0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Only one will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money must work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,
0:00:48 > 0:00:54we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:01:00My name is Glen, I'm 47, I live in Clapham, South London, and I'm an artist.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06My name's Natalie, I'm 30, from Haywards Heath and I'm a biochemistry student.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I'm Roger, aged 67, from Stafford and I'm retired.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16I'm Barbara, 55, from Cambridgeshire and I'm a practice manager.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22I'm Steve, I'm 22, from Newtonards. I'm a Business and Spanish student.
0:01:23 > 0:01:29My name's Jerry, I'm 48, from Manchester and I'm an emergency control room operator.
0:01:30 > 0:01:36My name is Martin, I'm 51, from Newport Pagnell and I'm a media consultant.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I'm Lauren, 22, from Highgate and I'm a freelance writer.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47My name's Jonathan, I'm 32, from Bath, and I'm a restaurant manager.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52OK, just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55The fastest way is a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Say "Bank!" first and the money is safe.
0:02:03 > 0:02:09Round 1 - three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14That's you, Barbara. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23According to the proverb, a stitch in time saves how many?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- Nine.- Correct. In clothing,
0:02:26 > 0:02:31the size immediately below Large and Medium is known by what name?
0:02:31 > 0:02:38- Small.- Correct. In modern history, Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 in which country?
0:02:38 > 0:02:46- South Africa.- Correct. In cinema, the term "road movie" best describes which of these 1960s films -
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Easy Rider or Mary Poppins?
0:02:50 > 0:02:58- Easy Rider.- Correct. The traditional nursery rhyme featuring an aquatic bird is called Goosy Goosy what?
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- Gander.- Correct. In human anatomy,
0:03:02 > 0:03:06what is the name for the upper limb from the shoulder to the hand?
0:03:06 > 0:03:11- Arm.- Correct. Glen, in wildlife,
0:03:11 > 0:03:15what E is a large land animal with greyish skin,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18a long trunk and two curved tusks?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- Elephant.- Correct. Natalie,
0:03:21 > 0:03:27if a swimmer is unable to touch the bottom of a pool without the water covering his head,
0:03:27 > 0:03:31he can literally be said to be out of his what?
0:03:32 > 0:03:37- Depth.- Correct. Roger, in stand-up comedy,
0:03:37 > 0:03:44a member of the audience who shouts abuse at the performer is known as what - a heckler or humdinger?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Heckler.- Correct.- Bank!
0:03:50 > 0:03:57OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target in that first pathetically easy round.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Who's the MasterChef and who's the Little Chef?
0:04:01 > 0:04:06Who's great and who's grating? Who will lose you money in the rounds to come?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:04:11 > 0:04:17In an impressive first round, Barbara is the strongest link as she banked all the money.
0:04:17 > 0:04:25Statistically, Steve is the weakest link, but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Jerry.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Roger.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Jerry.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Jerry.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Roger.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Roger.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Roger.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Glen.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Barbara.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04- What do you do, Martin? - I'm a media consultant.- Oh, that sounds very trendy!- It does.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Put your board down.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12- Is that an outfit you'd wear for work?- No, not at all.- No.
0:05:12 > 0:05:19- So the little necklace... - Ah, the ohm. My wife bought it for me.- Oh, you've got a wife?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- I do.- Put your board up.
0:05:21 > 0:05:29- What's she called?- Claire. - And how old are you?- 51. - How old is Claire?- Thirty...six.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- First wife?- No.- Second wife?- No.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- Third wife?- No.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39- She's the fourth wife?- Yes.- OK. The first one was called...?- Jacquie.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44- How old was she?- Er, same age as me. - Yes.- Oh, no, she wasn't!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46She was two years younger.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51- Next one?- Was Lynn. - And how old is she now?- Same age.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56- 49?- Yes.- And the next one? - Jacquie. She's...53.
0:05:56 > 0:06:03- So you went younger, younger, older...- And then very young. - Whoosh!- Yes.- To Claire.
0:06:03 > 0:06:10What is it that first attracts these women to you and what is it that makes them so rapidly disappointed?
0:06:10 > 0:06:16It starts off with my good looks and charm and wit and then they understand it's just a front.
0:06:16 > 0:06:23- Why Roger?- I just felt that he took longer to answer...- No, he didn't. - I don't know any other reason.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- It's because he's old with big glasses.- He's a very nice man.
