0:00:02 > 0:00:05Of the nine contestants preparing for today's show,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11The rest will leave with nothing
0:00:11 > 0:00:15as one by one they're voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Any of the nine people in the studio here today
0:00:35 > 0:00:38could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40They don't know each other,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44however, if they want that money they'll have to work as a team.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48But eight of them will leave with nothing
0:00:48 > 0:00:52as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59I'm Jeff, 37, from Leicester and I'm a business development manager.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04I'm Tim, I'm 42, I'm from Burnley and I'm a postman.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09I'm Laura, I'm 35, I'm from Cambridge and I'm an accountant.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15I'm Darren, I'm 29, from Bournemouth, and I'm a sales director.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I'm Gwerfyl, I'm 60,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20I live in Bridgend, South Wales, and I'm retired.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25I'm Emma, I'm 23, I'm from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire
0:01:25 > 0:01:27and I'm a research scientist.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31My name's Liz, I'm 41, I'm from Littleborough in Lancashire
0:01:31 > 0:01:33and I'm a reflexologist.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35I'm James, I'm 19,
0:01:35 > 0:01:40I'm from Birmingham and I'm taking a gap year before university.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45My name is Iain, I'm 30, I'm from Leeds and I'm an IT trainer.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50Now the rules. In each round the aim is to answer enough questions
0:01:50 > 0:01:52to reach your £1,000 target
0:01:52 > 0:01:54within the time limit.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Get one wrong and you lose the money in that chain.
0:02:02 > 0:02:08If you say bank before the question is asked the money is safe.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10However, you start a new chain.
0:02:10 > 0:02:16Remember, at the end of the round, only money that has been banked can be taken forward.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19In round one there are 3 minutes.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23We'll start with the person who's first alphabetically, Darren.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29First question is for £20, start the clock.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34In the nursery rhyme Row, Row, Row Your Boat, life is but a what?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Dream.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40In which country are there farms called crofts, Scotland or Wales?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Scotland.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47Wholemeal, plain and self-raising are types of which culinary product?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Flour.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Where was The Liver Birds set?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Liverpool.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56What E is a piece of jewellery worn on the ear?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Earrings.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02The charity RoSPA is the Royal Society for the Prevention of what?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Accidents.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- Bank.- What is the capital of Spain?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Madrid.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13What relation is Minnie Mouse to Mickey Mouse, girlfriend or sister?
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Girlfriend.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Which is the most southwesterly county of England?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Cornwall.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Which word can mean a piece of land, the locality of a battle
0:03:24 > 0:03:27or the participants in a race?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Field.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35In which 1980s TV sitcom was Gladys Pugh the chief yellowcoat at Maplins holiday camp?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Hi-De-Hi.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43What L is to cause a body to rise or remain suspended in the air in defiance of gravity?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Levitation.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49In bowling of which items are there officially either nine or ten?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Bowls.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Pins.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56The 2001 BBC TV serial The Way We Live Now
0:03:56 > 0:03:59is based on a novel by Anthony who?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Pass.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Trollope.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05In which city is the Royal National throat, nose and ear hospital?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08London.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13Where in a fraction does the numerator appear above or below the line?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Above.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Bank.- The 1998 film Saving Private Ryan
0:04:18 > 0:04:21was set during which world war?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Vietnam.- No, two.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Who wrote the poem I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Don't know.- Pam Ayres.
0:04:31 > 0:04:37What G is a drink traditionally made with rum and water that has become a slang term for alcohol?
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- Er...pass.- Grog.
0:04:41 > 0:04:48In pop music, which former Neighbours actress had a UK hit single in 1997 with Torn?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- Kylie Minogue? - No, Natalie Imbruglia.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Which of these is one of the Seven Deadly Sins sarcasm or sloth?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Sloth.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02In maths, what is 97 plus 23?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04120.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08In the animal kingdom, what O is another name for the killer whale?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Pass.- Orca.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15TV: which member of the Absolutely Fabulous cast wrote the series?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Jennifer Saunders.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Name the inn that appears in the title of a Daphne Du Maurier novel.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Jamaica.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- Bank.- Myrtle is a species of bird or plant?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Plant.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29The French phrase for the main...
