0:00:02 > 0:00:06Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:50However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58I'm David, I'm 42, from Worcester and I'm a key account manager.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I'm Audrey, I'm 82,
0:01:01 > 0:01:05I'm from Bristol and I'm a retired midwife.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11I'm Stephen, I'm 21, I'm from York and I'm a psychology student.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I'm Jane, I'm 40 years old, I'm from Norwich and I'm a legal secretary.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22I'm Denis, I'm 72, I'm from Stamford and I'm a driver.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I'm Claire, I'm 24, I'm from Godalming
0:01:26 > 0:01:29and I'm an IT support analyst.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34I'm Malcolm, I'm 52, from Portsmouth and I'm a charity manager.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39I'm Hannah, I'm 18, I'm from Leeds and I'm a biology student.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I'm Bob, I'm 30, I'm from Birmingham and I'm a civil servant.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Round One. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:04 > 0:02:11We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Audrey.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22The modern English alphabet runs from "A" to which other letter?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Z.- Correct.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26In colloquial expressions,
0:02:26 > 0:02:32something that is exactly to a person's taste is said to be just their cup of what?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Tea.- Correct.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40In transport, the vast majority of modern cars have the boot at which end of the vehicle?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- The back.- I'll accept.
0:02:42 > 0:02:49In horticulture, a successful gardener is often said to have what? Green fingers or blue toes?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Green fingers.- Correct.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57In the media, a newspaper story in which someone reveals details about a relationship with a celebrity
0:02:57 > 0:02:59is usually called a "kiss and" what?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- Tell.- Correct.
0:03:02 > 0:03:08In fashion, the style of cap with a long visor, that is sometimes worn back to front,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12is named after which sport that is popular in North America?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- Baseball.- Correct.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18In film, what G is the first name of the Oscar-winning actress
0:03:18 > 0:03:22born in Los Angeles in 1972 with the surname Paltrow?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Gwyneth.- Correct.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27In maths, what is 17 plus 4?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- 21.- Correct.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36Which dairy product goes before "puff", "cheese" and "cracker" to give the names of three foodstuffs?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- Cream.- Correct.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45In comic books, when Superman is pretending to be his alter ego, Clark Kent,
0:03:45 > 0:03:50he typically disguises himself with a pair of what? Glasses or gloves?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Gloves.- No, glasses.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57In TV, the programmes The Generation Game and Play Your Cards Right
0:03:57 > 0:04:01have both been hosted by which presenter?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Noel Edmonds.- Even Bruce Forsyth.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09In European cities, what "A" is the name of the constitutional capital of the Netherlands?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Amsterdam.- Correct.
0:04:11 > 0:04:17In entertainment, the singer who beat Gareth Gates to win Pop Idol in 2002
0:04:17 > 0:04:21and who had a UK No.1 single with Light My Fire is Will who?
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- Young.- Correct.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29In human dentition, the canines are also known as what? The eye teeth or the ear teeth?
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Eye teeth.- Correct. According to the nursery rhyme,
0:04:33 > 0:04:38when Little Jack Horner put his thumb in a pie, he pulled out which fruit?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- A plum.- Correct.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44In folklore, the saying "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"
0:04:44 > 0:04:48is represented in pictures or ornaments by how many wise monkeys?
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Three.- Correct.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56What C is the word specifically used to describe a war fought within a single country
0:04:56 > 0:04:59by groups struggling for political control?
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- Civil.- Correct.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06In science, the animal born in 1996 and named Dolly
0:05:06 > 0:05:12that was the first mammal to be cloned successfully from an adult cell was a member of which species?
0:05:12 > 0:05:18- Sheep.- Correct. In eating, which five-letter word that rhymes with "pack"...
0:05:18 > 0:05:20END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Oh, dear.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:05:27 > 0:05:34You won absolutely nothing in that first very, very easy round.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36So...
0:05:37 > 0:05:41..who is your cricket ball heading for your greenhouse?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Who has been a disaster?
0:05:43 > 0:05:47Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Statistically, the strongest link is David.
0:05:51 > 0:05:58Audrey is the weakest link, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Audrey.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Stephen.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Audrey.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Audrey.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Audrey.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Audrey.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Audrey.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Audrey.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Audrey.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35- What do you do, Malcolm? - I'm a charity manager, Anne. - Where?- In Portsmouth.
0:06:35 > 0:06:41- What are you raising money for? - At the moment, for a vital piece of equipment to treat cancer patients.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Yes. So, tomorrow, what might you be raising money for?
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- I shall still be raising money for that.- How do you raise the money?
