05/01/2012 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 as...

'..the weakest link.'

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio 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 Gary, I'm 30, from South Shields and I'm an electrical technician.

I'm Carmel, I'm 50, from Nottingham. I'm a community nurse.

I'm Bradley, I'm 43, from Larkfield in Kent and I'm a self-employed photographer.

I'm Sarah, 67, from Doune near Sterling,

a cook/housekeeper.

I'm Ken, I'm 52, from Aylesford and I'm a female impersonator.

I'm Fay, I'm 20, from Exeter and I'm History Of Art student.

I'm Chris, I'm 61, from Weston-super-Mare

and I'm a semi-retired businessman.

I'm Hannah, I'm 30, from Chester and I'm an admin officer.

I'm Paul, I'm 29, from Lowestoft, I'm a sales and marketing 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, Bradley.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

Bradley, the opening words to a traditional children's song

are "Row, Row, Row Your Boat gently down the..." what?

-Stream.

-Correct.

Sarah, a person who illegally hunts game or fish

on someone else's property

is called a what, boiler or poacher?

-Poacher.

-Correct.

Ken, what is 8 minus 4?

-Four.

-Correct.

Fay, a rich, influential person

is frequently referred to in the press

by the derogatory rhyming term "fat..." what?

-Cat.

-Correct.

Chris, which word meaning "the opposite of empty"

forms familiar terms when placed before "stop", "time" and "monty"?

-Full.

-Correct.

Hannah, the item in which a pencil is rotated against a blade

to produce a point is called a "pencil..." what?

-Sharpener.

-Correct.

Paul, in the UK postcode system,

the single-letter prefixes N, W and E

are all used to designate different areas of which city?

-London.

-Correct.

-Gary.

-Bank.

In geometry, the distance around the edge of a two-dimensional shape

is called the what, perimeter or periscope?

-Perimeter.

-Correct.

Carmel, in books,

an illustration of something that releases an odour when rubbed

is usually described as "scratch and..." what?

-Sniff.

-Correct.

Bradley, what "W" is the name of a small carnivorous mammal

related to the stoat?

-Weasel?

-Correct.

Sarah, the iconic American singer,

who had his first UK number-one single in 1954

with "Three Coins In the Fountain" was Frank who?

-Sinatra.

-Correct.

Ken, which leader of a group of outlaws

had friends called Little John and Friar Tuck?

-Robin Hood.

-Correct. Fay.

-Bank.

Which word for the stalks left in the ground

after a cereal crop has been harvested

is also the term for a short, early growth of a beard?

-Stubble?

-Correct.

Chris, in motoring, the letters RHD stand for "Right-Hand..." what?

-Drive.

-Correct.

Hannah, in slang terms such as Film Fest and Jazz Fest,

the suffix "fest" is short for which word?

-Festival.

-Correct. Paul.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

You've reached your £1,000 target. That money goes through to the next round.

You actually had a chain of 15 correct answers,

so you could've been there hours ago!

Who's dippier than corn chips?

Whose IQ is doing the limbo?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'The statistics reveal that Fay is the strongest link.

'The weakest link is Carmel.

'But who will be the first to take the Walk of Shame?'

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

Hannah.

Fay.

Chris.

Gary.

Gary.

Chris.

Gary.

Gary.

Gary.

-What do you do, Ken?

-I'm a female impersonator.

-Are you?

-Yes.

You're not a drag act?

Similar.

-What's the difference?

-I impersonate people,

whereas a drag act tends to sing and tell jokes.

-Who do you impersonate?

-Er, Cher, Tina Turner, Lady Gaga.

Put your board down.

Who are you going to be?

I can do a bit of Cher, I suppose.

-OK, what are you going to sing?

-If I Could Turn Back Time.

-How do you turn back time?

-I bet you wish you knew!

GIGGLING

Off you go.

# If I could turn back time

# If I could find a way #

Thank you! Board up.

Why Gary?

-He banked too early -

-Nice-looking young Gary!

Yes, he is rather, but he banked too early.

-What do you do, Sarah?

-I'm a cook/housekeeper on an estate.

-A big estate?

-Yes.

-For who?

For some titled people.

-So it must be hard work for you.

-Yes, it is, but I enjoy it.

-So, you're cleaning muck for Lord and Lady Muck, are you?

-Yes!

-And what do you do?

-Well, laundry, cooking all the meals, baking.

And what's your best dish?

