0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Only one will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15The other will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43They've only just met. To get the prize money, they must work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59My name is Cooper, I'm 21 from Cockermouth and I'm a postman.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05My name is Debbie, I'm 46 from Basingstoke and I work in internal sales for IT.
0:01:06 > 0:01:13My name's Vince, I'm 62, I'm from Gateshead and I'm a retired schoolteacher.
0:01:14 > 0:01:21I'm Jacki, I'm 56, from Taunton and I'm a funeral arranger and wedding photographer.
0:01:22 > 0:01:28My name's Sean. I'm 46, I'm from Coventry. I'm a hypnotherapist and comedy stage hypnotist.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33I'm Ellie, I'm 22, from Bristol and I'm a sales assistant.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39I'm Mick, I'm 39, from Stoke on Trent and I'm a door supervisor.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45My name's Nino, I'm 50, from London and I'm a learning development co-ordinator.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50My name's Jill, I'm 34 from Glasgow, and I'm a radio presenter.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55OK, just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:07 > 0:02:15Round One. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20That's you, Cooper. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29In folklore, a cat is popularly said to have how many lives?
0:02:29 > 0:02:36- Nine.- Correct. In human anatomy, what's the three-letter common name for the part of the body
0:02:36 > 0:02:38that extends from the hip to ankle?
0:02:38 > 0:02:44- Leg.- Correct. On British roads, a red traffic light conveys what instruction
0:02:44 > 0:02:47to an approaching vehicle - stop or go?
0:02:47 > 0:02:54- Stop.- Correct. In food, Gruyere and Emmental are well known Swiss examples
0:02:54 > 0:02:56of which dairy product?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Cheese.- Correct.- Bank! - In the animal kingdom,
0:02:59 > 0:03:05what W is the word widely used in English to imitate the gruff, abrupt bark of a dog?
0:03:05 > 0:03:12- Woof.- Correct. In geography, Uganda is a land-locked country in the east of which continent?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- Africa.- Correct. In TV, in a sitcom first shown in 1975,
0:03:16 > 0:03:22the married couple Basil and Sybil who run a hotel in Torquay have what surname?
0:03:22 > 0:03:28- Fawlty.- Correct. Nino, in maths, what is four multiplied by five?
0:03:28 > 0:03:33- Twenty.- Correct. In boys' names in the UK,
0:03:33 > 0:03:38Maxwell and Maximilian are commonly shortened to what three-letter abbreviation?
0:03:38 > 0:03:45- Max.- Correct. At the circus, the high wire that is used in balancing acts
0:03:45 > 0:03:48is also known as the tightrope or towrope?
0:03:48 > 0:03:55- Tightrope.- Correct. The second line of the nursery rhyme Ring A Ring Of Roses is "A pocketful of..." what?
0:03:55 > 0:04:02- Posies.- Correct.- Bank!- In charity, the supergroup and the concert brought together by Bob Geldof
0:04:02 > 0:04:06in the 1980s were called Band and Live what?
0:04:06 > 0:04:12- Aid.- Correct. In nature, what P is the general everyday name for those organisms
0:04:12 > 0:04:16that remove carbon dioxide from the air and produce oxygen?
0:04:16 > 0:04:23- Plants.- Correct. In tourism, the world-famous building in Northern India made from marble
0:04:23 > 0:04:26and completed in 1653 is the Taj what?
0:04:26 > 0:04:33- Mahal.- Correct. A prominent editorial article in a newspaper is called a leader or a follower?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- A leader.- Correct.- Bank.
0:04:40 > 0:04:47OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target, but you had a chain of 15 correct answers.
0:04:47 > 0:04:53You could have been there hours ago. Who was banking when they didn't need to?
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Who's the Mr Bean in the bodybuilding contest?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Who might overstretch themselves by facing the right way?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10The statistics show that Vince is the strongest link.
0:05:10 > 0:05:17The weakest link is Nino, but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?
0:05:17 > 0:05:22Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Sean.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Sean.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Sean.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Vince.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Jacki.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Sean.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Vince.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Sean.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Sean.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49- What do you do, Vince?- I'm retired. I used to be a schoolteacher.
0:05:49 > 0:05:57- What were you teaching?- English. - And when you taught English, how did you make lessons interesting?
0:05:57 > 0:06:02- I did the Weakest Link on it once. - Couldn't you be bothered to prepare a lesson?
0:06:02 > 0:06:09- There's lots of interesting things in the Weakest Link, linguistically. - Like what?- Your little jokes.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14- I like to get the kids to make those up.- So what did they make up? - It's a nice exercise.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18I can't remember any, but I've made quite a lot up.
