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 > 0:00:15The 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 > 0:00:44They've only just met, but to get the prize money they'll have to work together.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52we lose the player voted the Weakest Link. Let's meet the team.
0:00:52 > 0:00:58I'm James, I'm 39, I'm from Devon and I'm an estate agent.
0:00:58 > 0:01:05I'm Anne, I'm 71, I live in a Lancashire village and I'm a charity worker.
0:01:05 > 0:01:12I'm Dave, I'm 51, from Newark and I'm an administrator and sports broadcaster.
0:01:12 > 0:01:20I'm Jane, I'm 42, I live in North Hants and I'm a police community support officer.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25I'm Simon, I'm 38, from London and I'm a chef.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30I'm Krish, I'm 22, I live in Birmingham and I'm a student.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35I'm Franky, I'm 44, I'm from Essex and I'm a DJ.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41I'm Claire, I'm 32, from Hastings and I'm a domestic goddess.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47I'm Dafydd, I'm 26, I live in Surrey and I'm an events co-ordinator.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52OK, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:52 > 0:01:58The fastest way is with a chain of nine correct answers. Break it and you lose the money in it.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Say bank before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:02 > 0:02:09Round 1 - three minutes. We'll start with the person who is first alphabetically. That's you, Anne.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19What is 9 minus 6?
0:02:19 > 0:02:25- Three.- A siesta is defined as a short nap taken in the middle of what -
0:02:25 > 0:02:27the day or the road?
0:02:27 > 0:02:32- The day.- In the words of the proverb, charity begins where?
0:02:32 > 0:02:39- At home.- The Land of the Rising Sun is a popular nickname for which Far Eastern country?
0:02:39 > 0:02:45- Japan.- Correct. In mythology, what G is the term for the dwarves
0:02:45 > 0:02:51supposed to guard underground treasure, who are often reproduced as garden ornaments?
0:02:51 > 0:02:52- Pass.- Gnomes.
0:02:52 > 0:02:58In public notices, a sign showing a diagonal line through a lit cigarette
0:02:58 > 0:03:01is accompanied by the phrase, "No..." what?
0:03:01 > 0:03:07- Smoking.- In the UK, the word blower is slang for which piece of communications equipment?
0:03:07 > 0:03:14- Telephone.- In units of measurement, which is greater, a millimetre or a centimetre?
0:03:14 > 0:03:19- A centimetre.- In food and drink, which word meaning ghosts
0:03:19 > 0:03:25is also a collective term for strong alcoholic beverages such as whisky, rum and gin?
0:03:25 > 0:03:31- Spirits.- In science fiction films, the second part of the original Star Wars trilogy
0:03:31 > 0:03:33is The Empire Strikes what?
0:03:33 > 0:03:40- Back.- The world-famous tennis player born in Switzerland in 1981 with the surname Federer
0:03:40 > 0:03:42has what first name?
0:03:42 > 0:03:47- Roger.- Correct.- Bank! - Which word follows glam and punk
0:03:47 > 0:03:52for two different styles of music that were prevalent in the 1970s?
0:03:52 > 0:03:57- Rock.- In architecture, what C is the term for the vertical structure
0:03:57 > 0:04:01that conducts smoke from a fire through the roof of a building?
0:04:01 > 0:04:08- Chimney.- The two-word rhyming term for the price of a flight ticket to a given destination
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- is an air what?- Can you repeat the question, please?
0:04:12 > 0:04:19The two-word rhyming term for the price of a flight ticket to a given destination is an air what?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Pass.- Fare.
0:04:23 > 0:04:29In 2008, after 26 years, Carol Vorderman stepped down as the co-host of which TV game show?
0:04:29 > 0:04:35- Countdown.- In shops and garden centres, Christmas trees are often advertised with the promise
0:04:35 > 0:04:39that they won't drop their needles or baubles?
0:04:39 > 0:04:45- Needles.- In education in England and Wales, the list of set subjects to be taught in state schools
0:04:45 > 0:04:47is called the National what?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- Curriculum.- Correct. James... - Bank!
0:04:50 > 0:04:57What P is the product formed when a foreign body gets into an oyster shell and is enveloped in nacre?
0:04:57 > 0:05:03- Pearl.- While films aimed at young women are known as chick flicks,
0:05:03 > 0:05:07the term for books intended for them is chick what?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Pass.- Lit.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13In the pantomime Cinderella, there are how many ugly sisters?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Two.- Correct. Jane... - ..Bank!
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £570.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Who's the latest exhibit at the Imperial Bore Museum?
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Who thinks we're filming Harry Potter and the Chamber of Dimwits?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40The only player with all her answers wrong, Krish is the Weakest Link.
0:05:40 > 0:05:46The Strongest Link, statistically, is Dave, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Krish.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Krish.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- Krish.- Krish.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Krish.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Jane.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Krish.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Krish.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Krish.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- Dafydd...- Hello, Anne. - How do you pronounce it?
