0:00:02 > 0:00:06Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:37Any 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 > 0:00:55I'm Bernie, I'm 64, from Exeter in Devon
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and I'm a landscaper and gardener.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03I'm Andrea, 49, from Leeds. I'm a moving and handling adviser.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I'm Nathan, I'm 24, from Portsmouth in Hampshire
0:01:06 > 0:01:09and I'm an intern for a charity.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I'm Becky, I'm 30, I'm from Hull, East Yorkshire,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16and I own an exotic pet shop.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I'm Steven, I'm 45 years old, I live in Langley in Berkshire
0:01:20 > 0:01:22and I'm an airline purser.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I'm Cheryl, I'm 52, I come from Dumfries
0:01:25 > 0:01:28and I'm a museum attendant.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34I'm Kevin, I'm 32, I'm from Maesteg and I'm a produce manager.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I'm Suzannah, I'm 20, I'm from Bognor Regis
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and I'm a Spanish and Italian student.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I'm Neill, I'm 53, I come from Trowbridge in Wiltshire
0:01:45 > 0:01:47and I'm a macadam artist.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Break the chain and you lose all the money.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Round One. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:07 > 0:02:15We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Andrea.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26According to the common expression, what is only skin-deep?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Pass.- Beauty.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37In the kitchen, which everyday electrical appliance has varieties
0:02:37 > 0:02:40described as jug, whistling and cordless?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Kettle.- Correct.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46In British customs, the song Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung
0:02:46 > 0:02:49at which festive occasion? Easter or New Year?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- New Year.- Correct.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56In DIY, furniture that is sold in pieces to be assembled by the customer
0:02:56 > 0:02:59is referred to as flat what?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Packed.- Correct.
0:03:01 > 0:03:08In facial adornments, a person who wears a handle-bar moustache is usually a member of which sex?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Male.- Correct.
0:03:10 > 0:03:16- Bank!- In fiction, the best-selling thriller by Dan Brown, first published in 2003,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19is called The Da Vinci what?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- Code.- Correct.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27In art, what is the usual four-letter term for a painting or sculpture of an unclothed figure?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- Nude.- Correct.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36In pop music, the lyric, "I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want," was the first line
0:03:36 > 0:03:39of the 1996 debut single by which group?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- The Spice Girls.- Correct.
0:03:42 > 0:03:48In history, the empire of the ancient civilisation known as the Incas was in which continent?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Africa or South America?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- South America.- Correct.
0:03:53 > 0:04:00- Bank!- In horticulture, the edible part of which familiar vegetable is classified as a taproot
0:04:00 > 0:04:04and is usually bright orange in colour?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- Carrot.- Correct.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12In horse-racing, which English Classic run at Epsom shares its name with a city in the East Midlands?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Pass.- Derby.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19In maths, what is 39 plus 11?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- 50.- Correct.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27In marine life, what D is the name of the mammal that has a beaked snout
0:04:27 > 0:04:30and breathes through a blowhole on the top of its head?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Dolphin.- Correct.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38In a nursery rhyme, the thief who is punished after stealing some tarts
0:04:38 > 0:04:41baked by the Queen is the Knave of what?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Hearts.- Correct.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48In the measurement of time, there are how many minutes in a quarter of an hour?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- 15.- Correct.- Bank!
0:04:50 > 0:04:55In fantasy literature, the title character of The Hobbit by Tolkien
0:04:55 > 0:04:59has the alliterative name Bilbo what?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- Baggins.- Correct.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05On British military uniforms, a chevron is a sleeve badge
0:05:05 > 0:05:09in the shape of which letter of the alphabet? H or V?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- V.- Correct.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Bank!
0:05:13 > 0:05:17In TV, the drama set in England in the early 20th century
0:05:17 > 0:05:22starring Hugh Bonneville as the Earl of Grantham is called Downton what?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- Abbey.- Correct.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28You banked £650.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31You had a chain of nine correct answers.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36But who's the sushi in your soup kitchen?
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Who's the peanut at the allergy conference?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48The first strongest link is Kevin.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54Statistically, Nathan is the weakest link, but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?
0:05:56 > 0:06:01Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Nathan.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Nathan.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Andrea.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Andrea.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Andrea.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Andrea.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Andrea.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Andrea.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Andrea.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- What do you do, Nathan? - I work as an intern for a charity.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- Where's the charity? - It's based in Portsmouth.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38- What sort of people are you helping? - People who are living on the streets
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- Do you meet the homeless people? - I tend to be more office-based.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- You mean you're in the office? - Yes, I'm in the office.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50What do you do when you're not helping the homeless, office-based?
