0:00:02 > 0:00:05Of the nine contestants preparing for today's show,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13The rest leave with nothing, as, one by one, they're voted off as...
0:00:13 > 0:00:15the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44They don't know each other. If they want money they must work as a team.
0:00:44 > 0:00:51But eight leave with nothing, as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Let's meet the team.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59I'm Adrian, 36, from Cannock in the West Midlands
0:00:59 > 0:01:01and I'm a telecoms manager.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06I'm Claire, 29, from Portsmouth and I'm a theatre assistant.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11I'm Nick, 20, from Swindon, a student doing business and English.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I'm Geraldine, 38, from Leeds, a hotel controller.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22My name's Ann, I'm 32, from Essex, and I'm an IT instructor.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27I'm Michael, 22, from the Outer Hebrides and unemployed.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33I'm Kay, 61. I'm from Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan
0:01:33 > 0:01:35and I'm a retired teacher.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41I'm Karen, 41, from Worthing, in West Sussex, and I'm a nursery nurse.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46I'm Bob, 43, from Doncaster and I'm a driving instructor.
0:01:46 > 0:01:53The rules. In each round the aim is to reach your £1,000 target within the time limit.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Get your question wrong, you break the chain and lose its money.
0:02:02 > 0:02:10If you say "bank" before the question, the money is safe. However, you start a new chain.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15At the end of the round, only money that has been banked can be taken forward.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18In round one you have three minutes.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22We'll start with the person who's first alphabetically.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26That's you, Adrian. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34If an event is quarterly, it happens every...?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Three months.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40The flag of which Asian country has a red disc on a white background?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Japan.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46In the animal kingdom, what S refers to a large group of fish?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Shoal.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52In St Matthew's Gospel, who delivered the Sermon on the Mount?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Jesus. Bank! >
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Peter Stringfellow is most famous for being a nightclub owner or a long-distance runner?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Nightclub owner.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05In the saying, which animal has nine lives?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Cats.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11On TV, which US comedy series features Lurch and Cousin Itt?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Addams Family. Bank! >
0:03:15 > 0:03:20The mallard is the most common type of which bird in Britain?
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Duck.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26What form of transport were the Cutty Sark and the Endeavour?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Ships.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33A popular pocketknife with many different attachments
0:03:33 > 0:03:37gets its name from the army of which European country?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Switzerland.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Which term for the dress of a type of person, mainly monks and nuns,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48also means a tendency to act in a certain way?
0:03:48 > 0:03:49Habit.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54Which Scottish city has the areas Merchant City and the Gorbals?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- Edinburgh.- Glasgow.
0:03:58 > 0:04:04Film: what E is people temporarily employed for crowd scenes?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Extras.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10In maths, what time in the afternoon is 1800 hours?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- PM.- No, it's six o'clock.
0:04:13 > 0:04:20In cartoons, two of the most famous animated characters are a cat-and-mouse duo, Tom and who?
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Jerry.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26In the animal kingdom what creature is a turtle, reptile or mammal?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Reptile. Bank! >
0:04:29 > 0:04:33According to legend, which saint expelled the snakes from Ireland?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Pass.- St Patrick.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Superstition says a pot of which metal is at the end of a rainbow?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Gold.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46In the popular song by Flanders and Swann,
0:04:46 > 0:04:50which large African animal likes to wallow in glorious mud?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- Elephant.- No, the hippopotamus.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59The garden building with glass walls and roof where plants are grown in controlled conditions?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Greenhouse.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05In chemistry, if something is hydrophlic,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08it has an affinity for which common substance?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- Hydrogen.- No, water.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15In the UK, if Caledonian means Scottish, what does Hibernian mean?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- Scotland.- Irish.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Which Spice Girl and solo singer
0:05:20 > 0:05:25launched a website dedicated to her and her famous family in July 2001?
0:05:25 > 0:05:30- Posh Spice.- I'll accept. Victoria Beckham. Michael...
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Time's up.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Disastrous in a row you answered 11 questions correctly
0:05:39 > 0:05:43so you could easily have reached the target.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Instead you settled for £370.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Who is standing in your way? Who shouldn't be here?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Who has already cost you a great deal of money?
