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 > 0:00:49However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Let's meet the team.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57I'm Andy, 39, from Essex and I'm a hypnotherapist.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02I'm Jen, I'm 22, I'm from Sunderland and I'm a medical student.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I'm Nik, I'm 59, I'm from Rugby
0:01:06 > 0:01:09and I'm a ground maintenance operative.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12My name is Bren, I'm 63, I'm from Oldham
0:01:12 > 0:01:15and I'm a retired finance administrator.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18I'm Fraser, 28, from Portsmouth
0:01:18 > 0:01:21and I'm an assistant car park manager.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27I'm Denise, 35, from Welling, Kent, and I'm an advertising professional.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I'm Paul, I'm 39, I'm from Heanor in Derbyshire
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and I'm a primary school teacher.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39I'm Judith, I'm 54 from Cirencester, and I'm an admin manager.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I'm Mike, I'm 67, I'm from Birmingham in the West Midlands
0:01:45 > 0:01:48and I'm retired.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Break the chain and you lose all the money.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Round One. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Andy.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:19 > 0:02:26During the festive season, greeting cards wish people a Merry Christmas and a Happy New what?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- Year.- Correct.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34In relationships, the terms Dad, Daddy and Father are normally used to address a parent of which sex?
0:02:34 > 0:02:39- Male.- Correct. In maths, what is 1 plus 1?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- 2.- Correct.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47In the Gregorian calendar, the months of the year that have names beginning with the letter J
0:02:47 > 0:02:49are July, January and which other?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- June.- Correct.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56On weather maps, a simple six-pointed star, similar to an asterisk,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59is the international symbol for rain or snow?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Snow.- Correct.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05In children's literature,
0:03:05 > 0:03:11the characters known as Paddington and Winnie the Pooh are representations of which animal?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- A bear.- Correct.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15In personal appearance,
0:03:15 > 0:03:21to enhance their beauty, women often pluck which pair of hairy, arched features on the face?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- Eyebrows.- Correct.
0:03:23 > 0:03:29In everyday etiquette, which two-letter word is a colloquial way of saying "thank you"?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Ta.- Correct.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37In a standard deck of playing cards, the suits are hearts, diamonds, spades and which other?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- Clubs.- Correct.- Bank!
0:03:39 > 0:03:43OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48That money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Whose podium is occupied,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54but the sign perhaps says "vacant"?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Who's the mime act on X Factor?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:03:59 > 0:04:06In an impressive first round, Andy is the strongest link as he banked all the money for the team.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Jen is statistically the weakest link, but how will the votes go?
0:04:12 > 0:04:17Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Judith.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Paul.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Denise.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Fraser.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Denise.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Paul.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Denise.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Denise.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Denise.
0:04:41 > 0:04:47- What do you do, Paul?- I'm a primary school teacher, Anne.- Are you? Where?- In Ilkeston in Derbyshire.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- Is that the only job you could get? - No, I've done a variety of jobs.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56- I've worked in a holiday camp, I've been a children's entertainer, fire-eater.- Really?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00- What are you qualified as? - A primary school teacher.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05- Where did you take your degree? - At the University of North Wales in Bangor.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Is that one down from Cambridge?
0:05:08 > 0:05:13It was the only place that was offering the course with drama that I wanted to do.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- You like drama, do you?- I do, yes.
0:05:16 > 0:05:22- Yes. And how old are the children? - The children that I currently teach are four and five.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Put your board down. So if you want silence in the class...?
0:05:26 > 0:05:30I would just get some stickers and they'd all sit on the carpet.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35- What do they need the stickers for? - They're for positive reinforcement.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40- Would you put them on their lips? - No, stick them on to their jumpers.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- What's the normal term for positive reinforcement?- Um...
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I haven't got a clue.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Really? What does it mean?
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- It means you're rewarding their good behaviour.- Why don't you say that?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Because the term was positive reinforcement.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- Did they teach you that in North Wales?- They did, yes.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Put your board up.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Why Denise?- I think she hesitated.
0:06:07 > 0:06:14- What do you do, Fraser?- I'm an assistant car park manager.- So where's the car park?- In Portsmouth.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- What's your particular job? - I'm the assistant manager.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20What does the assistant manager do?
0:06:20 > 0:06:26Look after the staff and the car park, make sure everything is running smoothly.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29What's your ambition? To be a car park manager?
0:06:29 > 0:06:34- That would be a nice bit of career progression, yeah. - Then what after that?
0:06:34 > 0:06:38I don't know. I think that's the top of the field.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- So you're nearly there?- Yeah.- And you're only how old?- 28.- Fantastic.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Why Denise?- She hesitated.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Where are you from, Mike? - I'm from Birmingham, Anne.- Oh!
