13/02/2012 Weakest Link

Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

Only one will win up to £10,000.

The other will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met. To get the prize money, they must work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,

we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.

My name is Cooper, I'm 21 from Cockermouth and I'm a postman.

My name is Debbie, I'm 46 from Basingstoke and I work in internal sales for IT.

My name's Vince, I'm 62, I'm from Gateshead and I'm a retired schoolteacher.

I'm Jacki, I'm 56, from Taunton and I'm a funeral arranger and wedding photographer.

My name's Sean. I'm 46, I'm from Coventry. I'm a hypnotherapist and comedy stage hypnotist.

I'm Ellie, I'm 22, from Bristol and I'm a sales assistant.

I'm Mick, I'm 39, from Stoke on Trent and I'm a door supervisor.

My name's Nino, I'm 50, from London and I'm a learning development co-ordinator.

My name's Jill, I'm 34 from Glasgow, and I'm a radio presenter.

OK, just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.

The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.

Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.

Round One. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Cooper. Let's play the Weakest Link.

The first question is for £20. Start the clock.

In folklore, a cat is popularly said to have how many lives?

-Nine.

-Correct. In human anatomy, what's the three-letter common name for the part of the body

that extends from the hip to ankle?

-Leg.

-Correct. On British roads, a red traffic light conveys what instruction

to an approaching vehicle - stop or go?

-Stop.

-Correct. In food, Gruyere and Emmental are well known Swiss examples

of which dairy product?

-Cheese.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the animal kingdom,

what W is the word widely used in English to imitate the gruff, abrupt bark of a dog?

-Woof.

-Correct. In geography, Uganda is a land-locked country in the east of which continent?

-Africa.

-Correct. In TV, in a sitcom first shown in 1975,

the married couple Basil and Sybil who run a hotel in Torquay have what surname?

-Fawlty.

-Correct. Nino, in maths, what is four multiplied by five?

-Twenty.

-Correct. In boys' names in the UK,

Maxwell and Maximilian are commonly shortened to what three-letter abbreviation?

-Max.

-Correct. At the circus, the high wire that is used in balancing acts

is also known as the tightrope or towrope?

-Tightrope.

-Correct. The second line of the nursery rhyme Ring A Ring Of Roses is "A pocketful of..." what?

-Posies.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In charity, the supergroup and the concert brought together by Bob Geldof

in the 1980s were called Band and Live what?

-Aid.

-Correct. In nature, what P is the general everyday name for those organisms

that remove carbon dioxide from the air and produce oxygen?

-Plants.

-Correct. In tourism, the world-famous building in Northern India made from marble

and completed in 1653 is the Taj what?

-Mahal.

-Correct. A prominent editorial article in a newspaper is called a leader or a follower?

-A leader.

-Correct.

-Bank.

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target, but you had a chain of 15 correct answers.

You could have been there hours ago. Who was banking when they didn't need to?

Who's the Mr Bean in the bodybuilding contest?

Who might overstretch themselves by facing the right way?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics show that Vince is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Nino, but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Sean.

Sean.

Sean.

Vince.

Jacki.

Sean.

Vince.

Sean.

Sean.

-What do you do, Vince?

-I'm retired. I used to be a schoolteacher.

-What were you teaching?

-English.

-And when you taught English, how did you make lessons interesting?

-I did the Weakest Link on it once.

-Couldn't you be bothered to prepare a lesson?

-There's lots of interesting things in the Weakest Link, linguistically.

-Like what?

-Your little jokes.

-I like to get the kids to make those up.

-So what did they make up?

-It's a nice exercise.

I can't remember any, but I've made quite a lot up.

-Like who thinks Pixie Lott is a haunted American car park? That sort of thing.

-Yeah.

-Why Sean?

-He banked on £200, Anne, and I thought that was a little bit too prudent.

-What do you do, Jill?

-I'm a radio presenter, Anne.

-For who?

Insight Radio, Europe's first station for blind and partially-sighted people.

