0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Only one 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.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:37 > 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 > 0:00:52Let's meet the team.
0:00:52 > 0:00:58I'm David, I'm 66, I'm from Hythe, Kent, and I'm the town mayor.
0:01:00 > 0:01:06I'm Michelle, I'm 41, from South Yorkshire, and I'm a biomedical scientist.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12I'm Mark, from Hampshire, I'm 58 and I'm a school handyman.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18I'm Nina, I'm 35, from Sutton in Surrey, and I'm a firefighter.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I'm Paul, I'm 24, from Chester, and I'm a student.
0:01:25 > 0:01:32I'm Estherre, I'm 66, I come from Darvel in East Ayrshire and I'm a retired family support worker.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37I'm Steve, I'm 41, from Somerset and I'm an entertainment manager.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44I'm Katie, I'm 20, from Herefordshire, and I'm a student and marketing assistant.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49I'm John, I'm 30, from Cwmbran, and I'm a service team leader.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55OK, just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Say "Bank" before the question and the money is safe.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Round 1. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19That's you, David. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28In the Gregorian calendar, which day of the week follows Thursday?
0:02:28 > 0:02:35- Friday.- Correct. The short rhyme often recited by parents when tucking children into bed is,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39"Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs..." what?
0:02:39 > 0:02:45- Bite.- Correct. In rivers and streams, the flow of water from the source to the mouth
0:02:45 > 0:02:49is known by what name - the raisin or the current?
0:02:49 > 0:02:54- The current.- Correct. In animal stereotypes,
0:02:54 > 0:02:58which popular domestic pet likes drinking milk and eating fish?
0:02:58 > 0:03:04- Cat.- Correct. In Customs and Excise entry regulations in the UK,
0:03:04 > 0:03:09the three-word phrase for the green channel is "Nothing to..." what?
0:03:09 > 0:03:15- Declare.- Correct. In fashion, what H is the common word for an accessory
0:03:15 > 0:03:18used mainly by women to carry personal items?
0:03:18 > 0:03:24- Handbag.- Correct. In food, strips of bread or toast known as soldiers
0:03:24 > 0:03:27are usually served with boiled what?
0:03:27 > 0:03:34- Eggs.- Correct. In publishing, the content of the magazines entitled Heat, OK and Closer
0:03:34 > 0:03:38is about celebrities or cars?
0:03:38 > 0:03:44- Celebrities.- Correct. In human anatomy, the elbow is a joint in which limb of the body?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Arm.- Correct. David...
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Bank.
0:03:50 > 0:03:57OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target in that first very, very, very, very easy round.
0:03:57 > 0:04:03That money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08Who's worrying you? Who might lose you money in the rounds to come?
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Think carefully. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:04:14 > 0:04:20In an impressive first round, David is the strongest link as he banked all the money.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26The weakest link, statistically, is Michelle, but who will the team want off?
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Estherre.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36John.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Estherre.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Katie.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Katie.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45John.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Paul.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Mark.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Michelle.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55We have a three-way tie.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Estherre, Katie and John have two votes each.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- What do you do, Paul?- I'm a student. - Studying what?- Psychology.
0:05:03 > 0:05:09- What have you learnt so far? - I've learnt about Freud and... - Fried?- Freud.
0:05:09 > 0:05:15- Oh, not fried fish.- Sigmund Freud. - You look as if you might have learned about fried foods.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I like a bit of fried food.
0:05:17 > 0:05:24- Are you in all the student clubs? - The rock society and archery society.- You don't get drunk?- No...
0:05:24 > 0:05:29- Maybe you go to church?- No, I don't go to church. I'm a pagan.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- I don't believe in the Christian faith.- What do you believe in?
0:05:33 > 0:05:39I believe the world is to be worshipped and everything we put in to the world we get back.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- Are you a witch?- I am, yes, Anne. - Can you perform miracles?
0:05:43 > 0:05:49- I can't, but I can put my will into the universe.- Could you put your will into making me younger
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- or more beautiful? - I don't need to, Anne.- No. Good.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Could you put your will into making me nicer?
0:05:57 > 0:06:02- It's impossible.- Don't you mean you don't need to?- I don't need to.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08- Why Katie?- We all did really well, but I had to choose somebody and I couldn't think of who else.
0:06:08 > 0:06:14- Where are you from, Mark? - Bramley.- And what do you do? - I'm a school handyman.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- Do you nose around a lot? - Yes. You need a nose like this.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23- What do you do for excitement in Bramley?- Take my motorcycle out, scuba dive,
0:06:23 > 0:06:30- go carp fishing, cycling. - No end of excitement. I bet you can sing as well.- I do occasionally.
