0:00:01 > 0:00:05Here are 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 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio here could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41They don't know each other,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45but if they want the money, they'll have to work as a team.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Eight will leave with nothing,
0:00:47 > 0:00:52as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Let's meet the team.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59My name's Omar. I'm 22. I'm from London. I'm a medical student.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I'm Hilary, I'm 54.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05I'm from Exeter in Devon, and I'm a pre-school assistant.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09My name is Paul. I'm 43, I'm from Barking in Essex.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I'm a solicitor's clerk.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I'm Sharon, I'm 26 years old.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I'm from Chesterfield and I'm a travel agent.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21I'm Jackie, I'm 40 years old. I come from Selby and I cook in a cafe.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26My name's David. I'm 58 years old, from Elland, West Yorkshire.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29I work in property maintenance.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34I'm Lucie, I'm 28. I'm from Dorchester and I'm an office manager.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38I'm Adrian. I'm 32, I come from Bedford, and I'm a civil servant.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41My name is Lewis, I'm 36 years old.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46I'm from Manchester, and I'm an officer with a jet charter company.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50In each round, the aim is to answer enough questions correctly
0:01:50 > 0:01:52to reach your £1,000 target
0:01:52 > 0:01:55within the time limit.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The fastest way is with a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Get your question wrong and you break the chain and lose the money.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Say "Bank" before the question
0:02:06 > 0:02:10and the money is safe, but you start a brand-new chain.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Remember, at the end of the round,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17only money that's been banked can be taken forward.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20In Round One, you get three minutes.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically - Adrian.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29The first question is for £20.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Start the clock.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34In which UK country is Dundee?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Scotland.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39What C is the name for the head of a mushroom?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Pass.- Cap.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Which organ of the body is affected by conjunctivitis?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- The liver.- The eye.
0:02:49 > 0:02:56How many times did Bjorn Borg win the men's singles title at Wimbledon - five or nine?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Nine.- Five.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01What is 4 x 40?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- 120.- 160.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Meringue is made using which part of the egg?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09The white.
0:03:09 > 0:03:15Which 2001 film starring Kate Winslet features code-breaking in World War Two?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- Don't know.- Enigma.
0:03:17 > 0:03:23What M is the ship that carried the Pilgrim Fathers from Southampton to America in 1620?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Mayflower.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29What type of blood vessel is the aorta - an artery or vein?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Artery. ADRIAN: Bank.
0:03:32 > 0:03:38Which children's TV character had a hit in 2001 with a cover version of Mambo No.5?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Bob the Builder.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Which author wrote The Hound Of The Baskervilles?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- Pass.- Arthur Conan Doyle.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51How many eyes does a bat have?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Two.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56What's the name of Elvis Presley's daughter?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Pass.- Lisa-Marie.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04What C is the name for a residential community of nuns?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- Habitat.- Convent.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15In Peter Pan, what sort of animal is Nana, the nursemaid to the Darlings?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Mouse?- A dog.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23A place on the equator has a latitude of how many degrees, zero or 90?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Zero.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Which French term describes a feeling you've already seen something?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Deja vu.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37The Royal College of Music opened in 1883 in London or Birmingham?
0:04:37 > 0:04:38London.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43- Bank.- How many holes are there usually in a round of golf?
0:04:43 > 0:04:4418.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49What H is the constituency held by Peter Mandelson at the 2001 election?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- Hartlepool.- Correct!
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Taste and sight are two of the five what?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Senses.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Which Teletubby sometimes carries a handbag?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Laa-Laa.- Tinky Winky.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06How many 2p pieces are there in £2?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09100.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12A drink on the rocks is poured over what?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Ice.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18John Steinbeck wrote the novel Of Mice And what?
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Men.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- Bank.- If a temperature is in degrees F, what is that?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Fahrenheit.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29- Bank.- In the 1993 film Super Mario Brothers, who played Mario?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- Dustin Hoffman. - Bob Hoskins.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Time is up.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41That was an amazingly terrible performance.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Of the £1,000 you could have won, you managed...
