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.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:37Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42They've only just met, but to get the money they must work together.
0:00:42 > 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 > 0:00:57I'm Dave, I'm from Bristol, I'm 48 and I'm a comedy club director.
0:00:58 > 0:01:04I'm Mary, I'm 66, I'm from West Norfolk and I'm a writer.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10I'm Ian, I'm 37, from Manchester and I'm a welder.
0:01:11 > 0:01:17My name's Molly, 22, from Oswestry, and I'm a change and development assistant at a cheese factory.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24Philip, 57, Otley, West Yorkshire, semi-retired and part-time Justice of the Peace.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30I'm Tracey, I'm 33, from Nottingham and I'm a student midwife.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35I'm Marlon, I'm 29, from London, and I'm a musician and DJ.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41I'm Lorraine, I'm 40, from Kent and I'm a driving instructor.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47My name's Dinos, I'm 20, from Sheffield, and I'm a student.
0:01:48 > 0:01:54In each round there is £1,000 to be won. The fastest way is a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00Break the chain and you lose all the money in it. Say Bank first and the money is safe.
0:02:00 > 0:02:07Round 1. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person who is first alphabetically - Dave.
0:02:07 > 0:02:14Let's play the Weakest Link. The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20The command "Fetch!" is most commonly used to encourage which pet to retrieve a stick?
0:02:20 > 0:02:26- Dog.- Cycle clips are designed to prevent the bottom of which garments
0:02:26 > 0:02:28from tangling in a bicycle chain?
0:02:28 > 0:02:34- Trousers.- In facial hair, 'tache is an informal shortening of which word?
0:02:34 > 0:02:40- Moustache.- The films The Sting, Casino and Croupier
0:02:40 > 0:02:43all centre on gambling or gardening?
0:02:43 > 0:02:49- Gambling.- According to the old nursery rhyme, the Queen of Hearts made some what?
0:02:49 > 0:02:56- Tarts.- The five traditional senses are touch, taste, smell, hearing and which other?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Sound.- Sight.- Bank.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05A young male with a job delivering newspapers is called a paper what?
0:03:05 > 0:03:10- Boy.- What P is an alternative name for a chemist's shop?
0:03:11 > 0:03:16- Pharmacist.- No, pharmacy, but I'll accept pharmacist.
0:03:16 > 0:03:23The Californian city surrounded by Los Angeles, one of the most expensive US real estate markets,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25is called Beverly what?
0:03:25 > 0:03:31- Hills.- Correct. In pop music, which group had UK number one singles in the 1980s
0:03:31 > 0:03:36with Don't Stand So Close To Me and Every Breath You Take?
0:03:36 > 0:03:41- The Police.- What is a four-letter name for the yellow part of a hen's egg?
0:03:41 > 0:03:49- Yolk.- Bank.- The Sun is an example of which class of celestial body - a moon or a star?
0:03:49 > 0:03:55- Star.- A type of pen often used by children with a writing point consisting of pressed fibres
0:03:55 > 0:03:57is said to have a felt what?
0:03:57 > 0:04:04- Tip.- In the calendar in a non-leap year, there are how many days in the month of February?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- 29.- 28.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12What C is the word for what is said to come before the storm?
0:04:12 > 0:04:18- Calm.- What is the name of the small instrument comprising two narrow metal arms
0:04:18 > 0:04:20used to pluck the eyebrows?
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- Tweezers.- In maths, what is 8 plus 6?
0:04:27 > 0:04:35- 14.- A business known as Kathy's, named in tribute to a character played by Gillian Taylforth,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37features in which soap opera?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- Coronation Street?- EastEnders.
0:04:40 > 0:04:46The rodent found almost everywhere that humans live is called a house mouse or bungalow beaver?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49House mouse.
0:04:49 > 0:04:56In the 19th century, the Confederate states of America were referred to by which point of the compass?
0:04:56 > 0:05:03- South.- In the game Paper, Scissors, Stone, which object is indicated by a clenched fist?
0:05:03 > 0:05:11- Stone.- Bank!- The 2008 release by Elbow that won the Mercury Music Prize for Best British Album
0:05:11 > 0:05:14is entitled The Seldom Seen what?
0:05:16 > 0:05:22Time's up. The answer was Kid. You only won £400. Who's slower than a snails' game of cricket?
0:05:22 > 0:05:29Who'd miss the point on a hedgehog? Who's going to lose you money? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36According to the statistics, the Strongest Link is Ian.
0:05:36 > 0:05:42Tracey is the Weakest Link, but who will be the first to take the Walk of Shame?