0:06:18 > 0:06:24- Like who thinks Pixie Lott is a haunted American car park? That sort of thing.- Yeah.
0:06:24 > 0:06:31- Why Sean?- He banked on £200, Anne, and I thought that was a little bit too prudent.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- What do you do, Jill?- I'm a radio presenter, Anne.- For who?
0:06:35 > 0:06:41Insight Radio, Europe's first station for blind and partially-sighted people.
0:06:41 > 0:06:48- Oh. Are you partially-sighted? - I'm completely blind, Anne.- So you can't see how beautiful Vince is?!
0:06:48 > 0:06:54- No!- What a shame. Isn't all radio for the blind? - Well, you would think that, Anne,
0:06:54 > 0:07:00but to be honest we offer a very bespoke service for blind and partially-sighted people
0:07:00 > 0:07:05and offer a lot of information about things like technology
0:07:05 > 0:07:12or access to anything like women's magazines or what's going on for blind and partially-sighted people.
0:07:12 > 0:07:19- Couldn't you pretend it was television and charge more?- I'd love to! I'd love your job.- Why Sean?
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- I just thought Sean banked a little bit too early, I'm afraid. - Far too early!
0:07:24 > 0:07:29- What do you do, Cooper? - I'm a postman.- Where?- Cockermouth.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- How long's the round? - Around about four hours.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38I couldn't tell you in miles. It's around 8,000 steps. I've used a pedometer.
0:07:38 > 0:07:44- Do lots of women make advances to you?- Sometimes.- Yes. - One specific woman on my round.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50- What does she do? - If she's sweeping her path and I make an advance on the letterbox...
0:07:50 > 0:07:56- Keep it clean!- ..by the time I turn round she's put her broom in front of me and I can't get back out,
0:07:56 > 0:08:01- so I'm forced to stop and chat.- Have you always been really interesting?
0:08:01 > 0:08:07- As far as I can remember. I'm a pretty... - Interesting sort of guy.- Yes.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12- Why are you called Cooper?- At school...- That's not interesting!
0:08:12 > 0:08:18You could just change your name depending on what's on the envelope with the cheque in.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24- If you find me boring, I'm just not willing to speak to you now. - Done deal.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Why Sean? Come on! Why Sean?
0:08:28 > 0:08:32We'll be here all day. You've got to tell me why Sean.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34OK.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38- Sean...- Yes. - You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Meeting the Queen of Mean was different than I thought.
0:08:49 > 0:08:55She was even more evil than I thought. I'm glad she didn't really talk to me.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I'd have been scarred for life.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Round Two. In the bank, £1,000.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05We now take 10 seconds off your time.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Vince.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Start the clock.
0:09:14 > 0:09:20In English history, the celebrated document that enshrined in law certain basic legal principles
0:09:20 > 0:09:24and was sealed by King John in 1215 is known as Magna what?
0:09:24 > 0:09:31- Carta.- Correct. In the theatre, what V is the term for the leading wrongdoer in a play or pantomime?
0:09:33 > 0:09:38- Villain.- Correct. In pop music, which word relating to weather goes before Patrol
0:09:38 > 0:09:42to make the name of a group from Northern Ireland?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Snow.- Correct. In literature,
0:09:44 > 0:09:50the 1961 novel with a title character who is a teacher at an all-girls school in Edinburgh
0:09:50 > 0:09:52is The Prime of Miss Jean who?
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- Brodie.- Correct. Which pastry product, often eaten for breakfast,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00has a French name that literally means crescent?
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- Croissant.- Correct. In children's activities,
0:10:04 > 0:10:09spending the night at the home of a friend is a sleepover or hangover?
0:10:09 > 0:10:15- Sleepover.- Correct. In US geography, the smallest state, by area, is called Rhode what?
0:10:15 > 0:10:21- Island.- Correct.- Bank!- In botany, a tree found in Britain with large, hard, brown shiny seeds
0:10:21 > 0:10:25enclosed in prickly green casings is called a horse what?
0:10:25 > 0:10:31- Chestnut.- Correct. In tennis, what G is the name for a sub-division of a set?
0:10:31 > 0:10:36- Game.- Correct. In maritime history, the ship in which Sir Francis Drake
0:10:36 > 0:10:40circumnavigated the world was the Golden what?
0:10:40 > 0:10:46- Hind.- Correct. In art, which term for an unclothed figure is an anagram of the word dune?
