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 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:37 > 0:00:44They've only just met, but to get the prize money they'll have to work together.
0:00:44 > 0:00:52However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Let's meet the team.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59I'm Ryan. I'm 21. I'm from Dumfries and I'm a customer assistant.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02I'm Elizabeth. I'm 60.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07I'm from Brixham in Devon and I'm a retired primary school teacher.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12I'm Ewan. I'm 50. I'm from Hitchin and I'm an events manager.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I'm Caz. I'm 31. I'm from Chester and I'm an assistant team leader.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20My name is Patrick. I'm 66.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25I'm from Holywood, Northern Ireland, and I'm a retired civil servant.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28I'm Mandy. I'm 47, from Cheltenham.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I'm a supermarket community champion.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I'm Paul. I'm 35, from Caister-on-Sea.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37I'm an entertainments coordinator.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42I'm Rebekah. I'm 23. I'm from Nottingham and I'm a youth worker.
0:01:43 > 0:01:49I'm Steve. I'm 42. I'm from London and I'm an operations manager.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56To remind you, in each round, there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Round One, three minutes on the clock.
0:02:09 > 0:02:15We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19That's you, Caz. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:26 > 0:02:33Lancaster, Leicester and Leeds are cities in which country of the UK?
0:02:33 > 0:02:34England.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39If you have a liking for food that contains a lot of sugar,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43which part of your body is described as "sweet"?
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- Your tongue.- Your tooth.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51The popular singer born Francis Albert Sinatra
0:02:51 > 0:02:53was better known by what first name?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Frank.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59What G precedes "morning" and "afternoon"
0:02:59 > 0:03:02to make two standard daytime greetings?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Good.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07What is 70 divided by ten?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Seven.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- Bank.- In many theatres, shops and restaurants,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17the women's toilet is known as the what, "play room" or "powder room"?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Powder room.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23A well-known children's song begins with the words,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26"I'm a little teapot, short and stout.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29"Here's my handle. Here's my..." what?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Spout.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37In the modern English alphabet, which letter comes between O and Q?
0:03:37 > 0:03:38P.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43The phrase taken from a 19th-century poem
0:03:43 > 0:03:48now used to mean "influential people who make things happen"
0:03:48 > 0:03:50is "movers and..." what?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Shakers.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Which of these form part of the natural diet of the grey squirrel,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01crisps or nuts?
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Nuts.
0:04:03 > 0:04:10Which piece of equipment used for taking still photographs
0:04:10 > 0:04:15typically contains a lens, a shutter and a flash?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17A camera.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- Bank. - In the measurement of time,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22what W is the term for half a fortnight?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Week.
0:04:24 > 0:04:30The 1998 Oscar-winning war film directed by Steven Spielberg
0:04:30 > 0:04:35about a mission to rescue a soldier is called Saving Private... who?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Ryan.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42Which Spanish word refers to an afternoon rest or nap
0:04:42 > 0:04:47taken during the hottest hours of the day in warm countries?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Siesta.
0:04:49 > 0:04:55According to the proverb that includes a term for a fortress,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58an Englishman's home is his... what?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- House.- Castle.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05Most people are born with two what, hearts or kidneys?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Kidneys.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12- Bank.- Which term for a loose covering for the head
0:05:12 > 0:05:17forms familiar words when it follows "brother", "neighbour" and "child"?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Hood.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25- Bank.- Which rock group, formed in the 1970s, originated...?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Time's up, and you won £590.
0:05:30 > 0:05:37You had a chain of 12 correct answers so you could have got there. Who banked too soon?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Who's a trend setter and who's a train spotter?
0:05:42 > 0:05:47Who's as serious as Joe Pasquale on helium?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56'Mandy is the strongest link, as she banked the most money.
0:05:56 > 0:06:02'Statistically, Patrick is the weakest link, but will the others realise that?'
0:06:03 > 0:06:08Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Patrick.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Steve.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Steve.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Steve.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Steve.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Steve.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Ewan.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Patrick.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Patrick.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- Where are you from, Mandy? - Cheltenham.- And what do you do?
0:06:38 > 0:06:43I'm a supermarket community champion and I teach horse riding.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49- What's a community champion? - I've done everything from making tea for a fundraiser to raffle prizes...