0:05:44 > 0:05:46a depressing...
0:05:46 > 0:05:50dopey...£270.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Whose dream of winning has just turned into a fantasy?
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Who should be shown the door? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Statistics show Adrian is the first strongest link of the game.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08The weakest link is Hilary, who didn't get one right.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10But who will lose out in the vote?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- Omar, what do you do? - I'm a medical student.- What year?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- I'm in my third year. - Which university are you at?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44University College London.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47University College London, third year -
0:06:47 > 0:06:52a student who says conjunctivitis is something to do with the liver!
0:06:54 > 0:06:58What are you going to be when you qualify...
0:06:58 > 0:07:00apart from dodgy?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I haven't thought that through yet.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I don't suppose you have!
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Why Hilary?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- I think she got all her questions wrong.- Lewis...
0:07:11 > 0:07:16The longest title of anyone, and the fewest number of right answers.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Nearly.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- What can I say?- I don't know.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26You were long enough saying what you did, so think of something.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I just got caught out on them.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31And what did Hilary do you didn't like?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I thought she was unlucky. We were all terrible...
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Not everyone was. YOU were. - We all were.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Statistically Hilary was the worst player.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46A pre-school worker who doesn't know Teletubbies. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57I'm very, very, very disappointed to be voted off first.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01I am embarrassed to get the Teletubby question wrong.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05In a pre-school, they all love the Teletubbies.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I think Paul will be voted off next.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11He was nervous, hesitant and didn't bank money.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Round Two. You've won £270 out of a possible £1,000.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Eight of you left. 10 seconds off the clock.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27We start with the strongest link - Adrian. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Start the clock.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36Who immediately preceded Dwight D Eisenhower as US president?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- Roosevelt.- Harry S Truman.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44What N is the opening of the nasal cavity and the nose in vertebrates?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Nostrils.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Art Garfunkel sang Bright Eyes for which 1979 film?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- Pass.- Watership Down.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00Which author wrote Middlemarch, published in the 1870s?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Pass.- George Eliot.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08In which decade did Art Deco emerge, the '20s or the '50s?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- The '50s.- The '20s.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15In football, what is a kick awarded outside the penalty area
0:09:15 > 0:09:18following a foul by the opposition?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- I don't know.- A free kick.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24What A was a chemist who aimed to turn base metals into gold?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Alchemist.
0:09:26 > 0:09:32Grevy's, mountain and burchells are all species of which striped African mammal?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- Tigers.- Zebras.
0:09:36 > 0:09:42Where is the epicentre of the earthquake - on or below the earth's surface?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Below.- On.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Hank Marvin is the leader of which pop group?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- The Shadows.- Correct!
0:09:49 > 0:09:54What S is the North American Indian tribe of which Crazy Horse was leader?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Sioux.
0:09:55 > 0:09:581 November comes under what star sign?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Scorpio. SHARON: Bank.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04The coffee tree originates from which continent?
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Africa.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10The Olympic symbol has rings of red, blue, green, black and what?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Yellow.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Which musical is set in Spain and Morocco in an 8th-century war -
0:10:17 > 0:10:19La Cava or Les Miserables?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22La Cava.
0:10:22 > 0:10:28- Bank.- What E is the term to describe species of animals in danger of extinction?
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Endangered.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35- Bank.- Who had hits in the '80s with The Riddle and I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Nik Kershaw.
0:10:37 > 0:10:43In chemistry, which of benzine, chlorine and fluorine is not a halogen?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Benzine.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Which Irish group had a Year 2000 No.1 single with Fool Again?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- The Corrs.- Westlife.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58What G is a huge group of stars and planets, such as the Milky Way?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Galaxy.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- Bank.- For which system of voting do the letters PR stand?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Pass. - Proportional Representation.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Which particular organs are affected by pleurisy?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Lungs.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18What was the original name of the band Blur - Selwyn or Seymour?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Seymour.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Time is up.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Another poor round.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Just £240
0:11:30 > 0:11:32you put in the kitty.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Whose extinction is necessary?
