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 > 0:00:14The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the Weakest Link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:37Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:50However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the Weakest Link.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Let's meet the team.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57I'm Chris, 37, from Bury, and I'm a student.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02I'm Rosemary, I'm 54, I'm from South Wales and I'm a housewife.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07I'm Alex, I'm 42, from Huddersfield and I'm a bathroom fitter.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13I'm Shanine, I'm 21, I live in London and I'm a student.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18I'm Ronnie, I'm 61, I live near Alloa in Scotland and I'm a sales manager.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23I'm Alison, I'm 30, from Bristol, and I'm a publisher.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28I'm Vince, I'm 58, I'm from Braintree and I'm a van driver.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32I'm Nicky, I'm 47, from Stroud in Gloucestershire
0:01:32 > 0:01:35and I'm a company secretary.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40I'm Tony, I'm 23, from Wolverhampton and I'm an auditor.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:48 > 0:01:54Break the chain and you lose all the money. Say "bank" before the question and the money is safe.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Round 1. Three minutes on the clock.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically - Alex.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11The word "television" is shortened to which two-letter abbreviation?
0:02:11 > 0:02:17- TV.- In art, sapphire is a shade of which primary colour?
0:02:17 > 0:02:22- Blue.- In occupations, a salesman who typically visits a succession of houses
0:02:22 > 0:02:26is described as door-to-door or cheek-to-cheek?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Door-to-door.- In maths, what is 6 divided by 2?
0:02:29 > 0:02:35- 3.- In the animal kingdom, the zebra is native to which continent?
0:02:35 > 0:02:42- Africa.- In nature, what C is the name of a product obtained from tree bark
0:02:42 > 0:02:45that is widely used to make stoppers for wine bottles?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- Cork.- In geography, together with New Zealand,
0:02:49 > 0:02:53which country is known informally as Down Under?
0:02:53 > 0:02:59- Australia.- In the 1937 Disney film, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs,
0:02:59 > 0:03:05the Wicked Queen asks a magical version of which object, "Who is the fairest one of all"?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- The mirror.- In American cuisine,
0:03:11 > 0:03:18if apple pie is served a la mode, it is accompanied by what? Ice cream or tomato ketchup?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- Ice cream.- Bank!
0:03:22 > 0:03:26OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30That money will go through to the next round. One of you will not.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36Who is this season's "must not have"? Who would need Google to find their own backside?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45Alex is the Strongest Link as he banked all the money for the team.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51Shanine is statistically the Weakest Link, but who will be the first to take the walk of shame?
0:03:52 > 0:03:57Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Shanine.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Vince.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Alison.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Rosemary.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Chris.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Rosemary.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Rosemary.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- Ronnie.- Shanine.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- What do you do, Vince? - I'm a van driver.- Are you?
0:04:23 > 0:04:29- Who do you drive a van for? - Tesco at Great Notley.- What's Great Notley?- It's just outside Braintree.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- Have you got a big van?- I have indeed, yes.- How big is your van?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38I suppose about 14 foot long and about six foot six wide.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Put your board down. Just turn towards Nicky.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48- Imagine you're in your van. What road are you going along? - I think I'll go along the A120.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- Why do you want to go along the A120? - The number just came into mind.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59- Where are we going on the A120? - We might go out to Rayne, just outside Braintree.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- Does it rain in Rayne?- It has rained a lot in Rayne. It's been cut off.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- OK. You're not delivering dry weather, are you?- Sadly, not.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- Is it a straight road? - A bit up and down.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13OK, well, go up and down then.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- OK.- OK.- And are you listening to the radio?- I am.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- What are you listening to? - Radio 4.- Oh, are you? But you're a van driver!
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- We can all learn, Anne. - So you're not singing?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Not a lot, no.- No. Why not?
0:05:28 > 0:05:33I save that for my other spare time activities. I hold myself in reserve.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Just turn round this way. What would that be?
0:05:37 > 0:05:42Well, I'm in a male voice choir, so every week, we have rehearsals.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47I save myself in reserve for the rehearsals, so I'm not out of steam by then.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Put your board up. Let off some steam for us.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Would you like me to sing a song? - Yeah. What do you do?
0:05:53 > 0:05:59- We'll do a little bit of Oliver. - You don't do Oasis or anything?- No.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Take That?- No.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- Westlife?- No. - OK, Oliver then, go on.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Right...
0:06:08 > 0:06:12I've actually written this down, so bear with me for a moment.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17# Consider yourself at home Consider yourself... #
0:06:17 > 0:06:23I'm not in the choir and I could do it without a piece of paper! Put your board up. Why Rosemary?
0:06:23 > 0:06:29It was very difficult at this point, but she seemed slightly slower in getting a response.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Shanine, what do you do?- I'm a student.- What are you studying?
