0:00:02 > 0:00:06Here 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 > 0:00:13The others will leave with nothing when voted off as
0:00:13 > 0:00:15the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Any of the nine people in the studio here today
0:00:34 > 0:00:37could win up to £10,000.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40They've only just met, but to get the prize money
0:00:40 > 0:00:42they'll have to work together.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45However, eight will leave with nothing,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49as round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Let's meet the team.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I'm Bryan, I'm 20, from Clackmannanshire, and I'm a banker.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I'm Mavis, I'm 66, from Thornton Cleeves in Lancashire,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03and I'm a retired civil servant.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I'm Steve from Bexleyheath, I'm 39, and I'm a firefighter.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12I'm Frances, I'm 42, from Doncaster, and I'm a horse-riding instructor.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17I'm Paul, I'm 59, I live in Ipswich
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and I'm semi-retired.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I'm Rakhee, I'm 21, from Leicester and I'm a student.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29I'm Les, I'm 48, I'm from Durham City, and I'm a sales engineer.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34I'm Evi, I'm 34 years old, I live in Manchester
0:01:34 > 0:01:35and work for the Post Office.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I'm Chris, I'm 69, I live in Jersey and I'm an accountant.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45In each round, there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Three minutes on the clock. We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03that's you, Bryan.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09First question is for £20, start the clock.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13In the home, the term "four-poster"
0:02:13 > 0:02:16refers to a fancy kind of which item of furniture?
0:02:16 > 0:02:17- Bed.- Correct.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19In nature, what is the general name
0:02:19 > 0:02:22for the type of insects that produce honeycomb?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Bee.- Correct.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27In the Gregorian Calendar, what's the name of the month
0:02:27 > 0:02:28that immediately follows May?
0:02:30 > 0:02:31- April.- Even June.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Oh.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36In sport, a professional game of Association Football
0:02:36 > 0:02:38is contested between how many teams?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- 12.- Two.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45In definitions, a person described as a francophile
0:02:45 > 0:02:48is particularly fond of which modern European country?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49France.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53In psychology, what T is a term meaning mood
0:02:53 > 0:02:56that's said to be lost by someone who is very angry.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Temper.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01In a hospital, "Doc" is sometimes used by patients
0:03:01 > 0:03:04as an abbreviation for which job title?
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Doctor.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08In world affairs, the Republican politician
0:03:08 > 0:03:11who was President of the United States
0:03:11 > 0:03:15from 2001 to 2009 is George W who?
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Bush.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19In the media, the Financial Times newspaper
0:03:19 > 0:03:22is printed on what colour paper, pink or purple?
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Pink.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Bank.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Which stuffed toys are the subject of the popular song
0:03:28 > 0:03:31that begins, "If you go down to the woods today..."?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Bears.- I'll accept.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38The common recording medium, 12cm in diameter,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42on which data such as music is digitally encoded
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- is called a compact what?- Disc.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Bank.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48What H is the term for a piece of fabric,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51carried in a pocket, handbag or sleeve
0:03:51 > 0:03:54and used for wiping the face and nose-blowing?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Handkerchief.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57At a church wedding, which relative of the bride
0:03:57 > 0:04:01traditionally escorts her down the aisle, then gives her away?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03The father.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07According to the title of a 1990 film by Tim Burton,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11the character played by Johnny Depp had which utensils for hands?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Scissors.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17In seafaring, the pirate ship flag with a white skull and crossbones
0:04:17 > 0:04:20on a black background, is called the Jolly what?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Roger.- Correct.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28In making the dessert creme brulee,
0:04:28 > 0:04:32the top layer of caramelised sugar is often made using which tool,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- a spanner or a blow torch? - A blow torch.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37In the TV soap opera Coronation Street,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39what is the full name of the local pub
0:04:39 > 0:04:41that's central to most of the storylines?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43The Rover's Return.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Bank.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46In natural history, the wild boar is the ancestor
0:04:46 > 0:04:49of which common present-day farm animal?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Pig.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53In maths, what is 29 - 6?
0:04:53 > 0:04:5523.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59In pop music, which former member of the Jam and the Style Council
0:04:59 > 0:05:03had a UK number one album in 2008 entitled 22 Dreams?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04- Pass.- Paul Weller.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09In First World War literature, the Seven Pillars of Wisdom was...
0:05:09 > 0:05:12END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:05:12 > 0:05:16You won £800. You actually had a chain of 15 correct answers,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18so you could have reached the target.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Who let you down? Whose brain has merged with their backside?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Who's hoping for survival of the thickest?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Having answered the most questions correctly, Bryan is the first strongest link.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Statistically, Frances is the weakest link.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38But who will the team want off?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Steve.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Frances.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Frances.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Steve.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Steve.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Frances.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Frances.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Frances.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Steve.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- So, Steve...- Hiya. - ..what do you do?
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- I'm a firefighter.- Aren't you a bit fat for a firefighter?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09And short, as well.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Yeah. Do you go down the pole?
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- I do.- Wouldn't it be better if you used the stairs for exercise?