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Time's up.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38In that first round, what a great disappointment you turned out to be.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41At one stage, you answered
0:05:41 > 0:05:4412 questions correctly in a row.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49Which means, without any difficulty whatsoever,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52you could have reached your target.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57In fact, you didn't. You only reached £850.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Who caused the trouble?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Who lost you the money?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Having given the most wrong answers,
0:06:11 > 0:06:14James is statistically the weakest link.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19The strongest link is Jeff, but who will take the first walk of shame?
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Iain, remind me what you do.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55- I'm an IT trainer, my little tiger shark.- What does an IT trainer do?
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Makes the world of IT understandable to normal people like ourselves.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05- If you're a trainer, are you one of us or one of them?- A bit of both.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- Why James?- James got two questions wrong during that round.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Liz, you're a reflexologist.- I am.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- So you gain knowledge looking at feet.- I touch them as well.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21- Why James?- I think he was the weakest link. He got two wrong.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- Laura, you're an accountant.- I am.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29- What sort of accounting do you do? - I work in construction.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- What are you building at the moment?- Big, expensive houses.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38- Do you have an expensive house? - Yes.- What's your house worth?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Erm, about 300,000.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Oh, really? How interesting.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- Why James?- He was the weakest link. He got two wrong.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53He was indeed. James, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I'm very embarrassed.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06I've got to go and face a lot of stick.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11It's hurt my pride. I think that Tim should be here instead of me.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I don't think he's very intelligent.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Round two, team. So far you have in the kitty £850.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20There are eight of you left.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22We take ten seconds from the clock.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26We start with the strongest link, that's Jeff.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Which North American rodent is renowned for building dams?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Beaver.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39According to the title of the 1980s cartoon,
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Gordon, Phantom and Mandrake were defenders of the what?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- Universe.- No, the Earth.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49In the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire,
0:08:49 > 0:08:55who provides the voice of the hero, Milo Thatch Richard E Grant or Michael J Fox?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Richard E Grant.- No, Michael J Fox.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03In 1993, Jo Whiley became a regular DJ on which BBC radio station?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Radio 1.
0:09:06 > 0:09:13What N is the term for a book in which the actions of characters take place within a fictional plot?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Novel.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Who was described as "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Elizabeth I?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Nell Gwyn.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28The South African city of Kimberley is a centre for the mining of what?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Diamonds.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32What is 300 divided by 20?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- Sixty.- Fifteen.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39What W is a name of the church festival Pentecost?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- Whit.- Whitsun. I'll accept Whit.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46The wildebeest is a large antelope indigenous to which continent?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Africa.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53How many minutes are there in one half of a rugby union game?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- Forty-five.- No, forty.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59What was the first name of the 19thC novelist Mrs Gaskell?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- Eileen.- Elizabeth(!)
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Which cartoon dog has cousins named Scooby-Dum and Whoopsy-Doo?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Scooby-Doo.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14A quadrille is a piece of music to accompany which activity?
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Dancing.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19In the 1998 film The Object Of My Affection,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22which Friends actress played Nina?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Jennifer Aniston.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29- Bank.- In English what is the past participle of the verb to fall?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Fallen.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32What did the J stand for
0:10:32 > 0:10:37in the initials of the writer JRR Tolkein James or John?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- James.- No, John.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Which Asian country was ruled by Pol Pot?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Pass.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Cambodia.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56What C is the name of a hand-held instrument similar to an accordion?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Don't know.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Concertina.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Which European city was divided by a wall in 1961?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Berlin.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10With what fastening do pearly kings and queens decorate their suits?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Buttons.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17- Bank.- In a church, what V is where books and vestments are kept?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Vestry. Bank. >
0:11:19 > 0:11:21In which US...
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Time's up.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29And from very nearly reaching your target of £1,000
0:11:29 > 0:11:31you have, in that second round,
0:11:31 > 0:11:36completely demolished your reputation. You banked just £170.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41Whose toolbox is missing a spanner? Whose candle is short of a wick?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Whose knowledge has turned to porridge?
