03/02/2012 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 Tim.

I'm 41, I'm from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and I'm a sign language interpreter.

I'm Cat, I'm 27. I'm from Camber, and I'm a service manager.

My name's Ian, I'm 55 years young.

I'm from Amesbury in Wiltshire, and I'm a karaoke and disco DJ.

I'm Fran. I'm 30, from Leeds, and I'm a sewerage manager.

I'm Tony, I'm 63.

I live in Newquay in Cornwall and I'm a supermarket cashier.

I'm Jane, I'm 44.

I'm from Cardiff, and I'm a decorator and radio presenter.

I'm Mike, I'm 22. I'm from Winchester in Hampshire, and I'm a law student.

I'm Jenny, I'm 60, from Rubery in Birmingham,

and I'm a retired IT analyst.

I'm Wayne, I'm 36, from Great Yarmouth.

I'm a leisure centre manager.

OK, 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 all the money in that chain.

Say "Bank" before the question is asked 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, Cat.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

The first question is for £20. Start the clock.

Cat, a serving of coffee without milk or cream

is said to be what colour?

-Black.

-Correct. Ian,

the best-selling board game involving question cards,

first marketed in Canada in 1981 is called Trivial what?

-Pursuit.

-Correct. Fran,

in medicine, several species of mosquito

are responsible for transmitting which disease?

Mumps or malaria?

-Malaria.

-Correct. Tony,

in the Gregorian calendar,

which month comes next in the sequence July, August, September?

-October.

-Correct. Jane,

what is 25 minus 12?

-13.

-Correct. Mike,

what C is the usual five-letter word

for a single human offspring of either sex?

-Child.

-Correct. Jenny,

in cliches, an old joke conventionally begins

with the line, "Why did the chicken cross the..." what?

-Road.

-Correct. Wayne,

which singer and activist

has daughters called Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches and Pixie?

-Bob Geldof.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Tim...

a two-word rhyming exclamation used to express surprise

is jeepers what?

-Creepers.

-Correct. Cat,

being fired from a job is known informally as getting what?

The post or the sack?

-The sack.

-Correct. Ian,

which three-letter word follows stone,

bronze and iron to give the names of three ancient cultural eras?

-Age.

-Correct. Fran,

the brown layer in a block of Neapolitan ice-cream

-is what flavour?

-Chocolate.

-Correct. Tony...

-Bank.

In the...

END OF ROUND JINGLE

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's worrying you?

Who is likely to lose you money in the rounds to come?

One of you is about to leave with nothing.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that Fran is the strongest link.

Jane is the weakest link,

but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?

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

Mike.

Fran.

Tim.

Mike.

Mike.

Tim.

Tim.

Tim.

Tony.

Mike. What do you do?

I'm a law student, Anne.

-How long have you been doing that?

-Three years.

Do you work in a law firm part time?

No, I don't. I just have to try and get work experience where I can.

-So, how do you earn money?

-Erm, I have a loan.

Anything else? Do you get a job?

Studying's a full-time job. If you saw the reading list...

-You're not stacking shelves in a supermarket, then?

-No, Anne.

Got ambitions to be a lawyer.

Any particular form of law?

Erm, maybe human rights, public law...

Right, so you could go on the Jeremy Kyle Show, could you?

-Not sure I could hack it, Anne.

-Really?

No, it'd be a little bit too much for me, I think.

Couldn't you defend the people being attacked?

I think Jeremy Kyle does a good job of that himself.

And do you have any useful hobbies? Why are you laughing?

I wouldn't describe my hobbies as useful, Anne.

I do a bit of pantomime and I sing a bit of barbershop, as well.

You're in a choir?

I'm in a barbershop chorus.

Would you like to hear one of my parts from that?

I'll see. Go on.

# Pass me by, one summer day...#

No, I don't think I do. No, no.

Not your style. You haven't got enough taste.

Why do you want to get rid of Tim?

We all got questions right in that round, and...

Correct. Not right, correct.

I apologise, we all got questions correct in that round,

and Tim banked one stage too early, I thought.