0:06:33 > 0:06:38- History.- What's the point of that? You'll be a teacher, will you?- No.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43- What are you going to do with it? - Wherever it takes me. - Where is it going to take you?
0:06:43 > 0:06:47I'll have to find that out once I get the actual degree.
0:06:47 > 0:06:53- You'll not bother about your future until you get the degree? - No, just do everything by the cuff.
0:06:53 > 0:06:59- You're just going out drinking like all students?- No, no, no. I only drink once a week, if that.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- What do you drink? - Gin and lemonade.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Gin and lemonade once a week. On your own?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09No, usually with company.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- Is that all you do? - No, I do other things.- Like what?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- The occasional going to lectures and seminars.- Oh, oops, really?
0:07:17 > 0:07:24- In order to...?- In order to get the degree and then go on to something, whatever that may be.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- Why Rosemary?- She seemed a bit hesitant with her answer,
0:07:27 > 0:07:31considering she got a choice of two as well.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- What do you do, Alison?- I'm a publisher.- What do you publish?
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- Hair magazines.- Hair magazines? With YOUR hair?- Yes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- What sort of hair magazines? - Consumer. We do three.
0:07:43 > 0:07:49We do one large one, one small A5 compact format and a blonde hair magazine as well.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Can you only buy it if you've got blonde hair?
0:07:52 > 0:07:57There are some slightly darker blonde styles, but it is exclusively for blondes.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01- Sort of Airhead Weekly, is it? - Not at all. It's Glamour Weekly.
0:08:01 > 0:08:07- You're a specialist on hair?- I'm more a specialist in the editorial side. I'm not a hairdresser myself.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10So have you published any other magazines?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14I've been the editor of Koi Ponds And Gardens magazine.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18- What's that for?- It's for koi keepers.- Koi keepers?- Yes.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24- So you know about koi and blonde hair?- Yes.- What are you moving on to after that?
0:08:24 > 0:08:28I don't know. Something full of life. Maybe Tennis Weekly.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- Tennis Weekly?- Why not? - Or Tractor Monthly?- Yes.
0:08:32 > 0:08:38- Why Rosemary?- She seemed to hesitate slightly. That was the only thing I could pick up on.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Rosemary, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:08:46 > 0:08:52My friends will probably say to me, for being voted off first of all on the Weakest Link,
0:08:52 > 0:08:57"There are many things you have to answer for and this is one of them."
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We take ten seconds off your time.
0:09:01 > 0:09:08We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Alex. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:09:08 > 0:09:14The lyrics of the 1956 UK hit single See You Later Alligator by Bill Haley And His Comets
0:09:14 > 0:09:17also mention which other large reptile?
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- Crocodile.- In language, which form of transport shares its name
0:09:21 > 0:09:26with a long piece of fabric attached to the back of a wedding dress?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- A trail.- No, train.
0:09:28 > 0:09:34At parties, what C is the name of a dance that has three steps and a kick to each bar
0:09:34 > 0:09:37and is usually performed by a number of people in a line?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Charleston.- Conga.
0:09:39 > 0:09:46In TV, the catchphrase, "Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once" featured in which '80s sitcom?
0:09:46 > 0:09:52- 'Allo, 'Allo!- Which precious metal precedes the word "birch" in the name of a species of tree
0:09:52 > 0:09:54with a white, peeling bark?
0:09:54 > 0:09:59- Silver.- In Judaism, there are how many points on a Star of David?
0:09:59 > 0:10:06- Six.- In a balanced diet, what P is one of the main groups of essential nutrients of which beans...
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Protein.- Correct.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13In the stories of Enid Blyton, the name of which friend of Noddy's
0:10:13 > 0:10:16is derived from the size of a pair of his organs?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Big Ears.- Bank!- In British history,
0:10:19 > 0:10:24the 19th century protesters known as the Luddites attacked machinery or artworks?
0:10:24 > 0:10:30- Machinery.- In golf, a shot in which the ball is struck high into the air over a short distance
0:10:30 > 0:10:34has the same name as which fried potato product?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Fry.- Chip.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39In maths, what is 5 squared?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- 20.- Even 25.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48What H is the name of a Beetle car with a mind of its own that starred
0:10:48 > 0:10:52in the series of films including the 1968 comedy The Love Bug?
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- Herbie.- In classical music, the opera entitled Otello by Verdi
0:10:56 > 0:10:59is based on a play by which English writer?
0:10:59 > 0:11:04- William Shakespeare.- In literature, in its standard form,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07which type of poem has more lines? A limerick or a sonnet?
0:11:07 > 0:11:12- Limerick.- Sonnet. In TV, the satirical quiz show
0:11:12 > 0:11:17that has been guest-presented by Boris Johnson, Charlotte Church and me
0:11:17 > 0:11:19is entitled Have I Got what For You?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- News.- Correct.
