0:00:02 > 0:00:06Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the Weakest Link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:30 > 0:00:37Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the Weakest Link.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Let's meet the team.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56I'm Richard, I'm 26, I'm based in Leeds and I'm a club promoter.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59My name's Deni, I'm 19,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I'm from Worthing and I'm a journalism student.
0:01:03 > 0:01:09My name is Neil, I'm 64, I live in Hull and I'm a window representative.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16I'm Katy, I'm 36, I'm from Nottingham and I'm a nurse.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22I'm Martin, I'm 53, I live in Bristol and I'm a primary school teacher.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29I'm Karen, I'm 66, from Thornton-Cleveleys, and I'm retired.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34I'm Freddie, I'm 43, from Watford in Hertfordshire.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38I'm a male model and a TV and film extra.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I'm Sally, I'm 57, I'm from Portsmouth.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I'm a nutritional coach and part-time radio presenter.
0:01:45 > 0:01:51I'm Nick, I'm 31, I live in Newcastle and I'm a research associate.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:59 > 0:02:06Break the chain and you lose all the money. Say "bank" before the question and the money is safe.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12Round 1. Three minutes. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15That's you, Deni. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25In customs, the names Percy, Dick and Roger are normally given to people of which sex?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- Male.- Correct. In maths, what is 31 plus 7?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- 38.- Correct.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36In publishing, which word that is the opposite of "front" follows "hard" and "paper"
0:02:36 > 0:02:38for two different book formats?
0:02:38 > 0:02:43- Back.- Correct. In farming, what P is the name for an implement used
0:02:43 > 0:02:46for turning over the soil into ridges and furrows?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- Plough.- Correct.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55On roads in the UK, the background of a motorway direction sign is which primary colour?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- Blue.- Correct.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03In human anatomy, which of the sensory organs in the head produce wax?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Ears.- Correct.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10In 1867, the Marquess of Queensberry established the code of rules in boxing
0:03:10 > 0:03:13that required the use of padded boots or gloves?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Gloves.- Correct.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20In the name of the meal often said to be the British national dish,
0:03:20 > 0:03:24which generic term for cod, haddock and the like goes with chips?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Fish.- Correct.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32- Bank!- In directions, which point on a compass has the abbreviation SW?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- South-west.- Correct.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38In theatre, what is the usual title of the pantomime
0:03:38 > 0:03:42in which a young boy exchanges a cow for some magic beans?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- Jack.- No, Jack And The Beanstalk.
0:03:45 > 0:03:53In the UK, what L is the name given to the hole in most front doors that is designed to receive mail?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- Letterbox.- Correct.
0:03:55 > 0:04:02In work, which of the words in the rhyming phrase "hire and fire" means to engage an employee?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- Hire.- Correct.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09In pop music, All Night Long and Hello were both UK hit singles in the 1980s
0:04:09 > 0:04:11for the American singer, Lionel who?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Richie.- Correct.
0:04:13 > 0:04:20In chemistry, "molten" describes a material like glass or metal that has been changed to its liquid form
0:04:20 > 0:04:22by heating or freezing?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- Heating.- Correct.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Bank!
0:04:28 > 0:04:32OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target
0:04:32 > 0:04:37and that money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.
0:04:37 > 0:04:43Who couldn't make a splash in a swimming pool? Who couldn't make a mark on a blackboard?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52In an impressive first round, Karen is the Strongest Link.
0:04:52 > 0:04:58Statistically, Deni is the Weakest Link, but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?
0:05:00 > 0:05:05Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Deni.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Martin.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Deni.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Deni.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Richard.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Deni.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Deni.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Deni.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Deni.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- What do you do, Richard? - I'm a club promoter.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- What sort of club?- Strip clubs, amongst other things.
0:05:35 > 0:05:42- What do you mean, "amongst other things"?- We do other clubs, but I mainly work for the strip clubs.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- So, clubs where women take their clothes off for money?- Yes.
0:05:46 > 0:05:53- Do you have clubs where blokes strip for women?- I've done it myself a few times around Yorkshire and that.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55What have you got to offer?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58You'll have to find out, won't you?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- Well, I'm asking - what have you got to offer?- I don't know...
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- I'm tall.- Yeah.
0:06:05 > 0:06:12- Have you got a nice bottom?- It's all right. I've heard good things about it.- Put your board down.- OK.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Now move towards Deni.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Now turn round.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- No, right round.- Oh, God. - I can't even see your bottom.