0:06:30 > 0:06:36- Where do you do your singing? - Karaoke, or if anybody asks me to get up, I do.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Do you? Is it because you can sing?
0:06:38 > 0:06:44No, not specifically. I just enjoy it, like some people whistle.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- I'd like to hear you sing. - Oh, OK.- Go on, then.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52- Shall I start now, Anne?- When would you like to start?- About now.
0:06:52 > 0:06:58# Oh, let me be your teddy bear Put your arm around my neck... #
0:06:58 > 0:07:03What's nice about your singing is you've got a whole new tune!
0:07:03 > 0:07:08No, it's perfectly in tune, Anne. Maybe you're a bit tone deaf.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- Why Estherre?- It was one of those rounds where everybody was correct.
0:07:12 > 0:07:20I had to choose somebody and I suppose it was age-related, right, wrong or indifferent.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- Michelle, what do you do? - I'm a biomedical scientist.- Yes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:30- What do you do when you get home? - I like to do product surveys. - What do you mean, product surveys?
0:07:30 > 0:07:35- I often get sent free products that I have to comment on.- Yeah?
0:07:35 > 0:07:42And I do other consumer opinion panels where I just fill in comments and...
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- You're single, are you?- Yes.
0:07:45 > 0:07:52- I am single now, yes. - And the surveys, what are they? Food surveys?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56They can be anything, any product, any service.
0:07:56 > 0:08:03- So if there was a survey which said, "Are you big-boned or fat?" which one would you tick?- Both.
0:08:03 > 0:08:10- Fair enough. Why John? - Because I had to make a choice. He's directly opposite me...
0:08:10 > 0:08:17- Is that how you do the surveys? Just randomly...- Sometimes! Just tick the first one you see.
0:08:17 > 0:08:23With the votes tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and that's David. What do you do?
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- I'm the town mayor. - The mayor of where?- Hythe.
0:08:27 > 0:08:34What's a typical day in the life of a mayor in Hythe? Can you make it sing? What's the fun bit?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Meeting all sorts of very interesting people.
0:08:38 > 0:08:45So when you go along to an opening, what are you likely to do? I know you meet interesting people.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50Well, I might actually ask them what they do and how they're getting on.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55- Really? Just like the Queen?- Yes. - They must be very excited.
0:08:55 > 0:09:01- Well, surprisingly, sometimes they are quite pleased to meet me. - Are they?- Surprisingly.
0:09:01 > 0:09:07- They've got very dull lives as well? - I wouldn't say that anybody in Hythe has a dull life.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11No, you wouldn't. You voted for Estherre. Why?
0:09:11 > 0:09:18- Everybody did extremely well. - Speed it up a bit.- I had to choose someone and I chose Estherre.- OK.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22You have a choice now. Stick with Estherre or move to John or Katie.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I'll stick with my original decision.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Estherre, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Well, I'm disappointed to go out in the first round.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42I was hoping I'd last a bit longer, but I can hold my head up high.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Nobody got their question wrong and somebody has to be the first.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We take 10 seconds off your time.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57We start with the strongest link - David. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Start the clock.
0:09:59 > 0:10:06In UK politics in 1989, which Prime Minister declared, "We have become a grandmother"?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- Margaret Thatcher.- Correct.
0:10:08 > 0:10:15In personal accessories, a slide is a decorative clip used to hold in place which feature of the body?
0:10:15 > 0:10:20- Hair.- Correct. In music, what W means to produce a simple tune with the mouth
0:10:20 > 0:10:23by forcing breath between pursed lips?
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- Whistle.- Correct. In North American architecture,
0:10:27 > 0:10:33what is the term for an Inuit shelter usually made from compacted snow and shaped like a dome?
0:10:33 > 0:10:39- Igloo.- Correct. In road transport, in the UK most vehicles are which hand drive?
0:10:39 > 0:10:47- Right.- Correct. In animal anatomy, reptiles such as snakes and lizards are covered in fur or scales?
0:10:47 > 0:10:53- Scales.- Correct. In literature, the novel by John Fowles set in the 19th century
0:10:53 > 0:10:57and with a choice of two endings is The French Lieutenant's what?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Wife.- Woman.
0:10:59 > 0:11:05In gardening, what is the tool with a long handle and a four-pronged head, often used for digging?
0:11:05 > 0:11:12- Fork.- Correct. In newspapers, what H is the term for the title of an article printed in large letters
0:11:12 > 0:11:15above the main body of text?
0:11:15 > 0:11:21- Headline.- Correct. In physical exercise, when people in a keep fit class touch their toes,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23they do it with which digits?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Fingers.- Correct.