0:06:49 > 0:06:56- Everything from putting on shows to shaking tins in the street.- Do you put on the shows?- I do.- Like what?
0:06:56 > 0:07:02- Musical theatre mainly.- Can you sing? - Would you like me to?- It depends what you're going to sing.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Frank Sinatra.- Put your board down.
0:07:05 > 0:07:11# Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry
0:07:11 > 0:07:15# How can I get by without you...? #
0:07:15 > 0:07:17So are you the head of the charity?
0:07:17 > 0:07:22- I am.- So no-one can say, "Rubbish"? - Nobody can say, "Rubbish!" - Put your board up.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Why Audrey?- Because... - You don't like old people?
0:07:26 > 0:07:32- I love old people, but bless her, Audrey, we had £1,000 and she forgot to bank.- What do you do, Jane?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- I'm a legal secretary.- Where?
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- In Norwich.- So you work for a solicitor?- Two solicitors.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- Do they time themselves on the phone?- Yes.- How do they do that?
0:07:44 > 0:07:50They have a clock on the computer and every six minutes they have to account for.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- What if one of them gets a coughing fit?- They knock that off their time.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00- Why Audrey?- I'm afraid she forgot to bank twice. I think she forgot why she was here.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06- What do you do, Stephen?- I'm a psychology student.- What year? - Second year.- Where is the university?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- Nottingham Trent.- Have you got a girlfriend?- No, Anne.- Why not?
0:08:10 > 0:08:15- I don't like girls in that way. - You like boys in that way?- Yeah.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20- When did you come out?- Last October. - Did you tell your mum? - No, I got my sister to do it.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Oh, you coward!- I know.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- What did your mum say? - She hung up the phone at first,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30then afterwards, she called me and was like, "How are you doing?"
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- Can you sing?- Oh, no, Anne.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- But I'm a cheerleader. - Put your board down.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Off you go.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Are you sure your mother didn't know?
0:08:40 > 0:08:46Shockingly, the amount of people I've had that come up to me and like, "Really?" But this is what they say.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50- OK, you have to stand here...- She must have known just a little bit.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- You'd think so, but she swears blind that she didn't.- No, OK.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Why didn't you tell her? - LAUGHTER
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Put your board up.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- Why Audrey? - Because she forgot to bank £1,000,
0:09:07 > 0:09:11then we had a lot at the end which she could have banked.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Audrey, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27It was a shame to go out in the first round.
0:09:27 > 0:09:33I feel that they maybe ought to not make you go out after the first wrong question.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39Round Two and you have nothing in the bank. Ten seconds off your time.
0:09:39 > 0:09:45We'll start with the strongest link. That's David. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48In art, a well-known painting by John Constable
0:09:48 > 0:09:54depicting a horse-drawn cart in the stream by Flatford Mill is known as The Hay what?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Market.- Wain.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01In nature, the juice of a plant with fleshy leaves that is commonly used in cosmetics
0:10:01 > 0:10:04is called aloe vera or "cheerio, Gladys"?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Aloe vera.- Correct.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11In psychology, the letters IQ stand for what Quotient?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Intellect.- No, Intelligence.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19In landmarks, Nelson's Column is a monument in which London square?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Trafalgar Square.- Correct.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26In TV, according to the title of a drama series that began in 1997,
0:10:26 > 0:10:30which crime is perpetrated in the fictional county of Midsomer?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Murders.- Correct.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36In music, what X is the name of a percussion instrument played
0:10:36 > 0:10:40by striking a row of wooden bars with small hammers?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Xylophone.- Correct.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46In children's literature, in the books by Katharine Holabird,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50the mouse character called Angelina practises which classical dance?
0:10:50 > 0:10:57- Ballet.- Correct.- Bank!- The national flag of Japan consists of a red disc on a background of which colour?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- White.- Correct.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03In medicine, caisson disease, often referred to as the bends,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06affects which group of people - gymnasts or divers?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- Divers.- Correct.
0:11:08 > 0:11:14In festive customs, the characteristic laugh of Father Christmas is usually written
0:11:14 > 0:11:16as which word uttered three times?
0:11:16 > 0:11:20- Ho.- Correct. In film and theatre, the singing family
0:11:20 > 0:11:24whose story is told in The Sound Of Music had what surname?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Von Trapp.- Correct.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31- Bank!- In definitions, what C is a word that means both a motor-racing track
0:11:31 > 0:11:34and the course taken by a flow of electric current?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- Circuit.- Correct.