0:06:21 > 0:06:27- Cos I wear my trousers low.- Are you shaking or are you trying to show off?- No, you've scared me a bit.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30OK, turn round. Put your board up.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Why Deni?
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- I thought about it... - Crack on, Richard. Why Deni?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40She got a question wrong.
0:06:40 > 0:06:46- What do you do, Freddie? - I'm a male model and a TV and film extra, Anne.- Oh, are you?
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- So you wouldn't mind taking your clothes off for money? - I'd do anything for money.
0:06:51 > 0:06:58- What have you got to offer?- I've got charm, style, grace, elegance and an unfeasibly stupid beard.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00What sort of work do you get?
0:07:00 > 0:07:05Mainly "standing in the background, being very unimportant" work.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- Why Deni? - Sadly, she got one question wrong.
0:07:10 > 0:07:16- What do you do, Sally? - I'm a nutritional coach and part-time radio presenter.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- Would you take your clothes off for money? - No, I wouldn't frighten anybody.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- Would people pay you to keep your clothes on?- Absolutely.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- And you advise on nutrition?- I do.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Put your board down. Move over towards Nick.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34So, if I needed to lose weight, would I come to you?
0:07:34 > 0:07:41You might do because I know quite a few tricks from the last 15 years since I used to be 25 stone.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46- And what are you now? - I'm around 15 now.- But I wouldn't want to weigh 15 stone.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Somebody as slim and talented as yourself wouldn't need to.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53No. Get back behind your podium.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- And you said you were a radio presenter?- I am. Part-time.
0:07:57 > 0:08:03- Are you the Chris Moyles of Hampshire?- I'm probably the same shape, but no, he's very talented.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Are you as relentlessly cheerful on your radio show?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10I try to when I'm not having a rant about what's been in the news.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- Why Deni?- I'm afraid she did get one question wrong in the first round.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Deni, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:08:24 > 0:08:31My friends and family at home are going to think this is just typical of me to go out in the first round.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34So they'll probably have a good laugh,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38but it's just a game, you know? I'll keep telling myself that.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Round 2. In the kitty, £1,000. We now take ten seconds off your time.
0:08:44 > 0:08:50We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Karen. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:08:50 > 0:08:57Start the clock. What's the usual term for the type of weather that is said to spit and drizzle?
0:08:57 > 0:09:02- Rain.- Correct. The Grampian Mountains are in which country of the UK?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Scotland.- Correct.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09In his 2009 autobiography, Andre Agassi said of which sport,
0:09:09 > 0:09:14"I hate it, hate it with a dark and secret passion, and always have"?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- Tennis.- Correct.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20In crime, what B means to attempt to extort money from someone
0:09:20 > 0:09:24by threatening to reveal a discreditable secret?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Blackmail.- Correct.- Bank!
0:09:27 > 0:09:30In the game paper-scissors-stone, what beats paper?
0:09:30 > 0:09:36- Scissors.- Correct. A hereditary defect of vision in which it is hard to distinguish red and green
0:09:36 > 0:09:38is called colour what?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- Blind.- Correct.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46"Headbanger" is a term used of a fan of which style of music? Jazz or heavy metal?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- Heavy metal.- Correct.
0:09:49 > 0:09:55In punctuation, what's the British term for what is known in American English as a period?
0:09:55 > 0:10:00- Full stop.- Correct. On the railways, what L is the name of a vehicle used for pulling trains
0:10:00 > 0:10:04that has a driving cab, but no space for passengers?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- Pass.- Locomotive.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13In celebrity couples, the judge on the TV talent show Any Dream Will Do,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17who in 2009 married the winning contestant Lee Mead, is Denise who?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- Van Outen.- Correct.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26In fitness, a sphere filled with air that is used to strengthen muscles and increase flexibility
0:10:26 > 0:10:28is called a Swedish bubble or Swiss ball?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Swiss ball.- Correct.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35In 1834, the group known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced
0:10:35 > 0:10:38to be transported to which modern-day country?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- Australia.- Correct.
0:10:40 > 0:10:46The books entitled Five Go Off To Camp, Secret Seven On The Trail and Noddy And The Tootles
0:10:46 > 0:10:48were written by which author?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Enid Blyton.- Correct.- Bank!
0:10:50 > 0:10:57What P is a four-letter word that is the most widely used title of the head of the Roman Catholic Church?
0:10:57 > 0:11:01- Pope.- Correct. In swimming, what is the term for a relay event
0:11:01 > 0:11:05where a different stroke is used for each leg of the race?
