0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Only one will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43They've only just met. To get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57I'm Josh, I'm 20, from Droxford, and I'm a post office assistant.
0:00:58 > 0:01:06I'm Suzanne, I'm 67 years old, from Newcastle-under-Lyme and I'm an after dinner speaker.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12I'm Alan, I'm 57, from Brighton and Hove and I'm a studio manager.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I'm Helen, I'm 23 and I'm a counter assistant.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24I'm Dave, 42, from Sheffield. I'm a senior customer service adviser.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30I'm Sarah, 31, from Wolverhampton and I'm a pharmacy technician.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37I'm Gordie, I'm 64, from Southport and I'm a roofer.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43I'm Mandie, I'm 45, from Essex and I'm an artist.
0:01:45 > 0:01:51I'm Simon, I'm 31, from Haslemere in Surrey, and I'm a senior sporting agent.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57OK, just to remind you. In each round there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Say "Bank!" before the question and the money is safe.
0:02:09 > 0:02:16Round 1. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20That's you, Alan. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:24 > 0:02:31In the home, a pair of matching items such as towels intended for separate male and female use
0:02:31 > 0:02:34are often labelled "His" and what?
0:02:34 > 0:02:41- Hers.- Correct. In the animal kingdom, the coat of a tiger has which markings - spots or stripes?
0:02:41 > 0:02:46- Stripes.- Correct. In maths, what is 10 minus 9?
0:02:46 > 0:02:52- One.- Correct. In food, the popular addition to fish and chips
0:02:52 > 0:02:56that is also a traditional flavour of crisps is salt and what?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Vinegar.- Correct.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05In spelling, the two cardinal points of the compass that have names ending in the letter T
0:03:05 > 0:03:07are east and which other?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- West.- Correct.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14In clothing, when it's worn by a person standing up,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18which article of dress is nearer to the ground - a shoe or a scarf?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- A shoe.- Correct.- Bank.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27In a familiar expression, a deteriorating situation is said to go from bad to what?
0:03:27 > 0:03:33- Worse.- Correct. In the solar system, what general name is given
0:03:33 > 0:03:40to major celestial bodies such as Mercury, Venus and Mars that are in orbit around the Sun?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Planets.- Correct.
0:03:43 > 0:03:50In the abbreviation VIP, used to refer to someone of great influence or prestige, the I stands for what?
0:03:50 > 0:03:55- Important.- Correct. In sport, the Murray brothers, born in Scotland,
0:03:55 > 0:04:02who both became professional tennis players have the first names Jamie and what?
0:04:02 > 0:04:08- Andy.- Correct.- Bank! - In TV, in the original format of which reality series,
0:04:08 > 0:04:16first shown in 2005, did contestants compete for the opportunity to work for Sir Alan Sugar?
0:04:16 > 0:04:23- The Apprentice.- Correct. In the terminology of time, what D is the common four-letter name
0:04:23 > 0:04:28for the period of the day between sunset and complete darkness?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Twilight.- Dusk.
0:04:31 > 0:04:38Sarah, in geography, Dortmund and Bremen are two of the largest cities in which European country?
0:04:38 > 0:04:44- Germany.- Correct. In social life, a person hoping to pick up a member of the opposite sex
0:04:44 > 0:04:48is said to be on the push or on the pull?
0:04:48 > 0:04:55- On the pull.- Correct. In the words of the rhyme, what colour of sky at night is a shepherd's delight?
0:04:55 > 0:05:00- Red.- Correct.- Bank. - In serving drinks, what P can mean to dispense tea from a pot,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03water from a jug and beer from a bottle?
0:05:03 > 0:05:09- Pour.- Correct. Josh, in greetings, the expression "Many happy returns"
0:05:09 > 0:05:13appears on cards for which anniversary?
0:05:13 > 0:05:19- Birthday.- Correct. In animation, a difficult relationship between characters called Woody and Buzz
0:05:19 > 0:05:23was a feature of which film - Apollo 13 or Toy Story?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- Toy Story.- Correct.- Bank!
0:05:28 > 0:05:35Time's up. Your bank was in time. You won £850, but you actually had a chain of 11 correct answers.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39So you could have got the target.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44Who's the plaster in your pasty? The weed in your gene pool?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Who lost you money? Who needs to go?
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58As the only player to get an answer wrong, Dave is the first weakest link.
0:05:58 > 0:06:05Statistically, Simon is the strongest link, but who will be the first to take the walk of shame?