He was the only one who maybe put a foot wrong.

What do you do, Jane?

I'm a decorator and a radio presenter.

Are you? At the same time?

Not so far.

And what's your show on radio?

My show's called News, Views And Interviews.

What kind of views, interviews? Do listeners phone in?

Er, sometimes they do.

Yeah, about what, for example?

They phone in about dog poo, that's quite a hot subject.

-Dog poo?

-Mmm...

So you really are Jeremy Paxman, then(!)

-I can be.

-Yes. Why Tim?

Why Tim? He made the cardinal sin of banking early in the first round.

-What do you do, Tim?

-I'm a sign language interpreter.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

-Where?

In the Newcastle area.

Put your board down.

So, in Newcastle, do you need sign language?

For the many deaf people that live there.

Can't they just point at the cigarettes?

Anybody can point at cigarettes. It's when they want complicated things...

-Like what?

-Like to be married.

-To be married.

-You need to have an interpreter there.

-Yes.

And why did you bank early?

Because I feared that maybe, if I lost £1,000,

that would be terrible, but at least I wanted to save £800 for the team.

And can you do "I am the weakest link?"

Are you talking? That's cheating if you say it as well.

-Maybe you lip read.

-No, you're not to cheat. Do it with sign language.

No, you're cheating again!

Put your board up.

Tim, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The team have lost a valuable player voting me off

in the first round, because having looked around

the other contestants, I think I was the cleverest person there.

Round Two.

In the bank, £1,000. We're now taking ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Fran.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Fran, Antwerp is the chief port of which European country?

-Erm, Germany.

-Even Belgium.

Tony, what B was the family name of the 14th century king,

Robert I of Scotland?

-Bruce.

-Correct. Jane,

a tag attached to a suitcase bearing the name and address

of the owner is known by the alliterative term luggage what?

-Pass.

-Label. Mike,

in proverbs, it's often said that behind every great man there's what?

A great woman or a Great Dane?

-A great woman.

-Correct. Jenny,

in basic maths,

a percentage is an amount stated as a proportion of what number?

-100.

-Correct. Wayne,

in music, what P is the name of the large instrument

that has varieties called upright and concert grand?

-Piano.

-Correct.

Cat, specimens of the tusk of the whale called the narwhal

were once believed to come from which legendary beast?

-A mammoth?

-The unicorn. Ian,

the German physicist who is credited

with the invention of the mercury thermometer, had what surname?

-Nobel.

-Fahrenheit.

Fran, the 1946 comedy-drama directed by Frank Capra,

starring James Stewart as a troubled man saved by an angel

is entitled It's A Wonderful what?

-Life.

-Correct. Tony,

which country of the UK is often referred to as the Principality?

-Wales.

-Correct. Jane,

in Oliver Twist, what G is the name of the foodstuff,

more of which is requested by the title character?

-Porridge?

-Gruel.

Mike, somebody who is told off is said to have

been rapped over which parts of the hands?

-Knuckles.

-Correct. Jenny, in fundraising,

the charity founded in the 1940s as Christian Reconciliation In Europe,

took its present name in 1964, and is now known as Christian what?

-Aid?

-Correct. Wayne,

the condition called hypoxia is caused by a deficiency

in the body tissues of which chemical element?

-Oxygen?

-Correct.

Cat, in the history of exploration,

which people travelled as far east as the Caspian Sea,

and as far west as North America, the Vikings or the Saxons?

-Vikings.

-Correct. Ian...

-Bank.

..what's the four-letter name

of the beverage made by fermenting honey and water?

-Mead.

-Correct. Fran,

in the sitcom, Friends, what P was the first name

of the regular character played by Lisa Kudrow?

-Phoebe.

-Correct. Tony,

what is 110 divided by 11?

-10.

-Correct. Jane.

-Bank.

In entertainment, which stage and film musical

is set during the 1950s at Rydell High School?

-Grease.

-Correct. Mike...

-Bank.

END OF ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. Your bank was in time. You won only £320.

Whose fault was that?

Who thinks DIY SOS is an emergency service?

