0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Let's meet the team.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54I'm Francis, I'm 18, from Bedford,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57and I'm a student studying History and Spanish.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01I'm June, I'm 77 years old,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03I come from Market Harborough
0:01:03 > 0:01:06and I'm a retired local government officer.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I'm David, I'm 53, I'm from Newport in South Wales
0:01:10 > 0:01:14and I'm a telephone banking consultant.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18I'm Naomi, I'm 20 years old, I'm from Leeds and I'm a student nurse.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22I'm Ted, I'm 62, from Gunnislake in Cornwall
0:01:22 > 0:01:24and I drive a mine train.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29I'm Julia, I'm 32, I'm from Dundee and I'm a science lecturer.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34I'm Tom, I'm 26, from Gloucester. I'm a ventilation engineer.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40I'm Frankie, I'm 50, I live in London and I work as a PA.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46I'm Pete, 38, I'm from Hull and I'm a probation officer.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Break the chain and you lose all the money.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Round 1. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15That's you, David. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25In climate, in the UK, which season of the year begins six months after the start of winter?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Summer.- Correct.
0:02:27 > 0:02:34In the home, a spin facility that rotates the contents at high speed is a feature of which appliance?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37A washing machine or a dishwasher?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- A dishwasher.- No, a washing machine.
0:02:42 > 0:02:48In women's clothing, which word that rhymes with "smock" is a term
0:02:48 > 0:02:50that is sometimes used for a dress?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Frock.- Correct.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58In self-defence, fighting techniques from the Far East such as judo and karate
0:02:58 > 0:03:01are collectively known as martial what?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Arts.- Correct.
0:03:04 > 0:03:11What G follows "oven" to give the name for a padded mitten used to handle hot pots and pans?
0:03:11 > 0:03:16- Glove.- Correct. In horse racing, the steeplechaser
0:03:16 > 0:03:21that won the Aintree Grand National three times in the 1970s was called Red what?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- Pass.- Rum.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28In basic geometry, a pentagon has how many sides?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Five.- Correct.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36On a modern car, the two-word term for the process in which every door is simultaneously secured,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40using only one key, is central what?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- Locking.- Correct.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46According to a well-known saying, "money talks" or "sings"?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Talks.- Correct.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53In TV and film, the comedy character played by Rowan Atkinson
0:03:53 > 0:03:57who lacks social skills and is a man of few words is called Mr what?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Bean.- Correct.- Bank!
0:03:59 > 0:04:03In the Bible, what was the name of the sibling who was killed by Cain?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Abel.- Correct.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11In North America, the USA shares its longest land border with which other country?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Canada.- Correct.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19The beehive and the buzz cut are names for ways of grooming which part of the body?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- The hair.- Correct.
0:04:21 > 0:04:28In 1940, the attempt by the Luftwaffe to defeat the RAF as a prelude to a German invasion
0:04:28 > 0:04:32was dubbed by Churchill "the Battle of" where?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- Britain.- Correct.
0:04:34 > 0:04:42The statue of David by Michelangelo on display in Florence is wearing what? Nothing or Bermuda shorts?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- Nothing.- Correct.
0:04:44 > 0:04:51The phrase that appears on labels for powdered soup, instant noodles and jelly is "just add" what?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- Water.- Correct.- Bank!
0:04:53 > 0:04:59What B is a verb meaning to take money on credit with the intention of returning it with interest?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- Borrow.- Correct.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05An alternating current flows in how many different directions?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- Two.- Correct.
0:05:08 > 0:05:15The actor and singer who starred in Doctor Who and Torchwood and several West End musicals is John who...?
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Time's up. The correct answer was Barrowman.
0:05:27 > 0:05:35You won £650, but, you know, you had a chain of 12 correct answers, so someone kept banking.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Who'd have to be lucky to lose?
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Who's on a fast train to failure? Who can you do without?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51According to the statistics, Francis is the strongest link.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55The weakest link is Frankie, but who will the team want off?
