21/04/2010 Weakest Link

Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

Only one of them will win up to £10,000.

The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met, but to get the prize money,

they'll have to work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing,

as round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Gabriel, I'm 34, I'm from Birmingham

and I'm a PR account manager.

I'm Heather, I'm 65, from Somerset and I'm a steward.

My name's Mark, I'm 40 years old, I'm from Stockport

and I'm a youth worker.

I'm Lisa, I'm 28, I'm from Llechryd and I'm a supply teacher.

My name is Malcolm, I'm 52 years old,

I live in Suffolk and I'm a risk services consultant.

I'm Maxine, I'm 49, I'm from Romford and I'm a housewife.

I'm Geoff, I'm 75, I'm from Stockton-on-Tees

and I'm a night-shift traffic supervisor.

I'm Marcelle, I'm 50, I'm from Peacehaven

and I'm a medical secretary.

I'm Michael, I'm 21, from Beverley, and I'm a history student.

To remind you, in each round, there's £1,000 to be won.

The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain, and you lose all the money in the chain.

Say "bank" before the question is asked, and the money is safe.

Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Gabriel. Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

Gabriel, in maths, what is five minus one?

-Four.

-Correct.

Heather, in informal language,

a fish and chip shop is known as a what - fishy or chippy?

-Chippy.

-Correct.

Mark, in children's stories, the famous fairy tale

about a princess who is awoken after 100 years

when a prince kisses her is entitled The Sleeping what?

-Beauty.

-Correct.

Lisa, in time measurement, what name is given to a period

of exactly sixty successive seconds?

-A minute.

-Correct.

Malcolm, on the London Underground,

the frequently announced warning

about the space between the train and the platform

is - mind the what?

-Gap.

-Correct.

Maxine, in human behaviour, what L is a physical reaction

typically brought on by happiness,

tickling or watching something amusing?

-Laugh.

-I'll accept.

Geoff, in religion, Christian churches in the UK

celebrate harvest festival during which of the four seasons?

-Summer.

-Autumn.

Marcelle, in fitness training, the word gym is short for

the name of which type of establishment?

-Gymnasium.

-Correct.

Michael, in fashion, the pattern known as polka dot

consists of regularly spaced what - squares or spots?

-Spots.

-Correct.

Gabriel, in anthropology, which word ending with the letter D

is the usual English term for a native of Spain?

Can you ask the question again, sorry?

In anthropology, which word ending with the letter D...?

-Spaniard.

-Correct.

Heather, in February 2010, the Canadian city of Vancouver

hosted which major winter sporting event?

-The Olympic Games.

-I'll accept.

-Bank!

-Mark, in body language, what P is the term for

a congratulatory touch on the back?

-Pat on the back.

-Correct.

Lisa, in 1990s pop music,

which word for an infant child preceded the word spice

to make the nickname of the singer Emma Bunton?

-Baby.

-Correct.

Malcolm, in wildlife, the kangaroo is famous

for transversing its native terrain by using

which technique - hopping or hitchhiking?

-Hopping.

-Correct.

Maxine, in taking notes, which word that rhymes

with dribble means to write in a hasty or illegible manner?

-Scribble.

-Correct.

Geoff, in cartoons, the animated rabbit called Bugs Bunny

is often depicted chomping which vegetable?

-Carrot.

-Correct.

-Marcelle.

-Bank.

In landscapes, which term for scrubland covered with shrubs

and small trees is also the name of a device

used by an artist to apply paint?

-Palette.

-Brush. Michael...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, and you won £500.

You actually had a chain of nine correct answers,

so you could have got the target.

Who's got a thirst for knowledge and who's dehydrated?

Who's out in front and who's out of their depth?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that Mark is the strongest link.

Geoff is the weakest link,

but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Marcelle.

Geoff.

Geoff.

Geoff.

Geoff.

Geoff.

Marcelle.

Geoff.

Mark.

What do you do, Mark?

I'm a youth worker, Anne.

Are you? What sort of youth?

Teenagers mainly, Anne. 11 to 16-year-olds.

Any old teenagers?

Well, all sorts of teenagers.

Everybody's welcome to come along to the clubs we run.

Are there any drawbacks at your clubs?

Um...no. All the young people are really lovely,

they're kind, they're considerate. They're a bit noisy at times.

Is it run by the council?

No, it's run by the Baptist church, Anne.

So do I have to pray?

You don't have to pray, Anne, no.