0:11:05 > 0:11:13- Pass.- Medley. In pop music, When You Say Nothing At All in 1999 and Life Is A Rollercoaster in 2000
0:11:13 > 0:11:16were UK No.1 singles for which member of Boyzone?
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- Ronan Keating.- Correct.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23In maths, the abbreviation LCD stands for "lowest common" what?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Denominator.- Correct.
0:11:25 > 0:11:33The 1980s films Die Hard, Gremlins and Trading Places are all set during Easter or Christmas?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- Christmas.- Correct.
0:11:35 > 0:11:41The organisation based in Southampton that is the national mapping agency of Great Britain...
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Time's up and you won £400.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49But who's emptier than Mel Gibson's mini-bar?
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Who thinks Renault Megane is a French painter?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:11:57 > 0:12:04Having answered the most questions correctly, Freddie is the Strongest Link.
0:12:04 > 0:12:10The statistics show that Katy is the Weakest Link, but can she survive the vote?
0:12:11 > 0:12:17Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Karen.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Karen.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Karen.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Karen.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Katy.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Karen.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Katy.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Karen.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- What do you do, Nick?- I'm a research associate for the Open University.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48- What are you researching?- How other researchers use technology.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53- What technology?- Things like Twitter, Facebook, Instant Messenger, email, video conferencing.
0:12:53 > 0:12:59- Do you go on Facebook?- I do, yes. - Are you looking for love? - No, no. I'm happy.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- What, without it? - No, I'm happy with my girlfriend.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- You've got a girlfriend?- Yeah. - Good heavens, looking like you?
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- Why Karen?- Unfortunately, she got a question wrong.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16- What do you do, Katy?- I'm a nurse, Anne.- What sort of nurse? - I'm a general surgical nurse.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- Have you got a doctor boyfriend? - No, I'm single.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24- Haven't you been able to get a doctor?- No, I don't think I'm their cup of tea.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29When you go to theatre, have you passed your phone number round?
0:13:29 > 0:13:33I don't want a doctor boyfriend. They're not my type.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- Do you just want any old boyfriend? - I'm happily single.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41- You don't want a boyfriend?- I'm far too independent and set in my ways.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- Why Karen?- Obviously, both Karen and I got a question wrong,
0:13:45 > 0:13:51- but I think Karen hesitated longer than I did.- You answered less questions correctly than she did.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- I don't think I did. - You're not arguing with me, are you?
0:13:55 > 0:14:01- I thought we both got one right and one wrong.- She got two right. Maths isn't your strong point?- No.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- But you can write out your telephone number for the doctors. - No, I don't want one.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Karen, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22Being voted off early... I really thought I would have gone further,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25but if you don't know the answer to the question, so be it.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Round 3. In the bank, £1,400. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:14:31 > 0:14:37We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Freddie. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:14:37 > 0:14:43In the media, Americans often insert the name of which city into the title of the UK newspaper The Times
0:14:43 > 0:14:46to differentiate it from US publications?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- The London Times.- Correct.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54The necklace called a choker is alternatively known as a dog what?
0:14:54 > 0:14:59- Collar.- Correct. In TV, what surname is shared by the comedians Jimmy and Alan
0:14:59 > 0:15:03who have each appeared as co-hosts on The Friday Night Project?
0:15:03 > 0:15:09- Carr.- Correct. In science, what G is the usual name for the form of carbon
0:15:09 > 0:15:13that is sometimes known as plumbago and as black lead?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- Gold.- Graphite.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22The type of print made from a design carved in a block of timber is called a what cut?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- Rough cut.- Woodcut.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31In history, which English explorer completed his circumnavigation of the globe in 1580
0:15:31 > 0:15:34in a ship called The Golden Hind?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Pass.- Sir Francis Drake.
0:15:37 > 0:15:43In food, the cooking style in which new dishes are created by mixing elements of various ethnic cuisines
0:15:43 > 0:15:46is called fusion or delusion?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Fusion.- Correct.
0:15:48 > 0:15:54In sport, the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield is home to the world championship of which game?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- Snooker.- Correct.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02In the 1950s, The Crickets were to Buddy Holly as The Comets were to which other singer?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Pass.- Bill Haley.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09In money, which denomination of Bank of England note is turquoise in colour?
0:16:09 > 0:16:15- £20... £5.- No, I have to accept your first answer. £5 is the correct answer.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19In UK politics, what T is a word coined in the 17th century
0:16:19 > 0:16:23that is a name for a member or a supporter of the Conservative Party?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- Tory.- Correct.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29A promotional name for the coast in Cornwall which echoes that
0:16:29 > 0:16:33of a similar area in southern France is the Cornish what?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Riviera.- Correct.- Bank!