0:05:55 > 0:05:59It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Answering the most questions makes Claire the strongest link.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10The statistics reveal that Nick is the weakest link
0:06:10 > 0:06:12with the most wrong answers.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14But how will the votes go?
0:06:14 > 0:06:19Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Michael, you're unemployed.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I'm taking a year out, Anne.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- And you live in the Outer Hebrides. - Not any more.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- Where do you live, then?- I live just outside of Edinburgh.- Right.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58- When are you going to get a job? - I've already got one.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- You're not rushing to it? - No, I'm taking my time.
0:07:01 > 0:07:07- What sort of job are you gonna get? - A trainee chartered accountant.
0:07:07 > 0:07:13- Why Nick?- It was a hard choice really. He just got two wrong
0:07:13 > 0:07:17and the show's called The Weakest Link so that's what I voted for.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Ann, have you always spelled your name incorrectly?
0:07:21 > 0:07:26I tend to think upon it that I'm um...not as royal as you, Anne.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Good. Why Nick?
0:07:28 > 0:07:33He got two questions wrong. I got one wrong.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35- So you can count?- Yes, Anne.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- Adrian.- Anne. - What do you do for a job?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- I'm a telecoms manager. - What does that involve?
0:07:42 > 0:07:47It's responsible for looking after a very big phone company in the UK.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53- Is it fun?- It is. We move equipment worth about £6 million a time.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Fantastically funny. Why Nick?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I'm afraid he got the most wrong.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02He did. Nick was the worst player
0:08:02 > 0:08:07and we'll never know if that's a hairstyle or he just got out of bed.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10You are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I'm embarrassed about being voted off first.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I'll get the mickey taken out of me.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26I think Ann'll get voted off next because she sounds like Janet Street-Porter.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32Round two. You've won £370 out of £1,000. There are eight of you left.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35We're taking ten seconds off the clock.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38We'll start with the strongest link Claire.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Start the clock.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Which tomato and beef sauce is named after an Italian city?
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- Mulligatawny.- Bolognese.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54At which end of a boat are the rudder and tiller?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- The back.- Yes, the stern or back.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01In furniture, what D is the name for the style of low bed
0:09:01 > 0:09:03without a headboard or footboard?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Divan.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- Bank.- In the English language, which punctuation mark
0:09:09 > 0:09:11is a dot placed above a comma?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Semicolon.- Correct.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18How many cheers are given when someone is congratulated?
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Three.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Which 1981 UK number-one single by Adam And The Ants
0:09:23 > 0:09:28featured the lyric "Ridicule is nothing to be scared of"?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Pass.- Prince Charming.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36A crocus grows from a bulbous subterranean stem known as a what,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38a corm or a tuber?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- Tuber.- No, a corm.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Which Sussex seaside resort had "Regis" added to its name
0:09:45 > 0:09:48after George V convalesced there in 1929?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- Bognor.- Correct.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55What's the name of the BBC comedy fundraising event on Red Nose Day?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Children In Need.- No, Comic Relief.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02What R is a gun with a rotating cylinder of several chambers
0:10:02 > 0:10:05that all contain bullets?
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Revolver.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10What does the French word monsieur mean in English?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Mister.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14What's the sum of
0:10:14 > 0:10:163x3 + 2x2?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- 10.- 13.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Bank.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25Which dish is made with cabbage and mashed potato colcannon or cobbler?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- Cobbler.- No.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32The form of carbon called coke is made from which fossil fuel?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Carbon.- No, coal.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37What name links a dwelling
0:10:37 > 0:10:41in a country house with a meeting place for masons?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Lodge.
0:10:43 > 0:10:50What P is a long-handled tool with a head pointed at one end or both, used for breaking ground?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Pick.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- Bank.- On which radio station are Jonathan Ross and Steve Wright?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Radio 2.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03Football: for which international team does Harry Kewell play?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Australia.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09In law, the term slander is spoken or written defamation?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Spoken.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- Bank. - How many members were in Steps?
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Five.
