0:00:02 > 0:00:06Here are today's team of contestants preparing for the show.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Only one of them will go home with prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:16The rest leave with nothing, as their team-mates vote them the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:45They don't know each other. But, if they want the prize money, they have to work as a team.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Eight of them will leave with nothing as, round by round,
0:00:49 > 0:00:54we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet them.
0:00:54 > 0:01:00My name is Jim. I'm a 35-year-old computer programmer and I live in Enfield.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04I'm Carol. I'm 39 years old. I'm a full-time mature student
0:01:04 > 0:01:09and Afro-Caribbean hair braider from Ipswich in Suffolk.
0:01:09 > 0:01:15I'm Jan. I'm 56 years old. I come from Gloucestershire and I'm a clerical officer.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I'm Richard. I'm 50 years old. I'm a chef and I'm from Swindon.
0:01:21 > 0:01:27I'm Amanda. I'm 27 and I'm a customer liaison officer from Leicestershire.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32I'm Terry. I'm 30. I'm from Cambridgeshire and I'm a musician.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I'm Joan. I'm 50 years of age.
0:01:34 > 0:01:41I'm a support and development worker in the financial industry and I live in Lancashire.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I'm Stefan. I'm 23 and I'm a student from Guildford.
0:01:46 > 0:01:54I'm Ian. I'm 55 years old and I'm a telecommunications consultant from Chorley in Lancashire.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Now, the rules. In each round the aim is
0:01:58 > 0:02:01to answer enough correct questions to reach
0:02:01 > 0:02:04your £1000 target within the time limit.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07The fastest way is to create a chain
0:02:07 > 0:02:10of nine correct answers. Get your question wrong
0:02:10 > 0:02:16and you break the chain and lose the money. Say "bank" before the question,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20the money is safe. But you start a new chain from scratch.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24At the end of the round, only money
0:02:24 > 0:02:27that has been banked can be taken forward.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31In Round One, there are three minutes on the clock.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35We start with the person who is first aphabetically Amanda.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Let's play The Weakest link.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:42 > 0:02:48The yeti, said to live in the Himalayas, is also known as the Abominable what?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Snowman.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54In which Australian TV show did Kylie Minogue play Charlene?
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Neighbours.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58The building la Torre di Pisa is known as what?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Eiffel Tower. - The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Which sport do you associate with Jimmy Connors?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- Football.- Tennis.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10In biology, what B is another word for respiration?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Breathing.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15In religion, does an atheist believe in a god?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17No.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Sausages in Yorkshire pudding is known as Toad In The what?
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Hole.
0:03:22 > 0:03:28In gardening, a pile of decaying organic material is known as a WHAT heap?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Don't know.- Compost.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36What is the name of the sailor whose adventures are in The Arabian Nights?
0:03:37 > 0:03:38- Aladdin.- Sinbad.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42What on a fish can be pectoral, pelvic or dorsal?
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Fin.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47In mountain climbing, what A is a technique used
0:03:47 > 0:03:50to descend steep cliffs with a rope?
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Abseiling.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56In the TV show with Melissa Joan Hart, Sabrina is a teenage what?
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Witch.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00What name is given to a building that is protected
0:04:00 > 0:04:04because of historical or architectural interest?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Listed.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- Bank.- How many 5p coins are needed to make £2?
0:04:09 > 0:04:1140.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16What I is a climbing plant related to ginseng and used at Christmas?
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Ivy.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21In the animal kingdom, is an anaconda snake venomous?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23No.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28What G is the waging of money or items of value on an uncertain event?
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Gambling.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35- Bank.- According to the 1983 Wham song, in which clubs were drinks for free?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Don't know.- Tropicana.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41What Z is the outermost skin layer of citrus fruits?