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Naomi.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Naomi.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Naomi.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15David.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Frankie.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Naomi.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Naomi.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Francis.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Frankie.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33- What do you do, Francis? - I'm a student.- Where?- At Manchester.
0:06:33 > 0:06:39- What are you studying?- History and Spanish.- You can speak Spanish? - I can.- Really?- Well, I'm learning.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45- Do you practise in the holidays? - From time to time.- You've got a job speaking Spanish?- Not quite, no.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50- But you've got a job?- I work in a restaurant. An Italian restaurant.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- Where's that?- Bedford. - Are you the Manuel of Bedford?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57No.
0:06:57 > 0:07:03- Why Naomi?- Um...- Are those biceps you've got?- Not quite, Anne. They're getting there.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- Have you been to the gym?- I go three or four times a week if I can.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Have you thought of asking for a refund...?
0:07:10 > 0:07:15- Why Naomi? - I think she was a bit nervous and she got one question wrong.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21- Where are you from, David?- Newport in South Wales.- What do you do? - I'm a telephone banking consultant.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- You mean you work in a call centre?- Yes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29- How old are you?- 53.- And that kind of quiff in your hair...- Oh, no.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- Did Mrs David suggest that? - I haven't got a Mrs David, Anne.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- There's no Mrs David?- No. - But maybe your granny then?
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- No.- Who very old-fashioned are you knocking about with?- I'm not.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46I'm not, Anne. I've actually got a younger companion than that.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- How young?- 25.- Really? She's 25 and you're 53?- Yeah.
0:07:51 > 0:07:57- What first attracted her to you? - I think the fact that I look like a failed '70s rock star.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02Did she sit there thinking, "Mick Jagger, George Clooney
0:08:02 > 0:08:05"or shall I have David from the call centre in Wales?"
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- I think she went that route, Anne. - Why Naomi?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11She got a couple of questions wrong.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15June, haven't I seen you in the background of the Queen Vic?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I don't think so.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19No. How old are you?
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- 77.- Good heavens! Are you all right standing up?- Just about.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- What do you do?- Do?- Yeah. - Enjoy myself.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- You haven't got a job?- Not now.
0:08:31 > 0:08:37- Did you have a job?- I did have a job, yes.- What were you doing? - Looking after the elderly.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Really? And now you're elderly?
0:08:39 > 0:08:44- Yes, that's true.- Do you get meals on wheels?- No, I don't because...
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Without the wheels, do you get them, do you?
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- Why Naomi?- I'm afraid she was the first to get a question wrong.
0:08:52 > 0:08:58- She doesn't know the difference between a dishwasher and a washing machine.- I did notice.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Naomi, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:07 > 0:09:13I got a really easy question at the very start about a washing machine and I did get that wrong,
0:09:13 > 0:09:19but I think it was more nerves. Maybe it's cos I don't use a washer that much. I get my mum to do it.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27Round 2. In the bank, £650. We now take ten seconds off your time.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's little Francis.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41In the brain, which mental faculty used to store and recall facts and sensations
0:09:41 > 0:09:44can be short-term and long-term?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- Memory.- Correct.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51When people go to bed, they are said to do what? Hit the hay or slap the straw?
0:09:51 > 0:09:56- Hit the hay.- Correct. In the UK, postcodes that begin with "BS1"
0:09:56 > 0:10:01identify the central area of which city in the south-west of England?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- Bristol.- Correct.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07In TV, in February 2010, which soap opera filmed at Elstree Studios
0:10:07 > 0:10:11commemorated its 25th anniversary with a live episode?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- EastEnders.- Correct.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17In fairy stories, what W describes a witch, a queen and a stepmother
0:10:17 > 0:10:20in the names of three evil characters?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Wicked.- Correct.- Bank!