You have to come along prepared to listen, maybe prepared to change.

Listen? How would I have to change?

Well, you know, maybe you thought Christianity was boring, irrelevant,

but maybe if you listen, you find out it is relevant today.

Have you got a Baptist joke?

Um, no, I don't have a Baptist joke. I've only got one joke.

Go on, then.

-Why did the skeleton not go to the party?

-I don't know.

He had "no body" to go with!

Why Geoff?

He got the first question wrong, Anne,

and I just decided the person who answered the first question wrong

I would vote off.

What do you do, Lisa?

-I'm a supply teacher.

-Where?

In schools in South Wales.

-Really?

-Yes.

-So are you qualified to teach all subjects?

I'm qualified to teach drama and English.

-So if the science teacher is off, you stand in?

-Yes.

How much do you know about physics?

They'll give you the textbook and provide you with all the information.

-So anyone could do it?

-No, you have to have lots of other skills as well.

-What skills have you got?

-I have good communication skills. I get on well with young people.

-Do you know anything about biology?

-Not very much, no.

-Maths?

I can add up very well, yes.

Yeah. I expect the children can too. Chemistry?

Not my strong point, no, but I try.

-Geography?

-Well, I've been to a few places, so I know a little bit.

-Oh, that's fabulous. Why Geoff?

-Only Geoff and Marcelle got a question wrong,

but Marcelle did bank, so I thought I'd go with Geoff.

Marcelle the medical secretary. Did you get a bit confused?

I did, Anne.

-Are you a bit nervous?

-I'm a bit nervous, yes.

Are you? Put your board down.

Move over towards Michael.

Oh! Is anyone else hiding in those trousers?

MARCELLE GIGGLES

-Just me.

-Oh!

There's quite a lot of you, isn't there?

Yes, but there's seven stone less than there was a few months ago.

Good heavens!

-There was a big lot of me before.

-Yes! Nip back, put your board up.

Has it changed your life?

It's changed my life a lot, yeah.

Has it? Losing weight. New husband?

Not yet.

-You're looking for one, are you?

-I am looking, if you know of anyone.

-Why Geoff?

-Because I know I got one wrong,

but Geoff got what I call an easy question wrong.

Geoff! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Being voted off first is the most embarrassing experience,

knowing full well I have colleagues and a wife and family watching it

who fully expected Geoff to do better than he actually did.

Round Two.

In the bank, £500. Taking ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Mark.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Mark, in show business,

who was the long-term comedy partner of Eric Morecambe?

-Sorry. Don't know.

-Ernie Wise.

Lisa, in fashion, models who are described as size zero

are frequently criticised for being what -

too skinny or too sweaty?

-Too skinny.

-Correct.

Malcolm, in the welfare state, the benefit paid to most people

who are actively looking for work

is called the jobseeker's what?

-Allowance.

-Correct.

Maxine, in pop music, in the lyrics of

the 1976 UK number one single by Abba,

what's the age of the dancing queen?

-17.

-Correct.

Marcelle, in international relations, what E is the name

for the official residence or offices of an ambassador?

-Embassy.

-Correct.

Michael, in electricity, a wire or strip of metal

designed to melt and break the circuit

if an excessive current passes through it

is known by what four-letter name?

-Fuse.

-Correct.

-Gabriel.

-Bank.

In a phrase, suggesting that they enrich

cultural life in the UK, certain people are referred to

as what - national savings or national treasures?

-National treasures.

-Correct.

Heather, in food, which word follows

sunflower, walnut, olive and rapeseed

to give the names of four liquids used in cooking?

-Oil.

-Correct.

Mark, in geography, a person who sails northwest from New Zealand

will first reach land on the coast of which country?

-Australia.

-Correct.

Lisa, in definitions,

what B can mean both broken and the bosom of a woman?

-Breast.

-Bust!

Malcolm, the expression "par for the course" is derived from which game?

-Golf.

-Correct.

Maxine, in the USA, the rose garden

often used for presidential ceremonies and speeches

is in the grounds of which building in Washington DC?

-The Pen... Pass.

-The White House!

Marcelle, in TV, in the original 1960s

science fiction series Star Trek,

which actor played Captain James T Kirk?

-Pass.

-William Shatner.

Michael, in a cemetery, what H is a term for an upright slab

of marble, granite or similar mineral

with an inscription of the name of a buried person?

-Headstone.

-Correct.