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Which is the longest bone in the human body?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- The femur.- Correct.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45The Russian ballerina born in 1881,
0:16:45 > 0:16:50celebrated for her classic roles such as Giselle and The Dying Swan,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52was Anna who?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Pass.- Pavlova.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02In both world wars, a military building made of corrugated iron and shaped like a tunnel
0:17:02 > 0:17:05was called a Nissen hut or Nissan Micra?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- Nissen hut.- Correct.
0:17:08 > 0:17:14In TV, the US drama series, first shown from 2001 to 2005, about the Fisher family who ran a funeral home
0:17:14 > 0:17:16was entitled Six Feet what?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Under.- Correct.- Bank!
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Time's up. Your "bank" was in time,
0:17:21 > 0:17:26which means you won £100,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30but who's now needlessly needless, who's pointlessly pointless?
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39For the second round in a row, Freddie is the Strongest Link.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Richard is statistically the Weakest Link, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Martin.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Martin.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Richard.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Katy.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Richard.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Richard.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Katy.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Freddie...- Anne.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Why Richard?
0:18:16 > 0:18:21There were several people who got one each wrong.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26And Richard was banking a bit too early in the earlier rounds.
0:18:26 > 0:18:32- Sally, why Richard?- I drive an 18-year-old car and he drives around in limousines every night.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Yes. Richard, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:18:39 > 0:18:45I think Anne took a shine to me, but, you know, she's a flesh and blood woman.
0:18:45 > 0:18:51I didn't think she was going to make me show her my bum. She was a bit disappointed she couldn't see it all.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56She's a very sexy lady, so I'm not going to complain at the amount of attention
0:18:56 > 0:19:00from that fiery little redhead out there. She's a great lady.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07Round 4. In the bank, £1,500. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:19:07 > 0:19:14We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Freddie. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:19:14 > 0:19:20In spelling, the word "psychedelic", meaning an expansion of sensory awareness, begins with which letter?
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- P.- Correct. In national symbols,
0:19:23 > 0:19:28the central section of the flag of which Commonwealth country consists of a red maple leaf
0:19:28 > 0:19:30on a white background?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Canada.- Correct.- Bank!
0:19:33 > 0:19:39In maths, an answer known as a quotient is produced by which operation? Addition or division?
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- Division.- Correct. In mythology, the revolving device said to be spun
0:19:44 > 0:19:49to select random changes in people's lives is the what of fortune?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- Pass.- Wheel.
0:19:51 > 0:19:57In slang, conk, beak and snout are derogatory names for which human facial feature?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Nose.- Correct.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04The model called Pixie Geldof and the singer known as Pixie Lott
0:20:04 > 0:20:08were both born in which decade of the 20th century?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- 1980s.- 1990s.
0:20:10 > 0:20:16A banking arrangement whereby an account holder authorises regular payments without stating a fixed sum
0:20:16 > 0:20:19is known alliteratively as direct what?
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- Debit.- Correct. In insects, what D is the name given to a male honey bee?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- Drone.- Correct.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31- Bank!- In modern literature, the Australian author who wrote the novels
0:20:31 > 0:20:35with the punning titles Altar Ego and Foetal Attraction is Kathy who?
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Letts.- Lette. I'll accept.
0:20:41 > 0:20:48In cookery, which root vegetable is typically combined with coriander to make an orange-coloured soup?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- Orange.- Carrot.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55In UK geography, the town about seven miles from Wolverhampton,
0:20:55 > 0:21:00noted for its football club and importance in the iron industry, is West what?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Bromwich.- Correct.
0:21:03 > 0:21:09In US politics, President Lyndon Johnson was popularly known during the 1960s by which three initials?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- LBJ.- Correct.
0:21:11 > 0:21:17In catchphrases, the comedian Frankie Howerd often urged his audience not to titter or chatter?
0:21:17 > 0:21:23- Titter.- Correct.- Bank!- In science, which chemical element is present in water, methane and ammonia?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Hydrogen.- Correct.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31In history, the Duke of Normandy who led the invasion of England in 1066 had what first name?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- William.- Correct.- Bank!
0:21:34 > 0:21:40What P is the term for the part of a verb that can be described as past, present, perfect or dangling?
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- Present.- No, participle. Katy...
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Time's up and you won £250.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53So who is now statistically static?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Whose economic recovery has stalled?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04The only player with all his answers wrong, Neil is the Weakest Link.
0:22:04 > 0:22:11According to the statistics, Sally is the Strongest Link, but how will the votes go?
