0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:44 > 0:00:51However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59I'm Geoff, I'm 43, I'm from Prestatyn and I'm a househusband.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04I'm Lynn, I'm 54, I'm from Bournemouth
0:01:04 > 0:01:06and I'm a marketing manager.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I'm Jamie, I'm 39, I'm from Plymouth and I'm a PE teacher.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16I'm Prue, I'm 20, I'm from Leicester and I'm a film and media student.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I'm Keith, I'm 63, from Leyton, East London,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22and I'm a retired systems manager.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27I'm Maria, I'm 45, from Truro, and I'm a medical herbalist.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I'm Tony, 57, from Newton Aycliffe
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and I'm a travelling gift and book salesman.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I'm Jeni, I'm 32, I'm from Leeds
0:01:37 > 0:01:40and I'm a tribute act and talent manager.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I'm Michael, I'm 28, from Castle Hedingham
0:01:43 > 0:01:45and I'm a trainee solicitor.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Round One. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Geoff.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23In a standard pack of playing cards,
0:02:23 > 0:02:27the two red suits are diamonds and which other?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Hearts.- Correct.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34In the mythology of sailors, a mermaid is part woman and part what? Fish or frog?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- Fish.- Correct.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40In Britain, Christmas Eve falls on which date in December?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- 24th of December.- Correct.
0:02:42 > 0:02:49In geography, the cities of Coventry, Canterbury and Carlisle are in which country of the UK?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- England.- Correct.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55In gardening, the hand-held container used for sprinkling liquid
0:02:55 > 0:02:58over plants to encourage growth is called a what can?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Watering.- Correct.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06In travel, what L is the term for both a small road, especially in a rural area,
0:03:06 > 0:03:11and a marked-out division of a motorway for one stream of traffic?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Lane.- Correct.
0:03:13 > 0:03:19In pop music, the 1965 UK No.1, that was the first hit single for Tom Jones,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22was entitled It's Not what?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Unusual.- Correct.
0:03:24 > 0:03:31In expressions, an eccentric person is often referred to as a what? Bookcase or basketcase?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Basketcase.- Correct.
0:03:33 > 0:03:40In snacks, the traditional flavour of crisps, supposedly made from a cured pork product,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43is called "smoky" what?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- Bacon.- Correct.- Bank!
0:03:47 > 0:03:51OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56That money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Who's your bobby-dazzler and who's your Bobby Davro?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Who could fit their CV in a tweet?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13In an impressive first round, Geoff is the strongest link.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16The statistics reveal that Lynn is the weakest link,
0:04:16 > 0:04:21but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Prue.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Michael.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Tony.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Michael.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Jeni.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Prue.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Prue.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Jamie.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Prue.
0:04:49 > 0:04:55- Where are you from, Tony? - Newton Aycliffe.- Where's that? - County Durham.- What do you do?
0:04:55 > 0:04:59I sell books and gifts from the back of my van.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05- What sort of gifts?- Household goods, kids' stuff, toys, cuddly toys.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10- What's kids' "stoof"? - Cuddly toys, things like that, games.- "Coodly" toys?- Yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Have you any talents?
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- I like to sing and play guitar and make people smile.- What can you sing?
0:05:17 > 0:05:21- The Fratellis. - Yeah, OK, put the board down.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25# So if you're lonely
0:05:25 > 0:05:29# Why'd you say you're not lonely?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31# You're a silly girl
0:05:31 > 0:05:33# I know, I heard it so
0:05:33 > 0:05:36# It's just like you to come and go
0:05:36 > 0:05:38# And know me
0:05:38 > 0:05:41# No, you don't even know me
0:05:41 > 0:05:43# You're so sweet to try... #
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I think that's enough, don't you?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49# A girl like you is irresistible... #
0:05:49 > 0:05:54- Is that from this century or last century?- This century.- And why Prue?
0:05:54 > 0:06:00Just because she's the youngest and might not have the same life experience as the rest of us.
0:06:00 > 0:06:06- You didn't think she'd got members of her family under her dress, did you?- No, not at all.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Where are you from, Maria? - Truro in Cornwall.- Oh.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Are you Cornish?- No, I'm German.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16- You look miserable enough to be Cornish.- They're very happy people in Cornwall.
0:06:16 > 0:06:23- You come from Germany?- Yes, I'm originally from Germany. I'm a medical herbalist and a tour guide.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29- Who do you help?- Menopausal women. - What do you do for them? Do you gee up their sex life?