Gabriel, in literature, the fable by Aesop,

the moral of which is "Slow but steady wins the race,"

features the hare and which other animal?

-Tortoise.

-Correct.

-Heather.

-Bank.

-In musical instruments,

on a grand piano, the strings are arranged which way -

vertically or horizontally?

-Horizontally.

-Correct.

Mark, in a hotel, the delivery of food and drink to a guest

who's ordered it by phone is usually known as room what?

-Service.

-Correct.

-Lisa...

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, and you won £350,

but who's the worm in your apple? Who's the mould on your peach?

Who's going to go on losing you money?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Statistically, Gabriel is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Lisa, but who will lose out in the vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Mark.

Lisa.

Marcelle.

Mark.

Marcelle.

Marcelle.

Mark.

Lisa.

We have a tie, team. Mark and Marcelle, three votes each.

What do you do, Malcolm?

I work for the largest independent insurance intermediary in Europe

and I work in the risk services department.

-Hmm.

-My role is mainly involved in health and safety and food safety.

Do you sometimes get up in the morning and think,

"Can my day get any more exciting?"

Never.

-Do you listen well?

-Yes, I like to think I listen well.

-Is that why you've got big ears?

-I've got big ears?

-You don't think you've got big ears?

-I've got a small head.

-No-one's ever called you Big Ears?

-Might have done now and again.

-Yes.

-I have a twin brother. I did wonder why he was called Noddy.

-Your mother called you Noddy and Malcolm?

-No!

-Why Marcelle?

-Marcelle has had wrong answers

in a couple of rounds now.

Did you get rid of the husband before the weight,

or the weight and then the husband?

More or less simultaneously.

So you got rid of two dead weights, really, haven't you?

-Yes.

-That's good.

Why Mark?

I've got nerves, but I think Mark's even more nervous.

He got one more wrong than me.

The vote's tied. The strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

The strongest link was Gabriel.

Is it nice having a girl's name?

You're not a girl, are you?

I'm not a girl, and Gabriel's not a girl's name.

Gabrielle, that'd be a girl's name.

Where do you work?

I work as a PR account manager in Birmingham.

How do you impress a client from Birmingham?

I haven't actually got any clients in Birmingham, I don't think.

-Don't people in Birmingham need PR?

-I'm sure they do,

but they don't necessarily come to me.

Who comes to you?

Clients from somewhere else in the country.

And do you take them out in Birmingham?

I might potentially, yeah.

Oh. Why Mark?

He got a question wrong, and his joke in the first round was terrible.

You've got a choice. You can stick with Mark or move to Marcelle.

I'll stick with my original choice. Sorry, Mark.

Mark! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Well, I've got a bit of reputation for telling really awful jokes,

and the same joke every week.

When Anne asked me to say a joke, I was taken by surprise,

so the only joke that came into my head

was the one that my nine-year-old son really likes,

so I went for that.

Round Three. In the bank, £850.

Ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link, that's Gabriel.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Gabriel, in philosophy,

what A is the term for the complete rejection

of the belief in the existence of any kind of god?

-Atheism.

-Correct.

Heather, in cinema, the 2006 film that saw

Sylvester Stallone return to the role

that made him a superstar was entitled Rocky who?

-Horror?

-Balboa.

Lisa, in nature, a technique known as echolocation

is commonly used as an aid to navigation by which animals -

tigers or bats?

-Bats.

-Correct.

Malcolm, in celebrities, what surname is shared

by the fashion designer Vivienne and the hip-hop DJ Tim?

-Westwood.

-Correct.

Maxine, at the end of the Second World War,

the trials of the Nazi leaders became known

by the name of which German city where they took place?

-Pass.

-Nuremberg.

Marcelle, in medicine, back pain caused by

the rupture of one of the flexible plates

between the vertebrae is known as a slipped what?

-Disc.

-Correct.

Michael, in psychology,

what's the direct opposite of an introvert?

-An extrovert.

-Correct.

-Gabriel.

-Bank.

What J is the American word

for the person usually known in Britain as a caretaker?

-Janitor.

-Correct.

Heather, in literature, the author of the 1908 book

the Wind In The Willows was Kenneth who?

-Don't know.

-Grahame.

Lisa, in pop music, Patsy Cline, Seal,

Aerosmith and Gnarls Berkley have all had UK hit singles

with what title - Crazy or Crackers?

-Crazy.

-Correct.

Malcolm, in maths, what is three quarters of 88?

-66.

-Correct.