0:11:44 > 0:11:48It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52According to the statistics, Laura is the weakest link,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54she didn't get any answers right.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Gwerfyl is the strongest link, she gave the most correct answers.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01But who will lose out in the vote?
0:12:02 > 0:12:07Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Gwerfyl...
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- Always had that name?- Yes. - What does it mean in English?
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- It doesn't have a meaning, it's from Welsh literature.- Is it?
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- What was Gwerfyl?- She was the love of a famous Welsh poet.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- So she was good in bed, was she? - So they say, yes.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Right.- I'm not making such claims.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- What do you do? - I'm retired, Anne. I was a teacher.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- Oh, you were a teacher from Wales! - Yes, absolutely.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Dear, dear, dear. Why Tim?
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Well, he did get a couple of questions wrong
0:13:03 > 0:13:08and Tim is a postman perhaps it's time for him to go to bed.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- Darren...what do you do? - I'm a sales director.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- What sort of sales? - Computer training courses.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- You sell them, do you?- Yeah, we provide them for people, yeah.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Sell me a training course.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Would you like a computer training course?- No.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28OK, then. Thank you.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Why Tim?
0:13:29 > 0:13:33He got a couple wrong, hesitated on Cambodia
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- and that's a shocking shirt. - You think he was the weakest link?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Yes.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Laura, the accountant.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Could you work out who was the weakest link in that round?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- It was me.- Indeed it was.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52So, your £300,000 house...
0:13:52 > 0:13:55did somebody else pay for it?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Mmm...hard work paid for it.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- Whose hard work? - Mine. And my husband's.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Oh, right. Why Tim?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05The hesitation got me.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10- You think that's worse than getting every question wrong?- Hmmm.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Statistically, Laura was the worst player
0:14:13 > 0:14:15but it's votes that matter.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Tim, they're posting you home.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21With five votes you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30I feel gutted because I wasn't the weakest link, Laura was.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35She got all her questions wrong. I want the weakest link to come off.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39I don't care who, but if Laura gets everything wrong she should be here.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47Round three, team, and out of £2,000 you've banked £1,020.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51You're down to seven players, we're taking another ten seconds off,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55we'll start with the strongest link, Gwerfyl.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Start the clock.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Where do moray eels live, freshwater or saltwater?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Freshwater.- Saltwater.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08In architecture, what is the shape of a rose window?
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Circular.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Where are the Blue Mountains and the Great Dividing Range?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Australia.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22Which 1975 UK number one by Queen features the line "I see a little silhouetto of a man"?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Bohemian Rhapsody?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Correct.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31- Bank.- Of French origin, what M is the name of a puppet worked by strings?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Marionette.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36What is 263 minus 70?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38193.
0:15:38 > 0:15:44In physics, how many kilowatts are there in one gigawatt, 100 or one million?
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- 100.- No, one million.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50In James Bond films, what is the surname of the villain
0:15:50 > 0:15:54played by Telly Savalas and Donald Pleasance?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Blofeld.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00In UK honours, for what do the initials BE stand in OBE?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03British Empire.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06In which UK country did the Chelsea bun originate?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08England. Bank! >
0:16:08 > 0:16:14In 1956, WH Auden became professor of poetry at which university, Oxford or Cambridge?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Oxford.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18In the rhyme "One, two, buckle my shoe,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20"Three, four, knock at the door,"
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- the next line is "Five, six, pick up..." what?- Sticks.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28In physics, what has the longer wavelength, infrared or ultraviolet?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Infrared. Bank. >
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Who led the British expedition which reached the South Pole in 1912
0:16:35 > 0:16:37but died on the return?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Scott.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43In maths, what is two divided by two?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47One.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Which organisation is known by its initials WHO?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53World Health Organisation. Bank. >
0:16:53 > 0:17:00What A is the Greek philosopher who founded the theory that there were four basic elements?
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Aristotle.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Underpants with full-length legs are informally known as long what?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Johns.
0:17:08 > 0:17:14For which Olympics did Zola Budd take British citizenship so she could compete,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16the 1976 or the 1984?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18The nineteen...
0:17:18 > 0:17:21eighty-four. Bank. >
0:17:21 > 0:17:28Rupert Brooke wrote the famous line "There's some corner of a foreign field that is forever" where?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- France.- England!