0:11:35 > 0:11:40Who's more of a drip than a fountain of knowledge?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48In a reversal of fortune, Adrian is now statistically the weakest link.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51David is the strongest link.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56What will the other players take into consideration as they vote?
0:11:57 > 0:12:02Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19David...
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- remind me what you do. - I work in property maintenance -
0:12:23 > 0:12:25plumbing, electrical, building.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30- Are you married?- Yes.- Do you do the housework?- No, the wife does.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Where are you from? - Elland, West Yorkshire.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- Set in your ways. - You've got to be.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- Why Omar?- He let me down in the first round and should have gone.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- Jackie, where do you come from? - From Selby.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Do the women do the housework?
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- Yes, I'm afraid they do. - And do the men like football?- Yes.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52- Do the women?- I like football.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55You didn't answer the football question.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I knew it after you said it.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00What do you do when you're not here?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I work in a cafe. I'm a cook.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Are you? What do you cook?
0:13:04 > 0:13:10Everything from bacon butties to chicken pies to...everything.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13You cook chicken pies, or just heat them up?
0:13:13 > 0:13:18The lady in charge makes them. I serve them out. I don't cook those.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22- Why Omar?- He got some questions wrong and hesitated.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27- So, Sharon, what do you do? - I'm a travel agent.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29What do you do when people complain?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- I try and resolve the problem. - Really(?)
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- How do you do that? - You listen sympathetically,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40and put it in writing and send it off to the tour operators.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45Then they probably go to Watchdog, to talk to people like you.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46What's wrong with Omar?
0:13:46 > 0:13:51He mixed Westlife up with t'Corrs. What more can I say?
0:13:51 > 0:13:57That you've a medical student who thinks conjunctivitis is a problem with the liver.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00With four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08I don't think I was the best player or the worst player.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Others got as many wrong as I did.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Certain people don't deserve to be there.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I'd like David to be voted off next.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I'm sorry, he's right up himself.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Round Three. You've won £510 out of £2,000.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26You're down to seven players.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29We'll take another 10 seconds off the clock.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34We start with the strongest link - David. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Start the clock.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42Which fictional TV chat show host's catch phrase was, "Knowing me, knowing you, aha"?
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- John Nettles.- Alan Partridge.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51In the periodic table, what is the symbol for aluminium?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Al.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Which cardigan-wearing singer appeared on rocking chairs?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Val Doonican.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06For what does the H stand in the poet WH Auden's name - Hugh or Herbert?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Hugh.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13In London, what are the Dorchester and Claridges?
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Hotels.
0:15:14 > 0:15:20What A is the mythological Greek society where military roles were held only by women?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- Pass.- Amazons.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29In the May 2000 elections for London Mayor, who was second - Stephen Norris or Frank Dobson?
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Stephen Norris.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Which king was known as The Unready?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Ethelred.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38In which ocean is the Coral Sea?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Atlantic.- Pacific.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45What S is the name of the movement founded by L Ron Hubbard?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Scientologists.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52Which TV sports presenter married rugby player Kenny Logan in 2001?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Gabby Yorath.
0:15:55 > 0:16:01- Bank.- At which annual Christian festival is the beverage eggnog traditionally drunk?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Easter.- Christmas.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08What M is a term for an extended speech spoken by one person on stage?
0:16:08 > 0:16:09Monologue.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13What is the capital city of the Czech Republic?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- Croatia.- Prague.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21The shrub with pendulous mauve flowers often seen climbing up the walls of houses
0:16:21 > 0:16:24is what - wisteria or brassica?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Wisteria.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32The poet Alfred Tennyson held which literary position from 1850-92?
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Poet laureate.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40- Bank.- Which scientific term describes animals that can live both on land and in water?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- Pass.- Amphibian.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50The Commonwealth island of St Helena is in the Atlantic or the Pacific?
0:16:50 > 0:16:51The Atlantic.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Bank.- Which word derived from Greek
0:16:54 > 0:16:58refers to a set of letters representing sounds of speech?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- Pass.- Alphabet.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07Which 20th-century American president's first names were Gerald Rudolph?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- Pass.- Ford.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Singer Davy Jones belonged to which quartet?