0:11:16 > 0:11:22In cartoons, snoring is represented by which letter of the alphabet
0:11:22 > 0:11:24coming from the sleeper?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Z.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30For what does the abbreviation UV stand?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Ultraviolet.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Bank. JINGLE
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Time's up.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39You banked £300.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Whose lift is not stopping at every floor?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Whose car seems to be running on three wheels?
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Whose day is done? Time to vote off
0:11:50 > 0:11:53the weakest link.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Statistically, Karen is the weakest link.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01Ann is the strongest. But who will take the walk of shame?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Voting over.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28We have a tie - Claire and Karen.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Three votes each.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- Claire, what do you do? - I'm a theatre assistant.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Put on a lot of good plays? - No, an operating theatre.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Where do you go on holiday?
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Holidays? All over the place. Majorca, Spain, France.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Not Mulligatawny?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50No. SHE LAUGHS
0:12:50 > 0:12:54In Italy, where you think it is.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55No.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Why Karen?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59She got two questions wrong.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Karen, where are you from?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Worthing.- What's that famous for?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Old people?- Oh.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11You're a nursery nurse. Was that a good career move?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- It was a good financial move. - Why Claire?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17She got two questions wrong.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22When it's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote
0:13:22 > 0:13:24and that was the non-Royal Ann.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Why did you vote for Karen?
0:13:28 > 0:13:36She lost us money. She nearly lost us money at the end but Bob banked in time. On two occasions,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38she could have or did lose.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- Do you want to add anything to that?- No, Anne.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44You now have a choice.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49I'm going to stick with what's on my board - it's Karen.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52OK, Karen, you are the weakest link.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Goodbye.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05I thought I would do much, much better than I did.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10I think Ann will be voted off next she's too sure of herself.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I hope she doesn't win.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Round three. Of a possible £2,000, you've banked 670.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22You're down to seven, we're taking ten seconds off.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25We start with Ann. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Start the clock.
0:14:28 > 0:14:35What M is a collection of melodies arranged so the end of one is succeeded by the next?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- Pass.- Medley.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39In which Shakespeare play
0:14:39 > 0:14:41does Snug the joiner appear?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Hamlet.- A Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:14:44 > 0:14:51In geography, Namibia is on which coast of Africa, east or west?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56West.
0:14:56 > 0:15:03In November 2001, which Royal was attacked during a visit to Latvia by a protester armed with a flower?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Prince Charles.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10In maths, what is 4.5 multiplied by 4?
0:15:11 > 0:15:1318.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18What S is a red organ near the stomach involved in filtering foreign organisms
0:15:18 > 0:15:20and the removal of red blood cells?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Spleen.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Who was the second astronaut on the moon?
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Buzz Aldrin.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- Pa... Bank.- Pass. If you are in the vanguard of something,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34are you at the front or the back?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- The back.- At the front!
0:15:36 > 0:15:43What is the first name of the TV chef who presented the shows Floyd On Food and Far-Flung Floyd?
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- Pass.- Keith.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49In which UK country is the Gower Peninsula?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Wales.
0:15:51 > 0:15:58In children's TV, which 1970s/1980s puppet show featured Pigs In Space and Sam the Eagle?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- Pass.- The Muppet Show.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Contrary to its name, what H is another name for a beefburger?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Hamburger.
0:16:14 > 0:16:21In the 2001 animated film Shrek, which actor/comedian provided the voice for the green-skinned hero?
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- Mike Miles.- No, Mike Myers.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31Which Soviet town was the site of a major explosion and radiation leak in 1986?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Chernobyl.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37To which plant family does asparagus belong - rose or lily?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40The lily.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44In 1956, Len Hutton was knighted for services to which sport?
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Cricket.
0:16:45 > 0:16:51- Bank.- Ramsgate Sands, Margate Sands and Westgate Bay are all in which county?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Kent.
0:16:53 > 0:17:00The restoration of the monarchy, when Charles II became king, occurred in which century?
0:17:00 > 0:17:0217th.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07- Bank.- Physics: what M is the amount of matter in an object?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Mass.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Time's up.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15And that was a very disappointing round.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18£150 is all you put in the kitty.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Whose sea of knowledge is at a very low tide?