0:10:46 > 0:10:52- Nude.- Correct. In theatre, the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde that has the subtitle
0:10:52 > 0:10:56A Trivial Comedy For Serious People is The Importance of Being what?
0:10:56 > 0:11:02- Earnest.- Correct. In an email address, a person's individual user name normally appears where
0:11:02 > 0:11:05in relation to the @ symbol - before or after?
0:11:05 > 0:11:12- Before it.- Correct. In Pop music, All Saints had a UK number one single in 2000 with Pure what?
0:11:12 > 0:11:16- Shores.- Correct.- Bank. - In medicine...
0:11:19 > 0:11:27OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target. You had a chain of 14 answers. Who keeps banking?
0:11:27 > 0:11:32Who'd need a private detective to find their elbow?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Who has a learning curve like a hula hoop?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Statistically, the weakest link is Debbie.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48Jill is the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:11:49 > 0:11:54Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Vince.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Vince.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Jill.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Vince.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Vince.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Vince.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Vince.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Vince.
0:12:16 > 0:12:23- What do you do, Jacki? - I have two jobs. I'm a wedding photographer and funeral arranger.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- Who do you funeral arrange for? - The Co-Operative.
0:12:26 > 0:12:33- Where?- In Bridgwater, Somerset. - And how much does a funeral cost in Bridgwater with the Co-Op?
0:12:33 > 0:12:38- Um, between £3,000 and £5,000. - Good heavens! Why?!
0:12:38 > 0:12:44- What makes up £3,000? - The coffin, the crematorium, the vicar.- How much does a coffin cost?
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- From 160. - OK. Could I dig the grave?
0:12:48 > 0:12:53Um, you could dig a grave on your own property, yes.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- If you owned it without a mortgage. - Yes, OK.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I'm going to put the coffin in my back garden.
0:13:00 > 0:13:07- It would be slightly cheaper then because you wouldn't have to pay... - OK, so it's 160 quid.
0:13:07 > 0:13:14- You have to pay for...us to come along. You need somebody... - I don't.- ..to lower you in.
0:13:14 > 0:13:20- No, I'll get my relatives to do that.- Oh, that's a bit harsh. They're going to be overcome
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- It can be done for 160 quid. - No. It's more than that.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30- Why Vince? - I actually can't stand beards.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- No.- That's the only reason. He's lovely, I'm sure.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- What do you do, Nino?- I work for the Mayor's Office in London.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42I teach people how to help tourists.
0:13:42 > 0:13:49- I was convinced you worked for Travelodge.- No.- You've just come in one of their shirts.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54- I borrowed it from a friend.- OK. Why have you got that funny name?
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- No, your name.- It's my Italian heritage.- Really? You're Italian?
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- Mm-hm.- Have you got an Italian mother?- And an Italian father.
0:14:03 > 0:14:09- Does she still iron your shirts? - No, Anne! This one was fresh out of the packet.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Yeah. Was it? Eugh.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- Have you got a wife?- I have.- Does she get on with your Italian mother?
0:14:15 > 0:14:22- They never do, do they? - She gets on very well.- Can you sing in Italian?- Yes, I can, Anne.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- Oh, really? Even in your Travelodge shirt?- Even in my shirt.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Now, OK. What can you sing?
0:14:30 > 0:14:35- I can sing all types of songs. Italian folk songs...- Crack on.
0:14:35 > 0:14:41- # Marina, Marina, Marina... # - Is that an ice cream song?- No.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Why Vince?
0:14:43 > 0:14:47I just felt he was the weakest link in the group.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Vince, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01I came on because I enjoy watching the show so much.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06It's totally different from any other game show or quiz, which are ten a penny, really.
0:15:06 > 0:15:13This has something special about it and I thought it was a kind of duty to come along and go on it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Round Three. In the bank, £2,000. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23We'll start with Jill. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Start the clock.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31In medicine, what D precedes surgery, floss and hygienist for three terms about oral health?
0:15:31 > 0:15:37- Dental.- Correct. The jeweller born in St Petersburg in 1846
0:15:37 > 0:15:43who became famous for creating opulent Easter eggs with surprise gifts was Peter Carl who?
0:15:44 > 0:15:50- Pass.- Faberge. In language, which word that describes a fish with its intestines removed
0:15:50 > 0:15:54is also a slang term meaning disappointed and disheartened?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- Sad.- Gutted.
0:16:01 > 0:16:08In science, any mixture of a solvent and a solute is known by what name - an answer or a solution?
0:16:08 > 0:16:14- Solution.- Correct. In Scrabble, at the beginning of play before any words are placed on the board,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17each participant has how many tiles?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- Nine.- Seven.