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- What do you do?- I'm retired.
0:06:53 > 0:06:59- What do you do every day? - I like philately and also I'm enthusiastic about railways.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Yeah. So you collect stamps?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Yes.- And you train-spot? - In a word, yes.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- Do you take Mrs Mike train-spotting? - No, I'm not married.- No.
0:07:10 > 0:07:16- I suppose you're not if your hobbies are stamp-collecting and train-spotting.- I have been married.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- Were you stamp-collecting and train-spotting then?- Yes.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- How long did that marriage last? - 15 years.- Oh.
0:07:24 > 0:07:30- Where did she go?- We parted amicably after the end of 15 years,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34realising that we'd reached the end of our interest in each other.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- Oh, right. Why Denise? - The hesitation, I'm afraid.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Denise, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54The team voted me off, which I think, in fairness, is correct
0:07:54 > 0:07:57because I did hesitate a millisecond. It's no excuse.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Somebody had to go and it had to be me.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06All of us got the questions correct, but I just hesitated a millisecond and that got me the boot.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08I think it was justified, really.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We now take ten seconds off your time.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20We'll start with the strongest link. That's Andy. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26In athletics, a bronze medal is awarded to the competitor who finishes in which position?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Third.- Correct.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33To make their webs, spiders spin threads of which fibre? Silk or rayon?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Silk.- Correct.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39The spoof news programme The Day Today, that began in 1994,
0:08:39 > 0:08:44saw the TV debut of a sports reporter played by Steve Coogan called Alan what?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- Partridge.- Correct.
0:08:46 > 0:08:52The type of dark red mark that appears on the skin of a new-born baby, but often disappears later,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54is named after which fruit?
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- Strawberry.- Correct. In communications,
0:08:58 > 0:09:04when the phrase "PO Box" is featured as part of an address in the UK, the letters "PO" stand for what?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- Postal order.- Post office.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12In pop music, according to the title of the 1966 UK No.1 single by The Beatles,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14what colour is the submarine?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Yellow.- Correct. In geography,
0:09:17 > 0:09:23in terms of population, Sao Paulo is acknowledged to be the largest city in which South American country?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Brazil.- Correct.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30The alliterative term for the ability to speak effortlessly or persuasively
0:09:30 > 0:09:32is "the gift of the" what?
0:09:32 > 0:09:37- Gab.- Correct. In marriage traditions, what D is the term for property or money
0:09:37 > 0:09:41given by the family of the bride to the family of the groom?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- Deed.- Dowry.
0:09:43 > 0:09:50In cinema, a 2011 horror film in which teenagers try to cheat death, but meet grisly ends,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54is the fifth in a series of releases entitled Final what?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Destination.- Correct.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00In vocabulary, the word "peelers" is an old-fashioned nickname in the UK
0:10:00 > 0:10:03for members of which of the emergency services?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- The police force.- Correct.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09A substantial, satisfying and well-balanced meal
0:10:09 > 0:10:12is often described as being which geometric shape?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- Square.- Correct.
0:10:14 > 0:10:20In classifications, the word "porcine" means characteristic of which farm animals?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Pig.- Correct.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26In literature, what is the full name of the fictional diarist
0:10:26 > 0:10:31who wrote, "It's time I fell in love. After all, I am 13 and three-quarter years old"?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- Adrian Mole.- Correct. In TV,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Stephen Fry, John Simpson and Miriam Margolyes
0:10:37 > 0:10:41have each represented a Cambridge college on which quiz show?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- University Challenge.- Correct.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- Bank!- Which five-letter word is the usual term
0:10:48 > 0:10:53for the injection of poison by a jellyfish that causes pain in the victim?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- Sting.- Correct. In UK geography,
0:10:56 > 0:11:02Plymouth Sound, located off the coast of Devon and Cornwall, is a deep inlet of which channel?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- The Atlantic.- The English Channel.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11In Formula One motor-racing, the team that in 2011 won the world...
0:11:11 > 0:11:13END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Time's up and you won £450,
0:11:16 > 0:11:21but who deserves a sweetie and who deserves a gobstopper?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Who's knowledge-repellent?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30With the most wrong answers, Andy is now the weakest link.
0:11:30 > 0:11:36Statistically, Mike is the strongest link, but who will the team want off?
0:11:37 > 0:11:42Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Fraser.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Fraser.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Andy.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Andy.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Andy.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Andy.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Andy.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Andy.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08- What do you do, Bren? - I'm retired, Anne, so I spend my day doing what I please.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Put your board down, Bren.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Did you mug a lollipop lady to get that top?
0:12:14 > 0:12:19- I didn't, Anne, but I did think we ought to look very different, so we wouldn't be mistaken.- Yes.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23So you had your hair permed to within an inch of its life?