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Terry Wogan presents a TV show called whose Bloomers?
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Auntie's.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38In biology, which sex has a Y chro...
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Time's up, the correct answer is female.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49And you banked half what you could have done, £500.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Who's as useful as a bikini in the Arctic?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00In a sudden reversal of fortune,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Gwerfyl has gone from being strongest link
0:18:03 > 0:18:05to the weakest link.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Jeff is statistically the strongest link
0:18:09 > 0:18:12but will the others have noticed?
0:18:12 > 0:18:17Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Jeff, you're in business development, are you?
0:18:39 > 0:18:40I am.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- What do you develop? - Relationships with parcel carriers.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- You develop relationships with parcel carriers!- I do, mmm.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52And for those of us who speak English, tell us.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56We help parcel carriers to become more efficient
0:18:56 > 0:18:58at getting parcels to you.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03So you teach people who deliver parcels how to do it efficiently?
0:19:03 > 0:19:08No, we provide computing solutions to help them do it better.
0:19:08 > 0:19:14They can't be very good computers cos not many are any good. Why Laura?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17To quote somebody with greater intelligence than I,
0:19:17 > 0:19:21I think she's about as useful as a bikini in the Arctic.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24She probably doesn't need the Arctic,
0:19:24 > 0:19:28she's probably got a swimming pool in her £300,000 house.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33- Emma, you're a research scientist. - Yes.- What have you discovered?
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- Nothing yet. - How long have you been at it?
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- A year.- What are you hoping to come up with?
0:19:41 > 0:19:44I'm looking at novel genes to discover their function.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- Any of those connected with the brain?- Yes, actually.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- Have you looked at your own brain? - That would be quite hard.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Why, cos it's so small?
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- Why Laura? - I think she was the weakest link.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Yes, indeed, Laura, with that fantastically expensive house,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05it's time to go back.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09With five votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:20:14 > 0:20:20I don't like weak people and I find Emma a little weak and weedy.
0:20:20 > 0:20:26The next person off should be Gwerrrrfyl because it stops people having to say her name.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Round four, team. Out of a possible £3,000
0:20:30 > 0:20:34you have banked £1,520.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39Six of you left, ten seconds off, you now have two and a half minutes.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43We'll start with the strongest link. That's Jeff.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Start the clock.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52Who was the brother of King Edward VIII who succeeded him in 1936?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Pass.- George VI.
0:20:55 > 0:21:01What C is the name given to the glazed printed cotton cloth used as a furnishing fabric?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- Er...chemise?- Chintz.
0:21:04 > 0:21:10According to the saying, when someone has realised something, what is said to have dropped?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12The penny.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16The title of the film musical starring Susan Sarandon
0:21:16 > 0:21:18is the Rocky Horror Picture what?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Show.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23In which country is the birthplace of St Joan of Arc?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25France. Bank. >
0:21:25 > 0:21:32If a square is cut diagonally, triangles of which sort are produced, isosceles or equilateral?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34- Equilateral.- No, isosceles.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39Which lord disappeared after the death of his children's nanny in 1974?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Lord Lucan.
0:21:41 > 0:21:48Which is the French name of the product consisting of a stick of chocolate within a bread casing?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Pain au chocolat.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55Which city has the parliamentary constituencies of Govan, Kelvin and Maryhill?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Glasgow. Bank. >
0:21:57 > 0:22:03What A is the name for the rocky objects that orbit the sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Asteroids.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10In which 1986 film did Sean Connery play a 14th century friar
0:22:10 > 0:22:15investigating mysterious deaths at a remote abbey?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17The Name Of The Rose.
0:22:17 > 0:22:26Which female US singer released her second greatest hits collection titled GHV2 in November 2001?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Madonna?
0:22:28 > 0:22:33- Bank.- Which Belgian city has hosted the Olympic Games, Brussels or Antwerp?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Antwerp.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40In which English county are the towns of Kendal and Workington?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- Kent.- Cumbria(!)
0:22:42 > 0:22:49What K is the name of a flightless bird from New Zealand that has nostrils on its bill?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Kiwi.
0:22:50 > 0:22:56Which three-letter Latin word is used in travel directions to mean by way of?