0:06:49 > 0:06:54- What sort of fundraising? - Recently I organised a fashion show
0:06:54 > 0:06:56in conjunction with a local hotel.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- What else do you do?- I teach horse riding.- Are you any good?
0:07:00 > 0:07:05I like to think so. I do a lot with Pony Club. They seem happy with me.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07What? The ponies or the people?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- Both.- Yes. Put your board down.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Let's see you ride.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- Foot in stirrup. Hop on. - Poor horse. Is it a big horse?
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- A very big horse!- Turn round. - You've met my horse.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Put your board up.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- Why Steve?- He got one wrong, as well as Patrick,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32but I think he lost more money with the banking.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Where are you from, Patrick? - Holywood, Northern Ireland.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- Why are you wearing a skirt? - It's called a kilt.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- I do Scottish country dancing. - You're from Northern Ireland.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47You don't have to be Scottish.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51And is there a Mrs Patrick at home, who's wearing trousers?
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- There's a Mr Patrick.- A Mr Patrick! - Thinks he wears the trousers. Yes.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- What's he called?- Charles.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Did you meet him country dancing?
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- No. I met him 47 years ago, when I was a mere youth.- How old's Charles?
0:08:05 > 0:08:11- He's 76.- Is he?- Yes. I keep him young.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Put your board down. Move over towards Caz.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20If you have a Highland fling, does Charles get to find out?
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- Find out what, Anne? - Do us a few steps.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- This is pas-de-basque... - Do you often have a Highland fling?
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Do I...? That's for me to know, Anne.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- It's a bit of a girlie do, isn't it? - Oh, very, yes.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Put your board up.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- Why Steve?- I got a question wrong, but so did Steve.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Those were the only ones.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- What do you do, Elizabeth?- I'm a retired primary school teacher.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Isn't that funny? You'd never guess, the way you look(!)
0:08:56 > 0:09:01- How do you keep yourself busy now? - I'm a beekeeper.- Really?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03That keeps me very busy.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08- So you've gone from teaching children to beekeeping.- Yes.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Anything you could hit with a rolled-up newspaper, really?
0:09:11 > 0:09:16I wouldn't do anything with rolled-up newspapers with children!
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- No, but the bees?- Certainly not. They're my little workers.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Is it better to have one of those electric things?
0:09:24 > 0:09:29No! I want them to stay alive and fit and well and work for me.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- Is that all you do all day?- No.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35I write poetry and I write children's stories.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37I fly-fish.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42- So you live alone, do you? - No, I don't. I have a husband.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- I bet you've written me a poem. - You're right.- Put your board down.
0:09:47 > 0:09:53- Haven't you remembered it? - I'm afraid I'm not young enough to remember a poem.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- How old are you?- 60. - Must be awful being old.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58LAUGHS
0:09:59 > 0:10:03I'm going on the Weakest Link I'm really going to have to think
0:10:03 > 0:10:08What if the questions are really tough? What if I'm not good enough?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11And when the answer just won't come I blow my chance, the game is done
0:10:11 > 0:10:16Then Anne will look and wink her eye "You are the weakest link, goodbye."
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Yes. It could be Wordsworth(!) - It could.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Put your board up.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Why Steve? - Well, I'm very sorry, Steve.
0:10:26 > 0:10:32But an Englishman's home is his castle and I thought it was a very straightforward question.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- And you're not patronising(!) - Not at all.- No.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Steve, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Unfortunately, I wasn't on the show long enough to see Anne.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56The little that I did see of her, she was her normal jovial self. It's just a shame I got voted off.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Round Two. In the bank, £590. We're taking ten seconds off your time.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07We'll start with the strongest link from last round. That's big Mandy.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15What L is the general term for a painting of the countryside?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Landscape.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21The character Spot in a series of stories by Eric Hill
0:11:21 > 0:11:23is what kind of animal?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- A dog. - In British superstitions,
0:11:27 > 0:11:31it is considered unlucky to place which items on a table,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33new shoes or old trousers?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35New shoes.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39In TV, which US series, first shown in the UK in 1999,
0:11:39 > 0:11:43centred on the lives of four women named Carrie, Samantha...