0:17:14 > 0:17:15The Monkees. DAVID: Bank.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Time's up. I cannot complete the question.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26And you cannot raise your sights very high.
0:17:26 > 0:17:32£240 is all you banked. Who's head and shoulders below the rest?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38As the only player to get all his answers right,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Lewis is the strongest link.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45According to the statistics, Sharon is the weakest link.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47But how will the votes go?
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Adrian, what do you do for a living?
0:18:07 > 0:18:12- I work for the Inland Revenue.- Which area of the public do you persecute?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15We deal with self-employed people.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- How many do you send to jail? - That's not my department.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- You just load the gun and someone else fires it.- Yes.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- Never heard of amphibians? - Yes, I have.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- It went out of my mind. - It went out of your mind?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32If I don't pay my tax for a couple of years
0:18:32 > 0:18:36and I say, "It completely went out of my mind,"
0:18:36 > 0:18:40- what do you say?- I don't think you'd get away with that.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- Not on your money.- Why Paul?
0:18:42 > 0:18:47This round was a pretty dodgy one for him, unfortunately.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52- Lucie, why Paul?- Men with ponytails, they just don't ring my bell.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Did you think he was the weakest link?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58He was pretty poor, yes.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02He has a ponytail and jewellery and comes from Essex, but
0:19:02 > 0:19:05statistically, Sharon was the worst player.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11But the solicitor's clerk is guilty of incompetence. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Lucie should be here instead of me.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Sharon was the weakest link last round,
0:19:23 > 0:19:27but Lucie made a remark about my ponytail and was very hesitant.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Round Four. £750 banked out of potential prize money of £3,000.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38Six of you left. Another 10 seconds comes off your time.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40You now have only 2½ minutes.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45We'll start with the strongest link last time - that's Lewis.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Start the clock.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55Who designed the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- No idea.- Antonio Gaudi.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02In which century did Cromwell become Lord Protector?
0:20:02 > 0:20:0317th.
0:20:03 > 0:20:09What M are the teeth at the back of a mammal's jaw, used specifically for chewing?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Molars.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16- Bank.- In Three Blind Mice, what did the farmer's wife cut their tails with?
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Carving knife.
0:20:17 > 0:20:24Organic compounds of which element are released to emit the smell when garlic is crushed -
0:20:24 > 0:20:26chlorine or sulphur?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Sulphur.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32What type of insect are the peacock, large white and swallowtail?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Butterfly.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Which Scottish city has an arts festival each August?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Edinburgh.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- Bank.- Which Southwest London club won the FA Cup in 2000?
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- Arsenal.- Chelsea.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50What B is an undeveloped leaf flower or shoot?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Bud.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59Which peroxided male singer had a 1985 UK hit single with Rebel Yell?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Eminem.- No, Billy Idol.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05What moustache shares its name with part of a bicycle?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Handlebar.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12- Bank.- What's the most common noble gas in the atmosphere - argon or neon?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Argon.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18The name of which queen is also a London station and a sponge cake?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Victoria.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Bank.- Faint heart never won...whom?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- Vanity?- Fair lady.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31What M is a Spanish word to describe an aggressively masculine man?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Don't know.- Macho.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38In the 1956 film And God Created Woman, who played the lead role?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Stefanie Powers. - Brigitte Bardot.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47The Day Of The Jackal concerns a plot to kill which politician?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Margaret Thatcher. - Charles de Gaulle.
0:21:51 > 0:21:57What V is the collective term for wild animals that spread disease or cause a nuisance?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Vermin.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03What's 450 divided by 3?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Pass.- No, 150.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12In golf, which South African won the US Open twice during the '90s?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Retief Goosen.- Ernie Els.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19What name is commonly given to a condition...
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Time is up. £320 you put in the kitty.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Who has scored too many own goals?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Whose goose is cooked? Who needs to go?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41For the second round in a row, Sharon is the weakest link.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43She gave the most wrong answers.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48Adrian is the strongest link for the second time in the game.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51But will the other players pick up on this?