0:22:13 > 0:22:18Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Martin.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Neil.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Neil.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Neil.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Neil.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Neil.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- What do you do, Martin? - I'm a primary school teacher.
0:22:39 > 0:22:46- How do you make lessons interesting? - Well, I have various little tricks up my sleeve.- Do you?- Like jokes...
0:22:46 > 0:22:50- Oh, great. - Do you want a joke?- Yes...
0:22:50 > 0:22:55- I didn't say put your board down, Martin.- Sorry, Anne.- OK.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59This is Martin from Bristol's idea of a joke.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04- What kind of pizza does Good King Wenceslas like?- I don't know.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Deep pan, crisp and even.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Tch!
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Can you try again?
0:23:11 > 0:23:15- I could do a magic trick for you. - No, just do another joke.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20Oh, you've put me on the spot. I only had one up my sleeve.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- I thought you had lots of tricks. - I've got a trick.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29- Do you want to see my magic ball? - OK.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31The magic balls?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Just the magic ball. Just the one.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46There. Children find that amazing and wonderful, Anne.
0:23:47 > 0:23:54- Put your board up. Why Neil? - I thought he got... two questions wrong.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Nick, how did you come by that hairstyle?
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Em, I...I was born with unruly hair, I'm afraid, Anne.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10Yes. Do you think if you changed your manner, you could be a bit sexier?
0:24:11 > 0:24:16- I'm not even sure if that's possible, Anne.- Supposing I was in a nightclub and you fancied me.
0:24:16 > 0:24:22- How would you go about attracting me?- I would try to charm you. - How would you do that?
0:24:22 > 0:24:27- I'm sitting at the bar on my own. Put your board down.- Right.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Do you mind if I sit here, sit next to you? And I'd start talking to you.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- What would you say?- Hi, I'm Nick.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40- Yeah... - I've seen you off the telly.- Yeah?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Em, can I get you a drink?
0:24:42 > 0:24:47- Yeah...- Get you a big drink?- You think that would make a difference?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- I think studies have shown that that helps.- Anything else?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Any other tricks up your sleeve?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- That's about it.- Put your board up.
0:24:58 > 0:25:04- Why Neil?- Unfortunately, I think he may have got all his questions wrong. He seemed to get the most.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09Neil, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:25:15 > 0:25:21Well, I dropped a few clangers in the last round. I'd been playing quite well up to there.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Obviously, as soon as I knew that I had made three mistakes,
0:25:25 > 0:25:29I knew that my time was up and I had to take it on the chin.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36Round 5. Your total is £1,750. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40We'll start with Sally. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Start the clock.
0:25:42 > 0:25:50In the UK, from 1922 until 1971, a licence was required for the use of which electronic device?
0:25:50 > 0:25:55- Television.- Radio. In nature, the tree found
0:25:55 > 0:26:01in many British parks that produces an edible nut in a spiny, round, green husk is called the sweet what?
0:26:02 > 0:26:09- Chestnut.- In pop music, a rock group formed in San Francisco in 1991 call themselves what -
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Counting Crows or Thieving Magpies?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Counting Crows.
0:26:13 > 0:26:21Correct. In pastimes, the toy hoop popularised in the 1950s was named after which Hawaiian dance?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- Hula.- Correct.
0:26:23 > 0:26:30- Bank!- An anti-coagulant is a substance that delays and prevents the clotting of which bodily fluid?
0:26:30 > 0:26:37- Blood.- In the title of a 2000 Oscar-winning martial arts film, directed by Ang Lee,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40the dragon is hidden and the tiger is doing what?
0:26:40 > 0:26:46- Crouching.- In politics, what E is the name for an official order forbidding trade,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48especially with another country?
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- Embargo.- Correct.- Bank!
0:26:51 > 0:26:57Which archaic word for a small grassy mound features in a nursery rhyme about Little Miss Muffet?
0:26:58 > 0:27:05- Tuffet.- Correct. In TV, which 1960s cartoon series was set in the town of Bedrock,
0:27:05 > 0:27:07in the prehistoric era?
0:27:07 > 0:27:13- The Flintstones.- In technology, the concept of the world as a single small community
0:27:13 > 0:27:19as a result of international communication is known as the global what?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- Nanoism.- Village.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28The practice of yoga originated in the spiritual philosophies of Africa or Asia?
0:27:28 > 0:27:35- Asia.- In agriculture, the extremely destructive beetle that attacks the seed pods of cotton
0:27:35 > 0:27:38is known as the boll what?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- Beetle.- Weevil.