0:11:25 > 0:11:32In pop music, the rapper who had UK hit singles in the 1990s with California Love and Changes
0:11:32 > 0:11:34was known as Unpac or Tupac?
0:11:37 > 0:11:45- Could you repeat it?- The rapper who had UK hit singles in the 1990s with California Love and Changes
0:11:45 > 0:11:48was known as Unpac or Tupac?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Unpac.- Tupac.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54In maths, what is 39 plus 12?
0:11:55 > 0:12:02- 51.- Correct. In celebrities, the chef, writer and TV presenter who was awarded an OBE in 2003
0:12:02 > 0:12:07for services to West Country tourism is Rick who?
0:12:08 > 0:12:13- Pass.- Stein. In literature, in the Arabian Nights,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16who is the sailor who goes on seven voyages?
0:12:16 > 0:12:23- Sinbad.- Correct. In stationary, a type of pencil that produces marks on paper that cannot be erased
0:12:23 > 0:12:27is described as being invincible or indelible?
0:12:27 > 0:12:34- Indelible.- Correct. In theatre, which musical, based on a 1990 film and opening in the West End in 2011,
0:12:34 > 0:12:39is about a man who is killed and contacts his girlfriend through a medium?
0:12:39 > 0:12:47- Ghost.- Correct. In food, which small, salty fish is the principal ingredient in gentleman's relish?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Anchovy.- Correct.- Bank!
0:12:52 > 0:12:57Time's up. Your bank was in time. You only won £200.
0:12:57 > 0:13:04Whose fault was that? Who probably thinks dog eat dog is a Korean pet store?
0:13:04 > 0:13:10Who's the midget in the basketball team? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16David is still the strongest link with the most correct answers.
0:13:16 > 0:13:22Statistically, Katie is the weakest link, but can she survive the vote?
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Paul.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Mark.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Katie.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Mark.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Mark.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Katie.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Paul.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Mark.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52- What do you do, Nina? - I'm a firefighter.- What sort?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- One that fights fires.- Yes.
0:13:55 > 0:14:01Are you the senior firefighter, the junior firefighter, the bit of crumpet in the team?
0:14:01 > 0:14:05No, I'm a crew manager. I ride in charge of a fire engine.
0:14:05 > 0:14:12- And do you go to work looking like that?- Generally not, no. - Lipstick on?- Not lipstick, no.
0:14:12 > 0:14:20- Sometimes a bit of lip balm. - Lip balm. So the sirens have gone, there's a blazing fire,
0:14:20 > 0:14:26- and then they wait for you to put your lip balm on?- I wait until the fire is over.- Do you?
0:14:26 > 0:14:31- Not in the front of the fire engine? - Generally not, no.- Why Mark?
0:14:31 > 0:14:36- I voted for Mark because... - He's got a big nose.
0:14:36 > 0:14:43- No, he got a question wrong, Anne. - He'd be a good firefighter. He'd smell the burning early on.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49- Maybe he would. - What do you do, John? - I'm a service team leader.- Where?
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- In a DIY store.- Where?- In Cwmbran.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58- So you're looking after Welsh people.- Certain Welsh people, yeah.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01People who come into our store.
0:15:01 > 0:15:08- So they come in, point to a bath and say, "What's that for?"- No. They say, "I would like a bath."
0:15:08 > 0:15:13- Because they haven't got one.- And I say, "You should have had one."
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- And when you're not doing that? - Training, four times a week.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- Training?- Boxing and running. - Do you live alone, do you?
0:15:21 > 0:15:28- No.- Oh. Who do you live with? - My mum and her three dogs. - You can't get a girlfriend?
0:15:28 > 0:15:34- I've got a girlfriend. - But your mum won't let her stay over?- She lives an hour away.
0:15:34 > 0:15:40- But will your mum let her stay over? - Of course. I'm a big boy now. - Does she have the spare bedroom?- No.
0:15:40 > 0:15:47- No? Oh, good mum. Why Mark? - He asked you to repeat the question and then got it wrong.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Mark, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:15:57 > 0:16:03Friends and family will be pleased that I at least made it to the second round.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08But the grandchildren - Finlay, Declan, Keeley, Sasha, Shauna -
0:16:08 > 0:16:13I'm very sorry I didn't know the name of a 1980s rapper.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19Round 3. In the bank, £1,200. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23We'll start with David. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Start the clock.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31In retail, what W is the usual term for a guarantee to repair or replace a faulty product
0:16:31 > 0:16:34within a specified period, for free?
0:16:34 > 0:16:41- Warranty.- Correct. In pop music, the group whose UK hit singles since 2007 have included
0:16:41 > 0:16:45She's So Lovely and This Ain't A Love Song is Scouting For what?
