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.
0:00:32 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44They've just met but, to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:44 > 0:00:50However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Let's meet the team.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55I'm Stuart. I'm 20.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59I'm from Ballyclare, County Antrim, and I'm a law student.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05I'm Hannah, 33, from Leatherhead and I'm a consultancy administrator.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I'm Ian, 69, from Aberdeen. I'm an Honorary Consul.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15I'm Annette, 47, from Willenhall, and I'm a butcher.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I'm Mark. I'm 38, from Nottingham, and I'm a plasterer.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26I'm Becca. I'm 21, from Llanelli and I'm a performing arts student.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33I'm Curly. I'm 45. I'm from Potton and I'm a market trader.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39I'm Maureen. I'm 63. I'm from Blackburn and I'm a retired teacher.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44I'm John. I'm 51, from Northwich in Cheshire.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I'm a brass band photographer.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52To remind you, in each round, there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Say "bank" before the question and the money is safe.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Round one, three minutes on the clock.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14That's you, Annette.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27In the Gregorian calendar, which month comes next in the sequence
0:02:27 > 0:02:30September, October, November...?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32December.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37In golf, an "ace" is an alternative term for a "hole in..." what?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39One.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42What L is the usual collective name
0:02:42 > 0:02:46for bags and suitcases taken on a trip?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- Lane?- Luggage.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54In a pair of matching items such as towels labelled "his" and "hers",
0:02:54 > 0:02:58which one is intended for use by the woman?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Hers.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06Great Britain is often shortened to which two-letter abbreviation?
0:03:06 > 0:03:07GB.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11An opening phrase used to attract a prospective partner
0:03:11 > 0:03:14is usually known as a "chat-up..." what?
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Line.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22In simple science, what I is the name give to water
0:03:22 > 0:03:25which is at or below its freezing point?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Ice.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32The British businessman whose mail-order venture expanded
0:03:32 > 0:03:34into a chain of music shops,
0:03:34 > 0:03:38an airline and a train company is Sir Richard... who?
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- Branson. - In the children's story,
0:03:42 > 0:03:46what's the name of the little girl who enters a cottage
0:03:46 > 0:03:50belonging to the three bears and tastes their porridge?
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- Little Red Riding Hood. - Even Goldilocks.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59In human anatomy, which four-letter word can mean an arm or a leg?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Limb.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04In the 1939 film The Wizard Of Oz,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07the magic shoes worn by Dorothy are what style,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10ruby slippers or sapphire wellies?
0:04:10 > 0:04:15- Ruby slippers. - The name of which item of furniture
0:04:15 > 0:04:19precedes "potato" to give a term for someone who watches a lot of TV?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Couch.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Which variety of long sandwich is named after a type of manned vessel
0:04:26 > 0:04:28which can travel under water?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- Sub.- I'll accept.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34The circular device in a car that is turned
0:04:34 > 0:04:38to change the direction of travel is a "steering..." what?
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- Wheel.- Bank.- What is the specific collective term
0:04:42 > 0:04:47for the parents of one's father and one's mother?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- Pass.- Grandparents.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53The name of which day of the week includes the letter H?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Thursday.- Bank.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Which of these is a shipping forecast area in the North Sea,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03French kiss or German Bight?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- French kiss.- German Bight.
0:05:06 > 0:05:12Singers Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones were born in which country of the UK?
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Wales.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18What C is the word used to represent the sound made by a frog?
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Croak.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29Time's up, and you only banked £320.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Who's the stowaway on HMS Stupid?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Whose brain is too small for the Big Society?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47'With the most correct answers, Annette is the strongest link.
0:05:47 > 0:05:54'The statistics reveal that Ian is the weakest link, but who will be first to take the walk of shame?'
0:05:55 > 0:06:01Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Ian.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Becca.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Becca.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Becca.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Ian.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Ian.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Ian.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Becca.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Becca.
0:06:26 > 0:06:33- Where are you from, John?- Northwich. - What do you do?- I'm a brass band photographer.- Who for?
0:06:33 > 0:06:40- A very old magazine called the British Bandsman.- You're sort of brass band paparazzi?- Correct.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- Can you play an instrument? - I play bass trombone.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- You've got a big instrument?- I have. Yes.- Put your board down.- Oh, no!