0:05:42 > 0:05:48Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Tracey.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Tracey.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Philip.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Philip.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Marlon.- Philip.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Tracey.- Tracey.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Philip.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12We have a tie, team. Philip and Tracey, four votes each.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- Dinos...- Hello, Anne!
0:06:14 > 0:06:22- When I think of Dinos, I think of someone olive-skinned, sexy, strapping...- That's me.
0:06:22 > 0:06:28- Do you pull a lot of housewives on holiday?- Don't need to. I have a lovely girlfriend.- Have you?- Yeah.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33- And what do you do? - Er, we do everything together.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38No, no. Be careful. This is a family show. What do you do?
0:06:38 > 0:06:44- I'm a student. Chemistry and Maths. - And you've got a girlfriend! - That's right.
0:06:44 > 0:06:50- How do you get a girlfriend if you study Chemistry and Maths? - We fell in love at school.- Did you?
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- Where do you take her? - Er, I take her to the cinema.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- Do you go in the back row?- We do. - What do you do in the back row?
0:06:59 > 0:07:05- Er, well, we watch the film. - Oh, do you? Of course - you're a Maths student. Why Philip?
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Er, he got a question wrong and lost us some money.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14- What do you do, Dave? - I'm a director of a comedy club.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19- What's your particular job? - I'm responsible for the sales.
0:07:19 > 0:07:25- You've got to sell the comedy club? - Yeah, corporate packages. We're a big club, Anne.- Are you?
0:07:25 > 0:07:31- Where's the club?- In Bristol. - And it's a funny club?- Hilarious.
0:07:31 > 0:07:38- So if you were trying to sell me a big package, have you got one? - Adequate for the purpose, Anne.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43Yes, OK. You try to sell me your package. Go on.
0:07:45 > 0:07:51Our package, Anne, will be right up your street. Size is clearly important to you
0:07:51 > 0:07:57and we can get 300 people in there, but there's also something to suit every taste.
0:07:57 > 0:08:03- Why Tracey?- Just because... One or two people got an answer wrong, but Tracey stood out.
0:08:03 > 0:08:10- The Strongest Link has to decide the casting vote. That was Ian. What do you do?- I'm a welder, Anne.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Yes. What's the most interesting thing about welding?
0:08:14 > 0:08:18There isn't... Well, the pay packet.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23- What do you do to brighten your dull life, Ian?- I ride my motorcycle.
0:08:23 > 0:08:30- And where do you go to? - We meet up with a few friends and we'll run out to Southport or...
0:08:30 > 0:08:32It's that sad, is it? Southport?
0:08:32 > 0:08:39- Well, it's not where you're going, it's how you get there.- We all know you go on your bike.- We do, yes.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44- Why Philip? Cos he's a magistrate? - That was one thing that swung it.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Philip and Tracey got one wrong.
0:08:47 > 0:08:54OK, you've got a choice now. You can stick with Philip or... you could move on to Tracey.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58I'll stick with my conviction and vote Philip off.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Philip, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13The team voted me off, I believe, because I was the biggest threat,
0:09:13 > 0:09:20the person with the most experience and knowledge. The person I'd like to see off next is Ian.
0:09:20 > 0:09:26He could have used a bit more thought in coming to the decision as to who should be off in that round.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31Round 2. In the bank, £400. We take 10 seconds off your time.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35We'll start with little Ian. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Start the clock.
0:09:38 > 0:09:45What A goes before book for a term for a written collection of names and contact numbers of friends?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Can you repeat the question?
0:09:47 > 0:09:52- What A goes before book for a term...- Address!
0:09:52 > 0:09:58Which summer fruit, closely related to the currant, is green when unripe, often has a hairy skin
0:09:58 > 0:10:00and is made into a fool?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- Gooseberry.- Correct. - Bank!
0:10:03 > 0:10:08A large group of flying bees, especially when led by a queen,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10is called a scrum or swarm?
0:10:10 > 0:10:15- Swarm.- In the British military, having been formed in 1918,
0:10:15 > 0:10:19which of the armed services is the youngest?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I... Pass.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26RAF.
0:10:26 > 0:10:32Lake Bala is the English name of the largest natural lake in which country of the UK?
0:10:35 > 0:10:42- Wales?- Correct. What B is the usual first word to a response to a question beginning, "Why?"?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Because.- Correct.
0:10:44 > 0:10:51In the children's TV series Rainbow, the pink character called George was which type of animal?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- A horse.- A hippo.
0:10:53 > 0:11:00The official currency of the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 was called the Deutsch what?