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Sex And The City.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51- Bank.- Which root vegetable existed in a variety of colours,
0:11:51 > 0:11:55including purple, before patriotic Dutchmen began growing it
0:11:55 > 0:11:57in the more familiar orange?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Tomatoes.- Carrot.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04A catamaran is a vessel with how many hulls linked together?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Two.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11What E is the single word name given to the longest line of latitude
0:12:11 > 0:12:13on the surface of the Earth?
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- Equator.- In decorating, the word "turpentine"
0:12:17 > 0:12:20is often abbreviated to what?
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Turps.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25In horse racing, in 2011,
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Pour Moi became the first French-trained colt for 35 years
0:12:29 > 0:12:32to win which English classic?
0:12:32 > 0:12:33The Derby.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38- Bank.- Director John Ford and actor John Wayne were closely associated
0:12:38 > 0:12:42with which type of films, science fiction or westerns?
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Westerns.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45In UK charities,
0:12:45 > 0:12:52the initials RNIB stand for the Royal National Institute of... whom?
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Britain?- Blind people.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02What is 34 plus five?
0:13:02 > 0:13:0439.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10- Bank.- What T is one of the five senses and goes before "type"
0:13:10 > 0:13:14in the ability to use a keyboard accurately without looking at it?
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Touch.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20The singer nicknamed Suggs is best known as a frontman of which group?
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- Madness.- In horticulture, an individual branch
0:13:24 > 0:13:29in a cauliflower is known by what name, a florin or a floret?
0:13:29 > 0:13:35- Floret.- Which island with an area of more than 200 square miles
0:13:35 > 0:13:39is almost equidistant from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- The Isle of Man.- Bank.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45In TV, the show Tonight's The Night was first broadcast in 2009
0:13:45 > 0:13:48with which actor and singer as its presenter?
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- John Barrowman.- On a sewing machine, which essential item
0:13:52 > 0:13:57includes ball point for stretch fabrics and wedge point for leather?
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- Needle.- Bank.- In politics, a society where people...
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Time's up. You won £670.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Who thinks the object is to get home first?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Who should take a bow and who should take a tumble?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23'For the second round in a row, Mandy is the strongest link.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28'The statistics show that Rebekah is the weakest link, but will the votes pick up on the facts?'
0:14:29 > 0:14:35Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Elizabeth.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Rebekah.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Rebekah.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Elizabeth.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Rebekah.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Rebekah.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Rebekah.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Elizabeth.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- Where are you from, Paul? - Caister-on-Sea, Anne.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04- What do you do in Caister-on-Sea? - I'm an entertainments coordinator at the Sea Life Centre.
0:15:04 > 0:15:11- Are you showing people round?- We're in different zones. We tell people about creatures in those zones.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16- Who is the audience?- All the families and schools that visit us.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21- You get school children?- We do. Yes. - And you have to entertain them?
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- Yes.- Couldn't you just throw their teacher to the sharks?
0:15:25 > 0:15:29We could, but I think that's slightly illegal these days.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Are you a sort of frustrated entertainer?
0:15:32 > 0:15:37No. I am an entertainer as well. I'm a magician and ventriloquist.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- Really?- Yes. - So you can throw your voice?
0:15:41 > 0:15:46- Kind of.- Put your board down. Let's listen to you throw your voice.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- SQUEAKY: Hello. How are you? - Can you say, "Bottle of beer"?
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- Can of Coke. - Why can't you say, "Bottle of beer"?
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- Gottle of geer? - No! You didn't do it properly.
0:15:57 > 0:16:03- That's why I'm working at the Sea Life Centre in Great Yarmouth. - Put your board up.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09- Why Rebekah? - Unfortunately, I remember her getting her question wrong.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- What do you do, Ewan? - I'm an events manager.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- Are you in the entertainment business?- No. I'm in the wine trade.
0:16:16 > 0:16:23- How do you make your job interesting?- By selecting a lot of wines and telling people about them.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Have you got any good wine jokes?
0:16:26 > 0:16:31- We tend to enjoy, but we don't get over-hilarious.- Don't you?- No.- Oh!
0:16:31 > 0:16:36- You so look like a comedian. - I can put out a few one-liners, if you like.- Go on.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I might describe you as a wine, Anne.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42People have different characteristics.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45You might be a New World riesling, very fragrant
0:16:45 > 0:16:50with a streak of acidity, or you could be an aged Burgundy,
0:16:50 > 0:16:54with a bit of fruitiness still showing but wearing a bit thin.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59- Why Rebekah?- She got an answer wrong and there was a long pause as well.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01She was the worst player.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Rebekah, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15The walk of shame was quite scary. I thought I was going to trip over.