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Zest.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45What's the name of the BBC teletext system?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Ceefax.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50The flowers from which hedgerow bush are used to make
0:04:50 > 0:04:53wine, jelly or flavoured cordials?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- Sloe.- Elder.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59What is the name of the domesticated form of rock pigeon,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02which is also known as a symbol of peace?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Dove.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06In maths, how many sides does a pentagon have?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Five.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11With which sport would you associate Peter Shilton?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Skiing.- Football.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Are onions root vegetables or edible bulbs?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Edible bulbs.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23From where does blind singer and pianist Ray Charles come?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24America.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29In geography, when you are facing north, is east to your left or right?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Right.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Bank.- What is the plural of fungus?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Fungi.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41- Bank.- The rumba, the tango and the waltz are forms of what type of dancing?
0:05:45 > 0:05:49The answer is ballroom. Out of the £1000 available,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51you banked just £520.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Who isn't cut out
0:05:54 > 0:06:03for the task in hand? One of you is about to leave with nothing. It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07At the end of the first round, Amanda is the strongest link,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10having answered the most questions correctly.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Joan is the weakest link, according to the statistics.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18But at this early stage, will the others have noticed?
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51We have a tie. Jan and Joan. Three votes each.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Jan, why Joan?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Well, I know she got two wrong. - One more than you.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59One more.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Joan, why Jan?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Jan hesitated and she did get one wrong.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07She wasn't the weakest link, though, was she?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10I couldn't vote for myself.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15If the voting's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Amanda was the strongest link.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Statistically, Joan was the weakest link.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23But you can get rid of who you want.
0:07:23 > 0:07:29- I'll stick with Jan. When she got a question wrong, she lost us a lot of money.- Right.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34She's had enough of you. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45I think I was already in Amanda's mind as being hesitant
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and she obviously thought I was the weakest link.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50And I imagine she thought,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53"I thought that. I'll stick with it."
0:07:53 > 0:07:59I think possibly Joan may go next, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04She was the weakest link, but she could be the strongest link now.
0:08:06 > 0:08:13Round Two. You've put £520 in the bank out of a possible £1000.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17So there is room for improvement. Eight of you left.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22Ten seconds come off the clock. We start with the strongest link.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25That's Amanda. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Start the clock.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34What S refers to the secret evasion of customs duty on taxable goods?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Pass.- Smuggling.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39What colour is the flesh of a cantaloupe melon?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Pass.- Orange.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46In Trinidad and Tobago, on which side of the road do vehicles drive?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47- Right.- Left.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51One of the nicknames for the US flag is Old what?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- Sam.- Glory.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58What character says, "I ate his liver with some fava beans
0:08:58 > 0:09:03and some nice Chianti" in the 1991 film Silence Of The Lambs?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Hannibal Lecter.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Is a furlong more or less than 100 metres?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10More.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15In which London attraction was there an attempted diamond theft?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Tower of London. - Millennium Dome.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Is the gibbon an ape or a monkey?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21An ape.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26What A represents the head of one state at the court of another?
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Ambassador.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- Bank.- How many UK horse flat races are there,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33known as the classics: five or seven?
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Five.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Stride Towards Freedom was a 1958 book
0:09:37 > 0:09:40by which American civil rights leader?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Erm...Martin Luther King.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47What N is the core of an atom that contains protons and neutrons?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Nucleus.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54- Bank.- Yul Brynner won an Oscar for his role in which Walter Lang musical film?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55The King And I.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00The prime meridian line is at an observatory in which London borough?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Greenwich.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Bank.- Which Rowan Atkinson series began in 1983,
0:10:05 > 0:10:10the year of the 500th anniversary of the ascension of Richard III?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Pass.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Blackadder. What was Irish snooker player Alex Higgins' nickname?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Hurricane.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Does a convex mirror curve in or out?
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Out.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Which B is a tunnel under the Thames,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27the world's longest when it opened in 1897?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- Pass.- Blackwall.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Which is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature
0:10:33 > 0:10:35and standard pressure?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Mercury.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42On TV, The Perils of Penelope who was a spin-off from the Wacky Races?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Pitstop.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48- Bank.- Which American singer was born Nathaniel Adams Cole?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Stevie Wonder. - Nat King Cole.
0:10:50 > 0:10:56In America, which festival was billed as three days of peace and music in August '79?