0:11:37 > 0:11:43The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton took place in 2011 on the 29th of which month?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- April.- Correct.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50In aviation, if helicopters are described as rotary-wing aircraft,
0:11:50 > 0:11:54what term is used to refer to the wings on a conventional aeroplane?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- Fixed-wing.- Correct.
0:11:56 > 0:12:02- Bank!- In sport, the type of hockey played at the Winter Olympics takes place on grass or ice?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- Ice.- Correct.
0:12:04 > 0:12:10In geography, the Strait of Gibraltar separates Europe from which other continent?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- Pass.- Africa.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17In maths, what is 100 minus 7?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- 93.- Correct.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23In music, what V is the title of a 1990 UK hit single for Madonna
0:12:23 > 0:12:29that includes the lyric, "Greta Garbo and Monroe, Dietrich and DiMaggio"?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Vogue.- Correct.- Bank!
0:12:32 > 0:12:36The dog breed called the Alsatian is now more widely...
0:12:36 > 0:12:39END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Time's up and you won £550. You had a chain of 12 correct answers,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47so you could have got to the target.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Who thinks karaoke is a martial art?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Who will go on losing you money?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04Stephen is the strongest link as he answered the most questions correctly.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09The weakest link statistically is Jane, but can she survive the vote?
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Bob.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Bob.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Bob.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27David.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Bob.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Bob.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Bob.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38David.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- What do you do, Hannah? - I'm a student.- Where?- At Leeds.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- Yeah. Studying what?- Biology.
0:13:45 > 0:13:51- What have you learnt so far? - I had a lab class the other week about dissecting insects.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57- What's the point of that?- To learn about its feeding behaviour and how it's related to how it evolved.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02- So that you can what?- So that you can further the knowledge of biology.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07- Do you know what you'll do when you leave university? - I'll do my master's degree.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12- To save getting a job? - No, there isn't as much I can do with just a biology degree.
0:14:12 > 0:14:18- Why didn't you do a degree in plumbing or car maintenance?- You can't do a degree in them.- Those.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- Obviously, English isn't my best subject.- No.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Why Bob? - Because he flustered a question.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- What do you do, Claire? - I'm an IT support analyst.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Great(!)
0:14:30 > 0:14:34It's just as interesting as it sounds.
0:14:34 > 0:14:41- What do you do in the job?- Database stuff to do with looking in the servers at information coming back.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46I'll just die of excitement(!) Why have you come in shorts? Put your board down. Let's have a look.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Go the other way. You won't excite him at all. Try Denis.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Is that a typical outfit for an IT support worker?
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- No, I don't wear these to work. - No. Good. Pop back.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05- What do you really want to do? - I'd quite like to get into music promotion.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- Can you sing? - Yeah, sometimes I sing.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13- What can you sing?- I can do some Johnny Cash.- Good. Off you go.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18# I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' round the bend
0:15:18 > 0:15:22# I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
0:15:22 > 0:15:24# Well, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
0:15:24 > 0:15:27# Time keeps draggin' on... #
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- That was terrific. Put your board up.- Thank you.- Why Bob?
0:15:31 > 0:15:36Yeah, he did fluster a question and took a bit of time over it.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- He did. Bob...- Hello, Anne. - You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Having managed to bank nothing in the first round as a team,
0:15:48 > 0:15:52I was very keen to make sure that didn't happen twice in a row.
0:15:52 > 0:15:58I didn't think that would be very clever at all, but that's one of the things that cost me.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05Round Three. In the bank, £550. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:16:05 > 0:16:11We'll start with the strongest link. That's Stephen. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Start the clock.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17In geology, what is the general name for the distinctive type of mountain
0:16:17 > 0:16:21such as those in Italy called Etna and Vesuvius?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23- Volcanoes.- Correct.
0:16:23 > 0:16:30In human reproduction, when a woman successfully bears quintuplets, she gives birth to how many babies?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Five.- Correct.
0:16:32 > 0:16:38In law, the word originally meaning an opening in a wall that refers to an ambiguity in a statute,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41allowing it to be evaded, is a loop what?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- Hole.- Correct.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49In tennis, in 2011, which Serbian player claimed his third Grand Slam title
0:16:49 > 0:16:54when he won the men's singles final at Wimbledon for the first time?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- Is it Rafael Nadal?- Novak Djokovic.
0:16:58 > 0:17:06In TV soap operas, Bet Lynch, Raquel Watts and Liz McDonald have all worked as bar staff in which pub?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- The Rovers Return.- Correct.
0:17:08 > 0:17:15In the New Testament, the fisherman who was the father of the apostles James and John was called what?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Dylan or Zebedee?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Zebedee.- Correct.
