0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Only one will win up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 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.
0:00:32 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to win they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,
0:00:48 > 0:00:54we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00I'm John, I'm 54, from Holmfirth, and I'm a police sergeant.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07I'm Marcia, I'm 46, from Bracknell and I'm a town planner.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13I'm Gerry, I'm 66, from Peterborough and I'm a part-time postman.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20I'm Jodie, I'm 20, from Norfolk, and I'm a student studying sports tourism.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26I'm Ian, I'm 47, from Blackpool, and I'm a plumber.
0:01:27 > 0:01:33I'm Margaret, 55, from Buckie in Banffshire and I'm a voluntary classroom helper.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39I'm Rob, I'm 22, from Wallasey on the Wirral, and I'm a barman.
0:01:40 > 0:01:46I'm Pauline, I'm 67, from Kent, and I'm a retired butcher and fishmonger.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52I'm Martin, 33, I live in Lambeth, and I'm a doctor.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58OK, just to remind you. In each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:02:02 > 0:02:09Break the chain, you lose the money in it. Say "Bank!" before the question and the money is safe.
0:02:09 > 0:02:16Round 1. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20That's you, Gerry. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29In time measurement, how many days in one week?
0:02:29 > 0:02:36- Seven.- Correct. In the nursery rhyme "It's raining, it's pouring", the old man bumped his what?
0:02:36 > 0:02:44- Head.- Correct. In pet care, a kitten that is house-trained uses a litter tray or a litter bin?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- A litter tray.- Correct.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52Sweden is a country in the northern part of which continent?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- Scandinavia.- Even Europe.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00In titles, what is the masculine form of the term Empress?
0:03:00 > 0:03:08- Emperor.- Correct. In ventriloquism, when a dummy says the phrase, "Gottle of geer,"
0:03:08 > 0:03:11which letter has been mispronounced?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- G.- B!
0:03:13 > 0:03:20In food, eating horseradish, chillies or mustard results in which taste - hot or salty?
0:03:21 > 0:03:28- Hot.- Correct. In superstition, which word meaning wealth or luck goes before "teller"
0:03:28 > 0:03:32for a person who makes predictions about the future?
0:03:32 > 0:03:39- Fortune.- Correct. In tennis, when starting to serve, a player throws which object in the air?
0:03:39 > 0:03:45- A ball.- Correct. In English legend, what is the usual two-word name
0:03:45 > 0:03:50for the Medieval outlaw sometimes known as Robin of Locksley?
0:03:50 > 0:03:57- Robin Hood.- Correct.- Bank. - In photography, what C is the general term for pictures
0:03:57 > 0:03:59not produced in black and white?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Colour.- Correct. In outdoor clothing,
0:04:02 > 0:04:07the thick padded items of footwear worn in cold weather are moon what?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Boots.- Correct. In the UK in the 1960s,
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Panda Car was a nickname for a vehicle used by which service?
0:04:15 > 0:04:21- Police.- Correct. In colloquial English, someone who affects pretentiously posh manners
0:04:21 > 0:04:25is described by the three-word term, "lah-de..." what?
0:04:25 > 0:04:30- Dah.- Correct. In nature, most birds build their nests with Tarmac or twigs?
0:04:30 > 0:04:36- Twigs.- Correct. In maths, what is 100 minus 92?
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- 8.- Correct. In pastimes, what H is the name
0:04:41 > 0:04:47of a children's game that culminates in a correct guess or a complete depiction of a person on a gallows?
0:04:47 > 0:04:54- Hangman.- Correct. In landmarks, the Roman fortification built in northern England
0:04:54 > 0:04:56is called Hadrian's what?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Wall.- Correct.- Bank!
0:05:00 > 0:05:06Time's up. You've reached and banked your £1,000 target. It took you a bit of time!
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Whose fault is that?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Who's the club-class clown?
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Who's an executive idiot? Who needs to go?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24According to the statistics, Gerry is the strongest link.
0:05:24 > 0:05:31Margaret is the weakest link, but who will be the first to take the Walk of Shame?
0:05:31 > 0:05:37Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Pauline.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Pauline.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Margaret.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Pauline.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Pauline.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Pauline.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Margaret.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Margaret.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Margaret.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08- What do you do, Marcia? - I'm a town planner.- Who for? - Wokingham Borough Council.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Oh, Wokingham was planned, was it?
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- Yes.- Really? And what do you specialise in?
0:06:18 > 0:06:22- Em, housing developments. - Because you've got good taste?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Yes.- Just put your board down.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Go over towards Gerry.
0:06:31 > 0:06:38Just for clarity here, YOU are making decisions on taste in Wokingham?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Yes.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42That's good taste, is it?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Pop yourself up again. Put your board up.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55And I suppose you're a complete authority on architecture?