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Woodstock.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Bank.- Which is not on the national curriculum,
0:11:00 > 0:11:04information technology, physical education or law?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Law.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09What was the nationality of the poet TS Eliot?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- English.- American.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Who would normally wear a biretta, clergymen or policemen?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Clergymen.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20In language, what name is...
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Time is up.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I cannot complete the question. In that round,
0:11:25 > 0:11:30you managed to put into the bank a pitiful £270.
0:11:30 > 0:11:37Whose knowledge is best-suited to watching television rather than appearing on it?
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Who will leave with nothing? Vote off the weakest link.
0:11:42 > 0:11:48As the only player to answer all his questions correctly, Jim is the strongest link.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Terry is the weakest link, according to the statistics.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56But he did bank some money. Will this be enough to save him?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Ian, how's it going for you?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I got one wrong there.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Why Terry?
0:12:31 > 0:12:35I thought he had a bad round that time.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- Jim, why Terry? - He passed on a couple,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- and missed a couple of others. - Right.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47- Not your finest moment.- It wasn't. - You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Disappointed about being voted off early. I only passed on two questions.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04I knew one of those two questions and I couldn't recall it.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10Joan might go next. She had a bad first round. Apart from that, I don't think
0:13:10 > 0:13:15there's anybody else that stands out as being really bad or anything.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24Round Three. You could have won £2000 by now. In fact, you have in the kitty just £790.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Seven left. Ten seconds off the time.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32We'll start with the strongest link, Jim. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Start the clock.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39How many rings does Saturn have: two, seven or twelve?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- Twelve.- Seven.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46Who dueted with Michael Jackson on the 1982 single The Girl Is Mine?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Paul McCartney.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53In which country did the 1990 football World Cup take place?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55- Pass.- Italy.
0:13:55 > 0:14:01What R is the automatic movement produced in response to stimulus?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Reflex.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Teenager Jamie Bell shot to fame in which year 2000
0:14:07 > 0:14:09British film about ballet?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Billy Elliot.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15In humans, is the alimentary canal a passage for food or blood?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Food.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21What type of paper used for copying was invented in 1806
0:14:21 > 0:14:23in England by Ralph Wedgwood?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- Parchment.- Carbon paper.
0:14:25 > 0:14:32What I is used to describe a species that occurs naturally in a certain area?
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Indigenous.
0:14:33 > 0:14:39- Bank.- Was Prince Philip's father a member of the Greek or Danish royal family?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- Danish.- Greek.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45What aid to car steering was invented in 1950 in the US?
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Power steering.
0:14:46 > 0:14:52What military vehicle, developed by the Americans, was known as a peep?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53- A tank.- A jeep.
0:14:53 > 0:14:59The veil has traditionally been worn for centuries by women of which religion?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Muslim.- Islam. I accept Islam.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07Is Emilio Estevez older or younger than his brother Charlie Sheen?
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Older.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Whose permission does the UK Prime Minister seek
0:15:12 > 0:15:15to form a government or dissolve parliament?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16The senate.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21An archipelago is a large collection or grouping of what?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Islands.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- Bank.- In music, is a contralto a male or female voice?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28- Male.- Female.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33The Russian term Csar and German term Kaiser are both derived
0:15:33 > 0:15:36from which title for a Roman ruler?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37- Emperor.- Caesar.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40What G is an art which developed from
0:15:40 > 0:15:43the spray-can vandalism on the New York Subway?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Graffiti.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50The Hubble space telescope was launched in which year, 1990 or 1994?
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- 1994.- 1990.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57Which leader was portrayed by Chaplin in his film The Great Dictator?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Hitler.
0:15:58 > 0:16:04- Bank.- Which English footballer made his first talk-show appearance
0:16:04 > 0:16:06on the Parkinson show in 2000?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- Ian Wright.- David Beckham.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13Which city is further north, London in England or Quebec in Canada?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15London.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Bank.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Time is up.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24You just banked in time,
0:16:24 > 0:16:29which was just as well because, even with that last-minute banking,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32you put into the kitty a pathetic £80.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Who really needs to go? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:16:38 > 0:16:44Having answered all his questions correctly, Stefan is the strongest link.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Having answered all his incorrectly, Ian is the weakest link.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50But how will the voting go?