0:17:20 > 0:17:26In entertainment, the 1989 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, adapted from a novel by David Garnett,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29was entitled Aspects Of what?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- Love.- Correct.- Bank!
0:17:31 > 0:17:36In classical mythology, Mount Helicon, said to be the home of the Muses,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39is in which present-day country in southern Europe?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- Athens.- Greece.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48In the animal kingdom, what W is an African wild pig named after a thick growth of skin on its face
0:17:48 > 0:17:51that resembles a human blemish?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- Warthog.- Correct.
0:17:53 > 0:18:00In mixed drinks, the cocktail that consists of rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk is a pina what?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- Colada.- Correct.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Bank!- In maths, what is 28 divided by 2?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- 14.- Correct.
0:18:08 > 0:18:15In the 1800s, Charles Macintosh developed a fabric to protect the wearer from the sun or the rain?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- The rain.- Correct.
0:18:17 > 0:18:23The singer Shirley Bassey, the actress Judi Dench and the athlete Kelly Holmes
0:18:23 > 0:18:25have all been awarded which title?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Dame.- Correct.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33In cinema, the spaceman character in the Toy Story films is called Buzz what?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- Lightyear.- Correct.- Bank! - In pastimes,
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Round The Clock, Killer and Shanghai are alternative games
0:18:40 > 0:18:44for the one that is normally played by professionals in which sport?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- Poker.- Darts.
0:18:46 > 0:18:54In the United States, what T is the only state other than New Mexico to include the letter X in its name?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:19:00 > 0:19:03You weren't about to tell me, were you?
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- I thought we'd run out of time. - You were going to say it?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09No.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11LAUGHTER
0:19:12 > 0:19:14The correct answer is Texas.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17In the kitty that time, £350.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Who is not even a good joke?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Whose mouth is heckling their brain?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36With the most wrong answers, Stephen is now the weakest link.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Statistically, David is the strongest link, but whose game is over?
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Stephen.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Claire.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Claire.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Stephen.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Stephen.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Stephen.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Stephen.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12- What do you do, Denis? - I'm a van driver.- Are you?- Yes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- What's in your van? - Parts for garages.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20- Really?- Exhausts, clutches, brakes, that sort of thing.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Are you a white van driver?
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- No, I'm a red van driver. - But you've got the tattoos?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- No.- No. Do you whistle at the girls?
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- Yes. I've been whistling at them all day.- Have you?
0:20:33 > 0:20:39- So are you dating? - I wouldn't say I'm dating. I see quite a few lady friends.
0:20:39 > 0:20:45- Why isn't that dating? - If it's dating, you're dating one. I would never date more than one.- No.
0:20:45 > 0:20:51- So there's no "how's your grandfather"?- That's for me to know and you to wonder.- Oh.
0:20:52 > 0:20:59- Why Stephen?- Stephen got a question wrong earlier and he got one wrong in this round as well.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Yeah.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06- What do you do, David? - I'm a key account manager. - What are you selling?- Silicones.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10- Do you get commission on the sales? - No, a straight salary.
0:21:10 > 0:21:16- If Jordan rings up for silicone, you can't take the rest of the week off?- No, I can't.
0:21:16 > 0:21:22- Could I do with some silicone?- We sell to companies who make products. We don't sell to individuals.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24What does your silicone go into?
0:21:24 > 0:21:30Into things like conditioner, mascara, lipstick, skin cream, those sort of products.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Do you wear mascara? - Not very often, no.- No.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39- Only on the weekends(!)- Only at the weekends?- No, not at all, Anne.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Are you embarrassed about admitting you wear mascara?
0:21:42 > 0:21:47I'm on national TV and a joke might not come across as a joke later on.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- But you're funny all the time, David.- No, I'm not.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- I'm the straight guy.- Why Stephen?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- He got a couple of questions wrong that cost us some money.- He did.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Coming out for the second time...
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Stephen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11I'm really upset I didn't get to do my cheerleading chant for Anne.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16# Knock 'em down, run around Come on, defence, work, work! #
0:22:18 > 0:22:23Round 4 and you've crawled up to £900. Another 10 seconds off.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28We'll start with David. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Start the clock.
0:22:31 > 0:22:38The business culture of the north of England is often stereotyped with, "Where there's muck, there's..."?
0:22:38 > 0:22:43- Brass.- Correct. In cookery, in the French term nouvelle cuisine,
0:22:43 > 0:22:47the word nouvelle translates into English as which three-letter word?