0:11:22 > 0:11:28In the children's rhyme, what is the name of the character told to jump over the candlestick?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- The cow.- Even Jack.
0:11:30 > 0:11:36In footwear, what P is a word for a mischievous fairy that was used to refer to a type of boots
0:11:36 > 0:11:38that were popular in the 1980s?
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- Plimsoll.- Pixie.
0:11:42 > 0:11:48Which word meaning a very bad dream is a journalistic cliche for a problem or a difficult situation?
0:11:48 > 0:11:53- Nightmare.- When a couple go for a meal and agree to pay their own costs,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56it's known as going Dutch or turning Japanese?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- Going Dutch.- Bank!
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Time's up. Your "bank" was in time
0:12:01 > 0:12:04and you put into the kitty £350.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08But who's got an energy-saving brain?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16According to the statistics, the Strongest Link is Alison.
0:12:16 > 0:12:22Shanine is the Weakest Link, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Shanine.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Shanine.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Nicky.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Nicky.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Shanine.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Shanine.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Shanine.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Shanine.
0:12:48 > 0:12:54- What do you do, Chris?- I'm a student, Anne.- Are you?- At my time of age, but I'm a student!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- Studying what?- Comedy.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01- Really?- Absolutely. - You can do that at university, can you?- No, at college.
0:13:01 > 0:13:08- You're at a comedy college? - No, I'm at the Manchester College who have a comedy course.- Yes.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- What have you learnt so far? - How to look to be funny.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18Everything is on its appearance. If people expect you to be funny, then you will be funny.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Put your board down. We'll give you a road test. Are you yourself?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25No, I have a character called Purple Chris.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28So you're on now. The red light's gone on.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31And you want me to be funny?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Well, do you know what?
0:13:33 > 0:13:40Isn't it strange, but you're learning comedy, so I don't want you to do brain surgery?
0:13:40 > 0:13:46- Not at all.- Are you Purple Chris? - I am, yes. - OK, introducing Purple Chris...
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Hello, everybody. As you'll see, I'm...I'm Purple Chris.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56And I will start with some blue jokes which I can't really tell you on...
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Move on to the lighter ones.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04Why did the spider cross the keyboard? To get to the World Wide Web, of course.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08You're not smiling.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- Not laughing.- Put your board up.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Why Shanine? - She got two questions wrong.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23- What do you do, Tony?- I'm an auditor, Anne.- Have you got any auditors' jokes?- I'm not that funny.
0:14:23 > 0:14:29- What do you audit?- Staff mainly. If they're following processes, things like that.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Who for? - I work for The Carphone Warehouse.
0:14:32 > 0:14:38- So are you in a call centre?- No, I work in the repair centre.- You work in the repair centre.- Yeah.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- Are you surrounded by broken mobile phones?- There's a few about, yeah.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48- It isn't your job to mend them? - No, I don't mend them. I audit the staff that mend them.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- You're creeping round, spying on the staff?- That's right.
0:14:52 > 0:14:58- How do you do that? In disguise? Are you Audit Tony? - Audit Tony, yeah.- Audit Tony.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- What do you wear?- What do I wear? - Yeah.- A cape.- A cape?- No!
0:15:02 > 0:15:07Oh, you can do jokes! They're better than his jokes, anyway.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Why Shanine?- She got a few questions wrong in that round.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I thought it was time for her to go.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Shanine, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29I expected to win, but coming out in Round 2 is deeply embarrassing.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35My boyfriend's dad has a habit of shouting at the screen. He'll shout at me when he sees my performance!
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Round 3 and you've won £1,350. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:15:41 > 0:15:48We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Alison. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Which word is used in science for matter that is neither a liquid nor a gas
0:15:53 > 0:15:57and in geometry to describe a three-dimensional figure?
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- Pass.- Solid.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03What C was originally a word for the home of a farm labourer
0:16:03 > 0:16:07and is now a general term for any small or humble dwelling?
0:16:07 > 0:16:13- Cottage.- In the Gregorian calendar, there were how many days in 2008?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Three hundred and...sixty-two.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18No, 366.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23A novel by H Rider Haggard, published in 1885,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27centres on a search for the mines of which biblical king?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- Pass.- Solomon.
0:16:30 > 0:16:36In the animal kingdom, a prehensile tail is normally used for grasping branches or peeling fruit?
0:16:36 > 0:16:41- Grasping branches.- In TV and radio, what was the nickname of the comedian
0:16:41 > 0:16:44whose full name was Terence Alan Milligan?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- Pass.- Spike.
0:16:46 > 0:16:53An unwanted roll of fat around the midriff and an emergency item carried in the boot of a car
0:16:53 > 0:16:55are both known as a spare what?