0:16:52 > 0:16:56It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Richard,
0:17:17 > 0:17:24- why Ian?- I know I had a bad round, but I think his was worse than mine.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Carol,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- not much of a round for you.- No. - Will it get better?- I hope so.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32I bet the others hope so too.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- Why Ian? - Because he had some hard questions
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- and...- They're always hard if you don't know the answers.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45- Ian, couldn't get much worse for you, could it?- Not really.
0:17:45 > 0:17:51Your misery is over, so is the team's. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00I was rather disappointed.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06I feel that in that last round I did have a bit of a stinker, but I still managed to bank money.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10With regard to the Prime Minister question,
0:18:10 > 0:18:15I thought Anne said US and I just came out with Senate.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19It just shows the folly of not carefully listening to the question.
0:18:22 > 0:18:29Round Four. £870 banked so far out of potential prize money of £3000. Six of you left.
0:18:29 > 0:18:35Ten seconds off the clock. You now have only 2½ minutes.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39We'll start with the strongest link. That's Stefan.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Start the clock.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49Which British band had a No.1 hit in 1966 with Paint It Black?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- Don't know. - Rolling Stones.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Which three letters stand for a meeting held annually
0:18:55 > 0:18:58by companies for their shareholders?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59- GMA.- AGM.
0:18:59 > 0:19:05Which American city was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1871?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- New York.- Chicago.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11What 1965 film set in revolutionary Russia tells the story
0:19:11 > 0:19:16of doctor Omar Sharif falling in love with Julie Christie?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Dr Zhivago.
0:19:17 > 0:19:23Are Evangelicals referred to as the Low Church or the High Church?
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Low church.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29- Bank.- The author L Frank Baum wrote which well-known modern fairy tale
0:19:29 > 0:19:33that became a successful stage musical and film?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Wizard Of Oz.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41From which Western European country did Madagascar gain independence in 1960?
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Spain.- France.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48What is the name for cross-country pony riding for recreation?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Equestrian. - Pony trekking.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Alfred Russell Wallace co-authored a paper in 1858 with whom,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58on the theory of natural selection?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- Einstein.- Darwin.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05What P is a Christmas indoor plant said to be named after a US diplomat?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Poinsettia.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12In which English city can you go shopping in Eldon Square or Grey Street?
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Newcastle.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- Bank.- Which American president's nickname was Ike?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Eisenhower.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23What A is a living animal and consists of a single living cell?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Amoeba.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Edward, the 14th century Prince of Wales,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31was called the Black Prince or the Lionheart?
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Black Prince.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37- Bank.- What R is a question used by public speakers not requiring an answer?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Rhetorical.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Which musician is nicknamed Slowhand?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- I don't know. - Eric Clapton.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Which actor was stung in the 1973 film The Sting?
0:20:47 > 0:20:48- Pass.- Robert Shaw.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52For what does ACT stand, when referring
0:20:52 > 0:20:55to the Australian province where Canberra is?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Pass. - Australian Capital Territory.
0:20:58 > 0:21:04Is musician Steven Isserlis a leading cellist or clarinettist?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06A clarinettist.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10A cellist. In the children's TV show Bagpuss,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13what G is the name of his friend the toad?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Time is up.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21The correct answer is Gabriel. In that round,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25you did slightly better, but not well at all.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28You put into the kitty £200.
0:21:28 > 0:21:34Who is throwing a spanner in the works? Ditch them. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40According to the statistics, Joan is the strongest link.
0:21:40 > 0:21:47In a reversal of fortune, Stefan is the weakest link, as he answered the most questions wrong.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50But will the voting follow the facts?
0:21:51 > 0:21:55It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Joan,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17you were the strongest link in that round.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Oh, gosh.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22I could only have gone up, though, couldn't I?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Why Jim?
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Jim just got the questions he didn't know.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30He wasn't the weakest link.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Wasn't he? I honestly thought he was.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- Who was the weakest link, Stefan? - Was it me, Anne?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- No,- I- ask the questions.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Who was the weakest link?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Me?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Yes. ..Jim,
0:22:45 > 0:22:51you were a strong player, but we don't have to be fair. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03I'm disappointed being voted off when I wasn't the weakest link,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05but it was a poor round and I knew AGM
0:23:05 > 0:23:10and just could not get it out, so I feel like an idiot for going GMA.