-Oh. Are you partially-sighted?

-I'm completely blind, Anne.

-So you can't see how beautiful Vince is?!

-No!

-What a shame. Isn't all radio for the blind?

-Well, you would think that, Anne,

but to be honest we offer a very bespoke service for blind and partially-sighted people

and offer a lot of information about things like technology

or access to anything like women's magazines or what's going on for blind and partially-sighted people.

-Couldn't you pretend it was television and charge more?

-I'd love to! I'd love your job.

-Why Sean?

-I just thought Sean banked a little bit too early, I'm afraid.

-Far too early!

-What do you do, Cooper?

-I'm a postman.

-Where?

-Cockermouth.

-How long's the round?

-Around about four hours.

I couldn't tell you in miles. It's around 8,000 steps. I've used a pedometer.

-Do lots of women make advances to you?

-Sometimes.

-Yes.

-One specific woman on my round.

-What does she do?

-If she's sweeping her path and I make an advance on the letterbox...

-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,

-so I'm forced to stop and chat.

-Have you always been really interesting?

-As far as I can remember. I'm a pretty...

-Interesting sort of guy.

-Yes.

-Why are you called Cooper?

-At school...

-That's not interesting!

You could just change your name depending on what's on the envelope with the cheque in.

-If you find me boring, I'm just not willing to speak to you now.

-Done deal.

Why Sean? Come on! Why Sean?

We'll be here all day. You've got to tell me why Sean.

OK.

-Sean...

-Yes.

-You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Meeting the Queen of Mean was different than I thought.

She was even more evil than I thought. I'm glad she didn't really talk to me.

I'd have been scarred for life.

Round Two. In the bank, £1,000.

We now take 10 seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Vince.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In English history, the celebrated document that enshrined in law certain basic legal principles

and was sealed by King John in 1215 is known as Magna what?

-Carta.

-Correct. In the theatre, what V is the term for the leading wrongdoer in a play or pantomime?

-Villain.

-Correct. In pop music, which word relating to weather goes before Patrol

to make the name of a group from Northern Ireland?

-Snow.

-Correct. In literature,

the 1961 novel with a title character who is a teacher at an all-girls school in Edinburgh

is The Prime of Miss Jean who?

-Brodie.

-Correct. Which pastry product, often eaten for breakfast,

has a French name that literally means crescent?

-Croissant.

-Correct. In children's activities,

spending the night at the home of a friend is a sleepover or hangover?

-Sleepover.

-Correct. In US geography, the smallest state, by area, is called Rhode what?

-Island.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In botany, a tree found in Britain with large, hard, brown shiny seeds

enclosed in prickly green casings is called a horse what?

-Chestnut.

-Correct. In tennis, what G is the name for a sub-division of a set?

-Game.

-Correct. In maritime history, the ship in which Sir Francis Drake

circumnavigated the world was the Golden what?

-Hind.

-Correct. In art, which term for an unclothed figure is an anagram of the word dune?

-Nude.

-Correct. In theatre, the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde that has the subtitle

A Trivial Comedy For Serious People is The Importance of Being what?

-Earnest.

-Correct. In an email address, a person's individual user name normally appears where

in relation to the @ symbol - before or after?

-Before it.

-Correct. In Pop music, All Saints had a UK number one single in 2000 with Pure what?

-Shores.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In medicine...

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target. You had a chain of 14 answers. Who keeps banking?

Who'd need a private detective to find their elbow?

Who has a learning curve like a hula hoop?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Statistically, the weakest link is Debbie.

Jill is the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Vince.

Vince.

Jill.

Vince.

Vince.

Vince.

Vince.

Vince.

-What do you do, Jacki?

-I have two jobs. I'm a wedding photographer and funeral arranger.

-Who do you funeral arrange for?

-The Co-Operative.

-Where?

-In Bridgwater, Somerset.

-And how much does a funeral cost in Bridgwater with the Co-Op?

-Um, between £3,000 and £5,000.

-Good heavens! Why?!