0:12:23 > 0:12:29- Well, this is naturally curly. - Is it?- I wouldn't have it this way by choice.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- Well, no-one would, would they, Bren?- My poodle would.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35OK, put your board up again.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- Where are you living?- In Oldham.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Give me an idea of what you and your poodle get up to.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- We walk, we meet people. - Are you trying to pick someone up?
0:12:45 > 0:12:49It would be quite nice, but there's not been anybody suitable yet.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54- What are you looking for, roughly? - Intelligent. Funny.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- Yeah.- Attractive.- Yeah.- Available.
0:12:56 > 0:13:02- So why are you looking in Oldham? - Because, unfortunately, that's where I live.
0:13:02 > 0:13:09So as it's not proved very successful on the dog walks, any other lines of enquiry?
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- I do do amateur dramatics. - What's the am-dram outfit called?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Players Dramatic Society, based in Cheadle Hulme.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18What's your job, Bren?
0:13:18 > 0:13:26I act and direct and I help in various other aspects of putting on a show.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- Won any awards?- Oh, yes, I have. Thank you for asking.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33I didn't think it was going to be affirmative.
0:13:33 > 0:13:39Yes, I did. I got Best Actress twice in the GMDF, which is the Greater Manchester Drama Federation.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Who was up against you? Vanessa Redgrave? Judi Dench?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I think Judi was in one of them, but...
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Let's have an example of your superb acting skills.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55Last year, I was in a play where I had to get a Geordie accent, which I struggled with,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58until I got one line which was...
0:13:58 > 0:14:02"Never be ashamed of your dreams, pet, or your beliefs.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05"Sometimes it's the only thing you can depend on."
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- Yes.- Yes.- Why Andy? - Andy got two questions wrong.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13- What do you do, Judith?- An admin manager.- What sort of admin?
0:14:14 > 0:14:22I have a team of seven and we support events and meetings and conferences.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Yes. What area of commerce is it?
0:14:25 > 0:14:30- It's in the IT industry. - Do you think you put the glamour back in IT?
0:14:30 > 0:14:36- I don't think there is any glamour in IT.- If there was, would you put it back in?- I don't think so, no.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41- Why's that?- I think there's more glamorous people about.- You don't(?) - Such as you.
0:14:41 > 0:14:47- Why Andy?- Andy, sadly, got two wrong.- Andy, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:55 > 0:15:02The way I'd assess my experience and what I've achieved today would be I do know more general knowledge.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06It was just two questions I didn't know. That's the way it is.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13Round 3. In the bank, £1,450. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18We'll start with the strongest link. That's Granddad Mike. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Start the clock.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25In alcoholic drinks, what G is the English name of the spirit flavoured with juniper
0:15:25 > 0:15:30that originated in the Netherlands where it was sold as a medicine?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- Gin.- Correct.
0:15:32 > 0:15:38In the Book of Genesis, the two cities that were destroyed due to the wickedness of their inhabitants
0:15:38 > 0:15:40were Gomorrah and which other?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- Jerusalem.- Sodom.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49In a colloquial term, people who express their emotions through physical contact are "touchy" what?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Feely.- Correct.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57In 1995, in the so-called Battle of the Bands between Blur and Oasis,
0:15:57 > 0:16:01which song became a UK No.1 single? Country House or Roll With It?
0:16:01 > 0:16:06- Country House.- Correct. The name of which class of warriors is derived
0:16:06 > 0:16:09from the Japanese for "those who serve"?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Samurai.- Correct.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16In medicine, what "I" is the term for the chronic inability to sleep adequately?
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- Insomnia.- Correct.- Bank!- In film,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23which famous American actor born in 1899 was nicknamed Bogie?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- Pass.- Humphrey Bogart.
0:16:26 > 0:16:33In handicrafts, a traditional pomander is made by studding an orange with which fragrant spice?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Pass.- Cloves.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41In tennis, the sportsman who in 1975 became the first black player
0:16:41 > 0:16:45to win the Wimbledon men's singles title was Arthur who?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- Pass.- Ashe.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52In TV, the Four Yorkshiremen, the Spanish Inquisition and the Lumberjack Song
0:16:52 > 0:16:55are well-known sketches by which comedy team?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- Monty Python.- Correct.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01In cookery, the metal receptacle known as a preserving pan
0:17:01 > 0:17:05is primarily used to make which foodstuff? Jam or peanut butter?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- Jam.- Correct.