0:23:10 > 0:23:16Joan might win. There's other people with good knowledge, but she has nerve.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19She takes things in her stride.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Round Five.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Your total so far is £1070.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30If you'd hit your targets, it would have been £4000.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Five of you left. Ten seconds off the time.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38We start with the strongest link. That's Joan. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Start the clock.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Which archangel defeated Satan?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Gabriel.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Archangel Michael.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54In the TV sitcom Porridge, who played Fletcher's cellmate Lennie Godber?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Winslett. I can't remember his name.
0:23:57 > 0:24:03Richard Beckinsale. In which county is Biggleswade, a town on the River Ivel?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- Cambridgeshire. - Bedfordshire.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10In fashion, was damask originally a type of silk or velvet?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Silk.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15What is the base number in the decimal number system?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Ten.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20- Bank. - If you were in Labrador, where would you be?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Canada.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26In which decade were the Samaritans established in the UK?
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- 1960s.- 1950s.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34What D is the process of separating mixtures of fluids
0:24:34 > 0:24:38by diffusion through a semipermeable membrane?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- Distillation.- Dialysis.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45In nature, what kind of cell is a gamete?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- I don't know. - Reproductive.
0:24:47 > 0:24:53Samantha Bond played which character in the film The World Is Not Enough?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Pass.- Miss Moneypenny.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Where was Alexander Graham Bell, telephone inventor, born?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- America.- Scotland.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06A spirometer measures certain volumes and capacities of which organ?
0:25:06 > 0:25:07The lungs.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12- Bank.- In pop music, which Beatles album shares its name with a gun?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Pass.- Revolver.
0:25:14 > 0:25:20In science, what D describes a metal that can be pulled out to make wire?
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- I don't know.- Ductile.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26In the Spanish Premier football league,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29which club is based in the Canary Islands?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Pass.- Las Palmas.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35In Shakespeare's Hamlet, what relation is Laertes to Polonius?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- Brother.- Son.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Who wrote The Day Of The Triffids in 1951?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- I don't know.- John Wyndham.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Bombus is the scientific name given to which insect?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- Caterpillar.- Bumblebee.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54Schubert's Trout Quintet was the theme music for which TV series
0:25:54 > 0:25:56set in Bayview Retirement Home?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Oh...God.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Waiting For God. Which...
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Time is up.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09You answered just four questions correctly.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14You banked £70.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Who is clearly now a passenger?
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Neither use nor ornament.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32For the second time, Amanda is the strongest link.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Carol is the weakest link. She got all her questions wrong.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41But will the rest of the team realise this when it comes to the vote?
0:26:42 > 0:26:46It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02We have a tie.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Richard and Stefan, two votes each.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10Richard, why Stefan?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I think he was as bad as I was.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17- He wasn't the weakest link, though, was he, Carol?- Not at all, Anne.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22- They haven't noticed you over here. - I'm doing well so far, Anne.- Right.
0:27:22 > 0:27:28- What had Richard done to upset you? - He missed some questions I could have answered.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30- Good heavens, really?- Yes.
0:27:30 > 0:27:36Yet again, when the vote is tied, the strongest link has the casting vote. Amanda,
0:27:36 > 0:27:41neither Richard nor Stefan were technically the weakest link,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45but you have to choose between them. Take your pick.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Stefan. Richard was stronger in previous rounds.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Hard to believe, but there you go.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56Stefan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07I don't feel too aggrieved. I did have a few shocking rounds.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10That one wasn't my best one, so I can understand
0:28:10 > 0:28:13that somebody thought I wasn't good.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18I think Carol might be off shortly, in the next few rounds.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22She's had a couple of shaky rounds.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30Round Six. There's £1140 in the bank out of a possible out £5000.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Four of you left.