0:17:15 > 0:17:21I wanted to give Anne a cheeky wink, but she wasn't really looking at me.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24So I just walked off. It was a bit upsetting.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30Round Three. In the bank, £1,260. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Mandy.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Let's play the weakest link.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Start the clock.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41In business, an on-going expense such as rent
0:17:41 > 0:17:44is an "underhand" or an "overhead"?
0:17:44 > 0:17:49- Overhead.- The Attenborough brothers who have each received knighthoods
0:17:49 > 0:17:52have the first names David and what?
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- Richard. - In football, what T is the term
0:17:55 > 0:17:59for the movement of a player from one club to another?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- Transfer.- Bank.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Which African mammal measuring up to 14 feet in length,
0:18:04 > 0:18:09spends much of the day in water with only the top of its head visible?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Crocodile.- Hippopotamus.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15According to the lyrics of a song from the musical Annie,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17what is "only a day away"?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Tomorrow.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24Hidden features on many DVDs and computer games are called what,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Easter eggs or birthday cakes?
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Easter eggs.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29The city of Kyoto
0:18:29 > 0:18:34is the former imperial capital of which Asian country?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- China.- Japan.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42In TV, in 2011, 43 years after his last appearance,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45original cast member Philip Lowrie
0:18:45 > 0:18:49reprised his role in Coronation Street as Dennis... who?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- No idea, sorry.- Tanner.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54What C is the word for both
0:18:54 > 0:18:57the region from which water is collected by a river
0:18:57 > 0:19:00and the area from which a school draws pupils?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Catchment.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07The form of birth control taken as a tablet and known as "the pill"
0:19:07 > 0:19:10is more formally called "an oral..." what?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Pass.- Contraceptive.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16The Footlights Club, whose former members include Robert Webb,
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Ben Miller and Sue Perkins, is based in which university city?
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- Cambridge. - What is 67 minus 23?
0:19:26 > 0:19:2844.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32The 1988 horror film featuring an evil doll called Chucky
0:19:32 > 0:19:36that inspired a series of sequels is entitled Child's... what?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Play. - In history, General George Patton
0:19:39 > 0:19:43commanded the US Third Army during which World War?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Second.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- Bank.- In jazz, the name of which instrument is shortened to "bone"?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Trombone.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56In the musical Betty Blue Eyes which opened in the West End in 2011
0:19:56 > 0:20:00the title character is a robotic model of which farm animal?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- Cow.- Pig.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07The island of Mykonos is part of which European country?
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Greece.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13- Bank.- In the secret service, in the popular abbreviations MI5 and MI6,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15MI stands for Military... what?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- Intelligence.- Bank.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Time's up. Your bank was in time. You won £340.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Who has a franchise on failure?
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Who will go on losing you money?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38'According to the statistics, Patrick is the weakest link.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42'The strongest link is Ewan, but who will the team want off?'
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Patrick.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Ryan.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Patrick.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Ryan.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Elizabeth.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Ryan.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Elizabeth.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- What do you do, Caz?- I'm assistant team leader in a bingo hall.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- Where's the bingo hall? - It's in Chester.- Is it?- Yes.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- What does an assistant team leader do?- It's mainly training staff.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Making sure everything's in order. Making sure the bingo runs smoothly.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- Do you call out the bingo numbers? - I have been known to in the past.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- Is that the best job? - That's my favourite job.- Is it?
0:21:33 > 0:21:39- Do you know all the phrases? - We don't use them, but I remember most of them.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Why don't you use them?- They see it as old-fashioned. I quite like it.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48So if you can't use the phrases to jazz it up,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51how do you make it exciting?
0:21:51 > 0:21:55You have to change your voice. SING-SONG: Five and two, 52.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Then the next number, go... PITCH CHANGES: Four and eight, 48.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Put your board down.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Say 32 in an exciting way.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09VOICE DROPS: Three and two, 32.
0:22:09 > 0:22:15And now, say 16 in not so exciting.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19LISTLESSLY: One and six, 16. Sound any different?