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Lucie, do you not like Baroness Thatcher?
0:23:10 > 0:23:14You fixed me with a steely gaze and she was who I thought of.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19- Why Sharon?- She got the question about Chelsea wrong. Unforgivable.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22So, David. Do you watch any television?
0:23:22 > 0:23:25A slight amount. I always watch your show.
0:23:25 > 0:23:31Why do you believe Stefanie Powers is the sort of age which would have her star
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- in a film in 1956? - Oh, I thought you said '65.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35Do you like Stefanie Powers?
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- She's beautiful.- Do you like Brigitte Bardot?- Better still.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Would either of them be good at housework?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45They would if they were with me.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- Why would they want to be with you? - You never know.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Look at the shoulders ripple.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Apart from being deluded,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- why Sharon?- She's had a bad round.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00We're peeling them off from that end. So time to go.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Sharon got away with it for several rounds.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07They finally discovered that our travel agent
0:24:07 > 0:24:11is at the end of her road. You are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I think I handled Anne well
0:24:20 > 0:24:25and all the colleagues at work will be happy I got in my little dig.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27And a one-up for travel agents.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31There may be a scheme going from that left-hand side.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34They're peeling them off from the right.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37I won't be surprised if Jackie is next.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Round Five.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Out of the £4,000 you could have won, you got £1,070.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Five of you left.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51We start with the strongest link - that's Adrian.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Start the clock.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59What A is a prefix meaning against?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Pass.- Anti.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07The German mark is divided into 100 what?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- Deutschmark.- Pfennig.
0:25:11 > 0:25:17What T is a two-handled bowl with a lid, used for serving food, usually soup?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Tureen.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24Quentin Tarantino directed which 1994 film starring John Travolta?
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- Pass.- Pulp Fiction.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32The Four Seasons had a 1963 hit with Big Girls Don't what?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Cry.
0:25:34 > 0:25:40In fashion, what is the British design firm founded by Wayne Hemingway?
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Red Or Dead.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46Ombrophobia is the name for fear of which weather, sunshine or rain?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Sunshine.- Rain.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53The British Standards Institute uses what mark as approval?
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Kite.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59Burlington Bertie is racing slang for odds of 100 to what?
0:25:59 > 0:26:0030.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04In science, for what do the letters MHz stand?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Megahertz.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11- Adrian.- Bank.- The east coast town of Southwold is in which English county?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- Surrey.- Suffolk.
0:26:14 > 0:26:20Fanfare For The Common Man was a 1977 UK hit single for Emerson, Lake And who?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Palmer.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27Correct. Jackie, langlauf is a type of which winter sport?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Skiing.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- David.- Bank.- The Coen brothers' first film is Blood what?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- Brothers.- Simple.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40In children's stories, who is the arch enemy of Captain Pugwash?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Pass.- No, Cut-Throat Jake.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52Which female country singer had a 1975 UK hit single with D-I-V-O-R-C-E?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Tammy Wynette.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56What is the square root of 100?
0:26:57 > 0:26:5910.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02In which country was Chris Evert born?
0:27:02 > 0:27:03America.
0:27:03 > 0:27:10- David.- Bank.- Which French artist produced paintings of haystacks in 1890 and 1891?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Monet.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Named after the London street where it's located...
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Time is up.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I cannot complete the question.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25And you banked £250.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29But who clearly is not the brightest light in the harbour?
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Whose party is over? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Jackie is the only player who answered all her questions correctly,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41making her the strongest link.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Lewis is the weakest link.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46But whose game is over?
0:27:47 > 0:27:52Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02We have a tie, team.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04What a choice.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07David, who thinks women should do the housework,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10and an income tax man. David, why Adrian?
0:28:10 > 0:28:13I think he had a bad round.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Adrian, why David?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18He didn't do very well in that last round
0:28:18 > 0:28:21and the Coen brothers question sprang to mind.