0:06:29 > 0:06:34I regulate their hormones, so they don't have any hot flushes or night sweats.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39- Can you gee up their sex life?- Yes. - How?- When the hormones go up, the libido does as well.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45- Do you have ways of making them better?- Yes, I have many ways of making them better.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- Why do Germans always leave their towels early morning?- They don't.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53It's just the English get up so late, they think they do.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- As they usually have a hangover, the Brits, they don't know.- Why Prue?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00She's so much younger than me and I'm just jealous.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Where are you from, Geoff? - I was born in Prestatyn.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Oh, I'm sorry.- It's OK, Anne.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13- Where do you live now?- I live near Swindon at the moment.- Yes.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- What are you doing near Swindon? - I'm a househusband.- Are you?- I am.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- Because Mrs Geoff goes out to work? - She does. She's my sole provider.
0:07:21 > 0:07:27- Did you used to have a job?- I'm a retired Royal Air Force officer. - What rank?- Squadron Leader.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- When did you retire? - About three years ago.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- Can you fly?- I can't fly unless somebody else is flying for me.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- What can you do that's handy? - I can pole-vault, throw javelins.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44- How would that defend us if there was a war? - By reaching the enemy first.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50- Do you have to do all the housework? - I do all the housework.- The ironing? - All the ironing.- The cleaning?
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- The cleaning.- Have you become good at it?- I've always been good at it.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Your mother taught you?- That and the Royal Air Force for 23 years.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02You can't defend the country, but you can dust.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- That's the one.- Terrific. Any tips for me?
0:08:06 > 0:08:11If I was to give you a tip, Anne, not that I'm sure you would want to use it,
0:08:11 > 0:08:16stick to a good routine, make sure you use microfibre cloths.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Why microfibre cloths?
0:08:19 > 0:08:23They're very good at picking up the dirt and not leaving smears.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28- They're not as good as housekeepers. - I don't get enough pocket money to earn a housekeeper.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33- Why Prue?- Well, I just felt that she needed a rest.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Prue, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:45 > 0:08:51The team has lost a valuable player. I have some life experience, despite what some of the older players said.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Round Two. In the bank, £1,000. We now take ten seconds off your time.
0:08:57 > 0:09:03We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's dim Geoff. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Start the clock.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Someone who has nothing to do is said to be "at a loose" what?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- End.- Correct.
0:09:13 > 0:09:19In household cleaning, what D is the name for a square cloth made from yellow cotton flannel,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21used to wipe and polish surfaces?
0:09:21 > 0:09:27- Duster.- Correct. In pop music, the singer born in Memphis in 1981,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30who was a member of the group 'N Sync, is Justin who?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- Timberlake.- Correct.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37In astrology, which sign of the Zodiac is represented by a ram?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Taurus.- Aries.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45In literature, Tinker Bell in Peter Pan and Cobweb in A Midsummer Night's Dream
0:09:45 > 0:09:47are both fools or fairies?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- Fairies.- Correct.
0:09:49 > 0:09:55In the TV soap EastEnders, the character played by Jo Warne briefly in 1991
0:09:55 > 0:10:00and by Barbara Windsor from 1994 to 2010 is Peggy who?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Mitchell.- Correct.
0:10:02 > 0:10:08In a car, which word goes before "wheel" to make the name for the circular, hand-operated device
0:10:08 > 0:10:11that enables the driver to turn left and right?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- Steering.- Correct.
0:10:14 > 0:10:20What H is the specific term for the unpleasant after-effects of drinking too much alcohol
0:10:20 > 0:10:23that can include a headache and nausea?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Headache.- Hangover.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31In modern parlance, the word NIMBY that refers to a person who objects to local development is an acronym
0:10:31 > 0:10:33of the phrase "not in my" what?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- Here.- Back yard.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44In history, the armistice that ended hostilities in the First World War
0:10:44 > 0:10:47was signed on the 11th of November in which year?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- Pass.- 1918.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54Which theatre owner, life peer and prolific composer of musicals
0:10:54 > 0:10:58was born in 1948 with the initials ALW?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Andrew Lloyd Webber.- Correct.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06In fashion, the effect achieved by gathering fabric into tight pleats with decorative stitches
0:11:06 > 0:11:08is called smooching or smocking?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Smooching.- Smocking.
0:11:11 > 0:11:18In leisure, the businessman who opened the first of his string of holiday camps in Skegness in 1936
0:11:18 > 0:11:21was known by the alliterative name Billy what?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- Butlin.- Correct.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28In money, what is the name of the main unit of the national currency of New Zealand?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Dollar.- Correct.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35- Bank!- In wildlife, what W is the name of any member of a large family of stinging insects
0:11:35 > 0:11:39that have narrow waists and black and yellow markings?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Could you repeat the question?
