0:00:02 > 0:00:05'Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09'Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15'The others will leave with nothing, when voted off as the weakest link.'
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 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 > 0:00:51However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59My name is Alastair. I'm 43, from Cambridgeshire. I'm an estate agent.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04My name's Helena. I'm 19, from York, and I'm a student.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06My name is Michael.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I'm 73, from Market Rasen, and I'm a horse trainer.
0:01:09 > 0:01:15I'm Lindy. I'm 49. I'm from Rodmell near Lewes, and I'm a librarian.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21My name is Scott. I'm 21, from Birmingham. I'm a sales assistant.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24I'm Anni. I'm 57.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29I'm from Galloway, and I'm a retired behavioural psychotherapist.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34My name's Rory. I'm 19, from Norwich, and I'm a student.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37My name's Sam. I'm 29.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I'm 29. I'm from Wilmslow and I'm a vintage clothing company owner.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46I'm Stephen, 57, from London, and I'm a delivery van driver.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51To remind you, in each round, there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Break the chain, and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Round one, three minutes on the clock.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16That's you, Alastair. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26In dogs, "Lab" is an abbreviation of which breed?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Labrador.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31In maths, what is 20 divided by two?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Ten.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38When using a shower in a bath, the waterproof curtain
0:02:38 > 0:02:42should be placed where in relation to the tub, inside or outside?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Inside.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49Ghana is a country in the northwest of which continent?
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Africa.
0:02:50 > 0:02:56What T is a term for a sealed tube in which a thin column of liquid,
0:02:56 > 0:03:00such as mercury, is used to measure body temperature?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Thermometer.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06In the old saying, cleanliness is next to... what?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Godliness.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13Toast is made by grilling slices of which basic foodstuff?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Bread.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19According to the Fireworks Code, someone holding a sparkler
0:03:19 > 0:03:23should always wear a pair of what, gloves or socks?
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Gloves.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28There are how many seconds in one minute?
0:03:28 > 0:03:3160.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Bank.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38You've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42That money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.
0:03:42 > 0:03:49Who probably won't last much longer, and already it seems like for ever?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Who will lose you money in the rounds to come?
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:03:56 > 0:04:02'In an impressive first round, Alastair is the first strongest link
0:04:02 > 0:04:04'as he banked all the money.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08'The statistics reveal that Helena is the weakest link.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11'Who will be first to take the walk of shame?'
0:04:12 > 0:04:18Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Scott.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Michael.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Scott.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Michael.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Michael.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Scott.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Scott.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Michael.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Lindy.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45We have a tie, team. Michael and Scott, four votes each.
0:04:45 > 0:04:51- Remind me what you do, Michael. - Train horses, Anne. - What sort of horses?- Race horses.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- Have you had any big wins? - I've had a lot of wins.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00- For example?- At Ascot... - Which meeting was it?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- It was a jump meeting. - Was it?- Yes.- Was the Queen there?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- The Queen was there. Yes. - Did she meet you?
0:05:07 > 0:05:14- She met me eventually. Not at that meeting.- What? She was desperate to meet you and you didn't have time?
0:05:14 > 0:05:21She put up a prize of 25,000 for the trainer with the most runners and winners that National Hunt season.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23So what did the Queen say to you?
0:05:23 > 0:05:28She said, "How long did it take to get from Market Rasen to Ascot?"
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Fabulous(!) And what did you tell her?
0:05:32 > 0:05:36It took me three and a quarter hours because I was held up on the M25.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- She said, "That happens to me!" - She told me that happened to her.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44She was held up by a chicken lorry overturning in Blackpool...
0:05:44 > 0:05:50- She says that to everybody, Michael! - Oh! I didn't know that.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Why did you choose Scott? - He looks nervous.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58So, Scott, which front door is missing its mat?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- Oh! You mean the hair! Sorry.- Yeah.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06- It is real, don't worry. - Where do you live?- Birmingham.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- What do you do in Birmingham? - I'm a sales assistant.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12What sort? Are you in a boutique?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- I work at a pound store. - Do you? What's that?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20We sell quality items at £1 apiece.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Yes. Like what?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25All kinds of shampoos.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Recently, there was one from one of the bigger stores
0:06:29 > 0:06:34- priced around £7.99, which we were selling for £1.- Fabulous.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40- Why Michael?- I just thought out of all the questions, his was probably the easiest.