0:06:48 > 0:06:51OK, well, get your trombone out.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- Oh, no. Right! - Can it be something musical and fun?
0:06:56 > 0:07:02- There's The Acrobat by JA Greenwood. - I'm not going to like this. Go on.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- HE HUMS - I knew. I knew. - Thank you. That was great!
0:07:06 > 0:07:11- Put your board up. Why Becca? - She was the first to get one wrong.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Three of us did. That's the only reason.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- Where are you from, Ian?- Aberdeen.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Are you posh?- No.- What do you do? - I'm an Honorary Consul.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- That means what?- I don't get paid and do lots of work.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- For what?- For the Dutch government. - You are quite posh.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35- What do you do the rest of the time? - Quite a few other things.- Like what?
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- I'm a Deputy Lieutenant of Kincardineshire. - What do your duties involve?
0:07:40 > 0:07:45Occasionally, I visit people who are getting cards from the Queen.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- OK. Have you met the Queen? - Yes.- Good.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Tell me, if you met the Queen and she said to you,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55"What's that fairy tale
0:07:55 > 0:07:57"about porridge?"
0:07:57 > 0:08:00What would you say, Ian?
0:08:00 > 0:08:05Probably the right answer, but wearing red, I thought of Little Red Riding Hood.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10- You lost the team a lot of money. - I lost the team money.- Why Becca?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I felt she was the weakest link.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Hannah, how long have you looked like Cherie Blair?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Didn't know I did!- Y-yes.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26- What do you do? - I'm a consultancy administrator. - Fabulous(!) What does that involve?
0:08:26 > 0:08:31I look after the consultancy department and my consultants.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- So I'm none the wiser.- I look after the consultants and contractors...
0:08:36 > 0:08:43- I still don't know what you do. - I make sure they get paid...- What contractors?- Working on projects.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- What projects? - Telecommunication projects.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48It gets worse.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53You'd be much better as a Cherie tribute act.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- Why Becca?- She was the first one to get a wrong answer.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Becca, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I'm really upset that I was voted off first.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17It was unlucky that I was the first person to get a question wrong.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Mouth before mind.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I just spoke too quickly, I think!
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Round two. In the bank, £320. We're taking ten seconds off your time.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32We'll start with the strongest link from last round, Annette.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Start the clock.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40What is four multiplied by five?
0:09:40 > 0:09:4120.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47Vogue Magazine is mainly concerned with what, philosophy or fashion?
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Fashion.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53The journalist who became Prime Minister of Italy in 1922
0:09:53 > 0:09:57and assumed the title Il Duce, was Benito... who?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Mussolini.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03What T is the slang term for the heart,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05likening its rhythm to a clock?
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- Ticker.- What is the surname of the Irish musician,
0:10:09 > 0:10:13political activist and charity fundraiser,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16commonly referred to in the press as St Bob?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Sir Bob Geldof.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22In ornathology, "clutch" is the collective name
0:10:22 > 0:10:27for a number of which objects laid in the nest of a bird?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Eggs.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35The abbreviation "cm" represents which unit of length?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Centimetre.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40In Scotland, a landowner is traditionally referred to as what,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42a laird or a leveller?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Laird.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48- Bank.- In a casino, a roulette ball is usually what colour?
0:10:48 > 0:10:53- White.- Something at the forefront of innovation is said to be
0:10:53 > 0:10:55at the "cutting..." what?
0:10:55 > 0:11:00- Edge.- In marine life, what is the three-letter name for an appendage
0:11:00 > 0:11:06on a fish, dolphin or whale used for propulsion and steering in water?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Fin.
0:11:08 > 0:11:14What A is the US state that shares a land border with Canada?
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- Arizona?- Alaska.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23In the name of a variety of tree with slender hanging branches,
0:11:23 > 0:11:27which word meaning "shedding tears" goes before "willow"?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- Weeping. - In medieval history,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34the first major land battle during the Hundred Years War
0:11:34 > 0:11:40is known by what name, Crecy or Parsley?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- Parsley.- Crecy.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Bank. - The actor and former footballer
0:11:46 > 0:11:51born Vincent Peter Jones in 1965, is known by what shortened first name?