0:22:47 > 0:22:54- New.- Correct. In TV, the teenage characters who appeared in Harry Enfield and Chums
0:22:54 > 0:22:58and later starred in their own feature film are Kevin and who?
0:22:58 > 0:23:06- Pass.- Perry. In puppetry, what D is another term for the doll used on stage by a ventriloquist?
0:23:06 > 0:23:10- Dummy.- Correct. In sport, the footballer and future manager
0:23:10 > 0:23:16who was the youngest member of England's World Cup-winning team was Alan who?
0:23:16 > 0:23:22- Ball.- Correct.- Bank! - On the internet, the practice of registering a domain name
0:23:22 > 0:23:27in the hope of selling it for a profit is known as web-perching or cyber-squatting?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- Web-perching.- Cyber-squatting.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34In stamp collecting, the Penny Black features the head of which monarch?
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- Elizabeth I?- Queen Victoria.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43In her diaries published in 2002, which former MP revealed details of an affair with John Major?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- Ann Widdecombe?- Even Edwina Currie.
0:23:46 > 0:23:53In the high street, the red stripes on a pole outside a barber's shop symbolise which bodily fluid?
0:23:53 > 0:23:58- Blood.- Correct. In visitor attractions, what G is the estate
0:23:58 > 0:24:03located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis?
0:24:03 > 0:24:10- Graceland.- Correct. In expressions, which boy's name follows the word "even" in a rhyming phrase
0:24:10 > 0:24:15for a situation that is exactly equal or where nothing is owed?
0:24:15 > 0:24:23- Steven.- Correct.- Bank.- In culture, the town of Blaenavon, designated a World Heritage Site in 2000
0:24:23 > 0:24:29for its industrial history in iron and coal, is in which country of the UK?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- Northern Ireland.- Wales.
0:24:31 > 0:24:38In armaments, the phrase lock, stock and barrel refers to the parts of a gun or a catapult?
0:24:38 > 0:24:46- A gun.- Correct. In cinema, the actor born in Essex in 1988 who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series
0:24:46 > 0:24:48is Rupert who?
0:24:48 > 0:24:54- Grint.- Correct. In the United States, Turkey Day is an informal name for which public holiday?
0:24:54 > 0:24:59- Thanksgiving.- Correct.- Bank! - In the drinks industry,
0:24:59 > 0:25:03what B is the process by which an alcoholic beverage...
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Time's up. You won £250.
0:25:05 > 0:25:13But...whose head should only be used to crack walnuts?
0:25:13 > 0:25:18Who thinks a podcast is fishing for peas?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27With no correct answers, Hannah is the weakest link.
0:25:27 > 0:25:33The statistics show that Claire is the strongest link, but how will the votes go?
0:25:33 > 0:25:38Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Hannah.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Denis.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Hannah.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Hannah.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Hannah.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54David.
0:25:54 > 0:26:00- Claire, why Hannah? - She was unlucky with the questions and got them wrong.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Very unlucky with her answers!
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Malcolm, why Hannah?
0:26:05 > 0:26:10- I think Hannah got a couple wrong. - She did. She was the worst player.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Hannah, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24It's depressing to see your name coming up, but I deserved it and was grateful Jane didn't vote for me!
0:26:26 > 0:26:32Round 5. In the bank, £1,150. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37We'll start with the strongest link. That's Claire. Claire. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Start the clock.
0:26:39 > 0:26:47In literature, the 1897 horror novel Dracula that became the basis for many films was written by Bram who?
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- Stoke.- No, Stoker.
0:26:51 > 0:26:58In vocabulary, the four-letter name of which type of music is also slang for a diamond or engagement ring?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- Band?- Rock.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07In Australia, the Fremantle Doctor is a sea breeze or mobile clinic?
0:27:07 > 0:27:14- Sea breeze.- Correct. In TV, the former PR executive who in 2005 began appearing as an adviser
0:27:14 > 0:27:18to Lord Sugar on The Apprentice is Nick who?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- Pass.- Hewer.
0:27:22 > 0:27:28In rugby union team names, Leicester is to Tigers as Sale is to which predatory fish?
0:27:28 > 0:27:34- Sharks.- Correct. In biology, a bacterium consists of how many cells?
0:27:34 > 0:27:41- Just one.- Correct. In art, high quality paintbrushes, with bristles from the Siberian mink,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44are known as sable or mohair?
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Sable.- Correct. - Bank!
0:27:47 > 0:27:51In politics, which word for a method to curtail a debate in Parliament
0:27:51 > 0:27:56is also an execution device named after a French physician?
0:27:56 > 0:28:02- Guillotine.- Correct. According to the lyrics of the song from the 1972 film musical Cabaret,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05what makes the world go round?