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Dave.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Dave.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Simon.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Dave.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Mandie.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Dave.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Dave.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Dave.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Helen.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36- What do you do, Gordie? - Em, I repair roofs, Anne.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42- Where?- The Lake District, various places.- How old are you?- I'm 64.
0:06:42 > 0:06:48- It must be tricky getting up a ladder. Do they have stairlifts? - Not when you're as fit as I am.
0:06:48 > 0:06:55- Yes...and do you whistle while you work?- I sing all the time.- What? - Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01- I've been a country music fan since my uncle came back from the States in '68.- Can you sing for me?
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Any time you like, Anne. - Put you board down. Off you go.
0:07:05 > 0:07:12# Beautiful lady Are you sure that you understand
0:07:12 > 0:07:18# The chances you're taking With this free-living man? #
0:07:18 > 0:07:23- OK, have you got something a bit more...?- Not really. I'm...
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Have you got a Willie Nelson?- Yeah. - Go on, then.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31# I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane... #
0:07:31 > 0:07:38- He sounds exactly the same as Waylon Jennings! - # And so far... #- Thank you!
0:07:38 > 0:07:43- Put your board up. Why Dave?- He got a question wrong.
0:07:43 > 0:07:49- Where are you from, Suzanne? - Newcastle-under-Lyme.- What do you do?- I'm an after dinner speaker.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- And what are the subjects? - Four talks about periods of my life.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00The final one is my brush with lonely hearts, which tells of the odd gentleman I've been out with
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- since I was widowed 15 years ago. - Have you found someone?- I haven't.
0:08:05 > 0:08:12- What are you looking for? - Someone like you, only male. - Sort of foxy?- Oh, feisty.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- Why Dave?- He got a question wrong, unfortunately.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- What do you do, Josh? - I work in a post office, Anne.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- In what job?- It's a very small post office, so I do everything.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29- Is post officing your life? - It's just a filler job.- Until what?
0:08:29 > 0:08:34- Until I go to university.- To do? - Drama and film.- For how long?
0:08:34 > 0:08:39- Three years.- And then you'll go back to the post office.- Probably, yeah,
0:08:39 > 0:08:45- but hopefully, eventually, I might end up doing something on TV. Who knows?- Yeah.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Why Dave? - He got a question wrong.- He did.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Dave, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02In footballing terms, I am as sick as a parrot.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08My mates at work, my family, everybody... I will probably have to leave the country.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Round 2. In the bank £850. We now take 10 seconds off the time.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18We'll start with the strongest link. That's Simon.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:09:22 > 0:09:29What is the three-letter name for the tip of a fountain pen which distributes ink onto the paper?
0:09:29 > 0:09:36- Nib?- Correct. In pop music, the biggest-selling UK hit single of the 1970s was a song
0:09:36 > 0:09:40by Paul McCartney and Wings entitled Mull of where?
0:09:40 > 0:09:46- Pass.- Kintyre. Suzanne, in the insect world, which fly that survives in its adult form
0:09:46 > 0:09:50for just a few days is named after the fifth month of the year?
0:09:50 > 0:09:56- Mayfly.- Correct. In basketball, a stoppage called by the coach of either team
0:09:56 > 0:10:01in order to discuss new tactics is known as a cop-out or time-out?
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- Time-out.- Correct.- Bank.- In British cuisine, horseradish sauce
0:10:05 > 0:10:09is traditionally served with which roast meat?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- Beef.- Correct. In maths, what is 18 plus 7?
0:10:13 > 0:10:21- 24.- Even 25. Gordie, in computing and first aid respectively, what A meaning synthetic
0:10:21 > 0:10:26precedes intelligence and respiration to make two familiar terms?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Pass.- Artificial.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35The actor born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith, who played the seventh Doctor in Doctor Who,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37is better known as Sylvester who?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Stallone?- McCoy. Simon, in definitions,
0:10:42 > 0:10:48which word rhyming with bubble is a collective term for pieces of broken stones and bricks
0:10:48 > 0:10:51often from demolished buildings?
0:10:54 > 0:11:00- Pass.- Rubble. In fashion, a long, rectangular wrap usually worn around the shoulders
0:11:00 > 0:11:02is called a stole or borrow?
0:11:02 > 0:11:09- Stole.- Correct. In UK politics, the official residence of the Chancellor is which number in Downing Street?
0:11:09 > 0:11:16- 11.- Correct. In nature, what P is a three-letter word for the large, floating leaf of a water lily
0:11:16 > 0:11:19and the fleshy paw of an animal?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Pad.- Correct.- Bank!