0:06:14 > 0:06:18I use the stairs going up, but I use the pole to come down.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- Maybe you should use the pole to go up.- Perhaps I'll try it,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23get some weight off.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26And are you big in your station's firefighting team?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28I'm a watch manager.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32So if I ask you one of the most fundamentally important questions
0:06:32 > 0:06:35about firefighting, you'll be able to answer.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- I'll try my best.- Are you sure? - I'll try.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Put your board down.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Face Frances.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45OK. Look upwards.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Right upwards.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50OK, that's Angelina Jolie stuck in a tree.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52How do you get her down?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I wouldn't know what to do, to be honest,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57if I was faced with Angelina Jolie.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Steve, you're a firefighter, take this seriously.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- You've got to get her down from the tree.- OK.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Angelina, we've talked to Brad,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- and he said... - What's that got to do with it?
0:07:08 > 0:07:09CONTESTANTS LAUGH
0:07:09 > 0:07:12He might not want her down so quick!
0:07:12 > 0:07:17- I'm sorry?!- To reassure her that we've spoke to Brad to tell...
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- "We've spoke to Brad?"- To explain why she's not home.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25There's thousands of firefighters watching your performance here
0:07:25 > 0:07:27in case they're stuck in the same predicament.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- Have one more go. Have you got a wife?- I have, yes.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- What's she called?- Susanne.- Susanne.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- And is that how you talk to Susanne? - Well, no...
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Well, try talking to her like...- OK.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43My darling, do not panic, we're gonna get you down as soon as we can.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46We're getting the ladder off, we're gonna try our best.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Seven hunky fireman are gonna rush up there and bring you down to safety.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Oh, dear.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Put your board up. Why Frances?
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Me and Frances both got questions wrong, but I couldn't vote for me,
0:08:00 > 0:08:01and I did bank some money.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Mavis.- Yes?- That's a very old-fashioned name.- It is.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Are you a bit embarrassed, being called Mavis?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Well, no, not really, Anne.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13My first name is Dorothy. Mavis is my middle name,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16but it was better to be called Mavis than Dot.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20And what do you do in retirement? Is there a charity that looks after you?
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- Er, my husband! - Yeah. What's he called?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- Bert.- Oh, dear.- He's got as bad a name as I have.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- What's his real name?- Oswald.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- Is it?- Yeah.- OK, so Oswald and Dot.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- What do you do together? - Er, we go on holiday.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Oh, you're still talking, then? - Oh, yes!
0:08:42 > 0:08:48- At home, what do you do together? - I walk, he watches TV.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50OK. No hobbies?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Erm, no, he doesn't have many hobbies.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56No. Bit boring, is he?
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Sometimes!
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Why Frances?
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- Erm, because... - Crack on, Mavis Dot!
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Steve and Frances both got one wrong, but Steve banked.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11So, Les, the sales engineer, what do you sell?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I sell automation safety equipment.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Do you? Like what?
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Erm, emergency stop buttons, safety relays, light curtains.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21How do you demonstrate them?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I have equipment in my car that I take to customers.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25What sort of car have you got?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- A Mitsubishi Lancer. - You dirty person.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- Why Frances?- She was the first one I remember to get a question wrong.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Frances, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47My friends and family are going to take the mickey out of me, I think.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Have a good laugh at me.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52My parents are probably disappointed in me, but that's life.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Round Two. In the bank, £800. We're taking ten seconds off your time.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00We start with the strongest link, that's Bryan.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Start the clock.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Bryan, in optometry, which aides to vision
0:10:06 > 0:10:09are often stored in a saline solution?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Can you repeat the question, please?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13In optometry, which aides to vision
0:10:13 > 0:10:15are often stored in a saline solution?
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Contact lenses.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21Mavis, in US currency, what C is one-hundreth of a US dollar?
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Cent.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Steve, in space, since they were left there in 1971,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28some golf balls and a makeshift javelin
0:10:28 > 0:10:31have remained on which celestial body?
0:10:32 > 0:10:33The moon.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Paul, the film released in the UK in 2009
0:10:36 > 0:10:40about an impoverished young man on an Indian quiz show
0:10:40 > 0:10:42is entitled Slumdog what?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Millionaire.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47Rakhee, on holiday, what types of buildings are traditionally created
0:10:47 > 0:10:50from sand on the beach by children using a bucket and spade?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Castles.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Les, in the pantomime, the Fairy Godmother warns Cinderella
0:10:55 > 0:10:58not to stay at the ball beyond what time, midday or midnight?
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Midnight.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Evie, in geography, the cities of Graz and Salzburg
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- are in which European country? - Austria.- Bank.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Chris, in the garden, a cylindrical container
0:11:08 > 0:11:12made of wire or clear plastic, that's filled with nuts or seeds
0:11:12 > 0:11:14and hung in a tree is called a bird what?
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Feeder.