0:06:55 > 0:07:02- I know a little bit about it. - And you're in charge of planning? Fabulous(!)
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- Why Pauline? - She got one wrong.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- What do you do, Ian?- I'm a plumber. - Where do you do that?- Blackpool.
0:07:10 > 0:07:17- In Blackpool, can you be a plumber of you haven't got horrible tattoos all up you?- Yes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22- Really? - The main thing is to be able to go, "Ohhh," when people ask the price.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Really? So what's the price, Ian? - Ohhh.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- What does that indicate?- It means I'll need to think about it.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35Put your board down. Move towards Jodie. Not too close.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Hold out your arms.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- Is that it?- No, I've got a few more.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46If you pull up your shirt, what is there?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49That.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52So disgusting. Put it down again.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Move back.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Are you married? Put your board up.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- Second time, Anne.- And the tongue out there, was that for the first one?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05No, I've got another one for her.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09- Why Pauline? - Em, she got one wrong
0:08:09 > 0:08:12and she's got a long way to go back.
0:08:12 > 0:08:18- What do you do, Jodie? - I'm a student.- Studying what? - Sports tourism.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24- Have you learnt how to go on holiday with a footballer yet? - In the process.- Yes.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- What's your ambition? To marry a footballer?- No!
0:08:28 > 0:08:35- So what's your ambition? - To be successful and have lots of money and a big house, nice car.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40- How are you going to do that? With sports tourism?- Get a good job.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42As what?
0:08:42 > 0:08:47Em, an events co-ordinator or something in sports development.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- So who are the extensions for? - For me.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55- Not your boyfriend?- I don't have a boyfriend.- Have you ever had one?
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- I have.- What happened to the last boyfriend?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- He cheated on me.- He didn't!
0:09:02 > 0:09:07- With your best friend?- Yeah.- Really? You're totally trained to be a WAG!
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Yeah!
0:09:09 > 0:09:16- Why Pauline?- I think Pauline and Margaret both got one wrong, but Pauline's name's shorter.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Pauline, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Being on the Weakest Link was a really great experience.
0:09:33 > 0:09:39Somebody had to go first. I made the mistake and it's me, but it was well worth it.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46Round 2. £1,000 in the bank. We're now taking 10 seconds off your time.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51We'll start with the strongest link. Gerry. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Start the clock.
0:09:53 > 0:09:59In novelty records, Ernie, the subject of a UK number one by Benny Hill in 1971,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01had what occupation?
0:10:01 > 0:10:08- Milkman.- Correct. In bodybuilding, a six-pack refers to muscles in which part of the body -
0:10:08 > 0:10:10the abdomen or the thighs?
0:10:10 > 0:10:17- Abdomen.- Correct. In 20th century literature, Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man was the first novel
0:10:17 > 0:10:19of the Irish writer James who?
0:10:19 > 0:10:25- Pass.- Joyce. In fabrics, what P is a name for cloth with a tartan pattern?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Plaid.- I'll accept that.
0:10:28 > 0:10:35In food, which word for a mixed drink follows prawn and fruit to make a starter and a dessert?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- Cocktail.- Correct. In gatherings,
0:10:38 > 0:10:44jamborees are traditionally attended by members of the Mafia or the Scouts?
0:10:44 > 0:10:50- Scouts.- Correct. In US politics, which high office of state was held by Gerald Ford and Harry S Truman
0:10:50 > 0:10:54but not by Bill Clinton or George W Bush?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- President.- Vice President.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07In pop music, which boy band had UK hit singles in the 1990s entitled Everybody Get Up
0:11:07 > 0:11:10and Keep On Moving?
0:11:10 > 0:11:15- Pass.- Five. In school discipline, what D is the usual name
0:11:15 > 0:11:20for the punishment whereby a pupil is kept late on the premises?
0:11:20 > 0:11:26- Detention.- Correct. In geography, the River Douro forms part of the boundary between Portugal
0:11:26 > 0:11:28and which other country?
0:11:28 > 0:11:35- Spain.- Correct. In TV, on Countdown, a maths graduate called Rachel Riley took over in 2009
0:11:35 > 0:11:39as the replacement for which personality?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Susie Dent?- Carol Vorderman.
0:11:42 > 0:11:49In the conventional sense of the word, dead-heading is carried out at a doctor's or in a garden?
0:11:49 > 0:11:57- Gardening.- Correct.- Bank. - In English football, the year 1871 marked the start of which trophy?
0:11:57 > 0:12:03- The FA Cup.- Correct. In finance, what I is the name given to the charge paid by a borrower
0:12:03 > 0:12:05to a lender for a loan of money?