0:06:15 > 0:06:20- "Davith".- Davith? It's got two Ds on the end.- Yes.
0:06:20 > 0:06:26- But you pronounce it as if it's a TH.- It's basically, um, Welsh for David.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32- Yeah, but why don't you pronounce it with two Ds?- I don't know. Must be the Welsh - sorry.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37- And where are you from?- North west Wales, Anne.- Whereabouts?- Snowdonia.
0:06:37 > 0:06:43- Snowdonia. Is that a town? - No, the town's called Porthmadog. It's got a TH in it.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48When you lived near Porthmadog, were you the only gay there?
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- Only gay in the village?- Yeah.- No. - There were lots of gays?- Might be.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Were there not enough gays for you?
0:06:56 > 0:07:03Well, the thing is, short supply, you know. A small warehouse with not enough stock there
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- and you get through that quite quickly and move on.- Where to?
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- I live in Surrey now, Anne.- Have you got through Surrey yet?- Not yet, no.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- Why Krish?- Being Welsh, we normally have gnomes in our gardens.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20I thought that question was quite easy, so I voted on that.
0:07:20 > 0:07:27- What do you do, Jane?- I'm a police community support officer. - Are you? Put your board down.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Are you sure you're not advertising sweetcorn?
0:07:33 > 0:07:39- No, Anne. No, I'm not. - It's quite an interesting outfit.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45- It's very green, Anne. - Just move over to Simon. Which order did you buy...?
0:07:47 > 0:07:52- Skirt was first. - And did you not take the skirt with you when you were...?
0:07:52 > 0:07:57- All the same colour would be boring. - Nip back up.
0:07:57 > 0:08:04- Have you got a walkie-talkie?- Yes. - Suppose there's an incident. Let's hear you on it.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09- OK, first thing I would say is, "Delta Bravo..."- Don't be dirty!
0:08:09 > 0:08:13That's how they recognise that it's me.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Jane, they'd know it was you.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22- More than likely with this accent. - Put your board up.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27- Why Krish?- Cos she didn't get any questions right at all.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- What do you do, Franky? - I'm a DJ, Anne.- Are you?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- At clubs?- Yes. All over the place.
0:08:34 > 0:08:40- Where do you live?- Essex. - So you're a DJ... at clubs in Essex.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42And all over London, yeah.
0:08:42 > 0:08:49- Sort of Peter Stringfellow without the looks.- Em...yeah.
0:08:49 > 0:08:56- And what's your talent, as you have no looks?- My particular talent is chatting up the older woman.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00- Is it?- Yeah. - Can you do jokes?- Em, no.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- No Essex girls jokes?- No. I was born in Hertfordshire.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Well, do some Hertfordshire jokes.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12Er, I can't do any jokes, no. They won't be as funny as yours.
0:09:12 > 0:09:19- So you're not funny and you're ugly. What have you got going for you? - I'm a member of your fan club.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Well, that makes a difference. Why Krish?
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- She got two answers wrong. - Krish, guess what.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:09:37 > 0:09:44I wasn't surprised when I saw my name because I was the only one who got both questions wrong.
0:09:44 > 0:09:50Round 2. In the bank, £570. We're now taking 10 seconds off your time.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Dave.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:09:58 > 0:10:04Since 2000, the computer artist Dennis Wang has created a variety of logos to mark events and holidays
0:10:04 > 0:10:07for which search engine?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- Google.- In British wildlife, the creature called the dunlin,
0:10:11 > 0:10:15sometimes found in large numbers on the sea shore, is a bird or a fish?
0:10:15 > 0:10:21- Bird.- Correct. In fast food, what two-word name for a snack item available from burger vans
0:10:21 > 0:10:25means a canine with a high temperature?
0:10:25 > 0:10:31- Hot dog.- Which town precedes Beacons to make the name of a national park in Wales?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- Brecon.- Correct.- Bank.
0:10:34 > 0:10:41What W is a person who has romantic affairs with many females and was a 2008 hit for Britney Spears?
0:10:41 > 0:10:48- Womaniser.- Someone who gets a tanned face while wearing sunglasses is often said to have eyes
0:10:48 > 0:10:53- resembling those of which rare Asian mammal?- Can you say that again?
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Someone who gets a tanned face while wearing sunglasses is often said to have eyes
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- resembling those of which rare Asian mammal?- Penguin?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- Panda!- Oh.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09In the UK, the abbreviation NUT stands for National Union of what?
0:11:09 > 0:11:14- Teachers.- Which word for the sounds made by chewing brittle items
0:11:14 > 0:11:20is also the term for stomach exercises that tighten the abdominal muscles?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Pass.- Crunches. In the 1942 film Casablanca,
0:11:25 > 0:11:30the pianist who plays in Rick's Cafe is Sam or Dave?
