairs...

Fir.

Bank.

Time's up. That was the correct answer and your bank was in time.

And you won £840.

Which Spider-Man is stuck in the bath?

Which Wonder Woman is a wonder why?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Sean is the weakest link.

The strongest link statistically is Lucy,

but will the other players realise that?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Glynn.

Glynn.

Glynn.

Sylvia.

Sean.

Sean.

Sean.

Sean.

What do you do, Lucy?

I'm a graphic designer, Anne.

Are you? Where do you graphic design?

For a firm of achitects and planners in Oxford.

-What's your part in it?

-Um... I make stuff look good.

-Colour things in, that kind of thing.

-Have you thought of making yourself look good?

-I tried my best.

-What's going on with the hair?

I've got a stupid fringe so I thought I'd platt it out the way.

Do you think the platting's worse than the fringe?

-No, I didn't. No.

-Is there a man in your life?

-No, not at the moment.

-Isn't there? Oh. Why's that?

Um... I guess I'm quite picky.

Are you? What are you looking for, Lucy, with that hairdo?

Someone who's quite tall, taller than me.

-Who's nice.

-Yes. Are you very tall?

Put your board down. Let's look. Let's put you on show in case anyone's interested.

What are you looking for? Tall.

Yeah. Tall. Dark and handsome would be good.

Yes. I think that might be stretching it a bit, Lucy.

OK. Put your board up. Why Sean?

I felt bad but he was the only one I can remember who got a question wrong.

-What do you do, Glynn?

-I'm an entertainer, Anne.

-Where?

-Telford.

-Telford?

What passes for entertainment in Telford?

-Er... Singers.

-How do you advertise yourself?

-I don't no more.

-Why? Cos it's not worth it?

-No, they all know me now.

-Isn't it funny, I don't.

-I know you.

-Yes. That's not the point, is it?

So, if you were to advertise yourself, Glynn from Telford,

how would you describe yourself?

-Um... A good singer.

-A good singer of what?

-Popular music of the '60s.

-Put your board down.

Who's your favourite '60s star?

Um... Elvis, Billy Fury, Cliff.

-What can you do of Billy Fury?

-Halfway To Paradise?

Halfway To Paradise.

# Don't give your love to someone

# While I'm away... #

I think I'll have Elvis.

# So smile when you kiss me

# Tomorrow I'll be gone

# But I'll be true to you

# In my way. #

Can you move over towards Paula? Can you give me an Elvis wiggle?

Put your board up. Why Sean?

I got one question wrong but Sean got two.

Sean, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It was nice to speak to Anne. We had a good chat about football.

She compared me to David Beckham, although I play a different position to him.

I'm a centre-back defender and he plays on the wing.

Round Three. In the bank...

Ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link, Lucy. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. A type of levy imposed at a fixed rate per head

is called a mole tax or a poll tax?

-Poll tax.

-In tennis, a stroke intended to land just beyond the net

is called a what shot?

Er... Baseline?

Drop. What T is the name for the flat white parasite

that can live in the human intenstine

and grow up to 40 feet long?

-Tapeworm.

-Which number precdes Angry Men and Monkeys

to make the titles of two film dramas?

-Nine.

-12. Safety boots commonly incorporate which feature,

steel toecaps or gold stiletto heels?

-Steel toecaps.

-Haloumi is a variety of which dairy product?

-Cheese?

-What C is the name of a plain figure

bounded by a single line

in which every point is equidistant from the centre?

-Circle.

-Bank.

In the sitcom Only Fools And Horses,

Del Boy often used French phrases wrongly,

saying "Au revoir" for hello and which word for goodbye?

-Bonjour.

-In football, the 6'7" striker

who in 2008 left Liverpool to rejoin Portsmouth is Peter who?

-Crouch.

-In the terms max headroom and max power,

max is short for which word?

-Maximum.

-Under an Act of Parliament passed in 1937,

which of these was made grounds for divorce - insanity or vulgarity?

-Insanity.

-Bank.

A colonel is an officer in which of the three main UK forces?

-Army.

-The Bering Strait separates Russia from which US state?

-Alaska.

-What is 11 multiplied by 10?

-111.

-110. The group that had UK hits in the 1980s with New Life,

Everything Counts and Personal Jesus is called Depeche what?