0:11:21 > 0:11:27In art, the name of which method of painting onto a wall that's just been plastered is Italian for fresh?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- Pass.- Fresco.
0:11:30 > 0:11:36In pop music, the influential guitarist Jimi Hendrix was famously what - left-handed or web-footed?
0:11:36 > 0:11:42- Left-handed.- Correct. In Birmingham, the full name of the venue known as the NEC is the National what?
0:11:42 > 0:11:48- Exhibition Centre.- Correct. A person who appears innocent but has a sense of mischief
0:11:48 > 0:11:53looks as if which dairy product wouldn't melt in their mouth?
0:11:53 > 0:11:59- Butter.- Correct.- Bank.- In football, if the aggregate scores are level after both legs of a tie
0:11:59 > 0:12:06in a knockout competition, the criterion often used to decide the winner is called away what?
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- Goals.- Correct. Josh... - Bank!
0:12:16 > 0:12:22That was the correct answer and your bank was in time and you won £270.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26But who's the hell's angel at your harvest festival?
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Who should be filed under fail?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39According to the statistics, Sarah is the weakest link.
0:12:39 > 0:12:45The strongest link is Alan, but will the votes follow the statistics?
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Sarah.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Gordie.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Helen.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Alan.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Simon.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Alan.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Simon.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Mandie.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14We have a tie, team. Alan and Simon, two votes each.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Helen, put your board down.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Just move towards Alan.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Move forward. We can't see you properly. Yes.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32- Are you going on to a cocktail party?- No! I just like wearing these dresses.
0:13:32 > 0:13:40- Who are you modelling yourself on? - Dolly Parton.- Which bit of you do you think looks like Dolly Parton?
0:13:40 > 0:13:47- My boobs.- Can you sing like Dolly? - No, I'm a really bad singer. - Are you? OK, hop up again.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55- Put your board up. Why Alan?- Because I think he passed on one of his questions.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Mandie, put your board down.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Just move towards Simon.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Did you get that at a charity shop?
0:14:06 > 0:14:13No, I bought it in a boutique in Weston-super-Mare, Anne. It's from France. It's designer.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18- Is it? Are you sure?- They told me it was on the label!- Yeah(!)
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Pop back up.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26- Where are you from? - From Essex. I was born in Ilford. - What do you do?- I'm an artist.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29So what was your last exhibition?
0:14:29 > 0:14:36I did some digital photographs that were made from engine parts from a World War Two...
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- Did you steal those?- No, I went to a museum and took photos.
0:14:40 > 0:14:48- What was the exhibition called? - Underground, Overground.- Like the Wombles?- They made a comeback!
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Put your board up.
0:14:51 > 0:14:58- Why Simon?- Only because he got a question wrong, Anne, and I could feel his presence.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09I don't know where all your brains are because the strongest link was Alan, who didn't get any wrong,
0:15:09 > 0:15:14he didn't pass. You're having a strange effect on people, Alan.
0:15:14 > 0:15:20- What do you do?- I'm a studio manager.- Where?- The Brighton and Hove Community Radio.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25Put your board down. Well, give me a taste of you on radio.
0:15:25 > 0:15:32The next record by Pink Floyd, it's from their first LP called Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
0:15:32 > 0:15:35and it's called Bike. And it's got great lyrics.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- "I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like..."- Oh, I see!
0:15:39 > 0:15:46- You then sing as if you're Pink Floyd! - Yeah, I like to give people an idea
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- of what the lyrical content of the songs...- Before you play them?
0:15:50 > 0:15:55- Maybe.- Put your board up. - In this instance, yes.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- Why Helen?- I think she got a couple wrong.- You've got a choice.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04You can either get rid of Alan or you can get rid of Simon.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06I think I'll go for Simon.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Simon, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20From a pure vindictive point of view, I'd like to see Alan voted off next
0:16:20 > 0:16:25because he's not going to vote himself off, but he did the deed.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30Round 3. In the bank, £1,120. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:16:30 > 0:16:37We'll start with the strongest link. That's Alan. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:16:37 > 0:16:43In home furnishings, what G is the name of a heat and scratch-resistant stone
0:16:43 > 0:16:47much valued for floors and kitchen work surfaces?
0:16:47 > 0:16:54- Glass.- Granite. In film, the prison dramas The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile
0:16:54 > 0:16:58were each based on works by which horror writer?
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- Pass.- Stephen King.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07In board games, on standard cube-shaped dice, which number appears opposite two?