0:11:00 > 0:11:06- Mark.- The Suez Canal links the Red Sea to which other body of water?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- The Atlantic.- Mediterranean.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15What L is the term for the words of a song, as opposed to the tune?
0:11:15 > 0:11:21- Lyrics.- In a singles tennis match, if each player has won one point in a particular game,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24the umpire announces the score as 15 what?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Love.- All.
0:11:26 > 0:11:33In 1930, which vegetable with a three-letter name was the first to be marketed in frozen form?
0:11:33 > 0:11:41- Pea.- The type of porcelain in which the clay contains skeletal ash is often known as what china?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Bone.- Correct.- Bank!
0:11:45 > 0:11:51A temporary sharp increase in the birth-rate, such as that which followed WWII, is a baby what?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Boom.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57At its greatest size in the 2nd century AD,
0:11:57 > 0:12:03the Roman Empire extended to Europe, Asia and the north of which other continent?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- Africa?- Correct.
0:12:08 > 0:12:14In the stories by Agatha Christie, Miss Marple lives in a village called St Mary what?
0:12:14 > 0:12:21- Mead.- Bank.- What C is a word for both an outer garment with sleeves and the hair covering of an animal?
0:12:21 > 0:12:27- Coat.- Correct.- Bank! - In the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight, which British...
0:12:29 > 0:12:35Time's up. You won £220, but who's more lost than a Civil Service laptop?
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Who'd try to hold up a river bank?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48The statistics reveal that Dinos is the Strongest Link.
0:12:48 > 0:12:54Dave is the Weakest Link, but will the other players realise that?
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Tracey.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Marlon.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Dave.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Dave.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- Dave.- Dave.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Dave.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Tracey.
0:13:20 > 0:13:27- What do you do, Molly?- I'm a change and development assistant. - Where?- At a cheese factory.
0:13:27 > 0:13:33- What sort of cheese is there? - All sorts. We do Cheddar, Stilton, Cheshire, Double Gloucester.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38- You name it, we do it. - Where does Stilton come from?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- Does that come from Stilton? - It comes from Melton Mowbray.
0:13:42 > 0:13:48- Does it?- Yes.- And where does Cheshire cheese come from?- Cheshire, I'd imagine.- You only imagine?
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- I'd say so, yeah. - Are you a big cheese?
0:13:52 > 0:13:58- No! Very low down, Anne.- Are you? Has there ever been a fire at the cheese factory?- No.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- Then there would be one great big fondue, wouldn't there?- There would!
0:14:03 > 0:14:09- Why Dave?- I didn't notice anybody else getting one wrong. Dave definitely did.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- Marlon...- Hi, how's it going?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Put your board down. Where did you get your top?
0:14:15 > 0:14:20- I made it myself.- You didn't borrow it from your gran?- No.
0:14:20 > 0:14:26- Is it on inside out? - No, it's the right way round. - Are you very cool?- I think I am.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- You THINK you are.- I try to be.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34- Could I be as cool as you? - Yeah, you can try to.- How?
0:14:34 > 0:14:41- I'll make you some nice clothes. - I'd look even more like your gran than you do.- No.- Put your board up.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46- Why Dave?- He's the only one I could vote who got one wrong.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Dave, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:14:56 > 0:15:02Anne asked me, because I work in a comedy club environment, to tell a joke.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08If, at our club, the people that were involved in the running of the club and putting on shows
0:15:08 > 0:15:12were up there on the stage, I don't think we'd have a business!
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Round 3. In the bank, £620. Another 10 seconds off.
0:15:17 > 0:15:24We'll start with Dinos. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Which burrowing mammal is notorious for creating hills of earth...
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- A mole.- Correct.
0:15:32 > 0:15:38The rapper born Cornell Haynes Junior in Texas in 1974 adopted what stage name -
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Nancy or Nelly?
0:15:40 > 0:15:47- Nelly.- A rough and irregular depression in a road surface caused by wear and weathering is a pot...?
0:15:47 > 0:15:54- Hole.- Which hyphenated term is officially used to describe a magazine that is distributed free
0:15:54 > 0:15:57to passengers on board an aircraft?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Pass.- In-flight.
0:16:01 > 0:16:08The character played by Al Murray who recommends a glass of white wine for the lady is the Pub what?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Landlord.- Correct.- Bank!
0:16:11 > 0:16:17What V is the single-word term for a strict vegetarian who abstains from all products of animal origin?
0:16:17 > 0:16:23- Vegan.- In north-west England, the Kingsway and Queensway tunnels that link Liverpool and the Wirral
0:16:23 > 0:16:26pass beneath which river?