0:11:51 > 0:11:56- Vinnie. - What is 53 minus 17?
0:11:58 > 0:12:0036.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05Which word for liquid that may be extracted from fruit and vegetables
0:12:05 > 0:12:08is also a slang term for electricity?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Juice.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15In the 1967 film The Graduate, the young man played by Dustin Hoffman
0:12:15 > 0:12:19is told there's a great future in what, plastics or surgery?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- Surgery.- Plastics.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26- What is a three-letter term for both a rug on the floor and a...?- Mat.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Time's up. That was the correct answer.
0:12:32 > 0:12:40You won £800 but...who thinks Nessun Dorma is a Scottish monster?
0:12:41 > 0:12:46Who thinks a cardiologist writes Christmas cards?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55'For the second round in a row, Annette is the strongest link.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59'Maureen is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?'
0:13:01 > 0:13:06Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Maureen.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Maureen.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Maureen.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Ian.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Maureen.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Mark.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Mark.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Maureen.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- Where are you from, Stuart? - County Antrim.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41- What do you do?- I'm a student. - Where?- Queen's University, Belfast. - Studying what?- Law.
0:13:41 > 0:13:48- You're going to be a big-time lawyer?- That's not the plan. No. - Isn't it?- I haven't enjoyed it.
0:13:48 > 0:13:54- So you've wasted our money? - No. Education's not a waste.- No.
0:13:54 > 0:14:01- You're not going to be a lawyer?- No. - You've come to that conclusion after how many years?- Two and a half.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Great(!) What should you have studied?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Probably music or teaching.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Y-yes. Why Maureen?
0:14:10 > 0:14:15Er, she was the first person to get a question wrong.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20- Where are you from, Mark? - Nottingham.- And what do you do? - I'm a plasterer.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25- Is there a romantic side to plasterers?- Not really, no.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30- You're not creative?- Not romantically while I'm plastering.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35- What do you do in your spare time? - I like to read, do a bit of poetry.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- Do you write your own poetry? - I've wrote one for you, Anne, if...
0:14:39 > 0:14:44- "I've written".- I wrote one for you. Sorry. I know.- You know what?
0:14:44 > 0:14:49I know that you're a clever lady and a journalist, so I stand corrected.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- Does anything rhyme with "wink"? - ..No.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- That's a bonus.- It's more about you than the show, Anne.- Crack on.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Anne Robinson is a beast not evil nor demonic
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Her influence upon us all is gingerly ironic
0:15:03 > 0:15:07She's on our tellies nightly clad in stylish dark attire
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Don't be fooled by her sharp tongue, she's clearly a vampire.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12OK. Keep plastering, Mark.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- I think I will.- Put your board up.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20- Why Maureen?- Apart from Stuart, she was the only person to get a question wrong.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Maureen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33I've been teaching for 34 years.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Anne would make a brilliant teacher. She doesn't suffer fools gladly.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43I don't think anyone would dare to misbehave in her lessons!
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Round three. In the bank, £1,120. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53We'll start with the strongest link from last round, Annette.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Start the clock.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03The 1976 single by Steve Harley, which is often included
0:16:03 > 0:16:07on a compilation album celebrating summer is Here Comes The... what?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Sun.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14The mountain range on the moon named after a major mountain chain
0:16:14 > 0:16:17in western Europe is the Lunar... what?
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Alps.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23In the title of a 1990s TV comedy series about a fictional news room,
0:16:23 > 0:16:28which item was dropped, the dead donkey or a mortified mule?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Dead donkey.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35The name of which rank of playing card means a royal female?
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Queen.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41- Bank.- What B is the usual term for a hole or a tunnel
0:16:41 > 0:16:43dug by a small animal as a home?
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- Burrow. - In standard netball,
0:16:47 > 0:16:51a player cannot hold the ball for longer than how many seconds?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- Two.- Three.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56The commonest form of hereditary colour blindness
0:16:56 > 0:16:59is the inability to distinguish red
0:16:59 > 0:17:02from which other colour of the rainbow?