0:17:22 > 0:17:27Whose confidence and cockiness is much misplaced?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Ann has gone from being the strongest link in the last round
0:17:36 > 0:17:38to the weakest link in this.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Bob is the strongest link.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Will the votes reflect reality?
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Geraldine,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- control a lot of hotels?- Just one.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- How do you do that? - It's mainly an accounting position,
0:18:14 > 0:18:18but it controls various people doing their jobs.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- A sort of super-clerk, are you? - Sort of.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26- Why Adrian? - He hesitated on the Muppet question, which he should have got.
0:18:26 > 0:18:32- Michael, you're going to be a chartered accountant? - Depends if I pass the exams.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34How come you can't do arithmetic?
0:18:34 > 0:18:40I can do arithmetic with less of someone looking down their glasses at me.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42So you're not up to this show, then.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47- I think I'm VERY up to this show. - You only got one question right.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Why Adrian?- Erm,
0:18:50 > 0:18:52very hard choice, really...
0:18:52 > 0:18:58- Were you going to vote for yourself?- No, it was between him and someone else.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02So you're not much good at decisions either.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I don't know, Anne.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Ann, spelt the wrong way, what happened to you?
0:19:07 > 0:19:12I was intent on banking and I got my Bs and Ps confused.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- That was very dangerous indeed. - It was, I know.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20- Why Adrian?- Because Adrian
0:19:20 > 0:19:23hesitated for so long.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28- At least I said...or meant to... It was pass...- Oh, dear!
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- You're on a roll! - I'm confused again!
0:19:31 > 0:19:37We'll put you out of your misery. Adrian, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I'm gutted about being voted off.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48The reason is that I think I was tactically voted off.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52I think Geraldine and Michael saw me as a threat.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57I think Ann will go next. She's got questions wrong in all of the rounds
0:19:57 > 0:20:00and I think she'll be next.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Round four, and out of a possible £3,000,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06you've banked £820. Six of you left,
0:20:06 > 0:20:09another ten seconds off the time.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14We start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Bob.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Start the clock. In which religion
0:20:19 > 0:20:23is the day of fasting known as Yom Kippur a holy day?
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Jewish.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Which word means the act of criminally setting fire to property?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Arson.
0:20:30 > 0:20:37The dominant male or female in a group of animals is often known by which letter of the Greek alphabet?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- A.- Alpha.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44In the USA, the initials EST stand for Eastern Standard what?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Time.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- Bank.- In biology, what G is another name for the oesophagus?
0:20:53 > 0:20:58- Can you repeat the question?- What G is another name for the oesophagus?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Pass.- Gullet.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05A cafe can be found about 50ft from the summit of which Welsh mountain?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Snowdon.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Gala and Braeburn are both varieties of which fruit?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Apple.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18Which heavyweight boxing champion was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in January 1942?
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- Pass.- Muhammad Ali.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26What B was the name of the prisoner released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- Pass.- Barabbas.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32What type of garden plant are brassicas vegetables or trees?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Vegetables.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39- Bank.- Which football team plays home games at the Stadium of Light?
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Sunderland.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44What was the city of Saigon renamed in 1976?
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- Phnom Penh.- Ho Chi Minh City.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53What P is a system introduced in 1970 to help put together an image of crime suspects?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Photofit.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Which month is named after the Roman statesman Julius Caesar?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- January.- July.
0:22:02 > 0:22:08In the USA, what colour is the card issued to non-citizens which allows them to live in the country?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Green.
0:22:10 > 0:22:16The London market in Nine Elms moved there from Bloomsbury or Covent Garden?
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Covent Garden.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- Bank.- Which antelope shares its name with a small drum?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- Snare.- Bongo.
0:22:25 > 0:22:31The prize awarded to the person last in a race is known as the wooden what?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Spoon.
0:22:32 > 0:22:39Which TV drama series received a special award at the BAFTA Children's Awards in December 2001?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Grange Hill.
