0:00:02 > 0:00:04Of the nine contestants today,
0:00:04 > 0:00:08only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11The rest will leave with nothing,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15as one by one they're voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Any of the nine people in the studio here today
0:00:36 > 0:00:39could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41They don't know each other
0:00:41 > 0:00:45but if they want that prize money, they'll have to work as a team.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Eight will leave with nothing
0:00:47 > 0:00:51as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Let's meet the team.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00I'm Mike, I'm 44, I'm from Leeds and I'm a bingo club manager.
0:01:00 > 0:01:06I'm Sian, I'm 23, I'm from Mumbles near Swansea and I'm a recruitment consultant.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12I'm Robert, I'm 30, I come from Ayrshire and I'm a sound recordist.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17My name is Alison, I'm 35, I'm from Surrey and I'm a bilingual secretary.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19My name is Elaine, I'm 53,
0:01:19 > 0:01:24I come from Plymouth in Devon and I'm a supply teacher.
0:01:24 > 0:01:30I'm Howard, I'm 33, I'm from Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire and I'm a pawnbroker.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34I'm Lucy, I'm 40, I'm from Daventry and I'm a housewife.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39My name is Rachel, I'm 29, I'm from Leicester and I'm a team assistant.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41I'm Zeeshan, I'm 20 years old,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I'm from Aberdare in South Wales and I'm a student.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49The aim of each round is to answer enough questions correctly
0:01:49 > 0:01:53to reach your £1,000 target within the time limit.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Get a question wrong and you lose the money in that chain.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05If you say bank before the question is asked, the money is safe,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08however, you start a new chain.
0:02:08 > 0:02:14Only money that has been banked can be taken on to the next round.
0:02:14 > 0:02:21Three minutes on the clock, we start with the person whose name is first alphabetically, Alison.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28First question is for £20, start the clock.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33In 1986, which member of the royal family married Sarah Ferguson?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- The Duke of York.- I'll accept.
0:02:36 > 0:02:42Which male singer had a 2001 UK number one album with Swing When You're Winning?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Robin Williams.- No, Robbie Williams.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50What colour are the flowers of the blackthorn bush, blue or white?
0:02:50 > 0:02:51White.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56In the Tintin books, what sort of domestic animal is Snowy?
0:02:56 > 0:02:57A dog.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Mittens are worn on which part of the body?
0:03:00 > 0:03:01The hands.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Edam cheese originates from which country?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- Holland.- I'll accept.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09In maths, what is 10 x 8?
0:03:09 > 0:03:1180.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16- Bank.- Scientist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton was born in which century?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Nineteenth.- Seventeenth.
0:03:18 > 0:03:24What H is the region on either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh?
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Hips.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Where did reggae music originate?
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Jamaica.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33What N is the term for a terrifying or distressing dream?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Nightmare.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40- Bank.- The French term fruits de mer refers to offal or seafood?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Offal.- No, seafood.
0:03:43 > 0:03:50In 2001, in which sport did Britain and Australia contest the Ashes in Huddersfield, Bolton and Wigan?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Cricket.- Rugby league.
0:03:53 > 0:04:00Dividing people into superior and inferior groups is known as separating the sheep from the what?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- The lambs.- The goats.
0:04:02 > 0:04:09What is a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle used to sprinkle plants?
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Watering can.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14In the 1990s TV sitcom Dinner Ladies,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17who played the character Bren?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Victoria Wood.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23In history, the reign of which British monarch
0:04:23 > 0:04:26followed that of Queen Victoria?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- George.- Edward VII.
0:04:28 > 0:04:34- Bank.- From which animated 1994 film is the Oscar-winning song Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- The Little Mermaid.- The Lion King.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Was the writer Jonathan Swift born in Scotland or Ireland?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Scotland.- Ireland.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45A statue of President Eisenhower
0:04:45 > 0:04:50stands near the American Embassy in which London square?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- Westminster.- No, Grosvenor.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56A bodkin is a type of what, needle or garment?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Needle.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02In British currency, how much is three fifths of ten pounds?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Six pounds.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07What C is the main ingredient of hummus?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Cheese.- No, chickpea.
0:05:09 > 0:05:15In 1990, Sinead O'Connor had a UK number one single with which song?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- Pass.- Nothing Compares 2 U.