0:16:19 > 0:16:26The 1993 film starring Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins as servants at a stately home in the 1930s
0:16:26 > 0:16:29was entitled The Remains of the what?
0:16:29 > 0:16:36- Day.- Correct. In the animal kingdom, what G is a large species of ape, generally with black hair,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38native to African tropical forests?
0:16:38 > 0:16:44- Gorilla.- Correct.- Bank.- The novels Far From The Madding Crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles
0:16:44 > 0:16:47were by which English author?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- Pass.- Thomas Hardy.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55In meat products, what is the specific four-letter name for the skin on a rasher of bacon?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Lean?- Rind.
0:16:58 > 0:17:04A company such as an airline that provides a basic service for a reduced price
0:17:04 > 0:17:06is called no worries or no frills?
0:17:06 > 0:17:13- No frills.- Correct. In pop music, who was the lead singer of the 1990s US grunge band Nirvana?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Morrison.- Kurt Cobain.
0:17:19 > 0:17:26What C is the term used for Londoners born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow Church?
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- Cockney.- Correct. In maths, what is 99 divided by 3?
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- 33.- Correct. In sport, in which team game
0:17:34 > 0:17:38might a nightwatchman be dismissed by a wrong un or a bouncer?
0:17:38 > 0:17:45- Cricket?- Correct. In UK geography, the rivers Tay, Thames, Tweed, Tees and Tyne all flow
0:17:45 > 0:17:49into which body of water, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- Pass.- The North Sea.
0:17:52 > 0:17:59In politics, the former model known as Mandy, who gained notoriety in the 1963 Profumo Scandal,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02had what surname - Pasta-Jones or Rice-Davies?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Rice-Davies.- Correct.- Bank!
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:18:10 > 0:18:16You only won £70. Who's now at the cutting edge of hopelessness?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24According to the statistics, Nino is the strongest link.
0:18:24 > 0:18:30The weakest link is Cooper, but will the other players realise that?
0:18:30 > 0:18:35Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Jill.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Cooper.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Cooper.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Cooper.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Cooper.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Cooper.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Cooper.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00- What do you do, Mick? - I'm a door supervisor.- Whose door?
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- I work at a lap dancing club. - And you're outside, are you?
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- Outside and inside. - What do you do inside?
0:19:08 > 0:19:13I make sure the customers behave themselves, don't touch the girls.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19- And sometimes does someone pat your head thinking it's a boob? - I've had it done before.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- Why Cooper? - He got two out of three wrong.
0:19:22 > 0:19:28- He's got more hair than you have. - Only just.
0:19:28 > 0:19:35- What do you do, Ellie?- I'm a sales assistant.- Where?- For Cult, who sell Superdry.- Where?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- In Bristol.- Are you qualified as a sales assistant?- Yes, very.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- You've got a degree in sales assisting?- No, I have a degree in History of Art.
0:19:44 > 0:19:51- That was useful(!)- It gives you a keen eye for detail, which is important in the fashion industry.
0:19:51 > 0:19:58- Do you always want to be a sales assistant? - No, we'll see where life takes me.
0:19:58 > 0:20:04- Where would you like life to take you?- I wouldn't mind going into journalism, media, the arts.
0:20:04 > 0:20:11- What would you do in the arts? Who do you admire, current? - My favourite current artist is...
0:20:11 > 0:20:18- Kurt Jackson. - Why don't you ask him for a job? - I'm not very good at actual art.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- I just like to look at it. - Oh. Why Cooper?
0:20:22 > 0:20:29- I think he got the most questions wrong out of everybody.- Cooper, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41At this stage, I think the person who will go all the way and win is Jill.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45I really think she's a dark horse in this competition.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Round Four and you have £2,070. Another 10 seconds off.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56We'll start with Nino. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Start the clock.
0:20:58 > 0:21:06In TV, in the 1980s drama Dynasty, the scheming character Alexis Colby was played by which actress?
0:21:06 > 0:21:11- Jackie Collins?- Joan Collins. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee,
0:21:11 > 0:21:16the recluse who is a neighbour of Scout Finch is called Boo what?
0:21:16 > 0:21:21- Radley?- Correct. In religion, what H is the autumn festival
0:21:21 > 0:21:25when churches are decorated with fruit and vegetables?
0:21:25 > 0:21:33- Harvest.- Correct. In 1960s pop music, what was the backing group for Liverpudlian Gerry Marsden?
0:21:33 > 0:21:39- The Pacemakers.- Correct. In education in 2011 for the 29th year in a row
0:21:39 > 0:21:43the overall A Level pass rate increased or decreased?