0:11:41 > 0:11:45What W is the name of any member of a large family of stinging insects
0:11:45 > 0:11:49that have narrow waists and black and yellow markings?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- Wasps.- Correct.- Bank!
0:11:51 > 0:11:56The title of which 2011 romantic comedy is a reference to the job taken by...
0:11:56 > 0:11:59END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Time's up. You won just £70. Whose fault was that?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07If brains were taxable, who is due a rebate?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Who'd have a head massage from Captain Hook?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19With the most wrong answers, Keith is the weakest link.
0:12:19 > 0:12:25According to the statistics, Jeni is the strongest link, but will the other players realise that?
0:12:26 > 0:12:31Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Keith.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Keith.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Keith.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Michael.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Michael.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Keith.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Michael.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Geoff.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- What do you do, Jamie? - I'm a PE teacher.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Where?- In Plymouth. At Lipson Community College.
0:12:58 > 0:13:03- What do you teach? - Football, badminton, table tennis, volleyball, handball.
0:13:03 > 0:13:10- Anything else you do at the school? - I've been involved in various plays at the school we've put on.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16- So you can act, can you? - That's an opinion for someone else, but I've been involved in plays.
0:13:16 > 0:13:23- Like what?- At the school, I've been involved in Our Day Out. I've also been involved in The Darling Buds...
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Who were you in Our Day Out?
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- I was Colin. I was the nice teacher.- Yes.
0:13:28 > 0:13:34- Can you give me a sample of your acting skills?- I've been Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds Of May.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Yes. That's probably easier for the accent, is it?
0:13:38 > 0:13:44Pop Larkin is a southern bloke, but I was a bit limited with that, so we had to move him up north.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49OK... So give me a burst of Pop Larkin.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54'Ere, that was a lovely day at the market, wasn't it? Hey, we did quite well, didn't we?
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- Maybe we'll try Our Day Out. - LAUGHTER
0:13:58 > 0:14:02I'm struggling to remember my lines, but I did sing in Our Day Out.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- Go on then. - # Although these walls are very... #
0:14:06 > 0:14:09No, never mind. Put your board up.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Why Keith?
0:14:10 > 0:14:17I just remember after I got correct answers, he broke the link and twice got questions wrong.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- So, Lynn...- Yes, Anne? - Just put your board down.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26How long have you been a fan of Gloria Hunniford?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- I haven't.- Haven't you?- No.
0:14:29 > 0:14:35- Take us through the look.- I think I look quite fetching. Not as good as you.- Yeah. What do you do?
0:14:35 > 0:14:41- I work from home. I'm a marketing manager.- Put your board up. What are you marketing?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Financial services to care homes.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48- So you ring care homes?- Yes. - What are you selling them? - Financial services.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51We maybe don't know what that is.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54We do a mailshot. My partner is a financial adviser.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58So we'd do a mailshot and then I'd ring up and...
0:14:58 > 0:15:04OK, OK. I'm on the other end of the phone at the care home. What are you selling me?
0:15:04 > 0:15:10We wrote to you recently regarding our services. I just wondered whether we could...
0:15:10 > 0:15:12LAUGHTER
0:15:12 > 0:15:19- Get on with it.- ..we could send one of our consultants out to explain in more detail how the company works.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24- What are you selling me? I still don't know. - Financial services, life insurance.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29- It's all explained in the letter. - OK, and if I keep you on the phone for ages chatting,
0:15:29 > 0:15:34- do you think, "Oh, I've got one of the residents?" - Not if I've got you, obviously.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39- And you've got a partner, have you? - I have.- What's he called?- Ian.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44- He was my financial adviser. - Was he?- Yeah. - Has he moved in with you?- Yeah.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Why couldn't you move into his house?- Mine was better.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Was it?- Hmm.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55So he's not that good a financial adviser then. Why Keith?
0:15:55 > 0:16:01- He's a lovely chap, but he got a couple of questions wrong.- Keith, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10When I saw my name on the boards, it was expected because I did get two questions wrong.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Even so, you still keep hoping that maybe they might have missed that.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Round Three. In the bank, £1,070. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:16:20 > 0:16:26We'll start with the strongest link. That's Jeni. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Start the clock.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32In nursing, which word follows "bed" and "blanket" to give two terms
0:16:32 > 0:16:36for the washing of patients while they're on a hospital ward?
0:16:36 > 0:16:37- Bath.- Correct.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41In geography, which city is the capital of Peru?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- Lima.- Correct.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48In Highland Games events, what C is a long, heavy piece of felled timber
0:16:48 > 0:16:52that is clasped against the shoulder before being tossed?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- Caber.- Correct.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57In maths, what is two-thirds of 15?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- 10.- Correct.