-What makes up £3,000?

-The coffin, the crematorium, the vicar.

-How much does a coffin cost?

-From 160.

-OK. Could I dig the grave?

Um, you could dig a grave on your own property, yes.

-If you owned it without a mortgage.

-Yes, OK.

I'm going to put the coffin in my back garden.

-It would be slightly cheaper then because you wouldn't have to pay...

-OK, so it's 160 quid.

-You have to pay for...us to come along. You need somebody...

-I don't.

-..to lower you in.

-No, I'll get my relatives to do that.

-Oh, that's a bit harsh. They're going to be overcome

-It can be done for 160 quid.

-No. It's more than that.

-Why Vince?

-I actually can't stand beards.

-No.

-That's the only reason. He's lovely, I'm sure.

-What do you do, Nino?

-I work for the Mayor's Office in London.

I teach people how to help tourists.

-I was convinced you worked for Travelodge.

-No.

-You've just come in one of their shirts.

-I borrowed it from a friend.

-OK. Why have you got that funny name?

-No, your name.

-It's my Italian heritage.

-Really? You're Italian?

-Mm-hm.

-Have you got an Italian mother?

-And an Italian father.

-Does she still iron your shirts?

-No, Anne! This one was fresh out of the packet.

Yeah. Was it? Eugh.

-Have you got a wife?

-I have.

-Does she get on with your Italian mother?

-They never do, do they?

-She gets on very well.

-Can you sing in Italian?

-Yes, I can, Anne.

-Oh, really? Even in your Travelodge shirt?

-Even in my shirt.

Now, OK. What can you sing?

-I can sing all types of songs. Italian folk songs...

-Crack on.

-# Marina, Marina, Marina... #

-Is that an ice cream song?

-No.

Why Vince?

I just felt he was the weakest link in the group.

Vince, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I came on because I enjoy watching the show so much.

It's totally different from any other game show or quiz, which are ten a penny, really.

This has something special about it and I thought it was a kind of duty to come along and go on it.

Round Three. In the bank, £2,000. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Jill. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In medicine, what D precedes surgery, floss and hygienist for three terms about oral health?

-Dental.

-Correct. The jeweller born in St Petersburg in 1846

who became famous for creating opulent Easter eggs with surprise gifts was Peter Carl who?

-Pass.

-Faberge. In language, which word that describes a fish with its intestines removed

is also a slang term meaning disappointed and disheartened?

-Sad.

-Gutted.

In science, any mixture of a solvent and a solute is known by what name - an answer or a solution?

-Solution.

-Correct. In Scrabble, at the beginning of play before any words are placed on the board,

each participant has how many tiles?

-Nine.

-Seven.

The 1993 film starring Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins as servants at a stately home in the 1930s

was entitled The Remains of the what?

-Day.

-Correct. In the animal kingdom, what G is a large species of ape, generally with black hair,

native to African tropical forests?

-Gorilla.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-The novels Far From The Madding Crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles

were by which English author?

-Pass.

-Thomas Hardy.

In meat products, what is the specific four-letter name for the skin on a rasher of bacon?

-Lean?

-Rind.

A company such as an airline that provides a basic service for a reduced price

is called no worries or no frills?

-No frills.

-Correct. In pop music, who was the lead singer of the 1990s US grunge band Nirvana?

-Morrison.

-Kurt Cobain.

What C is the term used for Londoners born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow Church?

-Cockney.

-Correct. In maths, what is 99 divided by 3?

-33.

-Correct. In sport, in which team game

might a nightwatchman be dismissed by a wrong un or a bouncer?

-Cricket?

-Correct. In UK geography, the rivers Tay, Thames, Tweed, Tees and Tyne all flow

into which body of water, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean?

-Pass.

-The North Sea.

In politics, the former model known as Mandy, who gained notoriety in the 1963 Profumo Scandal,

had what surname - Pasta-Jones or Rice-Davies?

-Rice-Davies.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.