0:22:41 > 0:22:47- Bank.- Name the coastal city that is the capital of the Italian region Campania.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Naples.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Correct. Time's up,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54and you've won £140 out of a possible £1,000.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Whose cheese has slid off its cracker?
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Who makes a snail...seem speedy?
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Who is standing in your way? Who do you want to get rid of?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14For the second round in a row, Bob is the strongest link,
0:23:14 > 0:23:16as he gave the most correct answers.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20Geraldine is the weakest link according to the statistics.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Who will the team want off?
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Ann, remind me what you do.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49I'm an IT instructor, Anne.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54That's fairly alarming. You actually instruct people?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56In the art of IT.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01Are you less confusing when you instruct than you are in answering questions?
0:24:01 > 0:24:05I have worksheets that they can do that are easy to follow.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09- Do you know how to follow? - Yes, I designed them.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- Do you know how to copy one thing from another?- Yes, Anne.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15How come you can't spell Michael?
0:24:15 > 0:24:18SHE LAUGHS
0:24:18 > 0:24:23That is a problem I have, Anne! I can't spellcheck it, unfortunately.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Why Michael?
0:24:26 > 0:24:32- He committed the cardinal sin of coming from Scotland. - That's good enough.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- Kay, what do you do? - I'm retired, Anne.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- From what?- Teaching, Anne.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- What did you teach? - French.- Anything else?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- German.- Anything else?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- Latin.- Anything else?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- No.- So quite limited really.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50- Why Michael?- He wasted time.
0:24:50 > 0:24:57And although I didn't want to vote for him, I'm afraid he has to go.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02Claire, do you think March is named after Madonna?
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Don't you think Julius Caesar was the reason we have January?
0:25:06 > 0:25:10I knew the answer but it went out my mind.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Why Michael?- I thought he was the weakest link,
0:25:13 > 0:25:17but he also voted for me, so...revenge.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Well, you can take your pick, Michael.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24You're smug but not smart, you're from Scotland,
0:25:24 > 0:25:26and Claire doesn't like you.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30With four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I'm not disappointed in being voted off.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41I feel I was the weakest link there.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44If anything, I was the right choice.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Geraldine deserves to go next. She stands up to the book-keeper image.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54She's very boring, and very dull. Very, very dull.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Round five. You've banked £960.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03There are five of you left. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08We start with the strongest link, Bob. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Start the clock.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14What's the first name of Livingstone, who explored Africa?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16David.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21Which card game features tradesmen such as Mr Bun the Baker?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Happy Families.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28In It's a Wonderful Life, what's the name of the angel, Clarence or Bernard?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Clarence.
0:26:30 > 0:26:38- Bank.- What is a table of days of the year altogether, or a month at a time, displayed on a wall?
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Calendar.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43The Mongol Empire extended across which continent?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Asia.
0:26:45 > 0:26:52What T were musical instruments that the followers of Joshua used to bring down the walls of Jericho?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- Tambourines?- No, trumpets.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58The albums of which singer include Thriller and Bad?
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Michael Jackson.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05In which English town is the headquarters of the Open University?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Pass.- Milton Keynes.
0:27:07 > 0:27:13What colour distinguishes a fire extinguisher containing carbon dioxide, black or white?
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Black.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19In nature, on which fluid does a female mosquito mostly feed?
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Blood.
0:27:20 > 0:27:27Rich socialites who frequent exclusive resorts are known by which reference to travel?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Jet set.
0:27:29 > 0:27:36What M is the French impressionist who painted the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Monet.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41A letter that ends a relationship is known as a Dear what?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43John.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48- Bank.- UK geography: the Quantocks are hills in which county?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Yorkshire.- Somerset.
0:27:50 > 0:27:56In October 2001, the Odyssey spacecraft entered orbit around which planet, Venus or Mars?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Mars.
0:27:58 > 0:28:05Which panellist on They Think It's All Over has children called Betty Kitten and Honey Kinny?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Jonathan Ross.
0:28:07 > 0:28:13Which island territory was ceded to Britain by China under the Treaty of Nanking in 1842?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- Pass.- Hong Kong.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18- Pa... Er, Bank.- No, I have to accept your first instruction.