Well, we have game, you see. The gamekeeper knocks at the door and says,

"There's a red deer in the larder or there's some pheasants."

If you were entering a competition, what would you present?

-Well, game pie.

-What will that have in it?

-Well, pheasants and ham.

-Could you put peasants in it?

Peasants? No! They're a bit tough! Yes, I find them tough.

Why Gary?

Sorry, Gary, but he chickened out and he banked too early.

We could've got to the target sooner.

-Where are you from, Hannah?

-Chester.

-That's very smart. Were you born there?

-No, Anne, I wasn't.

-I was born in Wales.

-Were you? You got out quick, did you?

-Yes.

-Ran up to Liverpool.

-Yes. Wise.

-And what do you do in Liverpool?

-I'm an admin officer.

-Where?

-For a fire and flood restoration company.

If there was a bakery-shop fire and it was flooded with doughnuts,

-would you go out yourself?

-Oh! Of course I would, yes!

-I'd be right on the scene there.

-Yes.

Coordinating everybody to box them up for me to take home.

Why Gary?

-Because he banked too soon.

-He did.

Gary! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Really gutted to be voted off in the first round. No-one wants to be the first.

Everyone got their questions right. I banked the most for the team.

I don't think I was the weakest statistically,

but someone's got to go and it was me, unfortunately.

Round Two. In the bank, £1,000. We'll take ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Fay, in endangered animals, the snow leopard is a rare predator

native to the mountains of which continent?

-Er, Europe?

-Asia.

Chris, the popular nickname for the apostle

who was sceptical about the Resurrection is "Doubting..." who?

-Thomas.

-Correct.

Hannah, the record label set up by The Beatles in 1968

was named after which fruit?

-Apple?

-Correct.

Paul, a house or business protected by a high level of security

is often likened to which depository for gold bullion in Kentucky?

-Fort Knox.

-Correct.

-Carmel.

-Bank.

In cinema, the 1989 film

featuring Kevin Costner as a farmer who constructs a baseball pitch

is called "Field Of..." what?

-Dreams.

-Correct.

Bradley, the rhythmic gymnastics event,

a floor exercise including an element of dance,

is performed only by which sex?

-Males.

-Female.

Sarah, what "T" is the specific term

for the act of taking an organ or tissue from a donor

and grafting it into the body of a patient?

-Transplanting.

-Correct.

Ken, in a common rhyming phrase meaning "major and minor roads",

which word is paired with "byways"?

-Highways.

-Correct.

Fay, the green sauce called liquor,

traditionally served with pie and mash,

is flavoured with what, parsley or pansies?

-Parsley.

-Correct.

Chris, the Missouri and the Ohio

are both tributaries of which major river?

-The Mississippi.

-Correct.

Hannah, the presenter of football coverage,

who has also hosted programmes such as Working Lunch,

The One Show and Daybreak is Adrian who?

-Chiles.

-Correct.

Paul, in chess, on the back row of the board at the start of a game,

which piece is flanked by a bishop and the king?

-Er... Queen?

-Correct.

-Carmel.

-Bank.

-The exercise in which pupils supply the missing words in a short piece of writing

is called what, an open exam or a cloze test?

-Cloze test.

-Correct.

Categories of presentation disc awarded for high sales

and named after precious metals, are silver, gold and which other?

-Platinum.

-Correct.

Sarah, which term for a container for liquids

follows "green" and "blue" to make the names of two types of fly?

-Bottle.

-Correct.

Ken, what is 18 divided by 9?

-Two.

-Correct.

Fay, in headgear, the fabric with a curly pile

used to make the hats worn by many Soviet leaders

is called what, Astrakhan or Chaka Khan?

-Astrakhan.

-Correct.

Chris, since the early 1950s, the character Tony the Tiger

has been used to promote cereal with the slogan "They're..." what?

-Pass.

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was "great".

You won £550.

Who thinks a pandemonium is a musical instrument?

Who thinks funk music is a spelling mistake?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'Carmel goes from the weakest link in the last round

'to the strongest link in this.

'Statistically, Bradley is the weakest link.

'But will the votes follow the statistics?'

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

Chris.

Fay.

Chris.

Chris.

Bradley.

Bradley.

Bradley.

Chris.

-What do you do, Carmel?

-I'm a community nurse, Anne.

-Are you? Where?

-Nottingham. Sherwood.

-So, you visit old people?