0:28:21 > 0:28:27- Blood Simple is a top film.- But this man thinks that Stefanie Powers was in a film in 1956.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Right, well, when the votes are tied
0:28:31 > 0:28:34the strongest link casts the deciding vote.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Jackie, you were the strongest link.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Why have you voted for Adrian?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42He hesitated on more than one question.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45You now have a choice between Adrian
0:28:45 > 0:28:46and David.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48I'll stick to my original. Adrian.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51So you're a real feminist(!)
0:28:51 > 0:28:54I stick by what I believe. He was the weakest.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Neither of them were the weakest link.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01It's our friend here with the very long job title.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03But he's not in the running.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Adrian has delighted us long enough. Goodbye.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18I really do feel I could have gone on to the final today.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21And I'm quite disappointed to be voted off now.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25I think Jackie is out of order voting me off then.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29She obviously saw me as a threat. I hope she's off next.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Round Six. You've won £1,320 out of a possible £5,000.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36There are four of you left.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38We cut 10 seconds from your time.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43We start with the strongest link - that's Jackie. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Start the clock.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51What do we call a word that's the same backwards as forwards?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- I don't know.- Palindrome.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58Which female author wrote the 1918 book Johnny Townmouse?
0:29:58 > 0:30:00- Enid Blyton.- Beatrix Potter.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Mount Blanc is the highest peak in which mountain range?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06The Alps.
0:30:06 > 0:30:12Which Hollywood actress is the mother of Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland?
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Erm...
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Pass.- Kim Basinger.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Vamps and eyelets are part of which article of clothing?
0:30:21 > 0:30:23- Don't know.- Shoes.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28In the 2001 general election, Dr Richard Taylor became an independent MP
0:30:28 > 0:30:32campaigning to protect which Midlands hospital?
0:30:32 > 0:30:35- Birmingham Royal. - Kidderminster.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39The segments on a dart board are numbered from one to what?
0:30:39 > 0:30:4120.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46Which BBC radio station broadcasts each of the Prom concerts live?
0:30:46 > 0:30:49- Radio 4.- Radio 3.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53What is the fraction of a number expressed in hundredths?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Percentage.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58In ballet, what is a term for a knee-bending movement?
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- Pirouette.- Plie.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06Of which daily national newspaper was Paul Dacre appointed editor in 1992?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11- The Express.- The Daily Mail.
0:31:12 > 0:31:18The 1960s play The Caretaker, originally starring Alan Bates, was written by who?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Pass.- Harold Pinter.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25In which religion do males have the surname Singh, meaning lion?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Christian.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Sikhism.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32What structure has a square or rectangular base
0:31:32 > 0:31:35and triangular sides that meet at a point?
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Pyramid.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42- Lucie.- Bank.- The name of which Chinese city means city on the sea?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46- Pass.- Shanghai.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50In TV, Detective Barlow and Watt were two leads
0:31:50 > 0:31:54in which British crime series of the 1960s and '70s?
0:31:54 > 0:31:55Z Cars.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Correct.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Time is up.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Z Cars was the correct answer.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07And in that round you won £20.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12Who's lost their shine? Who's fighting a losing battle?
0:32:12 > 0:32:15It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21According to the statistics, Lewis is the weakest link.
0:32:21 > 0:32:27For the first time in the game, Lucie is the strongest link with the most answers.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31But will the votes follow the facts?
0:32:31 > 0:32:37Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Lucie, why Lewis?
0:32:48 > 0:32:52He's passed a lot throughout the whole game, I thought.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- He can't get away with it any longer. - David?
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- Yes, Anne?- Do you want the women to yourself?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Yes, that was the plan.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04I whittled them down at that side, now that side.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06It must be great being clever.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10There's nothing clever about it. It's animal magnetism.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- Why Lewis?- He had a bad round again.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15And he has to go.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Lewis, the airport operations manager,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21we have no flight path, but a walk of shame.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34The problem I'll have when I get home
0:33:34 > 0:33:38is everyone will say, "Pass, pass," because all I did was pass.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42The next person off will be David, possibly, because of
0:33:42 > 0:33:46the remarks he's made about women washing up.