0:06:27 > 0:06:33- What do you do, Steve? - I'm a Business and Spanish student. - Where are you doing that?- Liverpool.
0:06:33 > 0:06:39- In Liverpool, you're learning Spanish?- I am, yes. - Have you done a dissertation?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Er, yeah, I have.- On what? - The credit crunch in Spain.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Is that El Credito Cruncho? - It's actually called La Crisis.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- That was a good effort.- Was it? - It was nice. I liked your accent.
0:06:53 > 0:07:00- Why Roger?- I think he's probably going to be a threat in later rounds.- Why?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Cos he's a man of the world.
0:07:02 > 0:07:09- What do you do, Jerry?- I'm an emergency control room operator. - Really? All those 999 calls?
0:07:09 > 0:07:14No, I don't take 999 calls. I work for a local authority.
0:07:14 > 0:07:20- And are you cheery on the phone? - I am.- Do you do jokes? - Sometimes. Not at work, though.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25- It's quite a serious job. - You haven't got any emergency jokes?
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- I don't tell jokes. I tell stories. - What do you mean?
0:07:29 > 0:07:37- I do stand-up comedy. I'm only 4'11". People at the back didn't know I was standing up.- Board down.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42Move next to Martin. ..Off you go, then.
0:07:42 > 0:07:49- Two bodies found at Kellogg's. Police are looking for a cereal killer.- That was a joke!
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- Well, they're quite long, the stories.- Hop up again.
0:07:55 > 0:08:01Put your board up. Now could you give me a proper reason for getting rid of Roger?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Em, Roger's a lovely, lovely man... - We've been through all that.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Roger, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:15 > 0:08:22I think the team voted tactically. They recognised me as a threat. I could have gone all the way.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We now take 10 seconds off.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32We'll start with Barbara. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Start the clock.
0:08:34 > 0:08:40In expressions, someone who is immature or naive is said to be wet behind the what?
0:08:40 > 0:08:47- Ears.- In British politics, the abbreviation PM stands for the name of which Cabinet post?
0:08:47 > 0:08:55- Prime Minister.- In nature, the fungal disease called sooty mould usually affects plants or hand puppets?
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- Plants.- In maths, what is 27 plus 8?
0:08:59 > 0:09:06- 35.- Correct.- Bank!- Fool's Mate is the quickest possible winning position in which board game?
0:09:06 > 0:09:13- Chess.- In TV, the comedy series Blackadder Goes Forth was set during which World War?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- The First.- Correct. Glen... - Bank!
0:09:17 > 0:09:22What A is the name given to the disciples chosen by Jesus?
0:09:22 > 0:09:29- Apostles.- In personal appearance, a woman with very light-coloured hair that doesn't look natural
0:09:29 > 0:09:32is described as a platinum what?
0:09:32 > 0:09:37- Blonde.- In a drama or film, if the villains are known as baddies,
0:09:37 > 0:09:41what equivalent term is used for morally upright characters?
0:09:41 > 0:09:48- Goodies.- Correct.- Bank!- A car park that occupies several levels in a purpose-built structure
0:09:48 > 0:09:50is a multiplex or multi-storey?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Multi-storey.- In a restaurant,
0:09:53 > 0:09:59the part of the menu on which each dish is priced and ordered separately is "a la..." what?
0:09:59 > 0:10:05- Carte.- In pop music, the 2009 album entitled Frankie Say Greatest
0:10:05 > 0:10:10is a compilation of the hits of which group?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- Pass.- Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
0:10:16 > 0:10:22The sentence, "Was it a car or a cat I saw?" is an example of which type of phrase
0:10:22 > 0:10:26that reads the same backwards as it does forwards?
0:10:26 > 0:10:32- Palindrome. - Correct. In literature, the 1902 novella by Joseph Conrad,
0:10:32 > 0:10:37partly set aboard a steamship in Central Africa, is Heart Of what?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- Pass.- Darkness.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45At an amusement arcade, what P is the name of a coin-operated game
0:10:45 > 0:10:50in which players use flippers to aim metal spheres at targets?
0:10:52 > 0:10:57- Pinball.- In TV, the former Dr Who actor
0:10:57 > 0:11:01born David McDonald in 1971 is known professionally by what surname?
0:11:01 > 0:11:07- Tennant.- In the UK, the mythical creature that features on the coat of arms
0:11:07 > 0:11:11of the City of Liverpool is known as the Liver what?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- Bird.- Correct.- Bank! - In sporting superstitions,
0:11:15 > 0:11:19which score is considered unlucky by Australian cricketers,
0:11:19 > 0:11:23possibly because it is 13 short of 100?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31The correct answer was 87.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34You won £450.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Who's more Obama and who's more, oh, bummer?