You only won £70. Who's now at the cutting edge of hopelessness?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Nino is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Cooper, but will the other players realise that?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Jill.

Cooper.

Cooper.

Cooper.

Cooper.

Cooper.

Cooper.

-What do you do, Mick?

-I'm a door supervisor.

-Whose door?

-I work at a lap dancing club.

-And you're outside, are you?

-Outside and inside.

-What do you do inside?

I make sure the customers behave themselves, don't touch the girls.

-And sometimes does someone pat your head thinking it's a boob?

-I've had it done before.

-Why Cooper?

-He got two out of three wrong.

-He's got more hair than you have.

-Only just.

-What do you do, Ellie?

-I'm a sales assistant.

-Where?

-For Cult, who sell Superdry.

-Where?

-In Bristol.

-Are you qualified as a sales assistant?

-Yes, very.

-You've got a degree in sales assisting?

-No, I have a degree in History of Art.

-That was useful(!)

-It gives you a keen eye for detail, which is important in the fashion industry.

-Do you always want to be a sales assistant?

-No, we'll see where life takes me.

-Where would you like life to take you?

-I wouldn't mind going into journalism, media, the arts.

-What would you do in the arts? Who do you admire, current?

-My favourite current artist is...

-Kurt Jackson.

-Why don't you ask him for a job?

-I'm not very good at actual art.

-I just like to look at it.

-Oh. Why Cooper?

-I think he got the most questions wrong out of everybody.

-Cooper, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

At this stage, I think the person who will go all the way and win is Jill.

I really think she's a dark horse in this competition.

Round Four and you have £2,070. Another 10 seconds off.

We'll start with Nino. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In TV, in the 1980s drama Dynasty, the scheming character Alexis Colby was played by which actress?

-Jackie Collins?

-Joan Collins. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee,

the recluse who is a neighbour of Scout Finch is called Boo what?

-Radley?

-Correct. In religion, what H is the autumn festival

when churches are decorated with fruit and vegetables?

-Harvest.

-Correct. In 1960s pop music, what was the backing group for Liverpudlian Gerry Marsden?

-The Pacemakers.

-Correct. In education in 2011 for the 29th year in a row

the overall A Level pass rate increased or decreased?

-Increase.

-Correct. In food, what's the four-letter general name

of the biscuit given to babies when teething?

-Rusk.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In film, the 2000 legal drama based on a true story for which Julia Roberts won her first Oscar

has the title Erin who?

-Brockovich.

-Correct.

What name is given to a large species of bear as it lives in the area

surrounding the northern end of the axis of the Earth?

-Grizzly.

-Polar.

In language, a rhyming expression that means "here and there" is "hither and" where?

-Pass.

-Thither.

In English football, in 2011, Martin Jol, the former manager of Tottenham Hotspur,

was appointed coach of which other London Premier League club?

-Chelsea.

-Fulham.

An alloy such as bronze is a combination of two or more metals

that are mixed together when they are frozen or molten?

-Molten.

-Correct. In business, the car manufacturer born in Detroit in 1925

whose vehicles were characterised by their distinctive gull-wing doors was John who?

-Pass.

-DeLorean.

A party at which the guests dress up as citizens of Ancient Rome is named after which item of clothing?

-Toga.

-Correct. What C is the name of the legislature of the United States

that consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives?

-Senator.

-Congress.

In pop music, the singer who has had UK No.1 singles since 2010,

entitled In My Head and Don't Wanna Go Home, is Jason who?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was Derulo.

You won £300.

Who's losing you money?

Who needs to go?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Ellie is the strongest link because she didn't get an answer wrong.

Statistically, Jill is the weakest link, but who will the team want off?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Jill.

Jill.

Jill.

Jill.

Jill.

Jacki.

-What do you do, Debbie?

-I work in internal sales for an IT company.

Put your board down. Just move over towards the next podium.

Did the trousers fit you when you bought them?

-Yes, Anne.

-Did they? Hop up again.

-Is that how you go to work?

-No, Anne.

