0:00:02 > 0:00:05'Here are today's nine contestants preparing for the show.
0:00:05 > 0:00:10'Only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:17'The rest will leave with nothing as, one by one, they're voted off as the weakest link.'
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link!
0:00:32 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:45They don't know each other, and if they want the prize money, they'll have to work as a team.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48But eight will leave with nothing,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Let's meet the team.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00I'm John, 48, from Kent, and I'm a project manager.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05I'm Zoe, 20 years old, a student from Nottingham.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11I'm Ellsie, 59, from Hampshire, and I'm a public speaker.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16I'm James, 24, from Cornwall, and I'm a trainee doctor.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I'm Emma, 36, from Devon, and I'm a housewife.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25I'm Gary, 37, from Wales, and I'm a store manager.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29I'm Chris, 46, from Luton, and I'm a homemaker.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34I'm Lorraine, 29, from Staffordshire, and I'm a carer.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39I'm Gerry, 47, from Wiltshire, and I'm an aircraft technician.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Now, the rules. In each round,
0:01:44 > 0:01:50aim to answer enough questions correctly to reach your £1,000 target in the time limit.
0:01:50 > 0:01:57The fastest way is to make a chain of nine correct answers. A wrong answers breaks the chain.
0:01:57 > 0:02:03But if you say, "Bank!" before the question is asked, the money's safe,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06but you start a new chain.
0:02:06 > 0:02:13Round One lasts three minutes. We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17That's Chris. Let's play the Weakest Link!
0:02:17 > 0:02:22The first question is for £20. Start the clock!
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Complete the song title from Oklahoma. Oh, What A Beautiful...?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Day.- Morning.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Name any shoe that reaches above the ankle, often to the knee.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Boot.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Where are the bicep muscles?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40The arm.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44In money, the US dollar is divided into 100 what?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Cents.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Bank!- In the English Civil War,
0:02:48 > 0:02:52were the Parliamentarian side Roundheads or Cavaliers?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Roundheads.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Which footballer-turned-actor owns a greyhound called Smoking Bullet?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Vinny.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I'll accept. Vinny Jones.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09What's the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- February.- January.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16The stockmarket crash of 1987 was known as Black...what?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Monday.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23What M is an illusion seen in hot climates, mainly water in a desert?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Mirage.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30In which year were VW Beetle cars first produced - 1936 or 1956?
0:03:30 > 0:03:321936.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37What term describes having one mate at a time?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Pass.- Monogamy.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Who officially opens Parliament?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45The Queen.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49From which country does the food called sashimi originate?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Japan.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57On which musical instrument would you find a fret - guitar or flute?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Guitar.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Bank!- What make-up is French for "red"?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Rouge.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09Which American pop singer had a 2000 UK hit single with Stronger?
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Madonna.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Britney Spears.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18In chemistry, which compound has the greater number
0:04:18 > 0:04:22of hydrogen particles - ethanol or methanol?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Methanol.- No, ethanol.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30In which 1999 Bruce Willis film can a nine-year-old boy see the dead?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32The Sixth Sense.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34At the 2001 General Election,
0:04:34 > 0:04:39how many people voted Labour - 11 million or 21 million?
0:04:39 > 0:04:4111 million.
0:04:41 > 0:04:47In cricket, which player on the fielding team, with leg pads and gloves, stands behind the stumps?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- Batsman.- No, wicketkeeper.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58In religion, what N ultimate state of peace do Buddhists hope for?
0:04:58 > 0:05:03- Nirvana.- In maths, what is greater - two thirds or 60%?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Two thirds.
0:05:05 > 0:05:12Which pantomime character was the real-life Lord Mayor of London in 1397, 1406 and 1419?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Dick Whittington.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19- Bank!- In science, what F is the unborn child after eight weeks?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Foetus. END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Time is up.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29You banked only £320 out of a possible £1,000.
0:05:29 > 0:05:36Who should never have applied for the show? Whose brain forgot to accompany them today?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:40 > 0:05:48'In the first round, Ellsie is the strongest link. Her answers were correct and she banked most money.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53'James is statistically the weakest link. All his answers were wrong.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57'But will the team notice at this stage?'
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23- Zoe, what do you do?- I'm a student. - What of?
0:06:23 > 0:06:29- Broadcasting. - A student of broadcasting! Who teaches you broadcasting?