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Who's a story of adversity over triumph?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51For the second round in a row, Barbara is the strongest link.
0:11:51 > 0:11:57The statistics reveal that Martin is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Martin.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Martin.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Martin.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Martin.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Jonathan.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Steve.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Martin.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Martin.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- What do you do, Glen? - I'm an artist.- Are you? Where?
0:12:33 > 0:12:38- South London. - OK. Born and bred there? - Born and bred in Minnesota.
0:12:38 > 0:12:44- How long have you been an artist? - I started doing it professionally here four years ago.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49- Otherwise it was a hobby.- Do you have another proper job?- A bit of acting.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52OK. What sort of acting?
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Mostly extra work now. I've done some film work, TV.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01- Why Martin?- Unfortunately, he got a question wrong.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06- What do you do, Jonathan? - I'm a restaurant manager. - Are you the boss?- I am.
0:13:06 > 0:13:14- What does your job involve? - Being the first point of contact with the guests, making sure...
0:13:14 > 0:13:21- "First point of contact"? Have you stopped speaking English?- I meet and greet.- Been to catering college?
0:13:21 > 0:13:29- No.- Where have you been? - I went to University of Newcastle, but not for my current career.
0:13:29 > 0:13:36- Of course not(!) What did you study? - Politics.- Could you not get a proper job?- Er...
0:13:36 > 0:13:41- This IS a proper job.- What was the point of going to university?
0:13:41 > 0:13:45I wanted to do something with my life that I wanted to do.
0:13:45 > 0:13:52- Why Martin?- Martin got a question wrong, as did I, but he hesitated for a long time.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Martin, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06When Anne touched the subject about my wives, I just knew where that was going.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Having been married four times and my current wife being 16 years younger,
0:14:11 > 0:14:17the end result was inevitable, but, hey, I'm in the position, so I'm fine with that!
0:14:20 > 0:14:25Round 3. In the bank, £1,450. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28We'll start with Barbara. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Start the clock.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35In world trade, a barrel defined as a measure of 35 Imperial gallons
0:14:35 > 0:14:39is a unit of capacity for which commodity - coffee or oil?
0:14:39 > 0:14:47- Oil.- In definitions, which word meaning tiredness is also a term for the condition of weakness in metals
0:14:47 > 0:14:49caused by variations in stress?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- Pass.- Fatigue.
0:14:53 > 0:14:59In gardening, what two-word name is given to a small rectangular planter or trough,
0:14:59 > 0:15:03placed on an outside sill and used to grow plants?
0:15:03 > 0:15:10- Window box.- In history, which Anglo-Saxon King of England was known as The Great?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- William.- Alfred.
0:15:12 > 0:15:19In pop music, the UK hit albums entitled Final Straw, Eyes Open and A Hundred Million Suns
0:15:19 > 0:15:21are by which group?
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- Snow Patrol. - Correct. In literature,
0:15:25 > 0:15:29what U was the imaginary island containing a perfect society
0:15:29 > 0:15:34created by Thomas More in a 1516 essay?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Pass.- Utopia.
0:15:36 > 0:15:42In communication, the spoken form of which ancient language was revived in the 19th century
0:15:42 > 0:15:46and is now an official language of Israel?
0:15:48 > 0:15:56- Hebrew.- Correct. In TV, Bill Turnbull, Susanna Reid, Charlie Stayt and Sian Williams
0:15:56 > 0:16:00have all presented a news programme named after which meal of the day?
0:16:00 > 0:16:04- Breakfast.- Correct. - Bank!- In heraldry,
0:16:04 > 0:16:10what's the name of the UK patron saint represented by a white saltire cross on a blue background?
0:16:10 > 0:16:16- Andrew.- In fashion, an accessory for the ankle and upper part of a shoe
0:16:16 > 0:16:21designed as a protection against dirt is called a tiff or a spat?
0:16:21 > 0:16:29- Spat.- In the metric system, in abbreviations of units, if C is short for centi,
0:16:29 > 0:16:34and M stands for milli, K is the symbol for which prefix?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Kilo.- Correct.- Bank!
0:16:37 > 0:16:43During the Miners' Strike of the 1980s, a popular rhyming slogan in the campaign against pit closures
0:16:43 > 0:16:46was, "Coal not..." what?