0:10:23 > 0:10:29The 1992 drama starring Tom Cruise as an attorney defending two marines accused of a crime
0:10:29 > 0:10:32at their base in Cuba is entitled A Few Good what?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- Men.- Correct.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40What's the generic English name for a shop that specialises in making and selling bread and cakes?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- Bakery.- Correct.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48The prefix "pyro", as in the words "pyrotechnic" and "pyromania",
0:10:48 > 0:10:51comes from the Greek word for ice or fire?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- Fire.- Correct.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58A song popular with drinkers that was written by Irving King in 1925
0:10:58 > 0:11:01is called Show Me The Way To Go where?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- Tipperary.- Home.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08In the Gregorian calendar, there are how many days in the month of October?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- 30.- Even 31.
0:11:12 > 0:11:19Which term for a person who's been canonised precedes Albans, Andrews and Helens for three UK place names?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- Saint.- Correct. In space exploration,
0:11:22 > 0:11:28what C is the action of reciting numbers backwards to zero to time the launch of a rocket?
0:11:28 > 0:11:35- Countdown.- Correct. Someone who is eager and alert is referred to as bright-eyed and bushy what?
0:11:35 > 0:11:42- Tailed.- Correct. In The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, what kind of animal is Baloo?
0:11:42 > 0:11:47- A bear.- Correct. In fashion, jeans that have a very narrow fit
0:11:47 > 0:11:50are commonly described as what? Skinny or emaciated?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Skinny.- Correct.- Bank!
0:11:53 > 0:11:59The American actress whose name is often abbreviated to her initials SJP is Sarah Jessica who?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- Parker.- Correct.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05In UK honours, what is the male equivalent of a dame?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Duke.- A knight.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13In optics, what B is a hand-held viewing instrument comprising two small telescopes fixed side by side
0:12:13 > 0:12:16in a frame with a central focusing wheel?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Binoculars.- Correct.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23In 1980s pop music, the colloquial name for the studios
0:12:23 > 0:12:27where Stock, Aitken and Waterman produced radio-friendly...
0:12:28 > 0:12:34Time's up, I can't complete the question and you won £600.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39But who's your Picasso and who's your paint-by-numbers?
0:12:39 > 0:12:44If "Daft" were a country, who would be treated like royalty?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:46 > 0:12:53Francis has gone from being the strongest link in the last round to the weakest in this.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Statistically, Tom is the strongest link, but how will the votes go?
0:13:01 > 0:13:07Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09June.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Francis.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Francis.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Francis.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Francis.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Francis.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24June.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Francis.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33- What do you do, Pete? - I'm a probation officer, Anne. - Where?- In Hull.
0:13:33 > 0:13:39- What's your particular job? - I manage offenders in the community and in prison.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44- And do you open the jails on some occasions?- Open the jails? What do you mean?
0:13:44 > 0:13:50- You recommend people leave prison? - I would support a release under certain circumstances, yeah.
0:13:50 > 0:13:56- If you didn't, there'd be nothing for you to do.- I still look after people in prison.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- I'll set them objectives. - If I was in prison, what objective would you set me?
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- That depends what you've done, Anne. - Supposing I've robbed a bank?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- Why did you rob the bank? - Cos I needed the money.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Why would you need the money? - To spend.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17- On what?- Anything that took my fancy. - Maybe there's something wrong with your thinking skills.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21I just want to have as much money as people on television.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26I think you've got some cognitive distortions that would need addressing.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30You think people on television are a bit odd, having that much money?
0:14:30 > 0:14:35Well, no, but I think if that's the choice that you've made in life...
0:14:35 > 0:14:40- Why Francis?- Francis got two questions wrong, I'm afraid.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- What do you do, Tom? - I'm a ventilation engineer.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- So does your job suck and blow? - On a daily basis.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- Have you got an NVQ in ventilation? - No, I'm a trained journalist.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54It's obvious why you've gone into ventilation.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59- Indeed, yeah. There's no money in journalism.- How many newspapers have you worked on?