0:17:02 > 0:17:08- Green.- The rhyming expression for the emigration of intellectuals
0:17:08 > 0:17:12to the US and other countries is the "brain..." what?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Drain.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16What is one half of 98?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- 45.- Even 49.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23In books, a former nurse called Annie Marie Wilkes,
0:17:23 > 0:17:27who was played by Cathy Bates in a film adaptation,
0:17:27 > 0:17:32was the villain of which 1987 thriller by Stephen King?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- Baker Street.- Misery.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39In the UK military, TA stands for what ..Army?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Territorial Army.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46Which word is used by actors and musicians as a term for a mistake,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48a "floss" or a "fluff"?
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- Fluff.- The first edition of Playboy Magazine,
0:17:52 > 0:18:00published in 1953, featured which Hollywood actress on its cover?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- Pass.- Marilyn Monroe.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05The common small brown bird,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09the male of which has a grey cap and a black beard,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12is called the what "..sparrow"?
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- House sparrow.- In the TV sit-com Only Fools And Horses,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20what P was an insult used by Del Boy to refer to Rodney?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Plonker.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27A portable device containing water, carbon dioxide, foam or powder
0:18:27 > 0:18:30is called a what "..extinguisher"?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- Fire.- Bank.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37The United States, New Zealand and Poland all have capital cities...
0:18:40 > 0:18:47Time's up and you won £300. Who's flying first class on Dipstick Airways?
0:18:48 > 0:18:53Who now needs to take a long hard look at the exit?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02'The only player to get all their answers wrong, Hannah is the weakest link.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07'Annette is the strongest link, but will voting reflect reality?'
0:19:09 > 0:19:15Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Hannah.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Mark.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Curly.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Hannah.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Hannah.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Hannah.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Curly.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- What do you do, Curly? - I'm a market trader and nurseryman.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- Where do you trade? - Saffron Walden and Bury St Edmunds.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- The Del Boy of East Anglia? - Sort of. Yeah. But I'm very honest.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- Y-yes. What are you selling? - Plants. I'm a nurseryman.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58- Where are they growing?- Back at my nursery.- You have a big torch?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- Big torch?- Yeah.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05- No. Why?- To go out at night and dig up plants from people's gardens.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- No. Pub's open then.- Why Hannah?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I think she was the weakest link.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16- What do you do, Annette? - I'm a butcher in a butcher's shop.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Put your board down.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Hop towards Ian.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24A little bit more.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28He's quite posh so you'll frighten him.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33- Is that how you dress to work in the butcher's shop?- No, Anne.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Oh. What outfit is that? Is it meant to accentuate or hide your figure?
0:20:38 > 0:20:42- Hide it.- What's wrong with your figure?- Too big.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- Which bits?- My stomach. - Not the top bit?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- Oh, no. That's not big enough. - Really? Hop up again.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52What is it at the moment?
0:20:52 > 0:20:56- 38C. - And what would you like it to be?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Probably 42 or 44 DD.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- Really? That'll sell a lot of meat, won't it?- Oh, yes!
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Put your board up.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Why Hannah?- Because she answered both questions wrong.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Hannah, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25My chat with Anne was OK. It wasn't as bad as expected.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30She thought I look like Cherie Blair and no-one's ever said that to me.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35I want John to win because he's a good player and he didn't vote for me.
0:21:35 > 0:21:42Round four. In the bank, £1,420. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47We'll start with the strongest link from last round, Annette.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Let's play the weakest link.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Start the clock.
0:21:52 > 0:21:58The 2011 release Build A Rocket Boys was the fifth UK hit album
0:21:58 > 0:22:02for which British group named after a joint in the body?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Pass.- Elbow.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11What T follows "incorporation", "inheritance" and "value added"
0:22:11 > 0:22:14to give the names of three ways of raising revenue?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Tax.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20In the Crimean War, what was the full name of the hospital reformer,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22known as the lady with the lamp?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Florence Nightingale.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28The author of the His Dark Materials trilogy,
0:22:28 > 0:22:33and the 2010 novel The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ
0:22:33 > 0:22:35is Philip... who?