0:06:50 > 0:06:55I enjoy songwriting. I write songs, I sing, I play keyboard as well.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00- What can you sing?- I like Ronan Keating.- Do you?- He's very good.
0:07:00 > 0:07:07- OK, let's have a bit of Ronan Keating.- Would you like me to sing it in the style of Ronan Keating?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- Just crack on, Nathan. - HE LAUGHS
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- # It's... #- Hang on. You haven't told us what it is.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18For you, Anne, I'll sing When You Sa Nothing At All by Ronan Keating.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24# It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
0:07:24 > 0:07:29# Without saying a word you can light up the dark... #
0:07:29 > 0:07:35- Is that an American accent or an Irish accent?- I'm not entirely sure.- No. Put your board up
0:07:35 > 0:07:42- Why Andrea?- Because she passed on the very first question and she didn't bank right at the end
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- What do you do, Suzannah?- I'm a student in Spanish and Italian.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53- Which uni are you at?- I'm at Bath University.- What do you do for fun at Bath?- I do a lot of singing too.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- What can you sing? - You've Got The Love?- Yeah, OK.- OK.
0:07:57 > 0:08:03- Put your board up. Why are you putting your board down? - I don't know.- Off you go.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07# Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
0:08:07 > 0:08:11# I know I can count on you
0:08:11 > 0:08:16# Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord, I just don't care!"
0:08:16 > 0:08:20# But you've got the love I need to see me through... #
0:08:20 > 0:08:26- I wouldn't bother with the Spanish and the Italian. Why Andrea?- Because she got the first question wrong.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- What do you do, Steven? - I'm an airline purser, Anne.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- Who for? - A very large British airline.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38- Are you an important airline purser?- Absolutely. They're all important.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43- Put your board down. Can you sing?- No.- Yes, you can. - No, I sing very badly, Anne.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I've never met cabin crew who didn't know songs.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Don't let down your airline, please.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55- I only know a little bit of one song - What's it called? - The Ballad Of Robin Hood.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- This is The Ballad Of Robin Hood. - I only sang one verse of it, though. - Yes, OK.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- And I sang it in quite a camp way. - You didn't(?)
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I did.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12- You have to imagine me as Will Scarlet with an unfeasibly large feather hat.- OK.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Would you like me to start now?- Yeah
0:09:14 > 0:09:17# Then a brave and handsome man came riding through the woods
0:09:17 > 0:09:20# He gave us food and clothes to wear, his name was Robin Hood
0:09:20 > 0:09:23# We moved our village to the woods and hid amongst the trees
0:09:23 > 0:09:26# My hut was low and hidden, so I was always on my knees... #
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- Is that the one...- Put your board up
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- Why Andrea? - She got the first question wrong.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Andrea, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:44 > 0:09:50I'm really upset I didn't get the opportunity to speak to Anne because I'd written her horoscope
0:09:50 > 0:09:54and I was very interested to know if she had a line of fame.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58I would expect it would be double on her hand because she's very famous.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Round 2. In the bank, £650. We now take ten seconds off your time.
0:10:04 > 0:10:11We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Kevin. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:10:11 > 0:10:17Start the clock. In human anatomy, the spinal column is often called the what bone?
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- Back.- Correct. In geography, what B is the name of the Chinese city
0:10:21 > 0:10:25that until the late 20th century was widely known in the west as Peking?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Beijing.- Correct.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34The theatrical adage expressing the hope that even after a disastrous rehearsal the show will be fine
0:10:34 > 0:10:36is "it'll be all right on the" what?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- Night.- Correct.
0:10:38 > 0:10:44In the animal kingdom, the coat of a zebra has what type of markings? Spots or stripes?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Stripes.- Correct.- Bank! - In film awards,
0:10:47 > 0:10:51the winner of the Best Actress Oscar for her roles in The Accused
0:10:51 > 0:10:54and The Silence Of The Lambs is Jodie who?
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- Foster.- Correct. In transport, a child's tricycle normally has how many back wheels?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Two.- Correct.
0:11:02 > 0:11:08In pop music, Elton John had a UK hit single in 1972 with the song, Crocodile what?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09- Rock.- Correct.
0:11:09 > 0:11:15In geometry, what "O" is the term for a rectangular figure that is longer than it is broad?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- Oblong.- Correct.