0:06:40 > 0:06:46The strongest link has to cast the deciding vote. The strongest link was Alastair.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- Where are you from?- Cambridgeshire. - What do you do?- I'm an estate agent.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55- Are you in charge at the estate agency?- I am. Yes.- Yeah.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- What sort of houses? - They can start as low as 50,000.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- We go up to 500,000, 600,000. - What do I get for 50,000?
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- A little one-bedroom flat.- Do YOU live in a one-bedroom flat?- No.
0:07:07 > 0:07:13- Is there a Mrs Alastair? - There is a Mrs Alastair.- What does she do?- She's a home-maker.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- Too lazy to have a job?- She looks after our two lovely children.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23- How long have you been married? - We're not married. - So there isn't a Mrs Alastair!
0:07:23 > 0:07:28- Well, yeah.- Are you getting anywhere near it?- We've been engaged.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- In the past?- We still are. Yes.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34So you've exchanged contracts but not completed?
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- Exchanged a ring, yeah. - Why did you vote for Scott?
0:07:38 > 0:07:43- Just thought he hesitated ever so slightly.- You've got a choice.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- You can stick with Scott or move to Michael.- I'll stick with Scott.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Scott, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01I don't think my friends will be too surprised about me being voted off first.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03They joked to me about it.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07I think they thought I'd have got a lot of questions wrong.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10I'm glad that I, at least, have a 100% record.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Round two. In the bank, £1,000. We take ten seconds off the time.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20We'll start with the strongest link from last round, Alastair.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29The actress who won an Oscar in 2007 for the film The Queen
0:08:29 > 0:08:33is known professionally as Helen... who?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Bonham Carter.- Mirren.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Which bridge over the River Thames
0:08:39 > 0:08:42was dismantled in 1971 and rebuilt in Arizona?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44London Bridge?
0:08:44 > 0:08:48In stereotypes, at a disco, women place which accessories on the floor
0:08:48 > 0:08:52and dance around them, their earrings or their handbags?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Handbags.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Bank.- Which part of a hen's egg
0:08:57 > 0:09:00is the main source of fat for the embryo?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- Can you repeat that? - Which part of a hen's egg
0:09:03 > 0:09:07is the main source of fat for the embryo?
0:09:07 > 0:09:08The yolk.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13In the TV comedy series Blackadder, when the character Baldrick
0:09:13 > 0:09:17devised a plan, what C is the word he chose to describe it?
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- Cunning. - Carbohydrates are compounds
0:09:21 > 0:09:26made up of oxygen, hydrogen and which other element?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Nitrogen.- Carbon.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33The 2010 UK Number One album entitled Progress
0:09:33 > 0:09:37was by which group, now referred to in the press as a "man band"?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Take That.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43The tail of a fox is called what, a brush or a broom?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45A brush.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Which city is the capital of Austria?
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Berne.- Vienna.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57What D is the name of a dark underground prison cell,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59often found in a castle?
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Dungeon.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05In a leap year, there are how many days in the month of February?
0:10:05 > 0:10:0629.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11The Welshman who, in 1992, was succeeded by John Smith
0:10:11 > 0:10:14as leader of the Labour Party is Neil... who?
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Kinnock.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19The right cheek of the original Action Man doll
0:10:19 > 0:10:23bore which distinguishing feature, a scar or a tattoo?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25A scar.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- Bank.- In football, Dave Sexton, Tommy Docherty and Sir Alex Ferguson
0:10:29 > 0:10:31have all managed which English club?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Manchester United.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37In the 1975 film Jaws, the police chief named Brody,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40played by Roy Scheider,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44issues the warning, "You're gonna need a bigger..." what?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Boat?- Bank.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Which common leafy vegetable has a deep red variety,
0:10:51 > 0:10:55that's braised with apples and vinegar as an accompaniment to pork?
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Onions.- Cabbage.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02In road building, what C is the name for the rounded stones or pebbles
0:11:02 > 0:11:05traditionally used to pave street surfaces?
0:11:05 > 0:11:10- Cobbles.- The scores for the ballets Swan Lake,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14the Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty were written by which composer?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Tchaikovsky.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22That was a correct answer. Couldn't be bothered to bank?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Were you back on a race course?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Rehearsing for the next time you meet the Queen?