0:22:35 > 0:22:40- Pullman.- Which three-letter word for a writing implement
0:22:40 > 0:22:44is derived from the Latin term for a feather?
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Pen.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50- Bank.- The Greek mathematician Euclid defined a line
0:22:50 > 0:22:53as "that which has length without..." what?
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Breadth.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58What P is a word for a fried batter
0:22:58 > 0:23:01that has varieties called "crepe" and "blini"?
0:23:01 > 0:23:06- Pancake.- Which children's TV programme began in 1964
0:23:06 > 0:23:08and was introduced with the words,
0:23:08 > 0:23:12"Here's a house. Here's a door. Windows, one, two, three, four"?
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Play School.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- Bank.- In African wildlife,
0:23:16 > 0:23:20the ratel, a relative of the weasel, is also known as the what,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22honey badger or sugar ferret?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Honey badger.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29The 24 principal areas into which the world is divided,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33each with its own standard time, are known as "time..." what?
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- Zones.- In popular music, what C is the general name
0:23:37 > 0:23:41for the subdued and often sentimental singing style
0:23:41 > 0:23:45favoured by Perry Como and Bing Crosby?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- Country.- Crooning.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Which term for an eating regime undertaken to produce weight loss
0:23:52 > 0:23:57is the word used in English for the parliament of Japan?
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Diet. Diet.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Which natural force, discovered by Sir Isaac Newton,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08is one-sixth as powerful on the moon as it is on Earth?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Gravity.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14At the end of the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the monster heads
0:24:14 > 0:24:19to which location to destroy itself, the North Pole or the South Downs?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- The North Pole.- Bank.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30Time's up. Your bank was in time. Your answer was correct. You won £400.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33But you had a chain of nine correct answers.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Who thinks a pharmacy is a small farm?
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Who lost you money in that round?
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:24:46 > 0:24:52'Having answered the most questions correctly, Mark is the strongest link.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57'Stuart is the weakest link, but who will lose out in the vote?'
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06Annette.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Annette.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Stuart.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Stuart.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Stuart.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Stuart.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Mark, why Stuart? - He was the weakest link.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32I think he was the only one to get a question wrong.
0:25:32 > 0:25:38- John, why Stuart? - I just felt that he got a question wrong at the wrong point.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Stuart, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:48 > 0:25:56I think Anne would make a brilliant judge. She'd love the power, and probably sentence everyone to life.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03Round five. In the bank, £1,820. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06We start with the strongest link from the last round, Mark.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Start the clock.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14What H is a sauce traditionally served with roast beef,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17made from a strong-tasting plant root?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- Horseradish. - In education,
0:26:20 > 0:26:25"Old Harrovians" refers to former pupils of which public school?
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Eton?- Harrow.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32In a 2005 film comedy starring Steve Carell,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35the so-called virgin of the title
0:26:35 > 0:26:38is described as being how many years old?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- 30?- 40.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44A children's song based on the first line in a poem
0:26:44 > 0:26:48by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is Under The Spreading... what?
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Chestnut Tree.
0:26:49 > 0:26:55The wealthy residential district of Belgravia is in which British city?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57London.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00The makeshift incendiary device
0:27:00 > 0:27:04named after a Soviet Foreign Minister and a kind of mixed drink
0:27:04 > 0:27:06is a Molotov... what?
0:27:06 > 0:27:10- Cocktail.- Which of these is the name of a mineral
0:27:10 > 0:27:14often used as a gemstone, beryl or bertha?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Beryl.- Bank.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21In TV, between 1993 and 2004, which talent show featured the catchphrase
0:27:21 > 0:27:25"Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be..."?
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Stars In Their Eyes.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30The common expression implying that ruthlessness
0:27:30 > 0:27:32is concealed by a polite manner
0:27:32 > 0:27:36refers to an iron fist in a glove made of which soft fabric?
0:27:36 > 0:27:40- Velvet.- In the wording on bank notes issued by the Bank of England,
0:27:40 > 0:27:44the Chief Cashier promises to pay, on demand,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47the face value of the note to whom?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49The bearer.