0:27:41 > 0:27:49The fashion designer born in 1951 with the surname Hilfiger is known by what abbreviated first name?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- Tommy.- Correct.- Bank!
0:27:53 > 0:27:59What P is the term for a book in which events precede those in a previously published work?
0:27:59 > 0:28:01- Prequel.- Correct. - Bank!
0:28:01 > 0:28:03According to the title...
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Time's up. You won £240.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14Who gets sympathy from the turkey at Christmas? Who'd argue with their echo?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23For the first time, Katy is the Strongest Link.
0:28:23 > 0:28:29Freddie is the Weakest Link, but will the votes follow the statistics.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Nick.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Sally.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43Nick.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Freddie.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Katy.
0:28:50 > 0:28:56- Katy, why Nick? - I think he was the Weakest Link. He got a couple of questions wrong.
0:28:56 > 0:29:02- Freddie, why Nick? - Cos we all had a bad round and that was the first name in my head.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Nick, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15At first, my chat with Anne went well. She seemed to be flirting.
0:29:15 > 0:29:21But then she laid into me for not being very sexy and for my hair, which is maybe fair,
0:29:21 > 0:29:26but still harsh...especially as I did have a haircut.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33Round 6. In the bank, £1,990. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Katy.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45In terms of area, which island is the largest in the Caribbean Sea?
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Barbados?- Cuba.
0:29:48 > 0:29:55What's the usual term for a person who unlawfully occupies premises belonging to another person?
0:29:55 > 0:30:01- A squatter.- Correct. Freddie, the 2004 film starring Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller,
0:30:01 > 0:30:07promoted with the tagline "Grab life by the balls" was called Dodgeball or Hairball?
0:30:07 > 0:30:13- Dodgeball.- In the office, from the 1970s onwards, the typewriter was largely replaced
0:30:13 > 0:30:16by the word what?
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- Processor.- Correct.
0:30:18 > 0:30:25- Katy...- Bank!- ..which statue in NYC is classed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27The Statue of Liberty.
0:30:27 > 0:30:34The poem by Pam Ayres in which she complains that her pockets are full of tissues
0:30:34 > 0:30:38and her nostrils full of Vick is called Oh, No, I Got A what?
0:30:39 > 0:30:44- Cold.- In vocabulary, what C is a slang word for jail
0:30:44 > 0:30:49that derives from the name of a former prison in South London?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- Clink.- Correct.- Bank!
0:30:52 > 0:30:59A shirt typically with broad stripes of two colours and a small white collar is named after which game?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01- Polo.- Rugby.
0:31:01 > 0:31:08The extremely poisonous toadstool with a greenish top and white gills is known as the death what?
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- Fungi?- Cap.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17What is the sum of the number of years in a millennium and the number in a century?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- 1,100.- Correct.
0:31:19 > 0:31:26In 1955, the Royal Enclosure at Ascot lifted a ban on entry previously imposed on which people -
0:31:26 > 0:31:28politicians or divorcees?
0:31:28 > 0:31:32- Divorcees.- On the children's TV series Sesame Street,
0:31:32 > 0:31:38the Muppet character called Polly Darton is a parody of which country and western singer?
0:31:38 > 0:31:45- Dolly Parton.- Which region of Italy, popular with tourists, has Florence as its capital?
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- Tuscany.- Correct.- Bank!
0:31:48 > 0:31:51In an expression that derives...
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Time's up and you won £400,
0:31:55 > 0:32:01but should Katy be discharged? Does Martin need to be taught a lesson?
0:32:01 > 0:32:08Maybe Freddie isn't a model contestant? Or perhaps Sally won't be so cheerful for long.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17Katy goes from being the Strongest Link to the Weakest Link.
0:32:17 > 0:32:23Statistically, Martin is the Strongest Link, but whose game is over?
0:32:24 > 0:32:30Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Sally.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Katy.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Sally.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Katy.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44We have a tie, team.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Sally and Katy, two votes each. Sally, why Katy?
0:32:48 > 0:32:54I think one of us has got to go and I don't think we all had a great round.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59- Katy, why Sally?- I think I may possibly have been the Weakest Link
0:32:59 > 0:33:03and Sally was the only other person who got questions wrong.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07The Strongest Link was Martin. He gets to decide. Why Katy?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Well, it's a very difficult decision.