0:28:18 > 0:28:25In electricty, what T is a device that changes the voltage of an alternating current?
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- Pass.- Transformer.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30In the animal kingdom, large white is...
0:28:32 > 0:28:37Time's up. I cannot complete the question. You banked £450.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41But who is more talk than talent?
0:28:41 > 0:28:45Who is the fly in your ointment? The cockroach in your kitchen?
0:28:45 > 0:28:49It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55Having survived the previous vote, Geraldine is the weakest link.
0:28:55 > 0:29:01The only player to answer all questions correctly, Kay is the strongest link.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03But whose game is over?
0:29:04 > 0:29:09Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27So the sisterhood is operating.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Claire, why are you turfing off the one man left?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Because he's the only man left.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Ann, keep this simple. Why Bob?
0:29:37 > 0:29:39We don't need men letting us down.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Geraldine, what's your excuse?
0:29:42 > 0:29:45He's helped, but he got a question wrong.
0:29:45 > 0:29:52- The vision of tambourines outside Biblical walls was quite fun. - That was just one question wrong.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55- Know anyone who got two questions wrong?- Yes.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- What are they called?- Mistakes.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Yes, but who would the person be called?
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- Geraldine.- So you're just getting rid of the guy?- Yeah.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09OK. Well, Geraldine the hotel controller,
0:30:09 > 0:30:13has identified that she was the worst player,
0:30:13 > 0:30:17but Bob, they've bounced you out. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29They'll vote Kay off next, cos they're sticking together,
0:30:29 > 0:30:33the three dumb bimbos in the middle there.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Kay is outstripping them all the way, as I was,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40and I think they'll vote her off.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45Round six, and of the £5,000 you could have won, you've got £1,410.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Four of you left, all female.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52We are cutting another ten seconds from your time. We start with Kay.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01In food, which meat is seasoned to make pastrami?
0:31:02 > 0:31:04- Pork.- Beef.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09Which pop singer had UK number ones with Baby Jane and Sailing?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Rod Stewart.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Wilton in Wiltshire is known for which floor covering?
0:31:15 > 0:31:16Carpets.
0:31:16 > 0:31:22The common name for the cleaning agent sodium hydroxide is caustic what?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Soda.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29- Bank.- In modern literature, the 1974 cult classic by Robert Pirsig
0:31:29 > 0:31:33was entitled what And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- Pass.- Zen.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41In the sitcom The Brittas Empire, who starred as Gordon Brittas?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Chris... Pass.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44Barrie.
0:31:44 > 0:31:50The war dance the haka was performed by the indigenous people of which country?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52New Zealand.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Which team did Glen Hoddle join as an apprentice in 1974?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Tottenham Hotspur.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03A fruitcake decorated with almonds is named after which Scottish city?
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Dundee.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09- Bank.- Which band released an album in 2001 entitled Sunshine?
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- Pass.- S Club Seven.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16In literature, Tarzan the apeman was created by Edgar Rice who?
0:32:16 > 0:32:20- Allen.- Burroughs.
0:32:20 > 0:32:27In which 1978 film musical did the characters Doody, Sonny and Putzie appear?
0:32:27 > 0:32:29- Pass.- Grease.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34In TV, for what do the initials ER stand in the American series?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Emergency...
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- ..Radio.- Room.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46Which word means to come or give back and means a two-way ticket?
0:32:46 > 0:32:47Return.
0:32:47 > 0:32:53At what number on Charing Cross Road was the bookshop made famous by Helene Hanff?
0:32:53 > 0:32:5584.
0:32:55 > 0:33:01- Bank.- Needlepoint and bobbin are types of which openwork fabric?
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- Embroidery.- No, lace.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06In music, the title of the Paul Simon...
0:33:09 > 0:33:16Time's up, and you banked £250. But...who's not in control here?
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Who's missing her spellcheck? Who's speaking a foreign language?
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Whose theatrical assistance is no longer required?
0:33:24 > 0:33:28It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:30 > 0:33:36In a reversal of fortune, Geraldine has gone from being the weakest link
0:33:36 > 0:33:38to the strongest link.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Kay gave the fewest correct answers, so is the weakest link.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46But will the voting reflect the statistics?