-The majority of them are old.

-Yes.

When you've finished a hard day's work, what do you do?

Well, my main hobby is amateur dramatics.

-What sort of amateur dramatics?

-Well, comedies and pantomime.

-What's your speciality?

-I do the character stuff.

-Oh. So, can you do accents, for example?

-I can, yes!

Really? Put your board down.

Can you do a Scouse accent?

IN SCOUSE ACCENT: I don't know what you want me to say, Anne!

Yes... Can you sing?

Yes! I can sing. I belong to a choir, as well.

What are you going to sing?

-A bit of John Denver.

-Good.

# You fill up my senses

# Like a night in a forest

# Like the mountains in springtime #

-That's a sort of flat version, isn't it?

-Yes, it is a bit.

Put your board up. Why Chris?

Because he got a question wrong that had the most money left to bank with.

What do you do, Paul?

-I'm a sales and marketing manager.

-Oh, great! What for?

Erm, for a health club, actually.

-A very well-known health club chain.

-Don't be silly!

-It's true!

Although I do preach rather than practice.

Put your board down.

Move over towards Hannah.

Yes. So, how on earth can you market going to a gym?

Erm, well, I just promote all the benefits that it has -

I'm looking at you, there aren't any benefits!

Erm, no, probably true, actually.

How did you get that figure?

-Oh, erm, a lot of hard work.

-In the pub?

-Beer, food.

-I enjoy all of that.

-Yes.

Go back.

Put your board up. Why Chris?

He got a question wrong and lost us a possible thousand there.

Chris! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think my friends and family might be disappointed

because I think they think I'm a know-all.

But they'll probably have a good laugh and know that I'm not.

Round Three. In the bank, £1,550.

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Carmel, which three-letter word

is the name of an implement used to play a violin

and also a weapon used to fire an arrow?

-Bow.

-Correct.

Bradley, what "K" is the name given to the form of paraffin

used as a fuel in jet aircraft?

-Kerosene?

-Correct.

Sarah, in film, the 2001 adventure

that was the first to feature Dwayne Johnson as The Scorpion King

was entitled "The Mummy..." what?

-Reigns?

-Returns.

Ken, Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire

was the venue for an annual event

that involved which activity, cheese-rolling or slug-eating?

-Cheese-rolling.

-Correct.

Fay, in TV, in 2011 at 26 years of age,

an American called Tim Anderson

became the youngest winner of which British cookery series?

-MasterChef?

-Correct.

Hannah, according to the expression, if a person is being talked about

which parts of their anatomy are said to burn?

-Ears.

-Correct.

Paul, the Crystal Palace,

constructed in 1851 to house the Great Exhibition,

was originally built in which London park?

-Erm, Hyde Park.

-Correct.

-Carmel.

-Bank.

-In newspapers, from 1943 until 1989,

a contributor known as Giles

provided the Daily Express with what, cartoons or fashion tips?

-Cartoons.

-Correct.

Bradley, which musical that opened in the West End in 2006

was promoted by posters featuring a witch with green skin?

-Wicked.

-Correct.

Sarah, what "G" is a term derived from the Greek for earth and heat,

used to describe the energy obtained from geysers and hot springs?

-Pass.

-Geothermal.

Ken, the means of precisely locating the passages in the Bible

is commonly known as "chapter and..." what?

-Verse.

-Correct.

Fay, what's the name for the strong bowl

in which substances are crushed to a powder with a pestle?

-Mortar.

-Correct.

Hannah, the 2010 UK number-one album by Kings Of Leon

is entitled "Come Around..." what?

-Fire.

-Sundown.

Paul, the Day of the Dead is celebrated during which month,

March or November?

-November.

-Correct.

Carmel, the acronym RAM stands for "Random Access..." what?

-Memory.

-Correct. Bradley.

-Bank.

The phrase "Oh, my God, they've killed Kenny"

was for many years a recurring line on which adult cartoon series?

-South Park.

-Correct.

Sarah, which word for partly-melted snow

-precedes "fun" to make...

-Slush.

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. Your answer was correct, but out of time.

You won £250.

Who's the gladiator with their helmet on back-to-front?

Who's had a total eclipse of common sense?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'As the only player to get all their answers wrong, Sarah is the weakest link.

'According to the statistics, Carmel is the strongest link.

'But who will the team want off?'

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

Sarah.

Sarah.

Hannah.

Sarah.

Sarah.