0:17:08 > 0:17:14In pop music, the Abba tribute band formed in Australia in 1988 is called Bjorn what?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Again.- Correct.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21- Bank!- The board in a classroom that is written on by teachers using marker pens
0:17:21 > 0:17:23is named after which colour?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- White.- Correct. In footballers' memoirs,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30what is the surname of the Arsenal and England striker
0:17:30 > 0:17:36whose 2011 autobiography was entitled Theo: Growing Up Fast?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Vinnie Jones.- Walcott.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43In Roman history, what E was the senior office
0:17:43 > 0:17:47of which Augustus and Tiberius were the first two holders?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- Emperor.- Correct.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52In the animal kingdom,
0:17:52 > 0:17:58the anatomical feature of primates allowing them to grasp objects with their hands is the opposable what?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- Thumb.- Correct.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Time's up.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07You won £300.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Who thinks pole-dancing is an Eskimos' disco?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Whose car probably has "go thicker" stripes?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Choose between the nervous and the stupid.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:20 > 0:18:26As the only player to get all their answers wrong, Judith is the weakest link.
0:18:26 > 0:18:32The statistics show that Paul is the strongest link, but will the votes follow the facts?
0:18:33 > 0:18:38Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Judith.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Jen.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Jen.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Jen.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Judy.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Paul.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Jen.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- What do you do, Nik?- I'm a ground maintenance operative, Anne.- Are you?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- Are you a gardener? - It's one of my jobs, yes.- Yes.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- Where do you do that? - In the borough of Rugby.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- Who are you working for? - The council.- Yeah.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Is your job to make Rugby beautiful?
0:19:14 > 0:19:19We have won the Britain in Bloom this year. We got the gold star.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22And do you do the roundabouts in Rugby?
0:19:22 > 0:19:27- We do, Anne, yes.- So what's in the roundabouts, what sort of plants?
0:19:27 > 0:19:31All sorts. Herbaceous plants, summer plants, winter planting.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Why don't you put plants in there that like petrol fumes?
0:19:34 > 0:19:39They do. They survive very well. There's a lot of traffic that runs through Rugby.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43That's why I'm puzzled how you make it beautiful.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46We are professional and we know what we're doing.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51But if you put plastic plants in the roundabouts, you could just hose them down.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54That's a no-no. That's cheating.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Yeah, but it would be cheaper.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- No, I believe plastic plants are more expensive.- Are they?
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- Why Jen?- I do believe she was the weakest link.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06She got two questions wrong.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10So, Bren, this search for a witty, good-looking...
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- Intelligent.- Rich... - No, he doesn't need to be rich.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- You've got a few bob yourself? - I've got enough.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22You're looking in Oldham and Cheadle Hulme, are you?
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- Yes. I do an occasional internet search as well.- Do you?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- What site do you go on? - I'm on Dating Direct.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Then there's another one that's really good called Senior Friend Finder.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39- It's not that good cos you haven't found anyone.- I found a couple, but we didn't get on.- What happened?
0:20:39 > 0:20:43They just weren't as they described themselves.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- One of them had a wooden leg and he never mentioned it.- No.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50And how do you describe yourself?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52"Not quite desperate."
0:20:52 > 0:20:57- Why Jen?- Unfortunately, she got two questions wrong.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Jen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:21:05 > 0:21:11I voted for Judith who turned out to be the weakest link and I'm annoyed that everyone else didn't spot that
0:21:11 > 0:21:15and I got voted off, even though I wasn't the weakest link.
0:21:17 > 0:21:23Round 4. In the bank, £1,750. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:21:23 > 0:21:29We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Paul. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Start the clock.
0:21:31 > 0:21:38At a children's party, which word can precede chairs, bumps and statues for three well-known games?
0:21:38 > 0:21:45- Musical.- Correct. In electrical shops, which is more likely to be classed as white goods -
0:21:45 > 0:21:47a radio or a refrigerator?
0:21:47 > 0:21:53- Refrigerator.- Correct. In sport, in the name of London-based rugby union and rugby league teams,
0:21:53 > 0:21:57- the abbreviation Quins is short for which word?- Pass.
0:21:57 > 0:22:04Harlequins. In food, the pub dish originally served in a wickerwork container is chicken in a...?
0:22:04 > 0:22:10- Basket.- Correct. In geography, the two African countries with names in English that rhyme
0:22:10 > 0:22:16and differ only in their respective initial letters are Gambia and which other?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- Zambia.- Correct.
0:22:21 > 0:22:28In literature, the female author born Howard Allen O'Brien in New Orleans in 1941
0:22:28 > 0:22:33and best know for creating the vampire Lestat is Anne who?
0:22:33 > 0:22:39- Hathaway.- Rice. In former times, a woman in domestic service known as a scullery maid
0:22:39 > 0:22:43was mainly employed as a kitchen cleaner or swimming coach?