0:05:18 > 0:05:24What T is the sport where you can use an eastern grip or continental grip?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27I don't know.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Time's up. The correct answer is tennis.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39And in that round, you didn't even get halfway.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41You banked just £400.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Who, sadly, is a fish out of water?
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Who has severely tested your patience?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51One of you is about to leave.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Statistically, the strongest link is Howard.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Sian is the weakest link, though she did bank the most money.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Will that save her from the first vote?
0:06:07 > 0:06:12Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Zeeshan, you're a student.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- Yes.- Where?- Engineering at Robinson College, Cambridge.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- Have you had to mend a washing machine yet?- No.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43- What can you do after one year? - I can't actually do much at all.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46It's all very theoretical.
0:06:46 > 0:06:53- There's no mending?- No. - Any mending in the second year? - No mending at all, I don't think.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- You won't be much use to your mother at home.- Probably not.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02- Why Elaine?- She got as many wrong as anyone but should have got some.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Like what?- The Robbie Williams one.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Rachael, describe your job to me.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13I work for a firm of chartered accountants, I'm a team assistant.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18- We still don't know very much. - It involves research into companies.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23What qualifications have you got to be a team assistant?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I've got a degree, A levels and GCSEs.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- You're keeping it hidden?- Of course!
0:07:29 > 0:07:35- Why Elaine?- Her wrong answers stood out more than anybody else's.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Sian, does anyone consult you on general knowledge?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- I don't think so. - They'd need a refund.- I think so.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50- You didn't answer one correctly. - I don't think I did but I think Elaine is in the same boat.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52But I did bank some money.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Where are you from?- Wales.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59- Are you Welsh? - Absolutely, through and through.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04Statistically, Sian was the worst player but it's votes that count.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09Elaine, the supply teacher who's got to go back to the classroom,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25The Robbie Williams one, I'm kicking myself over I've got the album.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30I think Rachael will go next because she got most of her questions wrong
0:08:30 > 0:08:32and her answers were guesses.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Round two.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38You've got £400 in the kitty.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40We take ten seconds off the time.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43We start with the strongest link, Howard.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53The cartoon Fred Basset appears in which newspaper, the Times or the Daily Mail?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Daily Mail.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57In which Russian city is the Bolshoi Theatre?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Moscow.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04What V is the Italian city which hosts the Biennale International Arts Festival?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Vienna.- No, Venice.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12What P is a collapsible carriage known as a stroller or buggy?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Pram.- I'll accept pushchair or pram.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18In 1932, which controversial figure
0:09:18 > 0:09:21founded the British Union of Fascists?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Mosley.- Correct.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29Which spice gives goulash its distinctive flavour?
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- Jasmine.- Paprika.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39In the shipping forecast, does Dogger or Lundy cover the Bristol Channel?
0:09:39 > 0:09:40- Dogger.- Lundy.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45A large portable stereo system is known as a ghetto what?
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Blaster.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50In TV, what's the surname of the title character
0:09:50 > 0:09:52in the American sitcom Frasier?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- Frasier.- Crane.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00In children's literature, who wrote the 1960 book Green Eggs And Ham?
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Dr Seuss.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06In the armed forces, for what does the letter W stand in WRAC?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- WREN.- Women's!
0:10:08 > 0:10:13The pop songs We're Going To Ibiza and Boom Boom Boom Boom!!!
0:10:13 > 0:10:17were UK number ones in 1999 for which group?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19The Vengaboys.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Salmon breed in which type of water, fresh or salt?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Fresh.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31Which food substance when heated to a high temperature becomes caramel?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Sugar. Bank. >
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Which football club is "the Os", Leyton Orient or Oxford United?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- Oxford United.- Leyton Orient.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Which ocean covers approximately 30 per cent of the earth's surface?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46The Pacific.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51What T means to attach a secret listening device to a telephone?
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Tap.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57What D is a french word describing the decoration of a room?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Decor.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04- Bank.- Which river flows past Balmoral Castle on its way to the North Sea?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- Thames.- The Dee!
0:11:06 > 0:11:10In maths, how many months are there in a period of four years?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- 48.- Correct!
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Which number does David Beckham wear in Manchester United?
0:11:16 > 0:11:177.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20If A is Alpha and Z is Zulu, what's D?