0:22:19 > 0:22:24And now... 47, REALLY exciting.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29- EXCITEDLY: Four and seven, 47! - Y-yes. Put your board up.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Why Ryan?- A few people got questions wrong in that round.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Because he said pass he stood out.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43- Elizabeth, why Ryan?- Well, because he didn't answer his question,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45I couldn't bank anything.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Ryan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58As a boxer, one person I wouldn't get in the ring with is Anne.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Her pre-fight stare is scary and I bet she's got a blinding right hook.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Round Four. In the bank, £1,600. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Ewan.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Start the clock.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20In children's TV, Mr Starling, Mr Robson and Mrs McClusky
0:23:20 > 0:23:24have all been head teacher at which fictional school?
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- Grange Hill.- Which term for a number of printed pages,
0:23:28 > 0:23:33bound and protected by covers also means "to make a reservation"?
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Book.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39What C is the name of a fine-grained earthy material
0:23:39 > 0:23:41that, when wet, can be moulded
0:23:41 > 0:23:45and is used to make bricks, ceramics and tiles?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- Cement.- Clay.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50In sport, in 2011,
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore
0:23:55 > 0:23:59to retain the Indian Premier League title in which game?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- Polo?- Even cricket.
0:24:01 > 0:24:08The ten-member boy band whose 2003 UK hit singles included Flip Reverse
0:24:08 > 0:24:12and We Just Be Dreamin' were called Blazin'... what?
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Squad.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18"Salmon", "flesh" and "shocking" are shades of which colour?
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Pink.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23The name shared by two major mountain ranges
0:24:23 > 0:24:27in eastern California and southern Spain is the Sierra... what?
0:24:27 > 0:24:31- Nevada.- In dance, what B is the usual term for the hand rail
0:24:31 > 0:24:34used for ballet practice and exercises?
0:24:34 > 0:24:39- A bar.- In the TV sitcom Only Fools And Horses,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42in the name of a family business, the acronym TITCO
0:24:42 > 0:24:46stood for whose Independent Trading Company?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- Pass.- Trotters.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52In ancient costumes,
0:24:52 > 0:24:56the stola was a garment worn by Roman women,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59the equivalent for which garment for Roman men?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- Toga.- Bank.
0:25:01 > 0:25:07Bowling For Columbine in 2002 and Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004
0:25:07 > 0:25:11were documentary films directed by which US satirist?
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Mike...Myers?- Michael Moore.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Which word for a part-time judge of the Crown Court
0:25:18 > 0:25:24is also the name of a woodwind instrument often taught to children?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- Flute.- Recorder!
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Which Scottish city was chosen in 2007
0:25:33 > 0:25:36to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games?
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- Glasgow. - What is eight multiplied by nine?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- 54.- Even 72.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46In psychology, what C...?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Time's up. You only won £20. Whose fault was that?
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Who probably thinks JLS is a sofa shop?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Who's the shaman of shame?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06'The only player to get all their answers right,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08'Ewan is still the strongest link.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13'Patrick is again the weakest link, but can he survive the vote?'
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Patrick.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Patrick.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26Patrick.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Paul.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Patrick.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Elizabeth.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Ewan, are you jealous of Patrick's skirt?
0:26:39 > 0:26:43No. I have one that's a little more colourful than that.
0:26:43 > 0:26:49- Mandy, why Patrick? - Unfortunately, we missed a bank. He got his question wrong.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51We lost quite a lot of money.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54He was the worst player.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Patrick, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Some friends were encouraging and others said I was totally bonkers.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10I'll let them make up their mind whether they were right.
0:27:12 > 0:27:19Round Five. You're up to £1,620. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Ewan.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Start the clock.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32The US relic inscribed "proclaim liberty throughout all the land
0:27:32 > 0:27:36"unto all the inhabitants thereof" is the Liberty... what?
0:27:36 > 0:27:40- Bell.- In TV election coverage, what name is given to the device
0:27:40 > 0:27:44used by Bob McKenzie, Peter Snow and Jeremy Vine
0:27:44 > 0:27:46to illustrate shifts in voting?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Swingometer?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51In literature, Pelham Grenville
0:27:51 > 0:27:54were the first names of which English comic novelist?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56PG Wodehouse.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00Which of these composers is best remembered for his operas,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Beethoven or Puccini?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Puccini.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08If the current produced by a battery is called "direct"
0:28:08 > 0:28:13which word is correspondingly used to describe that from the mains?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- Indirect.- Alternating.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20Which US actor was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame
0:28:20 > 0:28:26in 2011, after starring in a series of six films based on the sport?