0:12:05 > 0:12:11- Interest.- Correct. In film, the 2003 comedy-drama written and directed by Richard Curtis
0:12:11 > 0:12:15in which Bill Nighy plays an ageing rock star is Love what?
0:12:15 > 0:12:22- Actually.- Correct.- Bank. - In the Soviet Union, until 1991 the Committee for State Security
0:12:22 > 0:12:24was known by what three letters?
0:12:24 > 0:12:30- KGB.- Correct. Since the 18th century, a classified list of which form of transport
0:12:30 > 0:12:33is at Lloyds - bicycles or ships?
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- Ships.- Correct. In expressions, which word precedes shaven
0:12:37 > 0:12:42to mean having no hair on the lower face?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- Clean.- Correct.- Bank!
0:12:45 > 0:12:51Time's up! That was the correct answer and your bank was in time. You won £220.
0:12:51 > 0:12:58Who's the Encyclopaedia Britannica and who's the Little Britain?
0:12:58 > 0:13:04Who's top of the food chain and who's the bottom feeder? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10With all his answers wrong, Ian is the weakest link.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15The strongest link, statistically, is Jodie, but will the team notice that?
0:13:17 > 0:13:23Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Ian.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Ian.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Ian.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Marcia.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Marcia.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Ian.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Ian.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42John.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49- What do you do, Rob?- I work in a bar.- It's what you always wanted?
0:13:49 > 0:13:55- No, but it pays the bills for now. - Let me guess. You've got a perfectly good university degree.
0:13:55 > 0:14:02- And you can't be bothered to get a proper job.- You read me like a book.- What did we pay for?
0:14:02 > 0:14:08- English and Drama. - Is there nothing you learnt there that will provide a job for you?
0:14:08 > 0:14:13There is. I'm looking to go into writing, acting.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18- You can audition now.- Right. - Put your board down.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- Move over.- This way? That way? - This way.
0:14:22 > 0:14:28- I only work on direction.- What are you doing?- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.- Who are you?
0:14:28 > 0:14:32I was McMurphy, the part Jack Nicholson played.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35This is Rob being Jack Nicholson.
0:14:35 > 0:14:41I don't have to do this and I don't have to do that! Get away from me with that thermometer, Sam!
0:14:41 > 0:14:47See, you don't have to talk Liverpudlian, do you? Move back. Put your board up.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- Why Ian?- The Carol Vorderman one.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55- Gerry, what do you do?- I'm a part-time postman.- Delivering mail?
0:14:55 > 0:15:00Not any more. I did for 30 years, but I work inside now.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- I'm a cutter and tipper. - And what does that mean?
0:15:05 > 0:15:12- I take mail bags off of a container. - Yes.- Cut 'em, tip them out onto a table.
0:15:12 > 0:15:19- That's how all the fragile things break?- No, I'm very careful. I tip them out on the table.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24- Do you still get up early? - No, no, not any more.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- So your missus has you. - I haven't got a missus.- Oh.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- Why haven't you? - I've had missuses.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- How many? - Well, I've had two,
0:15:35 > 0:15:41- I've been engaged a few times... - Two missuses. How many near misses?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Oh, I dunno. Six or seven.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Are you frightened of commitment?
0:15:47 > 0:15:51No, no, no. I don't know why I do it. I just get involved.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Next thing I know, I'm in some jewellery shop.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01- I'm on Mr Ratner's Christmas card list this year!- Why Ian?
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- He did get two questions wrong. - He was the worst player.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Ian, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20When Anne was having banter with me, I did feel she was trying to intimidate me,
0:16:20 > 0:16:25but I don't get intimidated easily. She asked me about my tattoos.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30I've got some that she can't see that I couldn't show her on national TV.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Round 3. In the bank, £1,220. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:16:37 > 0:16:43We'll start with the strongest link. That's Jodie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Start the clock.
0:16:45 > 0:16:51The punk group that had a UK hit single in 1981 entitled Swords of 1,000 Men
0:16:51 > 0:16:53is called Tenpole what?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- Stripe.- Tudor.
0:16:55 > 0:17:01In botany, which Irish national emblem can be any of several three-leafed plants
0:17:01 > 0:17:05including white clover, lesser yellow trefoil and wood-sorrel?
0:17:06 > 0:17:13- Shamrock.- Correct. In international politics, in UNESCO, the letter E stands for which word?
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- Emergency?- Educational.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19In the children's books by Francesca Simon,
0:17:19 > 0:17:24the unbearably well-behaved sibling of Horrid Henry is Perfect who?
0:17:24 > 0:17:31- Patricia.- Peter. In clothing, baseball, dunce's and flat are all styles of which headgear?