Maxine, in TV, the BBC sports presenter

and son of a famous footballer who won the 2009 series

of Strictly Come Dancing is Chris who?

-Moyles?

-Hollins.

Marcelle, in nature, what B is the specific name

for the scientific study of plants?

Could you repeat the question, sorry?

In nature, what B is the specific name

for the scientific study of plants?

-Botany.

-Correct.

Michael, in road transport, the two-word term

for an amenity in a petrol station where vehicles

are cleaned automatically is a car what?

-Wash.

-Correct.

Gabriel, in ten-pin bowling, which type of score requires

more balls to knock down all ten pins - a strike or a spare?

-A spare.

-Correct.

-Heather.

-Bank.

In ornithology, the common name of the bird of prey

found in the UK and renowned for its fast diving speeds

is the peregrine what?

-Falcon.

-Correct.

Lisa, in art, Thirty Are Better Than One

was the title of a print by Andy Warhol featuring

multiple images of which portrait by Leonardo da Vinci?

-Sunflowers?

-The Mona Lisa.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, and you won £150,

but who's the shell suit in Savile Row?

Who's thicker than a drag queen's mascara?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second round in a row, Gabriel is the strongest link.

Statistically, the weakest link is Maxine,

but will the votes pick up on the facts?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Marcelle.

Maxine.

Heather.

Maxine.

Heather.

Maxine.

Lisa.

What do you do, Heather?

I'm a steward.

-What sort of steward?

-I'm a steward at Somerset Cricket Club.

-Oh. Are you qualified to do that?

-I am.

I've got an NVQ.

-In being a steward?

-Correct.

And what does that involve?

It involves getting to the match about an hour before everyone else.

-So you have to learn how to do that?

-Oh, yes.

-Go on.

Checking out all the seats to make sure there's nothing under them,

and when people come in, customers, they ask various questions,

and I attempt to answer them.

-Is that a three-year course you've been on for that?

-No. One year.

-Why Maxine?

-She got two questions wrong.

Big Ears, when you and Noddy were growing up, did you look the same?

I haven't got big ears.

-Small head.

-Yeah.

-We look the same - we're identical twins.

-Do you like the same things?

Same taste in women?

Possibly...at one time.

-HE LAUGHS

-What?

-Well, we married twin sisters.

-Did you?

-Yes.

What do you mean at one time? Have you gone off yours now?

The other way round - she went off me.

Why Maxine?

Maxine got two answers wrong in that round.

Maxine! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I don't blame the team for voting me off, because I did get the questions wrong

and if that was me, I would have voted me off too!

SHE LAUGHS So...I guess that's just the game.

Round Four.

In the bank, £1,000. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - that's Gabriel.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Gabriel, in poker,

because they were reportedly held

by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot,

a pair of aces and a pair of eights

is called a dead man's what?

-Hand.

-Correct. Heather, in optical aids,

what G can follow dark, horn-rimmed and reading

to make the names of three kinds of spectacles.

-Glasses.

-Correct. Lisa, in stately homes,

the religious sounding name of the country house

that is the traditional seat of the Dukes of Bedford

is Woburn what?

-Abbey.

-Correct. Malcolm, in geography,

which term for a flat area at the mouth of a river

where the main stream divides

is also the name of a letter of the Greek alphabet?

-Delta.

-Correct. Marcelle, in ship building,

the curved timbers used to make the ribs

in the frame of a wooden vessel are called what -

futtocks or follocks?

-Follocks.

-Futtocks. Michael,

in a city, an area known by the initials CBD,

with shops, offices and entertainment venues

is the central business what?

-Pass.

-District.

Gabriel, in reggae music, Peter Tosh and Junior Braithwaite

were two members of which backing group for Bob Marley?

-The Wailers.

-Correct. Heather, in vocabulary, what O

is a word that specifically refers to a person

between 80 and 89 years of age?

-Old.

-Octogenarian.

-Lisa...

-Bank!

-..in spelling,

peach is an anagram of which word that means inexpensive?

-Cheap.

-Correct. Malcolm, in TV,

the actress who played Phoebe in the sitcom Friends

is Lisa who?

-Kunderton?

-Kudrow.

Marcelle, in literature, the 1920 novel

by D H Lawrence about the relationships of two sisters

called Ursula and Gudrun is entitled Women In what?

-Love.

-Correct. Michael, in food, Camembert cheese

originated in which region of France -

Normandy or Provence?