0:11:30 > 0:11:34You won £200.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Who's going according to plan and who's going?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Who thinks first aid is a fizzy drink?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47'Helena goes from being the weakest link in the last round
0:11:47 > 0:11:49'to the strongest link in this.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54'Alastair is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?'
0:11:55 > 0:12:01Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03Rory.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Alastair.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Stephen.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Michael.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Alastair.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Alastair.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Michael.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Lindy.
0:12:21 > 0:12:27- Where are you from, Helena? - Originally from Doncaster, but I go to university in York.
0:12:27 > 0:12:33- What are you doing a degree in? - Psychology.- Are you?- I am. - That's a big word!- It is!
0:12:33 > 0:12:38- How many years have you been doing that?- I'm in my second year. I've got one more to go.
0:12:38 > 0:12:44- Then would you do anything rash, like look for a job?- I hope to do a masters in clinical psychology.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- You don't want a job?- Not just yet.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52- Have you any other talents? - I play drums.- Put your board down.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Move over towards Michael.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- What can you play for us? - Maybe a bit of a waltz or something.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05- You can't do The King And I or The Sound Of Music?- I'll have a go.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- Will you be humming? - Whatever you want me to do.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13I always like customers like that! You hum and we'll listen.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18# Boom-boom cha ba-da boom-boom chi-ka
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- # Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba... # - I'm missing something.- Yeah?
0:13:21 > 0:13:25- Which musical was that? - Just one I made up on the spot!
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Terrific. Hop back.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33- Put your board up. Why Alastair. - I just never had any money to bank.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- How old are you, Anni?- 57. - Are you? What do you do?
0:13:37 > 0:13:43- I'm semi-retired.- Why? - Because I wanted a lifestyle change.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- What's changed?- I write poetry and short stories.- Do you?
0:13:47 > 0:13:51- Have you written a poem for me?- I have.- Does "wink" rhyme with "link"?
0:13:51 > 0:13:57- Doesn't quite rhyme with link. - There's a first! Put your board down. Crack on.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02A form in black, they call her queen Of everything that's dark and mean
0:14:02 > 0:14:06But now we've seen her show on books We shouldn't judge her just on looks
0:14:06 > 0:14:10It's shown her in a different light Her bark's much worse than her bite.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Ooh, that was very nice. Put your board up.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Why Alastair? - Unfortunately, he got two wrong.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Alastair, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30My target was not to get voted off in the first round.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Felt I could have done a bit better,
0:14:33 > 0:14:38but if you don't know the answers to the questions, you get voted off.
0:14:40 > 0:14:46Round three. In the bank, £1,200. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51We start with the strongest link from the last round, the lovely Helena.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Start the clock.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00What is five multiplied by 19?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- Pass.- 95.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12The former Friends actor who starred as a dramatised version of himself
0:15:12 > 0:15:16in the 2011 sitcom Episodes is Matt... who?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- Pass.- LeBlanc.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23What W precedes "symptom" for a term for an unpleasant bodily response
0:15:23 > 0:15:27as a result of giving up an addictive substance?
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- Pass.- Withdrawal. Going very well(!)
0:15:31 > 0:15:34The attack by Francis Drake on Spanish ships
0:15:34 > 0:15:38in 1587, became known as "singeing the King of Spain's..." what?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Beard.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45In a law that was introduced in England and Wales in 2007,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48the minimum age for buying tobacco was raised to how many years?
0:15:48 > 0:15:53- 18.- Easter Island, famous for its large sculpted heads,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55is in which ocean?
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Pacific.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02In the Second World War, the masks issued to every man, woman and child
0:16:02 > 0:16:05were a protection against what, gas or wind?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Gas.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11- Bank.- In science fiction, the novel by Douglas Adams,
0:16:11 > 0:16:14the third in the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17was Life, The Universe And... what?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- Pass.- Everything.
0:16:21 > 0:16:27Which common five-letter surname is also a term for a metal worker?
0:16:27 > 0:16:33- Smith.- The religious artefact, believed by some to have covered
0:16:33 > 0:16:36the body of Christ, is the Turin... what?