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- Sam.- The character in several comic novels by PG Wodehouse
0:11:34 > 0:11:38with a manservant named Jeeves is Bertie who?
0:11:38 > 0:11:44- Wooster.- In the countryside, dairy, factory and organic are the names of three examples
0:11:44 > 0:11:46of which agricultural establishment?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Farm.- Correct. - Bank.
0:11:49 > 0:11:55When reciting the alphabet backwards, which letter comes between J and H?
0:11:55 > 0:12:01- I.- A person employed to portray a favourable interpretation of public events
0:12:01 > 0:12:04is a spin doctor or twist consultant?
0:12:04 > 0:12:11- Spin doctor.- Which of the countries of the UK is sometimes referred to as the Six Counties?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Surrey?- Northern Ireland.
0:12:15 > 0:12:21Which journalist, food writer and TV cook who is daughter of a former Chancellor of the Exchequer?
0:12:21 > 0:12:27- Nigella Lawson.- Which day of the week is the only one that's named after a star?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- Saturday.- Sunday!
0:12:32 > 0:12:39What V is the usual alternative term for a person in a band who is a singer?
0:12:39 > 0:12:45- Vocalist.- The downhill skiing event in which competitors ski between gates over two runs
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- is the giant what?- Slalom!
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Bank!- Correct.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55The bank was in time and you put into the kitty £350,
0:12:55 > 0:13:01but who's flying like a penguin? Who thinks a crayfish is an underwater gangster?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10According to the statistics, the Strongest Link is Jane.
0:13:10 > 0:13:17Dafydd is the Weakest Link, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Anne.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Dafydd.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Dafydd.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Dafydd.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Dafydd.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Dafydd.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Dafydd.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Anne.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- Where are you from, Claire? - Hastings in East Sussex.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- And what do you do? - I'm a domestic goddess, Anne.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54- How many goddesses live in Hastings and don't work?- Possibly only me.
0:13:54 > 0:14:00Well, actually, there are lots of people in Hastings who don't work, but I'm the best one.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04- Why do you stay at home? - Because I have a baby.
0:14:04 > 0:14:10- Called?- India.- You didn't think of calling her Pakistan? - It doesn't have the same ring to it.
0:14:10 > 0:14:17I've done quite a lot of these programmes and I've never met an interesting stay-at-home mother.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23- Will you change that for me? - I do lots of interesting things. I love playing with my baby and...
0:14:23 > 0:14:30- I love my Yorkshire terrier, walking...- You're just proving me right, aren't you?
0:14:30 > 0:14:35- I could just say I'm a housewife. - Well, you are.
0:14:35 > 0:14:42- Why Dafydd?- Unfortunately, he got all his questions wrong, or most of his questions wrong.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48- What do you do, Dave?- I spend half the week as an administrator for a mobile phone company.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- Great(!)- And the other half as a sports broadcaster.
0:14:53 > 0:15:00- Where do you come from?- Newark, Nottinghamshire.- What team are you following?- All East Midlands teams.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- Like who?- Nottingham Forest, Derby County...- You interview players?- Yes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:11- Are there any English-speaking ones? - Less and less!- What nationality are they?- All nationalities.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- Such as? - French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish.
0:15:15 > 0:15:23- And you speak all these languages? - No.- How do they say they've scored a goal?- They're enthusiastic, Anne.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Like what? Go on, then.
0:15:26 > 0:15:32- "Wowee! It was the best goal I've ever scored!"- Would that be the Spanish one or the German one?
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- Probably the penguin from Asia. - I see.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Why Dafydd?- I think there's one too many Daves on the podium,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43and the penguin from Asia...
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Dafydd, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:15:54 > 0:16:00I think my friends and family will think I did a crazy thing coming on this programme,
0:16:00 > 0:16:06especially because the penguins were embarrassing. I'm sure my family will hide for many years to come,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09hiding from my penguin disaster.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Round 3. In the bank, £920. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17We'll start with Jane, the Jolly Green Giant.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:16:21 > 0:16:28The word Hood in the title of 1991's Boyz In The Hood is short for which word?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- Pass.- Neighbourhood.
0:16:31 > 0:16:38In many gas boilers, the small flame that's permanently lit and ignites the main burner is the what light?
0:16:38 > 0:16:43- Pilot light.- Correct. What W goes before "shopping" in the pastime
0:16:43 > 0:16:47that involves looking at desirable goods, but not buying them?
0:16:47 > 0:16:53- Window.- Bank!- Which detective is often aided in his investigations
0:16:53 > 0:16:57by street urchins known as the Baker Street Irregulars?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- Sherlock Holmes.- Correct.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04The creams and moisturisers used to enhance and soften the skin
0:17:04 > 0:17:07are referred to as lotions and...?
0:17:07 > 0:17:15- Potions.- Which adjective meaning double sounds exactly the same as the term for pistols at dawn?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- Dual.- Correct. Dave... - Bank!