0:17:31 > 0:17:38- Cap.- Correct. In wedding customs, the small table gifts given to guests are known by what name -
0:17:38 > 0:17:40promises or favours?
0:17:40 > 0:17:47- Favours.- Correct. On EastEnders, what's the first name of the character who, in 2010,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49confessed to killing Archie?
0:17:49 > 0:17:56- Pass.- Stacey. In food, baked beans, cottage cheese and tuna mayonnaise are traditional fillings
0:17:56 > 0:17:58for a jacket what?
0:17:58 > 0:18:04- Potato.- Correct. In aviation, what A is any company that runs a fleet of planes
0:18:04 > 0:18:08providing scheduled flights for passengers and cargo?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Airways.- Airline.
0:18:11 > 0:18:17Rob, in history, the Wild West outlaw called Harry Longbaugh, who teamed up with Butch Cassidy
0:18:17 > 0:18:20became known by what nickname?
0:18:22 > 0:18:29- The Sundance Kid?- Correct. The seafront promenade in Blackpool is commonly known as the Golden what?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- Mile.- Correct. - Bank!
0:18:32 > 0:18:40The sculpture by Giacometti that set a record price at auction in 2010 is of a man or a duck?
0:18:40 > 0:18:46- A man.- Correct. In pop music, what word meaning consideration or regard is the title
0:18:46 > 0:18:51of a 1967 single by Aretha Franklin that was written by Otis Redding?
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- Respect.- Correct. In national currencies,
0:18:55 > 0:19:00until it was replaced by the euro, the French franc had 100 what?
0:19:00 > 0:19:07- Centimes.- Correct. In golf, what P is the term for the number of strokes a good player should require
0:19:07 > 0:19:09to complete a particular hole?
0:19:09 > 0:19:16- Par.- Correct. Which 1992 film starring Kristy Swanson
0:19:16 > 0:19:21was subsequently made into a TV series with Sarah Michelle Gellar in the title role?
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- Buffy...the Vampire Slayer. - I'll accept.- Bank!
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £350.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35But which dimwit should you dump?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43The statistics reveal that the strongest link is John.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Gerry is the weakest link, but can he survive the vote?
0:19:49 > 0:19:54Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Margaret.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Jodie.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Rob.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Rob.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Rob.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Gerry.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Margaret.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- What do you do, Margaret? - I'm a voluntary classroom helper.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Do you reach the children anything creative?
0:20:21 > 0:20:28- I help them with story writing. - You can write stories?- Not me. I help the children write stories.
0:20:28 > 0:20:35- How can you unless you can write them?- I've a good grasp of the English language.
0:20:35 > 0:20:41- You write poetry?- Yes, I do. - Give me an example. - Come on this show if you dare,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44And be intimidated by that icy stare
0:20:44 > 0:20:48You'll forget everything It goes out of your head
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- I wish to goodness I'd stayed in my bed.- Why Rob?
0:20:52 > 0:20:57Because he's young. He'll get over it.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03- So, Jodie, who's single because her last boyfriend had a one night. - Yeah, just a fling.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Why Rob? - I think he was the weakest link.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Rob, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19To be voted off after the third round is a bit disappointing.
0:21:19 > 0:21:25I thought I'd just done enough with that last bank to save myself, but apparently not.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27As Margaret said, I'll get over it.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Round 4. In the bank, £1,570. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:21:33 > 0:21:39We'll start with the strongest link. That's John. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42In maths, what is 44 plus 17?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- 61.- Correct.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51The 1970s advertising campaign for a brand of vermouth promoted the versatility of the drink
0:21:51 > 0:21:54with the slogan, "Any time, any place, any..." what?
0:21:54 > 0:22:00- Where.- Correct. Which word precedes "up" in the term for the process of powering a clockwork toy
0:22:00 > 0:22:04and "down" for a period of calm after frantic activity?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Wind.- Correct.
0:22:06 > 0:22:12In books, the 1954 autobiography by ME Clifton James about his time impersonating a British army general
0:22:12 > 0:22:15is entitled I Was Monty's what?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- Python.- Double.
0:22:17 > 0:22:23The African nomadic group of hunter-gatherers known as the Bushmen live in which desert?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25The Gibson or the Kalahari?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- Gibson.- Kalahari.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31The fleshy rear part of the roof of the mouth
0:22:31 > 0:22:36that closes off the nasal passages during swallowing is known as the soft what?
0:22:36 > 0:22:43- Palate.- Correct. In a lift, on the buttons indicating the floors, the letter B stands for which word?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- Basement.- Correct.- Bank!
0:22:45 > 0:22:51A type of old-fashioned sweet resembling honeycomb is known as cinder what?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- Toffee.- Correct.