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- Shroud.- In pop music during the 1960s and '70s,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44what was the name of the backing group for Gladys Knight?
0:16:44 > 0:16:49- The Pips.- The diet of which of these animals is primarily vegetarian?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51The giant panda or the polar bear?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53The giant panda.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57- Bank.- In the 1995 animated film Toy Story and its sequels
0:16:57 > 0:16:59in 1999 and 2010,
0:16:59 > 0:17:04the actor Tim Allen provided the voice for which character?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Pass.- Buzz Lightyear.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy and Robert Catesby
0:17:10 > 0:17:16were members of the 1605 conspiracy usually known as the what "..plot"?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Gunpowder.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23- Bank.- What's the name for a deep cylindrical flat-bottomed
0:17:23 > 0:17:28glass vessel with a lip, that is often found in laboratories?
0:17:28 > 0:17:33- Pass.- Beaker. What's the hyphenated term for a picture
0:17:33 > 0:17:36which has been painted by its own subject?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Self-portrait.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Bank.- That was the correct answer.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45You wanted to bank for this round or the next round?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49You won £420.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Who makes a shambles look like a strategy?
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Who thinks CCTV is a qualification?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07'According to the statistics, Rory is the strongest link.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11'With no correct answers, Helena is the weakest link.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13'Will the others realise that?'
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Michael.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Lindy.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Michael.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Helena.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Helena.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Anni.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Helena.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- Where are you from, Stephen? - From London.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- Any particular part? - I live in Welling in Kent.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- Gosh. And what do you do? - I'm a delivery van driver.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55- What are you delivering, Stephen? - I deliver hair and beauty products.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- Do you?- Yes. - And have you made absolutely sure
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- that the hair and beauty products have had no impact on you?- No.
0:19:03 > 0:19:09- I've come to use them since I started working with them. - You haven't? Put your board down.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Take us through the look, then, and what products.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19Well, normally, having washed my hair, I'll put some mousse in it.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- Yeah.- And then blow-dry it.- Really? - For maybe a minute.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Till I get bored, and then a bit of wax to give it some shape.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Put your board up.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35- And why Helena?- Bless her, she got one wrong that time, I'm afraid.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40- Rory, what do you do?- I'm a student, Anne.- What are you studying?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- Media Studies and Law. - Do you want to work in television?
0:19:43 > 0:19:49- Behind the scenes...- You don't think you've got a face for television?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Probably not.- What show would you like to work on?
0:19:52 > 0:19:57- This, if I had the opportunity. - Good. Put your board down.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02- Supposing you were producing this show, Rory.- Yeah.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- Possibly not in that shirt. - Probably not.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- Was that a tablecloth once? - It could have been.
0:20:10 > 0:20:16- How would you improve the show? - Probably have more scenes with your banter, Anne.
0:20:16 > 0:20:22More scenes with me. Very good answer. I think you'll do well. Put your board up.
0:20:22 > 0:20:28- Why Helena?- She's a lovely girl but she got all of her questions wrong. - She IS a lovely girl.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Helena, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I got a maths question wrong.
0:20:39 > 0:20:45I consider maths to be one of my strongest subjects, so I was very upset when I got that wrong.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49In university, I use maths in my degree.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Round four. You've banked £1,620. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, little Rory.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08In chess, of the 16 pieces possessed by a player at the start of a game,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12which is the only one that cannot be removed from the board?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- The king.- Bank.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18The children's TV programme consisting of short topical items,
0:21:18 > 0:21:22first broadcast in 1972, was "John Craven's..." what?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Newsround?
0:21:24 > 0:21:29In the classic symbol known as the skull and crossbones,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32the bones resemble what, sternums or femurs?
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Femurs.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36In the late 1920s,
0:21:36 > 0:21:40the Chicago crime-fighting unit nicknamed the untouchables,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42were lead by Eliot... who?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Pass.- Ness.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Which type of small house, usually found in the country,
0:21:48 > 0:21:52gives its name to a style of garden with informal borders of flowers?
0:21:52 > 0:21:57- Cottage.- What E is the name of a Dutch cheese,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01traditionally sold in a ball shape coated with red wax?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Edam.- Bank.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07The pub name The Salutation is a reference to the Angel Gabriel
0:22:07 > 0:22:11greeting which female character from the New Testament?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Mary?- I'll accept.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- Bank.- The song by The Clash, a UK hit single in 1982
0:22:18 > 0:22:23and 1991, was entitled Should I Stay Or Should I... what?