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Sylvester Stallone.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31The Kiel Canal in northern Germany
0:28:31 > 0:28:35links the Baltic Sea to which other sea?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37North Sea?
0:28:37 > 0:28:43The 14 pictures hung around some churches depicting the trial
0:28:43 > 0:28:48and crucifixion of Jesus are known as the "stations of the..." what?
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- Faith?- Cross.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54What B is the name of a former Soviet republic,
0:28:54 > 0:28:56sometimes known as White Russia?
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Belarus.
0:28:58 > 0:29:04In catchphrases, the comedian who regularly said, "Rock on, Tommy"
0:29:04 > 0:29:07to his partner on their TV show in the 1980s
0:29:07 > 0:29:10is known professionally as Bobby... who?
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Ball.
0:29:11 > 0:29:16Which term for a type of bridge also refers to a system of springs
0:29:16 > 0:29:19connecting the axles of a vehicle to the chassis?
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Suspension.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26- Bank.- Claude Garamond and John Baskerville
0:29:26 > 0:29:29have had varieties of what named after them,
0:29:29 > 0:29:31typefaces or typewriters?
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- Typefaces? - A person described as Florentine
0:29:34 > 0:29:38is a native or inhabitant of which Italian city?
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- Florence.- Bank.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42The widely used scientific method
0:29:42 > 0:29:47for estimating the age of organic material is "radio carbon..." what?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Dating.
0:29:50 > 0:29:55That was the correct answer. You won £150.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Who's the priest with the least?
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Who's so slow their blood type is treacle?
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09'For the first time in the game, Elizabeth is the weakest link.
0:30:09 > 0:30:15'Caz is the strongest link, but will that be enough to save her?'
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23Mandy.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26Elizabeth.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Elizabeth.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Elizabeth.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Caz.
0:30:36 > 0:30:42- Caz, why Elizabeth?- She got a question wrong. Simple as that.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- Ewan, why Elizabeth? - She got at least one question wrong.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50- She only got one question wrong. - My mistake.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Elizabeth, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:31:01 > 0:31:07Anne is rather like my bees. She's honey on the outside but there's a sting waiting to come.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14Round Six. In the kitty, £1,770. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Caz.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Start the clock.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27In contemporary art, what I is a major work created for display
0:31:27 > 0:31:33at a specific site and, typically, three-dimensional and mixed media?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- Image.- Installation.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41A swimming pool that is half Olympic is how many metres in length?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- 500?- 25.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47In the British Army, the rank abbreviated to RSM
0:31:47 > 0:31:49is Regimental Sergeant... what?
0:31:49 > 0:31:56- Major.- The 2008 film starring Ellen Page as a pregnant teenager
0:31:56 > 0:31:58had what title, Mayo or Juno?
0:31:58 > 0:31:59Juno.
0:31:59 > 0:32:05Ham, who survived a 16-minute flight into space in January 1961,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08was what species of great ape?
0:32:08 > 0:32:09Chimpanzee.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13In TV, the journalist, war reporter and Middle East expert
0:32:13 > 0:32:17who co-hosted the news show Breakfast for two years from 2000,
0:32:17 > 0:32:19is Jeremy... who?
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- Oh, Paxman. No.- Bowen.
0:32:23 > 0:32:29Railway stations called Wynyard, Redfern and Bondai Junction
0:32:29 > 0:32:33are located in which city in the southern hemisphere?
0:32:33 > 0:32:36- Adelaide.- Sydney.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39The phrase alluding to the finer things in life,
0:32:39 > 0:32:42the title of a waltz by Johann Strauss the younger,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44is Wine, Women And... what?
0:32:44 > 0:32:49- Song.- The British royal family traditionally spends Christmas
0:32:49 > 0:32:52at which residence, Windsor or Sandringham?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Sandringham.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58A sound rather like a hiss made up of random frequencies
0:32:58 > 0:33:01of equal intensities is called "white..." what?
0:33:01 > 0:33:05- Noise.- Bank. - What's the term for a script
0:33:05 > 0:33:10that is written to be produced as a feature film?