0:16:59 > 0:17:05In pop music, in 1988, When Will I Be Famous was the first UK hit single for which group
0:17:05 > 0:17:07that featured a pair of twins?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Bros.- Correct.- Bank!
0:17:09 > 0:17:13An old term for a prison was a house of deduction or correction?
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- Correction.- Correct.
0:17:16 > 0:17:22When the phrase "did not" is abbreviated to a single word, which letter is replaced by an apostrophe?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- "O".- Correct.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31In folklore, the legendary figure called William Tell is a national hero in which European country?
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- France.- Switzerland.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38In TV, the Biblical phrase that provided the titles of both a 1970s sitcom
0:17:38 > 0:17:43and a 2011 reality series set in the Yorkshire Dales is Love Thy what?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Neighbour.- Correct.
0:17:46 > 0:17:53In food, what P is the general name for the familiar Italian staple made from durum wheat?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- Pasta.- Correct.
0:17:55 > 0:18:02Common, Siberian and golden are all species of which rodent noted for its internal cheek pouches?
0:18:02 > 0:18:07- Hamster.- Correct. In rugby league, the term for the ball being deliberately thrown ahead
0:18:07 > 0:18:10to a player is a "forward" what?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Pass.- Correct.- Bank!
0:18:12 > 0:18:17In botany, a lady's-slipper is a variety of the orchid or the rose?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- Orchid.- Correct.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23The 1883 novel Treasure Island was written by which author?
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- Robert Louis Stevenson.- Correct. - Bank!- In the home, what U is the name
0:18:27 > 0:18:32- of the hobby of covering or stuffing furniture?- Could you repeat that?
0:18:32 > 0:18:37In the home, what U is the name of the hobby of covering or stuffing furniture?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- I have no idea, sorry. - Upholstery.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47In pop music, the 1981 UK hit single Dead Ringer For Love was a duet
0:18:47 > 0:18:50performed by Meat Loaf and which female singer?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Bonnie Tyler.- Cher.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58In Cluedo, the suspect whose surname is the name of a brightly coloured male bird is Mrs who?
0:18:58 > 0:19:04- Peacock.- Correct.- Bank! - In cinema, Joyce Grenfell played the policewoman Ruby Gates in a series
0:19:04 > 0:19:08of 1950s and '60s comedies set around which girls' school?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- St Trinian's. - END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:19:11 > 0:19:13You won £570.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Who is worth keeping, but only as a pet?
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Who should be charged with crimes against intelligence?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:19:25 > 0:19:31Jeni goes from being the strongest link in the last round to the weakest link in this.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36Statistically, Lynn is the strongest link, but who will lose out in the vote?
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Jeni.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Jeni.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Jeni.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Jeni.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Jeni.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Michael.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Jeni.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- Where are you from, Michael? - Essex, Anne.- What do you do?
0:20:08 > 0:20:13- I'm training to be a solicitor. - When you're in court, can you tower over everybody else?
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Are you talking literally or metaphorically?
0:20:17 > 0:20:21What would you like me to talk? Literally, metaphorically, dirty?
0:20:21 > 0:20:24That would be nice. That would brighten my day.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27What do you do when you're not being a lawyer?
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- I'm an assistant Cub Scout leader. - Of course you are.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35You're getting your lawyer's badge and your Scout's badge, are you?
0:20:35 > 0:20:40- Yes, I hope to get my lawyer's badge at Cubs.- What do you do for the Cubs?
0:20:40 > 0:20:45I'm Bagheera, I'm a leader, so I organise activities for them, games for them...
0:20:45 > 0:20:52- Is this because you haven't got a girlfriend?- I've got a fiancee, Anne.- What's she called?- Gabriella.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Oh, yes. Does she come from Essex? - No, she's from Romania.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00- Did you go out and get her or online?- No, she came over to get me.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- Really?- Yes.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07- Why Jeni?- I had a bad round, but she had a worse round, I think.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14- Jamie, the PE teacher... - Yes, Anne?- Do you teach football? - I do teach some football, yeah.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- To the girls?- I have taught football to the girls, yeah.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- How do you explain the offside rule? - We've not quite got that far.
0:21:21 > 0:21:27We do mini games, so five-a-side, seven-a-side. It gives them more chance to learn the basic skills.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- Do you know the offside rule?- I...
0:21:31 > 0:21:33No, OK. Why Jeni?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Jeni did get a couple wrong, unfortunately.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40She was the worst player. Jeni, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52I know for a fact my husband is going to be very pleased that he was right,
0:21:52 > 0:21:57that I wasn't going to go away and win the show, but I didn't go out in Round One,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59so...that's to him!