0:17:19 > 0:17:25According to a speech by Michael Portillo in 1995, which three letters send a chill down the spine
0:17:25 > 0:17:27of the enemy - SAS or BBC?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- SAS.- In maths, what is 54 divided by 2?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Twenty...three.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Twenty-seven.
0:17:36 > 0:17:42In a 2004 stage musical, what's the full name of the title character from a pit village
0:17:42 > 0:17:46who achieves his ambition to become a ballet dancer?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- Pass.- Billy Elliot.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56The 19th-century businessman Henry Tate made his fortune from the refining of which foodstuff?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- Oil.- Sugar.
0:17:58 > 0:18:04What B is a small case named after the type of legal document it was designed to carry?
0:18:04 > 0:18:10- Brief.- The name usually given to a motor-driven or hand-operated machine
0:18:10 > 0:18:14used to cut turfed areas of grass is a what mower?
0:18:14 > 0:18:22- Lawn mower.- Which film director followed his 2006 films Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima
0:18:22 > 0:18:26with a 2008 thriller entitled Changeling?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Pass.- Clint Eastwood.
0:18:29 > 0:18:35Which naturally-occurring state of unconsciousness is interrupted by insomnia?
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- Sleep.- The bad luck brought by spilling which condiment
0:18:40 > 0:18:44is counteracted by throwing a pinch of it over the left shoulder?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- Salt.- Bank!
0:18:46 > 0:18:52A married woman conventionally wears which ring closer to the finger tip - wedding or engagement?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Er, engagement.- Correct.
0:18:55 > 0:19:02The bulk of the population who are assumed to have moderate views without expressing them...
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Time's up. You won £200.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11Who's a sterling silver simpleton? Who's a 24-carat clown?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Jane is the Weakest Link because she gave the most wrong answers.
0:19:19 > 0:19:25Statistically, the Strongest Link is Dave, but who will the team want off?
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Jane.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Jane.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Franky.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Simon.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Anne.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Anne.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Anne.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- What do you do, Simon?- I'm a chef. - Are you a trained chef?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57I am getting qualified as I go.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- I started off as a ski guide... - Perfectly qualified, then(!)
0:20:01 > 0:20:05I then moved into hotels after our chef had an accident.
0:20:05 > 0:20:11- What sort of accident? - He set off from our group to put the dinner on for his hotel guests
0:20:11 > 0:20:17- and he never made it back. - Is he dead?- No, no. He was only off for a week.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22- So you took over. - I was...persuaded because he was in my group
0:20:22 > 0:20:27- that it was up to me...- You know what, Simon, we could chat all day!
0:20:28 > 0:20:30God help me!
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Do you think God only needs to help you? Not me?
0:20:35 > 0:20:40- You seem to be doing quite all right. - Why Anne?
0:20:40 > 0:20:45To be honest, a lot of us had a few cock-ups in that round.
0:20:45 > 0:20:51So, Claire, our not very interesting stay-at-home mother, how old is India?
0:20:51 > 0:20:56- She's 17 months.- Can she talk? - A bit. And she does baby signing.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00What, books and photographs? Or what?
0:21:00 > 0:21:06No, not books and photographs. I taught her how to speak using her hands
0:21:06 > 0:21:10so she could communicate with me before she can speak.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Give us an example. Put your board down.- OK.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19When she was... The first sign she learnt to do was milk, which is this.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22She does this when she wants milk.
0:21:22 > 0:21:28- Yes...?- If she wants a biscuit, she does this and I would give her a biscuit.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- Or... She has lots of signs. - And if she wants...
0:21:34 > 0:21:37If she wants you to clear off...
0:21:39 > 0:21:41I don't know. She might wave at me.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46In sign language, what's, "Leave me alone and go and get a job"?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I don't know that, Anne.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54- I only do Makaton signing, so... - Just do milk again.
0:21:54 > 0:22:00- Do milk again.- Here. It's milk, Anne, like you're milking a cow. - Oh, I see.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Put your board up. Why Anne?
0:22:03 > 0:22:09- Because Anne got two questions wrong.- Anne, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18I'd like to see Claire come off next.
0:22:18 > 0:22:24She was a bit boring about teaching her daughter hand signals for things that she wanted
0:22:24 > 0:22:28and being a domestic goddess. We've all been there.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Round 4. In the bank, £1,120. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:22:33 > 0:22:40We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Dave. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:22:40 > 0:22:47In Highland Games, in which event do competitors try to flip an 18-foot timber pole weighing 150 pounds?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Toss the caber.- I'll accept.
0:22:49 > 0:22:55What J is a six-letter word that describes a sale of donated second-hand articles
0:22:55 > 0:22:57with the proceeds going to charity?
0:22:57 > 0:23:03- Jumble.- In theatre, the 1949 musical based on a novel by Anita Loos
0:23:03 > 0:23:05is entitled Gentlemen Prefer what?