-How do you go to work?

-Sometimes I like wearing dresses or I wear black trousers and a nice blouse.

But you've come dressed as a rock chick?

-An old rock chick.

-Yeah. Can you sing?

-I do like singing, but I'm not very good.

-I normally muddle my words up.

-Can you sing for me?

-Yeah, I do like Ken Dodd.

I think he's the epitome of being happy.

-You're going to sing Happiness?

-Yes.

-In a Liverpool accent?

-No.

OK then, off you go.

# Happiness, happiness

# The greatest gift that I possess

# I want to thank the Lord that I possess

# More than my share of happine-e-ess! #

-Yeah, fantastic.

-Thank you.

-Put your board up.

Why Jill?

-She's a lovely, gorgeous...

-Crack on.

Unfortunately, she got two wrong.

Nino, do you play games at work?

-Do I play games at work?

-Yeah.

-As part of my job, you mean?

-Yeah.

-Sometimes, yes.

-Do you go missing?

Some might say that, yes.

Then they play Finding Nino, do they?

Oh, yes, boom-boom, Anne, very good.

-Why Jill?

-Unfortunately, Jill got two questions wrong.

-She was the worst player.

Jill, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm delighted I made it to Round 4. At least I wasn't voted off first.

That was my biggest concern and to be fair, I was a bit thick in the last two rounds.

I got most of my questions wrong and gave really silly answers,

so I deserve to be voted off.

Round Five. In the bank, £2,370. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Ellie. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In anatomy, in an adult human, on average, which organ is heavier? The heart or the brain?

-The heart.

-The brain.

In TV, the actor James Buckley, who appeared as Jay in The Inbetweeners,

played which member of the Trotter family as a young man in Rock & Chips?

-Rodney.

-Del Boy.

In maths, what is 25 plus 53?

-78.

-Correct.

In geography, which country of the UK has a total land area of just over 8,000 square miles?

-Wales.

-Correct.

In cinema, what H precedes Henry in the title of a 2011 film

based on a series of children's books by Francesca Simon?

-Horrible.

-No, it's Horrid.

In the expression "24/7", the "24" refers to the number of which units of time in a day?

-Hours.

-Correct.

In Greek mythology, Odysseus wandered for ten years

before reaching home after fighting in which war?

-Pass.

-Trojan.

In British birds, the member of the crow family distinguished by its red bill and legs

is known by what name - the puff or the chough?

-Chough.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In country music, the song celebrating the American West

that mentions deer and antelope in the chorus is Home On The what?

-Range.

-Correct. In hairstyles,

what Q is the term for a prominent tuft of hair brushed up above the forehead?

-Quiff.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In communications,

a 19th century secretary of the post office called Rowland Hill popularised which adhesive item?

-Envelope.

-No, the postage stamp.

In traditional navigational instruments,

a magnetised pointer moving round a dial to indicate direction is known as a compass what?

-Compass needle.

-Correct.

In both Italian and Spanish, the word "verde" is usually translated into English as what colour?

-Green.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In pastimes,

what T is the name of the device on a pinball machine that stops the game if the table is disturbed?

-Turn?

-Tilt.

In religion, the Kirpan is a ceremonial...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £120.

Who'd even be dull in Dudley?

Who's the typist in boxing gloves? Who's the pebble in your shoe?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly, Nino is the strongest link.

The statistics show that Mick is the weakest link, but how will the votes go?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Ellie.

Mick.

Debbie.

Ellie.

Ellie.

-Nino, why Ellie?

-Because she got two questions wrong.

Mick, did you think Ellie was the worst player?

I think we were the same. We both got two wrong.

-She banked.

-That makes me the worst player.

-Well done.

Ellie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When Anne walks on to set, it's quite daunting, to be honest.

She's only a small, wee thing, but it's quite scary in her Darth Vader costume.

Round Six. In the bank, £2,490. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Nino. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In American football, the Super Bowl played in 2011 was the first one that did not feature what?