0:16:55 > 0:17:01- Tyre.- In pop music, which song that was a UK No.1 single in 2005 begins with the line,
0:17:01 > 0:17:05"When the day is dawning on a Texas Sunday morning"?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- Pass.- Amarillo.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13In definitions, what L is a word meaning both a trivial error and a passing of time?
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Could you repeat the question?
0:17:15 > 0:17:20What L is a word meaning both a trivial error and a passing of time?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- Pass.- Lapse.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27The lead characters in First Blood, Born On The Fourth Of July and Forrest Gump
0:17:27 > 0:17:30have been in combat in which war?
0:17:30 > 0:17:37- Vietnam.- The Buckinghamshire town noted for the manufacture of chairs during the 19th century
0:17:37 > 0:17:39is called High what?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41- Water.- Wycombe.
0:17:41 > 0:17:47In the USA, gridiron is the informal name for which sport? American football or French cricket?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- French cricket.- American football.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55In maths, the fraction that represents one half is written as 1 over what number?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- 50.- 2.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03In the names of the days of the week, if Wednesday comes last alphabetically,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05which one comes first?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Friday.- Bank!
0:18:09 > 0:18:15What B is a glass said to be full to when the addition of any more liquid would make it overflow?
0:18:15 > 0:18:20- Brim.- Which large family of tropical trees gets its name
0:18:20 > 0:18:23from the resemblance of its leaves to human hands?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- Could you repeat the question again?- Which large...
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Time's up. You won £20. Who's your Vicar of Dribbly?
0:18:33 > 0:18:38Who thinks Mastermind is a myth? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:18:39 > 0:18:45As the only player to get all his answers right, Ronnie is the Strongest Link.
0:18:45 > 0:18:51The Weakest Link statistically is Alex, but will the votes pick up on the facts?
0:18:52 > 0:18:57Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Alison.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Vince.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Chris.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Tony.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Alison.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Alison.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Alex.
0:19:16 > 0:19:22- What do you do, Nicky? - I'm a company secretary.- You're an accountant?- Yes.- Qualified?- No.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- Self-taught.- Self-taught.
0:19:24 > 0:19:30- So what's your job?- Doing the accounts, answering the phone, making the tea and coffee.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- You're dogsbody?- Yeah.- Where?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35In a firm. My parents' firm.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- You're a dogsbody in the family firm?- Yes.
0:19:39 > 0:19:46- How old are you?- 47.- Have you worked your way up to that position of dogsbody?- I suppose so, yes.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51- You're a young, thrusting, ambitious woman, are you? - Definitely not young, no.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- Why Alison? - Um, she got two questions wrong.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- Vince, the Tesco van driver, who sings...- Indeed.
0:19:59 > 0:20:05- What was it about Alison's performance that you particularly disliked?- She got a couple wrong.
0:20:05 > 0:20:11- It wasn't a particularly good round for any of us.- Alison, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22Anne called Blonde Hair magazine Airhead Weekly which is slightly unfair.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25All us blondes know we definitely do have more fun.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Anne might feel left out cos we don't have a Redhead magazine,
0:20:29 > 0:20:34but she possibly would make it into the strawberry blonde category, so we could let her in.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Round 4. In the bank, £1,370. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:20:38 > 0:20:46We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Ronnie. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52In TV, the two agents played by Lewis Collins and Martin Shaw in The Professionals were Bodie and what?
0:20:52 > 0:20:57- Doyle.- In art, a 1624 portrait by Frans Hals has what popular title?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00The Laughing Cavalier or The Crying Roundhead?
0:21:00 > 0:21:07- The Laughing Cavalier.- Bank! - The gangster Al Capone built up a criminal empire in which US city?
0:21:07 > 0:21:12- Chicago.- In the 2000 film Kevin And Perry Go Large,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16which actress played one of the title characters?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- Kathy Burke. - In professional snooker,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24at the start of a frame, there are how many red balls on the table?
0:21:24 > 0:21:30- 15.- In astrology, which name of a star sign is an anagram of the word "spices"?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- Scorpio.- Pisces.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40The area of the Atlantic Ocean that is bounded by France and Spain and is notorious for its storms
0:21:40 > 0:21:42is known as the Bay of where?
0:21:42 > 0:21:48- Biscay.- Bank!- Which phrase that means the completion of a period of military training
0:21:48 > 0:21:52is also an informal term for the act of fainting?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- Passing out.- In the animal kingdom, the adjective "lupine"
0:21:56 > 0:21:59is used to describe which large dog-like predator?
0:21:59 > 0:22:06- Wolf.- A classic American dish now widely available in the UK is southern fried what...
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- Chicken.- Correct.
0:22:08 > 0:22:16In science, 78% of the air in the Earth's atmosphere consists of which colourless, odourless gas?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- Oxygen.- Nitrogen.