0:11:15 > 0:11:21Bryan, in the popular title of a 1624 painting by Franz Haus,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23which word describes the Cavalier?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Pass.- Laughing.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Mavis, what J is the collective term for body decorations
0:11:30 > 0:11:32such as rings, necklaces and bracelets?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Jewellery.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35Steve, the starsign Libra
0:11:35 > 0:11:38is represented by which measuring device?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Scales.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Paul, in knitting, letting a loop of wool fall from the needle
0:11:43 > 0:11:47and so potentially leaving a hole, is known as dropping a what?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Stitch.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Rakhee, of the species of squirrel living in the British Isles,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54which is the original and native one?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Can you repeat the question, please?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Of the species of squirrel living in the British Isles,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02which is the original and native one?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Pass.- The red squirrel.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Les, in computer terminology,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10cleaning out the hard drive so it accesses data more quickly
0:12:10 > 0:12:12is known as defragging or defrosting?
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Defragging.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Evie, the performer who became famous as the lead singer
0:12:17 > 0:12:21in the US rock group No Doubt is known professionally as Gwen who?
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Stefani.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Chris, in housing, which word that means beginner precedes home
0:12:26 > 0:12:30for a property considered affordable for a first-time buyer.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- First-time.- Starter.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37The River Thames, the venue of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
0:12:37 > 0:12:40flows through which of the two university cities?
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Oxford.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Mavis, in standard chess notation,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47the single letter K is used to represent which piece?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Knight.- The king.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Steve, in popular phrases, "many hands make light..." what?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Work.- Correct.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Time's up, you won £600. Who's the spam in your inbox?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02The jellyfish in your Speedos?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04The lump in your leotard?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11The statistics reveal that Steve is the strongest link.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13The weakest link is Rakhee.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16But will the votes pick up on the facts?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Rakhee.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Rakhee.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Rakhee.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Chris.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Mavis.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Mavis.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Rakhee.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Bryan.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- What do you do, Bryan?- I'm a banker.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- Who do you work for? - The Royal Bank of Scotland.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47What do you do for them? Have you got a bonus?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Not this year, no, it doesn't look likely.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- You got one last year, did you? - Yeah.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- What for, turning up at work?- Yeah.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59What did you get the bonus for last year?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01What did WE give you a bonus for?
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- I hit my targets, Anne. - You "hat" your targets?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Smashed my targets. - You smashed your targets.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11So you turned up at work and you did what you were expected to do?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- Wearing a shirt and tie. - "A shut and tie"?- Shirt and tie.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- And you did what you were expected to do.- I did.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- And then you got a bonus. How much was it?- That'd be telling, Anne.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Have you got a girlfriend?- I don't.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27So you haven't "hat" any targets there?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I haven't hit any targets in the...
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- You haven't shattered any targets. - Not yet, no.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Why can't you get a girlfriend?
0:14:35 > 0:14:39I'm not good at pulling, it's not one of my strongest points.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42So if you were in a bar with Rakhee sitting next to you,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45how would you go about pulling? How would you "hat" on Rakhee?
0:14:45 > 0:14:49- I'd offer to buy you a drink. - Go on, then, pretend.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Rakhee, would you like a drink?- Yes.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54You don't know her name, stupid.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55CONTESTANTS LAUGH
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Hi, darling, can I buy you a drink? - Oh, get off.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- Why Rakhee?- I'm sorry to vote for her, but someone has to go.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Evi, that's a strange name. You're not really called Dorothy too?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08No, Anne, I'm not.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10But I do go by my middle name normally.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13For work purposes.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Is that you're middle name? - No, it's Yvonne.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- And what's that name, then? - It's one given to me
0:15:19 > 0:15:22by a couple of gentlemen in Graz, in Austria.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- What else did they give you? - Absolutely nothing.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Um, I was over there working.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- Doing what?- I was an au pair.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Did you come back with a haircut?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36I did get it cut this short over there, but that was a long time ago.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38It's been through a few things since.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Has it been through a feminine stage?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- Possibly, but... - Where are you on men?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48I'm happily married, thank you very much. To a man.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50To a man. He likes you looking like that?
0:15:50 > 0:15:52As long as I'm happy.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55And when you first met him, he wasn't put off by the haircut?
0:15:56 > 0:15:59No, not at all. He did trip over me at a bike rally
0:15:59 > 0:16:02and thought I was a lesbian. He's got longer hair than me.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- And you're now happily married... - Yes.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Ooh, there was a pause there.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- With lots of children?- No children. - No children.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Any pets?- A couple of gerbils.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Have they got short haircuts?
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I think it's natural to them!
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- Why Rakhee?- It was the squirrel question, I'm afraid.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Rakhee, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I'm relieved to be voted off second, I didn't want to be voted off first.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36That was what I was worried about.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39So I'm kind of happy. It's just a game and it was fun.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Round Three. In the bank, £1,400. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47We'll start with the strongest link, that's Steve.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Start the clock.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54UK citizens gain the right to vote in a General Election
0:16:54 > 0:16:55at what age?