Sarah.

Sarah.

-What do you do, Bradley?

-I'm a self-employed photographer.

-Paparazzi or weddings?

-No, no, no. Neither.

-What do you take pictures of?

-It could be anything.

-Fruit? Do you take pictures of fruit?

-It can be!

-Like what? Any fruit you like.

-Apples, bananas.

-Famous apples and bananas?

-Any old apple or banana!

-And then people pay you?

-Sometimes, yes.

-And you won't do weddings?

-No. Not worth the hassle.

-Really? You don't like weddings?

-Nothing against weddings, per se...

-Have you been married?

-No. I have been engaged, but I've not been married.

-Who were you engaged to?

-A long, long time ago.

-To who?

-It was a girl.

-And you never got married?

-No, no. I'm very happy now with my boyfriend, Anne.

-Oh, I see!

-Yes. Bit of a change.

You've moved from apples to bananas,

-or whichever way you'd like to put it.

-Something like that!

-Why Sarah?

-She did get a couple wrong.

-She did.

-What do you do, Fay?

-I'm a student, Anne.

-Studying what?

-History of art.

Fabulous. At last, a degree that you can make yourself useful

as soon as you leave!

-What particular thing are you going to do?

-I don't know. I've still got two more years.

-And I'd like to do a masters after.

-Of course!

Otherwise you'd have to get a job, wouldn't you?

Economic climate and everything, it's difficult to get a job

-so training would be better.

-So, we go on paying for you?

-And then what job will you get?

-I'd like to work for a museum or a big auction house.

-What, as a curator?

-Something along those lines.

And in the local paper, are there lines and lines of job offers for curators?

Not really. Hence why I have to get a good degree and do my masters.

-Why Sarah?

-She did get a couple wrong.

-And she's old, as well.

-Yes.

Sarah! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When I saw my name coming up on the board, I thought, "Well, you've deserved it."

Nobody was doing any tactical voting at all.

I didn't know who to vote for

because I knew I was the weakest link!

Round Four. In the bank, £1,800. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Carmel, in cinema,

the 2011 British comedy West Is West,

set in Salford and Pakistan,

is the sequel to which 1999 film?

-East Is East.

-Correct.

Bradley, in which sport does the term "pursuit"

refer to a race where riders, either individually or in teams,

start at different points on the track?

-Relay?

-Cycling.

Ken, the usual binding agent for watercolour paints

obtained from a species of acacia

is called what, glue indian or gum arabic?

-Gum arabic.

-Correct.

Fay, the wind instrument used in Switzerland

to call cattle home in the evening

is called the "Alp..." what?

-Horn?

-Correct.

Hannah, what "T" meaning "moderate" is used to describe earth zones

having a climate between tropical and polar?

-Can you repeat the question?

-What "T" meaning "moderate"

is used to describe earth zones

having a climate between tropical and polar?

-Pass.

-Temperate.

Paul, in space exploration, the word "taikonaut"

is defined as the equivalent of an astronaut or cosmonaut,

but from which country?

-Er, Russia.

-China.

Carmel, in printing, the short oblique stroke called a slash

is also known as a what, syllabus or solidus?

-Solidus.

-Correct.

Bradley, in children's animation,

Oliver Postgate created which pink, mouse-like creatures

who lived under the surface of a blue planet?

-The Clangers?

-Correct.

Ken, which four-letter word based on a Latin term

was the traditional title of the emperors of Russia?

-Tsar.

-Correct.

Fay, at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011,

the Irish entry, entitled Lipstick, was performed by which duo?

John and Edward.

I'll accept. Hannah.

-Bank.

-The author of the novels "On the Beach" & "A Town Like Alice"

had the pen name "Nevil..." what?

-Pass.

-Shute.

Paul, on a standard London Monopoly board,

what name is given to the corner square that lies between Mayfair and Old Kent Road?

-Go.

-Correct.

Carmel, in Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi,

the character played by Harrison Ford was "Han..." what?

-Solo.

-Correct. Bradley.

-Bank.

What "E" is the term used to describe a disease

that appears to be constantly present in a given location?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Wasn't on the tip of your tongue. The correct answer - endemic.

You won £250.

Who only has a tattoo so they can recognise themselves naked?

Who thinks Jack and the Beanstalk is a gardening programme?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'For the third round in a row, Carmel is the strongest link.

'The statistics show that Hannah is the weakest link.