-Mode.

-A glass containing equal amounts of liquid and air

is regarded by an optimist as being what, half empty or half full?

-Half full.

-In 2008, a sequence in the TV series The F Word

showed Gordon Ramsay in Iceland

eating the raw heart of which sea bird?

-Puffin.

-Bank.

Which word for an item of headgear follows old

to make a term meaning out of date?

Sorry, repeat the question.

Which word for an item of headgear

follows old to make a term meaning out of date?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer is hat.

You banked £400. But who's the unattended bag at Heathrow?

Who's being written out of the will to live?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Glynn is the weakest link because he gave the most wrong answers.

Statistically, Lucy is the strongest link,

but will the voting reflect reality?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Glynn.

Glynn.

Glynn.

Glynn.

Elaine.

Glynn.

Jason.

What do you do, Michael?

I'm a property consultant and a student of law.

-Oh, you're a property consultant.

-Mm-hm.

How would you say the property market was?

I think you'll know it's not the best.

-Really?

-Worldwide, it's terrible.

Have you lots of money invested?

Unfortunately it hasn't worked out that way,

but I'm still young, so, fingers crossed, one day.

Where has it worked out?

-Nowhere, really.

-Have you got any property?

I do live in a rented property with a friend of mine.

OK. Let me get this straight. You're a property consultant

which means people come to you for advice.

-Yep.

-But you haven't got any property.

-No.

-None of your investments have worked out and you're in rented accommodation.

Doesn't sound the best, does it?

-No. Why Glynn?

-I think he got some wrong in that round, Anne.

Lost some money, maybe.

So, Elaine. Were you on medication when you bought the blouse?

No, but I had to have some afterwards.

What do you do, Elaine?

-I'm a civil servant.

-In what department?

In um...the tax office.

That's a bit worrying, isn't it?

Elaine from the tax office,

who if you ask her what 11 multiplied by 10 is... What do you think it is?

-Can't remember what I said.

-Certainly not the correct answer.

-No.

-How long have you not been able to add up or multiply?

-Most of my life.

-How do you get away with it in the tax office?

Because I deal with people in HR, luckily.

People in HR? Are you hiring people for the tax office?

We look after people who are already in the tax office.

-Do you make sure they're unhappy?

-No, they do that for themselves.

You don't want happy people. You want people with chips on their shoulders

who don't like people who have a few bob, don't you?

-I couldn't comment.

-Why Glynn?

Because he seemed to get a little bit flustered.

Glynn, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I didn't come on to earn any money.

I knew that I wouldn't. I'm not brainy, I don't think.

Anne lived right up to my expectations. She was a lovely lady.

I'd sing to her again tomorrow for nothing.

Round Four. So far, you've won...

Ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link, Lucy. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In the church, what T is a long, thin, wax-coated wick

used to light candles?

-Taper.

-Which gaseous element must be present

for aerobic respiration to take place?

-Oxygen?

-In the 1978 film Grease,

the leader of the Pink Ladies gang

tells which character that she is too pure to be pink?

-Pass.

-Sandy. The sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens

that are now in the British Museum

are known in the UK as the what Marbles?

-Greek?

-Elgin. What C is a type of pepper plant

with a name that sounds the opposite

of how its fruit usually feels in the mouth?

-Pass.

-Chili. The 1861 novel by Charles Dickens

about an orphan who unexpectedly receives a large sum of money

is entitled Great what?

-Expectations.

-Before he set off to fight the Spanish Armada,

Sir Francis Drake is said to have completed a game of what,

backgammon or bowls?

-Bowls.

-Bank.

The Norweigan hip-hop duo that had a UK hit single in 2008

entitled Beggin' perform under what name?

-Pass.

-Madcon. What T is a four-letter term

for a burial chamber?

-Tomb.

-Which term for a long piece of trolling material

attached to a formal robe is also a verb that means to teach?

-Veil?

-Train. Tourists with stomach troubles in foreign countries,

especially in Mexico,

are often said to be suffering from Montezuma's what?

-Curse.

-Revenge. In TV, the EastEnders character

first played by Amanda Drew in 2006 who returned to the soap in 2008

is nicknamed what, Crazy April or Mad May?

-Crazy April.

-Mad May. What is the Welsh equivalent

of the English girl's name Jane?