0:17:13 > 0:17:18- Four.- Five. In military jargon, a place where service personnel eat
0:17:18 > 0:17:21is called a muddle or a mess?
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- A mess.- Correct. In botany, which word follows horse and sweet
0:17:25 > 0:17:29to make the names of two trees that are found in British parks?
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- Chestnut.- Correct.- Bank. - In pop music, which day of the week
0:17:33 > 0:17:39has featured in the titles of UK hit singles by the Easybeats, the Cure, R Kelly and Will Young?
0:17:41 > 0:17:47- Friday.- Correct. In the high street, what U is a term meaning suitable for both men and women
0:17:47 > 0:17:49applied to clothing and hairdressers?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- Unisex.- Correct.- Bank.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57In prizes, what's a type of badge made from radiating loops of ribbon usually with two tails,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59commonly awarded at gymkhanas?
0:17:59 > 0:18:06- Rosette.- Correct.- Bank!- In English geography, the Dartford Tunnel is a crossing under which river?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- Pass.- Thames.
0:18:08 > 0:18:14In finance, the state benefit that is abbreviated to the letters JSA is Job Seekers' what?
0:18:14 > 0:18:20- Allowance.- Correct. In pottery, shaping clay on a wheel is known as pitching or throwing?
0:18:20 > 0:18:27- Er, pitching.- Throwing. In cinema, the British comedy actor who starred in the films Run, Fatboy, Run
0:18:27 > 0:18:32and How To Lose Friends and Alienate People is Simon who?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Pegg.- Correct.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37In maths, what is 120 divided by 4?
0:18:42 > 0:18:48- 29.- 30. Suzanne, in Roman Catholicism, what is the usual two-word English translation
0:18:48 > 0:18:51of the Latin phrase "Ave Maria"?
0:18:53 > 0:19:00- Sorry, I don't know.- Hail Mary. In literature, a 2011 collection of so-called nonsense poems
0:19:00 > 0:19:05for children, Within The Glade, was written by which astronomer?
0:19:05 > 0:19:10- Patrick Moore.- Correct.- Bank. - In ice dancing, at the 1984 Winter Olympics,
0:19:10 > 0:19:16Torvill and Dean won a gold medal for their routine to the music Bolero by which composer?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Pass.- Ravel.
0:19:20 > 0:19:28Time's up and you won £140. Who's on form and who might be on medication?
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Who has belly button fluff where their brain should be?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42As the only one with all her answers right, Mandie is the strongest link.
0:19:42 > 0:19:49Statistically, Helen is the weakest link, but who will lose out in the vote?
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Helen.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Alan.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Josh.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Josh.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Gordie.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Suzanne.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Josh.
0:20:09 > 0:20:17Helen, who loves Dolly Parton, if you can't sing like Dolly, have you any musical talent?
0:20:17 > 0:20:22- I can play the keyboard. - Can you? Put your board down.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27- So what do you play? - Em, Elvis, The Beatles, Dolly Parton...- Yeah, OK.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Play us a bit of Dolly Parton.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33No, I don't like that one.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Put your board up.
0:20:37 > 0:20:43- Why Josh? - I thought on one of the questions he took a long time to answer...
0:20:43 > 0:20:49- That's rich, coming from you! Did you think he was the worst player?- No, I think I was.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- What do you mean "think"? - Was. I definitely was.
0:20:53 > 0:21:01- Essex Mandie, why Josh? - Because he got a division question ending in zero wrong, Anne,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04and I think that's more basic maths.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Josh, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18Meeting Anne face to face is quite scary. When she walks in for the first time, you think,
0:21:18 > 0:21:23"I've seen this face on the screen, but now it's in the flesh!"
0:21:23 > 0:21:28Round 4. In the bank, £1,260. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32We'll start with Mandie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Start the clock.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40In history, the Earl of Warwick was nicknamed the King Maker during which conflicts -
0:21:40 > 0:21:44the Jacobite rebellions or the War of the Roses?
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- Jacobite rebellions.- War of the Roses. In energy supplies,
0:21:48 > 0:21:55when gas and electricity are provided by the same company it's known by the rhyming name dual what?
0:21:55 > 0:22:01- Supply.- Fuel. Alan, in travel, since 1846 boats called Maid of the Mist
0:22:01 > 0:22:07have taken visitors to the base of which tourist attraction in North America?
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- Er, pass.- Niagara Falls. Helen, in sport,
0:22:11 > 0:22:17what B is a term for both the scattering of snooker balls at the start of a frame
0:22:17 > 0:22:19and the separation of two boxers?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- Break.- Correct.