-Provence.

-Normandy.

Gabriel, in cinema, which film drama

about a pregnant teenager was released in the UK in 2010

and was based on the novel, Push, by a writer known as Sapphire?

-Precious.

-Correct.

-Heather...

-Bank!

In the human body,

the scapula is the scientific name

for the bone commonly known as the shoulder what?

-Blade.

-Correct. Lisa, in US sport, the Super Bowl

is the championship game of the National Football League

and has traditionally been played on which day of the week?

-Saturday.

-Sunday. Malcolm, in money, the unit...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You only won £20.

Who's now the fat lad on the trampoline?

Who thinks a monologue is something you throw on the fire?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly, Gabriel is the strongest link.

Michael is statistically the weakest link,

but who will the team want off?

Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Marcelle.

Malcolm.

Michael.

Heather.

Michael.

Marcelle.

We have another tie, team - Marcelle and Michael this time.

Two votes each.

Michael, put your board down.

Have you got a sister?

Uh, no.

Oh, I just wondered whose jersey you'd borrowed.

What look is that?

It's a sort of skinny, well-fitted indie look, Anne.

-Indie what?

-And a bit of mod mixed in there as well.

I'm not sure you're aware of it, dressed as a funeral as you are.

Put your board up.

What are you studying?

I'm studying history, Anne.

In order to do what?

Um...very little, hopefully, Anne. Hope to lead a life of leisure.

Yeah... So have you no ambition?

No, I've got ambition. I just simply don't feel my degree's going to be useful in my ambition.

I want to be an author, Anne.

Have you written any books?

I have indeed, Anne.

How many have been published?

None as of yet, Anne, but I'm very young.

-Why Marcelle?

-I felt a couple of people would vote for me and I also felt some would vote for Marcelle.

I figured if I upped Marcelle's count a little bit,

I'd maybe stand a bit of a chance of staying in.

Marcelle, why Michael?

He didn't get one question right the last round.

Well, the strongest link was Gabriel. Why Marcelle?

She struggled on the earlier rounds

and the last round as well.

You've got a choice now. You can stick with Marcelle

or you can move to irritating Michael.

I'll stick with Marcelle.

Marcelle! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

There was not one hope in my mind that Gabriel would change his vote to vote Michael off,

because he voted for me every single round!

So I knew he wasn't going to change his mind.

I was always going to be out of there once I saw my name on his board.

Round Five.

In the bank, £1,020.

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Gabriel.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Gabriel, in maths,

what is 95 minus 74?

-19.

-21. Heather,

before mechanised farming,

the long-handled tool with two curved prongs

used to lift and turn hay was called a pitch what?

-Fork.

-Correct. Lisa, in history,

what A was the name of the medieval science,

the main aim of which was to turn base metals into gold?

-Pass.

-Alchemy.

Malcolm, in TV,

the comedy-drama series that began in 2010

about a young woman called Ali

making her way in the world of fashion

is entitled Material what?

-Girl?

-Correct. Michael, in the early 20th century,

the engineer, Anthony Fokker, was renowned for his designs of what -

aircraft or fireworks?

-Aircraft.

-Correct. Gabriel, in food, the ingredients of

a salad nicoise often include tuna and which other salty fish?

-Anchovies.

-Correct.

-Heather...

-Bank!

-..in UK geography,

what W is an informal term meaning to hit hard

that follows Nether, Over and Middle

in the names of three villages in Hampshire?

-Stowey?

-Wallop!

Lisa, in Literature, the novel by Leo Tolstoy

about a woman who leaves her husband and child

to live with an army officer is entitled Anna who?

Kareneena.

No, Karenina. I'll accept.

Malcolm, in temperature scales, 212 degrees Fahrenheit

is equivalent to how many degrees Celsius?

-100.

-Correct. Michael, in pop music,

a 2009 UK hit single by La Roux

has the lyrics, "I'm going in for the kill,

"I'm doing it for a..." what?

-Thrill.

-Correct. Gabriel...

-Bank!

..in construction, a device like a crane

used for moving heavy weights

is called a what - derrick or clive?

-Derrick.

-Correct. Heather, in film,

the 1923 silent epic, The Ten Commandments,

was directed by Cecil B who?

-DeMille.

-Correct. Lisa...

-Bank!

..which red-haired primate is the only great ape

found in the wild outside Africa?

-Orang-utan?

-Correct. Malcolm...

-Bank!