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Delta.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Bank.- The American author of Tender Is The Night is F Scott who?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Fitzgerald.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- Bank.- In which TV soap did Mark Little play Joe Mangle?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Neighbours.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37- Bank.- Biology: what P is the main process that occurs...
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Time's up.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43You banked £340.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47But whose phone has no dialling tone?
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Who is not the brightest penny in the purse?
0:11:50 > 0:11:54It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Answering no questions correctly makes Rachael the weakest link.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Statistically, Alison is the strongest link,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05but who will lose out in the vote?
0:12:06 > 0:12:11Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Mike, what do you do?
0:12:27 > 0:12:33- I'm a manager in a bingo club. - What sort of people play bingo? - All sorts, from 18 to 80.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38- Intellectuals, Oxford dons? - All sorts a wide range.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- Would you employ Rachael?- Um...
0:12:40 > 0:12:45I would. She's got a marvellous personality, but she got a few wrong.
0:12:45 > 0:12:52- Where's your bingo hall?- In Leeds. - I'm not sure she'd know how to get there her geography's very dicey.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58So, Howard, you take advantage of poor people for a living?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I'm in the pawn business, yes.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- Oh.- I could tell you how much your ring's worth.- Really?
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- How much is it worth?- Let's have a look.- You must have had a look.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- No, I haven't.- Not even a tiny look?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- No, no.- Disappointing, because I haven't got a ring on, Howard.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17CONTESTANTS LAUGH
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- Why Rachael?- Well, she had a few bad questions, but...
0:13:21 > 0:13:24The previous round she got some wrong.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26So, Robert, where are you from?
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- Scotland.- Is your knowledge confined to Scotland?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33No. I've been living in England for a year.
0:13:33 > 0:13:39You didn't know questions about Bristol and English football.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44- I don't follow English football. - What do you follow? - Usually winter sports.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Like what? - Snowboarding and skiing.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51- Is football not a winter sport? - Well, not as such, no.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- What's your job?- Sound recordist. - You have to keep quiet?- I do, yes.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Good. Why Rachael?
0:13:58 > 0:14:03I don't know much, but I know the Thames doesn't flow past Balmoral.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Even better, Vienna is not in Italy.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11So, Rachael, the team assistant who, incredibly, has got a degree,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25I feel disappointed about getting voted off so early in the game.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28I deserved to get voted off, so justice was done.
0:14:28 > 0:14:35I think Sian will get voted off next, because she was the weakest link in the first round,
0:14:35 > 0:14:39and I think the others didn't get as many wrong as Sian did.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Round three, team.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45You've won £740 out of a possible 2,000.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51Seven left, another ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link, Alison.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Start the clock!
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The concepts of the id, the ego and the superego
0:14:58 > 0:15:02were proposed by which eminent psychiatrist born in 1856?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Freud.
0:15:04 > 0:15:11In nature, by what name are the woody, scaled seed pods common to most conifer trees known?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Pass.- Cones.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20The US presidential election is always on which day of the week?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Tuesday.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Which confection made from sugar and egg whites
0:15:25 > 0:15:30is the basis of the dessert named after ballerina Anna Pavlova?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- Pavlova.- Meringue.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37The upper part of a plimsoll is usually made from which cloth?
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Canvas.
0:15:38 > 0:15:44In geology, what M is the layer that extends from the bottom of the crust of the earth?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Mucus.- Mantle.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Which country cricket team plays home matches at Lord's?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- Pass.- Middlesex.
0:15:54 > 0:16:00What R is the town on the Thames that hosts an annual rock festival in August?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Pass.- Reading.
0:16:03 > 0:16:10The admission of a member of the Roman Catholic Church to the calendar of saints is known as what?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- Don't know.- Canonisation.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17When did Rudolph Valentino and Harry Houdini die, 1926 or 1946?
0:16:17 > 0:16:201926.
0:16:20 > 0:16:26In the expression, a hard but outwardly gentle person conceals an iron hand in a velvet what?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Glove.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33For what does the letter B stand in the university-degree abbreviation BA?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Bachelor.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Of which rock band was Kurt Cobain the lead singer?
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Nirvana.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45The constituency represented by David Blunkett since 1987
0:16:45 > 0:16:47is in which city in the north of England?