0:22:53 > 0:22:59In the solar system, the constellation known as the Southern Cross has what formal name?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01The Crux or the Redux?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- Crux.- Correct.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09In TV, the 1980s sitcom starring Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis as a couple in an on-off relationship
0:23:09 > 0:23:11was entitled Just Good what?
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Company.- Friends. In weather,
0:23:14 > 0:23:20what H is the measure that has a relative value of 100% when the air is saturated with water vapour?
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Could you repeat the question?
0:23:22 > 0:23:26In weather, what H is the measure that has a relative value of 100%
0:23:26 > 0:23:29when the air is saturated with water vapour?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- Hydrogen.- Humidity.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37In pop music, according to the lyrics of a 2006 UK No.1 single by Lily Allen,
0:23:37 > 0:23:41"At worst, I feel bad for a while, but then I just" what?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Pass.- Smile.
0:23:44 > 0:23:50In cycling, what's the word for the thin rods that radiate from the hub of a wheel to support the rim?
0:23:50 > 0:23:57- Spokes.- Correct. In Christianity, Primate of All England is a title held by the Archbishop of where?
0:23:57 > 0:24:02- Canterbury.- Correct. In the book by Mary Norton, the Borrowers live
0:24:02 > 0:24:05in the guttering or under the floorboards?
0:24:05 > 0:24:10- Under the floorboards.- Correct.- Bank! - Which four-letter word for a delivery...
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Time's up. I can't complete the question. You put in the kitty £150.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Who thinks "pi squared" is two portions of pudding?
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Who thinks "coq au vin" is a bad French truck driver?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Statistically, the weakest link is Margaret.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36The strongest link is Marcia, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:24:37 > 0:24:42Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Jodie.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Jodie.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Jodie.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Margaret.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Jodie.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Jodie.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- What do you do, Martin? - I'm a doctor.
0:25:04 > 0:25:10- Who's missed their appointments today because you're here?- Nobody. - Why not?
0:25:10 > 0:25:17- Because I'm doing some research at the moment.- How long have you been doing that?- About a year and a half.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22So, for the last 18 months, loads of patients haven't been able to see you?
0:25:22 > 0:25:28- Well, I still see patients doing the research.- Do you make them better? - No, because it's research.
0:25:28 > 0:25:34If I come in ill to you, you'll say, "Sorry, can't make you better, you're just here as a guinea pig"?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36No, that's not what I would say.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- Why Jodie?- Because she got the most answers wrong.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- What do you do, John?- I'm a police officer.- What rank?- A sergeant.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50- Are you behind a desk? - No, I'm on the front line.- Is that why you're shouting at me?- Yes.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56- Projecting my voice, so people can understand when I ask them to do something.- Are you keeping control?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Yes, we're regaining control.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01From whom? The baddies?
0:26:01 > 0:26:06We're getting control from the 24-hour drinking that has caused a lot of work for the doctor there.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10So, we're in the middle of Huddersfield?
0:26:10 > 0:26:15- Huddersfield, Batley, Dewsbury. - Let's be in Huddersfield.- OK. - I'm causing a riot.- Yes.
0:26:15 > 0:26:21- What would you say to me?- I'd say, "Can we have the small ginger one arrested to reduce the riot?"
0:26:21 > 0:26:28- Why Jodie?- I enjoyed her answers. "Monty Python" was classic, but she was the weakest link.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Jodie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:26:36 > 0:26:42I was completely unlucky with my questions because they were all completely before my time,
0:26:42 > 0:26:48so I took a guess and the guesses didn't sound quite as silly in my head as when I said them.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55Round 5. Your total is £1,720. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:26:55 > 0:27:01We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Marcia, the town planner.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10In a town or city, a residential street used by drivers as a short cut
0:27:10 > 0:27:13is known by the alliterative term, "rat" what?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- Run.- Correct.
0:27:15 > 0:27:21What "I" is the name of the South American Empire that has its capital Cusco in modern-day Peru?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Inca.- Correct.
0:27:24 > 0:27:30The Oscar-winning actress born in Belgium in 1929 with the surname Ruston
0:27:30 > 0:27:33was known professionally as Audrey who?
0:27:33 > 0:27:38- Hepburn.- Correct. In maths, what is three-quarters of 28?
0:27:38 > 0:27:39- 21.- Correct.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44- Bank!- In clothing, in the terms "fob chain" and "fob watch",
0:27:44 > 0:27:48the word "fob" refers to a pocket or a lapel?
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- A pocket.- Correct. In radio, at the beginning of Listen With Mother,
0:27:52 > 0:27:56the presenter asked the children if they were sitting how?