0:28:05 > 0:28:12- Money.- Correct. In history, what I was the unusual first name of the engineer born in 1806 in Portsmouth
0:28:12 > 0:28:15with the surname Brunel?
0:28:19 > 0:28:24- Isambard.- Correct.- Bank! - In TV, the former newsreader
0:28:24 > 0:28:29- who went on to present The Clothes Show and Animal Rescue is Selina who?- Pass.
0:28:29 > 0:28:36Scott. In an upright human body, the bones called the femur and the tibia are situated where
0:28:36 > 0:28:39in relation to the pelvis - above or below?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42- Below it.- Correct. In a standard pack,
0:28:42 > 0:28:47a playing card that is sometimes called a deuce has what number?
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- Two.- Correct.- Bank!- In agriculture,
0:28:50 > 0:28:56what P is a single-word term that refers generally to herbicides, fungicides and insecticides?
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- Pesticides.- Correct. In modern literature...
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Time's up. You won £250.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08But who'd even fail playtime at school?
0:29:08 > 0:29:12Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20In a sudden reversal of fortune, Claire goes from being the strongest link to the weakest.
0:29:20 > 0:29:28Statistically, David is the strongest link, but who will the team want off?
0:29:28 > 0:29:33Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Malcolm.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39Claire.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Claire.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Malcolm.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47David.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52We have a tie, team. Claire and Malcolm, two votes each.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56- Claire, why Malcolm? - He got answers wrong
0:29:56 > 0:30:00and he took a bit of time to say the wrong answer.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Denis, why Claire?
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I thought Claire got two wrong.
0:30:05 > 0:30:11The strongest link was David. He gets to decide. You voted for Malcolm. Why?
0:30:11 > 0:30:14I thought he got the most wrong and cost us money.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18You've got a choice now. Stick with Malcolm or move to Claire.
0:30:18 > 0:30:24- He voted for me, so I'll definitely stick with Malcolm. - It really pays to vote tactically(!)
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Malcolm, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34I think David saw me as a threat.
0:30:34 > 0:30:40He wanted to vote me out because he can now see his way to the end.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46Round 6. In the kitty, £1,400. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:30:46 > 0:30:51We'll start with David. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Start the clock.
0:30:53 > 0:31:00In royal relationships, Henry VIII described his fifth wife as his blushing rose without a what?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- Brain.- Thorn.
0:31:03 > 0:31:09In golf, which player, born in Glasgow in 1963, has the nickname Monty?
0:31:10 > 0:31:16- Pass.- Colin Montgomerie. In pop music, the reggae duo who had UK hit singles in the 1990s
0:31:16 > 0:31:21where known as Chaka Demus and who - Scissors or Pliers?
0:31:21 > 0:31:28- Pliers.- Correct. In marine biology, the chemical compound out of which corals make their skeletons
0:31:28 > 0:31:31has the name calcium what?
0:31:31 > 0:31:36- Carbonate.- Correct. In film, which star of the TV sitcom Happy Days
0:31:36 > 0:31:42directed the 2008 drama Frost/Nixon and the 2011 comedy The Dilemma?
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- Henry Winkler?- Ron Howard.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49In food, what C is the name of the green, white or red vegetable
0:31:49 > 0:31:53that is a main constituent of coleslaw, kimchee and sauerkraut?
0:31:53 > 0:31:59- Cabbage.- Correct. In politics, the Act of Parliament requiring computer users to ensure
0:31:59 > 0:32:05that personal information is accurate and stays confidential is the what Protection Act?
0:32:05 > 0:32:10- Data.- Correct.- Bank!- In science, water is an element or a compound?
0:32:10 > 0:32:14- A compound.- Correct.- Bank. - In visitor attractions,
0:32:14 > 0:32:20the military museum at the former RAF base of Duxford is in which English shire county?
0:32:20 > 0:32:24- Oxfordshire?- Cambridgeshire. In expressions, the American phrase
0:32:24 > 0:32:30referring to the poor suburbs of a town in relation to railway lines is the wrong side of the what?
0:32:30 > 0:32:36- Ghetto?- Tracks. In warfare, which term derived from the Italian term for youth
0:32:36 > 0:32:41is applied to soldiers who fight on foot using light weapons?
0:32:41 > 0:32:46- Infantry.- Correct. In the 5th century, as an act of religious devotion.
0:32:46 > 0:32:52Saint Simeon spent around 30 years standing on a pillar or sitting on a spike?