0:23:05 > 0:23:12- Blondes.- Bank!- In geography, the Falkland Islands lie closest to which South American country?
0:23:12 > 0:23:17- Argentina.- In famous quotations in the 18th century, Samuel Johnson wrote
0:23:17 > 0:23:21that when a man is tired of London, he is tired of what?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- Home.- Life. In the Chinese calendar,
0:23:24 > 0:23:29the 26th of January, 2009, marked the beginning of the Year of the Ox or the Ass?
0:23:29 > 0:23:34- Ass.- Ox. In the UK, a part-time, unpaid police officer
0:23:34 > 0:23:39who assists the regular force on a voluntary basis is a special what?
0:23:39 > 0:23:44- Constable.- Which term, originally the name of an Irish castle and a stone found there,
0:23:44 > 0:23:48refers to particularly charming or flattering talk?
0:23:48 > 0:23:55- Blarney.- In clothing, what D is the name of the garment sometimes described as bib and braces,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58often made from denim and worn by workmen?
0:23:58 > 0:24:04- Dungarees.- In TV comedy, the catchphrase used by Lauren the schoolgirl,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07played by Catherine Tate, was, "Does my face look" what?
0:24:07 > 0:24:11- "Bovvered."- Bank! - In the human skeleton,
0:24:11 > 0:24:17the structure of bones in the chest called the ribcage protects the heart and which pair of organs?
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- Lungs.- In business, the abbreviation AGM stands for Annual General what?
0:24:22 > 0:24:27- Meeting.- Bank!- Which liquid precedes the words "chestnut", "melon" and "biscuit"
0:24:27 > 0:24:30to make the names of three foods?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- Water.- In pop music in 2008,
0:24:35 > 0:24:42the US singer Katy Perry followed up her UK No.1 "I Kissed A Girl" with a song called "Hot N" what?
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- Ready.- Cold.
0:24:45 > 0:24:51In wildlife, animals that normally live together in groups are referred to as matey or social?
0:24:51 > 0:24:56- Social.- In the UK, which three-letter term for a small, round mark
0:24:56 > 0:25:00is also the usual name of the shortest sound used in Morse Code?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Dash-dot-dash.- No, dot.
0:25:03 > 0:25:09In folk tales, what "O" is a term for a hideous-looking, flesh-eating giant?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- Ogre.- Correct...
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Oh, couldn't be bothered to bank?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Whoops.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21"Bank" would have been so much better and more profitable than "whoops".
0:25:21 > 0:25:28You won £350. Who is a monument to mediocrity? Who is a tribute to trash?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37The statistics reveal that Dave is the Strongest Link.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41The Weakest Link is James, but can he survive the vote?
0:25:42 > 0:25:47Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Claire.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Franky.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Franky.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Jane.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Jane.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Jane.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10- Simon, why Jane? - I could remember two questions being asked...answered wrong -
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Jane and Claire.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Jane voted for me in the last round.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19- Franky, why Jane?- She got two questions wrong.- She did.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Jane, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31I really enjoyed meeting Anne today.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35She referred to me as the Jolly Green Giant.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39I hope that name's not gonna stick now when I meet everybody.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Maybe Anne could do with a bit more colour in her wardrobe,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47but dressed like this, I expected to get some stick today from Anne.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52Round 5. In the bank, £1,470. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:26:52 > 0:26:59We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Dave. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03In sport, which former middle-distance runner was appointed in 2005
0:27:03 > 0:27:07as Chairman of the Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympics?
0:27:07 > 0:27:13- Sebastian Coe.- In cliches, a woman is said to discover that her husband has been unfaithful
0:27:13 > 0:27:16by finding lipstick on which part of his shirt?
0:27:16 > 0:27:20- Collar.- In maths, to distinguish it from a positive number,
0:27:20 > 0:27:25a negative number is always written with which mathematical sign before it?
0:27:25 > 0:27:31- Minus.- Bank!- In geography, what "A" is the English name for the European country
0:27:31 > 0:27:34whose name in German means Eastern Kingdom?
0:27:34 > 0:27:40- Austria.- In transport, the symbol that is displayed on vehicles carrying toxic substances
0:27:40 > 0:27:43is called the what and crossbones?
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- Skull and crossbones.- The patriotic song that includes the words,
0:27:47 > 0:27:54"Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set," is Land Of Hope And Glory or Land Of My Fathers?
0:27:54 > 0:27:59- Hope And Glory.- In mountaineering, the condition known as altitude sickness
0:27:59 > 0:28:03is caused by a decrease in the concentration of which gas in air?
0:28:03 > 0:28:09- Oxygen.- Bank! - Which single word can describe both a black-and-white photograph
0:28:09 > 0:28:12and a painting that uses shades of only one colour?
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- Two-tone.- Monochrome.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20In 2008, which actress and former singer gave birth to her first child
0:28:20 > 0:28:22whom she named Winston James Fox?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- Myleene Klass.- Billie Piper.