0:16:45 > 0:16:52- Girls.- Correct. In British politics, which word precedes roll and register to make two terms
0:16:52 > 0:16:55for the list of people entitled to vote?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- Nominal.- Electoral.
0:16:58 > 0:17:05In human reproduction, a woman who gives birth to a baby for someone else is a surrogate or aggregate?
0:17:05 > 0:17:10- Surrogate.- Correct. In fashion accessories, which word that rhymes with ball
0:17:10 > 0:17:13is cloth worn around the shoulders?
0:17:13 > 0:17:18- Shawl.- Correct. In celebrities, which TV actor, known for his role as Kojak,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22was also the godfather of Jennifer Aniston?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- Pass.- Telly Savalas.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31In animal behaviour, when threatened, the male of which great ape stands on his hind legs,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33beats his chest and roars?
0:17:33 > 0:17:40- Gorilla.- Correct. In science legend, Archimedes leapt from his bath shouting, "Eureka!"
0:17:40 > 0:17:44on finding the principle of absorption or flotation?
0:17:44 > 0:17:50- Flotation.- Correct. In golf, since 1990 the Open Championship has been held every fifth year
0:17:50 > 0:17:54at the Old Course at which venue in Scotland?
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- St Andrews.- Correct. - Bank!
0:17:58 > 0:18:02In condiments, the dark liquid from the Medina area of Italy
0:18:02 > 0:18:05used in salad dressings is balsamic what?
0:18:05 > 0:18:11- Vinegar.- Correct. In combustion, what E is the term for a glowing or smouldering piece of wood
0:18:11 > 0:18:13in a half-extinguished fire?
0:18:13 > 0:18:19- Ember.- Correct. In romance, an alliterative name for a secluded road or area
0:18:19 > 0:18:24where courting couples seek privacy for amorous activities is Lovers...?
0:18:24 > 0:18:30- Lane.- Correct.- Bank!- In pop music, the Welsh soul singer Duffy had a UK number one single in 2008
0:18:30 > 0:18:33with a song called Mercy or Tyranny?
0:18:33 > 0:18:39- Mercy.- Correct. In history, in 1917 the February Revolution and the October Revolution
0:18:39 > 0:18:41were uprisings in which country?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Pass.- Russia.
0:18:44 > 0:18:50In theatre, in Peter Pan, when Tinkerbell is dying, all the children are asked to save her
0:18:50 > 0:18:52by clapping if they believe in what?
0:18:52 > 0:18:58- Fairies.- Correct. In UK geography, what W is the name of a port and resort at the mouth of the River Esk
0:18:58 > 0:19:03in North Yorkshire, and the site of a ruined 13th-century abbey?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Whitby.- Correct. - Bank!
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Time's up. Your bank was in time. You won £250.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Who's the tattoo artist with the hiccoughs?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Who's the mountaineer in Holland?
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28The statistics reveal that John is the weakest link.
0:19:28 > 0:19:35The strongest link is Michelle, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Katie.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Nina.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Katie.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Katie.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Katie.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Nina.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Katie.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02- What do you do, Steve? - I'm an entertainment manager.- Where?
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- I work in Somerset. - The whole of Somerset?
0:20:06 > 0:20:11- A place called Cricket St Thomas. - Are you the MC?- Sometimes, yeah.
0:20:11 > 0:20:17- Are you Steve as the MC or playing someone else? - Sometimes somebody else.- Who?
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- Sometimes I play Brucie. - Do you? Put your board down.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Well, pretend I'm Tess and you be Brucie.- OK.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Nice to see you, to see you nice.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- Is that it?- Yeah. - And then what happens?
0:20:33 > 0:20:39Then we have the dancing show on and the guests compete in the Strictly Come Dancing competition.
0:20:39 > 0:20:47- How long have you been doing this? - 20 years.- Where did you train? - With the National Youth Theatre.
0:20:47 > 0:20:54- Then I went straight into theatre, musical theatre.- Where did you train to be an entertainment manager?
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- Just through experience, really. - Is there a Mrs Steve?- No, Anne.
0:20:58 > 0:21:04- No. Is there a Mr Steve? - Yes, there is, Anne. - Really? What's he called?- Neil.
0:21:04 > 0:21:10- Does he play Tess Daly?- No! - Why do you want to get rid of Katie?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12I think Katie got the most wrong.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17- Paul, the white witch, why Katie? - She got a couple of questions wrong.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Katie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:21:26 > 0:21:32It would have been nice to speak to Anne because I think I'd have given her some pretty good comebacks,
0:21:32 > 0:21:38but maybe in the future when I see her walking down the street, I'll throw something at her.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Not physically, obviously.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46Round 4. In the bank, £1,450. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52We'll start with the strongest link. That's Michelle. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:21:52 > 0:21:58Start the clock. In celebrities, the actress who starred in the 1995 film comedy Clueless
0:21:58 > 0:22:04and in 2011 gave birth to a son named Bear Blu is Alicia who?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Pass.- Silverstone.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10In science, carbon dating is a process applied to organic remains
0:22:10 > 0:22:12to establish their height or age?