0:22:23 > 0:22:28- Go.- In formal male evening dress, a white tie should be worn
0:22:28 > 0:22:31with a type of coat known as what, wings or tails?
0:22:31 > 0:22:35- Tails.- Pass.- Which word for a violent storm with strong...?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Pass?
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Stiffness in the joint at the top of the arm is a "frozen..." what?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Shoulder.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47What C is the term for a money-off voucher
0:22:47 > 0:22:50cut out of a magazine or newspaper?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52- Coupon.- Bank.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56In gymnastics, which piece of women's apparatus
0:22:56 > 0:23:00is five metres long and ten centimetres wide?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Pass.- The beam.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06The US actor born in 1965, whose roles include Charlie Chaplin
0:23:06 > 0:23:10and Sherlock Holmes, is Robert... what?
0:23:10 > 0:23:15- Downey Junior.- In art, "abstract expressionism" is correctly used
0:23:15 > 0:23:19to refer to the style of who, Salvador Dali or Jackson Pollock?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- Salvador Dali.- Jackson Pollock.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26According to the title of the 1860 novel by George Eliot,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28what is the four-letter name
0:23:28 > 0:23:32for the industrial building on the River Floss?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Pass.- The Mill.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Time's up.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43You won £140, but who's worth their weight in Tupperware?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Who needs Botox for the brain?
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54'With the most correct answers, Sam is the strongest link.
0:23:54 > 0:24:00'The statistics show that Michael is the weakest link. Can he survive the vote?'
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Lindy.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10Michael.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Michael.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Michael.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Michael.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Michael.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28- Where are you from, Sam? - I'm from Cheshire. - Where in Cheshire?- Wilmslow.- Yes.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30So, mink coat and no knickers?
0:24:30 > 0:24:34- That sounds like an excellent description!- Yes.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- What do you do in Wilmslow?- I have my own vintage clothing company.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Put your board down. Move towards Stephen.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Is that a vintage shower curtain?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- It is vintage, yes.- Is it? Yes.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56- What was it, originally? - I think it's always been this.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58What is "this"?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Like a lounge coat.- A lounge coat?
0:25:01 > 0:25:06- From the '70s, when everyone was really fabulous.- OK. Hop back on.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Put your board up.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- Why Michael?- He got a few questions wrong, unfortunately.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- What do you do, Lindy? - I'm a school librarian.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- And how old are you?- I'm 49.- Oh!
0:25:20 > 0:25:25- Would you call yourself vintage? - No. But some would.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- What's in your library? - Books for everybody.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Heavy tomes and lightweight reading. You just...
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- Dirty books?- There's some with some dust on, yes!
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Y-yes. And can you say "Sh!"?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- I say it, yes.- Go on, then.- Sh!
0:25:42 > 0:25:47- Why Michael?- He passed on a question which I think he was going to bank.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Michael, you are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01I fully expected my name to go on every board. Quite rightly so!
0:26:01 > 0:26:05It's nice to see your name up in lights, but not on this occasion.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Round five. In the bank, £1,760. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Sam.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21In alcoholic drinks,
0:26:21 > 0:26:23what P is a variety of grape
0:26:23 > 0:26:27that precedes "grigio" and "noir" in the names of two wines?
0:26:27 > 0:26:33- Pinot.- In Greek mythology, which God, who was part-man, part-goat,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37shares his name with a wide metal vessel used for cooking?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Pass.- Pan.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48In the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, who was the small man
0:26:48 > 0:26:53who helped a miller's daughter weave gold from straw?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Rumpelstiltskin.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57What is 43 minus eight?
0:26:59 > 0:27:0135.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Radiohead had a UK hit album in 2001 with what title,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Insomnia or Amnesia?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- Amnesia?- Bank.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Which seaside resort in southeast England
0:27:13 > 0:27:17claims to have the longest pleasure pier in the world?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- Brighton?- Southend-on-Sea.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Which US President who took office in 1969
0:27:22 > 0:27:25had the middle name Milhous?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Nixon.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- Bank.- What D is what the pupil of the human eye does
0:27:31 > 0:27:33when it widens in the dark?