0:33:10 > 0:33:16I thought Sally...and Katy both got two wrong.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20- You've got a choice.- I'm afraid I'm going to have to go for Sally.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Sally, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35I thought that the chat I had with Anne was absolutely great
0:33:35 > 0:33:39and I hope that I made her feel extremely comfortable.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46Round 7. In the bank, £2,390. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50We'll start with Martin. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Start the clock.
0:33:52 > 0:33:59What L is a term for a maze-like network of tunnels and passages, often featured in fantasy stories?
0:33:59 > 0:34:01- Labyrinth.- Correct.
0:34:01 > 0:34:07In the name of the confection first produced in the Lake District in 1869,
0:34:07 > 0:34:09what comes between Kendal and cake?
0:34:09 > 0:34:16- Mint.- The subtitle of the second film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series is Dead Man's what?
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- Chest.- Correct.- Bank.
0:34:19 > 0:34:26Which major canal was closed for eight years from 1967 following the Six Day War?
0:34:26 > 0:34:32- Suez.- Correct. In an emergency, the so-called manoeuvre to treat a person who is choking
0:34:32 > 0:34:36is named after the surgeon who developed it, called Henry what?
0:34:36 > 0:34:42- Heimlich.- In the Robin Hood legend, the Merry Man known as Much is referred to
0:34:42 > 0:34:46as the miller's son or monkey's uncle?
0:34:47 > 0:34:53- Miller's son.- In art, the French landscape painter born in Paris in 1840,
0:34:53 > 0:34:57a founder of Impressionism, was Claude who?
0:34:57 > 0:35:00- Monet.- Correct. - Bank!
0:35:00 > 0:35:05Which motorway passes to the west of Cheltenham and east of Gloucester?
0:35:05 > 0:35:06- M4?- M5.
0:35:06 > 0:35:13In Spain, what B is the usual English name for the traditional spectacle that involves
0:35:13 > 0:35:15the participation of a toreador?
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Sorry. Can you repeat that?
0:35:17 > 0:35:23In Spain, what B is the usual English name for the traditional spectacle that involves a toreador?
0:35:23 > 0:35:30- Bullfight.- Correct. In the words of the song from the 1949 stage musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,
0:35:30 > 0:35:32what are a girl's best friend?
0:35:32 > 0:35:38- Diamonds.- Correct. In religion, Sufism is a mystical movement within which faith -
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Christianity or Islam?
0:35:40 > 0:35:48- Islam.- In perfumery, the essential oil called attar is extracted from the flowers of the shrub
0:35:48 > 0:35:51called the damask what?
0:35:52 > 0:35:54- Bloom.- Bank!
0:35:54 > 0:35:59Time's up. The correct answer was rose. You won £300.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02In Round 8, you treble what you bank.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07Before that, time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Having survived the previous vote, Katy is again the Weakest Link.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15According to the statistics, Martin is the Strongest Link,
0:36:15 > 0:36:20but who will lose out in the final vote?
0:36:20 > 0:36:25Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:36:25 > 0:36:26Freddie.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Freddie.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Katy.
0:36:34 > 0:36:40- Martin, why Freddie? - I think he was the Weakest Link in that round.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45- It's not because you fancy Katy? - Certainly not. I'm happily married.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- Katy, why Freddie? - Em, I had to vote for somebody.
0:36:49 > 0:36:55I think they both got their questions right, so it was a 50/50 decision.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- It's not because you fancy Martin? - No!
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Freddie, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13I think Anne's a charming, lovable, wonderful woman.
0:37:13 > 0:37:19If she would just peel off that veneer of evilness, you'd probably find more evil underneath.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25Round 8. In the bank, £2,690.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29In this round 90 seconds, but whatever you win is trebled.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34We'll start with Martin. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Start the clock.
0:37:36 > 0:37:43In the northern hemisphere, the Harvest moon is the full moon nearest to which equinox?
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Autumn.- I'll accept.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51The 1995 crime thriller renowned for its complex plot
0:37:51 > 0:37:56that starred Kevin Spacey and Gabriel Byrne is The Usual what?
0:37:56 > 0:38:01- Suspects.- Correct. What A is the name of the country that in 2010
0:38:01 > 0:38:05hosted the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- Algeria.- Angola.
0:38:07 > 0:38:13In medicine, what is the term for the state of mind that you lose when you suffer concussion
0:38:13 > 0:38:15and regain when you wake up?
0:38:15 > 0:38:21- Consciousness.- The naval expression for the time of day when drinking is permissible
0:38:21 > 0:38:25is when the sun is over the what - yard arm or square leg?
0:38:25 > 0:38:30- Yard arm.- Correct.- Bank!- In Greek mythology, in the Underworld,
0:38:30 > 0:38:36- the Styx is almost always referred to as which type of geographical feature?- Rock?