0:06:29 > 0:06:35- The University of Leeds.- They know a lot about broadcasting?- I hope so.
0:06:35 > 0:06:41- They've got broadcasters teaching you?- I think so.- You think so(?)
0:06:41 > 0:06:46- They know a lot about it. - What did Lorraine do to upset you?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50I just thought she was the weakest link.
0:06:50 > 0:06:56- How's it going, Emma? - Ethanol and methanol was a toughie, but it's all right.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01- What's your general knowledge like? - We'll see, won't we?
0:07:01 > 0:07:06- Why Lorraine?- She got two wrong. There were ones, but she got two.
0:07:06 > 0:07:13- How's it going, James? - Pretty abysmal.- What do you do?- I'm a medical student.- Medical student!
0:07:13 > 0:07:19- After that, what will you be? - A surgical house officer.- A doctor!
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- Are you a medical student in Cornwall?- No, in Sheffield.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29Not much chat about the Gregorian calendar in your hospital?
0:07:29 > 0:07:34- Obviously not. My father will kill me for that one!- Right.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- You'll be able to save your own life.- Hopefully.- Why Lorraine?
0:07:38 > 0:07:44When you're at the bottom, you have to fight. She was down there with me.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50- Did you think, statistically, she was the weakest link? - If I'm not, she is.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54She's not.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59Lorraine, with six votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:08:05 > 0:08:11I'm not happy to be voted off first. I'm embarrassed! I'll never live it down!
0:08:11 > 0:08:15'Can't believe James is still there.'
0:08:15 > 0:08:20A doctor(!) Doesn't know his arm from his bum! I knew his questions.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26Round Two, teams. So far, you've won £320 out of a possible £1,000.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Eight of you left.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33You've still got James, in his final year as a medical student,
0:08:33 > 0:08:38and Zoe, who is learning broadcasting
0:08:38 > 0:08:43from people who may or may not have been broadcasters themselves.
0:08:43 > 0:08:49Ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link, Ellsie.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Let's play the Weakest Link!
0:08:51 > 0:08:57Start the clock! The first name of the assassinated US president JFK?
0:08:57 > 0:09:02- John.- Which Scottish city is further north - Edinburgh or Aberdeen?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Aberdeen.
0:09:04 > 0:09:11In English law, a court order on the end of a marriage is a decree...what?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Nisi.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18In the animal kingdom, what C is a snake with a hood that spreads when it's angry?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Cobra.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25- Bank!- What vegetable is sometimes called sparrowgrass?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Potatoes.- No, asparagus.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33Which US airport is the world's busiest - Atlanta or Washington DC?
0:09:33 > 0:09:40- Washington DC.- Atlanta. Which Spanish surrealist painter was born in 1904 and died in 1989?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Salvador Dali.
0:09:42 > 0:09:50In the 1991 film Thelma And Louise, the title roles are played by Geena Davis and which other actress?
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- I don't know.- Susan Sarandon.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59- Bank!- Literature - what P is a piece of work mockingly copying another?
0:09:59 > 0:10:05- Parody.- In a French boulangerie, would you buy - bread or meat?
0:10:05 > 0:10:12- Bread.- What white-berried plant, used as a Christmas decoration, grows on apple trees?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Mistletoe.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Which Russian city was called Petrograd from 1914 to 1924?
0:10:18 > 0:10:24- St Petersburg.- In chemistry, which two letters symbolise chromium?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26CR.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31- Bank!- The 1970s TV sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter - Rising...what?
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Damp.
0:10:32 > 0:10:41What M, an English dance with the types Cotswold, Border, Northwest, dates from medieval times?
0:10:41 > 0:10:46- Morris.- Into which gulf does the river Mississippi flow?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Mexico.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53- Bank!- Which house has hereditary peers, life peers and bishops?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55The House of Lords.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Which Roman general led a military expedition to Britain in 55BC?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Caesar.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07- Bank!- In the name of the music magazine, for what does NME stand?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11New Music...
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Don't know.- New Musical Express.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20In which part of the USA are the six states of New England - northeast or southwest?
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Northeast.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25What's the square root of 16?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Four.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31- Bank!- The lead singer's surname in Frankie Goes To Hollywood?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Johnson.