Who puts the berk in Berkshire?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With the most wrong answers, Jane is the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is Tony. But whose game is over?

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

Jane.

Jane.

Jane.

Jane.

Fran.

Fran.

Jane.

Jane.

Where are you from, Tony?

I'm living in Newquay in Cornwall, Anne.

-How old are you?

-63.

Are you? Have you still got a job?

A part time job now, yes.

Why only part time?

I worked for 37 years in the meteorological office...

-That sounds as if it's going to be boring.

-Oh, indeed it is.

-So, you've only got a part time job. Where?

-In a supermarket in Newquay.

-What do you do at the supermarket?

-I am now on the cashiers' desks.

-Oh, you've been promoted, have you?

-Sort of, yes.

While we're chatting, would it help if I occasionally go "Beep!"

Would you understand, beep, better if I, beep?

-We have a little...

-Beep!

-A little machine does that, Anne.

You mean at the cashier's, you don't do the beeping?

-Not always. No, no.

-What does your cashier's beep go like?

Well, it's a double-echo, so it goes beep-beep. Beep-beep.

-Does it?

-In fact, when I started, it went...

Oh, stop! It's going to get boring again, Tony!

-It had to be quicker or sacked...

-Stop!

-Why Jane?

-Er, I think Jane got several questions wrong.

-What do you do, Fran?

-I'm a sewerage manager.

-Well! How exciting(!) Where do you do that?

-Erm, Yorkshire.

-So, you go down the sewers?

-No, no, no, no.

-What do you mean, "No, no, no, no?"

-I've got people to do that for me.

-Really, who does it for you?

-Erm, generally men.

Put your board down. So, just move over towards Tony.

So why can't you go down the sewer?

-Because I've not been trained.

-No. It's not because of your shape,

-cos you're quite big-boobed, aren't you?

-Yes, yes.

Yes, turn sideways. They're enormous! Are they all your own?

They're in proportion. Of course they are.

The water and the air is very good for you in Yorkshire.

-You haven't had a bit of help with them?

-No, not at all.

-Have you got a boyfriend?

-Yes.

Really? Did you have the big boobs when you got him?

Erm...no, I had them done after I met him!

Right, well, what a waste!

Put your board up.

Why Jane?

She was the weakest link, I think. She did get the most wrong.

Jane. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Even though I did get the chance to speak to Anne today,

I wish I'd have had the opportunity to ask her

who I need to speak to about taking over her job.

Round Three.

In the bank £1,320.

Another ten seconds coming off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round,

that's Tony. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Tony, in politics, in 1948, David Ben-Gurion

became the first prime minister of which country?

-Israel.

-Correct. Mike.

In celebrity weddings, in 2011,

the Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz

married which British star

best known for his role as James Bond?

-Daniel Craig.

-Correct. Jenny.

In human biology, thinking, memory

and the emotions are controlled by which major organ in the body?

-The brain.

-Correct. Wayne.

-Bank.

In history, following a visit to its spa

by the future Queen Victoria, in 1838,

which town in Warwickshire

added the prefix Royal to its name?

-Bath.

-Leamington Spa.

Cat. In the British class system, a man who from birth has wealth

and social position is said to have been born

with a silver spoon in which orifice?

-His mouth.

-Correct. Ian.

In pop music, the singer who had a UK number one single in 1966

with You Don't Have To Say You Love Me was known as Dusty who?

-Springfield.

-Correct. Fran.

In art, in 1432, The Adoration Of The Lamb

altarpiece in Ghent Cathedral was finished

by a painter called what, Jan van Eyck or Dick Van Dyke?

-Jan van Eyck.

-Correct. Tony.

In entertainment venues,

which word follows Hollywood and National in the names

of amphitheatres in Los Angeles and Milton Keynes, respectively?

-Bowl.

-Correct. Mike.

-Bank.

In astronomy, an eruption on the Sun near a sunspot

thought to be caused by a release of magnetic energy

is usually known as a what flare?

-Solar.

-Correct. Jenny.