0:32:52 > 0:32:59- Standing on a pillar.- Correct.- Bank! - In TV, which US drama series first shown in the UK in 2005
0:32:59 > 0:33:03has regular characters with the first names Bree, Lynette...
0:33:05 > 0:33:09Time's up. You banked £120.
0:33:09 > 0:33:15But is Jane now out of tune? Or will there be no cash for Claire?
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25As the only player with all their answers wrong, David is the weakest link.
0:33:25 > 0:33:33The statistics reveal that Claire is the strongest link, but will the votes pick up on the facts?
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Jane.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43David.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Jane.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48David.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53Another tie, team. Jane and David, two votes each.
0:33:53 > 0:34:00- David, why Jane? - I was dreadful, but I think Jane was marginally close to me.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04- She was the next weakest link. - Jane, why David?
0:34:04 > 0:34:11- I don't think David got any questions right.- Claire gets to decide. Why did you vote for David?
0:34:11 > 0:34:16- He got the most answers wrong. - Do you want to stick with David or move to Jane?
0:34:16 > 0:34:19I'm going to stay consistent.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23He was the worst player. David, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:28 > 0:34:36I've always told my children that I know everything. They will now use this as evidence against me!
0:34:37 > 0:34:42Round 7. In the bank, £1,520. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:34:42 > 0:34:47We'll start with Claire. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Start the clock.
0:34:49 > 0:34:55In the stories by Agatha Christie, the wife of the amateur detective Tommy Beresford
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- has what nickname - Shilling or Tuppence?- Pass.
0:34:59 > 0:35:05Tuppence. In geography, the two countries in South America which begin with C are Chile and...?
0:35:05 > 0:35:13- Pass.- Colombia. In pop music, the title of which 1981 UK number one single by The Specials
0:35:13 > 0:35:17is a two-word term for somewhere that is deserted?
0:35:17 > 0:35:20- Open.- Ghost Town.
0:35:20 > 0:35:26In science, what G is the satellite Earth station situated on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28- Pass.- Goonhilly.
0:35:28 > 0:35:36In Irish history, the King of Munster who defeated the Vikings in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf
0:35:36 > 0:35:38was Brian who?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- Pass.- Boru.
0:35:41 > 0:35:49In animal anatomy, the body of an insect is divided into three main sections - the thorax, the abdomen
0:35:49 > 0:35:51and which other?
0:35:52 > 0:35:58- Head.- Correct. In books, TS Eliot was a director of a publishing company that bore the name
0:35:58 > 0:36:02of an academic and poet called Geoffrey what?
0:36:02 > 0:36:04- Faber.- Correct. - Bank!
0:36:04 > 0:36:11In transport, Swindon and Milton Keynes are both noted for a large number of motorways or roundabouts?
0:36:11 > 0:36:18- Roundabouts.- Correct.- Bank - Which four-letter word is the opposite of both soft and simple?
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- Easy.- Hard.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26In medals, the highest civilian decoration in the Soviet Union, established in 1930,
0:36:26 > 0:36:29was called the Order of whom?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- Pass.- Lenin.
0:36:31 > 0:36:37In timepieces, what J is the usual name for a small, natural or artificial gem
0:36:37 > 0:36:39used as a bearing in a watch?
0:36:39 > 0:36:46- Jewel.- Correct. In money, the 1776 book by the economist Adam Smith was entitled
0:36:46 > 0:36:50An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes of The Wealth of what?
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Time's up. The correct answer was Nations. You won £70.
0:36:55 > 0:37:00In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10For the first time in the game, Jane is the strongest link.
0:37:10 > 0:37:16Statistically, Claire is the weakest link, but who will lose out in the final vote?
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Denis.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Claire.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Denis.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Jane, why Denis? Did you think he was the worst player?
0:37:36 > 0:37:42- I think we all did pretty badly. I seem to remember Denis getting more wrong than Claire.- Really?
0:37:42 > 0:37:48- It's not that you'd prefer to play with Claire in the final? - Not particularly, no.
0:37:48 > 0:37:54- Claire, Denis wasn't the worst player, was he?- He was not.- No.
0:37:54 > 0:38:00Denis, it's an unfair vote, but you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14I think I was stitched up by Jane. Jane stitched me up,
0:38:14 > 0:38:18but I don't mind. I don't mind at all.
0:38:20 > 0:38:26Round 8. You've banked £1,590. In this round 90 seconds,
0:38:26 > 0:38:32but whatever you win is trebled. We'll start with Jane. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Start the clock.
0:38:34 > 0:38:40In marine life, which term for an item of shaving equipment precedes bill and shell
0:38:40 > 0:38:43to give a sea bird and a mollusc?