0:22:21 > 0:22:27In politics, the parliamentary constituencies of South Down, Upper Bann and West Tyrone
0:22:27 > 0:22:29are in which country of the UK?
0:22:29 > 0:22:35- Wales.- Northern Ireland. In radio broadcasting,
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- the abbreviation LW stands for Long what?- Long Weekend?
0:22:38 > 0:22:45Wave. Mandie, in science, volcanology is the study of volcanoes or aliens?
0:22:46 > 0:22:50- Volcanoes.- Correct. Suzanne, in biology,
0:22:50 > 0:22:57the name of which bodily fluid precedes the words donor, group and transfusion?
0:22:57 > 0:23:03- Blood.- Correct. In geography, after Jersey, which is the next largest of the Channel Islands?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- Er, Guernsey.- Correct.
0:23:06 > 0:23:13In pop music, the British singer who has had UK hit singles since 2010 entitled Do It Like A Dude
0:23:13 > 0:23:17and Price Tag uses the stage name Jessie what?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- J.- Correct.
0:23:20 > 0:23:26- Bank!- In historical events, which revolution occurred first, the Russian or the French?
0:23:26 > 0:23:31- Russian.- The French. In the animal kingdom, the anaconda, the boa constrictor
0:23:31 > 0:23:36and the sidewinder are all varieties of which reptile?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- Snake.- Correct.
0:23:38 > 0:23:44In TV, what D is the title of the legal drama series first shown in the UK in 2008
0:23:44 > 0:23:48starring Glenn Close as the ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- Pass.- Damages.
0:23:54 > 0:24:00The main campuses of the former polytechnic now known as the University of the West of England
0:24:00 > 0:24:02are in which city?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- Bristol?- Correct.- Bank.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Time's up and you won £220.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17Who thinks the Hadron collider is a bad guy in Harry Potter?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Who thinks KFC is an honour from the Queen?
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30With no correct answers, Sarah is the weakest link.
0:24:30 > 0:24:37The statistics reveal that Helen is now the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:24:38 > 0:24:43Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Sarah.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Mandie.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Gordie.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Alan.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Helen.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Sarah.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- Elderly Suzanne...- Yes, Anne? - Why young Sarah?
0:25:03 > 0:25:08- I thought she had two questions wrong.- Mandie, why Sarah?
0:25:08 > 0:25:11She's got quite a few wrong.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Sarah, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:20 > 0:25:26To be voted off in Round 4 today, to be honest, I'm quite savage about it.
0:25:26 > 0:25:32Even though I was the weakest link, I did bank the money for the team so they could have let me stop in.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34So, yeah, savage.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Round 5. Your total is £1,480. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46We'll start with the strongest link. That's Helen. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Start the clock.
0:25:48 > 0:25:55In sound reproduction, on a vinyl record, the stylus moves along a narrow, spiral track
0:25:55 > 0:25:57known as the groove or gutter?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- Groove.- Correct.- Bank!
0:26:00 > 0:26:04The name of which marine mollusc is often shortened to winkle?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- Oyster.- Periwinkle. Mandie, in art,
0:26:10 > 0:26:16what T is the name of the ceramic material used to make the sculptures of warriors discovered in 1974
0:26:16 > 0:26:19in the tomb of a Chinese emperor?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- Terracotta clay.- Correct.
0:26:22 > 0:26:28In modern literature, the Canadian author whose 2002 novel Life of Pi won the Man Booker Prize
0:26:28 > 0:26:30is Yann who?
0:26:30 > 0:26:35- I don't know.- Martel. ?In pop music, Bruno Mars had a UK number one single
0:26:35 > 0:26:40in 2011 with what title - The Energy Dance or The Lazy Song?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42- The Lazy Song.- Correct.
0:26:42 > 0:26:49In politics, in the acronyms Unicef and Unesco, the letters UN stand for what?
0:26:49 > 0:26:54- Pass.- United Nations. Gordie, in legend,
0:26:54 > 0:27:00according to the playwright Christopher Marlowe, Helen of Troy's face launched how many ships?
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- A thousand.- Correct.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06In medicine, what P is the job title for a member of an ambulance crew
0:27:06 > 0:27:10who is trained in a number of lifesaving skills?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12- Paramedic.- Correct.