0:33:46 > 0:33:51Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Claire, Kay too old?
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Yeah.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11- Ann?- Yes, Anne?
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Have you got a good excuse?
0:34:14 > 0:34:16- Yes, Anne.- Go on.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I can spell Kay.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22Kay, with three votes you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Being voted off at this stage, I'm obviously disappointed,
0:34:33 > 0:34:37and I think the ageism came into it a little.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42The three remaining contestants are much younger than me,
0:34:42 > 0:34:44and I think they probably feared me.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49Ann might well win. I don't think she's as dizzy as she makes out.
0:34:49 > 0:34:55Round seven. You've won £1,660. There are three of you left.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58You've got rid of the guys and the older woman.
0:34:58 > 0:35:03We'll start with the strongest link from the last round Geraldine.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Start the clock.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11The initials RCA stand for the Radio Corporation of where?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13America.
0:35:13 > 0:35:19What's the name of Rossini's Barber Of Seville whose marriage is the subject of a Mozart opera?
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- Pass.- Figaro.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Which Scotsman was twice world darts champion in the 1980s?
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Jocky Wilson.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Which Lebanese city was divided by the Green Line until 1990?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Beirut.
0:35:33 > 0:35:39- Bank.- Which word means an arched roof and, in athletics, a type of jump?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- Pole vault.- Vault.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46In the history of astronomy, geocentric theories of the universe
0:35:46 > 0:35:51held that everything revolved round which body in the solar system?
0:35:51 > 0:35:52- The moon.- The Earth.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57The first name of the actress Rampling, who was in Georgy Girl?
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Charlotte.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Which 17th-century English poet wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost?
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- Keats.- John Milton.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09The English town of Maidenhead is in which county?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- Sussex.- Berkshire.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16Which film director wrote the restaurant review Winner's Dinners?
0:36:16 > 0:36:17Michael Winner.
0:36:17 > 0:36:22In sport, in which country is the racecourse called the Curragh?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- Erm...pass.- Ireland.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29Calico and gingham are made from which natural fibre?
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- Nylon?- Cotton.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39Which British singer had a 1985 UK number one single with Easy Lover?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- Phil Collins.- Correct.- Bank.
0:36:41 > 0:36:48What three-letter word is the name of a large migratory mammal also known as a wildebeest?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- Elk.- Gnu.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Which sex is the Japanese designer Issey Miyake?
0:36:53 > 0:36:55- Female.- No, male.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59From which European country does souvlaki come?
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- Greece.- Correct.- Bank.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Which belief system has the wheel of life?
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- Hinduism.- Buddhism.
0:37:08 > 0:37:14Time's up. You banked £90. In round eight, you treble what you bank,
0:37:14 > 0:37:16so there's £3,000 to be won.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20The question is, which sister are you hanging onto,
0:37:20 > 0:37:24which sister are you kicking out?
0:37:24 > 0:37:27It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33At this crucial stage, Geraldine remains the strongest link,
0:37:33 > 0:37:35as she didn't get an answer wrong.
0:37:35 > 0:37:41Ann is the weakest link, failing to answer a single question correctly.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44But who will lose out in the final vote?
0:37:44 > 0:37:49Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Geraldine, why Ann?
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Er, a very difficult choice,
0:38:03 > 0:38:09but she's been next to me all day and it's time for a break on my left.
0:38:09 > 0:38:15- Claire, why Ann? - Geraldine was the best player there so it had to be Ann, Anne.
0:38:15 > 0:38:20Yes. Geraldine answered six questions correctly,
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Ann without E might easily have set a new world record.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29She managed to answer six questions incorrectly.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33With two votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:40 > 0:38:45The plan was to bank the money then answer the question wrong.
0:38:45 > 0:38:51The last two people were totally honest. It totally backfired on me.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Geraldine will win the money. However, Claire deserves to.
0:38:55 > 0:39:01Round eight. You've won £1,750 so far out of a possible £7,000.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Claire and Geraldine, you have 90 seconds.