0:16:26 > 0:16:30- The Mersey.- Correct.- Bank! - In the 1995 film Braveheart,
0:16:30 > 0:16:37- Mel Gibson says, "They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our..."?- Freedom!
0:16:37 > 0:16:43In Christianity, a gesture made by touching the forehead, then the chest, then each shoulder
0:16:43 > 0:16:45is making the sign of the...?
0:16:45 > 0:16:53- Cross.- What P is the name commonly given to the division of India in 1947 into two republics?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Pakistan.- Partition.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02The Holby City actor who won the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing is Tom who?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Could you repeat the question? Sorry.
0:17:05 > 0:17:11- The Holby City actor who won the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing is Tom who?- Pass.
0:17:11 > 0:17:17Chambers. In the 1931 painting called The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali,
0:17:17 > 0:17:21a group of which small insects is depicted on a fob watch?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Ants?- Correct.
0:17:23 > 0:17:29- Bank!- Johann Sebastian Bach was chiefly known for playing the guitar or the organ?
0:17:29 > 0:17:36- The organ.- An electric typewriter with the characters on a rotating metal device
0:17:36 > 0:17:40was named after which specific item of sports equipment?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Can you say that again, please?
0:17:43 > 0:17:48An electric typewriter with the characters on a rotating metal device
0:17:48 > 0:17:53- was named after which item of sports equipment?- Pass.- Golf ball.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57The name given to the dried berry of a pepper plant is a pepper what?
0:17:57 > 0:18:03- Corn.- Correct. According to the cliche, what C are men...
0:18:05 > 0:18:11Time's up and you won £90. Who's as much use as a fortune teller on Time Team?
0:18:11 > 0:18:16Who's destined for despair? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22With no correct answers, Molly is the Weakest Link.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27The Strongest Link, statistically, is Dinos, but how will the votes go?
0:18:28 > 0:18:33Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Ian.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Lorraine.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Lorraine.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- Lorraine.- Molly.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Ian.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Molly.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56- Tracey, what do you do? - I'm a student midwife, Anne. - Really? Do you say, "Push!"?
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- When it comes to the right time. - Do you ever say, "Pull!" for a joke?
0:19:01 > 0:19:10- Er, no, Anne.- So supposing I've been in labour for 21 hours and it's just about to happen.
0:19:10 > 0:19:16- What would you be saying to me? - I'd be encouraging the lady... - No, no, I'm the lady.
0:19:16 > 0:19:22- Really, Anne?- I'm sorry? - So you're telling me that you're in childbirth, Anne?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- Yes. We're pretending.- OK.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30- How encouraging are you going to be? - Very encouraging.- Go on, then!
0:19:30 > 0:19:36- Let's hear you. - You're doing well, carry on.... - Same old thing, blah, blah, blah.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41- Not the same old thing.- You have different speeches?- Not really.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Same old thing.- Well, yeah.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- Why Lorraine?- Because I recall her getting a question wrong.
0:19:48 > 0:19:54- Ian, why Lorraine? - I remember it was near the end of the round
0:19:54 > 0:19:59and she got a question wrong. It just stuck in my mind.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Lorraine, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:20:08 > 0:20:15The team have lost a valuable player in myself. If they kept me on, they would have ended up with more money.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20Round 4. In the bank, £710. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:20:20 > 0:20:27We'll start with Dinos. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32On Radio 2, which DJ began presenting an afternoon show in 1999
0:20:32 > 0:20:36and includes items on obscure information he calls factoids?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Mark Lamarr?- Steve Wright.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44Someone who is fit and well is in rude health or saucy strength?
0:20:44 > 0:20:51- Rude health.- The two American mortgage lenders bailed out by the US Government in 2008
0:20:51 > 0:20:54are Fannie Mae and Freddie what?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Pass.- Mac.
0:20:57 > 0:21:04The oesophagus carries food from the mouth down to which organ, the first major site of digestion?
0:21:04 > 0:21:11- Stomach.- The paper size most commonly used for standard business letters
0:21:11 > 0:21:13is known by what alphanumeric name?
0:21:13 > 0:21:21- A4.- What H is the title of the drama series first shown in 2004 starring Robert Vaughn
0:21:21 > 0:21:24as a con man called Albert Stroller?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- Hustle?- Correct.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31- Bank!- In weaponry, a fletcher was a maker of which projectiles?
0:21:31 > 0:21:38- Er, arrows.- Which pre-decimal coin was traditionally put in a Christmas pudding - a farthing or a sixpence?
0:21:38 > 0:21:44- A sixpence.- Bank. - In maths, what is the positive square root of 121?