0:27:33 > 0:27:38- Dilates.- The journalist and restaurant critic
0:27:38 > 0:27:43who has presented food programmes with Sue Perkins, is Giles... who?
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- Brandreth.- Coren.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50On the international red list of threatened species,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53"Vu" stands for which word, "vulgar" or "vulnerable"?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- Vulnerable.- Bank.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59The 1973 action film set in Hong Kong
0:27:59 > 0:28:03in which Bruce Lee takes part in a martial arts competition is Enter The... what?
0:28:03 > 0:28:05- Dragon.- Bank.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10In maps, of the lines known as latitude and longitude,
0:28:10 > 0:28:15used to locate position, which of the two run parallel to the equator?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Latitude.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- Bank.- The Spanish golfer who, in 2011,
0:28:21 > 0:28:25was named as European captain for the 2012 Ryder Cup
0:28:25 > 0:28:27is Jose Maria... who?
0:28:27 > 0:28:31- Martinez?- Olazabal.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35A phrase dating from last century for a wedding arranged hastily
0:28:35 > 0:28:38because the bride is pregnant, includes the name of which firearm?
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- Shotgun.- Bank.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £200.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51But who should now be declared a national emergency?
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Who thinks knowledge is an urban myth?
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:58 > 0:29:04'The only player to get all their answers right, Rory is the strongest link.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09'Anni is the weakest link, but will the others consider that when casting their votes?'
0:29:11 > 0:29:16Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18Stephen.
0:29:20 > 0:29:21Sam.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Stephen.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Anni.
0:29:28 > 0:29:29Lindy.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35- Rory, why Stephen?- He got a question wrong in that round
0:29:35 > 0:29:39and lost us a bit of money.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- Lindy, why Stephen? - He got one wrong, like me.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Stephen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56My expectations, coming on the Weakest Link,
0:29:56 > 0:30:00were to find out how it all works and to contribute a bit
0:30:00 > 0:30:04to the entertainment for the country and television.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08I've never been on screen before and I feel I got far enough
0:30:08 > 0:30:11to settle in and acquit myself as well as I could.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19Round six. In the bank, £1,960. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, little Rory.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29While a ship is in port,
0:30:29 > 0:30:34time off allowing sailors to visit the area is known as what "..leave"?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- Sail leave?- Shore.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41In human anatomy, what T is another term for the windpipe?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- Pass.- Trachea.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47The magician born in 1956,
0:30:47 > 0:30:52who apparently made the Statue of Liberty disappear, is David... who?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- Blaine.- Copperfield.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00Mrs Danvers is the housekeeper at Manderley in which 1938 novel
0:31:00 > 0:31:03by Daphne du Maurier?
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Rebecca.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Pancakes with orange sauce is a popular dessert
0:31:07 > 0:31:11known by the French name "crepes..." what?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Pass.- Suzette.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19What V can mean to alter the direction of a ship
0:31:19 > 0:31:23or to allow a vehicle to deviate suddenly from a straight course?
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- Verge?- Veer.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29The garment worn by Scottish Highlanders, a filibeg,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32is more commonly known by what name?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Kilt.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38The 1979 single by Squeeze that begins,
0:31:38 > 0:31:43"I never thought it would happen with me and the girl from Clapham" is Up The... what?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Junction.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49The language of Iran called Farci is written using which script,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Roman or Arabic?
0:31:51 > 0:31:56- Arabic.- Bank.- The actress famous for roles in films such as Scandal,
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Single White Female and Jackie Brown is Bridget who?
0:32:00 > 0:32:04- Fonda.- In England and Wales, most lawyers are either barristers
0:32:04 > 0:32:08or which other type of legal professionals?
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- Can you repeat that, please? - In England and Wales,
0:32:11 > 0:32:13most lawyers are either barristers
0:32:13 > 0:32:16or which other type of legal professionals?
0:32:16 > 0:32:20- Queens Counsellors?- Solicitors.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24In geology, what E is the term for wearing away of rocks or soil
0:32:24 > 0:32:28by the action of rain, ice, wind or the sea over a period of time?