0:27:56 > 0:28:01- Comfortably.- Correct. What's the title of the painting by Edvard Munch
0:28:01 > 0:28:06in which a figure stands with his mouth open, holding his hands to his head?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- Scream.- Correct.
0:28:08 > 0:28:14What D is the usual name for timber found floating in the sea or washed up on the shore?
0:28:14 > 0:28:19- Debris.- Driftwood. The US blues and rock singer who recorded versions
0:28:19 > 0:28:24of Piece Of My Heart and Ball And Chain in the late 1960s was Janis who?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Jackson.- Joplin.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29In ornithology, in terms of length,
0:28:29 > 0:28:35the wandering albatross of the Southern Ocean holds the record for which parts of the body?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- The wings.- Correct.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42In restaurants, which implements are placed on the tables for the diners
0:28:42 > 0:28:45to use after their meal - toothpicks or cotton buds?
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- Toothpicks.- Correct.- Bank!
0:28:48 > 0:28:51In a phrase derived from fishing used to mean "completely",
0:28:51 > 0:28:54which word is accompanied by "hook" and "sinker"?
0:28:54 > 0:29:02- Line.- Correct. In chemistry, what P is the name of the atomic particle that is identical to a hydrogen ion?
0:29:06 > 0:29:08- Pass.- Proton.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12In literature, the Regeneration trilogy set in the First World War,
0:29:12 > 0:29:16that includes The Ghost Road, was written by Pat who?
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- Pass.- Barker.
0:29:19 > 0:29:25In human biology, which condition experienced only by females consists of three trimesters?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27- Pregnancy.- Bank!
0:29:27 > 0:29:32Time's up. That was the correct answer, your "bank" was in time
0:29:32 > 0:29:36and as a result, team, you made £270.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42But whose credit has now been crunched?
0:29:42 > 0:29:47Whose brain is feeling the strain? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53For the third time in the game, Margaret is the weakest link.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58Statistically, the strongest link is John, but whose game is over?
0:29:59 > 0:30:04Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Margaret.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Martin.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Margaret.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Martin.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Margaret.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28- Sergeant John, why Margaret? - Both her and Martin got a couple of questions wrong.
0:30:28 > 0:30:34- I knew Margaret's, but not Martin's, so I was being fair. - Postman Gerry, why Margaret?
0:30:34 > 0:30:39Margaret got a couple of questions wrong and I thought she was the weakest link.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43She was. Margaret, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52I'm quite pleased to have lasted as long as I did.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I should have been voted off a lot earlier.
0:30:55 > 0:31:01I knew the answers. Just my brain and my mouth didn't work in synchronisation.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08Round 6. In the bank, £1,990. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14We'll start with the strongest link. That's John. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Start the clock.
0:31:16 > 0:31:23In TV, the journalist and radio host who became the main presenter of Panorama in 2007 is Jeremy who?
0:31:23 > 0:31:25- Paxman.- Vine.
0:31:25 > 0:31:31In UK geography, the chief town on the Isle of Wight is called Newport or Old Harbour?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33- Newport.- Correct.
0:31:33 > 0:31:39In theatre, the 1961 hit musical by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
0:31:39 > 0:31:42was called Stop The World, I Want To what?
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- Get Off.- Correct.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49In imperial weights and measures, there are how many pounds in three stone?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51- 42.- Correct.
0:31:51 > 0:31:58- Bank!- In travel in France, the SNCF is the network responsible for which mode of transport?
0:31:58 > 0:32:01- Railway.- Correct.
0:32:01 > 0:32:07The American actress and singer who starred in the films Beaches, The Rose and The First Wives Club
0:32:07 > 0:32:09is Bette who?
0:32:09 > 0:32:10- Midler.- Correct.
0:32:10 > 0:32:16In architecture, the plaster moulding that runs around the walls of a room just below the ceiling
0:32:16 > 0:32:19is known as a cornice or cornea?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21- Cornice.- Correct.- Bank!
0:32:21 > 0:32:26The methods used by a government to raise funds are known as ways and what?
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- Means.- Correct.
0:32:29 > 0:32:35Which species of thrush was named for its habit of eating the white berries of a parasitic plant?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37- Mistle.- Correct.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41- Bank!- In comedy, the performer who was best known for his funny walk,
0:32:41 > 0:32:45wearing a wig, black tights and large boots was Max who?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49- Pass.- Wall.
0:32:49 > 0:32:54In religion, what T is the popular name of the order of Roman Catholic monks
0:32:54 > 0:32:58called the Cistercians of the Strict Observance?
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Can you repeat the question?
0:33:00 > 0:33:04What T is the popular name of the order of Roman Catholic monks
0:33:04 > 0:33:08called the Cistercians of the Strict Observance?