0:21:43 > 0:21:47- Increase.- Correct. In food, what's the four-letter general name
0:21:47 > 0:21:51of the biscuit given to babies when teething?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Rusk.- Correct.- Bank!
0:21:53 > 0:21:59In film, the 2000 legal drama based on a true story for which Julia Roberts won her first Oscar
0:21:59 > 0:22:01has the title Erin who?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Brockovich.- Correct.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07What name is given to a large species of bear as it lives in the area
0:22:07 > 0:22:11surrounding the northern end of the axis of the Earth?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- Grizzly.- Polar.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18In language, a rhyming expression that means "here and there" is "hither and" where?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- Pass.- Thither.
0:22:24 > 0:22:30In English football, in 2011, Martin Jol, the former manager of Tottenham Hotspur,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33was appointed coach of which other London Premier League club?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- Chelsea.- Fulham.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39An alloy such as bronze is a combination of two or more metals
0:22:39 > 0:22:43that are mixed together when they are frozen or molten?
0:22:43 > 0:22:49- Molten.- Correct. In business, the car manufacturer born in Detroit in 1925
0:22:49 > 0:22:54whose vehicles were characterised by their distinctive gull-wing doors was John who?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- Pass.- DeLorean.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06A party at which the guests dress up as citizens of Ancient Rome is named after which item of clothing?
0:23:06 > 0:23:11- Toga.- Correct. What C is the name of the legislature of the United States
0:23:11 > 0:23:14that consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- Senator.- Congress.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23In pop music, the singer who has had UK No.1 singles since 2010,
0:23:23 > 0:23:28entitled In My Head and Don't Wanna Go Home, is Jason who?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Time's up. The correct answer was Derulo.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37You won £300.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Who's losing you money?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Who needs to go?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Ellie is the strongest link because she didn't get an answer wrong.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54Statistically, Jill is the weakest link, but who will the team want off?
0:23:55 > 0:24:00Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Jill.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Jill.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Jill.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Jill.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Jill.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Jacki.
0:24:17 > 0:24:23- What do you do, Debbie?- I work in internal sales for an IT company.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Put your board down. Just move over towards the next podium.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Did the trousers fit you when you bought them?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37- Yes, Anne.- Did they? Hop up again.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Is that how you go to work? - No, Anne.
0:24:42 > 0:24:48- How do you go to work?- Sometimes I like wearing dresses or I wear black trousers and a nice blouse.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52But you've come dressed as a rock chick?
0:24:52 > 0:24:57- An old rock chick.- Yeah. Can you sing?- I do like singing, but I'm not very good.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02- I normally muddle my words up. - Can you sing for me? - Yeah, I do like Ken Dodd.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05I think he's the epitome of being happy.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- You're going to sing Happiness?- Yes.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- In a Liverpool accent?- No.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12OK then, off you go.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15# Happiness, happiness
0:25:15 > 0:25:18# The greatest gift that I possess
0:25:18 > 0:25:20# I want to thank the Lord that I possess
0:25:20 > 0:25:25# More than my share of happine-e-ess! #
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- Yeah, fantastic.- Thank you. - Put your board up.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Why Jill?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- She's a lovely, gorgeous... - Crack on.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Unfortunately, she got two wrong.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Nino, do you play games at work?
0:25:40 > 0:25:45- Do I play games at work?- Yeah. - As part of my job, you mean?- Yeah.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Sometimes, yes.- Do you go missing?
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Some might say that, yes.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Then they play Finding Nino, do they?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Oh, yes, boom-boom, Anne, very good.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01- Why Jill?- Unfortunately, Jill got two questions wrong. - She was the worst player.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Jill, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14I'm delighted I made it to Round 4. At least I wasn't voted off first.
0:26:14 > 0:26:21That was my biggest concern and to be fair, I was a bit thick in the last two rounds.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I got most of my questions wrong and gave really silly answers,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28so I deserve to be voted off.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35Round Five. In the bank, £2,370. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40We'll start with the strongest link. That's Ellie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Start the clock.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47In anatomy, in an adult human, on average, which organ is heavier? The heart or the brain?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- The heart.- The brain.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54In TV, the actor James Buckley, who appeared as Jay in The Inbetweeners,
0:26:54 > 0:26:59played which member of the Trotter family as a young man in Rock & Chips?
0:26:59 > 0:27:00- Rodney.- Del Boy.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03In maths, what is 25 plus 53?
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- 78.- Correct.