-Pass.

-Sian. What is 75 divided by five?

-15.

-Pass.

-Ooh!

-Oh, sorry, that was...

The song by Lerner and Loewe from the film Gigi

is entitled The Night They Invented which drink?

-Cocktail.

-Champagne. Threads on a loom are the weft and the what?

-Warp.

-In human anatomy, the...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £50. Whose fault was that?

Whose brain is like Paris Hilton's dog,

small and kept in a bag?

Who thinks the Peak District is where Page 3 Girls live?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all his answers wrong, Michael is the weakest link.

Jason is statistically the strongest link, but who will the team want off?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Paula.

Paula.

Paula.

Paula.

Michael.

Michael.

What do you do, Sylvia?

I'm an LOP, Anne.

-What's that?

-A Lazy Old Person.

-How old are you?

-65 and a half.

So really in the evening of your years.

Well, I'm getting that way.

How do you busy yourself in the few years you've got left?

I browse in charity shops and I shop at boot sales. I do boot sales.

-Is it old boots going to boot sales?

-Probably.

And that's old people's tat being swapped for other old people's tat?

-Sometimes it's lovely stuff.

-Like what?

Um... That.

That. That.

Yeah. What did you pay for all those?

Ooh, not a lot.

-Have you got a van?

-No, I've got a very nice car.

-What sort of car?

-Ford Focus Estate.

-You could be a policeman in Peterborough.

-I could.

-Yes.

-They wouldn't notice the difference.

-No, course not. Why Paula?

Cos she got two wrong. And she said "Pass".

Lucy, who hasn't got a boyfriend. Why Paula?

Um... Because she said "Pass" instead of "Bank".

Paula, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

We were doing quite well as a team.

But I was conscious on that round that we didn't have much money in the bank.

So I was waiting for my turn and I was going to say "Bank".

And my brain went dead and I said "Pass".

And of course everybody noticed that.

Round Five. Your total is...

Ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link, Jason. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Of the two London disasters recorded by Samuel Pepys

in the 1660s, which occurred first, The Great Plague or Great Fire?

-The plague.

-The form of consumer credit

in which the buyer pays a deposit on an item

and the remainder in instalments is known as hire what?

-Purchase.

-What C is a general collective term in the UK

for items such as pear drops, candied fruits and chocolate bars?

Sorry, did you say C?

What C is a general collective term in the UK

for items such as pear drops, candied fruits and chocolate bars?

-Confectionery.

-At a ceremony in Beverly Hills in 2008,

the TV chat show host Ellen DeGeneres

married the actress known professionally as Portia who?

-Don't know.

-De Rossi. The harlequin which arrived in Britain in 2004

and feeds mainly on greenfly and other aphids

is an invasive species of which beetle?

-Pass.

-The ladybird. The Kakadu National Park

is a World Heritage site in which country?

-Australia.

-Bank.

At 0 degrees Celsius, which feature of the natural world

travels through the air at just over 1,000ft per second?

-Water?

-Sound. Alannah Myles had a UK hit single in 1990

with a song entitled what, Black Velvet or Brown Corduroy?

-Black Velvet.

-Bank.

In the first book in which they appear,

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March are collectively known as Little what?

-Women.

-Bank.

What B is a single-word term that means made to measure?

-Bespoke.

-What is the eight-letter title of the Radio 1 show

launched in 1973 and broadcast twice daily on weekdays

informing listeners of world events?

-Tea.

-Newsbeat. In rugby league, the team that defeated Hull FC

to win the 2008 Challenge Cup final is called St what?

-Helens.

-There are how many fluid ounces in one pint?

-20.

-Bank.

In the 1942 film Casablanca,

the character played by Humphrey Bogart...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you won £110.

But who's first-class and who's underclass?

Who's now going backwards so fast they beep?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Sylvia is the strongest link because she didn't get an answer wrong.

The weakest link statistically is Lucy but can she survive the vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Elaine.

Elaine.

Sylvia.

Sylvia.

Elaine.

PC Jason, why Elaine?

She got a question wrong that round, but so did I, so...

-Michael, why Elaine?

-She got an answer wrong and I think it lost us a few pounds.

Elaine, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When I get back to work, my friends will realise that Anne was always going to pick up on the tax office

and I was always going to fluff my questions on maths if they came up.