0:27:49 > 0:27:56The British comedian who had a UK hit single in 1975 with Funky Moped
0:27:56 > 0:27:59has the stage name Jasper... what?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- Carrott.- Bank.- In a hospital, what P is the job title
0:28:02 > 0:28:05of an employee who moves equipment
0:28:05 > 0:28:08or takes patients to and from wards?
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Porter.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15In film, what surname precedes Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum
0:28:15 > 0:28:18in the titles of three spy thrillers
0:28:18 > 0:28:22released in 2002, 2004 and 2007 respectively?
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Bourne.
0:28:24 > 0:28:30In tennis, the Czech player who reached the final of the men's...?
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Time's up. You won £400. You had a chain of ten correct answers.
0:28:38 > 0:28:45Who's devoted to defeat? Who's taken to this like a duck to orange?
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54'According to the statistics, Mark is the strongest link.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58'Curly is the weakest link, but will voting reflect reality?'
0:28:59 > 0:29:06Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08Curly.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Ian.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13Curly.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17John.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Curly.
0:29:22 > 0:29:28- Deputy Lord Lieutenant, why Curly? - I thought he got two wrong.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33- You don't have to count to be a Deputy Lord Lieutenant? - Not really. No.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38- Mark, why Curly?- I recall Curly getting a question wrong.
0:29:38 > 0:29:44- You could be a Deputy Lord Lieutenant. Where are you from? - Nottingham.- Piece of cake.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- Curly.- Yes. - You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01The highlight was having a bit of banter with Anne. I did enjoy that.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06She's very good. If she ever wants a job on my stall, she's more than welcome.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Round six.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13You have £2,220. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Mark.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Start the clock.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26Which word for a small piece of soot emitted by a fire
0:30:26 > 0:30:29now usually means "mild obscenity"?
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- Pass.- Smut.
0:30:31 > 0:30:38The easternmost point in Africa is in which country, Zambia or Somalia?
0:30:38 > 0:30:40- Zambia.- Somalia.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45In January 2011, which Labour MP succeeded Alan Johnson
0:30:45 > 0:30:49as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Ed Balls.
0:30:51 > 0:30:57The famous naive painting of 1891 by Rousseau is a jungle scene
0:30:57 > 0:31:02featuring which large member of the cat family in a tropical storm?
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- Tiger. - Since it began in the 1950s,
0:31:06 > 0:31:11which international beauty contest has been hosted by Bob Hope,
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Ulrika Jonsson and Jerry Springer?
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Miss World.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19What J is the name of a New Testament figure
0:31:19 > 0:31:24that is sometimes used to refer to a traitor who betrays a friend?
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- Jacob.- Judas.
0:31:26 > 0:31:32The 2010 UK hit album of jazz and swing standards by Cliff Richard,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35released days before his 70th birthday,
0:31:35 > 0:31:38was entitled Bold As... what?
0:31:38 > 0:31:44- Brass.- In Morse code, the distress signal CQD
0:31:44 > 0:31:50was officially replaced in 1908 by which other three-letter sequence?
0:31:50 > 0:31:53SOS.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57In 1969, which Australian-born tycoon became the proprietor
0:31:57 > 0:31:59of the Sun newspaper?
0:31:59 > 0:32:03- Rupert Murdoch. - In sport, the actor Hugh Laurie
0:32:03 > 0:32:08represented which university in the 1980 Boat Race on the Thames?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10- Oxford.- Cambridge.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14In the TV version of the play Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh,
0:32:14 > 0:32:17the hostess Beverly insists on playing music
0:32:17 > 0:32:19by the Greek singer Demis... who?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Roussos.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26- Bank.- What K is the name of a leafy vegetable that is usually green
0:32:26 > 0:32:28and has a variety called "curly"?
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- Kale.- Bank.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Time's up. Your bank was in time but you only won £40.
0:32:37 > 0:32:43Maybe Ian is too posh to push.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Is Mark losing by a nose?
0:32:47 > 0:32:52Could Annette be for the chop? Or will John get his marching orders?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00'Having got all the answers wrong, John is the weakest link.
0:33:00 > 0:33:06'Annette is the strongest link, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?'
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16John.