0:28:32 > 0:28:40Ten seconds off your time. We start with the strongest link. That's Amanda. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Start the clock.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49Which Baroque composer produced a collection of keyboard preludes and fugues
0:28:49 > 0:28:52entitled The Well-Tempered Clavier.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54- Handel.- Bach.
0:28:54 > 0:29:00Which character in TV series Till Death Do Us Part was played by Dandy Nichols?
0:29:00 > 0:29:02The old moo. Silly old cow.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04No, I can't accept that.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07It's Mrs Garnett, Alf's wife Carol.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11In the animal kingdom, abalone are types of marine what?
0:29:11 > 0:29:12- Fish.- Snail.
0:29:12 > 0:29:18With which industry would you associate the American entrepreneur Rockefeller?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- Banking.- Oil.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Which American national park was the world's first,
0:29:24 > 0:29:26created by Congress in 1872?
0:29:26 > 0:29:27Yellowstone.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31The Joshua tree is native to which country?
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Israel.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37America. Where was artist Francis Bacon born, Dublin or London?
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Dublin.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Uma Thurmen is married to which actor,
0:29:41 > 0:29:45who was her co-star in the 1997 film Gattaca?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- Pass.- Ethan Hawke.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53What is the name of Raymond Chandler's famous detective character
0:29:53 > 0:29:56who appears in many of his novels?
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- Pass.- Philip Marlowe.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Which English football player was first to score
0:30:02 > 0:30:04a hat trick in a World Cup final?
0:30:04 > 0:30:05- Pass.- Jeff Hurst.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Which three South American nations made up
0:30:09 > 0:30:13the 20th century political grouping, the ABC powers?
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- Cuba, Paraguay and Uruguay. - Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22A Bridge of Sighs can be found in Oxford and which other British city?
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Cambridge.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Finish the name of the band Hootie And The what?
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Blowfish.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- Bank.- Who directed the 1980 film The Shining?
0:30:32 > 0:30:34- Don't know.- Stanley Kubrick.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39What name is given to a building with a cycle-racing track?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42A podium.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44A velodrome.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49Detective Chief Inspector Wexford is the creation of which writer?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Colin Dexter.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Ruth Rendell. In which country is Lake...
0:30:58 > 0:31:03Time is up. I cannot complete the question. Not that it would matter much,
0:31:03 > 0:31:08because you've hardly answered one correct.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Just four, in fact.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15And you put into the kitty £50.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17It'll be hard to choose,
0:31:17 > 0:31:21but I urge you to drum out the dunce, axe the idiot.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Amanda is the strongest link for the third time.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34Joan is the weakest link. She got none of her questions right.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37But who will the team decide to vote off this time?
0:31:39 > 0:31:43It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Amanda,
0:31:56 > 0:32:01- why Carol?- I think she's had a few fairly bad rounds
0:32:01 > 0:32:04and that last one was yet another one.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07It wasn't one of your finest rounds.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- No, it wasn't.- Richard,
0:32:10 > 0:32:11why Carol?
0:32:11 > 0:32:17- I just think she did worse than I did.- She wasn't the weakest link, though.
0:32:20 > 0:32:26- You were, Joan. You didn't get a single question right. - I banked. I did bank.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- Carol, they finally found you out. - They have, Anne.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43Being voted off was right. I squeezed through some earlier rounds,
0:32:43 > 0:32:47where I thought I probably would have gone.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49I got to the last four. I'm happy.
0:32:49 > 0:32:54There's tactical voting, because there's three women against a man.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59The two women will probably be there. He will go next.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Round Seven.
0:33:03 > 0:33:10You have £1190 in the bank out of a possible £6000 you could have won. Three of you left.
0:33:10 > 0:33:18Ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link, Amanda. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Start the clock.
0:33:20 > 0:33:26Phil Collins wrote the song You'll Be In My Heart for which 1999 animated film?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29- Aladdin.- Tarzan.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Which K is the city in the Himalayas
0:33:32 > 0:33:35where you can visit the palace of the Malla kings?
0:33:35 > 0:33:36Kathmandu.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40In which capital city and major port in the West Indies
0:33:40 > 0:33:44do you find the Almenderes River and Morro Castle?