0:21:51 > 0:21:52- 7.- 11.
0:21:52 > 0:21:58What J is the word for a short crowbar used by burglars to lever open a door?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Pass.- Jemmy.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09The letters in the name of the vaccination known as MMR stand for Measles, Mumps and...
0:22:09 > 0:22:17- Rubella.- The lapwing is a British bird sometimes known as the peewit or the dimwit?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Peewit.- Correct. - Bank!
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Amsterdam and Enduring Love are novels by which British author?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- No idea, pass.- Ian McEwan.
0:22:27 > 0:22:34In horror films, which type of well-known mythical creature becomes active during a full moon?
0:22:34 > 0:22:36A werewolf.
0:22:36 > 0:22:43In chess, the computer that defeated World champion Garry Kasparov over a series of six games in 1997
0:22:43 > 0:22:45was called Deep what?
0:22:46 > 0:22:50- Blue.- Correct. Molly... - Bank!
0:22:50 > 0:22:56The Kings of Leon had a UK number one single in 2008 with Pants On Fire or Sex on Fire?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- Sex On Fire!- Correct.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04Answer in time... but no bank followed it. You won £250.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09Who's the madame of mistakes? Who's a monsieur in a muddle?
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18Having answered the most questions, Mary is the Strongest Link.
0:23:18 > 0:23:24Statistically, Ian is the Weakest Link, but can he survive the vote?
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Ian.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Molly.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Dinos.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Dinos.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Ian.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Ian.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- What do you do, Mary?- I'm a writer, Anne.- What do you write?
0:23:48 > 0:23:55- I write books.- What sort of books? - All sorts. Non-fiction recently, but a lot of fiction, too.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Novels?- Yes.
0:23:57 > 0:24:03- And who reads your novels? - Mostly ladies, I would think. - Are they bodice rippers?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05There have been one or two.
0:24:05 > 0:24:11- The women take their clothes off? - The men do, too. Some of them.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13And then what happens?
0:24:13 > 0:24:20They get very close together and I usually draw the veil at actually describing things.
0:24:20 > 0:24:26- Do you?- Yes.- Have you not enough knowledge of that kind of thing? - You'd have to ask my husband.
0:24:26 > 0:24:33- Yes, I know about it, but I don't want to offend my mother or my sons.- I see.
0:24:33 > 0:24:39- Why Ian?- He's beside me and he got a couple of really rotten questions, which he got wrong.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- So, Dinos...- Yes, Anne?- Why Ian?
0:24:43 > 0:24:50- Cos he got the square root of 121 question wrong. - I bet you know that!- I do.
0:24:50 > 0:24:58- Do you know all the square roots? - Of course.- What's interesting about them?- They're just beautiful.
0:24:58 > 0:25:05- Which way in particular? - The way that you can square them back to get the original answer.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Are square roots your favourite?
0:25:08 > 0:25:13- No, Venn diagrams are my favourite. - What's so good about them?
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Er, they're basically two circles and they overlap in the middle...
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- I think I've just got too excited. - All right. I'll let you go.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Ian, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:25:29 > 0:25:36In the last round, I voted for Molly as she seemed to get a couple of questions wrong.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43But I was originally going to vote for Dinos, which in hindsight I should have done
0:25:43 > 0:25:47and I'd still be there now.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52Round 5. In the bank, £960. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:25:52 > 0:25:58We'll start with Mary. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03Burlington Bertie is betting slang for odds of 100 to what?
0:26:03 > 0:26:09- 30.- What B is the name for the item of headwear traditionally bought by women
0:26:09 > 0:26:12to wear in church on Easter Sunday?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- Pass.- Bonnet.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20On which long-running BBC quiz show do contestants answer questions on a specialist subject
0:26:20 > 0:26:23and then on general knowledge?
0:26:23 > 0:26:29- Mastermind.- Which word precedes "toad" in the name of the animal introduced to Australia in 1935
0:26:29 > 0:26:34and follows "sugar" in that of the crop it was meant to protect?
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Can you repeat the question, please?
0:26:36 > 0:26:42Which word precedes "toad" in the name of the animal introduced to Australia in 1935
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- and follows "sugar" in that of the crop it was meant to protect?- Cane.
0:26:47 > 0:26:53What's the four-letter name given to the long wall of earth built in the Netherlands to keep out sea water?
0:26:53 > 0:27:00- Dyke.- What P is defined as the practice of having several wives or husbands at the same time?
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- Polyandry.- No, polygamy.
0:27:04 > 0:27:10In an expression adapted from a poem by William Cooper, which hot beverage is the cup that cheers
0:27:10 > 0:27:12but does not inebriate?