0:27:12 > 0:27:20In public transport, Gillespie Road underground station in North London got what new name in 1932
0:27:20 > 0:27:22after a nearby football club?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- Luton.- Arsenal.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Which British comedian first became famous
0:27:32 > 0:27:36in the 1980s performing under the name the Joan Collins Fan Club?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Pass.- Julian Clary.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48In geography, the city of Milan is in which region of Italy - Lombardy or Umbria?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Umbria.- Lombardy.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55In crime, which so-called massacre in Chicago in 1929
0:27:55 > 0:27:59was part of a war between the gangs of Al Capone and Bugs Moran?
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- St Valentine's Day Massacre. - Correct.- Bank!
0:28:03 > 0:28:09In rugby, the winger who retired in 2011 having played for England under each code...
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Time's up. You only won £40.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Whose Achilles heel is between their ears?
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Who has Nectar points on their CV?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Having got all her answers right, Mandie is the strongest link.
0:28:32 > 0:28:38Statistically, Suzanne is the weakest link, but whose game is over?
0:28:38 > 0:28:43Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Helen.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Suzanne.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Alan.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53Alan.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Helen.
0:28:56 > 0:29:02Another tie, team. Alan and Helen, two votes each.
0:29:02 > 0:29:08- Suzanne, why Helen? - She made a mistake.- Did you think she was the worst player?
0:29:08 > 0:29:09No.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13- Gordie, why Alan?- I thought she got the most questions wrong.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15She?
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Oh, sorry. Sorry.
0:29:19 > 0:29:25- I thought he got the most questions wrong.- The strongest link was Mandie. Why did you vote for Helen?
0:29:25 > 0:29:31- Em, because I think she got both questions wrong, Anne. - Oh. You've got a choice now.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36- Stick with Helen or move to Alan. - I'll stick with what I wrote.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Helen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46I really enjoyed my chat with Anne.
0:29:46 > 0:29:52She's a really nice person and I think I got on well with her and I really enjoyed talking.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57She's totally different than she's perceived.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02Round 6. And you've won £1,520. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:30:02 > 0:30:09We'll start with the strongest link. That's Mandie. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13On a restaurant menu, what C is the word meaning the opposite of smooth
0:30:13 > 0:30:18normally used to describe a pate with a rough texture?
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- Coarse.- Correct.
0:30:20 > 0:30:25In theatre, eight songs in the 1990s stage musical The Lion King
0:30:25 > 0:30:29were written by Elton John and which lyricist?
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- Tim Rice?- Correct.
0:30:31 > 0:30:38In human anatomy, which four-letter word for the buttocks is also the part of a chair on which they sit?
0:30:38 > 0:30:44- Seat.- Correct. In TV, the former presenter of The One Show
0:30:44 > 0:30:50who in 2010 crossed the English Channel on water skis in aid of charity is Christine who?
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- Pass.- Bleakley.- Bank!
0:30:53 > 0:30:59- In newspapers...- Bank! - ..a term for the press is the second coming or the fourth estate?
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- I thought I banked. I got confused. - Nothing to bank.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Oh. I thought it was up to 100. Sorry, Anne.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- Are you passing?- Yeah, I think so.
0:31:10 > 0:31:16In military buildings, the shelter made of curved corrugated iron much used in WWII
0:31:16 > 0:31:20and named after its inventor is the what hut?
0:31:20 > 0:31:25- Anderson shelter?- Nissen. Alan, in pop music,
0:31:25 > 0:31:31the 1997 release entitled OK, Computer was the first UK number one album for which British group?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33- Radiohead.- Correct.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37In food, the influential cookery writer born in 1928
0:31:37 > 0:31:41whose vegetable book and fruit book became classics was Jane who?
0:31:44 > 0:31:51- Pass.- Grigson. In animal anatomy, the silverfish, a common household pest
0:31:51 > 0:31:55often found in damp and mouldy cupboards, has six fins or legs?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- Legs.- Correct.
0:31:57 > 0:32:03In the 19th century, which city in north-west England was the centre of the cotton industry
0:32:03 > 0:32:05and was nicknamed Cottonopolis?
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- I'm afraid I don't know.- Manchester.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18What G was the title of the 1995 film in which Pierce Brosnan made his debut as James Bond?
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- Goldeneye.- Correct.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Didn't fancy banking? Couldn't be bothered?
0:32:25 > 0:32:32You won absolutely nothing. So should Alan be taken off air? Or should Gordie hit the roof?
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Alan is the strongest link as he didn't get a question wrong.
0:32:42 > 0:32:48The statistics show that Gordie is the weakest link, but how will the votes go?