In transport, what D is a term for a place

where buses or trains are kept when not in use?

-Depot.

-Correct. Wayne.

In modern literature,

the bestselling novels Live The Dream, The Journey

and The Loner were written by the English author Josephine who?

-Pass.

-Cox. Cat.

In cinema, James McAvoy played Professor Charles Xavier

in the 2011 instalment of which series of superhero films?

-Pass.

-X-Men. Ian.

In food, what name derived from a Greek word for leaf

is given to a type of pastry made in very thin sheets?

-Puff.

-Filo. Fran.

In the British Royal family,

although he's known as Prince Harry,

what H is the formal first name

of the younger brother of Prince William?

-Pass.

-Henry. Tony.

In UK geography, which English county

consists of a rolling chalk plateau

and includes Salisbury Plain and the Marlborough Downs?

-Wiltshire.

-Correct.

-Mike.

-Bank.

-In music,

the twins Monica and Gabriela who came to Britain

from Romania in 2002 had a UK hit single in the same year

using what professional name?

-Cheeky Girls.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Time's up. Your bank was in time, you won £340.

But who thinks Andrew Strauss is a composer?

Who should get a grip on the door marked exit?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all their answers wrong,

Wayne is the weakest link.

The strongest link statistically is Mike.

But will the voting reflect reality?

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

Wayne.

Wayne.

Wayne.

Wayne.

Wayne.

Wayne.

Fran.

-Where are you from, Ian?

-Amesbury in Wiltshire, Anne, just outside.

-And what you do, Ian?

-I'm a DJ. Disco and karaoke.

-In Wiltshire?

-Wiltshire.

-Where in Wiltshire?

-Amesbury, that's where I come from.

But in the middle of Amesbury?

-In a pub called The George.

-What do you do?

-What sort of gigs?

-Well, I play music,

when people want to sing, I put some music on for them to sing, Anne.

-So, you don't sing?

-Oh, I do, a little bit.

-Every night of the week?

No, only Fridays and Saturdays.

So, you don't work the rest of the week?

I've started a new job as a care worker.

-You're actually a care worker.

-No, I'm a DJ.

-Is that what you tell the old people?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Course I do.

-And you sing for the old people?

-Course I do.

-What can you sing?

-Cinderella Rockefella.

-Put your board down.

Are we in the care home now or in The George?

Looking at you, I would say the care home

but we'll pretend it's in The George cos we've got some lights.

# You're the lady You're the lady that I love

# I'm the lady, the lady who

# And you're the fella You're the fella that rocks me

# I'm the lady, the lady who

# And you're my Rockefella

# And you're my Cinderella

# Oh-oh-oh-oh

# I love you. #

-Something like that.

-Put your board up.

Why Wayne?

His first two questions were stinkers and he got them wrong.

-Sorry, mate.

-What do you do, Cat?

-I manage a care company.

-And where do you do that?

-We operate from Telford.

Are you on the lookout for anyone who's too caring in the care homes?

No, no, we're not in care homes, we're in people's own homes.

And what you do for them?

Help them to get up in the morning, get some breakfast.

-Because they're quite lazy in Telford, aren't they?

-Terrible.

-They can't even get their own breakfast?

-No.

-No, they'd rather pay someone to do it for them.

-Yes.

When you're not helping people in their own homes what are you doing?

I'm a Cub Scout leader.

-Really?

-Yes.

-Put your board down. Do you have the whole uniform?

-I do, yes.

-So, what does that consist of?

Black trousers, beige shirt, green and blue neckerchief and a woggle.

-Have you always been sad?

-Oh, yeah, yeah.

-Put your board up.

-Why Wayne?

-I didn't have anything to bank at all.

-I can't remember having anything to bank.

-He was the worst player.

Wayne, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

If I'd had the chance to talk to Anne, I'd have been very cheeky,

possibly even tried to chat her up.

She's, she always seems to respond well

to people giving her a smile or a wink.

So, yeah, I'd have definitely tried to talk to her in a nice manner

and try and chance my luck with her.

Round Four. In the bank, £1,660.