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Round 4. In the bank, £1,640.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Another 10 seconds off the time. We'll start with Lynn.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Start the clock. In agriculture,
0:22:14 > 0:22:20applying pesticides to cereals in the form of a cloud of droplets from an aircraft is crop what?
0:22:20 > 0:22:25- Spraying.- Correct. In the human body, what V is the general term
0:22:25 > 0:22:29for the blood vessels that ensure one-way circulation?
0:22:29 > 0:22:35- Veins.- Correct. In broadcasting, the regular religious slot on the Today programme on Radio 4
0:22:35 > 0:22:37is Thought For The what?
0:22:37 > 0:22:43- Day.- Correct. In geography, the countries in north-eastern Europe known collectively
0:22:43 > 0:22:47as the Baltic States are Latvia, Lithuania and which other?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Estonia.- Correct. - Bank.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54The Frenchman who in the 1860s discovered a method of using heat
0:22:54 > 0:22:58to kill harmful bacteria in milk was Louis who?
0:22:58 > 0:23:04- Pasteur.- Correct. Geoff, in hi-fi equipment, woofers and tweeters
0:23:04 > 0:23:08are elements of a turntable or a loudspeaker?
0:23:08 > 0:23:15- Loudspeaker.- Correct. In TV, the BBC Breakfast presenter who began hosting Sunday Morning Live in 2010
0:23:15 > 0:23:17is Susanna who?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- Pass.- Reid.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24In language, which term meaning dull or dreary is "bard" backwards?
0:23:24 > 0:23:30- Drab.- Correct. In engineering, what B is the name given to any vessel
0:23:30 > 0:23:32that can convert water into steam?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- Pass.- Boiler.
0:23:35 > 0:23:40In horse racing, in 1996, Frankie Dettori rode the winners of all seven races
0:23:40 > 0:23:43at a meeting at which race course?
0:23:43 > 0:23:50- Ascot.- Correct. In African wildlife, a new-born calf of which mammal is normally about six feet tall
0:23:50 > 0:23:54and can grow to three times that height in adulthood?
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- Giraffe.- Correct. - Bank.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02In Christianity, the New Testament character known as Salome
0:24:02 > 0:24:06asks for whose head as a reward for her dancing?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Job.- John the Baptist. Lynn,
0:24:09 > 0:24:16in geography, at around 75 miles long, the largest lake in Turkey is called Van or Lorry?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Van.- Correct.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22In pop music, the 2011 release entitled Goodbye Lullaby
0:24:22 > 0:24:27was the fourth UK hit album for which Canadian-born female singer?
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- Celine Dion?- Avril Lavigne. Maria,
0:24:30 > 0:24:37the lifeline, alleged to indicate how long a person will live, is on which part of the body?
0:24:37 > 0:24:42- Hand.- Correct.- Bank! - Tony, in painting, what P is the popular name...
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Time's up. You won £270.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Who could turn failure into a family business?
0:24:53 > 0:24:59Who's the three-legged horse at the National? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05The statistics show that Michael is the strongest link.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Geoff is the weakest link, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:25:10 > 0:25:15Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Maria.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Maria.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Lynn.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Geoff.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Geoff.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Maria.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38- Lynn, why Maria? - Like me, she got a question wrong.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43- Did you think she was the worst player?- Possibly. It could have been me.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48Geoff, the worst player wasn't Maria or Lynn, was it?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- Obviously not, Anne, no. - Who was it, Geoff?
0:25:52 > 0:25:59- I'm suspecting from your tone that it may have been me. - Say, "It was Geoff".- It was Geoff.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04- Why have you voted for Maria? - I know she got a question wrong.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- I was voting with integrity. - As house husbands always do.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Maria, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21I came on the show because I was dared by a friend of mine.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25It was a brilliant thing to do. I loved every minute.
0:26:27 > 0:26:33Round 5. Your total is £1,910. Another 10 seconds coming off the time.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37We'll start with Michael. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43Start the clock. Michael, in maths, what is 53 minus 12?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- 41.- Correct.
0:26:45 > 0:26:51In the Batman comics, what is the first name of the butler who works for the millionaire Bruce Wayne?
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- Don't know.- Alfred.
0:26:57 > 0:27:04The 1995 space drama Apollo 13 was promoted with the tagline, "Houston, we have a..." what?
0:27:05 > 0:27:10- Problem.- Correct. In football, in October 2010,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Sven-Goran Eriksson was appointed manager of which Midlands side?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Leicester City.- Correct.