0:16:46 > 0:16:52- Dole.- In human anatomy, which large organ has many functions,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56including breaking down fats and removing alcohol from the blood?
0:16:56 > 0:17:02- Liver.- In film, what G was the title of a 1984 comedy set in New York
0:17:02 > 0:17:07and starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd as paranormal investigators?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- Ghostbusters.- In sport, because of its...
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Time's up. I can't complete the question. You won £150.
0:17:17 > 0:17:23But who thinks solar flares are energy-efficient trousers?
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Who thinks Blu-Ray movies are for adults only?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36According to the statistics, Glen is the weakest link.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41Jonathan is the strongest link, but who will lose out in the vote?
0:17:43 > 0:17:47Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Steve.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Jonathan.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Lauren.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Glen.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Glen.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Jonathan.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Steve.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14We have a three-way tie. Jonathan, Glen, Steve.
0:18:15 > 0:18:20- What do you do, Lauren?- I'm a writer, Anne.- Are you?- Trying to be.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- What do you write about? - Pretty much anything.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29Popular culture, society, entertainment. Nothing very heavy.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34- Can you earn a living at it?- At the moment, no.- Are you waitressing?
0:18:34 > 0:18:40No, I just finished doing a day job and I'm currently in between jobs... or unemployed.
0:18:40 > 0:18:46- Are Mummy and Daddy keeping you? - No, Mummy and Daddy help, but I do need to work a lot.
0:18:46 > 0:18:53- What have you written recently? - Last week I wrote a fashion feature about how ginger is the new black.
0:18:53 > 0:18:59- How does that work?- Well, there's a lot of redheads in fashion now, on the catwalks,
0:18:59 > 0:19:03in music and magazines. So, yeah, it's back as a trend.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- You mean it was out of fashion? - Oh, no, it's always been stylish.
0:19:07 > 0:19:13- Why do you want rid of Jonathan? - I know I got a very silly one wrong, but so did Jonathan.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17And he got one wrong in the last round.
0:19:17 > 0:19:23- Jerry, would you give us another joke?- A man went to the doctor with a strawberry on his head.
0:19:23 > 0:19:29- The doctor said, "I've got some cream for that." Thanks for laughing!- Nobody laughed.- They did.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31I heard them.
0:19:33 > 0:19:40- Why Glen?- Only because Glen got one wrong and he voted for me when I didn't get any wrong.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Glen, why Steve?
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Probably because he's cuter than I am and younger.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51Well, the strongest link was Jonathan, so he gets to decide.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56You voted for Steve, but you've got a choice now. You can move from Steve to Glen.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01I think I'll stick with my original choice and vote off Steve.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Steve, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16On TV, the Walk of Shame looks a bit intense and painful,
0:20:16 > 0:20:22but in real life it's not actually too bad, although you feel people's eyes piercing through.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Round 4. In the bank, £1,600. Another 10 seconds off.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33We'll start with the strongest link. That's little Jonathan in pink.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:20:37 > 0:20:43In food, which fish is most commonly smoked in the making of both kippers and bloaters?
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- Haddock.- No, herring.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52In photography, the name of which simple card game goes before "shot" to mean an informal picture?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Pass.- Snap.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03In a sardonic reference to a 20th-century dictator,
0:21:03 > 0:21:09- it is often said of Mussolini that at least me made what run on time?- Pass.
0:21:09 > 0:21:15Trains. In birds, a baby pigeon is known as what - a scamp or a squab?
0:21:15 > 0:21:22- Squab.- Correct. The actress who in 2009 succeeded Geraldine McEwan in the role of Miss Marple
0:21:22 > 0:21:27in TV adaptations of the Agatha Christie novels is Julia who?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- Sorry, no.- McKenzie.
0:21:32 > 0:21:38In musical instruments, a standard classical guitar has how many strings?
0:21:40 > 0:21:47- Six.- In publishing, in the title of the magazine for men, the letters GQ stand for Gentleman's what?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- Quarterly.- Correct. - Bank!
0:21:51 > 0:21:57In the poem The Owl And The Pussycat by Edward Lear, which creature has a ring at the end of his nose?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Bull?- The pig.
0:22:03 > 0:22:11In clothing, a patka is a piece of material worn around the head by some male members of which religion?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Sikh?- Correct.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19In food preservation in the 1920s, Clarence Birdseye developed which technique -
0:22:19 > 0:22:21freezing or canning?