0:32:48 > 0:32:53Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:32:53 > 0:32:54Gordie.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Gordie.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Alan.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Gordie.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- Alan, why Gordie?- He wasn't banking.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12- Suzanne, why Gordie? - He hesitated and made mistakes.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Gordie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27My reason for coming on was purely and simply to meet up with Anne Robinson,
0:33:27 > 0:33:34the Queen of Mean, to see if she could crush me. Just the enjoyment of meeting her, that was it for me.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36She's a superstar.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43Round 7. In the bank, £1,520. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47We'll start with Alan. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Start the clock.
0:33:49 > 0:33:56In economics, in the 1980s the gas, telecommunications and steel industries were all what -
0:33:56 > 0:33:58privatised or nationalised?
0:33:58 > 0:34:03- Privatised.- Correct. In literary scandals, in 1812
0:34:03 > 0:34:09the poet Lord Byron began a love affair with a married woman called Lady Caroline what?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11- Godiva?- Lamb.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14What H is a term for an early Christian recluse
0:34:14 > 0:34:18that is now used for any person who lives a solitary life?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- Hermit?- Correct.- Bank.
0:34:25 > 0:34:32In popular music, the skiffle artist born Anthony James Donegan in 1931 was known by what first name?
0:34:32 > 0:34:34- Lonnie.- Correct.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39- Bank.- In South American geography, which city was the capital of Brazil until 1960
0:34:39 > 0:34:42when it was replaced by Brasilia?
0:34:42 > 0:34:46- Sao Paulo?- Rio de Janeiro.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51In TV, the journalist who became the main presenter of Channel 4 News in 1989
0:34:51 > 0:34:55and his noted for his collection of colourful ties is Jon who?
0:34:55 > 0:35:00- Snow.- Correct. Which of these fruits was introduced to Europe from the New World -
0:35:00 > 0:35:03tomatoes or water melons?
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- Water melons.- Tomatoes.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- Bank.- In the 1932 comic novel Cold Comfort Farm,
0:35:10 > 0:35:16Aunt Ada Doom never lets her family forget that as a child she witnessed something nasty in the what?
0:35:16 > 0:35:18- Woods?- Woodshed.
0:35:18 > 0:35:24According to the official name of the event, the so-called trials held annually at Burghley House
0:35:24 > 0:35:27are for which animals?
0:35:27 > 0:35:29- Horse trials.- Correct.- Bank.
0:35:29 > 0:35:35Which large, stringed instrument played by one of the Marx Brothers was the origin of his nickname?
0:35:35 > 0:35:37- Harpo.- I'll accept.
0:35:37 > 0:35:43In gardening, the popular scented shrub called choisya, that is a member of the citrus family,
0:35:43 > 0:35:46is known as the Mexican what?
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Wave.
0:35:51 > 0:35:56No, not the Mexican wave, actually. The Mexican orange.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01You won £60. In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09At this crucial stage in the game, the weakest link is Mandie.
0:36:09 > 0:36:16According to the statistics, the strongest link is Suzanne, but who will survive the final vote?
0:36:17 > 0:36:23Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Mandie.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27Suzanne.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Alan.
0:36:33 > 0:36:38Well, a vote each. So, Suzanne, why Mandie?
0:36:38 > 0:36:42I'm afraid I had to choose someone. It was very difficult.
0:36:42 > 0:36:49- Mandie, why Alan?- The only reason was because he was before me and he got a question wrong
0:36:49 > 0:36:52and I thought I could bank and I got bank happy.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Alan, why Suzanne?
0:36:55 > 0:37:02Mandie comes from Essex and I came from Essex, so I thought we'd best stick together.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07When the vote's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09And the strongest link is Suzanne.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14Now you voted for Mandie, but you can change it if you want.
0:37:14 > 0:37:22- I will change it, if I may. - Yes, why is that, Suzanne?- It's just the way I feel.- I don't blame you.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Alan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38To make it to Round 7
0:37:39 > 0:37:42and to be so close...
0:37:42 > 0:37:44it's just...
0:37:45 > 0:37:47it's gutting.
0:37:49 > 0:37:55Round 8. £1,580 in the bank. In this round, 90 seconds.
0:37:55 > 0:38:02Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Suzanne. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Start the clock.
0:38:04 > 0:38:10In awards, the Goldman Prize initiated by an American insurance broker in 1990,
0:38:10 > 0:38:15recognises achievement in fashion or environmentalism?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- Environmentalism.- Correct.
0:38:18 > 0:38:24- Bank.- Which song performed by Peter Auty on the soundtrack of the 1982 film The Snowman
0:38:24 > 0:38:29was a UK hit single for Aled Jones three years later?