0:22:43 > 0:22:49- Kitchen cleaner.- Correct. What's the full name of the cartoon character who wears a sombrero
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- and claims to be the fastest mouse in all Mexico?- Mickey Mouse?
0:22:53 > 0:22:59Speedy Gonzales. In business, if there is a sudden reduction in the demand for a commodity,
0:22:59 > 0:23:01the bottom has fallen out of the...?
0:23:01 > 0:23:08- Market.- Correct. In medicine, what P is the name for the liquid part of human blood stored by hospitals
0:23:08 > 0:23:10for use in transfusions?
0:23:10 > 0:23:15- Plasma.- Correct.- Bank!- In US politics, the Republican who served
0:23:15 > 0:23:21as Vice President under George W Bush between 2001 and 2009 is Dick who?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- Tracy.- Cheney.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30In counting downwards, which whole number immediately follows 24?
0:23:30 > 0:23:36- 23.- Correct. In musical instruments, a harmonica is also known as a mouth what?
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- Organ.- Correct. In cinema, the title of which 1994 film
0:23:40 > 0:23:45directed by Quentin Tarantino is a term for novels printed on cheap paper?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- Pass.- Pulp Fiction.
0:23:48 > 0:23:54In jewellery, delicate ornamental work made from an intricate arrangement of wires is known
0:23:54 > 0:23:56as filigree or filibuster?
0:23:56 > 0:24:01- Filigree.- Correct. In geography, the region in Central America known as the...
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Time's up. You only won £50. Whose fault was that?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Who's the double dip dipstick?
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Who's a no-hoper? Who needs to go? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22Having answered the most questions correctly, Paul is the strongest link.
0:24:22 > 0:24:28Statistically, Judith remains the weakest link, but whose game is over?
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Judith.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Judith.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Judith.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Mike.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Bren.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Judith.
0:24:47 > 0:24:53So, Fraser, when you were a little boy, did you always want to be a car park attendant?
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- I wanted to be a dustbin man. - Did you?- Yeah.
0:24:57 > 0:25:03- And what brought you to the career change?- It's just one of those things I stumbled upon.
0:25:03 > 0:25:10- Is your car park multi-storey? - Yeah, two storeys.- Only two? - Two storeys. Underground.
0:25:10 > 0:25:17- Underground?- Yeah. - And what are the most annoying kind of people who park in there?
0:25:17 > 0:25:22- Em, customers who don't like to pay. - Yes. And after them?
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Have you always been quick thinking?
0:25:28 > 0:25:32No, I'm... I like to take my time, Anne.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Do you?- Yeah. - Over everything?- Absolutely.
0:25:35 > 0:25:41- Have you got a girlfriend?- Yes. - What's she called?- Charlotte. - And what does she do?
0:25:41 > 0:25:46- She's an area retail manager. - Yeah. Don't rush at it.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51- You're making me nervous, Anne. - Why?- You're very imposing.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56- Do you think?- Yeah.- What else do you think?- You're quite good looking. - Only quite?
0:25:56 > 0:26:01- I don't want to overstep the mark. We've not known each other long. - Why Judith?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I think she got three questions wrong.
0:26:04 > 0:26:12- Mike, are you looking for love? - No.- What a shame. You could tie up with canary Bren.
0:26:12 > 0:26:19- Are you witty and amusing? - I certainly am.- But your hobbies are trainspotting and stamp collecting.
0:26:19 > 0:26:26- But to know me is to love me. - Why Judith?- Unfortunately, I think Judith was the weakest link.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Judith, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38Being voted off the Weakest Link in Round Four is great.
0:26:38 > 0:26:45It's further than I had hoped for so I'm quite happy and have gone away with a fantastic day
0:26:45 > 0:26:48and experience to think back on.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Round 5 and you've reached £1,800. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58We'll start with the strongest link. That's Paul.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07According to words sung by Christine in the Lloyd Webber musical,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10the Phantom of the Opera "is there inside my..." what?
0:27:10 > 0:27:17- Mind.- Correct. In cricket, which county plays home matches at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street?
0:27:17 > 0:27:25- Durham.- Correct. In TV, what B is the eight-letter term for a brief programme that summarises the news?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- Broadcast.- Bulletin.
0:27:28 > 0:27:34In the animal kingdom, the name of which bird is also a verb that means to make the sound of a cock?
0:27:34 > 0:27:41- A crow.- Correct. The actress daughter of the frontman of the US rock group Aerosmith
0:27:41 > 0:27:45who starred in the Lord of the Rings series of films is Liv who?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Tyler.- Correct. - Bank!
0:27:48 > 0:27:54A cake that consists of two shallow layers of sponge with a filling a jam is named after which monarch?