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Manchester.- Sheffield!
0:16:50 > 0:16:57In tennis in 1980 which Australian became the first mother to win the Wimbledon singles title since 1914?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Pass.- Evonne Cawley.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11In the five ranks of the British peerage, what B is the lowest?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13B? Baron.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Which author created Peter Pan?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17JM Barrie. Bank. >
0:17:17 > 0:17:21Handel's Water Music was written for which British king?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Pass.- George I.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28In law, a verdict of not proven may be returned in which UK country?
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Scotland.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33In which 1994 film did John Travolta play Vincent Vega?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Reservoir Dogs.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Time's up. the correct answer is Pulp Fiction.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45You banked only £100. Whose wisdom teeth have fallen out?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Whose clock has stopped? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Mike is statistically the strongest link.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00Robert, the only one to answer no questions correctly, is the weakest link.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Will the team be aware of that?
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- Lucy, you're a housewife? - That's correct, Anne.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28You just sit at home all day?
0:18:28 > 0:18:33No, I have four children, and they come in and want feeding and stuff.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39- Can't they feed themselves? - They make more mess it's easier to go and do it.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Did you ever have a job?
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Lots. I've made pushchairs, dispensed prescriptions.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50- But your husband keeps you now. - I don't have one. I had two, and I didn't like them.
0:18:50 > 0:18:57- Why Alison?- We all had an awful round, but when it came to me via Howard there was nothing to bank.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Zeeshan, have you taken any exams at Cambridge yet?
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- I haven't.- Are you hoping the answer'll be in the question
0:19:06 > 0:19:10so you can repeat something in the question as the answer?
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- Um...that'd be handy, yeah. - Right. why Alison?
0:19:14 > 0:19:18She got a lot wrong. I mean, I didn't do too well myself,
0:19:18 > 0:19:23- but... I do remember her... - You had a terrible round, actually.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- I banked some money, - Engineeringly speaking,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- you completely screwed it up. - CONTESTANTS LAUGH
0:19:29 > 0:19:34So, Robert, would it better if there was a Scottish Weakest Link?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Possibly.
0:19:36 > 0:19:42Every time you get a question that's not about Scotland you look a bit dazed.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- Cricket and English football aren't for me.- Why Alison?
0:19:45 > 0:19:49There was a...a long gap, there was some time wasted.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- Did you think she was the weakest link?- Er... No.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- Who do you think was? - Er, possibly myself.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Robert was the worst player, but votewise, Alison is out.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15I think the team voted me off because I was a threat.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Of the six people left, I think the most irritating was Zeeshan.
0:20:19 > 0:20:25He's a bit too young for a general knowledge game because he hasn't acquired much yet.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Round four.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29You've banked so far £840.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35There are six of you left, another ten seconds off the time.
0:20:35 > 0:20:41We'll start with the strongest link from the last round Mike.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Start the clock.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50In UK geography, Robin Hood's Bay is off the east or west coast?
0:20:50 > 0:20:51East.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56From which metal are electric light-bulb filaments usually made?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- Zinc.- Tungsten.
0:20:58 > 0:21:05In 1964, what England and Yorkshire cricketer became the first to take more than 300 Test wickets?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Grace.- Fred Trueman.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13The composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn or Vienna?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Vienna.- No, Bonn.
0:21:16 > 0:21:22Publisher Robert Maxwell was an MP from 1964 to 1970 for which political party?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Conservative.- Labour.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Which country consists of two territories and six states?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Australia.- Correct!
0:21:30 > 0:21:35- Bank.- Food and drink, what K is a clear brandy made from cherries?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Kirsch.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42The Only Way Is Up was a 1988 UK number one for which singer?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Yazz.
0:21:43 > 0:21:49In professional football, which club plays home games at Pride Park stadium?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Liverpool.- Derby County.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56The game Cluedo originated in which country?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- America.- UK.
0:21:58 > 0:22:04Who painted a version of The Potato Eaters that was stolen from a Dutch gallery in 1998?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Van Gogh.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11In astronomy, asteroid 2602 is named after which TV presenter?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- Anne Robinson.- Patrick Moore.
0:22:15 > 0:22:21The jazz pianist born in 1920 whose signature tune is Take Five is Dave who?