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Via.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02The name of which pig-meat product is also a term for an amateur radio operator?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Ham.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- Bank.- Which party won a majority in the 1945 General Election?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Labour.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14The author of The Moon And Sixpence and Of Human Bondage is Somerset who?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- Vaughan.- No, Maugham.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Time's up
0:23:22 > 0:23:25and you banked £400 out of a possible £1,000.
0:23:25 > 0:23:31Who has broken their window of opportunity? Whose car is stuck in neutral?
0:23:31 > 0:23:36Who isn't up to the job? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:36 > 0:23:42With the fewest right answers, Darren is the weakest link.
0:23:42 > 0:23:49Emma is the strongest link as she answered all her questions correctly and banked money.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51But who will the team want out?
0:23:52 > 0:23:58Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Jeff, why Darren?
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Darren's a very good IT trainer and I need to send him off home
0:24:23 > 0:24:27so he can teach me how to do my job.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33- Iain.- Yes, my little red snapper? - You've got a boring job but I can't remember what it is.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I'm an IT trainer, which is not a boring job.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39I think it is. Why Darren?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42He got a couple of questions wrong
0:24:42 > 0:24:48and if he drives me to Workington in Kent I ain't gonna see many rugby league games.
0:24:48 > 0:24:54Darren, with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06I am extremely frustrated about being voted off at this stage.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09I thought Jeff was the weakest link.
0:25:09 > 0:25:14There's obviously some sort of vendetta against Darren today.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Round five
0:25:16 > 0:25:21and out of a possible £4,000 you have won £1,920.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Five of you left, ten seconds off the time.
0:25:24 > 0:25:31We start with the strongest link. That's Emma. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:25:31 > 0:25:37In the 1985 film Pale Rider, which actor starred as a lone horseman dressed as a preacher?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Clint Eastwood?
0:25:38 > 0:25:44In the UK, what B is a city served by Aldergrove International Airport?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Birmingham.- Belfast.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51In 2001, Isaac Julien, Mike Nelson and Richard Billingham
0:25:51 > 0:25:54were shortlisted for which art prize?
0:25:54 > 0:25:55The Turner Prize.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00In pop music, what was the full name of the female lead vocalist
0:26:00 > 0:26:06on the year 2000 UK number one single GrooveJet If This Ain't Love?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- I've no idea.- Sophie Ellis Bextor.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13What does a cooper manufacture? Barrels or saucepans?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Barrels.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19In which sport has Jenny Pitman been a leading figure?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- Horse riding.- No, horse racing.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22What A was the Russian princess
0:26:22 > 0:26:27rumoured to be the only survivor of the Romanov family murdered in 1918?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Anastasia.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Bank.- Which Hollywood star was born Archibald Leach...
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Cary Grant.
0:26:34 > 0:26:42American author Ernest Hemingway wrote the 1929 novel A Farewell To what?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Pass.- Arms.
0:26:44 > 0:26:50The Derbyshire village of Edale is at the southern end of which long-distance path?
0:26:50 > 0:26:51The Pennine Way.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54What is three plus two minus four?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56One.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Which nut is used to make amaretti biscuits?
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Almonds.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05- Bank.- Which Scottish brothers had hit singles with I'm Gonna Be and King Of The Road?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07The Proclaimers.
0:27:07 > 0:27:15What W was an English party from which the Liberal Party emerged in the mid-19th century?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Pass.- Whig.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21In which ocean are the fishing grounds called The Grand Banks?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23The Atlantic.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Which Roman numeral represents the number 50?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29L.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33In which 1979 film did Phil Daniels appear as young mod Jimmy Cooper?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Quadrophenia.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- Bank. - Pommel horse which sport?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Gymnastics.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43In the 1954 musical, how many brides for the seven brothers?
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Seven.
0:27:44 > 0:27:50In cartoons, the skunk who fell in love with the reluctant cat was called Pepe what?
0:27:52 > 0:27:57Time's up. The correct answer is Le Pew. And, in that round,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01you banked £240.
0:28:01 > 0:28:08Whose curtains have closed? Whose flowers have drooped? Whose garden has overgrown?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:11 > 0:28:18The strongest link is Iain, as he answered the most questions correctly.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23The weakest link is Jeff but what will the other players consider?