Ten seconds off the time.

Let's start with the strongest link, that's Mike.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Mike, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

is called The Hanging Gardens of where?

-Babylon.

-Correct. Jenny.

In footwear, which word for a machine used to raise water

from under the ground is also the name for various styles of shoe?

-Pump.

-Correct. Cat. In human development,

a young adult is no longer called a teenager on reaching which birthday?

-N... 20.

-I'll accept. Ian.

-Bank.

In maths, the symbol for "because"

consists of three dots arranged in which geometric shape?

-Triangle.

-Correct. Fran.

In jobs, a person who repairs and paints tall structures

such as tiles and chimneys is known as a steeple what?

-Chaser.

-Jack. Tony.

In finance, tracker,

offset and buy-to-let are all types of which home loan product?

Mortgage.

Correct. Mike. In cinema, the 1954 film that was the first in a series

of medical comedies starring Dirk Bogarde

was called Doctor In The what?

-Hospital.

-House. Jenny.

In food, green tomatoes are often the main ingredient

of which condiment, mayonnaise or chutney?

-Chutney.

-Correct.

Cat. In lonely hearts columns,

the abbreviation NS normally stands for non what?

-Smoker.

-Correct. Ian.

-Bank.

-In a game of poker,

in any given suit which of the court cards has the highest value?

-King.

-Correct. Fran.

In pop music, the 2011 UK hit album that was a joint venture

by the rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West is entitled Watch The what?

Sorry, can you repeat the question, please?

In pop music, the 2011 UK hit album that was a joint venture

by the rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West is entitled Watch The what?

-Pass.

-Throne. Tony.

On some Ordnance Survey maps, the letter H enclosed within a circle

represents a landing facility for what,

helicopters or hot air balloons?

-Helicopter.

-Correct. Mike.

In entertainment, at the end of her stage shows,

which Australian comedy character

famously threw gladioli at the audience?

-Pass.

-Dame Edna Everage. Jenny.

In commerce, the CAC 40 is an index of shares

trading on the stock market of which European country?

France. Correct.

-Bank.

-Cat. In maths, what D is a term for any of the Arabic numerals

from zero to nine?

-One.

-Digit.

-Bank.

-Ian.

In TV, the winter sports programme that began in 1978

and is named after the day of the week on which it's broadcast

is called Ski what?

Saturday.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-Did you say Saturday?

-I did.

-The correct answer is Sunday.

You only won £170. Who needs to step up a gear to get into neutral?

Who thinks plaster-of-Paris is a fashion house?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Jenny is the strongest link

because she answered the most questions correctly.

The statistics show that Fran is the weakest link.

But who will the team want off?

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

Fran.

Fran.

Mike.

Mike.

Fran.

Fran.

-Where are you from, Jenny?

-I'm from Birmingham, Anne.

-What do you do in Birmingham?

-Well, I'm now retired.

-Did you work in Birmingham?

-Yes, I did.

-I worked for West Midlands police in Birmingham.

-Really?

-Did you arrest people in Birmingham?

-No, I didn't.

It would have been fun to do so but, no,

I'm afraid, I worked in one of the back rooms.

-Doing what?

-I was an IT analyst.

-What, sort of CSI?

-Yes, something like that.

-Yes.

-And have you got a husband at home who's retired as well?

-Yes, I have.

-What did he do?

-He was in IT as well. He was an IT manager.

Must be exciting, two of you in IT(!) Why Fran?

Well, unfortunately, Fran had a couple of stinker questions.

And had to have one repeated and then got it wrong.

So, Mike, the law student. Why Fran?

Unfortunately, she got the question wrong

after she'd asked for it to be repeated.

So, bit of a cardinal sin, really, unfortunately.

Fran, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

I think Mike should be voted off next because, well,

he's training to be a lawyer and nobody likes lawyers.

And he's got hair that he looks like he should be One Direction.

So, he needs to go.

Round Five.

Your total so far is £1,830.

Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Jenny.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Jenny, in media, the man who bought the Evening Standard in 2009

and The Independent in 2010 once worked for

the KGB or the Met Office?