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Brubeck.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26In geography, in which continent is Bolivia?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- Asia.- South America.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32In TV, which actor starred as the Man From Atlantis?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Patrick Duffy.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38The PGA tour is a series of competitions in which sport?
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Golf.
0:22:39 > 0:22:45In music, during which war did Ivor Novello write Keep The Home Fires Burning?
0:22:45 > 0:22:46The First World War.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52- Bank.- Which British novelist wrote Where Angels Fear To Tread and Howards End?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- Pass.- EM Forster.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01In history, legionnaires were soldiers in which ancient civilisation?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Roman.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11In which 1995 Disney film did Mel Gibson provide the voice of Captain John Smith?
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Hook.- Pocahontas.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Time's up.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22You won £120 out of a possible 1,000.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I urge you now, ditch the dead wood.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Drop the dunce. Eject the idiot.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32You need to be ruthless to be rich. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Getting all his questions right, Mike is the strongest link.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42With the most wrong, Sian is the weakest link,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45but will the votes reflect these statistics?
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07We have a three-way tie.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Sian, Robert and Zeeshan, two votes each.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Zeeshan, why Sian?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- She got a lot wrong, and I think... - You'd know about that.
0:24:17 > 0:24:24- She should know Bolivia isn't in Asia.- That from someone who thinks an asteroid was named after me.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29Howard the pawnbroker, you wouldn't take Robert in part-exchange?
0:24:29 > 0:24:32I'd like his hair. Cos I haven't got any.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38- Sian, why Zeeshan?- He's not the brightest tool in the box.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43I actually wrote sorry cos being a fellow countryman I was sorry,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47but when he turned the card, I don't think I am sorry.
0:24:47 > 0:24:53Interesting of the three that are tied to be voted off, two are from Wales!
0:24:53 > 0:24:56The strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01- That's Mike. Why did you vote for Zeeshan?- I didn't have much to bank.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05You now have a choice between Zeeshan, Sian or Robert.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09- I'll stick with my original, er, vote.- Why?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11I just felt he was the weakest link.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15OK. Statistically the other person from Wales was the worst player.
0:25:15 > 0:25:21Let's hope they teach you something at Cambridge. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32It was quite disappointing to be voted off when Sian was the weakest link.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35I did actually bank some money as well.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Sian should really go quite soon.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43She doesn't know much, and she called me not the sharpest tool in the box.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Round five. Your total so far is £960.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Five of you left, another ten seconds off the time.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57We start with the strongest link, Mike. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:25:58 > 0:26:04Start the clock. Which type of religious building have towers called minarets?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Mosques.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11In 19thC history, in which Asian country was the Taiping rebellion?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- Taiping?- China!
0:26:14 > 0:26:19Politics: in 1988, which prominent MP married Gaynor Regan?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22- Portillo.- Robin Cook.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27In pop music, in 1966 the Walker Brothers had a UK number one
0:26:27 > 0:26:30with The what Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore?
0:26:30 > 0:26:32The Sun.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36The largest whale skeleton in the UK is in which London museum?
0:26:36 > 0:26:38The Natural History Museum.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- Bank.- In computing, the acronym DOS stands for what?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Disk-operating system.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50In which English county are Cirencester and Stroud?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- Gloucester.- No, Gloucestershire.
0:26:52 > 0:26:58In which decade was the first nuclear power station opened in Britain?
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- '40s.- '50s.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05Which word means to block a radio broadcast by transmitting on a similar wavelength
0:27:05 > 0:27:08or to improvise jazz freely?
0:27:08 > 0:27:09Jam.
0:27:09 > 0:27:15The New York Yankees played the Arizona Diamondbacks for the World Series in 2001 in which sport?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Baseball.
0:27:17 > 0:27:23- Bank.- In which 1990s TV series did Neil Pearson play Detective Superintendent Tony Clark?
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- The Bill?- Between The Lines.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31A universal product code commonly found on food packaging is better known as a what?
0:27:31 > 0:27:37- Can you repeat the question, please? - A universal product code commonly found on food packaging
0:27:37 > 0:27:39is better known as a what?
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- British safety ma...- Bar code!
0:27:43 > 0:27:48The wife of which postwar UK prime minister was named Gladys Mary?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Macmillan.- Harold Wilson.- Agh!