0:28:25 > 0:28:32In the kitchen, an egg timer is used as an aid to which method of cooking - boiling or frying?
0:28:32 > 0:28:37- Boiling.- In surveying, what is the usual name for the sinking of a building
0:28:37 > 0:28:40due to the slippage of the underlying ground?
0:28:40 > 0:28:46- Subsidence.- In TV, what D is the title of the 2009 supernatural series
0:28:46 > 0:28:51starring Philip Glenister and Christian Cooke as fighters against dark forces?
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- Pass.- Demons.
0:28:55 > 0:29:02In women's fashion, ankle, calf and thigh-length are classifications of which items of outdoor footwear?
0:29:02 > 0:29:08- Boots.- Bank!- In pop music, what is the name of the electronic dance group formed in the early 1990s
0:29:08 > 0:29:11by Liam Howlett and Keith Flint?
0:29:11 > 0:29:17- Prodigy.- In expressions, an alliterative phrase for people who have no romantic attachments
0:29:17 > 0:29:20and can do as they wish is...
0:29:20 > 0:29:25Time's up. I can't complete the question. You won £320.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30But who is the windsurfer in a whirlwind? Who is the cat in the washing machine?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:29:33 > 0:29:39Having answered the most questions correctly, Dave is the Strongest Link.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44Simon is statistically the Weakest Link, but how will the votes go?
0:29:45 > 0:29:50Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Simon.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Franky.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Claire.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Simon.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Franky.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08We have a tie, team. Simon and Franky, two votes each.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13- James, what's your job?- Hello. I'm an estate agent and an auctioneer.
0:30:13 > 0:30:18- Where?- In Devon.- So how do you deal with all the free time you've got?
0:30:18 > 0:30:23There's been really no better time to buy property, now especially...
0:30:23 > 0:30:28- You're just a natural oily estate agent.- Thank you. - Do you sell yourself?- Pardon?
0:30:28 > 0:30:33- In a manner of speaking, yes. - Can you be amusing?- I try my best.
0:30:33 > 0:30:39- You do jokes?- Sometimes. - Really?- Occasionally.- Go on then.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44I'm a fan of observational humour, so I'm puzzled by the great questions of life
0:30:44 > 0:30:48like if there's a knock at the door, why do dogs think it's for them,
0:30:48 > 0:30:54why a wrong number is always in, does a frog have ears, why don't moths fly to the moon? That puzzles me.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59- Why Simon?- It could have been Franky, it could have been Simon.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Simon passed, Franky stumbled.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Claire, why Franky?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Because I thought he was the Weakest Link.
0:31:07 > 0:31:13The Strongest Link was Dave, so he decides. Dave, why did you vote for Franky?
0:31:13 > 0:31:16I thought he was the Weakest Link in that round.
0:31:16 > 0:31:22- Do you want to stick with Franky or move to Simon? - I'll stick with what I've written.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Franky, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:31:31 > 0:31:37Anne was trying to get me to do a few jokes and there's nothing like a good audience for comedy.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41And Anne is absolutely nothing like a good audience for comedy.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47Round 6. In the bank, £1,790. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:31:47 > 0:31:54We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Dave. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58The playwright George Bernard Shaw left money in his will
0:31:58 > 0:32:02to encourage reform in American modesty or English spelling?
0:32:02 > 0:32:08- English spelling.- In film, the British actor who starred opposite Cher in Mermaids
0:32:08 > 0:32:12and Judi Dench in Mrs Henderson Presents is Bob who?
0:32:12 > 0:32:18- Hoskins.- Bank!- In law, what E is the general term for the exhibits and testimonies presented in a court
0:32:18 > 0:32:20to help to establish a case?
0:32:20 > 0:32:27- Evidence.- In nature, the collective singing of songbirds early in the morning is known as the dawn what?
0:32:27 > 0:32:32- Chorus.- In horse-racing, which word for fabrics made from a luxury fibre
0:32:32 > 0:32:36is the name given to the colourful garments worn by jockeys?
0:32:36 > 0:32:42- Silks.- In US cities, the state capital of California is called Sacrilege or Sacramento?
0:32:42 > 0:32:46- Sacramento.- Bank! - In the hammer and sickle emblem
0:32:46 > 0:32:52that signifies the alliance of industrial workers and peasants, which tool represents the workers?
0:32:52 > 0:32:57- Sickle.- Hammer. In definitions, someone described as a Gallophobe
0:32:57 > 0:33:00fears or hates which present-day European country?
0:33:00 > 0:33:05- France.- Bank!- In physics, what G is the usual name
0:33:05 > 0:33:08of the force that causes the swinging of a pendulum?
0:33:08 > 0:33:12- Gravity.- In pop music, "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"
0:33:12 > 0:33:16was a 2005 UK No.1 single for which British group?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Oasis.- Arctic Monkeys.