0:33:08 > 0:33:13- Pass.- The Trappists. The name of which simple card game follows the word "cold"
0:33:13 > 0:33:17for a very sudden frost or sharp drop in temperature?
0:33:17 > 0:33:24- Snap.- Correct. What's the surname of the brothers Greg, Ian and Trevor who played cricket for Australia...
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- Chappell.- Correct.- Bank!
0:33:28 > 0:33:33Time's up. That was the correct answer and your "bank" was in time
0:33:33 > 0:33:37and you therefore put into the kitty £300.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42So, will there be a shout out for John? Perhaps Martin's the next casualty?
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Should Gerry get the sack or have you plans for Marcia?
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Martin is the strongest link because he got all his answers right.
0:33:54 > 0:33:59The weakest link statistically is Gerry, but how will the votes go?
0:34:00 > 0:34:04Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Marcia.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Gerry.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14John.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20John.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26- Martin, why John?- Both Marcia and John got one wrong.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31- Why did you vote for John, Gerry? - I was aware John got a question wrong, as I did.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35But, um...I just went for John.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49I'd be happy to have Anne on the beat because she'd keep the youngsters in check.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51She'd stare at 'em,
0:34:51 > 0:34:57speak to them and they'd say, "Yes, Anne, no, Anne, I'm going home, Anne, good night, Anne."
0:35:00 > 0:35:04Round 7. In the bank, £2,290. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08We'll start with the strongest link. That's Martin.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:35:12 > 0:35:18In human anatomy, which part of the digestive tract is longer? The large intestine or the small intestine?
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- Small.- Correct.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26In tourist destinations, the island of Bali is part of which Asian country?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- Indonesia.- Correct.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33The 1976 UK hit single by Lynyrd Skynyrd written in response
0:35:33 > 0:35:38to a song criticising the Deep South by Neil Young is called Sweet Home where?
0:35:38 > 0:35:44- Alabama.- Correct. What "A" is the name for the technique of descending a steep slope backwards,
0:35:44 > 0:35:47using a rope secured above the climber?
0:35:47 > 0:35:51- Abseiling.- Correct.- Bank! - In ancient and medieval philosophy,
0:35:51 > 0:35:56it was believed all substances were composed of four elements - earth, fire, water and which other?
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- Air.- Correct.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02In French literature, the 1857 novel by Flaubert
0:36:02 > 0:36:07that led to the prosecution of the author for immorality is entitled Madame who?
0:36:07 > 0:36:09- Pompadour.- Bovary.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12In politics, at the 1992 General Election,
0:36:12 > 0:36:19candidates of the Natural Law Party famously promoted which technique - yogic flying or panic buying?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- Yogic flying.- Correct.
0:36:21 > 0:36:27In the TV sitcom Friends, the three principal male characters have the first names Chandler, Joey and what?
0:36:27 > 0:36:33- Pass.- Ross. In maths, what is 90 divided by 6?
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- 15.- Correct.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40Since 1997, which food items have been sold as small, medium, large or very large,
0:36:40 > 0:36:44following the abolition of the O to 7 sizing system?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Hats.- Eggs.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51- Bank!- In marine life, what B is a predatory, tropical fish resembling a pike
0:36:51 > 0:36:55that can grow up to two metres long and can attack humans?
0:36:55 > 0:36:58- Shark.- Barracuda. In Judaism,
0:36:58 > 0:37:03the Sabbath greeting "Shabbat shalom" comes from which ancient language?
0:37:06 > 0:37:11- Pass.- Hebrew. In a car in the UK, antifreeze is added to which part...
0:37:11 > 0:37:13- Radiator.- Bank!
0:37:15 > 0:37:20Time's up. That was the correct answer and your "bank" was in time.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24And as a result, into the kitty went £220.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27In Round 8, you get to treble what you bank.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Have the courage to vote off the WEAKEST link.
0:37:32 > 0:37:38Having answered the most questions correctly, Martin is the strongest link.
0:37:38 > 0:37:44Gerry is statistically the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?
0:37:46 > 0:37:51Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Gerry.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Marcia.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Gerry.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- Martin, why Gerry? - I thought he was the weakest link.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- Marcia, why Gerry? - Martin's better-looking.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Gerry, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Being on the Weakest Link, it was on my bucket list
0:38:26 > 0:38:30and whatever has happened, I'm more than happy with my day.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34I've crossed it off my list and now I can move on to the next thing.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41Round 8. In the bank, £2,510. In this round, 90 seconds.
0:38:41 > 0:38:46Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with the strongest link. That's Martin.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:38:49 > 0:38:55In human anatomy, the adjective "renal" means belonging or relating to which pair of organs?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- Kidneys.- Correct.