0:22:21 > 0:22:27Which 1980s TV series starred David Hasselhoff as a character described as "a young loner
0:22:27 > 0:22:30"on a crusade for the innocent"?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Knight Rider.- Correct. - Bank.
0:22:33 > 0:22:39What E is a humorous term for an intellectual person, especially one who is bald?
0:22:39 > 0:22:46- Egghead.- The Dark Ages is the name given to the period following the collapse of which empire?
0:22:46 > 0:22:52- The Roman Empire. - Kate Hudson is the daughter of which other US actress?
0:22:52 > 0:22:58- Goldie Hawn.- Bank!- A religion believed to have its origin in the 6th century BC in India
0:22:58 > 0:23:01is called Janetism or Janism?
0:23:01 > 0:23:09- Janism.- Which pop group formed in the 1960s had UK hit singles entitled Waterloo Sunset
0:23:09 > 0:23:11and Dedicated Follower of Fashion?
0:23:11 > 0:23:15- ABBA.- The Kinks. Alex, in imperial...
0:23:16 > 0:23:23Time's up. You won £190. But who's consistently now inconsistent?
0:23:23 > 0:23:30Who'd spend their winnings on a caravan? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Chris is the Weakest Link as he gave the most wrong answers.
0:23:35 > 0:23:41Statistically, Tony is the Strongest Link, but who will the team want off?
0:23:41 > 0:23:46Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Alex.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Chris.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Chris.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Alex.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Chris.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Alex.
0:23:59 > 0:24:05We have a tie, team. Chris and Alex have three votes each. What do you do, Alex?
0:24:05 > 0:24:13- Fit bathrooms, Anne.- Where? - Huddersfield.- Mostly outdoor work? - Yes. Or indoor, sorry.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- Even in Huddersfield?- Yeah, inside.
0:24:15 > 0:24:21- They mostly have them outside. - Not any more.- Really? - We've all moved indoors now.
0:24:21 > 0:24:27- It got a bit cold.- What colour bathrooms do they have?- Just white.
0:24:27 > 0:24:34- They don't have coloured bathrooms any more.- Really?- You have to go back to the '70s and early '80s for them.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- Even in Huddersfield?- Even there.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- Do you do baths with doors?- We do.
0:24:39 > 0:24:45- I could fit you a special needs bathroom.- I'm so pleased. Why Chris?
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Because he was probably as poor as I was in that round.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54- So, Purple Chris, why Alex? - Er, he was as bad as me.
0:24:54 > 0:25:00I've got to pick somebody and as we both got two questions wrong,
0:25:00 > 0:25:05- it was correct to vote for Alex. - The Strongest Link has to decide.
0:25:05 > 0:25:11- The Strongest Link was Tony. Why Alex?- He got a few questions wrong.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15- You've got a choice now between Chris and Alex.- I'll stick.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Alex, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28That last round was terrible.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33Chris was as bad as me and it was between me and Chris who went, so...
0:25:33 > 0:25:36I got it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42Round 5. In the bank, £1,560. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:25:42 > 0:25:48We'll start with Tony. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53What H is the formal term for the mode of transport known in slang as a whirlybird?
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- Helicopter.- Correct. - Bank!
0:25:56 > 0:26:02Which word that rhymes with nymph is the name of the fluid that removes bacteria from body tissues?
0:26:05 > 0:26:12- Pass.- Lymph. The 2002 film drama about a Polish musician and his experiences of WWII
0:26:12 > 0:26:16had what title - The Violinist or The Pianist?
0:26:16 > 0:26:23- Pianist.- Which term for a conspiracy follows vegetable to make the name of the part of a garden
0:26:23 > 0:26:25used to grow edible plants?
0:26:25 > 0:26:31- Could you repeat the question? - Which term for a conspiracy follows vegetable to make the name
0:26:31 > 0:26:35of the part of a garden used to grow edible plants?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- Cabbage patch?- Plot.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43Pink gin gets its colour from an ingredient called angostura what?
0:26:43 > 0:26:49- Bitters.- What P is the job title of the forensic scientist
0:26:49 > 0:26:56who is responsible for performing post mortems and determining the time of death?
0:26:56 > 0:27:02- Pass.- Pathologist. The Tour de France takes places annually, mostly during which month?
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- Summer.- July.
0:27:04 > 0:27:10In gambling, which card game has forms called draw, stud and community card?
0:27:10 > 0:27:17- Poker.- In US TV, the teenage drama series featuring Katie Holmes, first broadcast in 1998,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19was entitled Dawson's what?
0:27:19 > 0:27:25- Creek.- Correct.- Bank! - What K is a three-letter term for relatives?
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- Kin.- Correct.- Bank. - In Eurovision song lyrics,
0:27:29 > 0:27:35- according to Making Your Mind Up, "don't let your indecision take you from..." where?- Home?