0:11:33 > 0:11:39Which English city was the capital of the Viking kingdom of Yorvik from 866AD?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41York.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Bank! END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Time is up.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I cannot complete the question.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52You did slightly better, team - you managed to bank £670.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57But who's breaking your chains? Who is struggling, out of their depth?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05'For the second round in a row, Ellsie is the strongest link.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09'Zoe is the weakest, with fewest correct answers.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12'But will the voting reflect this?'
0:12:12 > 0:12:17Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36Team, in that round, you answered ten questions correctly in a row.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42So you could have hit the target without any trouble whatsoever.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46But, of course, you banked too soon.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51- John, what do you do?- I'm a project manager.- What does that mean?
0:12:51 > 0:12:58I look after labour resources, material resources, to construction sites, restoration sites.
0:12:58 > 0:13:04- So you get the building stuff in? - And the labour.- Why Emma?
0:13:04 > 0:13:10- I felt she made one glaring... Can't remember the question now! - Not much use to the team,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- with your startling memory(!)- Yes.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19- It struck a chord at the time. - That you can't remember(?)- Yes.
0:13:19 > 0:13:25- Chris, what do you do? - I'm a homemaker.- Who for? - My daughter, Hannah.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30- Does she like asparagus?- No. Nor do I.- You'd never heard of it?
0:13:30 > 0:13:35- I haven't heard it called that before.- Why Emma?
0:13:35 > 0:13:42Like John, I remembered Emma making one mistake which I now can't remember, but it stuck in my mind.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47- Zoe, how's it going for you? - All right, I think.
0:13:47 > 0:13:53- What year are you as a broadcasting student?- Going into my second year.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58- Done any film studies yet? - No, I do that next term.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01You hadn't heard of Susan Sarandon?
0:14:01 > 0:14:06I've heard of her, I could picture her face, I just couldn't name her.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11- Why Emma?- Some of us got a question wrong each, and I remember Emma...
0:14:12 > 0:14:15..being one, so I voted for her.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20- Did you think she was the weakest link statistically?- I'm not sure.
0:14:20 > 0:14:27- If you had to guess...?- It could have been me, it could have been Emma or Chris or Gerry.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30It wasn't Gerry or Chris or Emma.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- It was me, then.- Well done! That teaching is not in vain(!)
0:14:34 > 0:14:39Emma, with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:14:44 > 0:14:48I'm not that unhappy to be voted off. I'm relieved!
0:14:48 > 0:14:53I was very nervous. My mouth was dry, my hands were sweaty,
0:14:53 > 0:14:57and I couldn't believe I'd put myself into that scenario!
0:15:00 > 0:15:05Round Three, team. So far, you've won £990 out of a possible £2,000.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Seven players.
0:15:06 > 0:15:12Another ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link, Ellsie.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Let's play the Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:15:17 > 0:15:22- Tommy Hilfiger is a leading figure in which industry?- Repeat, please?
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Tommy Hilfiger is a leading figure in which industry?
0:15:27 > 0:15:34- Building.- No, fashion. Which Vatican chapel has paintings by Michelangelo and Botticelli?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Sistine.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Which US president signed the 1941 Atlantic Charter with Churchill?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Roosevelt.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48What T is a handle fixed to the top of a rudder to help steer it?
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Tiller.
0:15:49 > 0:15:57- Bank!- Which British female singer had a 2001 UK number-one album entitled No Angel?
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- Don't know.- Dido.
0:15:59 > 0:16:07Which American actor played a Mafia leader's psychiatrist in the 1999 film comedy Analyse This?
0:16:07 > 0:16:11- Robert de Niro. - No, Billy Crystal.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16Which part of the eye controls the amount of light entering the pupil?
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- The lens.- No, the iris.
0:16:19 > 0:16:26What M is a small-scale portrait that can be held in the hand or worn as jewellery?
0:16:26 > 0:16:33- Miniature.- What travels faster - a bullet fired from a pistol, or a space shuttle orbiting Earth?
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Space shuttle.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- Bank!- TV presenter Nigella Lawson is the daughter of which politician?
0:16:38 > 0:16:46- Nigel Lawson.- Which street in New York is referred to as the city's theatre district?
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- Madison Square Gardens.- No, Broadway.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54When avoiding someone, you give them a wide...what?
0:16:54 > 0:17:00- Berth.- Bank!- Complete the name of this day in the Christian calendar. Maundy...what?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Thursday.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07In which English county is Knebworth House?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Cheshire.- No, Hertfordshire.
0:17:10 > 0:17:16Which jazz musician released the Take It Satch EP in 1976?