I hope they have a laugh with me, at my expense,

and realise it was all just a bit of fun.

Round Six. In the kitty...

Ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link, old Sylvia. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In politics, what W follows left and right

to make two terms for sections of a party that hold opposing views?

-Wing.

-The US singer who had UK hit singles

with Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Solitaire

and Music To Watch Girls By is Andy who?

-Williams.

-Bank.

In the slang My Old Dutch, traditionally used by a cockney

to refer to his wife, the word Dutch is short for which title?

-Wife.

-Duchess. What's the usual term for dried plums?

-Prunes?

-On a weather map,

an isotherm is a line linking places of equal what,

pressure or temperature?

-Temperature.

-Bank.

In Wiltshire, figures of which animal are carved into the hillside

near Alton Priors, Marlborough and Westbury?

-Horse.

-Which four-letter term for a type of golf club

is also the name of a common metallic element?

-Iron.

-Bank.

What U is the name of the South American country

that has Montevideo as its capital city?

-Uganda.

-Uruguay. The first collection by Christian Dior

that was shown in 1947 was originally called the Corolle line

but became known as the New what?

-Look.

-Bank.

The theme tune of the TV quiz show Mastermind

is called what, Approaching Menace or Imminent Catastrophe?

-Approaching Menace.

-In a newspaper, a page featuring personal comment

is sometimes referred to as op-ed

which is an abbreviation of the phrase opposite what?

-Attractions.

-Editorial. In winter, in areas that experience regular snow,

the fur of a stoat is pure white

except for the tip of which part of its body?

-Nose?

-Tail. In coffee-making, what G is the granular sediment

left behind after infusion?

-Grains.

-No, grounds.

The actor Rex Harrison won his only Oscar

for his role in which 1964 film musical?

-Pass.

-My Fair Lady. Kerkyra is the local name for which Greek island?

Cos.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Answer wrong. Correct answer was Corfu and you won £170.

But consider this. Is Sylvia complete tat?

Does Jason ring alarm bells?

Have you got designs on Lucy?

Or maybe you won't be consulting Michael.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, the weakest link is Jason.

Lucy is the strongest link, but will the team notice that?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Jason.

Jason.

Jason.

Michael.

Michael, why Jason?

I think we all weren't very good in that round,

but he was the one that stood out as probably the weaker.

Sylvia, why Jason?

-He's got a Ford Focus.

-I know.

-Isn't he lucky?

-Shouldn't you be at one with another Ford owner?

Well, that's a bit difficult,

because his is probably owned by the police.

Yes. Is that why you voted him off?

-Not really, no.

-Why are you voting him off?

-Because he got two wrong, I think.

-He got three wrong.

-Did he? Oh, sorry.

-Yes...

Jason, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think the team'll be worse off without me.

My knowledge and my age, I think, is a benefit to the two younger players in that team.

I'd like to see Michael voted off in the next round.

He voted me off on the first round and that round there, so it's time for him to go.

Round Seven. In the bank, £2,570.

Another ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link, Lucy. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. The King of France from 1108 to 1137

was known by what nickname, Louis the Fat or Lionel the Fetid?

-Louis the Fat.

-Bank.

Bartholomew and Wiseman were the original surnames

of which comedy duo?

-Little and Large?

-Morecambe and Wise.

Which term for a public sitting room in a hotel

is also used to describe an everyday style of man's suit?

-Lounge.

-Bank.

Erskine Childers, Patrick Hillery and Mary Robinson

have all been presidents of which European country?

-Pass.

-Republic of Ireland. The essential ingredients of gnocchi

which is often served as an alternative to pasta

are flour and which common vegetable?

-Potato.

-What W is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire

on the River Calder

that was the site of a battle in the Wars of the Roses?

-Pass. Sorry.

-Wakefield. The series of books

including A Living Nightmare and Tunnels Of Blood

depicting the life of a teenage half-vampire is by Darren who?

-Pass.

-No, Shan. In sport, in 2007,

James Toseland became world champion in which form of racing,

superbikes or superpigeons?

-Superbikes.

-The title character

played by Orson Welles in Citizen Kane

is often said to be based on the media magnate William Randolph who?

-Churchill?

-Hearst. Which sweet foodstuff goes before suckle

to give the common name for a fragrant climbing plant?