-The Met Office.

-KGB. Cat.

In expressions, the alliterative phrase first used in print

by Sir Walter Scott in 1816 meaning a very remote place

is the back of what?

-Beyond.

-Correct. Ian.

In musical ensembles,

an octet has how many more players than a quintet?

-Three.

-Correct. Tony.

In African history, the former emperor of Ethiopia,

one of whose titles was the Lion of Judah was named Haile what?

-Haile Selassie.

-Correct.

-Mike.

-Bank.

-In modern literature, the thrillers Angels And Demons,

Deception Point and Digital Fortress were written by which author?

-Dan Brown.

-Correct. Jenny.

In nature, what C is the usual name for the segmented larval stage

of a butterfly or moth between egg and pupa?

-Caterpillar.

-Correct.

Cat. In radio, the broadcaster

who devised the programme Desert Island Discs

and presented it for more than 40 years was Roy who?

-Walker.

-Plomley. Ian.

In definitions,

which five-letter word is both a term for a female goat

and a job for a person who is paid to look after young children?

-Nanny.

-Correct.

Tony. In English landmarks,

Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire is nicknamed the Ship of the what?

-Ship of the Plain.

-Fens. Mike.

In theatre, which American word for a friend is the title

of a musical first staged in the West End in 1989

about a US rock singer?

-Buddy.

-Correct. Jenny.

In botany, which tree of the genus Ilex

is often used in Christmas decorations

and, typically, has prickly leaves and red berries?

-Holly.

-Correct. Cat.

In TV, David Hasselhoff, Amanda Holden and Michael McIntyre

made up the regular judging panel on the 2011 series of which show?

-Britain's Got Talent.

-Correct. Ian.

-Bank.

In sport, the rowing and social event inaugurated in 1839

and held every summer on the River Thames

is known as the Henley Royal what?

-Regatta.

-Correct. Tony.

In entertainment,

which B is the name of the blonde-haired space voyager

created for a 1960s French comic strip

and later played on film by Jane Fonda?

No, sorry.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was Barbarella. You won £200.

But whose thought-bubble has now popped?

Who's the crazy paving on the path to disaster?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Tony is the weakest link as he gave the most wrong answers.

Statistically, Ian is the strongest link.

But will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Tony.

Tony.

Cat.

Ian.

Tony.

-Ian, why Tony?

-He had a couple of questions wrong there, Anne.

Cat, why Tony?

Same reason as Ian, really.

He's done well all the way through,

but I think he was the weakest link in that round.

Tony, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

If I'd managed to get past that round,

I'm sure that I was in with a very good chance

but I did feel that this was the crucial round for me,

having got two questions wrong.

And it's a wee bit like a fairground ride,

you're hanging on for dear life,

but, when it stops, you wouldn't mind going round one more time.

Round Six. In the bank £2,030.

Another ten seconds coming off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Ian.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Ian, in banking,

the star of the sitcom On The Buses

who, in 1967, became the first person in the world

to use a cash machine in public was Reg who?

-Varney.

-Correct. Mike.

-Bank.

-In geography, the village of Cherrapunji in north-east India

is renowned for its what, heavy rainfall or prolonged droughts?

-Heavy rainfall.

-Correct. Jenny.

In pop music, the group Jack the Lad Swing

who had their first UK number one single in 2009

are better known by what three-letter abbreviation?

-JLS.

-Correct. Cat.

In geology, the three main layers of the Earth

and known as the core, the mantle and the what?

-Crust.

-Correct. Ian.

-Bank.

In history, in 1972, the former country of Rhodesia

was excluded from which international sporting event

four days before the opening ceremony?

-The Olympics.

-I'll accept. Mike.

In physics, what V goes before light to define

the area of the electromagnetic spectrum

that lies between infrared and ultraviolet?

-Visible.

-Correct. Jenny.

-Bank.

-In cinema, the 1955 thriller

directed by the British actor Charles Laughton

and starring Robert Mitchum was entitled The Night Of The what?

-Long Knives.