0:17:16 > 0:17:21- Satchmo.- Louis Armstrong, but I'll accept Satchmo.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26Where is the Giant's Causeway - Wales or Northern Ireland?
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Northern Ireland.
0:17:28 > 0:17:34Which device used to detect distant objects, based on the reflection of microwaves,
0:17:34 > 0:17:39was developed in the 1930s by Robert Watson-Watt?
0:17:39 > 0:17:45- Pass.- Radar. Big-Ears is a character in books about which little boy?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Noddy.
0:17:47 > 0:17:53- Bank!- Hobby, merlin and peregrine are all species of which bird of prey - falcon or vulture?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Falcon.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- END-OF-ROUND JINGLE - Time's up.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06You banked £120, which is pretty disastrous at such a stage in the game.
0:18:06 > 0:18:12Who is seriously weighing you down? Choose the loser! Lose the loser!
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21'As the only one with all questions right, James is the strongest link.
0:18:21 > 0:18:27'Zoe is the weakest link for the second round in a row, with no correct answers.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30'Will she survive another vote?'
0:18:30 > 0:18:35Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53- Gary, is it hair-raising for you? - Not too bad so far.
0:18:53 > 0:18:59- What do you do?- Store manager for a DIY company in Wales. - Are you good at DIY?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00No.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05Dr James, when you grow up, what sort of doctor are you going to be?
0:19:05 > 0:19:11- I want to be a paediatrician.- It'll take you a bit of time, I fear.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Certainly.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- Why Zoe?- She was the weakest link two rounds running.
0:19:16 > 0:19:22- Gerry, did you colour your hair yourself?- No, it's natural.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- Not assisted?- No. Only by the sun.
0:19:25 > 0:19:33- Non-assisted blonde hair?- Yes. - Why Zoe?- She didn't get a question right in that round. Simple!
0:19:33 > 0:19:38She hasn't done film on her broadcasting course,
0:19:38 > 0:19:42that may or may not be taught by broadcasters.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47With three votes, Zoe, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:19:51 > 0:19:57I'm not too upset about being voted off. I was the weakest link, and in the round before.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02'James is lucky. In the first round, he was the weakest link.'
0:20:02 > 0:20:08He's hanging on by the skin of his teeth, but he might go quite far.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15Round Four, team. £1,180 banked out of a potential £3,000.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Six of you left.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Another ten seconds off the time. You have two and a half minutes.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25We'll start with the strongest link, James.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Let's play the Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:20:29 > 0:20:35Complete this BBC TV show, first shown in 1979, Not The Nine O'Clock...what?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37News.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41In rugby union, which South American side are nicknamed the Pumas?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Argentina.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Which of these is a vertebrate - insect, fish or worm?
0:20:48 > 0:20:55- Insect.- No, a fish. - Which US state is named after the first US president?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Washington.
0:20:56 > 0:21:03What A is part of a radio system by which radio waves are transmitted or received?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Airwave.- No, aerial.
0:21:05 > 0:21:14- Bank!- A university with 14 colleges including Collingwood, St Aidan's, St Chad's Manchester or Durham?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16- Manchester.- No, Durham.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21Complete the Bon Jovi 1987 UK hit single, Wanted, Dead Or...what?
0:21:21 > 0:21:27- Alive.- In basketball, name the board behind the basket.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- Hoop.- No, the backboard.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35The European Commission president, 1985-1994, was Jacques...who?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Chirac.- No, Delors.
0:21:38 > 0:21:44In a classical music movement, where might you find a coda - beginning or end?
0:21:44 > 0:21:51- At the end.- Which right-hand man of Lenin was expelled from the Communist Party in 1927?
0:21:51 > 0:21:56- Trotsky.- Complete the following from poker - three of a...what?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Kind.
0:21:59 > 0:22:05- Bank!- Which clothes-fastening device was invented by Whitcomb L Judson in the 1890s?
0:22:05 > 0:22:13- Zipper.- In the animal kingdom, a liger is the offspring of a male lion and a female...what?
0:22:14 > 0:22:20- Tiger.- Which comedy brothers starred in the 1933 film Duck Soup?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23The Marx Brothers.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- Bank!- In meteorology, what type of wind is the scirocco - warm or cold?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- Cold.- No, warm.