0:22:12 > 0:22:19- Age.- Correct. In expressions, a person who is a misfit is said to be a square peg in a round what?
0:22:19 > 0:22:24- Hole.- Correct. In maths, what is 10 multiplied by 16?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- 160.- Correct.
0:22:26 > 0:22:32In food, what C is the name of the pickled green flower buds of a spiny Mediterranean shrub
0:22:32 > 0:22:34that are used in tartare sauce?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- Pass.- Capers.
0:22:37 > 0:22:43In sculpture, the celebrated white marble statue, originally carved by Antonio Canova
0:22:43 > 0:22:47for Napoleon's wife Josephine, depicts how many Graces?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Five.- Three.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54In TV, the children's series that regularly featured Dylan the rabbit
0:22:54 > 0:22:58and a bouncy character called Zebedee was The Magic what?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- Roundabout.- Correct.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06In British industry, the Bedfordshire town renowned for the fine quality of its sand
0:23:06 > 0:23:09is called Leighton Buzzard or Blackbird?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- Buzzard.- Correct.
0:23:11 > 0:23:17The first-aid procedure for victims of choking named after the doctor who devised it in the 1970s
0:23:17 > 0:23:19is usually known as the Heimlich what?
0:23:19 > 0:23:25- Manoeuvre.- Correct.- Bank!- In English the word "better" is the comparative of which adjective?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- Worse.- Good.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32In fashion, a distinctive feature of shoes designed by Christian Louboutin
0:23:32 > 0:23:36is that their soles are made in which primary colour?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- Brown.- Red.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43In the home, a honey-dipper is a type of kitchen utensil or make-up brush?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- Make-up brush.- Kitchen utensil.
0:23:46 > 0:23:53In literature, the 1872 nonsense poem entitled Jabberwocky was written by which children's author?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55- Lewis Carroll.- Correct.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59In Italian opera, the title of the famous aria Nessun Dorma
0:23:59 > 0:24:03is usually translated into English as None Shall what?
0:24:03 > 0:24:08- Sleep.- Correct. In film, the tagline, "Get ready for rush hour," featured on the posters
0:24:08 > 0:24:14for which 1994 thriller starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- The Hostel.- Speed.
0:24:17 > 0:24:23In science, the 18th century Swedish astronomer who devised a temperature scale that is named after him...
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Time's up. You won £100.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33Who's playing the fool and who's doing it professionally?
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Who thinks Kermit the Frog was a French President?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46As the only player to get all their answers right, Nina is the strongest link.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50The weakest link statistically now is John, but how will the votes go?
0:24:52 > 0:24:57Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Paul.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04John.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07John.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09John.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11David.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14David.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Nina, the firefighter, why John?
0:25:19 > 0:25:24I chose John. He got a couple of questions wrong. They were hard questions, though.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- Michelle, why John? - He got a couple of questions wrong.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32- Just one more than you, in fact.- Yes.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36He was the worst player. John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45I'm really pleased that I went out in Round 4.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50I've got further than I thought I'd get, so my friends will be pleased.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54And I was voted out fairly as well, so it was a good shout.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Round 5.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02In the bank now, £1,550. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:26:02 > 0:26:08We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's firefighter Nina.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15In agriculture, what L is a collective term
0:26:15 > 0:26:20for all farm animals kept for the production of meat, milk, wool and other products?
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- Livestock.- Correct. During both world wars,
0:26:23 > 0:26:29Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands was an important base for which of the UK armed forces?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Scottish.- Navy. The Royal Navy.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37In TV, the long-running show Give Us A Clue, featuring Lionel Blair and Una Stubbs,
0:26:37 > 0:26:39was based on which party game?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- Charades.- I'll accept.
0:26:42 > 0:26:48In customs, every June, many participants often dressed as druids celebrate the summer solstice
0:26:48 > 0:26:51at which English site? Stonehenge or Sandringham?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Stonehenge.- Correct.
0:26:53 > 0:26:59In Christian art, which saint is traditionally depicted as a handsome youth pierced by arrows?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- Eros.- Sebastian.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08In radio, from 1933 to 1992, what L was the name of a commercial station
0:27:08 > 0:27:13that broadcast an English language service based on the continent?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Pass.- Luxembourg.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21In colloquial English, teeth are referred to as "pearly" what?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- Whites.- Correct.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28The process of winding up the affairs of a company is known by what name?