0:27:06 > 0:27:12In geography, which country of the UK has a total land area of just over 8,000 square miles?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Wales.- Correct.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21In cinema, what H precedes Henry in the title of a 2011 film
0:27:21 > 0:27:25based on a series of children's books by Francesca Simon?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- Horrible.- No, it's Horrid.
0:27:28 > 0:27:35In the expression "24/7", the "24" refers to the number of which units of time in a day?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- Hours.- Correct.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42In Greek mythology, Odysseus wandered for ten years
0:27:42 > 0:27:45before reaching home after fighting in which war?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Pass.- Trojan.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53In British birds, the member of the crow family distinguished by its red bill and legs
0:27:53 > 0:27:56is known by what name - the puff or the chough?
0:27:56 > 0:28:01- Chough.- Correct.- Bank! - In country music, the song celebrating the American West
0:28:01 > 0:28:05that mentions deer and antelope in the chorus is Home On The what?
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- Range.- Correct. In hairstyles,
0:28:08 > 0:28:13what Q is the term for a prominent tuft of hair brushed up above the forehead?
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- Quiff.- Correct.- Bank! - In communications,
0:28:16 > 0:28:22a 19th century secretary of the post office called Rowland Hill popularised which adhesive item?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- Envelope.- No, the postage stamp.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28In traditional navigational instruments,
0:28:28 > 0:28:34a magnetised pointer moving round a dial to indicate direction is known as a compass what?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- Compass needle.- Correct.
0:28:37 > 0:28:44In both Italian and Spanish, the word "verde" is usually translated into English as what colour?
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- Green.- Correct.- Bank!- In pastimes,
0:28:47 > 0:28:53what T is the name of the device on a pinball machine that stops the game if the table is disturbed?
0:28:57 > 0:28:59- Turn?- Tilt.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02In religion, the Kirpan is a ceremonial...
0:29:02 > 0:29:05END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Time's up. You won £120.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Who'd even be dull in Dudley?
0:29:11 > 0:29:16Who's the typist in boxing gloves? Who's the pebble in your shoe?
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26Having answered the most questions correctly, Nino is the strongest link.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31The statistics show that Mick is the weakest link, but how will the votes go?
0:29:32 > 0:29:37Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Ellie.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Mick.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Debbie.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Ellie.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Ellie.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56- Nino, why Ellie? - Because she got two questions wrong.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00Mick, did you think Ellie was the worst player?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03I think we were the same. We both got two wrong.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08- She banked.- That makes me the worst player.- Well done.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Ellie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21When Anne walks on to set, it's quite daunting, to be honest.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26She's only a small, wee thing, but it's quite scary in her Darth Vader costume.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33Round Six. In the bank, £2,490. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38We'll start with the strongest link. That's Nino. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Start the clock.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46In American football, the Super Bowl played in 2011 was the first one that did not feature what?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Cheerleaders or a touchdown?
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- Cheerleaders.- Correct. In cinema,
0:30:52 > 0:30:58the 1997 film starring Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz as a couple brought together by divine intervention
0:30:58 > 0:31:00is called A Life Less what?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- Worthwhile.- Ordinary.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05In maths, what is 97 minus 61?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11- 36.- Correct.
0:31:11 > 0:31:17In pop music, Elkie Brooks had a UK hit single in 1977 entitled Pearl's A what?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- Singer.- Correct.
0:31:19 > 0:31:25In clothing, what P is the term for a piece of fabric stitched on to a garment in order to mend a hole?
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- Patch.- Correct.- Bank!
0:31:28 > 0:31:32In Asian politics, the first female President of the Philippines,
0:31:32 > 0:31:36who succeeded Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, was Cory who?
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- Pass.- Aquino.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46The red or green stalks of which vegetable with large leaves that are poisonous to humans
0:31:46 > 0:31:48are often eaten as a fruit?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- Rhubarb.- Correct.
0:31:50 > 0:31:56In the English Civil War, a commander of the Royalist army from 1642 to 1645 had what name?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Prince Rupert or Prince Nigel?
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- Prince Rupert.- Correct. In TV in 2011,
0:32:02 > 0:32:07which Oxford college, whose name sounds like a word meaning "sentimental",
0:32:07 > 0:32:10won University Challenge for a record fourth time?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- Pass.- Magdalen.
0:32:13 > 0:32:20In painting, the 1960s pop artist whose works include Whaam and Good Morning, Darling was Roy who?
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- Wood.- Lichtenstein.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27In medicine, what name for a type of connective tissue in the body
0:32:27 > 0:32:30is derived from the same Latin word as the term "ligature"?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- Pass.- Ligament.