0:33:46 > 0:33:47Round Seven.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51You've won £1,340 out of a possible £6,000.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Three of you left.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58We start with the strongest link - that's Lucie.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Start the clock.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Which US country singer known as The Man In Black
0:34:07 > 0:34:10had his own TV show from 1969 to 1971?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- Elvis.- Johnny Cash.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18The characters Brad, Janet and Frank N Furter all feature in which stage musical?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20- Evita.- Rocky Horror Show.
0:34:20 > 0:34:25Which planet has a year equivalent to 687 earth days?
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Jupiter.- Mars.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32What do we call the six Dorset workers transported to Australia in 1834?
0:34:32 > 0:34:34The Tolpuddle Martyrs.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38In the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan, which actor,
0:34:38 > 0:34:42a star of TV comedy Cheers, played Captain Fred Hamill?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- I don't know.- Ted Danson.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48In which town is the University of Surrey based?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- Don't know.- Guildford.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56In TV, who is the only person to have regularly hosted
0:34:56 > 0:34:58both Top Of The Pops and Telly Addicts?
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Noel Edmonds.
0:35:01 > 0:35:07In the poem called Jerusalem, William Blake asked to be brought his what of fire?
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- Head?- Chariot.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13In which decade was the first Jaws film released in the UK?
0:35:13 > 0:35:14- '50.- '70s.
0:35:14 > 0:35:21In Six Nations rugby, which country plays its home matches at Lansdowne Road?
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- Scotland.- Ireland.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26What is the mineral pyrite nicknamed
0:35:26 > 0:35:30because of its similarity in appearance to gold?
0:35:30 > 0:35:31- Don't know.- Fool's gold.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Which novel by EM Forster features Lucy Honeychurch?
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- Passage To India. - A Room With A View.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42Which mythological man captured the Cretan bull
0:35:42 > 0:35:44as part of his 12 labours?
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- Jason and the Argonauts chap. - Hercules.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Which US inventor gave his name to a fairground ride
0:35:54 > 0:35:57made up of a big wheel with seats on its rim?
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Furnace wheel.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00No, Ferris wheel.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03David, who was the director of...
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Time is up.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10I cannot complete the question.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14And you won absolutely nothing in that round.
0:36:14 > 0:36:19In Round Eight you get the chance to treble what you bank - if you do bank -
0:36:19 > 0:36:21so there's £3,000 to be won.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24The question is, who do you want to get rid of?
0:36:24 > 0:36:28It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:29 > 0:36:36At this crucial stage, Lucie is the strongest link for the second round in a row.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39The weakest link statistically is Jackie.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43But who will lose out in the final vote?
0:36:43 > 0:36:48Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Lucie, why Jackie?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00I only got a few right, but if she'd banked,
0:37:00 > 0:37:03we'd have at least a little bit in the kitty.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04David,
0:37:04 > 0:37:07don't you know how to spell Jackie?
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- I would, probably. - Or is that women's work?
0:37:10 > 0:37:14I should spell it right, but I just didn't see it.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18- Why did you vote for her? - It was furnace wheel that did it.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Statistically she was the worst.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25With two votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35I am disappointed.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40To get to the final three, close to the final shoot-out, is disappointing
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Then again, I'm pleased I got this far.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48Lucie will win. She was the strongest with a good general knowledge.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Round Eight.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54You've won £1,340 out of a possible £7,000.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57David and Lucie, two of you left.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01You have 90 seconds. Whatever you win in this round is trebled
0:38:01 > 0:38:04and added to your total. So £3,000 is at stake.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09We start with the strongest link from the last round - that's Lucie.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Start the clock.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18In knitting, for what does the abbreviation PSSO stand?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Pass slip stitch over?
0:38:21 > 0:38:22- Correct.- Bank.
0:38:22 > 0:38:28In literature, Seth Pecksniff is a character in which Dickens novel?
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Oliver Twist. - Martin Chuzzlewit.