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Desiccation or liquidation?
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- Liquidation.- Correct. In retail,
0:27:33 > 0:27:39gadgets considered to be desirable for males of any age are known by the rhyming term, "boys'" what?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Toys.- Correct.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48In champion sportsmen, the tennis player Roger Federer was born in 1981 in which European country?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- France.- Switzerland.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56In music, in 2001, which group had a UK No.1 single entitled Pure And Simple
0:27:56 > 0:28:00and a UK No.1 album called Popstars?
0:28:00 > 0:28:02- The Spice Girls.- Hear'Say.
0:28:02 > 0:28:09In science, a compound such as litmus that shows the progress of a reaction by changing colour
0:28:09 > 0:28:12is known as what - a flasher or an indicator?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Indicator.- Correct.
0:28:14 > 0:28:21In film, the actor who in 2010 married his fellow Spaniard and Oscar winner Penelope Cruz
0:28:21 > 0:28:23is Javier who?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26- Pass.- Bardem.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31In food, trotters and pettitoes are both names for the feet of which farm animal?
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- Pig.- Correct.- Bank!
0:28:33 > 0:28:37Time's up, correct answer and your "bank" was in time.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Just as well. You only won £20!
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Whose brain is on strike?
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Who's got a passport to Plonker Land?
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56With no correct answers, Michelle is the weakest link.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01The statistics show that David is the strongest link, but whose game is over?
0:29:03 > 0:29:08Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Nina.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Paul.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Michelle.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Michelle.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Michelle.
0:29:22 > 0:29:28- Steve, why Michelle? - I think she got the most answers wrong, but she's got to get home.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33- Paul, the white witch, why Michelle?- Cos she got a couple of questions wrong.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38She was the worst player. Michelle, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47I'm really pleased to have got as far as Round 5.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52I didn't want to get voted off in the first round, so anything after that was a bonus.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55I never expected to win anyway.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01Round 6. In the kitty, £1,570. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:30:01 > 0:30:07We'll start with the strongest link. That's David. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Start the clock.
0:30:09 > 0:30:15In geography, what H is the name of the city formerly called Salisbury that is the capital of Zimbabwe?
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Harare.- Correct.
0:30:17 > 0:30:23In astronomy, a nucleus, a coma and a tail are all parts of which type of celestial body?
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- A horse.- A comet.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30In TV, the actress who starred in Brookside and The Royle Family
0:30:30 > 0:30:36and whose 2011 memoir was entitled Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother is Sue who?
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- White.- Johnston.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41In maths, what is 66 minus 52?
0:30:46 > 0:30:49- 8.- 14.
0:30:49 > 0:30:55In pop music, the 1973 UK hit album by Paul McCartney's group Wings was entitled Band On The what?
0:30:55 > 0:31:00- Run.- Correct. In US currency, what B is a slang term for a 100-dollar bill,
0:31:00 > 0:31:05derived from the name of the scientist and statesman pictured on it?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- Bill.- Benjamin.
0:31:08 > 0:31:13In football, the former manager of Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers
0:31:13 > 0:31:17who in 2011 took charge at West Ham United is Sam who?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Pass.- Allardyce.
0:31:20 > 0:31:27In the dog world, a Sealyham is a breed of terrier named after a village in which country of the UK?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29- Scotland.- Wales.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34In UK politics, the official emblem of the Houses of Parliament depicts which feature
0:31:34 > 0:31:38of castle architecture - a moat or a portcullis?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- Portcullis.- Correct. In entertainment,
0:31:41 > 0:31:45the singer and talent show judge who was nicknamed Baby Spice is Emma who?
0:31:45 > 0:31:49- Bunton.- Correct.- Bank!- On food packaging, numbers for additives
0:31:49 > 0:31:54that are legal in the European Union are always preceded by which letter?
0:31:54 > 0:31:58- E.- Correct. The police force formed by the merger
0:31:58 > 0:32:03of those of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxford and Reading is called Thames what?
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- Valley.- Correct.
0:32:06 > 0:32:11In children's toys, which board game involves building a complicated mechanism
0:32:11 > 0:32:15to ensnare other players' counters which are in the form of rodents?
0:32:15 > 0:32:17- Pass.- Mouse Trap.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21In geography, the highest mountain...
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Time's up. You only won £50.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27So, should Nina be put out?
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Is Paul going through a bad spell?
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Will David be kicked out of office?
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Or is it the last dance for Steve?
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44For the fourth time in the game, David is the strongest link.