-Hunter.

Cat.

In hospitality, the words guest, hand and bath

describe different sizes of which accessory made of absorbent cloth?

-Towel.

-Correct. Ian.

In publishing, which magazine was originally founded

by James Wilson in 1843 to campaign against the Corn Laws,

The Economist or Private Eye?

-Private Eye.

-The Economist. Mike.

-Bank.

In entertainment,

which type of comedy is named after a two-part, flexible, wooden device

used by old-fashioned clowns to make loud, cracking noises?

-Pass.

-Slapstick. Jenny.

In Asian geography,

the Korea Strait separates the Korean Peninsula from which country?

-China.

-Japan. Cat.

In London landmarks, which power station

resembling an upturned table appears on the front cover

of a 1977 album by Pink Floyd?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was Battersea. You've won £170.

So, are you out of tune with Ian?

Should Jenny retire again?

Maybe you don't care for Cat.

Or will Mike's case be thrown out?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The weakest link statistically is Jenny. But can she survive the vote?

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

Jenny.

Jenny.

Jenny.

Ian.

Cat, why Jenny?

I think she was the weakest link in that round,

I can't remember having much money to bank.

-Mike, do you not like old people?

-I love old people, Anne.

Why you getting rid of Jenny?

She was the weakest link in that round. She got two questions wrong.

They were hard questions but that's how the game works, unfortunately.

Jenny, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

I think the winner today will be Cat.

She's had a pretty good round all the way through, so far.

Not made many mistakes and I hope she wins.

Round Seven.

You have £2,200.

Another ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Cat.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Cat.

In butchery, the word lights is used as a term for which organs?

-Kidneys.

-The lungs. Ian.

In children's TV,

the pirate ship sailed by Captain Pugwash was called the Black what?

-Swan.

-Pig. Mike.

In commerce, which avenue in New York City

is regarded as the centre of the US advertising industry?

-Pass.

-Madison Avenue. Cat.

In theatre, the rhetorical question,

"Why can't a woman be more like a man?"

is posed by Henry Higgins in which stage musical?

-Pass.

-My Fair Lady. Ian.

In science, what C is the term for the amount of energy required

to raise the temperature of one gramme of water

by one degree Celsius?

-Pass.

-Calorie. Mike.

In customs, which blue gemstone is traditionally given

to mark a 45th wedding anniversary?

-Sapphire.

-Correct. Cat.

-Bank.

In DIY, a device that interrupts

an electric current for safety reasons is called a circuit what?

-Breaker.

-Correct. Ian.

-Bank.

In Mongolian history, the name Genghis Khan means what,

supreme conqueror or stir-fried lamb?

-Supreme conqueror.

-Correct.

-Mike.

-Bank.

-In the words of a First World War song, you are advised

"to pack up your troubles in your old kit bag" and then do what?

-Don't dilly dally on the way.

-Smile. Cat.

In sport, Wolfie, The Power and Barney are all nicknames

of which professional players of which indoor game?

-Darts.

-Correct. Ian.

-Bank.

In geography, the line of latitude

that is approximately 23 degrees south of the equator

is called the Tropic of what?

-Capricorn.

-Correct. Mike.

-Bank.

In definitions, what B is a collective term

for a set of keys, a cluster of grapes and...

-Bunch.

-Correct.

Cat. In film,

the 1973 thriller featuring Christopher Lee

as the leader of a society organised around Pagan rituals,

entitled The Wicker what?

-Man.

-Correct. Ian.

-Bank.

In motoring, the M60 motorway forms a ring...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £150.

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

Think carefully. Time to vote off the weakest link.

At this crucial stage in the game, Cat is the strongest link.

Statistically, Mike is the weakest link.

But who will lose out in the final vote?

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

Mike.

Mike.

Ian.

-Cat, why Mike?

-It was the "don't dilly dally on the way" question.

Ian, why Mike?

Because he got a couple of questions wrong as we all did.

A couple of rounds ago, when I was the strongest link, he voted for me.

Fair enough. He was the worst player.