0:33:44 > 0:33:46- Princetown.- Havana.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51In the 1963 film The Nutty Professor, who played the professor
0:33:51 > 0:33:55who drank a potion to turn into smooth-talking Buddy Love?
0:33:55 > 0:33:57- Pass.- Jerry Lewis.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02The Latin Anno Domini means what in English?
0:34:02 > 0:34:04- After Christ. - In the year of our Lord.
0:34:04 > 0:34:10In which American city was the Juillard School Of Music founded in 1946?
0:34:10 > 0:34:11New York.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15What is the name of the dominant male gorillas,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18because of the grey hair on their backs?
0:34:18 > 0:34:19Silverback.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24- Bank.- In which fairy tale are the little robber girl and Lapland woman?
0:34:24 > 0:34:27- Hansel and Gretel. - The Snow Queen.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Which Muslim prophet was born in the year 570 in Mecca?
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- Allah.- Mohammed.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38What nationality was abstract artist Jackson Pollock?
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- Austrian.- American.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46In computer technology, for what does the acronym CD ROM stand?
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Pass.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Compact Disc Read Only Memory.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52The Gibson Desert is where?
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Australia.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- I'll accept that. Australasia.- Bank.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02In UK geography, what W is a Nottinghamshire town lying on the River Ryton?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- Pass.- Worksop.
0:35:04 > 0:35:10What name is given to an angle greater than 180 degrees, but less than 360?
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- Don't know.- Reflex angle.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16In which 1941 film does Humphrey Bogart star
0:35:16 > 0:35:20as the hard-drinking private eye Sam Spade?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Time is up. The correct answer is
0:35:24 > 0:35:25The Maltese Falcon.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28You won £70 in that round.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33Now, in Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:35:33 > 0:35:39That means, in the next round, there's a potential £3000 to win. The question is
0:35:39 > 0:35:46who is least likely to help you to raise your bank balance? Who needs to be shown the doors,
0:35:46 > 0:35:53thrown overboard, jumped and put out of their misery. It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Richard is the strongest link this time.
0:35:57 > 0:36:03Having been the strongest link, Amanda is now the weakest link statistically.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06But will her previous performance save her?
0:36:08 > 0:36:12It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Richard, why Joan?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27I just think she had a poor round.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31- You'd know a poor round when you saw one.- I would.
0:36:31 > 0:36:39- Amanda, why Joan?- I thought, out of them both, Richard stands more chance of putting money in the bank.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Joan, two votes. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55I was the weakest link in that round. Yes, I can accept that.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59But I didn't like the reasons given for me being it,
0:36:59 > 0:37:03that my general knowledge was less than Richard's.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06It was untrue. Earlier rounds prove it.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11I think Amanda will win, because Richard's knowledge is as varied as hers.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13I think she will win it.
0:37:16 > 0:37:23Round Eight. Of the £7000 you could have won by now, you have a very unimpressive £1260 in the kitty.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Richard and Amanda, two of you left.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29This time you have only 90 seconds.
0:37:29 > 0:37:35Whatever you win is trebled and added to your total to make up your prize money.
0:37:35 > 0:37:41So £3000 is at stake in this round. We'll start with the strongest link. That's Richard.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Let's play The Weakest Wink.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Start the clock.
0:37:46 > 0:37:52According to tradition, what did the Pilgrim Fathers name the spot
0:37:52 > 0:37:54where they landed in 1620?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- Sorry, I don't know. - Plymouth Rock.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00The UK's Stephanie Cook won a gold medal
0:38:00 > 0:38:03at the Olympics in which sport?
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Swimming.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Modern Pentathlon.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Who served as the last British governor of Hong Kong?
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Chris Patten.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- Bank.- In film, Martin Landau won an Oscar for portraying
0:38:15 > 0:38:19which famous Dracula actor from the '30s in Ed Wood?
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- Peter Cushing.- Bela Lugosi.
0:38:22 > 0:38:28Which river at a length of about 3,915 miles is the third longest in the world
0:38:28 > 0:38:31and the longest in Asia?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Er...