0:33:17 > 0:33:18John.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21John.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Mark.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33- Annette, why John? - Because he got his questions wrong.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37- Mark, why John?- He got two questions wrong. I got the one wrong.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49My chat with Anne was incredible.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53When she asked me to play the trombone, I thought, "Oh, no!"
0:33:53 > 0:33:57But it was great fun and I really enjoyed it!
0:33:59 > 0:34:04Round seven. In the bank, £2,260. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Annette.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Start the clock.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17The US actor born in 1968 who starred in In The Company Of Men,
0:34:17 > 0:34:22Thank You For Smoking, and the 2010 drama Rabbit Hole
0:34:22 > 0:34:24is Aaron... who?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26- Pass.- Eckhart.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Under the terms of the 1814 Treaty of Kiel,
0:34:30 > 0:34:33which country was ceded by Denmark to Sweden?
0:34:33 > 0:34:39- Norway.- In Dublin, the 395-foot monument called the Spire
0:34:39 > 0:34:44is known by the informal rhyming name the "stiletto in the..." what?
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- State?- Ghetto.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53What A is the name of any mark written above or below a letter
0:34:53 > 0:34:58to show that it is pronounced in a different way?
0:34:59 > 0:35:03- Umlaut.- Accent.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08The song Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down was recorded by Nancy Sinatra,
0:35:08 > 0:35:14but was originally a UK hit single in 1966 for which female singer?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16- Nina Simone.- Cher.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20In hospitals, in the abbreviation ICU,
0:35:20 > 0:35:24if the I stands for "Intensive", the C stands for what?
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- Cardiac.- Care.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Which novel by Herman Melville
0:35:29 > 0:35:32begins with the line, "Call me Ishmael"?
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Moby Dick.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39What P is the name of an indoor plant, often with scarlet bracts,
0:35:39 > 0:35:43that is usually bought in the festive season
0:35:43 > 0:35:46for use as a Christmas decoration?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- Pass.- Poinsettia.
0:35:49 > 0:35:55The Georgian TV drama series that began in 2009 starring Andrew Buchan
0:35:55 > 0:36:00as a pioneering barrister is called Garrow's... what?
0:36:00 > 0:36:01Law.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05- Bank.- The surname of which 19th-century British Prime Minister
0:36:05 > 0:36:08is also a word for the skin of a fruit?
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- Peel.- Bank.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Time's up. Your bank was in time.
0:36:15 > 0:36:23In round eight, you get to treble what you bank. Think carefully. You won just £40 in that round.
0:36:23 > 0:36:29The next round is an opportunity to raise the bank balance.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38'For the second round in a row, Annette is the strongest link.
0:36:38 > 0:36:44'Ian is the weakest link, but who will be taking the final walk of shame?'
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Mark.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56Ian.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58Ian.
0:37:01 > 0:37:08- Annette, why Ian?- We were equally bad in that round, but myself and Mark banked money. Ian didn't.
0:37:08 > 0:37:14- Mark, why Ian?- I believe he got one more question wrong than Annette so he was the weakest link.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19No. You ALL answered two questions incorrectly.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21But Annette's right, you two banked.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Fair vote.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Ian, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37I was delighted to get as far as round seven.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41I feared that I might have been voted off in the first round.
0:37:41 > 0:37:47It wasn't unfair. I didn't bank. Mind you, there wasn't anything to bank.
0:37:49 > 0:37:56Round eight. In the bank, £2,300. In this round, 90 seconds, but whatever you win will be trebled.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Annette.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Start the clock.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08What O follows "Russian", "Greek" and "Romanian"
0:38:08 > 0:38:11to make the names of three Christian denominations?
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Orthodox.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17In the mermaid lagoon scene, Peter Pan says that to die
0:38:17 > 0:38:20would be "an awfully big..." what?
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- Sin?- Adventure.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25The ruins of the ancient city of Troy
0:38:25 > 0:38:28are in which modern-day country?
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- Greece.- Turkey.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36In horse racing, for five years from 1973 to 1977,
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Red Rum finished in either first or second place in which steeplechase?