0:27:12 > 0:27:18- Tea?- Correct. The 2002 thriller starring Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22based on the same novel as the 1986 film Manhunter, was Red what?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Can you repeat the question?
0:27:25 > 0:27:29The 2002 thriller starring Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton,
0:27:29 > 0:27:35based on the same novel as the 1986 film Manhunter, was Red what?
0:27:36 > 0:27:44- Dragon?- Correct. Which term for childbirth is also the name of a major UK political party?
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Labour.- Correct. - Bank!
0:27:47 > 0:27:53In the USA, Big Ben, Great Basin and Mammoth Cave are all national parks or historic buildings?
0:27:53 > 0:28:02- National parks.- The character called Flashman originally appeared in the 1857 novel Tom Brown's what?
0:28:02 > 0:28:06- Schooldays. - In pop music in 1974,
0:28:06 > 0:28:10guitarist Chris Stein and vocalist Deborah Harry formed which group?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Pass.- Blondie.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18What I is the single-word term...
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Time's up and you won £100.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Who's the Shakespeare and who just shakes?
0:28:27 > 0:28:34Who's the Rooney and who's the loony? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Molly is the Weakest Link with the most wrong answers.
0:28:38 > 0:28:44The Strongest Link, statistically, is Dinos, but who will the team want off?
0:28:44 > 0:28:50Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Molly.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Mary.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- Mary.- Mary.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01Molly.
0:29:04 > 0:29:11- Marlon, why Mary? - Well, she got a question wrong and she voted for me previously.
0:29:11 > 0:29:19- Molly, did you think Mary was the worst player?- No, it was me, definitely. I can't vote for myself.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Sorry, Mary.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26Mary, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Anne asked me about bodice rippers, which I have written a couple of.
0:29:37 > 0:29:44She might be a fan. She knows the term and might be a closet bodice ripper reader. Who knows?
0:29:44 > 0:29:49Round 6. In the bank, £1,060. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53We'll start with Dinos. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Start the clock.
0:29:55 > 0:30:01Appliances such as fridges and freezers are usually described as what colour goods?
0:30:01 > 0:30:08- White?- Correct. A contour line joins places on a map of equal what - pressure or elevation?
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Elevation.
0:30:11 > 0:30:19In 2009, for the first time in its history, the Dakar Rally was held in Chile and which country?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- Mexico?- Argentina.
0:30:21 > 0:30:29The US educational series for pre-school children first shown in 1969 with characters by Jim Henson
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- is entitled Sesame...- Street!
0:30:32 > 0:30:38What K is a Greek word for glory that has been adopted into English to mean acclaim?
0:30:38 > 0:30:40- Kappa?- Kudos.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46The flag that is flown at a palace when the monarch is in residence is called the royal what?
0:30:46 > 0:30:52- Flag?- Standard. Which Western alliance involving the USA and European countries
0:30:52 > 0:30:57was founded in 1949 and now has its HQ in Brussels?
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Can you repeat the question?
0:31:00 > 0:31:04Which Western alliance involving the USA and European countries
0:31:04 > 0:31:08was founded in 1949 and now has its HQ in Brussels?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- NATO?- Correct.
0:31:12 > 0:31:18In the Peanuts cartoon strip, the character referred to by Peppermint Patty as Chuck has what first name?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Can you repeat the question?
0:31:27 > 0:31:33In the Peanuts cartoon strip, the character referred to by Peppermint Patty as Chuck has what first name?
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Snoopy?- Charlie.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41Surface tension is a property of gases or liquids?
0:31:41 > 0:31:44- Liquids.- Correct.- Bank!
0:31:44 > 0:31:50- The two large rocks on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar are the Pillars of whom?- Pass.- Hercules.
0:31:50 > 0:31:56What L is the name for a machine on which a thread wound round a shuttle is passed through others
0:31:56 > 0:31:59to create a textile?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Can you repeat the question?
0:32:01 > 0:32:05What L is the name for a machine on which a thread wound round...
0:32:08 > 0:32:13Time's up. You only won £20. So maybe Tracey hasn't delivered.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Perhaps Dinos doesn't add up.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24For the fourth time in the game, Dinos is the Strongest Link.
0:32:24 > 0:32:31Tracey is, statistically, the Weakest Link, but whose game is over?
0:32:31 > 0:32:36Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Dinos.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Dinos.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Dinos.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45Tracey.
0:32:48 > 0:32:55- Marlon, why Dinos?- He's the only one I remember getting a question wrong. - You thought he was the worst player?