0:22:21 > 0:22:28- Freezing.- The veteran comedy writer and game show panellist whose surname, when spoken aloud,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32suggests that he is prone to floods of tears is Barry who?
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- Cryer.- Correct. - Bank!- >
0:22:35 > 0:22:41In tennis, when the Williams sisters met in the Wimbledon final in 2009, which of them won?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- Venus.- Serena.
0:22:45 > 0:22:51In history, the revolutionary Simon Bolivar helped Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
0:22:51 > 0:22:55and Bolivia to gain independence from which European country?
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- Spain.- Correct. In children's TV,
0:22:59 > 0:23:05in the Gerry Anderson series Captain Scarlet, the Mysterons come from which planet?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- Mars?- Correct.- Bank!
0:23:10 > 0:23:15Time's up. Your bank was in time. You won £200.
0:23:15 > 0:23:21But who's a surround sound simpleton? Who's a Technicolor twit?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Having survived the previous vote, Glen is again the weakest link.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34For the third time in the game, Barbara is the strongest link,
0:23:34 > 0:23:38but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Lauren.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Lauren.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Glen.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Glen.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Glen.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Glen.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13- Where are you from, Barbara? - Mepal in Cambridgeshire. - And what do you do in Mepal?
0:24:13 > 0:24:18- I'm a practice manager.- How many doctors do you run round?- 10.
0:24:18 > 0:24:25- Are some of them very old? - No!- They're all young?- I think I'm older than all of them.- Yes.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30That wouldn't be difficult. How do you brighten up your life when you're not doing that?
0:24:30 > 0:24:36- I'm a member of a barbershop chorus and a quartet.- Are you? - And I collect pottery.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Are you the Barry White of Mepal?
0:24:40 > 0:24:45- No.- Who are you, then? - I'm more Mama Cass.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- what can you sing for us?- Em...
0:24:47 > 0:24:53- You could have the bass part of a nursery rhyme.- Off you go, then. Put the board down.
0:24:53 > 0:24:59- OK. - # Rock-a-bye baby on a tree top
0:24:59 > 0:25:03# When the wind blows the cradle will rock
0:25:03 > 0:25:07# When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
0:25:07 > 0:25:13- # Down will come baby Cradle and all. # - Could you big that up?
0:25:13 > 0:25:20- It's a bit lonely up here. I'm used to having three others. - Board up. Why Glen?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Em...
0:25:22 > 0:25:26I remember a lot of hesitation before he got the question wrong.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- Lauren, why Glen?- Em...
0:25:28 > 0:25:34I remembered him getting two questions wrong in a row, which nobody else had done.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Glen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:44 > 0:25:51Being an American, I'm probably not as up on British history and knowledge as some of the others,
0:25:51 > 0:25:58so I think that played a factor. Not an excuse, but I should have studied more British history.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Round 5. In the bank, £1,800. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09We'll start with Barbara. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Start the clock.
0:26:11 > 0:26:17In literature, George Orwell is said to have based the Ministry of Truth in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
0:26:17 > 0:26:20on which broadcasting organisation?
0:26:20 > 0:26:25- The BBC.- In expressions, someone who is very enthusiastic about work
0:26:25 > 0:26:29is often called an eager beaver or an agile badger?
0:26:29 > 0:26:34- An eager beaver.- In maths, what is 33 minus 26?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Pass.- Seven.
0:26:44 > 0:26:50The Oscar-winning actress born in Texas in 1969 to Swiss and Norwegian parents
0:26:50 > 0:26:52is Renee who?
0:26:52 > 0:26:59- Zellweger.- In the UK, what C is the name of an English city near the western end of Hadrian's Wall
0:26:59 > 0:27:02and the Scottish border?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Cumbria?- Carlisle.
0:27:07 > 0:27:14On a video recorder or hi-fi system, the letters FF stand for which two-word phrase?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Fast Forward.- Correct. - Bank!
0:27:16 > 0:27:21The best-selling book Born to Be Riled, first published in 1999,
0:27:21 > 0:27:27- is a collection of columns by which controversial journalist and TV presenter?- Anne Robinson.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32Jeremy Clarkson. A statue by the sculptor Philip Jackson of the late Queen Mother
0:27:32 > 0:27:38that was unveiled by the Queen in 2009 stands on which London thoroughfare?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Is it...Pall Mall?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44No, the Mall.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49In education, which four-letter word sometimes followed by Master, Mistress or Teacher
0:27:49 > 0:27:52means the principal of a school?