0:32:44 > 0:32:50The weakest link statistically is Nina, but will the votes pick up on the facts?
0:32:51 > 0:32:56Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Paul.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Steve.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04David.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Nina.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10A vote each.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12David, why Paul?
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Of those of us left, I think he is the weakest link.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Nina, why Steve?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21It was the maths question that stuck in my mind.
0:33:21 > 0:33:27- Steve, why Nina?- Because I think she's had the most wrong answers throughout the game.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Paul, the white witch, what inspired you to vote for David?
0:33:31 > 0:33:38- He's my biggest competition. - Do you think that was a good idea? - Probably not now.- Probably not.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41The strongest link was David and he gets to decide.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44You voted for Paul, but you have a choice now.
0:33:44 > 0:33:50- It could be Nina, it could be Steve or you could stick with Paul. - I'll stick with Paul.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55I think he deserves it. Paul, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03I knew my meeting with Anne was going to be interesting.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07I'm the good witch and she was going to be the wicked witch.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13Round 7. In the bank, £1,620. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:34:13 > 0:34:19We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's David. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Start the clock. In grammar, words such as "and", "but" and "while"
0:34:23 > 0:34:28that connect parts of sentences are known as what? Articles or conjunctions?
0:34:28 > 0:34:32- Conjunctions.- Correct. In comic literature,
0:34:32 > 0:34:36in the words of the poem Reflections On Ice-Breaking by Ogden Nash,
0:34:36 > 0:34:38"candy is dandy, but liquor is" what?
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- Pass.- Quicker.
0:34:41 > 0:34:47In nature, leaves change colour in the autumn as a result of the loss of which green substance?
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- Chlorophyll.- Correct.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53In history, for over 1,000 years until the 5th century AD,
0:34:53 > 0:34:58which civilisation was successively a monarchy, a republic and an empire?
0:34:58 > 0:35:00- Roman.- Correct.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05- Bank!- In TV, which word meaning a quarterly division of the year is used in the United States
0:35:05 > 0:35:09to refer to a series of a particular programme?
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- Series.- Season.
0:35:11 > 0:35:18Which jewellery shop in New York was immortalised in a 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn
0:35:18 > 0:35:21that was based on a novel by Truman Capote?
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- Tiffany's.- Correct.
0:35:23 > 0:35:30In pastimes, English and Carom are two forms of which game played on a baize-covered table?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- Blackjack.- Billiards.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40In the arts, a cartoonist called Thelwell, a magazine illustrator called Rockwell
0:35:40 > 0:35:45and an architect called Lord Foster all share what first name?
0:35:45 > 0:35:47- John.- Norman.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51In cities, Bruges in Belgium and Edinburgh in Scotland
0:35:51 > 0:35:55are referred to respectively as the Venice and the Athens of the what?
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- North.- Correct.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01In vocabulary, which word can mean "to perforate with gunshot"
0:36:01 > 0:36:07and is a common term for a short, puzzling question such as "when is a door not a door"?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- Conundrum.- Riddle.
0:36:10 > 0:36:16In US history, in the 1860s, the fast mail service by horse and rider relays
0:36:16 > 0:36:20between California and Missouri was called the Pony what?
0:36:20 > 0:36:22END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Time's up. You won just £50.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34You need to raise the bank balance. Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Nina is still the weakest link as she gave the most wrong answers.
0:36:40 > 0:36:46Statistically, Steve is the strongest link, but who will be taking the final walk of shame?
0:36:47 > 0:36:52Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Nina.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58David.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02David.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Steve, I know your arithmetic is bad, but it's not that bad.
0:37:08 > 0:37:15- Why David?- Because he started off very strong and I think he's got weaker as the rounds have gone on.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17And because...?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19He's very good.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Nina, the firefighter...
0:37:22 > 0:37:26- Yes.- Don't you have to be an upstanding citizen?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- Well, I couldn't vote for myself. - No.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34I thought that Steve had a really good round and that just left David.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37David, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49I'm disappointed to be that close to the final and to get voted out.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Clearly, tactics were beginning to play.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57It is inevitable, it's part of the game and I must accept it.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Round 8. You're up to £1,670.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07In this round, you have 90 seconds, but whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:07 > 0:38:14We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Steve. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Start the clock. In children's TV,
0:38:17 > 0:38:22which indestructible secret agent works for the Spectrum security organisation?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Mr Muscle.- Captain Scarlet.
0:38:24 > 0:38:30In gambling, on a standard European roulette wheel, there are how many number slots including the zero?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- 70.- 37.
0:38:33 > 0:38:38In science and technology, in the name of the chief measurement institute of the UK,
0:38:38 > 0:38:42the letters NPL stand for the National Physical what?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- I don't know.- Laboratory.