0:14:59 > 0:15:03About three different newspapers and two or three magazines.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Then it's like St Paul on the way to Damascus?
0:15:07 > 0:15:11You thought, "Ventilation is what I really want to do"?
0:15:11 > 0:15:16We're in a recession. You may not have felt that bite, but we've got to do what pays the bills.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Why Francis? - He was strong in the last round,
0:15:19 > 0:15:23but a couple of questions he got wrong were quite easy this round.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Francis, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:15:31 > 0:15:37Anne spoke to me about my biceps and going to the gym. I thought she was a bit harsh.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Maybe I should get back in and work a bit harder.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Round 3. In your bank, £1,250. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:15:47 > 0:15:53We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's little Tom.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:15:56 > 0:16:02In the spelling of "banana", meaning a yellow-skinned fruit, which vowel letter appears three times?
0:16:02 > 0:16:09- A.- Correct. The area traditionally known as the Kingdom of Fife is in which country of the UK?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- England.- Scotland.
0:16:11 > 0:16:17In the season that began in 2004, the name of the second tier of English football was changed
0:16:17 > 0:16:19from Division One to what?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- The Premier League. - No, Championship.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Which of these TV comedy series had a predominantly female cast?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Smack The Pony or Drop The Dead Donkey?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Smack The Pony.- Correct.
0:16:32 > 0:16:38At the dining table, a serrated implement used to cut meat is known as a steak what?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- Knife.- Correct.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45In the novels of Mark Twain, what is the full first name of the friend of Tom Sawyer
0:16:45 > 0:16:48who is referred to as Huck Finn?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50- Huckleberry.- Correct.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54What D is the US term for what is known in the UK as a nappy?
0:16:54 > 0:17:01- A diaper.- Correct.- Bank!- In science, what is the common five-letter name for "methylated spirits"?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- White.- Meths.
0:17:05 > 0:17:10In an orchestra, which household device used to boil water can precede the word "drum"
0:17:10 > 0:17:13to make the name of a percussion instrument?
0:17:13 > 0:17:20- Pass.- Kettle. A citizen who obeys all the rules and regulations of the country in which he or she lives
0:17:20 > 0:17:23is often said to be what "abiding"?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- Law.- Correct.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30In a much parodied scene from the 1957 film The Seventh Seal,
0:17:30 > 0:17:35a medieval knight plays the Grim Reaper at which game? Chess or Twister?
0:17:35 > 0:17:41- Chess.- Correct. In ornithology, the name of which species of owl native to Britain
0:17:41 > 0:17:45indicates that its organs of hearing are not very long?
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- Short-eared.- Correct.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53- Bank!- In an informal name given to the rail link between England and France,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56"Chunnel" is an abbreviation of which two words?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- Channel Tunnel.- Correct.
0:17:58 > 0:18:05What C can refer both to a container for tea and to a person who carries the clubs of a golfer?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- Caddy.- Correct.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10In maths, what is 53 plus 17?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- 70.- Correct.
0:18:14 > 0:18:20- Bank!- In religion, a popular hymn written by John Newton in the 18th century begins with the line,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23"Amazing grace, how sweet the" what?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- Your name.- Sound.
0:18:25 > 0:18:31In money, on a UK £1 coin, the date of issue is inscribed on which side? Heads or tails?
0:18:31 > 0:18:37- Tails.- Heads. In pop music, the self-proclaimed greatest band...
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Time's up. You won £400.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46So, who's reached for the stars and who's languishing in the gutter?
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Who's plain sailing and who's missed the boat?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:53 > 0:18:59As the only player to get all her answers wrong, Frankie is the weakest link.
0:18:59 > 0:19:05The strongest link statistically is Ted, but will the other players realise that?
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Frankie.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Frankie.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Frankie.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Frankie.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Frankie.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Pete.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Frankie.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- What do you do, Ted? - I drive a train, Anne, in a mine.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43- Where? - It's a place called Morwellham on the banks of the River Tamar.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- What are you collecting in the mine?- It used to mine copper hundreds of years ago.