0:32:36 > 0:32:41In customs, an annual fair held in Nottingham in October since medieval times
0:32:41 > 0:32:43is named after which bird?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48- Falcon.- The goose.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- Pass.- Pass?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54I meant to say "bank", Anne.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- Sorry.- Fabulous(!)
0:32:57 > 0:33:00You won £100.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03So is Debbie now spreading unhappiness?
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Has Jacki made a grave mistake? Should Nino get lost?
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Or will you show Mick the door? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17As the only player to get all her answers wrong, Debbie is the weakest link.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22The strongest link statistically is Mick, but whose game is over?
0:33:23 > 0:33:28Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Mick.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Mick.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Debbie.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40Debbie.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43We have a tie, team - Mick and Debbie.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48- Mick, why Debbie?- I think she got the most questions wrong that round.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53- Debbie, why Mick?- I do believe he got two questions wrong in this round.- Yeah...
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- So you thought he was the worst player?- Well, yeah.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02I banked twice, so I don't think I was the worst player.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05She's so good at this game(!)
0:34:05 > 0:34:11When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and the strongest link was Mick.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15- Who would you like to get rid of? - Debbie, please.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19Debbie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32My children will be absolutely horrified I sang on national television.
0:34:32 > 0:34:38They haven't told their friends and now they'll have to live with the embarrassment for ever.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Round Seven. You have £2,590. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:34:44 > 0:34:51We'll start with the strongest link. That's Mick. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:34:51 > 0:34:57In literature, in the title of the novel by Roddy Doyle that won the Booker Prize in 1993,
0:34:57 > 0:35:01which term representing laughter follows the name Paddy Clarke?
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- Ha Ha.- No, Ha Ha Ha.
0:35:04 > 0:35:11In biochemistry, what L is a general term for natural, organic compounds, such as fats and oils,
0:35:11 > 0:35:13that are usually insoluble in water?
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- Limpids.- No, lipids.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22In film, in the 1984 thriller, The Terminator,
0:35:22 > 0:35:27a cyborg assassin is sent back through time to kill a character named Sarah what?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Connor.- Correct.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34To play or claim a prize in the UK National Lottery,
0:35:34 > 0:35:38participants must be at least how many years of age?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- 18.- 16.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46In Australian wildlife, the tree-dwelling marsupial
0:35:46 > 0:35:51that has varieties known as brushtail and pygmy is called a what? Polecat or possum?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- Possum.- Correct.
0:35:53 > 0:36:00In British politics, the MP who in 2007 was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party is Harriet who?
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- Harman.- Correct.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07In European geography, the island of Gotland, that is the largest in the Baltic Sea,
0:36:07 > 0:36:10is part of which Scandinavian country?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- Finland.- Sweden.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16In pop music, the 2009 single by The Black Eyed Peas,
0:36:16 > 0:36:21reported to be the first to be downloaded one million times in the UK, was I Gotta what?
0:36:21 > 0:36:23- Feeling.- Correct.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27In art, what B was the name of the school of architecture and design,
0:36:27 > 0:36:32founded in Germany in 1919 and noted for its functional approach?
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Sorry, could you repeat?
0:36:34 > 0:36:38In art, what B was the name of the school of architecture and design,
0:36:38 > 0:36:42founded in Germany in 1919 and noted for its functional approach?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- Bauhaus.- Correct.
0:36:44 > 0:36:51- Bank!- In a boxing match in 1997, Mike Tyson took a bite out of which part of the body of his opponent?
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Ear.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Bank!
0:36:56 > 0:37:01Answer in time, "bank" not in time. You won £50.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Having got all the answers right, Jacki is the strongest link.
0:37:13 > 0:37:19Statistically, Mick is the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?
0:37:20 > 0:37:25Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Nino.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Jacki.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Mick.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39A vote each. Jacki, why Nino?
0:37:39 > 0:37:44- I thought he got more wrong in that round.- Really?
0:37:44 > 0:37:50You didn't think if you got rid of Nino, it would be easier to play the final against Mick?
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- That didn't cross your mind, did it? - No, it didn't.- No, of course not.
0:37:54 > 0:38:00- Nino, why Mick?- I think Mick got the most wrong answers during that round.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Baldy, why Jacki?
0:38:02 > 0:38:07I thought it was close between the two and I had to vote for someone.
0:38:07 > 0:38:13Not that close. Jacki was the strongest link. You can stick with Nino or move to Mick.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- I'll stick.- Nino, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27There was definitely tactical voting in the final round.