0:38:46 > 0:38:52In the ancient method of house-building using sticks and mud that is known as wattle and daub,
0:38:52 > 0:38:55which of the two terms represents the mud element?
0:38:55 > 0:39:01- Daub.- Correct. In the British Army, the two-word name of which regiment sounds like a term
0:39:01 > 0:39:05for people in charge of safety at beaches and swimming pools?
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Life Guards.- Correct.- Bank! - In modern literature,
0:39:08 > 0:39:14the Irish author of the play The Hostage and the autobiography Borstal Boy was Brendan who?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- Foster.- Behan.
0:39:17 > 0:39:23In physical geography, what T is the tide said to do when it stops coming in and starts going out?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25- Ebb.- Turn.
0:39:25 > 0:39:32In cinema, the 1933 romantic comedy that was the first film to star Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
0:39:32 > 0:39:34was entitled Flying Down To where?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- Cornwall.- Rio.
0:39:36 > 0:39:42Which major organ was removed from the body of Albert Einstein after his death for scientific study...
0:39:42 > 0:39:45- His brain.- Correct.- Bank! - In classical music...
0:39:45 > 0:39:47END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Time's up.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54You won £70 which we will treble.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59It gives you prize money today of £1,880.
0:39:59 > 0:40:05There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, it's Sudden Death.
0:40:05 > 0:40:11So, Nina and Steve, for £1,880, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:12 > 0:40:18- Steve, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.- Ladies first.
0:40:22 > 0:40:28Nina, in money, a limited edition £2 coin was minted in 2011
0:40:28 > 0:40:33to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the launch of which ship
0:40:33 > 0:40:38that sank in 1545 and was raised in 1982?
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- Mary Rose. - That is the correct answer.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Steve, in puzzles, on the original Rubik's Cube,
0:40:45 > 0:40:49in total, how many of the squares never alter their position?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- Four.- The correct answer is six.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58Nina, in royal weddings, before she married Prince Edward in 1999,
0:40:58 > 0:41:04Sophie, Countess of Wessex, had what double-barrelled maiden name?
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- Pass.- The correct answer is Rhys-Jones.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Steve, in cinema in 2011,
0:41:12 > 0:41:14which former astronaut,
0:41:14 > 0:41:20who in 1969 became the second person to walk on the moon,
0:41:20 > 0:41:25made a cameo appearance in the third of the Transformers series of films?
0:41:25 > 0:41:29- Buzz Aldrin. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Nina, at the Live Aid concert at Wembley in 1985,
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Status Quo was the first pop group to perform
0:41:36 > 0:41:40and opened with which song that began,
0:41:40 > 0:41:44"Oh, here we are and here we are and here we go"?
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Rockin' All Over The World. - That is correct.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Steve, in religion,
0:41:49 > 0:41:53what is the name of one of the most celebrated heroes in Hindu mythology
0:41:53 > 0:41:58who was the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu?
0:41:59 > 0:42:02- Pass.- The correct answer is Krishna.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06Nina, in urban history, following an Act of Parliament in 1911
0:42:06 > 0:42:09that greatly expanded its boundaries,
0:42:09 > 0:42:14which British city became the second largest in the UK
0:42:14 > 0:42:16in terms of population?
0:42:16 > 0:42:20- Manchester. - The correct answer is Birmingham.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Steve, a violin known as the Lady Blunt,
0:42:24 > 0:42:27that was auctioned on the internet in 2011
0:42:27 > 0:42:31for a record £9.8 million,
0:42:31 > 0:42:35was made in Cremona in 1721
0:42:35 > 0:42:39by which master craftsman?
0:42:39 > 0:42:43- Steinway.- The correct answer is Stradivarius.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48Nina, in sport, the three weapons used in the various fencing events
0:42:48 > 0:42:50at the modern Olympic Games
0:42:50 > 0:42:54are the epee, the foil and which other type of sword?
0:42:56 > 0:43:00- The dagger.- The correct answer is the sabre.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04Steve, in the media, on which radio programme first broadcast in 1948
0:43:04 > 0:43:08do two-person teams from across the UK
0:43:08 > 0:43:12answer cryptic general knowledge questions?
0:43:13 > 0:43:18- Desert Island Discs?- The correct answer is Round Britain Quiz.
0:43:21 > 0:43:26Nina, you are today's strongest link and you go away with £1,880.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Steve, you leave with nothing.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:34 > 0:43:39Even though I didn't win the money, at least I didn't have to do the walk of shame.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41I'm so pleased to win the Weakest Link.
0:43:41 > 0:43:47I really can't believe it and it's a complete shock, but yeah, it's fantastic.
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