0:19:48 > 0:19:54- We take tourists and school parties and anyone who wants to come. - You talk to the visitors?- I do.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Do you never let go of a detail?
0:19:56 > 0:20:02- Detail has to be part of it because you get so many questions that people are interested in.- Like what?
0:20:02 > 0:20:08When the mine opened, when it closed, how many men worked there, what they ate, where they went to the toilet.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13Let me guess. What are you doing when you're not driving the train?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Something really exotic(!)
0:20:15 > 0:20:21Very often in the winter, because we had a winter break this year, I'm actually making a model railway.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- That'll astonish everybody(!) - I thought it would.- Why Frankie?
0:20:25 > 0:20:30Unfortunately, lovely girl, Frankie, but you did get two questions wrong.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35- What do you do, Julia?- I'm a science lecturer.- What's your speciality?
0:20:35 > 0:20:40Microbiology, cell biology, a bit of anatomy and physiology.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44You're just a dour Scottish woman with a fabulously dull job.
0:20:44 > 0:20:50- Certainly not. My job is very exciting.- But you're not very exciting?- I'm tremendously exciting.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55- What bit of you is exciting? - All sorts.- Like what? - What I do in my spare time.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Have you got a model railway? - No, I do a bit of dancing.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01What sort of dancing?
0:21:01 > 0:21:06- I used to do a bit of street dance. - What's street dance?- A bit like, you know, Cheryl Cole videos.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I don't. Put your board down. Move next to Ted.
0:21:11 > 0:21:17- What's a street dance? - Well, a little bit of shaking your bum, that sort of thing.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- What else?- A bit of Madonna-esque moves, that sort of thing.
0:21:21 > 0:21:29- Do you feel you're like Madonna? - Certainly not. I'm not quite as old as her.- Pop up. Put your board up.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- Why Frankie?- Again because she got a couple of questions wrong.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38Three questions wrong. Frankie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51Well, I'm glad I was voted off at this third round, rather than the first one,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55so I'm pleased, I'm happy. Excellent.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Round 4. In the bank, £1,650. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06We'll start with the strongest link. That's Ted. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Start the clock.
0:22:09 > 0:22:16What was the title of the 1980s sitcom set in the Sunshine Cab Company in New York?
0:22:16 > 0:22:22- Taxi.- Correct. In modern history, in 1952 the state of Israel offered its presidency
0:22:22 > 0:22:26to which eminent Jewish physicist, then a citizen of the USA?
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- Pass.- Albert Einstein.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36At the Olympics, what G is a sport with exercises for men including the rings and the horizontal bar?
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- Gymnastics.- Correct. In women's fashion,
0:22:40 > 0:22:45which word follows bubble and pencil to give the name of two garments?
0:22:45 > 0:22:50- Skirt.- Correct. June, in the 1999 film Notting Hill,
0:22:50 > 0:22:58the bookseller gets to know the actress after he accidentally soaks her with orange juice or vinegar?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- Orange juice.- Correct.
0:23:01 > 0:23:08In nature in the 1950s, the viral disease myxomatosis reduced the UK population of which wild mammal
0:23:08 > 0:23:10by over 90%?
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- Rabbits.- Correct. - Bank!
0:23:14 > 0:23:20What's the full name of the Roman ruler under whom the Julian calendar was introduced in 46BC?
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- Pass.- Julius Caesar.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27In Asian geography, Riyadh is the capital city of which Middle Eastern country?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31- Saudi Arabia.- In pop music, what E is the title
0:23:31 > 0:23:35of a 2003 UK number one album by the White Stripes?
0:23:37 > 0:23:45- Pass.- Elephant. In scientific terminology, if the prefix "tri" means three, "tetra" means how many?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- 10.- Four.