0:27:35 > 0:27:42Behind. The children's play Peter Pan, first performed in 1904, was written by which dramatist?
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- I have no idea.- JM Barrie.
0:27:46 > 0:27:53Which newspaper was launched in 1964 as "a paper born of the age we live in" - the Sun or the Star?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Star.- Sun.
0:27:56 > 0:28:03Common, water and pygmy are the names of three species of which small mammals resembling a mouse?
0:28:03 > 0:28:08- Vole.- Shrew. In science, what C is the form...
0:28:09 > 0:28:15Time's up and you won £90, but who's on a warpath and who's on a cycle path?
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Who's the lionheart and who's the Lion Bar?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28With no correct answers, Chris is the Weakest Link.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32The Strongest Link, statistically, is Nicky, but whose game is over?
0:28:33 > 0:28:38Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Ronnie.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42Chris.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Chris.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Chris.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Chris.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58- Ronnie, what do you do? - I sell bucket teeth.- What are they?
0:28:58 > 0:29:04For diggers. Bucket teeth, cutting edges, ground-engaging tools as they are known.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Put your board down, Ronnie. Move to your left.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13- Turn sideways. Ooh, quite a big belly there, Ronnie.- Yeah.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18- How did you get that belly? - I eat and drink too much. - Do you?- This cost a lot.
0:29:18 > 0:29:24- So show me the shape of a bucket tooth. - It depends on what size it is.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- OK, a great big one. - It could be that size.
0:29:28 > 0:29:35- What would it do if it was going down to get a piece of equipment? - The teeth could be that way.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Yeah, go on. Be the bucket tooth.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43- OK, that way...or that way. - You've got to bend, though. - I don't have to bend.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- Don't you?- I'm not a bucket tooth. - Get back to your podium.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- Who do you go drinking with? - Anybody that'll go with me.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55- Is there a wee woman at home?- No. - Put your board up.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- So you just go to the pub?- No.
0:29:58 > 0:30:04- Where do you go? - I drink a lot of wine in the house. Then you don't have to drive.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09- You can't drive?- Oh, I can drive. - What do you drive?- A pick-up truck.
0:30:09 > 0:30:16- Is that all?- No, I have a car as well.- What sort?- A Porsche.- How can someone as fat as you get in one?
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- I open the door and I take a run at it.- Why Chris?
0:30:20 > 0:30:28- He gets things wrong and never gives me money to bank.- Nicky, why Chris? - Cos he got his questions wrong.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Chris, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:30:36 > 0:30:42By coming on to the show, I wanted to see how far I could get after watching the show at home.
0:30:42 > 0:30:48I thought that I could get into the final. I didn't get into the final, but that's fine.
0:30:48 > 0:30:54Round 6. In the bank, £1,650. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:30:54 > 0:31:00We'll start with Nicky. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:31:00 > 0:31:06The original statue of David by Michelangelo is on display in which Italian city?
0:31:06 > 0:31:13- Florence.- In tennis, the method of separating the best players in a tournament is potting or seeding?
0:31:13 > 0:31:19- Seeding.- In UK geography, which religious title precedes Ives, Austel and Mawes
0:31:19 > 0:31:23in the names of three Cornish holiday destinations?
0:31:23 > 0:31:29- Saint.- In the 2008 film Mamma Mia, based on a stage musical of the same name,
0:31:29 > 0:31:33which actress played a single mother named Donna?
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Meryl Streep.- Correct.- Bank!
0:31:36 > 0:31:41Which seafaring explorer was knighted in 1581 on the Golden Hind?
0:31:41 > 0:31:47- Francis Drake?- Correct. Pak choi, a common ingredient in Oriental cooking,
0:31:47 > 0:31:50is a variety of celery or cabbage?
0:31:50 > 0:31:54- Cabbage.- Correct. - Bank!
0:31:54 > 0:32:00In fitness training, repeatedly getting on and off a platform is called what aerobics?
0:32:00 > 0:32:05- Step.- In maths, what is 13 multiplied by 3?
0:32:05 > 0:32:13- 39.- What full name of a literary hero created by Henry Fielding in the 18th century
0:32:13 > 0:32:16is also used by a veteran Welsh singer?
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- Tom Jones?- Correct.- Bank!
0:32:19 > 0:32:25In south-east Asia, which hereditary title is traditionally held by the head of state of Brunei?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- Prime Minister?- Sultan.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32The River Wensum flows through which cathedral city in East Anglia?
0:32:33 > 0:32:34- Cambridge.- Norwich.
0:32:34 > 0:32:42What E is the negatively-charged particle discovered in 1897 by the scientist JJ Thomson?
0:32:42 > 0:32:51- Electron.- Which word follows public, private and voluntary for three major areas of economic activity?
0:32:54 > 0:33:01- Pass.- Sector. A sword was usually kept in a sheath called a what?