0:11:17 > 0:11:23- Bank!- In idioms, a person who appear to notice everything is said to hav what in the back of their head
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Eyes.- Correct.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30In British politics, the senior Labour figures Edward Miliband and Edward Balls
0:11:30 > 0:11:34both shorten their first names to which two-letter abbreviation?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- Ed.- Correct.
0:11:37 > 0:11:43In technology, modifying communication signals for the purpose of maintaining secrecy
0:11:43 > 0:11:45is known as whisking or scrambling?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Scrambling.- Correct.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52In rugby union in 2011, for the first time since 2003,
0:11:52 > 0:11:56the Six Nations Championship was won by which country?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- France.- England.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05In health care, what "I" is the name of a hand-held device used by people with asthma
0:12:05 > 0:12:09to spray medication directly into their lungs?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- Inhaler.- Correct.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17In cinema, Angus and Laura, Bernard and Lydia and Hamish and Carrie
0:12:17 > 0:12:22were three of the couples who married in which 1994 film starring Hugh Grant?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- Pass.- Four Weddings And A Funeral.
0:12:25 > 0:12:31In nature, it is commonplace to see the atmospheric illuminations known as the Northern Lights
0:12:31 > 0:12:34on which island - Greenland or Cyprus?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Greenland.- Correct.
0:12:37 > 0:12:43In TV, in the soap opera Dallas, the oil baron played by Larry Hagman was named JR who?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Ewing.- Correct. In athletics,
0:12:46 > 0:12:53between 1979 and 1990, nine world records were set by which British middle-distance runner?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- Pass.- Sebastian Coe.
0:12:56 > 0:13:02In security, what C describes a type of lock that can only be opened when a set of...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Time's up. You won £400.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10You had a chain of 11 correct answers.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Who'd get vertigo at intellectual heights?
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Who's doing less work than a Knightsbridge Jobcentre?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27According to the statistics, Bernie is the weakest link.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32The strongest link is now Nathan, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:13:34 > 0:13:39Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Nathan.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Bernie.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Bernie.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Bernie.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Becky.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Becky.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Bernie.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Bernie.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- Where are you from, Becky? - I'm from Hull in East Yorkshire.
0:14:06 > 0:14:12- Yeah. What do you do? - I own and run a pet shop which specialises in reptiles.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Oh. That's pretty recession-proof, isn't it?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18I don't know about that, but...
0:14:18 > 0:14:24If you come from Hull, the last thing you're going to cut back on is buying snakes, isn't it?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- Do you keep snakes at home?- I do.
0:14:26 > 0:14:32- What are they called?- I've got nine snakes, so I've given up on giving them names.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- I just...- Oh. And did next door used to have a cat?
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- They used to.- Yeah. And why Bernie?
0:14:40 > 0:14:45I remember him getting a question wrong when there was quite a lot of money to bank.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- What do you do, Neill? - I'm a macadam artist.
0:14:48 > 0:14:55- What's that?- I build and paint tennis courts.- Where?- Wherever anybody wants a tennis court built.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00If they can't afford a whole tennis court, can you make a small tennis court?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- We have done small tennis courts, yeah.- Really?
0:15:03 > 0:15:08If you muck it all up, can you say, "Never mind, you've got a new car park"?
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- I don't muck it up. - Don't you? Why Bernie?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- I remember him being the first one to get a question wrong.- He was.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Bernie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29I think what will let this group of people down will be the banking strategy, not their knowledge.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35Their knowledge is not completely comprehensive, but I think their banking strategy will let them down.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Round 3. In the bank, £1,050. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46We'll start with the strongest link. That's Nathan. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Start the clock.
0:15:48 > 0:15:55In baking, a utensil with sharp edges that is pressed into dough to make biscuits of a particular shape
0:15:55 > 0:15:59is known alliteratively as a cookie what?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- Cutter.- Correct.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05In veterinary medicine, a highly contagious viral disease of dogs
0:16:05 > 0:16:08is known as canine emulsion or distemper?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Distemper.- Correct. In pop music,
0:16:11 > 0:16:18the best-selling album of 2010 in the UK was the release by Take That with what single-word title?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- I forget.- Progress.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27In photography, optical devices called telephoto, wide-angle and fisheye
0:16:27 > 0:16:29are types of which part of a camera?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Lens.- Correct. In history,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36the celebrated speech made by Abraham Lincoln in 1863
0:16:36 > 0:16:41at the dedication of the National Cemetery is known as the what address?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Congress.- Gettysburg.