0:38:27 > 0:38:33I think if I'd had my game hat on, maybe I would have voted tactically myself
0:38:33 > 0:38:36and I would have been in the final, but that's hindsight for you.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Round Eight. In the bank, £2,640. In this round, 90 seconds.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45But whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:45 > 0:38:51We'll start with the strongest link. That's Jacki. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54In nature, because of its charred appearance,
0:38:54 > 0:39:00the dark-coloured fungus found growing on the bark of dead trees is known as King Alfred's what?
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- Cake.- Correct.- Bank!
0:39:02 > 0:39:08In poetry, the type of unrhymed verse much used by Shakespeare is described as blank or cheque?
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- Blank.- Correct.
0:39:10 > 0:39:15In TV, which science fiction series, first shown in the UK from 2007,
0:39:15 > 0:39:20featured a Japanese man who was able to stop time and a politician who could fly?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- Doctor Who.- Heroes.
0:39:24 > 0:39:30In medicine, what T is the name of a condition in which a clot forms in a blood vessel,
0:39:30 > 0:39:32causing a loss of circulation?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- Pass.- Thrombosis.
0:39:35 > 0:39:41In cinema, the 1957 Disney film based on a book by Fred Gipson
0:39:41 > 0:39:46about a boy called Travis who adopts a stray dog is entitled Old what?
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- Yeller.- Correct.- Bank!
0:39:48 > 0:39:54The two main ingredients of a Buck's Fizz cocktail are champagne and the juice of which fruit?
0:39:54 > 0:39:58- Orange.- Correct. In comparing experimental results,
0:39:58 > 0:40:01if zero degrees Celsius is called standard temperature,
0:40:01 > 0:40:05the term for one atmosphere is standard what?
0:40:05 > 0:40:07- Depth.- Pressure.
0:40:07 > 0:40:13In the paranormal, what "O" is the name of the lettered board that is used at a seance?
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- Ouija.- I'll accept.
0:40:15 > 0:40:21In music, the Welshman born David Davies who composed popular wartime songs...
0:40:21 > 0:40:24END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Time's up. I cannot complete the question.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32And you won £40. We'll treble that.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37It gives you prize money today of £2,760.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49So, Jacki and Mick, for £2,760, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:51 > 0:40:58- Mick, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.- I'll go first, Anne.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Mick, in theatre, the song I Dreamed A Dream
0:41:04 > 0:41:07that was sung by Susan Boyle on her debut
0:41:07 > 0:41:11on the TV show Britain's Got Talent in 2009
0:41:11 > 0:41:15is from which long-running West End musical?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18- Les Miserables. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Jacki, in world geography,
0:41:20 > 0:41:25which country shares borders with every other in South America,
0:41:25 > 0:41:27except Chile and Ecuador?
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- Argentina. - The correct answer is Brazil.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35Mick, in literature, the naval officer hero called Horatio,
0:41:35 > 0:41:40who appears in a series of 11 novels by CS Forester,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43has what orchestral-sounding surname?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- Hornblower. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:46 > 0:41:51Jacki, in TV and film, which former building site worker turned actor
0:41:51 > 0:41:54was born near Blackpool in 1939
0:41:54 > 0:41:59and has played characters named Bobby Grant, Jim Royle,
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Mike Bassett and Jim Pratt?
0:42:02 > 0:42:07- Pass.- The correct answer is Ricky Tomlinson.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12Mick, in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2011,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15which broadcaster, born in 1950
0:42:15 > 0:42:19and best known for presenting Woman's Hour on Radio Four,
0:42:19 > 0:42:21was made a Dame?
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- Pass.- The correct answer is Jenni Murray.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Jacki, in medieval history,
0:42:31 > 0:42:35the hostilities between England and France
0:42:35 > 0:42:41that lasted from 1337 to 1453 are usually known by what name?
0:42:44 > 0:42:48- The Wars of the Roses.- The correct answer is the Hundred Years' War.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Mick, in finance,
0:42:50 > 0:42:54which word derived from the Latin meaning "to hear"
0:42:54 > 0:42:57is the term for an official inspection
0:42:57 > 0:43:01and verification of company accounts?
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- Audit.- That is the correct answer.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13That means, Mick, you are today's strongest link
0:43:13 > 0:43:15and you go away with £2,760.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Jacki, you leave with nothing.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:22 > 0:43:27If I'd won the money, I would have taken the family on a holiday,
0:43:27 > 0:43:30but now we'll have to have a picnic in the garden.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34My girlfriend and little 'un are going to be over the moon.
0:43:34 > 0:43:39They won't be able to believe it. I can't believe it myself. But they'll absolutely love it.
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