0:27:56 > 0:27:59On which mountain were the Ten Commandments handed to Moses?
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Sinai.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06In the 1987 film Fatal Attraction, who played the spurned lover?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Glenn close. Bank. >
0:28:08 > 0:28:15Which rugby league Super League club added Rhinos to their name at the start of the 1997-8 season?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Leeds.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Sian, in the American TV...
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Time's up, and you banked £150.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Someone here has now become more dense than a donkey,
0:28:29 > 0:28:31as bright as a coal shed at night,
0:28:31 > 0:28:35as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44For the second round in a row, Sian is the weakest link.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Lucy is the strongest link.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49But who will the team want off?
0:28:50 > 0:28:55Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Mike, why Sian?
0:29:07 > 0:29:12I think in the last two rounds she had quite a lot wrong.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- Robert, why Sian? - I had no money to bank.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20- D'you think Howard had any money to bank?- I have been really unlucky.
0:29:20 > 0:29:26- Tell us!- I told you no cricket or football, and my next two questions were cricket and football.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29What questions would you like?
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- Um, easier ones.- Statistically,
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Sian was the worst player,
0:29:35 > 0:29:40although it's worth pointing out that Robert didn't get any right either.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45But it's votes that count. Sian, you are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56I came, I saw, didn't quite conquer, I'm happy to go back to Wales.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01Robert'll go next. He's not getting enough right, he's not valuable enough.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Round six, team.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08You've won £1,110, there are four of you left,
0:30:08 > 0:30:11ten seconds off the time.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15The previous strongest link is Lucy. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:30:15 > 0:30:21Start the clock. What's the first name of the opera singer Pavarotti?
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Luciano.
0:30:23 > 0:30:29- Bank.- The name of which gas means "water producer" in Greek?
0:30:31 > 0:30:33- Er, don't know.- Hydrogen.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38What French phrase is a common term for a second home in town,
0:30:38 > 0:30:42literally meaning "foot on the ground"?
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Pass.- Pied a terre(!)- Pied a terre!
0:30:46 > 0:30:52For the 2001 test-match series in India, who was appointed as captain of England?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Nasser Hussein?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57St George's Day falls on what date?
0:30:57 > 0:31:0023 April.
0:31:00 > 0:31:06- Bank.- Singer Roberta Anderson, famous for her folk music in the 1970s, is known as Joni who?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Mitchell.
0:31:08 > 0:31:13Courgettes are the immature version of which vegetables?
0:31:13 > 0:31:15- Cucumber.- Marrows(!)
0:31:15 > 0:31:21In 1951, which Joan made her film debut in Lady Godiva Rides Again?
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Joan Crawford?- No, Joan Collins.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29Which is the lightest coin in UK circulation?
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Five pence.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36- Bank.- In which decade did Lord Lucan disappear?
0:31:36 > 0:31:38- The '60s.- '70s.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Who was the little boy who was friends with Winnie the Pooh?
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- Peter.- Christopher Robin(!) - So it was.
0:31:46 > 0:31:51In 1981, who received the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children?
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Pass.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Salman Rushdie.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00Lyme Regis, Weymouth and Shell Bay are beaches in what county?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Dorset.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06- Bank.- In science, which vitamin is also known as retinol?
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- C?- Vitamin A.
0:32:09 > 0:32:14La Rioja is a noted wine-producing region in which European country?
0:32:14 > 0:32:17- France.- Spain.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20What colour is the background to the Olympic flag?
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- Blue.- White.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25What is 5% of 120?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- 22.- 6.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Time's up, and you banked £110.
0:32:33 > 0:32:39But, who no longer has a full house? Whose tape is blank?
0:32:39 > 0:32:45Who's not worth a loan? Who should be at home? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Robert gave no correct answers and is the weakest link.
0:32:52 > 0:32:57With most right answers, Lucy remains the strongest link
0:32:57 > 0:32:59but how will the votes go?
0:33:00 > 0:33:05Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Lucy, why Robert?
0:33:18 > 0:33:26- Well, he was unlucky, as a Scotsman, with the questions.- He doesn't know who Robin Cook is married to.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31- Or who Winnie the Pooh's friend was. - Winnie the Pooh's not from Scotland.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33No, but everybody should know that.