Cheerleaders or a touchdown?

-Cheerleaders.

-Correct. In cinema,

the 1997 film starring Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz as a couple brought together by divine intervention

is called A Life Less what?

-Worthwhile.

-Ordinary.

In maths, what is 97 minus 61?

-36.

-Correct.

In pop music, Elkie Brooks had a UK hit single in 1977 entitled Pearl's A what?

-Singer.

-Correct.

In clothing, what P is the term for a piece of fabric stitched on to a garment in order to mend a hole?

-Patch.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In Asian politics, the first female President of the Philippines,

who succeeded Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, was Cory who?

-Pass.

-Aquino.

The red or green stalks of which vegetable with large leaves that are poisonous to humans

are often eaten as a fruit?

-Rhubarb.

-Correct.

In the English Civil War, a commander of the Royalist army from 1642 to 1645 had what name?

Prince Rupert or Prince Nigel?

-Prince Rupert.

-Correct. In TV in 2011,

which Oxford college, whose name sounds like a word meaning "sentimental",

won University Challenge for a record fourth time?

-Pass.

-Magdalen.

In painting, the 1960s pop artist whose works include Whaam and Good Morning, Darling was Roy who?

-Wood.

-Lichtenstein.

In medicine, what name for a type of connective tissue in the body

is derived from the same Latin word as the term "ligature"?

-Pass.

-Ligament.

In customs, an annual fair held in Nottingham in October since medieval times

is named after which bird?

-Falcon.

-The goose.

-Pass.

-Pass?

I meant to say "bank", Anne.

-Sorry.

-Fabulous(!)

You won £100.

So is Debbie now spreading unhappiness?

Has Jacki made a grave mistake? Should Nino get lost?

Or will you show Mick the door? Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all her answers wrong, Debbie is the weakest link.

The strongest link statistically is Mick, but whose game is over?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Mick.

Mick.

Debbie.

Debbie.

We have a tie, team - Mick and Debbie.

-Mick, why Debbie?

-I think she got the most questions wrong that round.

-Debbie, why Mick?

-I do believe he got two questions wrong in this round.

-Yeah...

-So you thought he was the worst player?

-Well, yeah.

I banked twice, so I don't think I was the worst player.

She's so good at this game(!)

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and the strongest link was Mick.

-Who would you like to get rid of?

-Debbie, please.

Debbie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My children will be absolutely horrified I sang on national television.

They haven't told their friends and now they'll have to live with the embarrassment for ever.

Round Seven. You have £2,590. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Mick. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In literature, in the title of the novel by Roddy Doyle that won the Booker Prize in 1993,

which term representing laughter follows the name Paddy Clarke?

-Ha Ha.

-No, Ha Ha Ha.

In biochemistry, what L is a general term for natural, organic compounds, such as fats and oils,

that are usually insoluble in water?

-Limpids.

-No, lipids.

In film, in the 1984 thriller, The Terminator,

a cyborg assassin is sent back through time to kill a character named Sarah what?

-Connor.

-Correct.

To play or claim a prize in the UK National Lottery,

participants must be at least how many years of age?

-18.

-16.

In Australian wildlife, the tree-dwelling marsupial

that has varieties known as brushtail and pygmy is called a what? Polecat or possum?

-Possum.

-Correct.

In British politics, the MP who in 2007 was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party is Harriet who?

-Harman.

-Correct.

In European geography, the island of Gotland, that is the largest in the Baltic Sea,

is part of which Scandinavian country?

-Finland.

-Sweden.

In pop music, the 2009 single by The Black Eyed Peas,

reported to be the first to be downloaded one million times in the UK, was I Gotta what?

-Feeling.

-Correct.

In art, what B was the name of the school of architecture and design,

founded in Germany in 1919 and noted for its functional approach?

Sorry, could you repeat?

In art, what B was the name of the school of architecture and design,

founded in Germany in 1919 and noted for its functional approach?

-Bauhaus.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In a boxing match in 1997, Mike Tyson took a bite out of which part of the body of his opponent?