0:22:29 > 0:22:36What A is a bet in which winnings from one selection are carried forward as a stake on the next?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Accumulator.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44In which religion are Salat, Hajj and Zakat three of the five pillars?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Islam.
0:22:46 > 0:22:53- Bank!- Surname of Anthony, director of the film The English Patient, who received the CBE in 2001?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Minghella.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58In aviation history, Igor Sikorsky...
0:22:58 > 0:23:02- END-OF-ROUND JINGLE - Time is up.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07I cannot complete the question. You banked £250.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Who are you carrying? Who is bewildered?
0:23:11 > 0:23:16I urge you, sack the slacker, ditch the dimwit!
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24'Having got all his answers right, James remains the strongest link.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27'He also banked most money.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32'With most incorrect answers, Chris is the weakest link.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35'Will the others pick up on that?'
0:23:35 > 0:23:40Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57- Ellsie, why do you keep banking on zero?- Did I?
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I didn't know. Sorry!
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Why Gerry?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- < I think he had two wrong.- Gary.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13- From Wales? - I'm from Lancashire originally. - You've chosen to live in Wales?
0:24:13 > 0:24:18- Indeed.- To work in the DIY industry. - Correct.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Why Gerry?
0:24:20 > 0:24:25- He wasn't the brightest bunny in the hutch.- Were you the brightest?
0:24:25 > 0:24:30- No.- Statistically, you thought he was the worst player?- Yes.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35- He wasn't, was he, Chris? - If you say so, Annie.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40- Who was the least bright bunny?- As you're speaking to me, it must be me.
0:24:40 > 0:24:48- How was your spelling at school? - Not too bad. But seeing around corners, I never did good at.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- < Can't see Gerry!- Why him?
0:24:51 > 0:24:56- I thought, same as myself, he did abysmally.- Right.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Chris was the worst player.
0:24:59 > 0:25:07But, Gerry, with the non-assisted blonde hair, with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:25:12 > 0:25:21I'm annoyed at the team. OK, I got a few wrong. But I was banking, I got questions right, looked at the clock.
0:25:21 > 0:25:27So to vote me off at this stage of the game, I think, is a tragedy.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Round Five. And of the £4,000 you could have won, you've got £1,430.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Five of you left.
0:25:37 > 0:25:46Another ten seconds off the time. Start with the strongest link, James. Let's play the Weakest Link!
0:25:46 > 0:25:53Start the clock! What S is a cold dessert of milk or cream beaten with sugar, wine and lemon juice?
0:25:53 > 0:26:01- Semolina.- No, syllabub. In the 1820s, James Fennimore Cooper wrote The Last Of The...what?
0:26:01 > 0:26:09- Mohicans.- Catnip is used to stuff the toys of which domestic animals due to its specific attraction?
0:26:09 > 0:26:18- Cats.- In pop music, which former member of the Style Council had a 1997 UK hit album, Heavy Soul?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Paul Weller.
0:26:20 > 0:26:27In UK finance, what's the flexible personal pension scheme introduced on 6th April, 2001?
0:26:30 > 0:26:38- PEPs.- No, stakeholder. Which comedian plays Inspector Raymond Fowler in The Thin Blue Line?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Rowan Atkinson.
0:26:41 > 0:26:47In the 1967 animated film The Jungle Book, what type of animal was Kaa?
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- A bear.- No, a snake.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Which is an Eskimo word for coat - anorak or duffel?
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Anorak.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01To which continent is the kiwi fruit native?
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- Australasia.- No, Asia.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11The American artist born in 1912, known for his action painting, was Jackson...who?
0:27:11 > 0:27:18- Pollock.- In which decade of the 19th century did the Great Exhibition open at Crystal Palace?
0:27:18 > 0:27:26- '40s.- No, the 1850s. Which English poet married American poet Sylvia Plath in 1956?
0:27:26 > 0:27:34- Ted Hughes.- Which diving birds, found on remote Scottish islands, have large brightly coloured beaks?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Kittiwakes.- No, puffins.
0:27:37 > 0:27:43In film, Julia Roberts starred as Daisy in the 1988 comedy Mystic...what?
0:27:43 > 0:27:51- Magic.- No, Pizza. Who had a 1966 UK number-one hit single with These Boots Are Made For Walking?
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Nancy Sinatra.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59- Bank!- On which English county's coastline are the resorts Great Yarmouth and Cromer?
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- Bournemouth. Essex.- Norfolk.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Which metal is usually used...