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- Pass.- Screenplay.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16The South African sprinter known as Blade Runner
0:33:16 > 0:33:18and "the fastest man on no legs"
0:33:18 > 0:33:22who won three golds in the 2008 Paralympics is Oscar... who?
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Pistorius.
0:33:23 > 0:33:28What T is the term for the hooked claw of a bird of prey?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- Talon.- Bank. - In celebrities...
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Time's up.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38You won £150.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42But...is Ewan a non-event?
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Perhaps Mandy's a charity case.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50Will Caz's number be up? Has Paul been a bit of a dummy?
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:55 > 0:34:00'Having answered most questions correctly, Ewan is the strongest link.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05'Mandy is the weakest link, but will the votes reflect the statistics?'
0:34:06 > 0:34:11Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Paul.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15Paul.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18Paul.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Ewan.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27- Caz, why Paul?- He got a question wrong in that round.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29He also voted for me before.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- Lucky Mandy...- Oh, yes!
0:34:33 > 0:34:39- Why Paul? - We both got two questions wrong. I banked before we ran out of time.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41So did he.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43It's votes that count.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Paul, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Talking to Anne was amazing. She's like a fluffy little old lady.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59I'll say that now she's nowhere near.
0:35:01 > 0:35:07Round Seven. In the bank, £1,920. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Ewan.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Start the clock.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19Between 1951 and 1974, Nicholas Pevsner wrote a series of guides
0:35:19 > 0:35:23on which subject, angling or architecture?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- Angling.- Architecture.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27At the start of a game of chess,
0:35:27 > 0:35:32the sequence of pieces from left to right goes rook, knight... what?
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Bishop.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38What O is an eight-letter term meaning "a living thing"?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Could you repeat the question?
0:35:40 > 0:35:44What O is an eight-letter term meaning "a living thing"?
0:35:44 > 0:35:48- Organism.- The professional name of the actress who played Beattie
0:35:48 > 0:35:54in a series of commercials for a telecommunications company in the 1980s is Maureen... who?
0:35:54 > 0:35:58- Lipman. - In festivals, which UK nationality
0:35:58 > 0:36:02goes between "Royal" and "Show" in the title of an annual event
0:36:02 > 0:36:06described as the biggest agricultural display in Europe?
0:36:06 > 0:36:11- Can you repeat the question, please? - In festivals, which UK nationality
0:36:11 > 0:36:16goes between "Royal" and "Show" in the title of an annual event
0:36:16 > 0:36:19described as the biggest agricultural display in Europe?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- English.- Welsh.
0:36:21 > 0:36:27- Bank.- The musician who founded the Monster Raving Loony Party in 1983
0:36:27 > 0:36:30was known as Screaming Lord... who?
0:36:30 > 0:36:36- Sutch.- What's the name of the English new town that since 1978
0:36:36 > 0:36:40has been home to a group of outdoor sculptures of concrete cows?
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Milton Keynes.
0:36:41 > 0:36:47The red mark on the under side of a female black widow spider
0:36:47 > 0:36:52is often said to resemble what, a diamond or an hourglass?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- A diamond.- An hourglass.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58The Charge Of The Light Brigade and The Lady Of Shalott
0:36:58 > 0:37:01were written by which 19th-century Poet Laureate?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Tennyson.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- Bank.- What A is a term for a place to moor a ship
0:37:07 > 0:37:10and is the name of the largest city in Alaska?
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- Anchorage. - In beverages...- Bank.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Time's up. You won £40.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25In Round Eight you get to treble what you bank.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29Have the courage to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36'Mandy is the strongest link because she didn't get an answer wrong.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40'According to the statistics, Caz is the weakest link,
0:37:40 > 0:37:42'but who will survive the final vote?'
0:37:43 > 0:37:48Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Caz.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53Ewan.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Caz.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Mandy, why Caz? - She got a couple of questions wrong.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05A bad round for her, unfortunately.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Ewan, why Caz?- More wrong questions than everybody else.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- Only one more than you.- Still more.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Caz, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28I'd recommend anyone to go on the Weakest Link.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32Yes, it's scary, it's nerve-racking, but I'm so glad I did it.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39Round Eight. In the bank, £1,960. In this round, 90 seconds,
0:38:39 > 0:38:42but whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Mandy.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Start the clock.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55They hyoid bone, the only one not attached to any other bone
0:38:55 > 0:38:59is in which part of the body, the throat or the arm?