0:33:03 > 0:33:05- Pass.- No, scabbard.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10The 2009 Celebrity Big Brother contestant who played...
0:33:11 > 0:33:18Time's up. You won £350, but you know you had a chain of nine correct answers.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24You could have got £1,000. Maybe Vince is the every little that doesn't help.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28Perhaps Tony's beyond repair. Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34Vince is the Strongest Link with all his answers right.
0:33:34 > 0:33:39Tony is the Weakest Link, but can he survive the vote?
0:33:41 > 0:33:46Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Nicky.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Tony.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Tony.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Ronnie.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00- Vince, why Tony?- He'd a tough round.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04- Nicky, why Tony? - He got a question wrong.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Tony, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17When Anne was giving me grief, I felt I held my own.
0:34:17 > 0:34:25She gave me stick about my job and being boring. It's not true, but she homed in on that.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30Round 7 and you have £2,000. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:34:30 > 0:34:36We'll start with Vince. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:34:37 > 0:34:44In politics, an autocracy is defined as a state or nation ruled by how many people?
0:34:45 > 0:34:52- One.- The song All The Young Dudes, which was a 1972 UK hit single for Mott the Hoople,
0:34:52 > 0:34:56was written for the group by which English singer?
0:34:57 > 0:35:00- John Lennon?- David Bowie.
0:35:00 > 0:35:06What B is the greenish-brown bitter fluid that is stored and concentrated in the gall bladder?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- Bile.- In TV in 2008,
0:35:09 > 0:35:15Todd Carty reprised his role as Tucker Jenkins in the final episode of which children's programme?
0:35:15 > 0:35:20- Grange Hill.- Correct.- Bank.- Meat from deer is known by what name?
0:35:20 > 0:35:27- Venison.- The changing physical form of a butterfly as it develops from a larva to an adult
0:35:27 > 0:35:31is known by what name - metaphor or metamorphosis?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33- Metaphor.- No, metamorphosis.
0:35:33 > 0:35:39During the making of the 1944 film To Have And Have Not, the young actress Lauren Bacall fell in love
0:35:39 > 0:35:41with which actor?
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Can you repeat the question?
0:35:44 > 0:35:51During the making of To Have And Have Not, the actress Lauren Bacall fell in love with which actor?
0:35:51 > 0:35:56- Humphrey Bogart.- The plant whose edible tuberous roots are called sweet potatoes
0:35:56 > 0:35:59is from the family morning what?
0:35:59 > 0:36:05- Glory.- Correct.- Bank.- In mythology, what O is the name of the poet and musician who followed his wife
0:36:05 > 0:36:07into the underworld after her death?
0:36:07 > 0:36:09- Don't know.- Orpheus.
0:36:09 > 0:36:14Which Swindon-born glamour model rose to fame in the 1990s
0:36:14 > 0:36:18after appearing in a poster campaign for a double glazing company?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- Pass.- Melinda Messenger.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25Which three-letter combination placed after the proof of a theorem
0:36:25 > 0:36:29is often jokingly said to stand for "quite easily done"?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- QED.- Correct.
0:36:31 > 0:36:36- Bank.- The Jungfrau, a popular tourist attraction...
0:36:38 > 0:36:45Time's up. You won £120. In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank. Think carefully.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54At this crucial stage in the game, Nicky is the Strongest Link.
0:36:54 > 0:37:01The Weakest Link, statistically, is Ronnie, but who will lose out in the final vote?
0:37:01 > 0:37:06Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Nicky.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Ronnie.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Ronnie.
0:37:15 > 0:37:20- Nicky, why Ronnie?- He got a couple wrong and was the Weakest Link.
0:37:20 > 0:37:27- Vince, why Ronnie?- He got a couple wrong and has a long trip back, so he can make an early start.
0:37:27 > 0:37:32And he was the worst player. Ronnie, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:37:39 > 0:37:45I was terrified I'd get voted off first or second. After that, I was just happy to be here.
0:37:45 > 0:37:52I thoroughly enjoyed it and I recommend other people to try. It's not as easy as sitting at home.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58Round 8. In the kitty, £2,120. In this round, 90 seconds.
0:37:58 > 0:38:04Whatever you win is trebled. We'll start with Nicky. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Start the clock.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12The activist who gave momentum to the US civil rights movement
0:38:12 > 0:38:16by refusing to surrender her seat on a bus in 1955 was Rosa who?
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Pass.- No, Parks.
0:38:19 > 0:38:26The Clore Gallery, part of Tate Britain, was built to house works by which English painter?
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Sorry, could you repeat that?
0:38:30 > 0:38:36The Clore Gallery, part of Tate Britain, was built to house works by which English painter?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- John Constable?- Turner.