0:38:36 > 0:38:42River. In art, what U is the name of a brilliant blue pigment used in painting
0:38:42 > 0:38:46that was originally obtained from the mineral lapis lazuli?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- Azure.- Ultramarine. Katy,
0:38:51 > 0:38:59in pop music, Never Can Say Goodbye and I Will Survive were UK hit singles in the 1970s for Gloria who?
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- Gaynor.- Correct.- Bank!
0:39:01 > 0:39:06In food, the Williams, named after the nurseryman who...
0:39:10 > 0:39:15Time's up. You won £70, which we will treble.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18It gives you prize money today of:
0:39:18 > 0:39:22There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.
0:39:22 > 0:39:29If there's a tie, sudden death. So, Katy and Martin, for £2,900 let's play the Weakest Link.
0:39:33 > 0:39:39- Katy, you have the choice of who goes first.- I'd like to go first, please, Anne.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45In the animal kingdom, which specific term is used
0:39:45 > 0:39:50to describe a young bird that has grown enough feathers to fly?
0:39:51 > 0:39:54- Fledgling. - That is the correct answer.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57In political dynasties,
0:39:57 > 0:40:02in 2009, George Papandreou followed his father and grandfather
0:40:02 > 0:40:06in becoming Prime Minister of which European country?
0:40:06 > 0:40:09- Greece.- That is correct.
0:40:09 > 0:40:16In sport, items of equipment with the traditional names brassie, spoon, mashie and niblick
0:40:16 > 0:40:18are used in which game?
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- Rugby.- The correct answer is golf.
0:40:24 > 0:40:32Which former TV quiz show presenter was impersonated by Griff Rhys Jones in The Young Ones in 1984
0:40:32 > 0:40:37and by Mark Gatiss in the 2006 film Starter For Ten?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- Bamber Gascoigne.- That is correct.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47The new sterling silver award announced in July 2009
0:40:47 > 0:40:53to be granted to the next of kin of British service personnel lost on military operations
0:40:53 > 0:40:56was given what two-word name?
0:40:58 > 0:41:03- Afghan Cross?- The correct answer is the Elizabeth Cross.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08In medicine, derived from one of the symptoms of the illness lockjaw
0:41:08 > 0:41:12is an informal name for which disease?
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- Pass.- The correct answer is tetanus.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21In pop music, which 1979 UK number one single
0:41:21 > 0:41:25written by Mike Batt and sung by Art Garfunkel
0:41:25 > 0:41:31begins with the lines, "Is it a kind of dream floating out on the tide"?
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- Bright Eyes. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40In religion, the five books of the Old Testament
0:41:40 > 0:41:43traditionally ascribed to Moses
0:41:43 > 0:41:47are Genesis, Leviticus,
0:41:47 > 0:41:52Numbers, Deuteronomy and which other?
0:41:53 > 0:41:58- Leviticus? - The correct answer is Exodus.
0:41:58 > 0:42:03The name of which Roman road that runs from Exeter to Lincoln
0:42:03 > 0:42:06is derived from the Latin for ditch?
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- Dyke? - The correct answer is the Fosse Way.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Martin, which Hindi word literally meaning pounded meat
0:42:17 > 0:42:23is the name in Indian cookery for fried savoury balls of minced lamb or vegetables
0:42:23 > 0:42:27and in Turkish cuisine for a type of kebab?
0:42:28 > 0:42:32- Doner. - The correct answer is kofta.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37And after five questions each, your scores are tied.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40So, Katy and Martin, let's play sudden death.
0:42:44 > 0:42:50In cinema, which 1978 film musical ends with the lead characters leaving a funfair
0:42:50 > 0:42:53in a flying car?
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Grease.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:57 > 0:43:04In the 1800s, Edwin Lutyens formed a partnership with which landscape gardener
0:43:04 > 0:43:09whereby he designed the houses and she laid out the grounds?
0:43:13 > 0:43:18- Capability Brown. - No, Gertrude Jekyll.
0:43:22 > 0:43:28That means, Katy, you are today's Strongest Link and you go away with:
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Martin, you leave with nothing.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:36 > 0:43:43I did a little tactical voting towards the end, but it's a dog eat dog kind of world.
0:43:43 > 0:43:48I really didn't think I would win or get past the first round,
0:43:48 > 0:43:50so I'm really proud of myself
0:43:50 > 0:43:57and I've shown that nurses can do a little bit more than do a bed bath and make a bed.
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