'But who will lose out in the vote?'

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

Hannah.

Hannah.

Hannah.

Hannah.

Bradley.

Hannah.

Carmel, why Hannah?

Er, I remembered her getting a question wrong.

Which other country singers can't you sing?

I can't sing like Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette.

Ken, can you sing like Dolly Parton?

No. I can do Country Roads, which is country and western.

Do you? Put your board down!

We'll see if your John Denver is any better than Carmel Nottingham's John Denver!

# Almost heaven

# West Virginia

# Blue Ridge Mountain

# Shenandoah River #

Close call. Put your board up.

-Why Hannah?

-Er, she got one question wrong that she also asked to be repeated.

Hannah! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'd like to see Ken win.

I think he seems to know everything.

Fingers crossed, he wins and goes away with all the money.

Round Five. In the bank, £2,050. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Carmel, what is 19 plus 18?

-37.

-Correct.

Bradley, the name of which farmyard bird

is a slang term for a cowardly person?

-Chicken.

-Correct.

In basketball, the American player who won an Olympic gold medal in '96

and announced his retirement in 2011 is "Shaquille..." who?

-Pass.

-O'Neal.

Fay, in the 19th century,

William Fox Talbot was a pioneer in photography or fitness training?

-Photography.

-Correct.

Paul, in TV, in 2010 Stephen Moffat took over from Russell T Davies

as the chief writer on which long-running science-fiction series?

-Red Dwarf.

-Doctor Who.

Carmel, which word follows "skin" and "suede"

to make the names of two hairstyles?

-Er, head.

-Correct. Bradley.

-Bank!

In music, between 2005 and 2009,

"Living A Dream", "Serenade", "Rejoice" and "Believe"

were UK hit albums for the Welsh mezzo-soprano "Katherine..." who?

-Pass.

-Jenkins.

Ken, Skye, Islay, Mull and Jura

are the largest islands in the inner chain of which group

lying off the north-west coast of Scotland?

-The Hebrides.

-Correct.

Fay, the dish called Palestine soup

is made from a vegetable known as the "Jerusalem..." what?

-Pass.

-Artichoke.

Paul, which creature is noted for its ability

to walk across ceilings upside down, a gerbil or a gecko?

-Gecko.

-Correct.

-Carmel.

-Bank.

-In his essay on criticism,

Alexander Pope wrote "to err is human, to forgive..."?

-Divine.

-Correct.

Bradley, a football club with the suffix "North End"

and a rugby union club known as "Grasshoppers"

are both based in which English city?

-Leeds?

-Preston.

Ken, the actor in the 1963 film Summer Holiday,

who later played Gloria Beaumont in It Ain't Half Hot Mum,

was Melvyn who?

-Hayes.

-Correct.

Fay, in British visitor attractions, the Wookey Hole Caves

are located in which range of hills, the South Downs or the Mendips?

-The Mendips.

-Correct.

-Paul.

-Bank. In US education, the West Point Military Academy...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You banked £90.

Whose credibility gap is between their ears?

Whose answers are so abstract, they could be modern art?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'With no wrong answers, Carmel is the strongest link.

'Statistically, the weakest link is Bradley.

'But will the votes pick up on the facts?'

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

Fay.

Fay.

Paul.

Bradley.

Bradley.

We have a tie, team. Fay and Bradley, two votes each.

Fay, why Bradley?

I think he got a couple wrong, a couple of questions wrong.

Bradley, why Fay?

I think she got one wrong, as did a couple of others.

I know I got some wrong, but she stuck in my mind.

Well, when the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

The strongest link was Carmel.

Why did you vote for Fay, who's much younger than you are?

Well, age was a factor,

but I thought a history-of-art student would be in touch

with the Jerusalem artichoke.

-OK, you voted for Fay, who's younger and thinner than you are.

-Yes.

You've got a choice. You can stick with Fay or move to Bradley.

I'll stick with Fay.

Fay! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think my friends and family will be happy I didn't go out on the first round.

I didn't get that many wrong, so I think they'll be quite proud.

Round Six. You've won £2,140. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Carmel, which term for a support for an injured limb

follows the words "gin" and "Singapore" to make two cocktails?

-Sling.

-Correct.

Bradley, the vaccine known by the initials BCG

prevents the spread of which disease?

-Measles?

-Tuberculosis.

Ken, which Italian saint, born in Assisi in the 12th century,

founded an order of friars and an order of nuns?