0:33:21 > 0:33:28In business, a verbal contract between two people who trust each other is called a gentleman's what?
0:33:29 > 0:33:36- Agreement.- Bank!- The TV series Cash In The Attic is concerned with antiques or loft extensions?
0:33:36 > 0:33:42- Antiques.- Bank!- After the abdication of Edward VIII, the popular playground chant was,
0:33:42 > 0:33:46"Hark, the herald angels sing, Mrs Simpson's pinched our" what?
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- King.- In clothes alteration, what T is the four-letter name
0:33:50 > 0:33:56for a flattened fold sewn into the back of a pair of trousers in order to reduce the waistline?
0:33:56 > 0:34:02- Taper.- Tuck. In literature, which 1954 novel by William Golding tells the story
0:34:02 > 0:34:05of a group of schoolboys marooned...
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Time's up. You won £310 in that round.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16So has Simon made a meal of things? Will James be off the market?
0:34:16 > 0:34:22Is it the red card for Dave or will Claire's next sign say "exit"? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27For the fourth round in a row, Dave is the Strongest Link.
0:34:27 > 0:34:33Statistically, the Weakest Link is Simon, but who will lose out in the vote?
0:34:34 > 0:34:39Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Simon.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Simon.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Claire.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Simon.
0:34:53 > 0:34:59- Dave, why Simon? - I think Simon and Claire both got a couple of questions wrong.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03But with Simon, that's two rounds running.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- James, why Simon? - A couple of questions wrong.
0:35:06 > 0:35:11He was the worst player. Simon, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19In that round, I was without doubt the Weakest Link.
0:35:19 > 0:35:25I was hoping that somebody was gonna start playing tactically to keep me in as the weaker link,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28so they could get the money at the end, but they played fair.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33Round 7. In the bank, £2,100. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:35:33 > 0:35:40We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Dave. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:35:40 > 0:35:46In drinks, a lassi would more commonly be consumed in which type of restaurant? Korean or Indian?
0:35:46 > 0:35:52- Korean.- Indian. In the New Testament, it says it's easier for which animal to go through the eye of a needle
0:35:52 > 0:35:55than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God?
0:35:55 > 0:35:59- Mouse.- Camel. In former times, the term "quarantine",
0:35:59 > 0:36:05referring to a period of isolation to prevent the spread of disease, lasted for how many days?
0:36:05 > 0:36:12- 30.- 40. When a revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel opened in the West End in 2008,
0:36:12 > 0:36:15which soprano played the role of Nettie?
0:36:16 > 0:36:22- Lesley Garrett.- Bank! - In competitions, what B goes before "prize"
0:36:22 > 0:36:27to make a term for a humorous or silly consolation gift awarded to the loser?
0:36:27 > 0:36:33- Booby.- In UK media, which national broadsheet Sunday newspaper was relaunched in 2006
0:36:33 > 0:36:36in the smaller Berliner format?
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- The Times.- The Observer.
0:36:39 > 0:36:44In witty quotations, Oscar Wilde once said, "A true friend stabs you in the" what?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Back.- Front.
0:36:46 > 0:36:52In hobbies, a deltiologist is a collector of which souvenirs? Matchboxes or postcards?
0:36:52 > 0:36:59- Postcards.- In art, a sculpture known as The Source that moves up and down to reflect the financial markets
0:36:59 > 0:37:03is installed in which building in the City of London?
0:37:03 > 0:37:11- The Stock Exchange.- The professional name of the actress who married William H Macy in 1997
0:37:11 > 0:37:16and went on to play Lynette in Desperate Housewives is Felicity who?
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- Pass.- Huffman.
0:37:18 > 0:37:24The name "Mexican hairless" is applied to breeds of cat, pig and which other domesticated mammal?
0:37:24 > 0:37:29- Dog.- Bank!- In laundry, what D is the generic term for a cleaning agent
0:37:29 > 0:37:33that resembles soap, but does not combine with the salts in water?
0:37:33 > 0:37:38- Detergent.- Bank!- In maths, what is 41 plus 29?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40- 70.- Correct.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47Time's up. You won £60. In Round 8, you get to treble what you bank.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51Before that, time to vote off the WEAKEST Link.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56The Strongest Link statistically is Claire.
0:37:56 > 0:38:02Dave goes from being the Strongest Link in the last four rounds to the Weakest Link in this.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06But will his previous performance save him from the final vote?
0:38:07 > 0:38:12Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Dave.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17James.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21James.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Claire, why James?
0:38:25 > 0:38:31Because I got a question wrong, but James got more questions wrong than Dave.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- Dave, why James?- Claire got one wrong and James got two wrong.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38James, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49One question that was particularly challenging was the Chinese calendar year.
0:38:49 > 0:38:55It could have been ox, it could have been ass. I said "ass" and I should have said "ox".
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Round 8. In the bank, £2,160.