0:16:45 > 0:16:51In film, what T is the title of the Disney animation released in the UK in 2011
0:16:51 > 0:16:56that is based on the fairy tale Rapunzel from the Brothers Grimm?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- Pass.- Tangled.
0:17:00 > 0:17:06In literature, the 1958 novel by HE Bates is entitled The Darling Buds Of which month?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- May.- Correct.
0:17:08 > 0:17:14In archery, the unlikely feat of firing an arrow to split another arrow already in the target
0:17:14 > 0:17:18is known as a Friar Tuck or Robin Hood?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- Robin Hood.- Correct.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25In vocabulary, which four-letter word for a contest of speed follows "human"
0:17:25 > 0:17:27to give another name for mankind?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Pass.- Race.
0:17:30 > 0:17:36In aviation, the building officially opened by the Queen at Heathrow Airport in 2008
0:17:36 > 0:17:39is referred to numerically as Terminal what?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- Five.- Correct.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48At the Summer Olympics, what J is the name of the martial art that was developed from jujitsu
0:17:48 > 0:17:52and became a medal sport at the 1964 Tokyo Games?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Pass.- Judo.
0:17:54 > 0:18:01In TV, the former presenter of Blue Peter who went on to host other shows such as One Man And His Dog,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Animal Rescue and Countryfile is Matt who?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Davis.- Baker.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14In geography, which river that rises in Wales and flows through Hereford has a name
0:18:14 > 0:18:18that sounds like the penultimate letter of the alphabet?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Pass.- Wye.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28In a song from Grease, the car described as automatic, systematic and hydromatic...
0:18:28 > 0:18:30END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Gosh, well done(!) You won absolutely nothing.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Whose head is as empty as an inner-city library?
0:18:38 > 0:18:45Who thinks Antiques Roadshow is a blind date for pensioners? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51Having answered the most questions correctly, Nathan is still the strongest link.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57The statistics show that Kevin is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?
0:18:58 > 0:19:03Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Kevin.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Suzannah.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Kevin.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Kevin.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Suzannah.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Becky.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Becky.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25What do you do, Cheryl?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I'm a part-time museum assistant,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32as well as a part-time post office worker and a part-time receptionist.
0:19:32 > 0:19:38- You can't get a full-time job? - No, I'm too old.- What do you do at the museum?- Meet and greet visitors.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Tell them a bit about the museum.
0:19:41 > 0:19:48- Anything else you do there?- I get the pleasure of cleaning the toilets as well.- So you multi-task?- Yes.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- Why Kevin? - I thought he got two wrong.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56So, Steven, the little song you sang, have you performed it in public?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I have unfortunately, yes.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- Really? Where? - In a theatre in West London.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- What for? - An amateur dramatic pantomime.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Were you the back or the front of the horse?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I wasn't actually in the horse that year.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13If you were in the horse, which is the most fun?
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- The back or the front? - Probably the back.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21- Why Kevin?- I thought he got two questions wrong. - He did. He was the worst player.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Kevin, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Doing the walk of shame was difficult.
0:20:34 > 0:20:40I'd been stood there for three rounds, my legs had stiffened up and I thought I was going to collapse,
0:20:40 > 0:20:44so I was sort of glad they voted me off because I was tired.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47But there we go. It was a deserved walk of shame.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Round 4. In the bank, £1,050. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59We'll start with the strongest link. That's Nathan. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:20:59 > 0:21:06Start the clock. In domestic chores, which fabric can withstand a hotter iron? Cotton or polyester?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Cotton.- Correct.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14Breast meat from chicken and turkey is usually described as being what colour?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- White.- Correct. In modern faiths,
0:21:17 > 0:21:22the term "thetan" that refers to a soul or life force is a concept in the belief system
0:21:22 > 0:21:25of the organisation called the Church of what?
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- Latter Day Saints. - No, Scientology.
0:21:30 > 0:21:37In pop music, what G is the name of the festival that was first held in 1970 at Worthy Farm in Somerset?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- Pass.- Glastonbury.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45In history, the meadow on the bank of the Thames near Windsor
0:21:45 > 0:21:50where King John is believed to have put his seal to Magna Carta is known by what name?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- I don't know.- Runnymede.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57Which of these substances occurs naturally in its pure form? Brass or gold?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- Gold.- Correct.
0:21:59 > 0:22:06In tourist attractions, Amboseli National Park is a game reserve in which country in East Africa?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Zimbabwe.- Kenya.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14Becky, in the children's stories about Winnie-the-Pooh,
0:22:14 > 0:22:18the characters live in a wood that has an area of how many acres?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Five?- A hundred.