0:38:38 > 0:38:45The antiseptic that prevents infection and was first used in surgery in 1865 by Lister
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- is carbolic what?- Soda.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51Acid. What C is a velvety fabric made from tufted yarn
0:38:51 > 0:38:56with a French name that translates literally as hairy caterpillar?
0:38:57 > 0:39:03- Pass.- Chenille. The 1987 film inspired by the life story of Cynthia Payne,
0:39:03 > 0:39:07latterly referred to as Madam Cyn, was entitled Personal what?
0:39:07 > 0:39:14- Pass.- Services. The deltoid muscle in the shoulder is roughly what shape - square or triangular?
0:39:14 > 0:39:22- Triangular.- Bank!- The fast-flowing current of air with a name suggestive of water is the jet what?
0:39:22 > 0:39:28- Stream.- Correct.- Bank.- In 1960s culture, which widely-used term for a rebellious young person
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- was derived from a slang term for trendy?- Beatnik.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37Hippy. The international beauty contest held annually since...
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Time's up. You won £40. We will treble that.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48It means prize money today of:
0:39:48 > 0:39:53But there can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.
0:39:53 > 0:40:00If there's a tie, Sudden Death. So, Vince and Nicky, for £2,240, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07- Nicky, you have the choice of who goes first. - I'd like Vince to go first.
0:40:09 > 0:40:16In politics in 2009, which former Prime Minister became the first since Margaret Thatcher in 1991
0:40:16 > 0:40:20to be awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- Tony Blair.- Correct.
0:40:22 > 0:40:28In which year did Neil Armstrong become the first person to set foot on the Moon?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- 1969.- Correct.
0:40:30 > 0:40:37In the High School Musical series of films, the character played by Zac Efron shares his first name
0:40:37 > 0:40:40with which besieged city of antiquity?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- Troy.- That is correct.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47Which type of big cat is one of the protagonists in the novel Life of Pi
0:40:47 > 0:40:55which won the Man Booker Prize in 2002, and is described as white in the title of the 2008 winner?
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- Lion? - The correct answer is tiger.
0:40:59 > 0:41:05Which term for a party or lively celebration combines the name for a part of the leg
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- and a word for an archaeological excavation?- Knees up.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12The correct answer is shindig.
0:41:12 > 0:41:18What's the professional name of the entertainer who was asked by Mrs Merton on her TV chat show,
0:41:18 > 0:41:22"What first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?"?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- Debbie McGee.- That is correct.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Which footballer, who joined Manchester United in 2003,
0:41:29 > 0:41:34has opened two boutiques called CR7 in Lisbon and Madeira?
0:41:34 > 0:41:38- David Beckham? - No, Cristiano Ronaldo.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43In pop music, Pablo Honey, which spent 82 weeks in the UK chart,
0:41:43 > 0:41:48was the 1993 debut album by which group formed in Oxfordshire?
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- Arctic Monkeys? - The correct answer is Radiohead.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Which plant, with roots that are used as a coffee substitute,
0:41:56 > 0:42:03has a yellowish-white salad variety called Belgian Endive and a red Italian one called radicchio?
0:42:03 > 0:42:07- Radish? - No, the correct answer is chicory.
0:42:07 > 0:42:13In art, as indicated by his surname, the Dutch painter known by his first name, Rembrandt,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16was born in a town on which European river?
0:42:16 > 0:42:21- Seine? - The correct answer is the Rhein.
0:42:21 > 0:42:28After five questions, your scores are tied. So, Nicky and Vince, let's play Sudden Death.
0:42:32 > 0:42:38The first safari park in the UK, based on the concept of an African game reserve,
0:42:38 > 0:42:43opened at Longleat in 1966 and was devised by which circus owner?
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- Chipperfield?- That is correct.
0:42:46 > 0:42:52What specific term is used for a change proposed to a bill in its passage through Parliament?
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- Amendment? - That is the correct answer.
0:42:56 > 0:43:02At his own request, the ashes of which cult author and so-called "gonzo journalist"
0:43:02 > 0:43:07were fired from a cannon at a 2005 memorial service in Colorado?
0:43:09 > 0:43:13- Pass.- The correct answer is Hunter S Thompson.
0:43:13 > 0:43:19Which term for the front of a building is the title of a 1921 classical piece by William Walton,
0:43:19 > 0:43:21accompanying poems by Edith Sitwell?
0:43:23 > 0:43:26- Facade?- That is correct.
0:43:28 > 0:43:34That means, Nicky, you are today's Strongest Link and you go away with:
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Vince, you leave with nothing.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:41 > 0:43:48I'd have spent the money on a holiday because my wife is very keen on us having a foreign holiday
0:43:48 > 0:43:52in the summer this year. That would have done nicely.
0:43:52 > 0:43:58My friends and family will be amazed because I don't think they thought I'd get past the first round.
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