0:32:55 > 0:33:00- No, we all got one wrong, I think. - Why did you vote for Dinos?
0:33:00 > 0:33:04He's the closest... No, he's not. Well...
0:33:04 > 0:33:10- He just stood out the most for me, to be honest.- Not because he'd be trouble in the final?
0:33:10 > 0:33:15Not really, no. We were all as bad as each other, to be honest.
0:33:15 > 0:33:21- Tracey, why Dinos? - He got a question wrong and he voted for me earlier. I remembered that.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24All very fishy.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29Dinos, of course, was the best player. It's votes that count.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34Dinos, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45It was fantastic meeting Anne. I think she really felt attracted to me, especially my choice of degree.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49I could feel the chemistry. There was a bond there.
0:33:49 > 0:33:55Round 7. In the bank, £1,080. Another 10 seconds off your time.
0:33:55 > 0:34:01You voted off the Strongest Link, so we'll start with Marlon. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Start the clock.
0:34:03 > 0:34:09Drew Barrymore is asked by an anonymous phone caller, "Do you like scary movies?"
0:34:09 > 0:34:11in which 1996 horror film?
0:34:11 > 0:34:19- Scream.- Which type of transport system gets its name from being a train running on a single track?
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- Tram.- Monorail.
0:34:21 > 0:34:27Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman in the 1970s, once represented the USA in which contest -
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Miss World or Mr Universe?
0:34:30 > 0:34:37- Miss World.- The three small bones in the middle ear are known as the anvil, the stirrup and which other?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Cochlear?- Hammer.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44The lyrics, "All the lonely people, where do they all come from?"
0:34:44 > 0:34:49- are from a song by The Beatles entitled Eleanor who?- Pass.- Rigby.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54What P is the term for the standard working out of a theorem?
0:34:54 > 0:34:56- Pi.- Proof.
0:34:56 > 0:35:01The 1848 novel Dombey and Son was written by which author?
0:35:01 > 0:35:07- Pass.- Charles Dickens. Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Polish
0:35:07 > 0:35:12all belong to which major group of Indo-European languages?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14- Pass.- Slav.
0:35:14 > 0:35:20The French-born ballerina who trained as a gymnast before joining the Royal Ballet in 1989
0:35:20 > 0:35:22is Sylvie who?
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- Pass.- Guillem.
0:35:26 > 0:35:32Which London district is often satirised as the home of the chattering classes -
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Hampstead or Hounslow?
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- Hampstead.- Correct.- Bank!
0:35:37 > 0:35:43The long depression that runs from Uganda to Malawi is a split in the Earth's crust called The Great...?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- Valley?- No, Rift Valley.
0:35:51 > 0:35:57Which actress married Ben Affleck in 2005 and gave birth to their second child in 2009,
0:35:57 > 0:36:01a girl named Seraphina?
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- Jennifer Garner.- Correct.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Couldn't be bothered to bank?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11No.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- Too cool to bank? - Too cool for school, yeah.
0:36:14 > 0:36:21Time's up. You won £20. In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30With all her answers wrong, Molly is the Weakest Link.
0:36:30 > 0:36:37The Strongest Link, statistically, is Tracey, but who will lose out in the final vote?
0:36:38 > 0:36:43Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Marlon.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Marlon.
0:36:48 > 0:36:49Molly.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56- Tracey, why Marlon? - Cos we all got a question wrong,
0:36:56 > 0:37:04but I remembered Marlon's and thought, "I know that one!" That's the only reason I chose him.
0:37:04 > 0:37:10- How did that round go for you, Molly?- Absolutely appalling.- You didn't answer a single question.- No.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- Why are you voting for Marlon? - To keep the girls together.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Marlon, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25I don't think I was the Weakest Link. It was a lot of tactical voting.
0:37:25 > 0:37:30Molly should have gone. She got no questions right.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32In the final, I would have won.
0:37:32 > 0:37:38Out of Molly and Tracey to win, none of them. They don't deserve the money. It should have been me!
0:37:38 > 0:37:43Round 8. In the bank, £1,100. In this round, 90 seconds.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Tracey.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58In winter sports, what is the event where competitors leap from a ramp
0:37:58 > 0:38:00and score on technique and distance?
0:38:00 > 0:38:06- Triple jump.- Ski jump. In medicine, what L is the name of a semi-parasitic worm
0:38:06 > 0:38:09applied to the body to suck blood?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- Leech.- Correct. - Bank.
0:38:12 > 0:38:18The Department of Work and Pensions' telephone service to help people find employment is Jobseeker what?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- Line?- Direct.
0:38:21 > 0:38:27- The style of comic book art known as manga originated in which Asian country?- India?