0:22:21 > 0:22:29The titles International Grandmaster and FIDE Master are both awarded to leading players
0:22:29 > 0:22:33by the world federation governing which board game?
0:22:33 > 0:22:39- Chess.- Correct. In psychology, what E is a term for the range of moods or states of mind,
0:22:39 > 0:22:45such as happiness, anger, confidence or boredom that are felt on a day-to-day basis?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- Emotions.- Correct. - Bank!
0:22:48 > 0:22:54In TV, the fourth series of which science fiction drama starring John Barrowman was broadcast in 2011
0:22:54 > 0:22:56with the subtitle Miracle Day?
0:22:56 > 0:23:02- Torchwood.- Correct. In gardening, the popular hanging flower called the fuchsia is also commonly known
0:23:02 > 0:23:05as lady's gumdrops or eardrops?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Eardrops.- Correct.
0:23:07 > 0:23:13In the Gregorian calendar, what is the term for any year that includes 29th of February?
0:23:13 > 0:23:21- A leap year.- Correct. In society, the term first used in a 1969 book by Theodore Roszak
0:23:21 > 0:23:26about the rejection of traditional values by the young is counter what?
0:23:26 > 0:23:31- Pass.- Culture. In European cuisine, what A...
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Time's up and you won £50.
0:23:35 > 0:23:41Who got their brain on eBay? Who's the lift in your bungalow?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50As the only player with all his answers right, Neill is the strongest link.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56Statistically, Becky is the weakest link, but will the votes pick up on the facts?
0:23:56 > 0:24:02Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Becky.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Cheryl.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Suzannah.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Becky.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Becky.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Becky.
0:24:21 > 0:24:27- Neill, who makes tennis courts, why Becky? - I think it's nature calling.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33- Can we have more singing, Suzannah? - Yeah.- Shall we do this quickly? - Yeah.- Start now.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38- #- Baby, there ain't no mountain high enough
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- #- Ain't no valley low enough
0:24:41 > 0:24:48- #- Ain't no river wide enough To keep me from getting to you, babe.- #
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- Why Becky?- Because she didn't bank when she should have done.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Becky, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:02 > 0:25:07Working in a reptile shop, I'm used to working with snakes and lizards on a daily basis,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10so Anne Robinson was no problem.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16Round 5. In the bank, £1,100. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:25:16 > 0:25:22We'll start with Neill. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Start the clock.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30In celebrities, a baby born in 2011 and named Bingham Hawn
0:25:30 > 0:25:35is the son of Matt Bellamy, the lead singer of Muse, and which US actress?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- Pass.- Kate Hudson.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41In maths, what is 72 divided by 9?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- Eight.- Correct.
0:25:46 > 0:25:52In space exploration, the rocket that launched all the Apollo lunar missions
0:25:52 > 0:25:56was named after which planet - Saturn or Venus?
0:25:56 > 0:26:02- Saturn.- Correct. In military history, which Asian country was invaded by Soviet forces
0:26:02 > 0:26:07in December, 1979, at the request of some of its own leaders?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- Afghanistan.- Correct. - Bank!
0:26:10 > 0:26:16Which parts of the body used by humans for chewing food are possessed by no living birds?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- Jaw.- Teeth.
0:26:19 > 0:26:27In UK honours, what O is the term for a society of knights such as the Garter, Thistle and Bath?
0:26:27 > 0:26:32- Order.- Correct. In an electrical circuit,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36if components connected side by side are said to be in parallel,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38those joined end to end are in what?
0:26:38 > 0:26:45- Series.- Correct. In sport, in 2011 which British former world champion boxer,
0:26:45 > 0:26:50nicknamed The Hit Man, announced his retirement from the ring?
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- Pass.- Ricky Hatton.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01In art, in the sculpture of David by Michelangelo on display in Florence,
0:27:01 > 0:27:05the subject holds which item in his left hand - a sword or a slingshot?
0:27:05 > 0:27:11- Slingshot.- Correct. In TV, on which comedy game show
0:27:11 > 0:27:17that began in the 1990s, did Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer first give Ulrika Jonsson
0:27:17 > 0:27:19the name Ulrika-ka-ka?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- The Generation Game. - Shooting Stars.
0:27:24 > 0:27:31During WWII, the government urged people to be frugal by using the slogan, "Make do and..." what?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- Mend.- Correct.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39In citrus fruit, what P is a four-letter name for the skin of an orange or to remove that skin?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Peel.- Correct. - Bank!