-..in TV,

a picture of eight-year-old Carole Hersee

and a clown doll named Bubbles first appeared...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you won £270.

But who would try and hold up a river bank?

Who's your Cinderella and who's your ugly sister?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is Malcolm.

The weakest link is Lisa,

but will the other players realise that?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Malcolm.

Michael.

Gabriel.

Heather.

Heather.

-Michael, why Heather?

-She got a couple of questions wrong,

but now, seeing as she's voted for me,

I feel justified.

Big Ears, why Heather?

Small head. She got at least two answers wrong,

possibly three.

Heather! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Coming on the Weakest Link, um, is...

one of the 100 things for me to do before I die.

So, I've been on the Weakest Link, so I can strike one of them off.

Round Six.

In the bank, £1,290.

Another ten seconds off your time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Malcolm.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Malcolm, in human reproduction,

what Q is the name given to a set of five children

born at one birth?

-Quins.

-I'll accept.

Michael, in American sayings, the rallying cry

popular in Texas that refers to a famous battle of 1836

is "Remember the..." what?

-Waterloo.

-Alamo.

Gabriel, in computing,

a major Internet search engine was launched in 2009

with what name - Bing or Crosby?

-Bing.

-Correct. Lisa, in British customs,

every November since 1919,

the two-minute silence to commemorate the war dead

has begun at what time in the morning?

-11.

-Correct. Malcolm, in signs of the zodiac,

what C is the type of mythical beast

that is half man, half horse

and is used to represent the archer?

-I don't know.

-Centaur.

Michael, in nutrition, bread, pasta and potatoes

are primary sources

of which of the four major food groups?

-Carbohydrates.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Gabriel, in art,

which Dutch post-impressionist born in 1853

was supported both emotionally and financially

throughout his adult life by his brother, Theo?

-Van Gogh.

-Correct.

Lisa, in theatre, in December 2009, Griff Rhys Jones

took over which role in the West End musical, Oliver?

-Fagin.

-Correct. Malcolm, in world geography,

what A is the name given to the imaginary line

that passes through the North and South Poles

and the centre of the earth?

-Arctic line?

-Axis.

Michael, the National Tennis Centre

that became home to the US Open in 1978

is now named after Billie Jean King,

but is often called Flushing what?

-Meadows.

-Correct.

Gabriel. Poet Philip Larkin was employed for 30 years

by Hull University in what capacity - chef or librarian?

-Chef.

-Librarian.

Lisa, what name, referring to any of the first four...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won just £20.

So, are you risking it with Malcolm?

Is Gabriel a PR disaster?

Has Lisa got a lot to learn?

Or perhaps Michael is now history.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Lisa has gone from being the weakest link in the last round to the strongest in this.

Statistically, Malcolm is the weakest link, but can he survive the vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Malcolm.

Michael.

Gabriel.

Malcolm.

-Gabriel, why Malcolm?

-He got a couple of questions wrong.

Girly Michael, why Malcolm?

Well, he's wearing pink as well, but you haven't picked on him for being girly.

Bit difficult, the way he looks.

Malcolm, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm not quite sure where Anne got the idea that I've got these big ears.

I've got a small head - I'll grant that.

That being said, I think I did some good responses. I managed to hold my own all the way through with her.

Round Seven. In the bank, £1,310.

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Lisa.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Lisa, the TV executive and presenter who was dubbed "Botney"

by Private Eye magazine because it is his surname spelt backwards

is Alan who?

-Yentob.

-Correct.

Michael, Santiago is the capital of which South American country?

-Peru.

-Chile.

Gabriel, Sticky Fingers, The Midnight Ramblers

and The Strolling Bones are all names of tribute acts

to which group?

-Rolling Stones.

-Correct.

Lisa, in the UK in the 1950s,

asking a customer if he wanted "something for the weekend, sir?"

was more likely to be done by whom? A barber or a butcher?

-Barber.

-Correct. Michael, what is 20% of 4,000?

400. No, 800.

I have to accept your first answer.

800's the correct answer.

Gabriel, according to the title of the 1984 horror film,

directed by Wes Craven,

a nightmare occurred on which street?

-Elm Street.

-Correct.

Lisa, what U is the name of the racecourse town in Staffordshire

that stages the annual Midlands Grand National?

-Pass.

-Uttoxeter.

Michael, which French term meaning "on equal terms"

refers to a foreigner working for a family

in exchange for bed and board while learning the language?

-Exchange.