0:27:52 > 0:28:00- Girl?- Head. The plays of Samuel Beckett are sometimes categorised as the theatre of the what -
0:28:00 > 0:28:02average or absurd?
0:28:02 > 0:28:08- Absurd.- Correct. In pop music, Five Colours In Her Hair, Obviously and All About You
0:28:08 > 0:28:12were the first three UK number one singles for which group?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Girls Aloud?- McFly.
0:28:14 > 0:28:20In US geography, what P is the name of the major river that flows through Washington, DC?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- No, sorry.- The Potomac.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32In military history, the Admiralty was the UK Government department...
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Time's up and you won £20.
0:28:36 > 0:28:41Whose memory is now in meltdown? Whose intellect has vanished?
0:28:41 > 0:28:45Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Lauren is the weakest link as she didn't get an answer right.
0:28:51 > 0:28:57Statistically, Barbara is the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:28:59 > 0:29:04Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Lauren.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Lauren.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13Lauren.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16Jonathan.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Lauren.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- What do you do, Natalie? - I'm a biochemistry student, Anne.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- How old are you?- 30.- Oh.
0:29:29 > 0:29:35- Have you been at it 12 years? - I've been a student for two and a half years.
0:29:35 > 0:29:40- And have you got a job?- Yes. - What's that?- Accounts assistant for a small company.
0:29:40 > 0:29:47- Have you got a husband?- I have. - What does he do?- He's an accountant. - So he's keeping you, is he?
0:29:47 > 0:29:53I've got personal debt for this degree... but, yeah, he does keep me.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- Why Lauren?- Because she got the maths question wrong.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59- And you could have done that?- Yep.
0:29:59 > 0:30:05- Jonathan, why Lauren?- She got a couple of questions wrong and there were big hesitations.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10Lauren, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:14 > 0:30:21When Anne asked me that maths question, my mind just went blank. My brain fell out of my ears.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25I could hear my maths teacher from high school groaning inside my head.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29Apart from that, I thought I'd better pass and get on with it.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36Round 6. In the bank, £1,820. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40We'll start with Barbara. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Start the clock.
0:30:42 > 0:30:49In sport, the stadium in Dublin that is the HQ of the Gaelic Athletic Association is what -
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Croke Park or Woof Green?
0:30:51 > 0:30:58- Croke Park.- In zoology, which class of animals is defined as any warm-blooded vertebrate,
0:30:58 > 0:31:02the female of which secretes milk for her new-born young?
0:31:02 > 0:31:08- Mammals.- In alternative medicine, what C is the specific term for a practitioner
0:31:08 > 0:31:12who treats bodily disorders by manipulating the spine?
0:31:12 > 0:31:20- Chiropractor.- In literature, the 2006 memoir entitled Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
0:31:20 > 0:31:22is by which American author?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- Pass.- Bill Bryson.
0:31:24 > 0:31:30An English muffin topped with bacon, a poached egg and Hollandaise sauce is called Eggs what?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33- Pass.- Benedict.
0:31:33 > 0:31:39In the 1956 film The Conqueror, John Wayne played which historical figure -
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Genghis Khan or Attila the Hun?
0:31:41 > 0:31:48- Genghis Khan.- In parliament, an appeal to the Speaker of the House by an MP for clarification
0:31:48 > 0:31:52of a point or some ruling is known as a Point of what?
0:31:52 > 0:31:59- Order.- In chemistry, rust consists mainly of the oxide and hydroxide of which metallic element?
0:31:59 > 0:32:02- Iron.- Correct. - Bank!
0:32:02 > 0:32:09What H is the professional symphony orchestra based in Manchester, the longest-established in Britain?
0:32:09 > 0:32:14- Halle.- In geography, which large island north-east of Canada
0:32:14 > 0:32:18is bigger in area than New Guinea, Borneo and Madagascar combined?
0:32:18 > 0:32:24- Alaska.- Greenland. The title of which satirical magazine,
0:32:24 > 0:32:28founded in the UK in 1961, also means a freelance detective?
0:32:28 > 0:32:32- Private Eye.- In Australian wildlife,
0:32:32 > 0:32:36which tree-climbing marsupial is sometimes called the native bear?
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- Koala.- Correct. - Bank!