Mike, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

I did a lot better today than I thought I would.

I thought I'd go about Round Four, Round Five.

But having almost got the final, it's the pain of not quite reaching it.

Round Eight.

In the kitty £2,350.

90 seconds now. Whatever you win will be trebled.

We'll start with the strongest link, that's Cat.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Cat.

The 20th-century American artist who originated a style of painting

in which he dripped and poured paint onto a canvas was Jackson who?

-Pass.

-Pollock. Ian.

In vocabulary,

what P is the name for both a commemorative, inscribed tablet

often fixed to a wall and a thin, sticky deposit that forms on teeth?

-Plaque.

-Correct. Cat.

-Bank.

-In literature, the author of the 1932 novel

Brave New World about a future society was Aldous who?

-Pass.

-Huxley. Ian.

In maths, what is 17 multiplied by four?

-68.

-Correct. Cat.

In relation to champagne, the word Brut means what, fizzy or dry?

-Dry.

-Correct. Ian.

-Bank.

In duets, the song that's been a UK hit single

for Diana Ross and Lionel Richie

and Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey is entitled Endless what?

-Love.

-Correct. Cat.

-Pa... Bank.

-In human biology, what...

Oh, pass! OK. Ian.

In food and drink, milk that is no longer fresh

but is still not off is colloquially said to be what,

on the turn or on the wagon?

-On the turn.

-Correct.

Cat. In poetry, the sonnet by William Wordsworth beginning,

"Earth has not anything to show more fair"

is entitled Composed Upon Westminster what?

-Plain.

-Bridge. Ian.

In travel, Arlanda airport serves which Scandinavian capital city?

-Stockholm.

-Correct. Cat.

-Bank.

In rock music, the lead vocalist of Free and Bad Company who also...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £90. Which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today

of £2,620.

There can only be one winner.

Now, up to five questions each.

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

So, Cat and Ian, for £2,620,

let's play the Weakest Link.

Ian, as the strongest link,

you have the choice of who goes first.

I will, please, Anne.

Ian, in TV, the theme music of which arts series

that ran from 1978 to 2010 was taken from variations

by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on a piece by Paganini?

-Going For A Song.

-The correct answer is The South Bank Show.

Cat, in the solar system, the four inner planets

that have orbits within the asteroid belt

are Venus, Earth, Mars and which other?

-Mercury.

-That is the correct answer.

Ian, in the animal kingdom, which word follows common and sand

to make the names of two of the six species of reptile

native to the British Isles?

-Lizard.

-That is the correct answer.

Cat. In a 2008 poll organised by a Moscow-based TV station

in which viewers voted for the greatest ever Russian,

which statesman came third

despite the fact that he was actually from Georgia?

-I don't know.

-The correct answer is Joseph Stalin.

Ian, in theatre, the two cities in Italy

that feature in the titles of plays by Shakespeare

are Venice and which other?

-Naples.

-The correct answer is Verona.

Cat, in pop music, the album Legend that was a UK number one

for 12 consecutive weeks on its release in 1984

was a greatest hits collection by which act?

-Bob Marley and The Wailers.

-That is the correct answer.

Ian, in economics, in 2011,

Christine Lagarde became the first woman

to be appointed managing director of which global financial organisation?

-Sachs Goldman.

-The correct answer is the International Monetary Fund.

Cat.

In food, because of their importance as a source of commodities,

such as cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon,

the Maluku Islands in Indonesia were formerly known by what name?

-Don't know.

-The correct answer is the Spice Islands.

Ian, what two-word phrase thought to have been coined

in the 1950s by the critic Lawrence Alloway is applied

to the works of painters such as Peter Blake and Andy Warhol?

-Al fresco.

-The correct answer is Pop Art.

That means, Cat, you are today's strongest link

and you go away with £2,620.

Ian, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

If I'd have Cat's questions then I think I could've won it

cos I knew at least a couple of them. But that's the way the dice goes.

It feels amazing to be the winner of the Weakest Link today.

I can't believe I got this far, I wasn't expecting it

and I'm absolutely over the moon.

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