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- END-OF-ROUND JINGLE - Time is up.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15£20, you managed!
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Whose wisdom is on the wane? Whose bubble has burst?
0:28:20 > 0:28:25Who's NOT the brightest bunny in the hutch?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33'In a role reversal, Chris has gone from weakest link to strongest link.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38'James is statistically the weakest link, with least correct answers.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42'But will the team realise that?'
0:28:43 > 0:28:48Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02We have a tie, team. James and Chris, two votes each.
0:29:02 > 0:29:08- Gary, why vote for Chris? - She was several prawns short of a cocktail in that round.
0:29:08 > 0:29:16- Not too many right answers. - Do you spread your wit round Wales? - Indeed I do.- (Just as well.)
0:29:16 > 0:29:18John, why James?
0:29:18 > 0:29:24Well, like me, I think he got two wrong in the last round.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29But at the beginning, he was lucky to survive.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32So I couldn't let his luck continue.
0:29:32 > 0:29:39Well, when the vote is tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote. That's Chris.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44- Who do you want to get rid of?- It's difficult, but it's got to be James.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49Dr James, your time is up! You are the weakest link.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Goodbye!
0:29:56 > 0:30:01I wasn't thinking when I got the question about syllabub wrong.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06Ellsie and John wanted to get me out. Ellsie can't bank. Kick her out next.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Round Six, and of the £5,000 you could have won,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14you've got just £1,450.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19Four of you left. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:30:19 > 0:30:25We start with the strongest link, Chris. Let's play the Weakest Link!
0:30:25 > 0:30:32Start the clock! The nursery-rhyme lady in Banbury Cross has rings on her fingers, what on her toes?
0:30:32 > 0:30:40- Bells.- In TV, which comedienne played Julie Walters' sister in the 1994 drama Pat And Margaret?
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- Um...I don't know.- Victoria Wood.
0:30:45 > 0:30:53On which famous cricket ground was the First Test between England and Pakistan played in May 2001?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Lords.
0:30:55 > 0:31:02The British diplomat Thomas Bruce, who brought the Elgin marbles to London, was the 7th Earl of where?
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- Bath.- No, Elgin.
0:31:05 > 0:31:12Which English actress played Rose DeWitt Bukater in the 1997 film Titanic?
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Kate Winslet.
0:31:15 > 0:31:22What name is given to the study of planets, stars and all objects in the universe?
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Astrology.- No, astronomy.
0:31:26 > 0:31:33In maths, if you travelled at 50mph nonstop, how many miles would you have travelled in 20 hours?
0:31:33 > 0:31:38- One thousand.- On TV, who was the puppet master behind Emu?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Rod Hull.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45- Bank!- Footballer Dennis Bergkamp signed for which team in 1995?
0:31:45 > 0:31:53- Arsenal.- Rachel Whiteread sculpted the new object on a plinth in which London square?
0:31:53 > 0:31:54Trafalgar Square.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59- Bank!- Which children's puppet regularly uttered, "Boom boom"?
0:31:59 > 0:32:06- Basil Brush. - Bank!- In which 1998 film did Gwyneth Paltrow play Master Thomas Kent?
0:32:06 > 0:32:12- Shakespeare In Love.- In which year of the 1970s was decimal currency introduced to Britain?
0:32:12 > 0:32:19- 1971.- Bank!- Which British naval explorer gave New South Wales and Botany Bay their names?
0:32:19 > 0:32:26- Cook.- Who was the Roman equivalent of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love?
0:32:28 > 0:32:34- Venus.- Bank!- The monkey puzzle tree is native to which mountain range in South America?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36The Andes.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- END-OF-ROUND JINGLE - Time is up.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43You banked £220.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48So who is a prawn short of a cocktail?
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Whose lack of knowledge has impressed you least?
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00'Statistics show that Ellsie is the strongest link for the third time.
0:33:00 > 0:33:07'John is the weakest, with most wrong answers, but he did bank money. Will that save him?'
0:33:08 > 0:33:13Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26We have a tie again, Gary and John, two votes each.
0:33:26 > 0:33:33- Gary, why do you want to get rid of John?- He got two wrong in a row, and nobody else did.
0:33:33 > 0:33:42- John, why do you want to get rid of Gary?- No reason, other than that I'm tired of his analogies!
0:33:42 > 0:33:46In a tie, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51- Ellsie, choose Gary or John. - I'll stay with my choice.- Gary.