0:33:33 > 0:33:39- Howard, why Robert?- He's had a couple of bad rounds in the past.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41I think we all did that round.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44I think he should be congratulated
0:33:44 > 0:33:49cos he's lasted six rounds and only answered three questions correctly.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Robert, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04I feel it was justified that I was voted off in that round.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07I would like Howard off next
0:34:07 > 0:34:11because he did vote for me three times during the game.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Round seven. You've won £1,220.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19There are three of you left, ten seconds off your time.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24The previous strongest link is Lucy. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:34:24 > 0:34:30Start the clock. Which 16th-century king instigated the Dissolution of the Monasteries?
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Henry VIII.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37- Bank.- What sort of notes does a notaphilist collect?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- Letters?- Banknotes.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44Who was the immediate successor to Neil Kinnock
0:34:44 > 0:34:46as leader of the Labour Party?
0:34:47 > 0:34:50John Smith.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55On which river in Eastern Europe is there a long gorge, the Iron Gate,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58on the border of Yugoslavia and Romania?
0:34:58 > 0:35:00- Volga?- No, the Danube.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05What's the first name of the English poet Keats, born in 1795?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- Robert.- No, John.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11The Wallace Collection of art is in which city?
0:35:11 > 0:35:12London.
0:35:12 > 0:35:18- Bank.- Which American singer duetted with Rod Stewart on It Takes Two?
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Pass.- Tina Turner.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24In football, which South American country
0:35:24 > 0:35:29gained the last place in the 2002 World Cup by beating Australia?
0:35:33 > 0:35:35- Paraguay.- Uruguay.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39In China, what form of transport is a sampan?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Is it a boat?
0:35:41 > 0:35:45- Bank.- In which 1949 thriller did Orson Welles play Harry Lime?
0:35:45 > 0:35:48The Third Man.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53- Bank.- Which three-letter word can mean an excavation or a taunt?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55A dig.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00- Bank.- Three books of Spenser's 16th-century work The Faerie Queene
0:36:00 > 0:36:03were dedicated to which queen?
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Elizabeth I?
0:36:05 > 0:36:11- Bank.- What two-word name was given to the WWII battle zone between Russia and Germany?
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- Pass.- The Eastern Front.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17What decade saw the premieres of Hair and Hello Dolly?
0:36:17 > 0:36:19The '60s.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23- Bank.- Who was England's goalkeeper in the 1966 World Cup final?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Gordon Banks.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27- Lucy... - Bank.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Time's up, you won £160.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36In round eight you treble what you bank so £3,000 is at stake.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39The question is, who's got to go?
0:36:39 > 0:36:44Have the courage, have the nerve, to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:47 > 0:36:53At this crucial stage Howard is the strongest link for the second time.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Mike is the weakest link
0:36:55 > 0:36:59but who will be taking the final walk of shame?
0:37:00 > 0:37:05Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Howard, why Mike?
0:37:15 > 0:37:21I feel really sorry for Mike as he's been one of the strongest players
0:37:21 > 0:37:25and, er... and that round he had a bad one.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29There wasn't much to choose between him and Lucy.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34- You got lucky, didn't you?- Yes. - Why did you vote for Mike?
0:37:34 > 0:37:38He's been weaker than Howard and he's also more hesitant.
0:37:38 > 0:37:46Well, you've played the game because Mike was the weakest link and it's votes that count.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Mike, with two votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:57 > 0:38:03It's very disappointing to get voted off. I feel it's very tactical.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08Usually the strongest ones get voted off at that stage anyway.
0:38:08 > 0:38:14I'm not going to win so either of them can win, I'm not bothered.
0:38:15 > 0:38:20Round eight, and out of a possible £7,000 you have 1,380.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24There are two of you left and this time you have 90 seconds
0:38:24 > 0:38:30but whatever you win will be trebled so £3,000 is at stake.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34The previous strongest link is Howard. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:38:34 > 0:38:41Start the clock. Which singer wrote the Byrds' UK hit single Mr Tambourine Man?
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Bob Dylan.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48- Bank.- In which American TV drama does Katie Holmes play Joey Potter?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Dawson's Creek.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54- Bank.- The impala is an antelope native to which continent?
0:38:54 > 0:38:56- South America.- Africa.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01James Earl Jones voiced Darth Vader in which 1977 science-fiction film?