0:16:55 > 0:16:5718.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Paul, which comedian presented a 2008 travel series
0:17:00 > 0:17:03in which he drove a black cab across the United States?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- Pass.- Stephen Fry.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Les, in the Christian calendar, the period of fasting known as Lent
0:17:08 > 0:17:11leads up to which major festival?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13- Christmas.- Easter.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17What T is the name of the process whereby silver goes black
0:17:17 > 0:17:18when exposed to air?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Tarnishing.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Chris, the bloodhound
0:17:22 > 0:17:26is a breed of dog renowned for the accuracy of which of its senses?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Smell.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Bank.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31In gambling, a fruit machine operated by pulling a lever
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- is sometimes called a one-armed what?- Bandit.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Mavis, in Japanese food, a type of noodle made from buckwheat
0:17:38 > 0:17:40is called what, soba or squiffy?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Squiffy.- Soba.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Steve, when a revival of the musical Oliver
0:17:45 > 0:17:47opened in the West End in 2009,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50the part of Fagin was played by the comic actor Rowan who?
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Atkinson.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Paul, in sailing, what A is a four-letter nautical call
0:17:54 > 0:17:57traditionally used to hail another ship?
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Ahoy.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Les, in the 1939 film Gone With The Wind,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06which character tells Scarlett O'Hara,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Rhett Butler.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Evi, in marketing, which word,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16originally meaning a mark made by burning with a hot iron,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18is now the term for a particular make of a product?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Trademark.- Brand.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Chris, tortoises called Freda, George, Maggie, Jim and Shelley
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- have all appeared on which children's programme?- Pass.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Blue Peter.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Bryan, treatment that's intended to remove
0:18:32 > 0:18:35poisonous substances from the body is known as what, detox or detour?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Detox.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Mavis, when an apostrophe is used to indicate ownership
0:18:41 > 0:18:44it's usually followed by which letter of the alphabet?
0:18:44 > 0:18:45S.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Steve, in Olympic gymnastics, the apparatus known as the balance beam
0:18:49 > 0:18:51is used only by competitors of which sex?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Female.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Bank.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58What I is a word for the difference in pitch between two notes
0:18:58 > 0:19:01and the halfway point of a concert?
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Interval.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Les, the UK charity that operates a freephone number
0:19:06 > 0:19:08for people to report unlawful acts anonymously
0:19:08 > 0:19:10is called Crime what?
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Stoppers.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Evi, in British wildlife, which common member of the thrush family
0:19:15 > 0:19:18is named after the all-over dark plumage of the male?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22- Pass.- Blackbird.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Chris, in language, trickery, duplicity and dodgy dealing
0:19:26 > 0:19:29are sometimes referred to as jiggery what?
0:19:29 > 0:19:30- Pokery.- Correct.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- END-OF-ROUND JINGLE - Bank.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Your bank was in time and you put in the kitty £170.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41But whose first language is still up for debate?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Who's likely to be disliked?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52For the second round in a row, Steve is statistically the strongest link.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57The weakest link is Evi, but will the other players realise that?
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Voting over, time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Evi.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Evi.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Evi.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Evi.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Evi.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Paul.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Les.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- What do you do, Paul? - I'm semi-retired, Anne.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23What DID you do?
0:20:23 > 0:20:29My last job was as a meals on wheels delivery driver for elderly people.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Did you find you could pull a lot of women when you were doing that?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Just a little bit too old for me, Anne.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37What age do you like?
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Er, well...under 90.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Have you had much success under 90?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Yeah, I had a great success about 21 years ago.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Oh.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50- What happened then?- I got married.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55- Who did you get married to?- To a very nice lady from the Philippines.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Did you meet her first?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00What, before I got married? Oh, yes.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I went to the Philippines on a holiday,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I met this young lady on a Saturday
0:21:05 > 0:21:07and I got engaged to her on the following Monday.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Did she want a British passport?
0:21:10 > 0:21:13No, I think she just liked my handsome good looks.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14- Did she?- I had them then.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17How did you decide so quickly?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- It's a very long story. - It can't have been.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22It started on a Saturday... On a Friday, did it?
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- It started on a Saturday. - And you were engaged by the...?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Monday afternoon.- So it's not very long, is it, the story?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31The whole story is, yeah. That's the short part.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34What happened between the Saturday and the Sunday?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I walked her up and down the promenade in the moonlight
0:21:37 > 0:21:41and my heart went out to her and I thought, "This is the lady for me."
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- "Will you marry me?", I said. - Did she speak English?
0:21:44 > 0:21:49I think she did, but she may have thought I was asking the way to the nearest bar.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Why Evi?- I know I got a question wrong, but she got two wrong.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57So, Steve, have you a choice whether you slide down the pole or not?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59There is a choice, yes.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It's just a lot quicker to go down the pole.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- Than to do what?- Go down the stairs. - There's no lift?- No.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Do you get chaffed going down the pole?
0:22:08 > 0:22:12If the pole is... If somebody goes down before you with wet hands...
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- Urgh!- ..it can burn.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- And if someone goes down with greasy hands, do you go quicker?- Yes!
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- Why Evi?- She got a couple of questions wrong
0:22:22 > 0:22:24and lost us some money, unfortunately.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Evi, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38The blackbird question I should not have got wrong.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I go bird watching, but when the question was asked,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45I was running through everything in my mind from jackdaws and crows and starlings,
0:22:45 > 0:22:49but the word "blackbird" would just not come into my brain.