0:27:42 > 0:27:46The actor who starred in American Gangster...
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Time's up and you won £150.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53Who thinks a positive experience is licking a plug?
0:27:53 > 0:27:58Who's the shark in your paddling pool? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04With no correct answers, Suzannah is the weakest link.
0:28:04 > 0:28:10The statistics reveal that the strongest link is Nathan, but who will the team want off?
0:28:11 > 0:28:16Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Steven.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Suzannah.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Suzannah.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Cheryl.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Suzannah.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- Cheryl, how old are you?- 52.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39Is there a reason you want to get rid of young, beautiful Suzannah?
0:28:39 > 0:28:44Only because I thought she got most wrong. I don't want to be the only woman left.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49So, Steven, the John Barrowman of British Airways, why Suzannah?
0:28:49 > 0:28:55I thought she got two questions wrong, but it was a pretty bad round for all of us.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59She was the worst player. Suzannah, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:04 > 0:29:10I think Nathan and Neill will be in the final. Neill seems to be giving all the right answers.
0:29:10 > 0:29:17He seems very clued up. And Nathan has really picked up. He's doing really well as well.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23Round 6. In the bank, £1,250. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28We'll start with Nathan. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Start the clock.
0:29:30 > 0:29:36In cricket, a movable sightscreen at the edge of the field is designed to help which player see the ball -
0:29:36 > 0:29:39the bowler or the batsman?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41The ba...the bowler. Batsman.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44The correct answer is the batsman.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49In the name of the UK organisation that issues Premium Bonds,
0:29:49 > 0:29:54the abbreviation NS and I stand for National Savings and what?
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- Insurance?- Investments.
0:29:56 > 0:30:04In clothing, which everyday items of footwear are sold in pairs with the two garments being interchangeable?
0:30:04 > 0:30:10- Socks.- Correct. In Egyptian mythology, what A was the deity known as the God of the Dead,
0:30:10 > 0:30:13who guided them in the afterlife?
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- Pass.- Anubis.
0:30:15 > 0:30:22In cards, in a game of bridge, the partner of the player who is North is known by what name?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25- South.- Correct. In celebrities,
0:30:25 > 0:30:31the model who, in 1985, married Simon Le Bon has what first name?
0:30:31 > 0:30:35- Yasmin.- Correct.- Bank. - In botanical attractions,
0:30:35 > 0:30:43the garden at Wisley that was given to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1903 is in which English county?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46- Pass.- Surrey.
0:30:46 > 0:30:52In computing, a piece of detrimental code often sent via an email that can corrupt a system
0:30:52 > 0:30:56and destroy data is called a fungus or a virus?
0:30:56 > 0:31:02- Virus.- Correct. In TV, the actor who has played the vet Danny in Wild At Heart
0:31:02 > 0:31:09- and the title role in the 2011 crime drama series DCI Banks is Stephen who?- Pass.
0:31:09 > 0:31:15Tompkinson. In British history, which politician became Home Secretary in 1910,
0:31:15 > 0:31:21Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1924 and Prime Minister in 1940?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23- Winston Churchill?- Correct.
0:31:23 > 0:31:29- Bank.- In medicine, a blemish known as a nevus that appears as a discoloured patch on the skin
0:31:29 > 0:31:31is commonly called a birth what?
0:31:31 > 0:31:36- Mark.- Correct. In transport, what H is the usual name for the motor vehicle
0:31:36 > 0:31:42- in which an undertaker takes a coffin...- Hearse! Bank!
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Time's up. Your bank was in time.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47And you won £120.
0:31:47 > 0:31:55But maybe Nathan's now a charity case. Or is Steven's performance economy class?
0:31:55 > 0:32:00Perhaps Cheryl's made an exhibit of herself? Or should Neill be weeded out?
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08For the first time in the game, Cheryl is the strongest link.
0:32:08 > 0:32:14The weakest link, statistically, is Nathan, but can he survive the vote?
0:32:15 > 0:32:20Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Cheryl.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24Cheryl.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Steven.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Cheryl.
0:32:33 > 0:32:39- Nathan, why are you voting off the best player?- I'm really sorry! I didn't know Cheryl was the best.
0:32:39 > 0:32:45There were a couple of passes. I know I wasn't any better. Sorry, Cheryl.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Neill, have you got a better excuse for voting off the best player?