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- Erosion.- Bank.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34TV characters named Annie Walker, Frank Barlow
0:32:34 > 0:32:37and Albert Tatlock appeared in the first episode...
0:32:41 > 0:32:49Don't think that was on the tip of his tongue. The correct answer is Coronation Street. You won £120.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Should Lindy shush?
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Has Anni been badly behaved?
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Will you send Rory behind the scenes?
0:32:56 > 0:33:00Or maybe Sam hasn't given a vintage performance?
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08'Anni is the strongest link because she didn't get an answer wrong.
0:33:08 > 0:33:14'Lindy is the weakest link, but will the votes follow the statistics?'
0:33:16 > 0:33:21Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Rory.
0:33:26 > 0:33:27Sam.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Sam.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Lindy.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Anni, why young pretty Sam?
0:33:38 > 0:33:42She's voted for me twice, so it's time for her to go.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46- Nothing to do with who's the worst player?- Hm... Well.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50I don't know who was the worst player.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54- Rory, why Sam?- She got two questions wrong, like me, Anne.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58It's votes that count. Sam, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Chatting with Anne was definitely amusing.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11I never think it's a good idea to bite back at Anne.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13The best way to get through it
0:34:13 > 0:34:16is to laugh along and agree with everything she says.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Round seven. You have £2,080. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28We'll start with the strongest link from last round, Anni. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Start the clock.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Electrical superconductivity
0:34:33 > 0:34:37is a property of certain pure metals and alloys at what temperatures,
0:34:37 > 0:34:40very high or very low?
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Very low.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45In tennis, which player noted for her grunting
0:34:45 > 0:34:49became the youngest winner of the French Open in 1990 when she was 16?
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- Serena Williams.- Monica Seles.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57The original Peeping Tom was a resident of which English city?
0:34:58 > 0:35:00- Pass.- Coventry.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04What P is a term meaning "investigation",
0:35:04 > 0:35:09frequently used in headlines because it has only five letters?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14- Pass.- Probe.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18A 1938 short story by Ernest Hemingway
0:35:18 > 0:35:22was entitled The Snows Of... which African mountain?
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- Himalayas.- Kilimanjaro.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30The social and political reform movement of the 1830s and '40s,
0:35:30 > 0:35:35begun by William Lovett, had what name, Chartism or Graphism?
0:35:35 > 0:35:37- Chartism.- Bank.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40The Singapore Strait is a body of water
0:35:40 > 0:35:43that separates Singapore from which country?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- Indonesia.- Bank.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49Gone Till November, It Doesn't Matter and Perfect Gentleman
0:35:49 > 0:35:54were UK hit singles for the performer called Wyclef... who?
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- Richard.- Jean.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01If Friday is named after Frigg, the Norse goddess of married love,
0:36:01 > 0:36:05which day is named after her husband the god of wisdom, culture and war?
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Thursday.- Wednesday.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11What is the positive square root of 49?
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- Nine.- No. Seven.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19Which word meaning "to pierce with a stick" forms the basis
0:36:19 > 0:36:24of the famous English nickname of the medieval European prince Vlad?
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- Pass.- Impale.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31In sport...
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Time's up.
0:36:33 > 0:36:39You won £40. In round eight, you get to treble what you bank.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47'With no correct answers, Rory is the weakest link.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50'Anni is the strongest link,
0:36:50 > 0:36:53'but who will survive the final vote?'
0:36:55 > 0:37:00Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03Rory.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Lindy.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Lindy.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Anni, did you think Lindy was the worst player?
0:37:15 > 0:37:21- Yes, I did.- Really?- Yeah. - Rory, did you think Lindy was the worst player?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- Not at all, Anne.- Why's that, Rory?
0:37:23 > 0:37:28- I got a couple of questions wrong. - Only a couple?- Maybe all of them.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30It's votes that count.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Lindy, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45I think, today, the winner of the Weakest Link is going to be Anni.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48She strikes me as a very strong contender.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52I think Rory knows he's on shaky ground
0:37:52 > 0:37:55and so he got rid of me first.
0:37:57 > 0:38:04Round eight. In the bank, £2,120. In this round, 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Anni.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Start the clock.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16What is the name of the mobile medical service
0:38:16 > 0:38:19established in Australia in 1928 by John Flynn?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Flying doctors?- I'll accept.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- Bank.- The twin resorts of Lynton and Lynmouth
0:38:26 > 0:38:29are on the north coast of which county?