0:28:24 > 0:28:30Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Liz, as a reflexologist,
0:28:48 > 0:28:53- do customers bring their feet to you?- No, I take my feet to them.
0:28:53 > 0:28:59- Why Jeff?- I think he was the weakest link in that round.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04Emma, what do you have to do to become a research scientist?
0:29:04 > 0:29:09- You need a degree. - What sort of degree have you got?
0:29:09 > 0:29:13- A masters in molecular and cellular biochemistry.- Why Jeff?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16I think he got three questions wrong.
0:29:16 > 0:29:24He should know Sophie Ellis Bextor cos he seems quite a trendy man and up on pop music.
0:29:24 > 0:29:30Perhaps one of his friends the parcel carriers can take him back to Leicester.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35Jeff, with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41There's two people out for themselves.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46Emma and Iain. They're there purely to win the money.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Probably Iain will win unless there is a girls' revolt.
0:29:54 > 0:30:00Round six, team. You've won £2,160 out of a possible £5,000.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05Four of you left. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:30:05 > 0:30:11We start with the strongest link. That's Iain. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17Which science fiction author created Dirk Gently, a holistic private detective?
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Douglas Adams.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23According to the song, which city is so good they named it twice?
0:30:23 > 0:30:24New York.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29In which century did Alfred Tennyson become Poet Laureate?
0:30:29 > 0:30:30- 18th?- 19th.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- Bank.- The marsupium is the anatomical name
0:30:34 > 0:30:38for which part of the body of a female kangaroo?
0:30:38 > 0:30:40- The stomach.- The pouch.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Which Firth separates northwest England from Scotland?
0:30:44 > 0:30:45The Solway Firth.
0:30:45 > 0:30:52Which member of The Eurythmics band directed the 2000 film Honest?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55- Pass.- Dave Stewart.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Which literary family lived at Haworth Parsonage?
0:30:58 > 0:31:00The Brontes.
0:31:00 > 0:31:06In which decade of the 20th century was Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion?
0:31:06 > 0:31:07- '20s.- '30s.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11- Bank. - If you achieve something noteworthy, it's a feather in your what?
0:31:11 > 0:31:12Cap.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16What is the colour of the natural stone jet?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Black.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23- Bank.- In habeas corpus, what is the literal meaning of corpus?
0:31:23 > 0:31:24Body.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29What name is given to a musical score showing the singing parts in full
0:31:29 > 0:31:34but the orchestral parts reduced to a piano accompaniment?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- Pass.- Vocal score.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40The faces of how many US Presidents are carved into Mount Rushmore?
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Four.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46The Heart of Midlothian was written by Scot Sir Walter who?
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Scott.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52Which word, describing someone with both male and female traits,
0:31:52 > 0:31:55is derived from the Greek meaning male-female?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Androgynous.
0:31:58 > 0:32:04- Bank.- In which year of the 1990s was the Channel Tunnel officially opened to customers?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- '95.- '94.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09In which country of the UK is Caerphilly Castle?
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Wales.
0:32:11 > 0:32:18In film, which star of Pretty Woman was once married to model Cindy Crawford?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Richard Gere.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Bank.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Time's up and you banked £200
0:32:26 > 0:32:30BUT...who needs to go back to Wales?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Who should have done more research?
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Whose feet were made for walking?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Who's too smug to stay?
0:32:37 > 0:32:40It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:43 > 0:32:49As the only player to answer all his questions correctly, Iain remains the strongest link.
0:32:49 > 0:32:54Liz is the weakest link, getting all her answers wrong,
0:32:54 > 0:32:57but will the other players have noticed this?
0:32:58 > 0:33:04Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Gwerfyl, are you a bit of a swinger?
0:33:19 > 0:33:23I have been in my time, but I'm a bit elderly for that now.
0:33:23 > 0:33:30- So what do you do for fun now? - I'm researching my family history. - That must be fun.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34- Were they all Welsh? - Most of them, but not all.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Why Liz?
0:33:36 > 0:33:41A few questions wrong as we all have. I fancy she was the weakest.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Emma, do you reckon Liz's genes are faulty?