0:33:51 > 0:33:57A rabbit in a hutch or a prawn in a cocktail, you are the weakest link.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Goodbye!
0:34:05 > 0:34:12I hope John loses in the next round and I hope he gets wheel-clamped every day for 12 months.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18I hope Chris wins. Ellsie and John are pond life for voting me off, despicable!
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I hate them, hate them, hate them!
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Round Seven, and of the £6,000 you could have won,
0:34:26 > 0:34:29you've got in the kitty £1,670.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30Three of you left.
0:34:30 > 0:34:35Another ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link, Ellsie.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40Let's play the Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Born in Czechoslovakia in 1960,
0:34:43 > 0:34:49which winner of eight men's Grand Slam tennis titles became a US citizen in 1992?
0:34:49 > 0:34:53- Pete Sampras.- No, Ivan Lendl.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Name the small horses used for haulage in coal mines.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- Ponies. Pit ponies.- I'll accept.
0:35:01 > 0:35:06Which Manchester band sing the theme to BBC's The Royle Family?
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Oasis.
0:35:08 > 0:35:15Founded in 1889 by Benjamin Waugh, which national charity is dedicated to preventing child neglect?
0:35:15 > 0:35:18The NSPCC.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- Bank!- Who wrote Smiley's People, published in 1980?
0:35:21 > 0:35:27- John Le Carre.- If a blank tape costs £1.50, how many can you buy for £9?
0:35:28 > 0:35:33- Six.- On which UK island is Alum Bay?
0:35:33 > 0:35:38- The Isle of Wight.- Widow Twankey is the dame from which pantomime?
0:35:38 > 0:35:44- Aladdin.- Bank!- If A is Alpha and Z is Zulu, what is X?
0:35:44 > 0:35:46X-ray.
0:35:46 > 0:35:53In pop music, which Motown group's UK hits include Just My Imagination and Get Ready?
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- U2?- The Temptations.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02In the 1960s children's TV programme, Small Time, what type of bird was Ollie Beak?
0:36:02 > 0:36:10- An owl.- Which contemporary English novelist wrote the 1973 novel The Rachel Papers?
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- Frederick Forsyth.- No, Martin Amis.
0:36:13 > 0:36:18During World War I, in which country did the Battle of the Marne take place?
0:36:18 > 0:36:22- France.- Who wrote the music for West Side Story?
0:36:22 > 0:36:29- Leonard Bernstein. - Bank!- Who was struck blind when he saw Lady Godiva naked?
0:36:29 > 0:36:35- Peeping Tom.- In which decade did Only Fools And Horses first appear on TV?
0:36:35 > 0:36:39- '70s.- No, the 1980s. In maths...
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- END-OF-ROUND JINGLE - Time's up!
0:36:42 > 0:36:49You won £350. In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank,
0:36:49 > 0:36:53so in the next round, there's £3,000 to be won.
0:36:53 > 0:36:59Who is least likely to help you towards the best bank balance?
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07'Ellsie has gone from being the strongest link to the weakest.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12'Chris is the strongest, answering all her questions correctly.
0:37:12 > 0:37:19'But John banked the most money. Who will the team vote off at this crucial stage?'
0:37:20 > 0:37:25Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Chris, why John?
0:37:35 > 0:37:41I think we were evenly matched that round. I'm going on the past round where he hesitated
0:37:41 > 0:37:44over two questions. >
0:37:44 > 0:37:52- I feel the chance of building up some money would be slightly better with Ellsie.- John had a better round.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57- Didn't he, Ellsie?- Yes, he did. - Why have you voted for him?
0:37:58 > 0:38:04It was hard to choose, but I felt John had had other questions wrong.
0:38:04 > 0:38:11- I didn't have much choice. - Ellsie, you were the worst player, but it's votes that count.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16You are the weakest link, John. Goodbye!
0:38:19 > 0:38:25I feel aggrieved, cos I only got one question wrong, so I should have got through.
0:38:25 > 0:38:32I think Chris will win. She's performed better lately, and Ellsie's riding her luck.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Round Eight.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40You've won £2,020 out of a possible £7,000.
0:38:40 > 0:38:45Ellsie and Chris, you have 90 seconds.
0:38:45 > 0:38:53What you win in this round will be trebled and added to your total. So £3,000 is at stake in this round.