0:22:50 > 0:22:56Round Four. In the bank, £1,570. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58We start with the strongest link, that's Steve.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Start the clock.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Steve, in the Arabian Nights story,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Aladdin can summon the Genie by rubbing what, his ring or his tummy?
0:23:11 > 0:23:12- His ring.- Correct.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16On a sink or a bath, a device that provides hot or cold water
0:23:16 > 0:23:20or a combination of both through a single outlet is a what tap?
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Mixer.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Les, in measurement,
0:23:22 > 0:23:26what Q is the term for an indefinite amount of something?
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- Quantum.- Quantity.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Chris, in 1971, Idi Amin overthrew Milton Obote
0:23:32 > 0:23:35to become president of which country?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Uganda.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Bryan, cranberry sauce is traditionally served
0:23:40 > 0:23:42with which roast meat?
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Turkey.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Mavis, which word that rhymes with lobby means any activity carried out
0:23:47 > 0:23:50for pleasure or relaxation in one's spare time?
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Hobby.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Steve, in boxing, when the fighters immobilise one another
0:23:54 > 0:23:57by grabbing and trapping each other's arms,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59it's known as a what, fumble or clinch?
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- Clinch.- Bank.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07The names of TV networks in both Australia and the USA
0:24:07 > 0:24:10are formed by which three consecutive letters of the alphabet?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12ABC.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Les, in 1968, the artist Andy Warhol
0:24:15 > 0:24:17wrote that in the future,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20everyone will be world famous for how many minutes?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21- Five.- 15.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25What H is the term for an open box with a handle,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28used to carry bricks and building materials?
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Hod.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Bryan, the 2002 crime drama starring Tom Hanks
0:24:33 > 0:24:36as a hit man on the run is entitled Road To what?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- Freedom.- Perdition.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Mavis, the practice of Tarot reading primarily involves what,
0:24:43 > 0:24:45a pack of cards or a cup of tea?
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Cards.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Steve, the perforated nozzle
0:24:48 > 0:24:50attached to the spout of a watering can
0:24:50 > 0:24:54is known by the name of which widely cultivated flower?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Rose.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03Paul, in fitness, short bars with adjustable weights at each end,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06normally used in pairs for weight training are dumb what?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Bells.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Les, what I are people said to come into
0:25:10 > 0:25:13when receiving money bequeathed to them by their parents?
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Inheritance.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Chris, in English geography, the market town of Keswick
0:25:18 > 0:25:21is a popular tourist centre in which national park?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- Cumbria.- The Lake District.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Bryan, in legal contracts, the dense mass of detailed clauses
0:25:27 > 0:25:31often shown in tiny typeface and skipped by the unwary
0:25:31 > 0:25:32- is known as the small what? - Print.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Bank.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Time's up, answer in time, bank in time.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39You won £220.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43But who thinks the Angel of the North is Coleen McLoughlin?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Who's as stretched as Jordan's bra? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Les is the weakest link, because he gave the most wrong answers.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Paul is statistically the strongest link.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59But who will lost out on the vote?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Voting over, time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Les.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Les.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Chris.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Chris.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Chris.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Les.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21We have a tie, team.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Les and Chris, three votes each.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25What do you do, Chris?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- I'm an accoutant.- Where?- In Jersey.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Have you always lived in Jersey?- No.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32I lived in the West Indies for 20 years.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- Then you moved to Jersey.- Mm-hm.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Was it because you didn't want the taxman to have your money?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Not at all, I married a Jersey girl.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Oh, did you?
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- And that gets you on to Jersey without having lots of money? - It does indeed.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47And you look after rich people's money?
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Mostly these days, friends' and family's, so I'm afraid not.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- They don't pay very much either.- Oh.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- And where do you live in Jersey? - Overlooking the sea, in a very nice house on a hill.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- A big house?- No, a terraced house.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03A big old terraced house?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Old house, but not big.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08And what's your particular expertise?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Looking after people's finances in a nice, friendly way.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Oh. And do you make sure they pay their bills to you?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16As I say, a lot of them don't pay any bills.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20- I get paid with a case of wine sometimes.- And you don't mind that?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- No.- And how else can people pay you?
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Otherwise, people pay me in the usual fashion, in filthy lucre.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Why Les?
0:27:29 > 0:27:34I think he and I were fighting it out to be the worst in the round.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Les, why Chris?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Like Chris said. I got two questions wrong, he got one wrong.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43When the vote's tied, the strongest link gets to decide
0:27:43 > 0:27:46and that was gorgeous Paul.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- Why did you vote for Chris?- I used to live in the Lake District...
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Could you not pull any women in the Lake District?
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Yes, I did, but I sort of loved 'em and left 'em in those days.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Did you? What, you were too gorgeous to stay?
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- Yeah, the excitement was too much for them all.- Yes...