0:27:16 > 0:27:22In facial hair, the ends of a Zapata moustache point in which direction - upwards or downwards?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- Upwards.- Downwards. Michael,
0:27:25 > 0:27:31in UK organisations, Ofgem regulates the markets in electricity and which other fuel?
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- Gas.- Correct.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39In music, what G is another name for the percussion instrument called the tam-tam,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42which originated in China?
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- Glockenspiel?- Gong. Lynn, in honours,
0:27:46 > 0:27:52the member of the British royal family who was made an earl in June, 1999, is Prince who?
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- William?- Edward.
0:27:55 > 0:28:01In religion, observation of the Jewish Sabbath begins at sunset on which English day of the week?
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- Sunday.- Friday. Tony,
0:28:04 > 0:28:10in the human body, the name of which muscular organ in the head is also a term for a language?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Pass.- Tongue. Michael,
0:28:14 > 0:28:19the 2010 film starring Julianne Moore and Annette Bening as a Californian couple
0:28:19 > 0:28:23is entitled The Kids Are what?
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- All Right.- Correct.
0:28:25 > 0:28:31In weather, what B is the term for a wind of varying strengths of 2-6 on the Beaufort scale?
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- Breeze.- Correct.- Bank!
0:28:33 > 0:28:40Which Mediterranean sea port on the north-east coast of Spain is its second-largest city?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- Pass.- Barcelona. Jamie,
0:28:43 > 0:28:50in the poem by Coleridge, the Ancient Mariner tells his tale to a wedding guest or drunken sailor?
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- Drunken sailor.- A wedding guest.
0:28:52 > 0:28:58In 1980s TV, which comedy drama series starred Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd...
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Moonlighting! Bank!
0:29:03 > 0:29:10Time's up. That was correct and your bank was in time. Just as well.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13You won £70.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17But who's now driving down the wrong side of the information highway?
0:29:17 > 0:29:21Who has nothing to lose except your money?
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30For the second round in a row, Michael is the strongest link.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Tony is, statistically, the weakest link, but will the team notice that?
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Tony.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Jamie.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Tony.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Geoff.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Lynn.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02- Jamie, why Tony?- I think, like me, he got two questions wrong.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- Geoff, why Tony?- Unfortunately, Tony got two questions wrong.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10- Unfortunately, so did you. - That's true.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Tony, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25When you're sitting at home watching, I've got my cup of tea, I can relax.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28In the studio, my knees are knocking and nerves kick in.
0:30:30 > 0:30:36Round 6. In the bank, £1,980. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41We'll start with Michael. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Start the clock. In telecommunications,
0:30:45 > 0:30:50the sound that Americans call a busy signal is known in the UK as the what tone?
0:30:53 > 0:30:56- Dialling tone.- No, engaged.
0:30:56 > 0:31:03Geoff, in classical music, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, first performed in 1910,
0:31:03 > 0:31:07is a well-known work by which English composer?
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Don't know.- Ralph Vaughan Williams.
0:31:13 > 0:31:20Which body part is said to be lifted and pulled out to give two phrases meaning to make a helpful effort?
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Pass.- The finger. Jamie,
0:31:25 > 0:31:31The Committee on Standards in Public Life, set up in 1994 is sometimes known
0:31:31 > 0:31:34by the name of the first chairman, Lord Osmond or Nolan?
0:31:34 > 0:31:39- Nolan.- Correct. At fairs, what is the two-word name given to the game
0:31:39 > 0:31:45in which players throw objects such as sticks at an effigy of an old woman with a pipe?
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- Pass.- Aunt Sally. Geoff,
0:31:48 > 0:31:54in historical literature, the 2009 novel The White Queen and the 2010 book The Red Queen
0:31:54 > 0:31:57were both written by Philippa who?
0:31:58 > 0:32:00- Jones.- Gregory.
0:32:00 > 0:32:07In garden design, what D is the name for a feature that is a raised-level platform made of slatted timber?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- Decking.- Correct.
0:32:09 > 0:32:16In WWII, which large battleship that was sunk in May, 1941, was named after a German Chancellor?
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- Bismarck.- Correct.
0:32:18 > 0:32:25In zoology, a parasitic flatworm found in the livers of sheep is known as an accident or a fluke?
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- Fluke.- Correct.
0:32:28 > 0:32:35In pop music, comedian Charlie Drake had a UK hit single in 1961 entitled My Boomerang Won't what?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37- Come Back.- Correct.
0:32:37 > 0:32:43In pre-history, what J is the name of one of the periods of geological time when dinosaurs lived on Earth?