0:38:35 > 0:38:36The Ganges.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37The Yangtze.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42Which city was the main setting for the 1973 film Don't Look Now?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Manchester.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49Venice. In the US Annapolis is the capital of which eastern state?
0:38:49 > 0:38:50Maryland.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Bank.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56Name the Suffolk town where Benjamin Britten established a festival?
0:38:56 > 0:38:57Glastonbury.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Aldeburgh.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02What O is a yellow or reddish brown used in paint or dye?
0:39:02 > 0:39:03Ochre.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Bank.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08If three kilograms of nectarines cost £3.60,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11how much would five kilograms cost?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- £5...- 6.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Richard...
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Time is up.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24You banked just £60.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27We treble that and add it to the winnings.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29That means prize money today of £1440.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31But of course only one of you
0:39:31 > 0:39:33can take that money away.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37So now you play against each other head to head.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40I'll ask alternate questions, best of five.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Whoever answers the most correctly wins,
0:39:42 > 0:39:44it's as simple as that.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49If you tie after five, we go for sudden death until there is a winner.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51So Richard and Amanda,
0:39:51 > 0:39:56for £1440, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Richard, as the strongest link you choose who goes first.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03I'll go first, please.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Richard,
0:40:06 > 0:40:08In theatre,
0:40:08 > 0:40:12the comedy rock and roll musical Return To The Forbidden Planet
0:40:12 > 0:40:16is based on which Shakespeare play?
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Romeo And Juliet?
0:40:21 > 0:40:23The correct answer is The Tempest.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Amanda,
0:40:26 > 0:40:28in the British Army
0:40:28 > 0:40:35a Warrant Officer Class One can hold the appointment of RSM.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38For what do these letters stand?
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Don't know, sorry.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45The correct answer is Regimental Sergeant Major.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48Richard,
0:40:48 > 0:40:52who wrote the novel The Ipcress File
0:40:52 > 0:40:57which was adapted into a film of the same name?
0:41:02 > 0:41:05I'm sorry. It's gone. I do know it.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08The correct answer is Len Deighton.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Amanda,
0:41:12 > 0:41:17in 1849 English-born Elizabeth Blackwell
0:41:17 > 0:41:22was the first woman in America to graduate in which subject?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- Mathematics. - The correct answer is medicine.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Richard,
0:41:29 > 0:41:31in UK politics
0:41:31 > 0:41:40by what name did Wednesday the 16th of September 1992 become known?
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- Black Wednesday. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Amanda,
0:41:48 > 0:41:54in the outdoor version of polo, how many players are there in a team?
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Seven.- The correct answer is four.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Richard,
0:42:03 > 0:42:05in fashion,
0:42:05 > 0:42:12who became the main designer at the House of Chanel in 1983?
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- Versace?- The correct answer is Karl Lagerfeld.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Amanda, to draw level.
0:42:20 > 0:42:27The river which forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico
0:42:27 > 0:42:31is known to the Mexicans as the Rio Bravo.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33How is it known to the Americans?
0:42:35 > 0:42:39- Rio Grande. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41So you are now level pegging.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Richard,
0:42:43 > 0:42:49which television journalist interviewed Diana, Princess of Wales
0:42:49 > 0:42:52for Panorama in 1995?
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Martin Bashir.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56That is the correct answer.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Amanda,
0:42:58 > 0:43:03you need to answer this question correctly to remain in the game.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08What was the first genetically-modified food
0:43:08 > 0:43:11to go on general sale in Britain?
0:43:15 > 0:43:16Barley.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19The correct answer is tomato puree.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23That means, Richard,
0:43:23 > 0:43:26you are today's strongest link
0:43:26 > 0:43:29and you go away with £1440.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Amanda, you leave with nothing.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38Subtitles by ITFC for BBC Subtitling - 2001
0:43:38 > 0:43:41It's nice not to have done the walk of shame.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44That was the only thing I didn't want to do.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47To actually win is pretty good.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50I can go home with my head held high.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54Nobody expected me to get past the first couple of rounds.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56I have two sisters in New Zealand
0:43:56 > 0:44:00so the money will come in handy just to pay the air fare.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02So I'm looking forward to it.