0:28:03 > 0:28:07- So what's the Lake District got to do with it?- He got one wrong on the Lake District.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12You've got a choice now, you can stick with Chris or move to Les.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15I think it'd be fair to stick with my original choice. Sorry, Chris.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Chris, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Paul was my nemesis because he voted me off in that round.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31He'd also voted for me in a previous round, the only one to do so.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34So I have a nasty, sneaky little wish that he'll be the next to go.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Round Five. In the bank, £1,790. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43We start with the strongest link, that's Paul.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Start the clock.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Leather that's been artificially aged is said to have been what,
0:28:51 > 0:28:53deranged or distressed?
0:28:53 > 0:28:54Distressed.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Les, in confectionary, which plant precedes "imperial"
0:28:58 > 0:29:00to make the name of a hard, round white sweet?
0:29:00 > 0:29:01Mint.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05Bryan, what W is a decorating material
0:29:05 > 0:29:08of which woodchip and flock are two well-known varieties?
0:29:12 > 0:29:13- Pass.- Wallpaper.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Mavis, a short extract from a speech
0:29:16 > 0:29:19that's designed to catch the attention of the news media
0:29:19 > 0:29:21is known as a sound what?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- Effect.- Bite.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27Steve, two famous examples of which type of composition
0:29:27 > 0:29:31are a Bohemian one by Queen and one in Blue by George Gershwin?
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Rhapsody.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36Paul, in the 1982 film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39the little boy who befriends the title character
0:29:39 > 0:29:40is called what, Billy or Elliot?
0:29:40 > 0:29:42- Elliot.- Correct.- Bank.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45On the Yangtse River in 1994,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49construction officially began on the huge dam called the Three what?
0:29:49 > 0:29:50Gorges.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54Bryan, the 2008 book entitled Coming Up Next,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57about the co-host of a breakfast TV show who gets the sack,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00is the debut novel by which GMTV presenter?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- Fiona Phillips.- No, Penny Smith.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Mavis, what P is the name for a crisp biscuit
0:30:06 > 0:30:09that's usually savoury and shaped like a loose knot?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- Pringle.- Pretzel.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Steve, the catchphrases "Hello, playmates" and "Big-hearted Arthur"
0:30:17 > 0:30:20were used by the comedian Arthur who?
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Askey.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Paul, the San Andreas fault,
0:30:24 > 0:30:27which marks the boundary between two major plates in the Earth's crust,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29lies in which US state?
0:30:29 > 0:30:30California.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Les, in medicine, which of these is the name of a work-related injury -
0:30:34 > 0:30:36gamekeeper's thumb or butcher's elbow?
0:30:37 > 0:30:38Gamekeeper's thumb.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42Bryan, the famous aria from Carmen by Bizet,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45in which a bullfighter sings about his job,
0:30:45 > 0:30:47is known in English as the what Song?
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Sweetcheeks.- Toreador.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Mavis, what is 45 divided by 5?
0:30:54 > 0:30:56- Nine.- Correct.- Bank.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59In a safari park, which animals have a reputation
0:30:59 > 0:31:02for breaking off wing mirrors, windscreen wipers and car aerials -
0:31:02 > 0:31:04- monkeys or mongooses?- Monkeys.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Paul, in literature...
0:31:07 > 0:31:10END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Time's up, you won £70.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Who's got value and who's fit for the bargain bin?
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22As the only player to get all his answers wrong,
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Bryan is the weakest link.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Statistically, the strongest link is Les.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28But how will the votes go?
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Voting over, time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Mavis.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38Bryan.
0:31:39 > 0:31:40Bryan.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Bryan.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Bryan.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Mavis, why Bryan?
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Bryan got one more wrong than I did.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- And you can't spell his name correctly.- Oh, sorry.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- Steve, why Bryan?- He did get all his questions wrong.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Bryan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Anne was trying to give me some grief about girlfriends,
0:32:11 > 0:32:13and not having one.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Maybe she was trying to flirt with me, make your own mind up.
0:32:17 > 0:32:22Round Six, in the bank, £1,860. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24We start with the strongest link, that's Les.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Start the clock.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Egyptian, Sea Island and American Pima
0:32:31 > 0:32:34are high-quality varieties of which fibre?
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Cotton.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36Mavis, in equestrian,
0:32:36 > 0:32:39what D is the major discipline of a three-day event
0:32:39 > 0:32:42in which the horse is not required to jump any obstacles?
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Dressage.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Steve, the official name of the 1980s' missile system,
0:32:48 > 0:32:53popularly known as Star Wars, was SDI or the Strategic Defence what?
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Can you repeat the question, please?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00The official name of the 1980s' missile system,
0:33:00 > 0:33:05popularly known as Star Wars, was SDI or the Strategic Defence what?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09- Institution.- Initiative.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Paul, the TV actress who played Zoe Slater in EastEnders,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Jaime Sommers in Bionic Woman
0:33:15 > 0:33:19and Nimway in the 2008 series Merlin is Michelle who?
0:33:21 > 0:33:22- Pass.- Ryan.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Les, which singer has the higher range, a treble or a tenor?