0:32:49 > 0:32:53I think we all had questions wrong. I thought of previous rounds, too.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58- So you think she's your biggest rival?- No.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Cheryl, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:07 > 0:33:12I feel that the reason I was voted off is because I was the only woman left.
0:33:12 > 0:33:19The guys have ganged up to get rid of the only female, especially as I was the strongest link.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26Round 7. In the bank, £1,370. Another 10 seconds off your time.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31You voted off the strongest link, so we'll start with Steven.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Start the clock.
0:33:35 > 0:33:41In food, what is the name of the type of soup is made from the rearmost part of a cow?
0:33:41 > 0:33:49- Oxtail.- Correct. In pop music, Reet Petite, I Get The Sweetest Feeling and Higher and Higher
0:33:49 > 0:33:53were UK hit singles for soul singer Jackie who?
0:33:53 > 0:34:00- Wilson.- Correct. In construction, the indentation in a house brick is known as a frog or a toad?
0:34:00 > 0:34:06- Toad.- Frog. In film, the 1997 comedy starring Brendan Fraser
0:34:06 > 0:34:12as a human brought up by a group of intelligent gorillas was entitled George of the what?
0:34:12 > 0:34:19- Jungle.- Correct. In laboratory equipment, which of a pestle and mortar is best described
0:34:19 > 0:34:22as having a concave surface?
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- Pestle.- The mortar.
0:34:26 > 0:34:33In beverages, an oenophile is a person who is a connoisseur of which alcoholic drink?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- Beer.- Wine.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40In history, in 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman
0:34:40 > 0:34:44to qualify in America as a doctor or a pilot?
0:34:44 > 0:34:48- Pilot.- A doctor.
0:34:48 > 0:34:55Which dramatist, born in Hackney in 1930, wrote plays entitled The Caretaker and The Birthday Party?
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- HE Bates?- Harold Pinter.
0:35:02 > 0:35:08In big cats, what B precedes tiger to give the name of an endangered sub-species native to India?
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- Pass.- Bengal.
0:35:11 > 0:35:19In verse, "I am monarch of all I survey," is the first line of the 1782 poem
0:35:19 > 0:35:24by William Cowper about the castaway called Alexander what?
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- Pope?- Selkirk.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30In maths, what is 99 minus 85?
0:35:33 > 0:35:36- 13.- 14.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43Time's up and you've won absolutely nothing. Whose fault was that?
0:35:43 > 0:35:50In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank. You need to hang on to the best player.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59At this crucial stage in the game, Steven is the strongest link.
0:35:59 > 0:36:05Statistically, Nathan is the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?
0:36:07 > 0:36:12Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Neill.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Nathan.
0:36:20 > 0:36:21Nathan.
0:36:23 > 0:36:30So, Steven, who's cabin crew, you thought there were airline pilots in the mid-19th century?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34I thought it was a trick question.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38- Why Nathan?- I think he got most of his questions wrong.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43- Neill, why Nathan?- He was as bad as I was.- Just a bit worse.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Nathan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55I am dreading going home and my friends and family seeing this.
0:36:55 > 0:37:02I cannot believe Anne persuaded me to do a Ronan Keating impersonation live on air. Shocking.
0:37:04 > 0:37:10Round 8. You're up to £1,370. In this round, 90 seconds.
0:37:10 > 0:37:16Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Steven. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Start the clock.
0:37:18 > 0:37:23In human biology, the commonest form of the blood condition anaemia
0:37:23 > 0:37:28is caused by a deficiency of which metallic element?
0:37:31 > 0:37:37- Pass.- Iron. In TV, "Power to the people," and, "Freedom for Tooting," were among the slogans
0:37:37 > 0:37:41of the title character in the 1970s sitcom called Citizen who?
0:37:41 > 0:37:48- Smith.- Correct. In UK geography, which of these places officially has city status: Ripon or Ramsgate?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- Ripon.- Correct.
0:37:50 > 0:37:56Neill, in pop music, in the early 1960s Charlie Watts became the drummer of which rock group?
0:37:56 > 0:38:02- Rolling Stones.- Correct.- Bank. - In religion, the organisation founded near Winchester in 1876
0:38:02 > 0:38:07to encourage a Christian approach to parenting is the Mothers' what?
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- Pass.- Union.
0:38:10 > 0:38:16In history, what L was the German first name of the 19th-century Bavarian king
0:38:16 > 0:38:19who built a series of elaborate castles and was declared insane?
0:38:19 > 0:38:25- Ludwig?- Correct. In English football, St Andrews is the home ground of which Midlands club?