0:39:05 > 0:39:11Any winnings in this round are trebled and added to your totals. £3,000 is at stake.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16We'll start with Geraldine. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Start the clock.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21HCL is the chemical formula for which acid?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Hydrochloric acid. Bank. >
0:39:24 > 0:39:29The name of which item of jewellery is also a slang word for handcuffs?
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Bracelet. Bank. >
0:39:31 > 0:39:37In tennis, name the return where the ball is struck immediately after it bounces.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39- Volley.- Half volley.
0:39:39 > 0:39:46Give me the title of the comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan: the School For what?
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- Pass.- Scandal.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52In the former colonies of which European country
0:39:52 > 0:39:54is a ranch known as a hacienda?
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Spain. < Bank.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03Who wrote Life On The Mississippi the river featured in his novels?
0:40:03 > 0:40:04Mark Twain.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09- Bank.- Woodface and Together Alone were recorded by Crowded what?
0:40:09 > 0:40:11House. < Bank.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16In which century did Christopher Columbus set sail to the New World?
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- 16th.- No, 15th.
0:40:19 > 0:40:25Which football club did Liverpool face in the 1950, 1971 and 2001 FA Cup Finals.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Arsenal. Bank.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31America and I Feel Pretty are songs from which 1957 musical?
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- My Fair Lady.- West Side Story.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Which US president was succeeded by Ford?
0:40:37 > 0:40:38Richard Nixon. < Bank.
0:40:38 > 0:40:43Bridget Fonda starred in which film about a woman obsessed with her flatmate?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Single White Female.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48In Greek mythology, which...
0:40:51 > 0:40:58Time's up. You banked £140. We'll treble it and add to the winnings from the previous rounds,
0:40:58 > 0:41:02which means prize money today of £2,170.
0:41:02 > 0:41:07Only one of you can take that money so now you'll play head-to-head.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12I'll ask alternate questions, best of five.
0:41:12 > 0:41:18Whoever answers most correctly wins. If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23Claire and Geraldine, for £2,170 let's play The Weakest Link.
0:41:23 > 0:41:30- Geraldine, as the strongest link in the last round, you choose who goes first.- I'll go first.
0:41:32 > 0:41:38In geography, the coastline of the Algarve overlooks which ocean?
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- The Atlantic.- That's correct.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44A portrait of Charles Darwin
0:41:44 > 0:41:48appears on the back of which English banknote, issued in 2000?
0:41:54 > 0:41:57- 50?- No, the correct answer is ten.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02In fashion, designer Karl Lagerfeld
0:42:02 > 0:42:07became the creative director of which fashion house in 1983?
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- Chanel.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Claire, which TV chat show host
0:42:14 > 0:42:20released an autobiography in 2001 entitled Bananas Can't Fly?
0:42:23 > 0:42:28- Vanessa Feltz?- No. Des O'Connor is the correct answer.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33Geraldine, what is the common name for any freshwater turtle,
0:42:33 > 0:42:37especially those native to North America and kept as pets?
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- Terrapin.- That is correct.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44Claire, you need to answer this question correctly.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49In which 1989 film did Pauline Collins play a housewife
0:42:49 > 0:42:54who escapes her daily routine and finds romance on a Greek holiday?
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Shirley Valentine.- That is correct.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01Geraldine, if you answer this correctly, you have won.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03So, for £2,170.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08In tennis, in December 2001, which European country beat Australia
0:43:08 > 0:43:11in the final of the Davis Cup?
0:43:15 > 0:43:17- France.- Correct.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25That means, Geraldine, you are today's strongest link
0:43:25 > 0:43:28and you go away with £2,170.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32Claire, you leave with nothing.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:38 > 0:43:45Geraldine and I weren't the strongest players but we got through, so we deserved to be there.
0:43:45 > 0:43:50I was a worthy finalist. In the last few rounds I was the strongest.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54Certainly, as the game went on, I became stronger.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58If I'd have got Geraldine's questions I might have won.
0:43:58 > 0:44:04If the questions had been the other way round, I think Claire would be standing here.
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