0:38:43 > 0:38:45- Pass.- Razor.
0:38:45 > 0:38:52In the cosmetics industry, the Canadian businesswoman born Florence Nightingale Graham in 1878
0:38:52 > 0:38:54became better known as Elizabeth who?
0:38:54 > 0:39:01- Arden.- Correct. In building materials, in Latin America what A is the term for a sun-dried brick
0:39:01 > 0:39:03and the clay from which it's made?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- Pass.- Adobe.
0:39:09 > 0:39:17In the 1980s TV series The Equalizer, the actor who starred as former agent Robert McCall
0:39:17 > 0:39:19- was Edward who?- Pass.
0:39:19 > 0:39:25Woodward. In Norse mythology, Loki is the god of mischief or marriage?
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- Mischief.- Correct.
0:39:27 > 0:39:33In food, since it was first sold in tins in 1885, a popular UK brand of syrup has carried
0:39:33 > 0:39:38the biblical inscription, "Out of the strong came forth..." what?
0:39:42 > 0:39:47- The sweet.- I'll accept the sweet or sweetness.
0:39:47 > 0:39:54- Bank!- In music, K numbers are used in the cataloguing of the works of which composer, born in Salzburg?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- Liszt.- Mozart.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03In stationary, the name of which paper size literally means the headgear of a jester?
0:40:03 > 0:40:05A4.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Time's up. The correct answer is foolscap.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14You won £50, which we'll treble.
0:40:14 > 0:40:20It gives you prize money today of:
0:40:20 > 0:40:26There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, sudden death.
0:40:26 > 0:40:31So, Jane and Claire, for £1,740, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:34 > 0:40:39- Claire, you have the choice of who goes first. - I'd like Jane to go first.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Jane, in the Chinese calendar,
0:40:47 > 0:40:51among the 12 animals that represent the various years,
0:40:51 > 0:40:55which is the only one that is a mythical creature?
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- Dragon.- That is correct.
0:40:58 > 0:41:04In cinema, the real-life experiences of an Australian therapist called Lionel Logue
0:41:04 > 0:41:10are central to the plot of which 2010 film that won four Oscars?
0:41:10 > 0:41:16- 79 Hours?- The correct answer is The King's Speech.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20In European geography, the German cities of Hamburg and Dresden
0:41:20 > 0:41:24stand on the banks of which river that empties into the North Sea?
0:41:24 > 0:41:28- The Rhine? - The correct answer is the Elbe.
0:41:28 > 0:41:35In nature, which four-letter word can mean an open expanse of elevated land
0:41:35 > 0:41:39and the first feathering of young birds?
0:41:39 > 0:41:43- Down.- That is the correct answer.
0:41:43 > 0:41:50In the Solar System, in July 2011 which distant planet completed its first orbit of the Sun
0:41:50 > 0:41:53since its discovery in 1846?
0:41:53 > 0:41:57- Jupiter. - The correct answer is Neptune.
0:41:57 > 0:42:04In history, in the 1860s, the blockade of the southern states during the American Civil War
0:42:04 > 0:42:12led to a so-called famine in the supply of which major crop to industrial Lancashire?
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- Wheat? - The correct answer is cotton.
0:42:15 > 0:42:22In pop music, the name of which British punk group formed in the 1970s
0:42:22 > 0:42:26features in the title of a long-running comedy quiz programme?
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- Pass.- The Buzzcocks.
0:42:30 > 0:42:37In cricket, what's the modern name of the country that was the beaten finalist in successive World Cups
0:42:37 > 0:42:40in 2007 and 2011?
0:42:40 > 0:42:45- India? - The correct answer is Sri Lanka.
0:42:45 > 0:42:50In the UK, the university that from 1976 until 1990
0:42:50 > 0:42:54was known as the Dorset Institute of Higher Education
0:42:54 > 0:42:57now bears the name of which resort town?
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- Bournemouth?- That is correct.
0:43:00 > 0:43:06In books, the spy novels At Risk and Secret Asset were written by which woman
0:43:06 > 0:43:10who was the first female Director General of MI5?
0:43:10 > 0:43:15- Pass.- The correct answer is Stella Rimington.
0:43:17 > 0:43:24That means, Jane, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Claire, you leave with nothing.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:32 > 0:43:40It was really fun to be in the final. I didn't win the money, but it was a great experience.
0:43:40 > 0:43:46I think I'd like to buy my daughter Ellie a present. She's very excited about me being here
0:43:46 > 0:43:49and will be so over the moon that I've won.
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