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Star Wars.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08- Bank.- Which US novelist wrote Breakfast At Tiffany's?
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Um...
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- Tennessee Williams.- Truman Capote.
0:39:14 > 0:39:21Which plants produce six-petalled, cup-shaped flowers that are typically yellow, purple or white?
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Crocus?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Bank.- In what country's cuisine do you eat antipasto?
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Italy.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- Bank.- Which motor vehicles race for the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Motorcycles.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- Bank.- Which branch of medicine
0:39:38 > 0:39:43is concerned specifically with the health of women?
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- Pass.- Gynaecology.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49In Hansel And Gretel, of what was the witch's house made?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Gingerbread.
0:39:51 > 0:39:56- Bank.- In the rhyme, a swarm of bees in May is worth a load of what?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58- Pass.- Hay.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Viniculture is the cultivation of which fruit?
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Grapes.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08- Bank.- Of what sport is Shaun Pollock the South African team captain?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Time's up. The correct answer is cricket.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16You won £160, which we'll treble and add to your winnings.
0:40:16 > 0:40:22That means prize money today of £1,860
0:40:22 > 0:40:25but now you play against each other head to head.
0:40:25 > 0:40:32I'll ask alternating questions. Whoever answers the most correctly wins.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37If there's a tie after five we'll go for sudden death
0:40:37 > 0:40:40so, Howard and Lucy, for £1,860,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43let's play The Weakest Link.
0:40:45 > 0:40:51- Lucy, as previous strongest link you choose who goes first.- I will.
0:40:53 > 0:40:59Lucy, the Vulgate Bible, sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02was written in which ancient language?
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- Italian?- The correct answer is Latin.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09Howard, which revolutionary leader of Libya
0:41:09 > 0:41:14has published his theories in the Green Book?
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- Gaddafi.- That is the correct answer.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Lucy, in TV in the 1970s,
0:41:20 > 0:41:25which television playwright wrote the drama Blue Remembered Hills?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- Dennis Potter.- That is correct.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33Howard, what would someone with the condition agraphia
0:41:33 > 0:41:36have lost the ability to do?
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- Speak. - No, the correct answer is write.
0:41:39 > 0:41:47Lucy, which road off Trafalgar Square has ministerial offices and is synonymous with government?
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- Downing Street. - No, the correct answer is Whitehall.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Howard, in which abbey is Charles Dickens buried?
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- Westminster. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02Lucy, the experiences of which madame
0:42:02 > 0:42:07inspired the 1987 film Personal Services, starring Julie Walters?
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Cynthia Payne. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Howard, in tennis,
0:42:12 > 0:42:17in 1957, Althea Gibson was the first black woman
0:42:17 > 0:42:20to win which singles tournament?
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- Wimbledon? - That is the correct answer.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30Lucy, you need to answer this correctly or Howard wins the money.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35British author Roald Dahl was what relation to model Sophie Dahl?
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- Her grandfather.- That is correct.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43Howard, if you answer this correctly you've won, so for £1,860,
0:42:43 > 0:42:48which New York City bridge, originally the Hudson River Bridge,
0:42:48 > 0:42:53opened in 1932 and is named after a famous American president?
0:42:54 > 0:42:59- The Lincoln Bridge. - No, the George Washington Bridge.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Your scores are tied
0:43:02 > 0:43:06so, Howard and Lucy, let's play sudden death.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Lucy, in Greek mythology,
0:43:11 > 0:43:16the head of which Gorgon was featured on the shield of Zeus?
0:43:16 > 0:43:18- Medusa?- That is correct.
0:43:18 > 0:43:23Howard, in geography, what's the capital city of Bangladesh?
0:43:29 > 0:43:33- I don't know. - The correct answer is Dhaka.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39That means, Lucy,
0:43:39 > 0:43:43you are today's strongest link and you go away with £1,860.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46Howard, you leave with nothing!
0:43:48 > 0:43:52Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55I thought I had the knowledge to win
0:43:55 > 0:43:59but it's whether you get the right questions.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03In the final I thought "I've got a very good chance here"
0:44:03 > 0:44:06but it's just luck of the draw
0:44:06 > 0:44:08but I had a good feeling about it.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12I'm thrilled. I think I deserved to win.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16They'll say I'm the weakest link but I got to the final.
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