0:38:59 > 0:39:0590 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with the Strongest Link - Claire.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:39:08 > 0:39:14In travel accessories, a metal frame that has a piece of material stretched over it
0:39:14 > 0:39:18and is designed for sleeping on in a tent is called a camp what?
0:39:18 > 0:39:23- Bed.- Bank!- In 1929, who became Britain's first woman Cabinet Minister?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Margaret Beckett or Margaret Bondfield?
0:39:26 > 0:39:31- Margaret Bondfield.- Bank! - In classical music, The Flight Of The Bumblebee was written
0:39:31 > 0:39:35by the Russian composer with the surname Rimsky what?
0:39:35 > 0:39:41- Tchaikovsky.- Korsakov. In which children's guessing game does one player choose a visible object
0:39:41 > 0:39:45that the others have to identify with its initial letter as a clue?
0:39:45 > 0:39:50- I Spy.- Bank!- In film, the 2000 maritime drama which starred George Clooney
0:39:50 > 0:39:54as the captain of an ill-fated fishing boat was The Perfect what?
0:39:54 > 0:39:58- Storm.- Bank!- In definitions, what B is a word for a trinket
0:39:58 > 0:40:04that is now more widely used to describe a house that is elegant, but a little on the small side?
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- Pass.- Bijou. The Spanish name literally meaning "the gilded place"
0:40:08 > 0:40:12that was given to a mythical golden city in South America is El what?
0:40:12 > 0:40:16- Dorado.- Bank! - In the TV comedy series Blackadder,
0:40:16 > 0:40:21the character called Baldrick had a particular fondness for which root vegetable?
0:40:21 > 0:40:26- Turnips.- In poetry, in The Soldier written by Rupert Brooke in 1914,
0:40:26 > 0:40:32he speculates that he might be buried in "some corner of a foreign" what?
0:40:32 > 0:40:38- Field.- Bank!- In geography, Alexandria, Benghazi and Beirut are all ports on the east...
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Time's up. You put in the kitty £150.
0:40:45 > 0:40:51We will treble that and it gives you prize money today of £2,610.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.
0:40:58 > 0:41:04So, Dave and Claire, for £2,610, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10Claire, as the Strongest Link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12I would like Dave to go first.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Dave, in memorials, a nine-feet-tall bronze statue
0:41:19 > 0:41:21of which football manager
0:41:21 > 0:41:24was unveiled in the centre of Nottingham in 2008
0:41:24 > 0:41:28to honour his achievements in charge of one of the local clubs?
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- Brian Clough. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:31 > 0:41:36Claire, at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939,
0:41:36 > 0:41:40who held the office of Prime Minister of the UK?
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- Winston Churchill. - Neville Chamberlain.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48Dave, in theatre, which play by Shakespeare has a three-word title
0:41:48 > 0:41:51in which the first and third words are the same?
0:41:52 > 0:41:57- No...- The correct answer is Measure For Measure.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Claire, according to a list published by Forbes Magazine,
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Hollywood's top-earning couple for the year from June 2007
0:42:05 > 0:42:08were Beyonce Knowles and which rapper?
0:42:08 > 0:42:13- Jay-D.- No, the correct answer is Jay-Z.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19Dave, in a knitting pattern, the letters BH stand for what?
0:42:19 > 0:42:24- Back high.- The correct answer is "button hole".
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Claire, in the novel Tess Of The D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy,
0:42:28 > 0:42:31the title character is arrested for murder
0:42:31 > 0:42:34at which ancient monument in Wiltshire?
0:42:34 > 0:42:38- Stonehenge. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Dave, which actress became the then youngest recipient
0:42:41 > 0:42:44of a competitive Oscar at the age of ten
0:42:44 > 0:42:47for her role in the 1973 film Paper Moon?
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- Tatum O'Neal.- That is correct.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55Claire, according to the words of an African-American spiritual song,
0:42:55 > 0:42:59which Hebrew leader fought the Battle of Jericho?
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- Jacob.- The correct answer is Joshua.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06Dave, the name of which southern European peninsula
0:43:06 > 0:43:10comes from the Turkish word for "wooded mountain"?
0:43:10 > 0:43:14- Pass, Anne.- The correct answer is the Balkan Peninsula.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18Claire, in art, Laurence Stephen were the first names
0:43:18 > 0:43:21of which British painter born in 1887
0:43:21 > 0:43:25and famous for his depictions of the industrial northwest?
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- Constable.- The correct answer is LS Lowry.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34That means, Dave, you are today's Strongest Link
0:43:34 > 0:43:37and you go away with £2,610.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Claire, you leave with nothing.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:44 > 0:43:50The highlight of my day was meeting Anne and having the experience of being here.
0:43:50 > 0:43:55I'm absolutely stunned to win the Weakest Link. I was very lucky the way the questions fell.
0:43:55 > 0:44:01I've got reasonable sports knowledge, but I didn't think my general knowledge would be up to it.
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