0:38:58 > 0:39:04What "O" is the name for a pillar of stone with four sides and a tapered end that is erected as a landmark?
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- Obelisk.- Correct.
0:39:06 > 0:39:13In music, the 1995 UK No.1 album by Pulp which included the singles Disco 2000 and Common People
0:39:13 > 0:39:16was entitled Different what?
0:39:17 > 0:39:19- Pass.- Class.
0:39:19 > 0:39:24In history, the Bill passed by Parliament in 1832 that extended voting rights
0:39:24 > 0:39:27became known as the Reform Act or Remission Act?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- Reform Act.- Correct.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33In TV, what was the two-word title of the 1976 drama
0:39:33 > 0:39:38in which John Hurt, Derek Jacobi and Christopher Biggins all played Roman Emperors?
0:39:38 > 0:39:43- Pass.- I, Claudius. The soup called borscht that originated in Eastern Europe
0:39:43 > 0:39:46gets its reddish colour from which ingredient?
0:39:46 > 0:39:50- Beetroot.- Correct.- Bank! - In which athletics event
0:39:50 > 0:39:55does the equipment for the men's version measure just over 2.5 metres and weigh 800 grams?
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- The javelin.- Correct.- Bank!
0:39:58 > 0:40:04The films Superman III, Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil all starred the US comedian Richard who?
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- Pass.- Pryor.
0:40:06 > 0:40:12The TS Eliot Prize is awarded each year in which field of literature? Poetry or biography?
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- Poetry.- Correct.
0:40:14 > 0:40:21According to Newton's Third Law of Motion, for every action, there is a reaction that is equal and what?
0:40:23 > 0:40:28Time's up. The correct answer was "opposite".
0:40:28 > 0:40:33And between you, you won £40, which we will treble.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36It gives you prize money today of £2,630.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39There can only be one winner.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, it's Sudden Death.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46So, Marcia and Martin, for £2,630,
0:40:46 > 0:40:49let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:50 > 0:40:57- Marcia, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.- I'll go first.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Marcia, at the 2010 Brit Awards,
0:41:04 > 0:41:07which US singer won in three categories,
0:41:07 > 0:41:11namely, International Female Solo Artist, International Album
0:41:11 > 0:41:14and International Breakthrough Act?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18- Beyonce? - The correct answer is Lady Gaga.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Martin, in theatre criticism,
0:41:21 > 0:41:26in 1662, which famous diarist described A Midsummer Night's Dream
0:41:26 > 0:41:32as "the most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life"?
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- Samuel Pepys. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:36 > 0:41:42Marcia, in history, in Yugoslavia, from 1934 until his death in 1980,
0:41:42 > 0:41:47the military and political leader Josip Broz
0:41:47 > 0:41:49was known by what four-letter name?
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- Pass.- The correct answer is Tito.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58Martin, in TV, the irritating Mrs Warboys
0:41:58 > 0:42:01and the annoyingly cheerful Nick Swainey
0:42:01 > 0:42:07were friends of the main characters in which 1990s sitcom?
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- Keeping Up Appearances?- The correct answer is One Foot In The Grave.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Marcia, in communications,
0:42:14 > 0:42:18the name of which style of pictorial language used in Ancient Egypt
0:42:18 > 0:42:23is derived from the Greek for "sacred writings or carvings"?
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- Hieroglyphics.- That is correct.
0:42:25 > 0:42:32Martin, in sailing in 2010, for the first time since 1992,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35which major trophy was won by the USA
0:42:35 > 0:42:39as Oracle beat the Swiss boat Alinghi?
0:42:39 > 0:42:43- The America's Cup. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Marcia, in cinema,
0:42:45 > 0:42:51what title is shared by a 1967 film comedy and its remake in 2000
0:42:51 > 0:42:54in which the devil is played by Peter Cook
0:42:54 > 0:42:56and Elizabeth Hurley respectively?
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- Pass.- The correct answer is Bedazzled.
0:43:01 > 0:43:06Martin, before local government reorganisation in 1974,
0:43:06 > 0:43:10which shire county in eastern England was divided into parts
0:43:10 > 0:43:13called Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland?
0:43:15 > 0:43:19- Lincolnshire. - That is the correct answer.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25That means, Martin, you are today's strongest link
0:43:25 > 0:43:28and you go away with £2,630.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32Marcia, you leave with nothing.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40I have enjoyed being on the Weakest Link today.
0:43:40 > 0:43:45It was nice to meet the other contestants and it was good to meet Anne.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49The highlight has been winning the money, the second was meeting Anne
0:43:49 > 0:43:52and the third was the whole day experience.
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