0:33:26 > 0:33:27Treble.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Mavis, which word most commonly precedes "toddy"
0:33:30 > 0:33:32and suggests the approximate temperature
0:33:32 > 0:33:35at which the drink of that name is served?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- Hot.- Correct.- Bank.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Steve, what G is the term for both the kitchen on a boat or plane
0:33:41 > 0:33:43and a long sailing vessel rode by slaves?
0:33:43 > 0:33:44Galley.
0:33:44 > 0:33:50Paul, in a series of action films from 1971 to 1988,
0:33:50 > 0:33:55the Clint Eastwood character Harry Callaghan is known by what nickname?
0:33:55 > 0:33:56Dirty Harry.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00Les, the word "committee" has how many pairs of double letters?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- Three.- Correct.- Bank.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Mavis, the artist Donald McGill, prosecuted for obscenity in 1954,
0:34:07 > 0:34:10was known as the king of the what, graphic novel or saucy postcard?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- Graphic novel.- Saucy postcard.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Steve, which word for a TV station
0:34:16 > 0:34:19can also mean a wide stretch of deep water?
0:34:19 > 0:34:20Channel.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Paul, the burlesque performer
0:34:22 > 0:34:26who launched a signature range of lingerie in 2008
0:34:26 > 0:34:29is known professionally as Dit Von what?
0:34:29 > 0:34:31- Pass.- No? Teese.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Les, what A is the term for the use of repeated consonant sounds
0:34:35 > 0:34:38in the first syllables of neighbouring words?
0:34:38 > 0:34:40END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Time's up, the correct answer was alliteration. You won £150.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Should Steve be put out?
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Is Paul just too good-looking?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55With the most wrong answers, Paul is the weakest link.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58The strongest link statistically is Les.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00But whose game is over?
0:35:01 > 0:35:05Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:35:07 > 0:35:08Paul.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Mavis.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Mavis.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14Steve.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Paul, why Mavis?
0:35:17 > 0:35:21I had a bad round, but I remember Mavis getting a couple wrong.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Steve, why Mavis?
0:35:23 > 0:35:27I think we all had a bad round and I didn't get to bank any money.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29She banked £100.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30No, I didn't get to bank any money.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32You did, you banked £50.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36- Oh, I'm sorry.- Mavis, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46My advice to any future contestants coming on the Weakest Link
0:35:46 > 0:35:51is Anne is not as frightening as she thinks she is.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Erm, the only people to be aware of,
0:35:54 > 0:35:56and maybe a bit frightened of,
0:35:56 > 0:35:58is the other contestants.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01And just keep your eye on them.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Round Seven, in the bank, £2,010. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09We'll start with the strongest link, that's Les.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13Start the clock.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Les, which US city has professional Major League baseball teams
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- called the Yankees and the Mets? - New York.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24Steve, in a wolf pack, the leading males signals his superiority
0:36:24 > 0:36:28by carrying which part of his body at a higher angle?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30- Head.- Tail.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Paul, the component of an internal combustion engine
0:36:33 > 0:36:36that converts linear motion into circular motion
0:36:36 > 0:36:37is known as a crank what?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- Shaft.- Bank.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Les, one of the richest people in the UK, Hans Rausing,
0:36:43 > 0:36:45made his fortune from the manufacture of what,
0:36:45 > 0:36:47milk cartons or rubber gloves?
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Milk cartons.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Steve, which Canadian-born singer
0:36:51 > 0:36:55won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 representing Switzerland?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- Pass.- Celine Dion.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03Paul, which combination of numbers under 25, when spoken together,
0:37:03 > 0:37:06indicates that something operates ever hour of the week?
0:37:06 > 0:37:0824/7.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13Les, the Fast Show actor born in the West Midlands in 1959,
0:37:13 > 0:37:17and who played Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter films, is Mark who?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- Pass.- Williams.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Steve, the portable device named for the fact
0:37:23 > 0:37:25that it's used to locate buried objects
0:37:25 > 0:37:28such as old coins, is a what detector?
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Metal.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33Paul, in Scottish customs, the evening of the 25th January
0:37:33 > 0:37:36is celebrated as the anniversary of the birth of which poet?
0:37:36 > 0:37:37Robbie Burns.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41Les, what C is the term for a type of window
0:37:41 > 0:37:45that is hinged vertically so it can be opened along its entire height?
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- Cantilever.- Casement.
0:37:47 > 0:37:52Steve, in 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman
0:37:52 > 0:37:54to fly solo across which ocean?
0:37:54 > 0:37:55The Atlantic.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59Paul, if the informal term for a photographic display
0:37:59 > 0:38:00of shapely women is "cheesecake",
0:38:00 > 0:38:04what's the equivalent word for depictions of muscular men?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- Beefcake.- Correct.- Bank.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10Les, the classical conductor Rattle, the writer and actor Pegg
0:38:10 > 0:38:13and the comedian and TV presenter Amstell all have what...
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- Simon. END-OF-ROUND JINGLE - Bank.
0:38:15 > 0:38:20Time's up. Correct answer, bank out of time. You won £70.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Before that, time to vote off the weakest link.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32In a sudden reversal of fortune, Paul is now the strongest link.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Steve is statistically the weakest link.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38But who will survive the final vote?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Voting over, time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45Les.