0:38:59 > 0:39:04- The throat.- In UK currency, what is the minimum number of coins needed
0:39:04 > 0:39:08to pay the exact money for an item costing 76p?
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Four.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14In the Caribbean, what H is the country that in 1804
0:39:14 > 0:39:17became the second in the Americas after the USA
0:39:17 > 0:39:20to gain its independence from colonial rule?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- Haiti.- Bank.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Which TV quiz show, first broadcast in 1972,
0:39:25 > 0:39:29has a theme tune entitled Approaching Menace?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- Top Of The Form.- Mastermind.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36It was decided in 2000 that the French Presidential term
0:39:36 > 0:39:39would be reduced from seven years to how many?
0:39:39 > 0:39:45- Five.- The playwright Ben Jonson was buried in Westminster Abbey
0:39:45 > 0:39:49in which position, standing upright or lying face down?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- Standing upright.- Bank.
0:39:51 > 0:39:57Control, Rhythm Nation 1814 and All For You were UK hit albums
0:39:57 > 0:39:59for which US female singer?
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- Beyonce?- Janet Jackson.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07In hairdressing, what T is an alternative term for backcombing?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- Teasing. - The 19th-century monk
0:40:10 > 0:40:14considered to be the father of genetics was Gregor... who?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- Linnaeus.- No. Mendel.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20In the UK charity founded in 1984...
0:40:24 > 0:40:30Time's up. You won £150, which we will treble.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34It gives you prize money today of £2,410.
0:40:34 > 0:40:39There can only be one winner. Now, up to five questions each.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47So, Ewan and Mandy, for £2,410,
0:40:47 > 0:40:50let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:53 > 0:40:59- Ewan, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.- I'll go first.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08Which song that was originally a hit for Elton John in 1972
0:41:08 > 0:41:12begins with the lyrics, "She packed my bags last night
0:41:12 > 0:41:16"Free flight, zero hour, 9am"?
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- Rocket Man. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24In emblems, a radiant yellow sun with a human face
0:41:24 > 0:41:28is featured on the national flags of Uruguay
0:41:28 > 0:41:32and which neighbouring South American country?
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- Paraguay? - The correct answer is Argentina.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41One of the largest living species of predatory fish in the world
0:41:41 > 0:41:44has what three-word common name,
0:41:44 > 0:41:51referring both to its imposing size and light-coloured under belly?
0:41:51 > 0:41:56- Don't know, Anne.- The correct answer is the great white shark.
0:41:56 > 0:42:02Charlton Heston and Hugh Griffith each won an Oscar
0:42:02 > 0:42:06for their lead and supporting roles, respectively,
0:42:06 > 0:42:14in which 1959 film epic directed by William Wyler?
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- Ten Commandments? - The correct answer is Ben-Hur.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20What is the correct spelling of the verb separate,
0:42:20 > 0:42:24meaning "to divide into individual parts"?
0:42:24 > 0:42:30- S-E-P-A-R-A-T-E. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:30 > 0:42:37The aircraft carrier that was sold to a Turkish scrap yard in 2011,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40was the sixth Royal Navy ship
0:42:40 > 0:42:44to have borne what name meaning "unconquerable"?
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Gosh, no idea. Sorry. - The correct answer is Invincible.
0:42:49 > 0:42:56In seaside attractions, the Grand Pier that was reopened in 2010
0:42:56 > 0:43:01as an indoor theme park, after being devastated by fire two years earlier
0:43:01 > 0:43:04is in which resort in Somerset?
0:43:04 > 0:43:08- Weston super Mare. - That is the correct answer.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14That means, Ewan, you are today's strongest link
0:43:14 > 0:43:18and you go away with:
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Mandy, you leave with nothing.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30It went wrong in the head-to-head,
0:43:30 > 0:43:33really...when the first question went a bit the wrong way.
0:43:33 > 0:43:38Then my brain went, "NO!" and left, basically.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Some of the money is going to go to charitable causes,
0:43:41 > 0:43:43to a village in Ethiopia,
0:43:43 > 0:43:48and some of the money is going to be for a treat for the family.
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