0:33:45 > 0:33:50- I'm sure we've all got some faulty genes.- Oh, really?
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- Even you?- Well, I'm quite short.
0:33:53 > 0:33:58- Why Liz?- I think she got three or more questions wrong.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03- Don't they teach you to count when you get a masters degree? - We have calculators.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08Liz, it's back to feet, the head hasn't done its job.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12With three votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:18 > 0:34:24I'd hoped the women might stick together but they didn't.
0:34:24 > 0:34:31Iain should be here because he was an embarrassment to himself and to the rest of the players.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Round seven.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38Out of a possible £6,000 you've won £2,360. Three of you left.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42The retired teacher, the scientist,
0:34:42 > 0:34:46and Iain, who has a job so boring I can't remember it.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50We start with the strongest link. That IS Iain.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59The BBC TV series set in Scotland starring Richard Briers is Monarch Of The what?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Glen.
0:35:01 > 0:35:06By which other name is the Chinese dish Bejing Duck also known?
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Peking Duck.
0:35:08 > 0:35:14The ancient civilisation of which country worshipped the gods Hermes and Hades?
0:35:14 > 0:35:15Greece.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17- Bank. - Fred Trueman which sport?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Cricket.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Which bird gives its name to a military marching step?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Goose step.
0:35:24 > 0:35:30The 1995 Whitbread Book Of The Year by Kate Atkinson is entitled Behind The Scenes At The what?
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- Pass.- Museum.
0:35:32 > 0:35:39In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Robin Goodfellow is another name for which character?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- Pass.- No, Puck.
0:35:41 > 0:35:48A British cooked breakfast popularly includes bacon and which poultry product?
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- Pass.- Egg(!)
0:35:52 > 0:35:58Boxing: which American World Heavyweight Champion was known as The Manassa Mauler?
0:35:58 > 0:35:59- Pass.- Jack Dempsey.
0:35:59 > 0:36:05In 1928, which US composer wrote An American In Paris?
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- Pass.- George Gershwin.
0:36:10 > 0:36:16The TV presenter famous for demolishing industrial chimneys is Fred who?
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Pass.- Dibner.
0:36:19 > 0:36:25In which European capital city are the Column of Trajan and the Circus Maximus?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Rome.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32- Bank.- The 1987 film about a gang of vampire bikers is called The Lost what?
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Boys.
0:36:34 > 0:36:42Which group won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK in 1976 with Save Your Kisses For Me?
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- Pass.- No, the Brotherhood of Man.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51Which of the UK armed forces has the most service personnel?
0:36:51 > 0:36:53The army?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Bank.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Well, team,
0:37:00 > 0:37:06you got rid of six allegedly weaker links and you won just £140.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11Now in round eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank,
0:37:11 > 0:37:13which means there's £3,000 to be won.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16The question is...who should stay,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19who should go.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23It's time to vote off the WEAKEST link.
0:37:23 > 0:37:29At this late stage of the game, Iain is the strongest link for the third round in a row.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Gwerfyl is the weakest link,
0:37:32 > 0:37:36but who will be rejected from the team?
0:37:36 > 0:37:42Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54Emma. Nothing scientific about your choice is there?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Just being a horrid little girl.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Did you think Iain was the weakest link?
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- I'm not sure but I don't think so. - So why get rid of him?
0:38:04 > 0:38:11It's better to take on someone who's weaker than him in the final.
0:38:11 > 0:38:17- Oh, really? So it's tactical voting?- Yes.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20So you're a crafty little scientist in the end?
0:38:20 > 0:38:26- Gwerfyl, who did you think was the weakest link? - I might have been,
0:38:26 > 0:38:29but at the end of the day it's survival of the fittest.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34Another horrid little person. It's all sisterhood.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Well, Iain, statistically, you were the strongest link.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42But it hasn't saved you. With two votes, goodbye.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51I've just missed out on the final.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56I didn't disgrace myself, I will leave here with my head held high.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00I've come and achieved and enjoyed it.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07Round eight, team. You've won £2,500 out of a possible £7,000.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11Gwerfyl and Emma, the two degrees,
0:39:11 > 0:39:17whatever you win in this round will be trebled and added to your final prize money.