0:32:40 > 0:32:46A debauched person, usually a man, who is morally unrestrained is a libertine or librarian?
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- Libertine.- In the human body,
0:32:50 > 0:32:54- the ability to...- Bank! - That's far too late!
0:32:54 > 0:33:01I'm not accepting that bank. You're not in a night club now doing stand-up.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04You won £150.
0:33:04 > 0:33:11So is Jerry now a bad joke? Is Natalie a drain on your resources?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19For the first time in the game, Natalie is the weakest link.
0:33:19 > 0:33:26According to the statistics, Jonathan is the strongest link, but whose game is over?
0:33:27 > 0:33:32Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Jerry.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Natalie.
0:33:41 > 0:33:42Natalie.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Jerry.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51Another tie, team. Natalie and Jerry.
0:33:51 > 0:33:57- Jerry, why Natalie? - She got two questions wrong and I only got one wrong, Anne.
0:33:57 > 0:34:04- Natalie, why Jerry? - She got a question wrong and the late bank at the end.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Jonathan is the strongest link. He gets to decide. Why Jerry?
0:34:08 > 0:34:15- I thought that Jerry got more questions wrong.- You've got a choice now. Who do you want to get rid of?
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I'm going to change to Natalie.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23- Why?- Because it seems that she got more questions wrong. I was wrong.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Natalie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Jonathan did change his vote when it was a split decision,
0:34:37 > 0:34:41but, in fairness to him, I was the weakest link
0:34:41 > 0:34:46so he did play the game well and I think he played it fairly.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52Round 7. In the bank, £1,970. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57We'll start with Jonathan. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Start the clock.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03In money, before the introduction of the Euro in 2002,
0:35:03 > 0:35:07the guilder was the main unit of currency of which country?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- Netherlands.- In children's fiction,
0:35:10 > 0:35:16which series of comic strips is set during Roman times in the area known today as Brittany?
0:35:17 > 0:35:20- Asterix.- I'll accept.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24In snooker, the player nicknamed The Jester from Leicester,
0:35:24 > 0:35:29who beat Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2010 to win his second Masters title is Mark who?
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- Fu.- Selby.
0:35:32 > 0:35:38In quotations, "Either that wallpaper goes or I do," are reputed to have been the last words
0:35:38 > 0:35:40of which Irish-born writer and wit?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- Pass.- Oscar Wilde.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47In maths, what is 10,000 divided by 100?
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- 100.- Correct.
0:35:52 > 0:35:59The country singer who in the early 1990s was briefly married to Julia Roberts is Lyle who?
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- Lovett.- Correct.- Bank. - In the British armed forces,
0:36:03 > 0:36:07the personal servant of an officer is a batman or spiderman?
0:36:07 > 0:36:12- Batman.- In history, what is the current name of the Russian city
0:36:12 > 0:36:16that from 1914-1924 was known as Petrograd?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18- Moscow.- St Petersburg.
0:36:18 > 0:36:25In engineering, what W is the word for a low wall or dam built across a river to raise the water level?
0:36:28 > 0:36:33- Pass.- Weir. In books, the 2009 novel by the comedian Julian Clary
0:36:33 > 0:36:38about the friendship between an actress and a drag queen is Devil In what?
0:36:38 > 0:36:45- Heels?- Disguise. In religion, a watchtower is sometimes used as an emblem of which organisation
0:36:45 > 0:36:49because they consider the cross to be a symbol of paganism?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- Pass.- Jehovah's Witnesses.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00In the animal kingdom, the parakeet...
0:37:01 > 0:37:07Time's up. You won £50. In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12Think very carefully and honestly. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18At this crucial stage in the game, Jerry is the weakest link.
0:37:18 > 0:37:25Statistically, Jonathan is the strongest link, but who will be taking the final Walk of Shame?
0:37:27 > 0:37:32Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Jerry.
0:37:36 > 0:37:37Barbara.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Jerry.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49- Jonathan, why Jerry? - I think she got the most wrong.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53And I believe Barbara and I have been the strongest links.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58- Barbara, why Jerry? - I think Jonathan's been the strongest link throughout.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Jerry, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:08 > 0:38:15The Weakest Link for me has been one of life's experiences. I've ticked that box now.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Round 8. In the bank, £2,020.
0:38:20 > 0:38:26In this round, 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Jonathan.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Start the clock.
0:38:33 > 0:38:38The Brenner Pass connects Austria to which modern-day country?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- France?- Italy.