0:32:43 > 0:32:49- Jurassic.- Correct.- Bank!- In motor racing, the Brazilian driver who lost out by a single point
0:32:49 > 0:32:54- to Lewis Hamilton in the 2008 Formula 1 championship...- Alonso.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00It's Felipe Massa.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04You won £300.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07So has Geoff made a mess of things?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Will Michael get his leaving badge?
0:33:11 > 0:33:16Could it be game over for Jamie? Or is Lynn a financial disaster?
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27At this crucial stage in the game, Jamie is the strongest link.
0:33:27 > 0:33:34The statistics show that Michael is now the weakest link, but will the votes follow the statistics?
0:33:34 > 0:33:38Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Michael.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Michael.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Michael.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Geoff.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57- Lynn, why Michael?- Because he got a couple wrong, I thought.
0:33:57 > 0:34:04- Jamie, why Michael?- I think he got the first two questions wrong. - He was the worst player.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Fair vote. Michael, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:14 > 0:34:20Given the opportunity, I'd love Anne to be a cub leader. She could be the bad cop to my good cop.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22We'll see what the cubs make of it!
0:34:23 > 0:34:29Round 7. You have £2,280. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33We'll start with Jamie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39Start the clock. In maths, what is 91 plus 47?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- 138.- Correct. Geoff,
0:34:42 > 0:34:49in which 1998 film set in the East End of London do four men have one week to pay a debt to a criminal?
0:34:49 > 0:34:53- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. - Correct.
0:34:53 > 0:34:59In art, the most famous works of John Constable are best described as portraits or landscapes?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- Landscapes.- Correct.
0:35:01 > 0:35:09In cooking ingredients, jelly, aspic and marshmallow usually contain which protein from animal tissues?
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- Fat.- Gelatine. Geoff,
0:35:12 > 0:35:18in religion, in Christianity and Islam, what P is another term for Heaven and is used more generally
0:35:18 > 0:35:20to mean a place of supreme delight?
0:35:20 > 0:35:24- Paradise.- Correct. In classical music in the UK,
0:35:24 > 0:35:28the leader of an orchestra plays which instrument?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Guitar.- Violin. Jamie,
0:35:31 > 0:35:35the aristocratic siblings Diana, Unity, Nancy, Pamela and Jessica,
0:35:35 > 0:35:41who dominated British gossip columns in the 1930s and '40s had what surname?
0:35:41 > 0:35:44- Smith?- Mitford. Geoff,
0:35:44 > 0:35:50in entertainment, the American stand-up comedian and TV presenter who appears on comedy panel games,
0:35:50 > 0:35:52such as QI, is Rich who?
0:35:55 > 0:36:01- Smith.- Hall. In geography, the town of Matlock is the administrative headquarters of which shire county
0:36:01 > 0:36:04in central England?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Leicestershire.- Derbyshire.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11In industry, the process of breaking down heavy hydrocarbons by heat to produce petrol
0:36:11 > 0:36:13is ripping or cracking?
0:36:13 > 0:36:17- Cracking.- Correct. In children's characters,
0:36:17 > 0:36:22the female white mouse in books by Lucy Cousins has what name?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- Don't know.- Maisie. Lynn,
0:36:26 > 0:36:32the medical term for the thin sheet of tissue known as the ear drum is the tympanic what?
0:36:32 > 0:36:36- Drum.- Membrane. Jamie...
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Time's up. You won nothing. Zilch. Zero.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56According to the statistics, Geoff is the strongest link.
0:36:56 > 0:37:03Lynn is the weakest link, but who will be taking the final Walk of Shame?
0:37:04 > 0:37:09Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Jamie.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Geoff.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Lynn.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20A vote each.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- Geoff, why Jamie? - We were all absolutely rubbish.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28I voted where I thought the weakest link was, but I couldn't be sure.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33- Jamie, why Lynn?- Like Geoff said. None of us had a good round,
0:37:33 > 0:37:38but I remember I thought Lynn was the weakest link in a previous round.
0:37:38 > 0:37:44- Lynn, why Geoff? - Pretty much the same, really. None of us were very good.
0:37:44 > 0:37:50The strongest link has to cast the deciding vote. The strongest link was Geoff.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54You voted for Jamie. You can stick with Jamie
0:37:54 > 0:37:56or you can move to Lynn.
0:37:56 > 0:38:04- I'll stick with my original vote. - Why?- Because that's the one I chose when I didn't know who was weakest.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Jamie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:14 > 0:38:22I'm only a simple PE bloke. To make it that far and get so close to the final, I'm really happy.
0:38:23 > 0:38:30Round 8. In the bank, £2,280. In this round, 90 seconds, but whatever you win is trebled.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34We'll start with Geoff. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:35 > 0:38:41Start the clock. In UK politics, what D is the official term for the end of a parliament
0:38:41 > 0:38:45that finished with a royal proclamation and a General Election?