0:38:32 > 0:38:39What is the traditional Indian dish consisting of yoghurt, cucumber, onion and spices?
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- Curry.- No, raita.
0:38:41 > 0:38:46The 2001 sequel to the TV series The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole
0:38:46 > 0:38:49was titled Adrian Mole, The what Years?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- Wilderness Years.- Cappuccino.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55What is the official language of Algeria?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58- Algerian.- Arabic.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04Which woodland plant is also known as the wild hyacinth?
0:39:04 > 0:39:05The wood lily.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Bluebell.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Which royal house preceded the House of Stuart?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Tudor.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17What's the name of the actor brother of Jane Fonda?
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Peter Fonda.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- Lucie.- Bank.- What is the complementary force to Yang?
0:39:24 > 0:39:25Yin.
0:39:25 > 0:39:31- David.- Bank.- Which US actor starred in The Odd Couple and The Sunshine Boys?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- Pass.- Walter Matthau.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39In which Russian city is the famous Kirov stadium?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- St Petersburg. - David.- Bank.- In mythology...
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Time's up. You've banked £110,
0:39:49 > 0:39:53which we'll treble and add to your winnings.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56That means prize money today of £1,670.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01Only one of you can take the money home, so you play against each other head to head.
0:40:01 > 0:40:06I'll ask alternate questions, the best of five.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Whoever answers the most wins.
0:40:08 > 0:40:16So, David and Lucie, for £1,670, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23Lucie, as the strongest link you choose who goes first.
0:40:23 > 0:40:24I will, please.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Lucie, which shade of blue is so called
0:40:32 > 0:40:38because it was first synthesised in Berlin in about 1704?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- Prussian. - That is the correct answer.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45David,
0:40:45 > 0:40:49in nature, which plant of the parsley family
0:40:49 > 0:40:57is also known as herb of the angels and is often candied and used in decorating cakes?
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- I don't know.- The correct answer is angelica.
0:41:06 > 0:41:15Lucie, which virulent lung disease was known as the White Death?
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- Tuberculosis. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28David, in sport, the capital of which European country
0:41:28 > 0:41:32hosted the second modern Olympic Games in 1900?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- Paris.- No, the correct answer is France.
0:41:42 > 0:41:50Lucie, in maths, if the second-largest angle of a right-angled triangle
0:41:51 > 0:41:57is twice as big as the smallest angle, how many degrees is it?
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- 45 degrees. - No, the correct answer is 60.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10David,
0:42:10 > 0:42:14which Christopher was an English playwright and poet
0:42:14 > 0:42:19who influenced Shakespeare with his use of blank verse on the stage?
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- Mahler.- No, the correct answer is Marlowe.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30Lucie, if you answer this question correctly you've won.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33So for £1,670,
0:42:33 > 0:42:40in film, Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American actress
0:42:40 > 0:42:48to win an Academy Award for her role in which 1939 film?
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- No idea.- The correct answer is Gone With The Wind.
0:42:55 > 0:43:01David, you need to answer this question correctly to stay.
0:43:02 > 0:43:09In pop music, whose version of Chattanooga Choo-Choo sold over one million copies in the '40s?
0:43:10 > 0:43:13- Glenn Miller's. - That is the correct answer.
0:43:13 > 0:43:18Again, Lucie, if you answer this question correctly you've won.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24In money, the reverse of the UK five-pence coin
0:43:24 > 0:43:32shows a representation of which emblematic flower?
0:43:34 > 0:43:38- The thistle. - That is the correct answer.
0:43:42 > 0:43:50That means, Lucie, you are today's strongest link and you go away with £1,670.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54David, you leave with nothing.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00Subtitles by ITFC for BBC Subtitling, 2001
0:44:00 > 0:44:04I thought, "I'm on the train home with a fat cheque."
0:44:04 > 0:44:06But it wasn't to be.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09I feel sorry for David having got so far.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13He must have thought he was in with a chance of winning.
0:44:13 > 0:44:18But at the end of the day I need the money more than he does.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20I've no complaints about Anne.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23As a plumber I'd fix her pipes any time.