0:38:40 > 0:38:46In cinema, the singer and Oscar-winning actor who starred as a musician in 2009's The Soloist
0:38:46 > 0:38:50- is known by the stage name Jamie what?- Pass.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Foxx. In clothing styles,
0:38:53 > 0:38:58the first Baron Raglan had a type of what named after him - sleeve or sock?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- Er, sleeve.- Correct.- Bank!
0:39:01 > 0:39:08Which five-letter word for an item of furniture precedes tennis and football to make two indoor games?
0:39:08 > 0:39:15- Table.- In maths, what is the sum of the number of Billy Goats Gruff in the children's story
0:39:15 > 0:39:19plus the number of blind mice in the children's song?
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- Six.- Correct.- Bank! - In architecture,
0:39:23 > 0:39:27what V is another term for the lobby inside the outer door of a building?
0:39:27 > 0:39:34- Vault.- Vestibule. In foreign languages, Samedi is the French name for which day of the week?
0:39:37 > 0:39:43- Saturday.- In literature, the 1954 novel by Raymond Chandler
0:39:43 > 0:39:47featuring the detective Phillip Marlowe is entitled The Long what?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- Good Friday.- Good-Bye.
0:39:51 > 0:39:58In car maintenance, the rod used to check the oil level in a car engine is a dimwit or dipstick?
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- Dipstick.- In antiques, which type of...
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Time's up. You won £70, which we will treble.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11It gives you prize money today of:
0:40:14 > 0:40:18There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21If there's a tie, sudden death.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25So, Barbara and Jonathan, for £2,230,
0:40:25 > 0:40:28let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:29 > 0:40:36- Jonathan, you have the choice of who goes first. - I'd like to go first, please, Anne.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43In politics, in terms of population,
0:40:43 > 0:40:50which Asian country is universally recognised as the world's largest democracy?
0:40:52 > 0:40:55- India.- That is the correct answer.
0:40:55 > 0:41:00Barbara, in history, between 1796 and 1812,
0:41:00 > 0:41:05which military leader invaded Italy, Egypt and Russia,
0:41:05 > 0:41:09but was forced to cancel his invasion of Britain?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- Napoleon.- That is correct.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13In art,
0:41:13 > 0:41:18the painters Joshua Reynolds and John Everett Millais
0:41:18 > 0:41:20and the architect Edwin Lutyens
0:41:20 > 0:41:24were all presidents of which institution in London?
0:41:26 > 0:41:30- Pass.- The correct answer is the Royal Academy.
0:41:30 > 0:41:37In cinema, which 1979 black and white film opens with a voiceover by Woody Allen
0:41:37 > 0:41:42speaking the line, "Chapter One: He adored New York City"?
0:41:43 > 0:41:48- Pass. - The correct answer is Manhattan.
0:41:49 > 0:41:55Jonathan, in medicine, what is the three-letter abbreviation for the name of the vaccine
0:41:55 > 0:41:59routinely used to prevent tuberculosis?
0:42:00 > 0:42:02MMR?
0:42:02 > 0:42:05The correct answer is BCG.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08In classical music,
0:42:08 > 0:42:12what is the usual English translation of the title
0:42:12 > 0:42:18of the Mozart opera known in German as Die Zauberflote?
0:42:20 > 0:42:24- The Butterfly?- The correct answer is The Magic Flute.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27You're level pegging.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31The 1960 play A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt
0:42:32 > 0:42:37and the 2009 novel Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
0:42:37 > 0:42:41are both set during the reign of which Tudor monarch?
0:42:41 > 0:42:45- Henry VIII. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Which aromatic herb of the parsley family,
0:42:49 > 0:42:55used in various cuisines to flavour fish, cucumber and potatoes
0:42:55 > 0:42:59is known in Italian as anetto?
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- Pass.- The correct answer is dill.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Jonathan, in pop music,
0:43:07 > 0:43:11which 2001 UK hit single for Stereophonics
0:43:11 > 0:43:18has a title that comprises terms for fashion accessories and smart clothes?
0:43:19 > 0:43:23- Handbags and Gladrags. - That is correct.
0:43:25 > 0:43:32That means, Jonathan, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Barbara, you leave with nothing.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:41 > 0:43:45I was really pleased to get to the final. It was quite an achievement.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48I wanted to say, "I didn't do too bad."
0:43:48 > 0:43:55I'm hoping by the time I get home my wife hasn't spent it already, although that is a big possibility!
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