-Pass.

-Honey. The pop group formed in Stourbridge in 1987

that took its name from an episode of The Goon Show

is called Ned's Atomic what?

-Kitten?

-Dustbin. A small application

that can be attached to an internet document...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. I can't complete the question. You won £40.

In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Think carefully. Time to vote off the weakest link.

In a sudden reversal of fortune, Lucy is now the weakest link.

Statistically, Michael is the strongest link,

but who will lose out in the final vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Lucy.

Lucy.

Sylvia.

Michael, why Lucy?

I didn't think I had many opportunities to bank.

Sylvia the old boot is still here!

-Yes!

-And why you want to get rid of Lucy?

Well, she's probably a lot richer than me, a lot younger than me.

And a lot fitter than me.

And she got some questions wrong.

Lucy, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Anne picked on me for the platt in my hair

which I think's very fashionable.

Obviously she, being a bit older, hasn't got a clue about these kind of things.

Round Eight. In the bank...

In this round, 90 seconds. What you win will be trebled. We start with the strongest link, Michael.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. At Oxford University,

the institution founded in the 17th century by Sir Thomas Bodley

is known in full as the Bodleian what?

-School.

-Library. What is 48 minus 32?

-16.

-Bank.

People who do something against their own interests

are often likened to turkeys voting for what?

-Christmas.

-Threshold of the Apostles, City of the Seven Hills

and The Eternal City are all nicknames

for which European capital?

-Rome.

-Bank.

In 1970s and '80s TV comedy,

who played a character who frequently declared,

"It's all done in the best possible taste"?

-Pass.

-Kenny Everett. James, the half-brother of Queen Anne,

who claimed he had a right to the British throne,

was known as The Old what?

-Pretender?

-Bank.

The first woman to be sent into orbit in 1963 was what nationality?

-Russian.

-The 2007 novel by Patrick Gale

about a Canadian artist who moves to Cornwall

is entitled Notes From what?

-Abroad.

-An Exhibition. In air travel, the UK's independent regulator

called the Civil Aviation Authority

is known by what three-letter abbreviation?

-CAA.

-Bank.

The decision-making body of the Church of England

is called the General what?

-Synod.

-Bank.

In...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. Your bank was in time. You won £130.

We will treble that. That means prize money today of...

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.

If there's a tie, we'll go to Sudden Death.

So, Michael and Sylvia, for £3,000, let's play the Weakest Link.

As the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

I'd like Michael to go first, please.

In medicine, if the fear of closed spaces is defined as claustrophobia,

what similiar term is used for the fear of open spaces?

Agoraphobia?

In the women's 100m final at the 2008 Olympics,

the first three finishers with the surnames Fraser, Simpson and Stewart

all represented which country?

-Great Britain.

-The correct answer is Jamaica.

In Texas hold 'em poker,

the hand informally known as pocket rockets, American Airlines

or bullets consists of two cards of which denomination?

Aces.

For the animated TV series Bagpuss,

Oliver Postgate based the voice of which woodpecker character

on those of his uncle and the philosopher Bertrand Russell?

-Pigeon?

-Repeat the question?

-Pigeon?

-Sorry.

-Pigeon?

-No, the correct answer is Professor Yaffle.

Oh...

Despite not being a UK top 20 hit on its release in 1999,

which song by the group Lonestar topped a 2008 list

of the most popular first-dance tunes at weddings?

-Agadoo.

-The correct answer is Amazed.

According to legend, the body of King Richard III

was exhumed from its burial site

and thrown into the River Soar from a bridge in which Midlands city?

-Birmingham?

-The correct answer is Leicester.

In literature, the 1990s thrillers

entitled Witch Hunt and Bleeding Hearts

originally published under the pseudonym Jack Harvey

are by which Scottish author?

-Sean Connery.

-The correct answer is Ian Rankin.

What is the surname of the popular Shakespearean knight

who is the central figure of an 1893 Verdi opera?

Sir Lancelot.

The correct answer is Falstaff.

That means you are today's strongest link and you go away with...

Sylvia, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the weakest link. Goodbye.

I chose the questions. I voted to go second.

And it turned out to be the wrong choice.

It's brilliant to have won. It's been an amazing experience

and I just can't wait to start spending the money.

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