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Walking In The Air.- Correct.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36In the Periodic Table, Mg is the chemical symbol for which element?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Magnesium?- Correct.
0:38:40 > 0:38:46- Bank!- In ornithology, the names of the black grouse and blackbird both refer to the colour
0:38:46 > 0:38:50of the plumage of the adult birds of which sex?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- Er, the male.- Correct.
0:38:53 > 0:39:01In architecture, the major works of Antonio Gaudi such as Casa Mila, are in which Spanish city?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- Madrid.- Barcelona.
0:39:04 > 0:39:11What A is the general collective term for gymnastic equipment such as the vaulting horse?
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Apparatus.- Correct.
0:39:13 > 0:39:19In slang, the name of which sensory organ follows pig's to make a common expression for a job
0:39:19 > 0:39:21that has been badly executed?
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- Ear.- Correct.- Bank. - In food, what name was given
0:39:25 > 0:39:30to the character first depicted on a packet of breakfast cereal in 1933
0:39:30 > 0:39:34and later joined by his companions Crackle and Pop?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Snap.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Bank.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Correct answer, bank out of time.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45You won £120,
0:39:45 > 0:39:50which we will treble. It gives you prize money today of:
0:39:50 > 0:39:52There can only be one winner.
0:39:52 > 0:39:58Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, sudden death.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02So, Suzanne and Mandie, for £1,940,
0:40:02 > 0:40:04let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:07 > 0:40:13- Mandie, you have the choice of who goes first. - I'll go first, please.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20In a standard symphony orchestra, the four woodwind instruments are
0:40:20 > 0:40:25the flute, the clarinet, the bassoon and which other?
0:40:28 > 0:40:33- Er, the double bass. - The correct answer is the oboe.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35In fictional characters in films,
0:40:35 > 0:40:39between 1986 and 2007
0:40:39 > 0:40:45Brian Cox, Anthony Hopkins and Gaspard Ulliel
0:40:45 > 0:40:49all played a murderous doctor with what full name?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- Crippen?- The correct answer is Dr Hannibal Lecter.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58According to a 2011 study by the Department for Education,
0:40:58 > 0:41:06more than 90% of schools in England teach which book by John Steinbeck to their GCSE students?
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- Of Mice And Men. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14In geography, what is the four-letter name of the sultanate
0:41:14 > 0:41:20that occupies the south-eastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula?
0:41:20 > 0:41:25- I'm afraid I can't remember. - The correct answer is Oman.
0:41:26 > 0:41:32In UK politics, which female MP was appointed Minister of Transport
0:41:32 > 0:41:36by Harold Wilson in 1965
0:41:36 > 0:41:41and was responsible for introducing the breathalyser?
0:41:43 > 0:41:47- Edwina Currie.- The correct answer is Barbara Castle.
0:41:47 > 0:41:53In rock music, Wasting Light was the title of a UK number one album in 2011
0:41:53 > 0:42:00for which US group whose lead singer had previously played drums in the grunge band Nirvana?
0:42:02 > 0:42:06- Graham Nash? - The correct answer is Foo Fighters.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13In golf, Chinese Fir, Carolina Cherry, Pink Dogwood and Azalea
0:42:13 > 0:42:17are the names of holes at the Augusta course that is the venue
0:42:17 > 0:42:20for which major tournament?
0:42:21 > 0:42:23The...
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- American Open?- The correct answer is the US Masters.
0:42:28 > 0:42:34In science, the laboratory launched in 2008 as part of the International Space Station
0:42:34 > 0:42:39is named after which explorer, believed to have been born in Genoa?
0:42:40 > 0:42:45- NASA? - The correct answer is Columbus.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50In the Bible, which patriarch sometimes called Israel,
0:42:50 > 0:42:55had a father called Isaac, a brother named Esau
0:42:55 > 0:43:00and wives called Leah and Rachel?
0:43:00 > 0:43:05- Moses? - The correct answer is Jacob.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09In vocabulary, which term for an unscrupulous opportunist
0:43:09 > 0:43:16comes from the name given to northerners who profited in the south after the American Civil War?
0:43:16 > 0:43:20- Profiteers. - The correct answer is carpetbagger.
0:43:23 > 0:43:28That means, Mandie, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Suzanne, you leave with nothing.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:41 > 0:43:46I've done some exciting things in my time, for example scuba diving and paragliding.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50Hey, why not meet Anne Robinson? That was a thrill.
0:43:50 > 0:43:55I'm really pleased to have won. I feel quite emotional about it.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Relieved that an Essex girl won.
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