0:27:54 > 0:28:01- Victoria.- I'll accept. In art, the British painter born in Dublin in 1909 with the surname Bacon,
0:28:01 > 0:28:06- known for his distorted images of the crucifixion, had what first name?- Pass.
0:28:06 > 0:28:13Francis. In computing, a common type of portable data storage device is a flash car or a flash drive?
0:28:13 > 0:28:20- Flash drive.- Correct. In political quotations, which British Prime Minister said in 1960
0:28:20 > 0:28:24that a wind of change was blowing through Africa?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Margaret Thatcher?- Harold Macmillan.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31In optical instruments, because they're designed for use outdoors,
0:28:31 > 0:28:35- binoculars are often known as what glasses?- Spy.
0:28:35 > 0:28:42Field. In pop music, in the stage name of Jermaine Scott, who had a UK number one single in 2011
0:28:42 > 0:28:46with Don't Go, which word goes before the numbers 32?
0:28:47 > 0:28:49- One.- Wretch.
0:28:49 > 0:28:57In sporting history, between 1900 and 1920 which pulling contest for two teams was an Olympic event?
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- Tug of war.- Correct. - Bank!
0:29:01 > 0:29:04What H was the maiden name of Anne, the wife of Shakespeare?
0:29:04 > 0:29:08- Hathaway.- Correct. In crime, at Heathrow Airport in 1983,
0:29:08 > 0:29:14£25 million-worth of which precious metal was stolen from the Brinks Mat warehouse?
0:29:14 > 0:29:20- Gold.- Correct.- Bank. - In fungi, the soft blades on the underside of a mushroom cap
0:29:20 > 0:29:22from where its spores...
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Time's up. You won £120.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32Who's the looter in the charity shop? Who's losing you money?
0:29:32 > 0:29:36Who needs to go? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42According to the statistics, Paul is still the strongest link.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46The weakest link is Fraser, but will the other players realise that?
0:29:48 > 0:29:52Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Fraser.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Mike.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Nik.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Nik.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Fraser.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08We have a tie, team. Fraser and Nik, two votes each.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- Nik, why Fraser?- We both got a question wrong, but I banked.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17- Fraser, why Nik? - Er, Nik got a question wrong.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22- The strongest link was Paul. He gets to decide. Why Nik?- Nik stuck in my mind
0:30:22 > 0:30:25- for getting one wrong. - Not his moustache?- No.
0:30:25 > 0:30:31- Do you want to stick with Nik or move to Fraser?- I'm going to stick with my original Nik.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Nik, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46The highlight today was meeting Anne and having one-to-one banter with her
0:30:46 > 0:30:51and then taking the Walk of Shame, turning my head, smiling and winking.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58Round Six. In the bank, £1,920.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06We'll start with Paul. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Start the clock.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14In TV, in the US legal drama series entitled Damages, first shown in the UK in 2008,
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- the lawyer Patty Hewes is played by which actress?- Pass.
0:31:18 > 0:31:24Glenn Close. In a standard set of dominoes, the highest-value tile has a total of how many pips?
0:31:24 > 0:31:32- 12.- Correct. In celebrities, the former glamour model who, in 2011, made headlines with her new physique
0:31:32 > 0:31:36after training as a bodybuilder is Jodie who?
0:31:37 > 0:31:43- Marsh?- Correct. In the animal kingdom, if nocturnal refers to a creature that's active at night,
0:31:43 > 0:31:48- what D is the term for one active during the day?- Dayturnal?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50No, diurnal.
0:31:50 > 0:31:56In a poem by Rudyard Kipling, the points of the compass of which it's said never the twain shall meet
0:31:56 > 0:31:59are east and which other?
0:31:59 > 0:32:05- West.- Correct. In film, David Bradley played a boy from a council estate who rears a bird of prey
0:32:05 > 0:32:08in which 1969 drama?
0:32:08 > 0:32:15- Kes.- Correct.- Bank.- In the Spanish Civil War, General Franco led the Republicans or the Nationalists?
0:32:16 > 0:32:22- The Nationalists.- Correct. In faiths, the religious text first published in English in 1830
0:32:22 > 0:32:27that is officially subtitled Another Testament of Jesus Christ is the Book of what?
0:32:27 > 0:32:34- Testament.- Mormon. In singing, what B is a male voice range higher than bass and lower than tenor?
0:32:34 > 0:32:41- Baritone.- Correct. In TV, in 1974 Jon Pertwee was succeeded as the lead character in Doctor Who
0:32:41 > 0:32:43by which actor?
0:32:44 > 0:32:46- Pass.- Tom Baker.
0:32:46 > 0:32:52In literature, the US author Ambrose Bierce wrote a volume of satirical definitions known by what title -
0:32:52 > 0:32:56The Angel's Atlas or The Devil's Dictionary?