0:38:53 > 0:39:00We start with the strongest link, Chris. Let's play the Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:39:00 > 0:39:05How is US Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney usually known?
0:39:05 > 0:39:13- Dick.- Which Romanian gymnast was the first to score a perfect ten in an Olympic competition in 1976?
0:39:13 > 0:39:20- Olga Korbut.- No, Nadia Comaneci. Which UK motorway passes closest to Luton and Milton Keynes?
0:39:20 > 0:39:25- M1.- In US history, Davy Crockett died in the battle of the...what?
0:39:25 > 0:39:30- The Alamo.- Which of Robin Hood's Merry Men was a man of the cloth?
0:39:30 > 0:39:38- Friar Tuck.- Bank! - In which 1960 film did Tony Curtis star as a Roman slave, Antoninus?
0:39:39 > 0:39:44- Spartacus.- In which eastern English county is the town of Lavenham?
0:39:44 > 0:39:52- Essex.- Suffolk. Which Dickens novel is subtitled The Parish Boy's Progress?
0:39:52 > 0:39:58- David Copperfield.- Oliver Twist. What C is food regurgitated by a cow to be chewed again?
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- Cud.- Complete this rhyme - Twinkle, twinkle, little...?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Star.
0:40:04 > 0:40:11- Bank!- In past times, what B was the hobby of searching seashores for shells and other artefacts?
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- Shell picking.- Beachcombing.
0:40:14 > 0:40:21What musical instrument features in the title of a 1993 film directed by Jane Campion?
0:40:21 > 0:40:27- Trumpet.- Piano. What geographical feature is called after Vulcan, Roman god of fire?
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Volcano.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:40:33 > 0:40:39Time's up! You managed to bank £150 which we'll treble and add to previous winnings.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43So prize money today is £2,470.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47But only one gets the money.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50You play against each other now, head to head.
0:40:50 > 0:40:56I ask alternate questions. Best of five. Whoever answers most correctly, wins. Simple as that!
0:40:56 > 0:40:59So, Ellsie and Chris,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02for £2,470,
0:41:02 > 0:41:05let's play the Weakest Link!
0:41:05 > 0:41:10Chris, as the strongest link in the last round, choose who goes first.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14I'd like to go first, please, Annie.
0:41:15 > 0:41:21Chris, which football club is nicknamed the Cobblers
0:41:21 > 0:41:27on account of the area's traditional shoemaking trade?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Old Kent Road.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34No, the correct answer is Northampton.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39Ellsie, in the 1970s TV sitcom, Are You Being Served?,
0:41:39 > 0:41:44who played the character Mr Humphries?
0:41:44 > 0:41:45Oh...!
0:41:45 > 0:41:50I can see him, but I can't get the name!
0:41:52 > 0:41:58- Barry...er...- No, the correct answer is John Inman.- Oh, yes!
0:41:58 > 0:42:04Chris, expressed as a decimal, what is one half plus one quarter?
0:42:05 > 0:42:10- Point seven five. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:10 > 0:42:16Ellsie, the name of which durable ribbed cotton is said to be derived
0:42:16 > 0:42:20from the French for "cord of the king"?
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- Corduroy.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:23 > 0:42:31Chris, in American politics, Bob Dole ran for US president against which Democratic candidate?
0:42:31 > 0:42:36- George W Bush.- No, the correct answer is Bill Clinton.
0:42:36 > 0:42:42Ellsie, in transport, the Locomotives and Highways Act, 1865,
0:42:42 > 0:42:47stated that a man carrying what must walk in front of a motor car?
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- A red flag.- Correct.
0:42:50 > 0:42:57Chris, according to the rhyme, children born on which day are "fair of face"?
0:42:57 > 0:43:03- Tuesday's child. - No, the correct answer is Monday.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08Ellsie, if you answer this question correctly, you have won.
0:43:08 > 0:43:14So, for £2,470, what is the only Australian state capital
0:43:14 > 0:43:19that shares its name with a British city?
0:43:21 > 0:43:23- Perth.- Correct.
0:43:26 > 0:43:35- That means, Ellsie, you are today's strongest link, and you go away with £2,470.- Thank you.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Chris, you leave with nothing.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye!
0:43:45 > 0:43:50I'm really proud to get to the final. Competition was strong, but I made it.
0:43:50 > 0:43:56I'm feeling very, very happy about winning. Very happy!
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