0:38:27 > 0:38:33Japan. The Latin term meaning dark room that describes a box with a hole in it
0:38:33 > 0:38:37through which an image is received is camera what?
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- Sorry.- Obscura.
0:38:41 > 0:38:47- The first gospel in the New Testament is attributed to which of the 12 apostles?- John?
0:38:47 > 0:38:54St Matthew. Which of these animals is higher up in the food chain - a sparrow or a sparrow hawk?
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Sparrow hawk.- Correct. - Bank!
0:38:57 > 0:39:03An enemy of Robin Hood, played in films by Basil Rathbone, Tom Baker and Michael Wincott,
0:39:03 > 0:39:05is Guy of where?
0:39:05 > 0:39:12- London?- Gisborne. What C is the common name of the chemical that was discovered in 1831
0:39:12 > 0:39:16and used until the 1950s as an anaesthetic?
0:39:16 > 0:39:22- Chlorophyll?- No, chloroform. Molly, in geography...
0:39:23 > 0:39:28Time's up. You won £40. We will treble that.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32It gives you prize money today of:
0:39:32 > 0:39:38There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If it's a tie, Sudden Death.
0:39:38 > 0:39:43So, Molly and Tracey, for £1,220, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:39:46 > 0:39:53- Molly, as the Strongest Link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.- I'll go first.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03Which letter of the alphabet was the title of the 2008 film directed by Oliver Stone
0:40:03 > 0:40:07that's a biography of President George Bush Junior?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- J?- The correct answer is W.
0:40:10 > 0:40:17The Daily Slab and The Daily Granite were titles of newspapers in which long-running TV cartoon series?
0:40:17 > 0:40:21- I don't know, Anne.- The correct answer is The Flintstones.
0:40:21 > 0:40:27What is the appropriate surname of the South African golfer called Gary,
0:40:27 > 0:40:32who between 1959 and 1978 won nine Major championships?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- Woods?- The answer is Player.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Which city is the capital of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus?
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Paphos.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48The correct answer is Nicosia.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52Which semi-parasitic plant, native to Britain, bears white berries
0:40:52 > 0:41:00and has the alternative names all heal, bird lime, devil's fuge and golden bough?
0:41:00 > 0:41:05- Deadly nightshade? - The correct answer is mistletoe.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Going very well(!) In a 2008 interview,
0:41:08 > 0:41:12which veteran US comedienne said of her plastic surgery,
0:41:12 > 0:41:19"When they bury me and dig me up, they'll discover I'm non-recyclable and non-biodegradable"?
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- Joan Rivers?- That is correct.
0:41:22 > 0:41:29A strong alcoholic drink marketed as Special Brew was first produced by a Danish company in 1950
0:41:29 > 0:41:35to commemorate a visit to that country by which British political dignitary?
0:41:37 > 0:41:41- Pass.- The correct answer is Winston Churchill.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46In 1665, at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire,
0:41:46 > 0:41:50who further developed the branch of maths now called calculus
0:41:50 > 0:41:55and demonstrated the colours of the spectrum?
0:41:55 > 0:41:59- Calcula? - The correct answer is Isaac Newton.
0:41:59 > 0:42:05The name of which group, who had UK hit singles with The Love Cats and The Caterpillar,
0:42:05 > 0:42:09is a term meaning the remedy of illness?
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- The Cure! - That is the correct answer.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17What's the current title of the left-wing weekly magazine
0:42:17 > 0:42:23whose editors have included John Freeman, Paul Johnson, Richard Crossman and Anthony Howard?
0:42:23 > 0:42:28- The Observer?- The correct answer is the New Statesman.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31After five questions each, your scores are tied.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36So, Molly and Tracey, let's play Sudden Death.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43Molly, the tea cake named after a baker called Sally Lunn
0:42:43 > 0:42:49and a biscuit named after physician William Oliver were both originally made in which English city?
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- Bakewell?- The answer is Bath.
0:42:53 > 0:42:59In classical music, which opera by Harrison Birtwhistle, first staged in 1968,
0:42:59 > 0:43:05took its title from a traditional seaside entertainment for children?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10- Punch and Judy?- That is correct.
0:43:14 > 0:43:19That means, Tracey, you are today's Strongest Link and you go away with:
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Molly, you leave with nothing.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:28 > 0:43:34When my friends and family see me on TV, they're not going to be able to believe I got to the final
0:43:34 > 0:43:38cos I just don't know that much, really!
0:43:38 > 0:43:44As my mother thought I was never going to win it, I'm pleased to say, Mum, I've actually won!
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