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- Pass.- Birmingham City.
0:38:28 > 0:38:34In opera, the famous soprano who took her stage name from the Australian state capital which was
0:38:34 > 0:38:37the city of her birth was Dame Nellie who?
0:38:37 > 0:38:39- Pass.- Melba.
0:38:39 > 0:38:47The slogan, "We won't make a drama out of a crisis," was used for an insurance or a theatre company?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- Insurance.- Correct.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Time's up. You won £100.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00We'll treble that and it gives you prize money today of:
0:39:00 > 0:39:06There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, sudden death.
0:39:06 > 0:39:12So, Steven and Neill, for £1,670, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:39:15 > 0:39:21- Neill, you have the choice of who goes first.- I'll go first.
0:39:25 > 0:39:31In literature, the manuscript of an unfinished novel entitled The Watsons
0:39:31 > 0:39:36that was sold at auction in 2011 for almost £1 million
0:39:36 > 0:39:41was written by which English author born in 1775?
0:39:41 > 0:39:45- Dickens? - The correct answer is Jane Austen.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49In motorsport, the Yas Marina circuit
0:39:49 > 0:39:57that in 2009 hosted the first ever Formula 1 day-to-night race under floodlights,
0:39:57 > 0:40:03is located in which of the United Arab Emirates?
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- Abu Dhabi?- That is correct.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10In mountaineering, the majority of the world's top 10 highest peaks
0:40:10 > 0:40:16were first climbed successfully in which decade of the 20th century?
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- 1950s?- That is the correct answer.
0:40:19 > 0:40:24In cinema, in the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys,
0:40:24 > 0:40:29which actress gave a memorable rendition of the song Makin' Whoopee
0:40:29 > 0:40:32while on top of a grand piano?
0:40:32 > 0:40:36- Sharon Stone? - The answer is Michelle Pfeiffer.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41In art, the work called The Umbrellas, owned by the National Gallery in London,
0:40:41 > 0:40:46was painted in the early 1880s by which French Impressionist?
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- Monet? - The correct answer is Renoir.
0:40:52 > 0:41:00In buildings, the cathedral in Red Square in Moscow, built on the orders of Ivan the Terrible
0:41:00 > 0:41:04and famous for its colourful onion domes,
0:41:04 > 0:41:08is popularly known by the name of which saint?
0:41:08 > 0:41:12- St Peter's? - The correct answer is St Basil.
0:41:12 > 0:41:19In geography, after its short-lived union with Montenegro was dissolved in 2006,
0:41:19 > 0:41:25which former Yugoslav republic became a land-locked country?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- Serbia?- That is the correct answer.
0:41:29 > 0:41:36In UK money, Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Eddie George and Mervyn King
0:41:36 > 0:41:44were appointed in 1983, 1993 and 2003, respectively,
0:41:44 > 0:41:48as Governor of which financial institution?
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- The Bank of England. - That is correct.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57In pop music, what is the three-word title of the 2010 UK hit album
0:41:57 > 0:42:02by the folk-rock group Mumford and Sons
0:42:02 > 0:42:07that is a quote from the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing?
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- Haven't a clue. - No, the answer is Sigh No More.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16In history, what name literally meaning "between reigns",
0:42:16 > 0:42:24is given to the period in the 17th century when the future King Charles II lived in exile
0:42:24 > 0:42:27and England was a republic?
0:42:29 > 0:42:34- I'm sorry, no. - The correct answer is interregnum.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39After five questions each, your scores are tied.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43So, Steven and Neill, let's play sudden death.
0:42:47 > 0:42:54In 1976, on the publication of her 217th novel, which author said,
0:42:54 > 0:43:00"As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins"?
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- Barbara Cartland?- That is correct.
0:43:04 > 0:43:10In geography, in Indonesia, the Sunda Strait lies between Sumatra
0:43:10 > 0:43:12and which other major island?
0:43:12 > 0:43:15- Borneo?- The answer is Java.
0:43:18 > 0:43:24That means, Neill, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Steven, you leave with nothing.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:32 > 0:43:38I never came here to win, but I'm absolutely amazed that I got that far.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41And I didn't do the Walk of Shame!
0:43:41 > 0:43:45It feels absolutely fantastic to win the Weakest Link.
0:43:45 > 0:43:50I know I had a few people rooting for me back home from quiz teams.
0:43:50 > 0:43:58It would be nice for them to know that somebody from our quiz team has actually won the Weakest Link.
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