0:38:45 > 0:38:51- Dissolution.- Correct. In English grammar, which word is often called the definite article?
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- Item.- The.
0:38:54 > 0:38:59In food and drink, juniper berries are the chief flavouring agent in port or gin?
0:38:59 > 0:39:05- Gin.- Correct. In 1970s advertising, what follows "plop, plop" and "plink, plink"
0:39:05 > 0:39:11to give the US and British versions of a famous slogan for indigestion tablets?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- Pass.- "Fizz, fizz".
0:39:14 > 0:39:20In pop music, since 2001, Romeo, Where's Your Head At and Oh My Gosh
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- have all been UK hit singles for which group?- No idea.
0:39:24 > 0:39:29Basement Jaxx. In athletics, which one of the Olympic events
0:39:29 > 0:39:33that are run rather than walked is held over the longest distance?
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- 1,000 metres? - The marathon. Geoff,
0:39:37 > 0:39:43the British actor who played incompetent characters in 1930s comedies such as Boys Will Be Boys
0:39:43 > 0:39:46and Oh, Mr Porter was Will who?
0:39:48 > 0:39:54- Hardy.- Hay. In fashion, what name is given to a style of rectangular clutch bag
0:39:54 > 0:39:59because the shape of its fastening panel resembles an item of stationery?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01- Clasp?- Envelope bag.
0:40:01 > 0:40:07In art, the famous painting by Turner of a view thought to be...
0:40:10 > 0:40:16Time's up. And you won absolutely nothing so there is nothing to treble.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21It means prize money today of:
0:40:21 > 0:40:25There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death. So, Geoff and Lynn,
0:40:29 > 0:40:34for £2,280 let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40Geoff, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42I'll go first.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48A 2009 hit single by Jay-Z
0:40:48 > 0:40:54in which Alicia Keys sings, "These streets will make you feel brand new,
0:40:54 > 0:40:58"Big lights will inspire you, Let's hear it for New York,"
0:40:58 > 0:41:01has what four-word title?
0:41:01 > 0:41:03New York, New York.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07The correct answer is Empire State of Mind.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12In geography, the islands known collectively as Oceania,
0:41:12 > 0:41:16lie on both sides of the Equator in which ocean?
0:41:16 > 0:41:18- Atlantic.- Pacific.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23In a nonsense verse by Lewis Carroll published in 1876,
0:41:23 > 0:41:29which creature is hunted down and turns out to be a dangerous variety called a Boojum?
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- Rat. - The correct answer is the Snark.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39In TV, which actor who starred in the sitcom Frasier
0:41:39 > 0:41:45has also provided the voice on The Simpsons of the character known as Sideshow Bob?
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- Pass.- The correct answer is Kelsey Grammer.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54In chemistry, which word beginning and ending with a vowel is a term
0:41:54 > 0:41:57for any substance with a ph value of more than 7
0:41:57 > 0:42:01that reacts with an acid to form a salt and water?
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- Alkali.- That is correct. Lynn,
0:42:04 > 0:42:11in the Royal Mail, in 2010 the head of which British king appeared on a first class stamp,
0:42:11 > 0:42:17361 years after it had been cut off by an executioner in Westminster?
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- Albert. - The correct answer is Charles I.
0:42:22 > 0:42:29In tennis, the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup is awarded to the winner of the men's singles
0:42:29 > 0:42:32at which of the four major tournaments?
0:42:32 > 0:42:38- The US Open.- The correct answer is the Australian Open.
0:42:38 > 0:42:44In food, what name used for a dish of raw chopped steak and for a sharp-tasting sauce served with fish
0:42:44 > 0:42:48comes from that of a people originally from Central Asia?
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- Tartare. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:52 > 0:42:58In cinema, which 1969 drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight
0:42:58 > 0:43:02is the only film given an X certificate in the USA
0:43:02 > 0:43:05to have won a Best Picture Oscar?
0:43:05 > 0:43:09- Straw Dogs?- The correct answer is Midnight Cowboy.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15In measurements, as a furlong is equal to 220 yards,
0:43:15 > 0:43:17there are how many in a mile?
0:43:17 > 0:43:20- Eight.- That is the correct answer.
0:43:23 > 0:43:29That means, Lynn, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Geoff, you leave with nothing.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:37 > 0:43:42I'm really pleased for Lynn. She was a good sport and deserves the money.
0:43:42 > 0:43:48To win the Weakest Link is just amazing. I thought I'd go out in Round 1 or 2.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50To win, I just can't believe it.
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