0:32:56 > 0:33:01- The Angel's Atlas.- The Devil's Dictionary. In vocabulary,
0:33:01 > 0:33:07which four-letter word for pass the tongue over in order to taste is used in jazz for a short motif?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09- Flip?- Lick.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14In European geography, Majorca is the largest island in which group?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- The Balearics.- Correct.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19- Bank.- In household...
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Time's up. You won £70.
0:33:23 > 0:33:28So... is Bren now looking desperate?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Should Fraser be parked?
0:33:31 > 0:33:37Will it be the wheels on the bus home for Paul? Or is it the end of your interest in Mike?
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45With no correct answers, Fraser is still the weakest link.
0:33:45 > 0:33:51Statistically, Paul is still the strongest link, but how will the votes go?
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Fraser.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Mike.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Fraser.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Fraser.
0:34:08 > 0:34:14- Paul, why Fraser? - He's had a couple of bad rounds and it's costing us money.- Is it?
0:34:14 > 0:34:20- Bren, he's your best option. - I know, but he does live a long way away.
0:34:20 > 0:34:26- And he is only half my age. - At least.- Hm.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- Why are you getting rid of him? - I did think he had the worst round.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34Fraser, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43The main reasons for me coming on the Weakest Link were my friends challenging me
0:34:43 > 0:34:48and telling me I'd be no good at it, so I thought I'd prove I am.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51There you go. I made it to Round Six and really showed them.
0:34:53 > 0:34:59Round Seven. In the bank, £1,990. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03We'll start with Paul. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Start the clock.
0:35:06 > 0:35:12In nature, wines and cordials can be made from the flowers and which other parts of the elder tree?
0:35:13 > 0:35:15- Pass.- Berries.
0:35:15 > 0:35:22In pop music, Lana Del Rey had a UK hit single in 2011 with what title - Board Games or Video Games?
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- Board Games.- Video Games.
0:35:25 > 0:35:31In science, the initials of the body called the IPCC that monitors greenhouse gas emissions
0:35:31 > 0:35:34stand for the Inter-governmental Panel on what?
0:35:36 > 0:35:38- Pass.- Climate Change.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43In money, the zloty is the national currency of which European country?
0:35:43 > 0:35:50- Poland.- Correct. In leisure, Mick the Miller and Ballyregan Bob were famous names in which sport?
0:35:50 > 0:35:56- Greyhound racing.- Correct. In geography, what T is the general term for the rocky outcrops
0:35:56 > 0:35:59on many high points across Dartmoor?
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- Sorry, pass.- Tors.
0:36:03 > 0:36:08In TV, the Brookside character Beth Jordache, who rose to prominence
0:36:08 > 0:36:13after being involved in a pre-watershed lesbian kiss, was played by Anna who?
0:36:13 > 0:36:19- Friel.- Correct. Which word for a person who believes that it is impossible to know if God exists
0:36:19 > 0:36:24was coined in 1869 by the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley?
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- Atheist.- Agnostic.
0:36:27 > 0:36:33In British customs, the 29th May, known as Oak Apple Day, marks the anniversary
0:36:33 > 0:36:37- of the restoration to the throne of which king?- Charles II.- Correct.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- Bank!- In art, there are believed to be in existence more than 40 self-portraits
0:36:42 > 0:36:46by which 17th-century Dutch painter - Rembrandt or Vermeer?
0:36:46 > 0:36:53- Rembrandt.- Correct. In cinema, the US actress who made her screen debut aged 9 in 1990's Mermaids
0:36:53 > 0:36:58and starred in The Addams Family a year later is Christina who?
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- Pass.- Ricci.
0:37:01 > 0:37:06In UK geography, what H is the name of...
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Time's up. You only won £20.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:37:14 > 0:37:20Think carefully. You need to hang on to the best player to raise the bank balance.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28For the fifth time in the game, Paul is the strongest link.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33Mike is, statistically, the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?
0:37:35 > 0:37:40Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Mike.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Mike.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Paul.
0:37:49 > 0:37:55- Paul, why Mike? - He got a couple wrong, but I think we were as bad as each other.
0:37:55 > 0:38:00Bren, he train spots and collects stamps. Not your cup of tea?
0:38:00 > 0:38:05- He's not looking for love, Anne. - No. He's not a great looker, anyway.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Pass.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- Why Mike? - I think he was the worst player.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16Just. Mike, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:21 > 0:38:27Of my fellow contestants, if the intelligence part of their brain was made of dynamite,
0:38:27 > 0:38:29they couldn't blow their hats off!