-Au pair.

Gabriel, the Coco de Mer, a tall palm tree with gigantic nuts,

is native to which island group -

the Seychelles or the Isles of Scilly?

-Seychelles.

-Correct. Lisa.

-Bank.

In TV, from 1996 to 2003, Melissa Joan Hart starred

as the title character in the US comedy series called

Sabrina The Teenage what?

-Witch.

-Correct.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Didn't want to bank. Couldn't be bothered?

-Er...just...yeah.

-Just...why bother?

Well, not quite, but...

-Not quite, er...with it.

-You're not quite with it?

-No.

I'm stung by your insults.

Time's up. You just won £20.

In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank. Hang on to the best player

and you can up the bank balance. Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Michael is the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is Gabriel, but who will lose out in the final vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Michael.

Michael.

Lisa.

Gabriel, why Michael?

We all did fairly bobbins on the last round, but I think Michael was...most bobbins.

Lisa, why Michael?

He got some questions wrong and he's voted for me a few times during the show.

Guess what, Michael?

-I am the weakest link?

-You ARE the weakest link. Goodbye.

It's tragic that I didn't make the final.

If anybody deserved it, it was me.

I did very well in the last few rounds and just got voted off - stabbed in the back - by the others.

Round Eight. You've won £1,330. In this round, 90 seconds.

Whatever you win will be trebled.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Gabriel. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Gabriel, on a standard draughts board,

there are how many white squares?

-32.

-Correct.

Lisa, what P is the surname of the father and son

who became British Prime Minister

in 1766 and 1783 respectively?

-Pass.

-Pitt.

Gabriel, the songwriter who founded Motown Records

in Detroit in 1959 is Berry who?

-Gordy.

-Correct.

-Lisa.

-Bank.

-The narrow gorge known as The Iron Gate

is on the border between Romania and Serbia

on which major European river?

-Pass.

-The Danube.

Gabriel, the practice of wearing clothes

typically worn by people of the opposite gender

is commonly known as cross what?

-Dressing.

-Correct.

Lisa, Lilliput and Laputa are fictional island nations

in which 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift?

-Pass.

-Gulliver's Travels.

Gabriel, an informal form of cricket

in which the batsman must go for a single

if he makes contact with the ball

is known as tip and what?

-Tip and run.

-Correct.

-Lisa.

-Bank.

What A is the name of the piece of metal-working equipment

over which wedding ceremonies were traditionally performed

at Gretna Green?

-Pass.

-Anvil.

Gabriel, the cabaret singer and vaudeville star Sophie Tucker...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You won £40. We'll treble that. It gives you prize money

of £1,450.

There can only be one winner.

Now, up to five questions each.

If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

So, Gabriel and Lisa, for £1,450,

let's play the Weakest Link.

Gabriel, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

Lisa.

Lisa, the 2009 book The Defence Of The Realm, by Christopher Andrew,

is the first official history of the UK security service

known by what alphanumeric name?

-MI5?

-That is the correct answer.

Gabriel, which term meaning "after death" in Latin

refers to the dissection of a body

to determine the cause of the loss of life?

-Post-mortem.

-That is the correct answer.

Lisa, although they've been portrayed by various actors

in modern remakes, the roles of Alfie Elkins, Jack Carter

and Charlie Croker were originally played by which performer?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Sir Michael Caine.

Gabriel, the dorgi, introduced by Queen Elizabeth II,

is a cross between a corgi and which other breed of dog?

-Dachshund?

-That is the correct answer.

Lisa, which planet is sometimes called Earth's sister,

because of its similar size and chemical composition?

-Mars.

-The correct answer is Venus.

Gabriel, the 2001 release entitled "Is This It?"

which, in 2009, was voted album of the decade

in a poll in the magazine NME

was the debut by which US indie rock group?

-The Strokes.

-That is the correct answer.

Lisa, in US Motorsport, the Indianapolis 500 race

consists of how many laps around the 2.5-mile course?

-25.

-The correct answer is 200.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

That means, Gabriel, you are today's strongest link

and you go away with £1,450.

Lisa, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I do think Gabriel deserved to win, because he had been strong throughout the competition

and he hadn't voted for me once.

I had no idea I was going to be the winner today. I came along for the experience, which was fantastic.

I enjoyed it, loved the whole day.

I thought I'd get a bit of banter with Anne and maybe come fourth or fifth.

First? Yeah, it's a pleasant surprise.

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