0:39:17 > 0:39:23You voted off the strongest link so we'll start with the second strongest, Emma.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:39:27 > 0:39:33Designated a new town in 1947, in which English county is Harlow?
0:39:33 > 0:39:34- Nottinghamshire.- Essex.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38How many farthings were there in one penny?
0:39:38 > 0:39:39Four.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43Hurling originated in which European country?
0:39:43 > 0:39:44Ireland.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49The tomb of a Chinese emperor, excavated in 1974,
0:39:49 > 0:39:56revealed thousands of life-sized sculptures of warriors made from what kind of clay?
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- I've no idea.- Terracotta.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02According to the title of the 1970s US action series,
0:40:02 > 0:40:06Lee Majors played a bionic man who was worth how many dollars?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- One million.- Six.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13The cod wars were a 1970s fishing dispute between Britain and which country?
0:40:13 > 0:40:14Iceland.
0:40:14 > 0:40:19What type of long-distance race is usually run over 26.2 miles?
0:40:19 > 0:40:21The marathon.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26- Bank.- In which decade of the 20th century was the tomb of Tutankhamen unearthed?
0:40:26 > 0:40:28The '20s.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Who is the famous son of Leo Charles Linton Blair?
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Tony Blair.
0:40:34 > 0:40:41Mesmerism is an outdated name for which technique of inducing deep sleep through suggestion?
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Hypnosis.
0:40:43 > 0:40:49- Bank.- Jimi Hendrix had a 1968 UK hit single with All Along The what?
0:40:49 > 0:40:51- Way?- Watchtower.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54What form of transport were clippers and cutters?
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Boats.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Bank.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Time's up. You banked in time
0:41:03 > 0:41:09and in that round you won £170 which we'll treble and add to the previous total.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14That means prize money today of £3,010. But, of course,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17only one of you can take that money home,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20so it's head-to-head. Alternate questions,
0:41:20 > 0:41:24best of five. Whoever answers most correctly, wins.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27So Gwerfyl and Emma, for £3,010,
0:41:27 > 0:41:30let's play The Weakest Link.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39- Gwerfyl, as the strongest link you choose who goes first. - I'll go first.
0:41:42 > 0:41:49In pop music, what was the title of the first UK number one single
0:41:49 > 0:41:52for the all-girl group The Supremes?
0:41:52 > 0:41:56- Baby Love? - That is the correct answer.
0:41:56 > 0:42:03In 1524, in which European country did the peasants war occur?
0:42:03 > 0:42:08- France? - No, the correct answer is Germany.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12What was the surname of the catering entrepreneur
0:42:12 > 0:42:15who founded a chain of corner houses in 1908?
0:42:15 > 0:42:19- Lyons.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22In the UK, in which Midlands city
0:42:22 > 0:42:26is the annual Goose Fair held each October?
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- Birmingham? - The correct answer is Nottingham.
0:42:30 > 0:42:39In which ancient civilisation was Amen-Ra worshipped as the sun god?
0:42:39 > 0:42:44- Egypt.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:44 > 0:42:50Which 1970s prison film shares its name with the French word for butterfly?
0:42:50 > 0:42:55- Papillon.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Gwerfyl, if you answer this question correctly, you have won,
0:42:59 > 0:43:01so for £3,010...
0:43:01 > 0:43:07In the USA, which annual holiday originated in the autumn of 1621,
0:43:07 > 0:43:12when the pilgrim settlers celebrated their first harvest?
0:43:12 > 0:43:17- Thanksgiving. - That is the correct answer.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23Gwerfyl, you are today's strongest link
0:43:23 > 0:43:26and you go away with £3,010.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Emma, you leave with nothing.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Join us again for The Weakest Link.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35Goodbye.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40If I'd had Gwerfyl's questions I could have won,
0:43:40 > 0:43:44because I knew the answers to her first four.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48If I'd had Emma's questions I did know them,
0:43:48 > 0:43:52because I've been around a little bit longer.
0:43:52 > 0:43:56I'm quite disappointed because it's half my student loan.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59Debts. That's why I wanted the money.