0:38:31 > 0:38:37Round Eight and you're up to £2,010. In this round, 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:37 > 0:38:44We'll start with the strongest link. That's Paul. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:38:44 > 0:38:51In pop music, Antidotes in 2008 and Total Life Forever in 2010 were UK hit albums for which British group
0:38:51 > 0:38:55whose name is a word for new-born horses?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- Pony.- Foals.
0:38:57 > 0:39:03In calculating the area of land, which unit of measurement is smaller - an acre or a hectare?
0:39:03 > 0:39:10- An acre.- Correct. In newspapers, who is the Basset hound regularly featured in a Daily Mail cartoon?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- Bertie.- Fred.
0:39:12 > 0:39:19The US-born propagandist nicknamed Lord Haw Haw, whose wartime radio broadcasts were deemed treasonous,
0:39:19 > 0:39:22was William who?
0:39:22 > 0:39:28- Pass.- Joyce. In literature, what I is the title of the 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott
0:39:28 > 0:39:31in which a crusader courts the Lady Rowena?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- Iolanthe.- Ivanhoe.
0:39:34 > 0:39:40In Last of the Summer Wine, the character played by Kathy Staff was called Nora what?
0:39:40 > 0:39:47- Batty.- Correct.- Bank.- Which of these words means pertaining to the USA - Wayside or Stateside?
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- Stateside.- Correct.- Bank! - On a 24-hour digital clock,
0:39:51 > 0:39:5410pm is represented by what number?
0:39:55 > 0:40:01- 18.- 22. In mythology, spelling the name of the Egyptian canal port of Suez backwards
0:40:01 > 0:40:03gives that of which Greek god?
0:40:03 > 0:40:08- Zeus.- Correct.- Bank!- In zoology, what P is a term for the trunk of an elephant
0:40:08 > 0:40:12- and also the coiled feeding organ of butterflies and moths?- Pass.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Proboscis.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Time's up. You won £60.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21We will treble that.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25It gives you prize money today of:
0:40:25 > 0:40:31There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, sudden death.
0:40:31 > 0:40:37Bren and Paul, for £2,190, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:39 > 0:40:46- Bren, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first. - I'd like to go first, please.
0:40:51 > 0:40:58In which 1953 play by Arthur Miller does John Proctor admit to an affair with Abigail Williams
0:40:58 > 0:41:03in an attempt to discredit her accusation that his wife is a witch?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- Death of a Salesman?- The Crucible.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13In marine life, which three-letter word meaning to touch lightly and quickly
0:41:13 > 0:41:16is also the name of a type of flat fish?
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- Skate. - The correct answer is dab.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28At the World Athletics Championships in South Korea in 2011,
0:41:28 > 0:41:32the men's relay team from which Caribbean country
0:41:32 > 0:41:37broke its own world record in winning the 4x100 metres event?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- Jamaica.- That is correct.
0:41:40 > 0:41:46In chemistry, the elements in the Periodic Table known as transuranic
0:41:46 > 0:41:52are so-called because they have a higher atomic number than which other?
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- Pass. - The correct answer is uranium.
0:41:55 > 0:42:00In TV, which British series first broadcast in the 1960s
0:42:00 > 0:42:05was shown in France under a title that translates literally
0:42:05 > 0:42:09as Bowler Hat and Leather Boots?
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- Oh, The Avengers! - That is the correct answer.
0:42:12 > 0:42:20In music, the line, "I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm," from a 1970s song by Joni Mitchell,
0:42:20 > 0:42:26refers to which festival that had taken place the previous year in New York State?
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- Woodstock.- That is correct.
0:42:29 > 0:42:35Which Baptist preacher had the inspiration for a travel business in 1841
0:42:35 > 0:42:43after arranging a railway excursion to Loughborough to deter people from drinking and gambling?
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- Thomas Cook.- That is correct.
0:42:46 > 0:42:54In film, the journalist Bob Woodward and fictional characters Jay Gatsby and Henry Brubaker
0:42:54 > 0:42:58are among the roles to have been played by which American actor?
0:42:59 > 0:43:03- Robert Redford. - That is the correct answer.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07In Middle Eastern geography, which major city in modern-day Israel
0:43:07 > 0:43:12was founded in 1909, next to the ancient port of Jaffa?
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- Tel Aviv?- That is correct.
0:43:17 > 0:43:23That means, Bren, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:23 > 0:43:25Thank you!
0:43:25 > 0:43:27Paul, you leave with nothing.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:32 > 0:43:37I've had a fantastic day and that does make up for not winning the money.
0:43:37 > 0:43:44It's been a thoroughly excellent experience and one I don't think I'll ever get the chance to repeat.
0:43:44 > 0:43:49The emotions that run through you when you win were just amazement,
0:43:49 > 0:43:53just a fantastic feeling of achievement,
0:43:53 > 0:43:56but basically just...wow!
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