0:38:40 > 0:38:45- Grand National.- In music, which six-letter word meaning "more moist"
0:38:45 > 0:38:51is the name for a pad that stops the vibrations of a string in a piano?
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Wetter.- Damper.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57In compulsions, "kleptomania" is the overpowering urge,
0:38:57 > 0:38:59felt more often by women than men,
0:38:59 > 0:39:03to indulge in what, stealing or knitting?
0:39:03 > 0:39:05- Stealing.- Bank.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09The 18th-century author who wrote in his Essay On Criticism
0:39:09 > 0:39:14"to err is human, to forgive divine" was Alexander... who?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- Pass.- Pope.
0:39:16 > 0:39:22Which location in Texas is officially nicknamed Space City,
0:39:22 > 0:39:24but is also known as H Town?
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Houston.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- Bank.- The fish that has a black spot on each side,
0:39:32 > 0:39:34said to be the thumb prints...
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Time's up. You won £40, which we will treble.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47That gives you prize money today of:
0:39:47 > 0:39:52There can only be one winner. Now, up to five questions each.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00So, Annette and Mark, for £2,420, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:02 > 0:40:10- Mark, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.- I'll go first.
0:40:11 > 0:40:17Which Harry Potter film actor was named in 2010
0:40:17 > 0:40:23as the richest celebrity under 30 years old in the UK,
0:40:23 > 0:40:27with a fortune of more than £42 million?
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- Daniel Radcliffe. - That is the correct answer.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33In European history,
0:40:33 > 0:40:35the secret police force
0:40:35 > 0:40:40that operated in East Germany during the Communist regime
0:40:40 > 0:40:43was known by what name?
0:40:43 > 0:40:48- KGB. - No. The correct answer is the Stasi.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53In physics, of the three basic mechanisms of heat transfer,
0:40:53 > 0:40:57which one conveys the thermal energy generated by the Sun
0:40:57 > 0:41:01through space to the surface of the Earth?
0:41:01 > 0:41:06- Convection. - The correct answer is radiation.
0:41:06 > 0:41:12In crime fiction, the novels Let It Bleed and Black And Blue,
0:41:12 > 0:41:17and a book of short stories called Beggar's Banquet,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20all by Ian Rankin,
0:41:20 > 0:41:26share their titles with albums by which group?
0:41:29 > 0:41:34- UB40.- The correct answer is the Rolling Stones.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38What's the name of the long-distance footpath
0:41:38 > 0:41:42that runs from Edale in the Peak District
0:41:42 > 0:41:46to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish borders?
0:41:46 > 0:41:52- Kinder Scout?- The correct answer is the Pennine Way.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55In rugby union, which Welsh player,
0:41:55 > 0:41:59who has appeared on Strictly Come Dancing,
0:41:59 > 0:42:04joined Toulon in 2011,
0:42:04 > 0:42:11only a few weeks after a high-profile comeback with Saracens?
0:42:13 > 0:42:17- Pass. - The correct answer is Gavin Henson.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21The restaurant opened in Knightsbridge
0:42:21 > 0:42:25by Heston Blumenthal in 2011
0:42:25 > 0:42:28is named after which meal of the day?
0:42:28 > 0:42:32- Supper. - The correct answer is dinner.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37The 2010 memoir entitled Decision Points,
0:42:37 > 0:42:43with chapter headings that include Quitting, War Footing,
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Freedom Agenda and Stem Cells,
0:42:46 > 0:42:50was written by which former US President?
0:42:50 > 0:42:54- Jimmy Carter. - The correct answer is George W Bush.
0:42:56 > 0:43:01In film, in which 1980 science fiction adventure,
0:43:01 > 0:43:05is the title character told by a female journalist called Dale Arden,
0:43:05 > 0:43:10"I love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the Earth?"
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- Flash Gordon. - That is the correct answer.
0:43:12 > 0:43:18That means, Mark, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:21 > 0:43:24Annette, you leave with nothing.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:32 > 0:43:39My friends and family will be disappointed I didn't bring any money home,
0:43:39 > 0:43:41but they will be proud of me.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43I'm delighted to win the Weakest Link.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47I came for the experience. Winning is a bonus.
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