-Pass.

-St Francis.

Paul, in music, what "E" is a French word meaning "together"

that is used to refer to a group of players or singers?

-Ensemble.

-Correct.

Carmel, defeat in which world war

finally led to the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire?

-First World War.

-Correct.

Bradley, if an actor walks from the back of the performing area towards the audience,

he is said to move where, upstage or downstage?

-Upstage?

-Downstage.

Ken, the American industrialist

who gave his name to a 1930s skyscraper complex

with an outdoor ice rink in New York City

was "John D..." who?

-Roosevelt?

-Rockefeller.

Paul, in nature, which term for a sharp part of certain plants

rhymes with the word tickle?

-Prickle.

-Correct.

-Carmel.

-Bank.

-In politics,

what "H" is the name given to the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement,

signed at the residence of the Northern Ireland secretary?

-Holyrood.

-Hillsborough.

Bradley, in tennis,

the Czech player who won the Ladies Singles title at Wimbledon in 2011

is Petra who?

-Pass.

-Kvitova.

Ken, in 1945,

the director Vincente Minnelli married which actress,

whom he met on the set of the film Meet Me In St Louis?

-Judy Garland.

-Correct. Paul.

-Bank.

In history, the period in Britain from about 1750 to 1850,

marked by the development of manufacturing, is known as the "what" Revolution?

-Industrial.

-Correct.

-Carmel.

-Bank.

-In art, the work by Carl Andre called Equivalent VIII

that was first displayed by the Tate...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £60.

Has Ken made a bad impression?

Is Carmel bad medicine?

Perhaps Bradley isn't the apple of your eye.

Or maybe Podgy Paul's membership's expired.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'For the first time, the strongest link is Paul.

'The statistics reveal that Bradley is again the weakest link.

'But will the other players realise that?'

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

Bradley.

Ken.

Bradley.

Bradley.

Podgy Paul, why Bradley?

I think Bradley got the most questions wrong

and I think he was the weakest link.

-Ken, why Bradley?

-Again, I think he got the most questions wrong in that round.

He was the worst player.

Bradley! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I got voted off in Round Six. I didn't get anything right.

I was dreading getting anything about sport, because I know nothing,

and I got more than my lion's share, so no surprise.

I think I was lucky to get where I got to.

Round Seven. £2,200 in the bank.

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link, that's Paul.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Paul, in TV, the compilation show "It'll Be Alright On The Night"

was presented for almost 30 years by the comedy writer Denis who?

-Norden.

-Correct.

-Carmel.

-Bank.

-If an aperitif is drunk before a meal,

what "D" is the generic term for a drink taken afterwards?

-Could you repeat the question?

-If an aperitif is drunk before a meal,

what "D" is the generic term for a drink taken afterwards?

-I don't know.

-Digestif.

Ken, a dappled sky with long, thin stripes of fleecy clouds

is often likened to the pattern on the sides of which fish?

-Trout?

-Mackerel.

Paul, the small spheres that are strung together

and designed to be played with in order to calm the nerves

are known as "worry..." what?

-Beads.

-Correct.

Carmel, the name of which port and seaside resort

in the Isle of Thanet in Kent

combines a plural term for male sheep

and a word for hinge barrier?

-Ramsgate.

-Correct.

Ken, the title character of the 1876 novel by George Eliot

was Daniel who?

-Defoe?

-Deronda.

Paul, what "C" was the stage name of the Marx Brother called Leonard?

-No idea.

-Chico.

Carmel, which three-letter word

meaning "to bark or howl loudly" when used about mastiffs and hounds

is also a term for a reddish brown-coloured horse?

-Dun?

-Bay.

Ken, the palace built by Henry VIII near Epsom

but demolished in the 17th century

was called what, Nonsuch or Claptrap?

-Nonsuch.

-Correct. Paul.

-Bank.

Which 1970s sitcom was developed from an episode of Happy Days

when an alien from the Planet Ork tried to kidnap Richie Cunningham?

-Mork & Mindy.

-Correct.

-Carmel.

-Bank.

-What name is given to...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £60.

In Round Eight, you've got the chance to treble what you bank.

Think carefully and have the courage to vote off the weakest link.

'Having answered the most questions correctly, Paul is still the strongest link.

'Statistically, the weakest link is Ken.

'But who will survive the final vote?'

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

Ken.

Paul.

Carmel.