0:38:47 > 0:38:48Steve.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50Steve.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55- Paul, why Steve?- I think he got a question wrong in the last round.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59- Les, why Steve?- I think he got a question wrong, as I did.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01You got two questions wrong.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Sorry.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04So did he.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06And you answered more correctly.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Steve, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20I think Anne's got a soft spot with firefighters,
0:39:20 > 0:39:22and the Fire Brigade in general.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24There's a saying in the Fire Brigade
0:39:24 > 0:39:27that if they don't like you, they won't pick on you.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Anne obviously does like me a lot.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Round Eight, in the bank, £2,080.
0:39:33 > 0:39:3690 seconds, whatever you win is trebled.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39We start with the strongest link, that's Paul.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Start the clock.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Paul, the motto of the Salvation Army is what and Fire?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- Blood.- Correct.- Bank.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51What B is the name of the elephant
0:39:51 > 0:39:53who first appeared in a 1931 book
0:39:53 > 0:39:56and who's beloved companion is called Celeste?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58- Dumbo.- Babar.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Paul, the chain of islands
0:39:59 > 0:40:02stretching from near Miami to the Gulf of Mexico
0:40:02 > 0:40:04is known as the Florida what?
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- Keys.- Bank.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Which four-letter word refers to rib chops of lamb
0:40:09 > 0:40:11that are left in one piece for roasting
0:40:11 > 0:40:13and a medieval instrument of torture?
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- Rack.- Correct.- Bank.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Which 20th century Italian dictator
0:40:18 > 0:40:21is said to have made the trains run on time?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- Mussolini.- Correct.- Bank.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26The middle months of the year 1967,
0:40:26 > 0:40:28when hippies flocked to San Francisco,
0:40:28 > 0:40:31is known as the Summer of what?
0:40:31 > 0:40:33- '69.- Love.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Paul, in the UK, the towns of Ledbury and Leominster
0:40:36 > 0:40:38are in which English shire county?
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Warwickshire.- Herefordshire.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Les, the British actor born in 1922, famous for playing Dracula
0:40:46 > 0:40:49in several Hammer film productions, is Christopher who?
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- Lee.- Correct.- Bank.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Paul, the koi is an ornamental variety of which fish?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- Carp.- Correct.- Bank.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Les, in a TV or radio script, VO usually stands for voice what?
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- Over.- Correct.- Bank.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Which Yiddish word, used in English,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09means having extreme confidence and brazen audacity?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- Pass.- Chutzpah.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15- Les... - END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Time's up. You won £140, which we will treble.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20It gives you prize money today of...
0:41:23 > 0:41:25There can only be one winner.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Now, up to five questions each.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29If there's a tie, we go to sudden death.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34So Paul and Les, for £2,500, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Paul, as the strongest link in the last round,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- you have the choice of who goes first.- I'd like to, please.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Paul, in football, in 2008,
0:41:49 > 0:41:52former England player John Barnes was appointed national manager
0:41:52 > 0:41:55of which island country where he was born?
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Pass.- Jamaica.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Les, what was the name of the late soul singer
0:42:01 > 0:42:03who had a UK hit single in 1970
0:42:03 > 0:42:06entitled Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine?
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Don't know.- The correct answer is James Brown.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Paul, which Conservative prime minister
0:42:13 > 0:42:16dismissed a third of his cabinet in 1962
0:42:16 > 0:42:18in the so-called Night of the Long Knives?
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- Macmillan.- That is correct.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Les, in the third volume of his series of books
0:42:23 > 0:42:26The World According to Clarkson, published in 2008,
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Jeremy Clarkson used which expression of frustration
0:42:30 > 0:42:32as the title?
0:42:32 > 0:42:36- And Another Thing.- No, the answer is For Crying Out Loud.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Paul, in the UK, a Haligonian is a native or inhabitant
0:42:40 > 0:42:43of which town in West Yorkshire?
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- Halifax.- That is correct.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Les, the two Greek letters
0:42:47 > 0:42:50that feature in the NATO phonetic alphabet
0:42:50 > 0:42:52are Delta and which other?
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- Echo? - No, the correct answer is Alpha.
0:42:56 > 0:43:01Paul, who was the British monarch throughout the First World War?
0:43:02 > 0:43:06- George V.- That is correct.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09END-OF-GAME JINGLE
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Gorgeous Paul, you are today's strongest link,
0:43:12 > 0:43:15and you go away with £2,500.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Les, you leave with nothing.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Join us again for the Weakest Link.
0:43:21 > 0:43:22Goodbye.
0:43:22 > 0:43:26If I'd had Paul's questions in the final, I think I'd have won,
0:43:26 > 0:43:29because I knew the three questions he answered correctly straight away.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32My wife will be the most pleased person in the world
0:43:32 > 0:43:35because I always promised her if I won any money,
0:43:35 > 0:43:39I would take her home to the Philippines to celebrate our 21st wedding anniversary,
0:43:39 > 0:43:40and now I can.
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