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Shropshire?- Devon.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37In jazz, Django Reinhardt was best known for playing which instrument,
0:38:37 > 0:38:40the guitar or the bassoon?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- The guitar.- Bank.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Ryan O'Neal starred as a fraudulent Bible salesman
0:38:45 > 0:38:48alongside his real-life daughter Tatum
0:38:48 > 0:38:51in a 1973 film entitled Paper... what?
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Mache?- Moon.
0:38:53 > 0:38:58The woodland brown butterfly feeds on honeydew
0:38:58 > 0:39:00produced by which soft-bodied insects
0:39:00 > 0:39:03regarded as garden pests?
0:39:03 > 0:39:07- Greenfly?- Aphids. I'll accept, though.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12- Bank.- What J is the first name of a TV presenter with the surname Kyle,
0:39:12 > 0:39:16a comedian called Hardy and a politician named Hunt?
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Jeremy.
0:39:18 > 0:39:23The egg cases of skates or sharks that are often washed up on beaches
0:39:23 > 0:39:27are commonly called "mermaids'..." what?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- Purses.- Bank.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Sir Anthony Caro is a famous name in which field,
0:39:32 > 0:39:34sculpture or water colour?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- Sculpture.- Bank.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41The driver who was World Champion three times in the '50s and '60s...
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Time's up. You won £130, which we will treble.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52It gives you prize money today of £2,510.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56There can only be one winner. Now, up to five questions each.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59If there's a tie, we go for Sudden Death.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04So, Anni and Rory, for £2,510, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12- Anni, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.- I'll go first.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18In football, in December 2010,
0:40:18 > 0:40:24which Middle Eastern country was chosen to host the 2022 World Cup?
0:40:24 > 0:40:29- Kuwait?- The correct answer is Qatar.
0:40:29 > 0:40:36The Bank of England £50 note in circulation between 1981 and 1996
0:40:36 > 0:40:43featured an image of which British architect born in 1632?
0:40:45 > 0:40:49- No idea.- The correct answer is Sir Christopher Wren.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53The 1998 play by Terry Johnson
0:40:53 > 0:40:58entitled Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick
0:40:58 > 0:41:03concerned the lives of three actors in which series of comedy films?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- Carry On films. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:06 > 0:41:13In comics, in 2010, which female superhero who debuted in 1941,
0:41:13 > 0:41:16was portrayed as wearing a new outfit
0:41:16 > 0:41:22to replace her bustier and star-spangled hotpants?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- Wonder Woman. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29In biology, sternutation is the medical term
0:41:29 > 0:41:33for which common involuntary physical action?
0:41:33 > 0:41:37- Sneezing? - That is the correct answer.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42In literature, in a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell,
0:41:42 > 0:41:46characters Suellen and Carreen O'Hara
0:41:46 > 0:41:49have an older sister called Katie,
0:41:49 > 0:41:54who is better known by what other name?
0:41:54 > 0:41:57- Katrina. - The correct answer is Scarlett.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59In religion,
0:41:59 > 0:42:05which name for the devil is derived from the Hebrew for "an adversary"?
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Satan? - That is the correct answer.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14In the opening sequence to a reality TV series,
0:42:14 > 0:42:20which person has been referred to as a "serial entrepreneur",
0:42:20 > 0:42:25"a multi-millionaire" and "Britain's most belligerent boss"?
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- Lord Alan Sugar. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34What was the title of the 1971 UK Number One album
0:42:34 > 0:42:39by the Rolling Stones that had a cover incorporating a metal zip
0:42:39 > 0:42:42that could be opened and closed?
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- Pass.- The correct answer is Sticky Fingers.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55In which decade of the 20th century did Winston Churchill
0:42:55 > 0:43:00first win a General Election as leader of the Conservative Party?
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- 1930s? - The correct answer is 1950s.
0:43:08 > 0:43:14That means, Anni, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Rory, you leave with nothing.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:23 > 0:43:29I don't think if the questions were the other way round that I would have won anyway.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Anni was clearly the winner.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Winning the Weakest Link is marvellous.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38I've never won anything and winning this was just great.
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