Ear.

Bank!

Answer in time, "bank" not in time. You won £50.

In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having got all the answers right, Jacki is the strongest link.

Statistically, Mick is the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Nino.

Jacki.

Mick.

A vote each. Jacki, why Nino?

-I thought he got more wrong in that round.

-Really?

You didn't think if you got rid of Nino, it would be easier to play the final against Mick?

-That didn't cross your mind, did it?

-No, it didn't.

-No, of course not.

-Nino, why Mick?

-I think Mick got the most wrong answers during that round.

Baldy, why Jacki?

I thought it was close between the two and I had to vote for someone.

Not that close. Jacki was the strongest link. You can stick with Nino or move to Mick.

-I'll stick.

-Nino, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

There was definitely tactical voting in the final round.

I think if I'd had my game hat on, maybe I would have voted tactically myself

and I would have been in the final, but that's hindsight for you.

Round Eight. In the bank, £2,640. In this round, 90 seconds.

But whatever you win will be trebled.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Jacki. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In nature, because of its charred appearance,

the dark-coloured fungus found growing on the bark of dead trees is known as King Alfred's what?

-Cake.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In poetry, the type of unrhymed verse much used by Shakespeare is described as blank or cheque?

-Blank.

-Correct.

In TV, which science fiction series, first shown in the UK from 2007,

featured a Japanese man who was able to stop time and a politician who could fly?

-Doctor Who.

-Heroes.

In medicine, what T is the name of a condition in which a clot forms in a blood vessel,

causing a loss of circulation?

-Pass.

-Thrombosis.

In cinema, the 1957 Disney film based on a book by Fred Gipson

about a boy called Travis who adopts a stray dog is entitled Old what?

-Yeller.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The two main ingredients of a Buck's Fizz cocktail are champagne and the juice of which fruit?

-Orange.

-Correct. In comparing experimental results,

if zero degrees Celsius is called standard temperature,

the term for one atmosphere is standard what?

-Depth.

-Pressure.

In the paranormal, what "O" is the name of the lettered board that is used at a seance?

-Ouija.

-I'll accept.

In music, the Welshman born David Davies who composed popular wartime songs...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. I cannot complete the question.

And you won £40. We'll treble that.

It gives you prize money today of £2,760.

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.

If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

So, Jacki and Mick, for £2,760, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Mick, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'll go first, Anne.

Mick, in theatre, the song I Dreamed A Dream

that was sung by Susan Boyle on her debut

on the TV show Britain's Got Talent in 2009

is from which long-running West End musical?

-Les Miserables.

-That is the correct answer.

Jacki, in world geography,

which country shares borders with every other in South America,

except Chile and Ecuador?

-Argentina.

-The correct answer is Brazil.

Mick, in literature, the naval officer hero called Horatio,

who appears in a series of 11 novels by CS Forester,

has what orchestral-sounding surname?

-Hornblower.

-That is the correct answer.

Jacki, in TV and film, which former building site worker turned actor

was born near Blackpool in 1939

and has played characters named Bobby Grant, Jim Royle,

Mike Bassett and Jim Pratt?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Ricky Tomlinson.

Mick, in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2011,

which broadcaster, born in 1950

and best known for presenting Woman's Hour on Radio Four,

was made a Dame?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Jenni Murray.

Jacki, in medieval history,

the hostilities between England and France

that lasted from 1337 to 1453 are usually known by what name?

-The Wars of the Roses.

-The correct answer is the Hundred Years' War.

Mick, in finance,

which word derived from the Latin meaning "to hear"

is the term for an official inspection

and verification of company accounts?

-Audit.

-That is the correct answer.

That means, Mick, you are today's strongest link

and you go away with £2,760.

Jacki, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

If I'd won the money, I would have taken the family on a holiday,

but now we'll have to have a picnic in the garden.

My girlfriend and little 'un are going to be over the moon.

They won't be able to believe it. I can't believe it myself. But they'll absolutely love it.

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