A vote each.

Podgy Paul, why Carmel?

Erm, I don't think Carmel got a question right in that round.

Carmel, why Ken?

Er, I think he got...

..maybe one question wrong more than I did.

Ken, why Paul?

I felt that Carmel was the strongest throughout the whole game

and I thought Paul was slightly weaker in the last couple of rounds.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

And the strongest link was Paul.

You've got a choice. You can stick with Carmel or you can move to Ken.

I'm tempted to move to Ken for his comments...

-Sorry!

-..but I believe Carmel was the weakest link, so I'll stick with Carmel.

Carmel! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm ecstatic. I was dreading going off in the first or second round.

I didn't want to get kicked off too early.

My chat with Anne, that went well.

That's the best I could hope for!

Round Eight. £2,260 in the bank.

In this round, 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Paul, according to the rhyme, Friday's child is "loving and" what?

-Fair?

-Giving.

Ken, what "D" is the title of the 2004 comedy

that starred Ben Stiller as the leader of a sports team

called the Globo-Gym Purple Cobras?

-Pass.

-DodgeBall.

Paul, Hawke's Bay, Northland and Gisborne

are all regions of which commonwealth country?

-Australia.

-New Zealand.

Ken, whilst a student at Trinity College Cambridge,

poet Byron kept what unusual pet, a tiger or a bear?

-Tiger.

-Bear.

Paul, the international accord launched in 1994,

known by the acronym NAFTA,

is the "North American Free Trade" what?

-Index.

-Agreement.

Ken, what "B" is the word used to describe a skirt or dress

made from material that has been cut diagonally

across the weave of the fabric?

-Pass.

-Bias.

Paul, what is 55 multiplied by 6?

-330.

-Correct.

Ken, the 19th century expedition to the Pacific Northwest of America

was led by the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William who?

-Congreve?

-Clark.

Paul, the actress with the surname "Thurman", star of Pulp Fiction -

-Uma.

-Correct.

-Ken.

-Bank.

-In charities, the abbreviation VSO

stands for "Voluntary Service..." where?

-Overseas.

-Correct. Paul.

-Bank.

-With the long-running radio...

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You won £40, which we'll treble.

It gives you prize money today of £2,380. There can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, it's Sudden Death.

So, Ken and Paul, for £2,380,

let's play the Weakest Link.

Paul, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first.

I'd like to go first, please.

Paul, in 2011, which member of the British Royal Family

became known as Baron Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland

and the Earl of Strathearn in Scotland?

-Prince Harry.

-No, the correct answer is Prince William.

Ken, which volcanic island in the Caribbean,

a British overseas territory,

has a name given by Christopher Columbus

that translates from Catalan as Jagged Mountain?

-Mount Point?

-The correct answer is Montserrat.

Paul, in art, in 1997

a second museum named after which oil magnate

was opened in Brentwood, Los Angeles,

complementing the first one in Malibu?

-The Shell Museum.

-The correct answer is John Paul Getty.

Ken, in TV, the crime drama

starring Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch,

that won the award for Best Drama Series at the BAFTAs in 2011,

has what single-word title?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Sherlock.

Paul, "On the Road to West Egg" and "The High-Bouncing Lover"

were among several titles considered but then discounted

for which 1925 novel by F Scott Fitzgerald?

-Swallows and Amazons?

-The correct answer is The Great Gatsby.

Ken, which American drink was named because it was originally flavoured

using the underground stem of sassafras plants?

-Sarsaparilla.

-The correct answer is root beer.

Paul, in cinema, a fictional race of tall, blue-skinned humanoids,

known as the Na'vi,

featured in which 2009 film?

-Avatar.

-That is the correct answer.

Ken, in British politics,

in the sequence of names of Chancellor of the Exchequer,

which Labour MP comes between Gordon Brown and George Osborne?

-Nigel Lawson?

-The correct answer is Alistair Darling.

Paul, in history, which daughter of Ptolemy X and lover of Mark Antony

reigned as Queen of Egypt from 51 BC

until her death in 30 BC?

-Cleopatra.

-That is the correct answer.

END-OF-QUIZ JINGLE

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

and you go away with:

Lovely!

-Ken...

-Bye-bye.

-..you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Not having to do the Walk of Shame is disappointing.

I'd like to have done it so I could wink at Anne on the way past.

With the winnings, I'm probably going to spend it on my little girl Poppy,

apple of my eye.

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