0:23:47 > 0:23:53In broadcasting, the Belfast-born presenter who began hosting the sports show Fighting Talk
0:23:53 > 0:23:57on Radio 5Live in 2006 is Colin who?
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- Pass.- Murray.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04On a standard roulette wheel, apart from the zero, which is green,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08the numbered slots alternate between black and which primary colour?
0:24:08 > 0:24:14- Red.- Correct. In communications, the service that informs someone using a telephone
0:24:14 > 0:24:18that another incoming call is holding is known as call what?
0:24:18 > 0:24:24- Waiting.- In the animal kingdom, a Lion's Mane is a type of what - jellyfish or sea bird?
0:24:25 > 0:24:31- Jellyfish.- Correct.- Bank. - In TV, in which light drama series did Matt Di Angelo and Kelly Adams
0:24:31 > 0:24:38first appear in 2009 as the sibling con artists Sean and Emma Kennedy?
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Time's up. The answer was Hustle.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46You won £300.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51But who thinks the Madonna with Child is an adoption agency?
0:24:51 > 0:24:57Who thinks Silicon Valley is Jordan's cleavage? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03With the most wrong answers, Tom is the weakest link.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Statistically, David is the strongest link, but whose game is over?
0:25:10 > 0:25:15Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Pete.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Ted.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Tom.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Tom.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27June.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Tom.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35So, Pete, why Tom?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37I'm afraid Tom got two wrong.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43- Julia, why do you want to get rid of Tom? - I think he got a couple wrong.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Tom, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57I think I was voted off in a clear-cut case of ageism.
0:25:57 > 0:26:03I was the youngest by a distance so they were threatened by my brain cells, I expect.
0:26:04 > 0:26:10Round 5. In the bank, £1,950. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14We'll start with David. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Start the clock.
0:26:16 > 0:26:23In English history, what first name was shared by two queens who came from Aragon and Braganza?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- Anne?- Catherine.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30In vocabulary, the name of which precious metal is also a colloquial term for cutlery,
0:26:30 > 0:26:35second prize and coins worth between 5p and 50p?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- Copper.- Silver.
0:26:37 > 0:26:43In theatre, according to the title of the song from the musical Gypsy by Stephen Sondheim,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Everything's Coming Up what?
0:26:45 > 0:26:52- Roses.- Correct. In architecture, what A can mean a series of arches supported by columns
0:26:52 > 0:26:56and a covered passageway between streets containing shops?
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- Archway.- Arcade.
0:26:58 > 0:27:06In cinema, the 1997 black comedy featuring John Cusack as a hit man going to a high school reunion
0:27:06 > 0:27:08is entitled Grosse Point what?
0:27:08 > 0:27:15- Pass.- Blank. In gastronomy, what is the maximum number of Michelin stars
0:27:15 > 0:27:17that can be awarded to a restaurant?
0:27:19 > 0:27:25- Five?- Three. In the UK, a Lonsdale Belt is awarded to British champions in which sport?
0:27:25 > 0:27:30- Boxing.- Correct. In pop music, Morrissey had a UK hit single
0:27:30 > 0:27:34in 1989 with The Last of the Famous International what?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- Movie stars.- Playboys.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Which bird that lays its eggs in nests made by others
0:27:41 > 0:27:46precedes flower and pint in the name of two plants?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Blackbird.- Cuckoo.
0:27:50 > 0:27:56In literature, the 1972 novel by Ira Levin about a town of submissive women
0:27:56 > 0:27:58is entitled The Stepford what?
0:27:58 > 0:28:03- Wives.- Correct. In maths, what is 97 minus 88?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- 9.- Correct. - Bank!
0:28:07 > 0:28:13In a series of horror films, what B is the name of the vampire hunter played by Wesley Snipes?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- Pass.- Blade.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18In surreptitious exchanges,
0:28:18 > 0:28:25illicit cash payments and personal information are said to be handed over in what colour envelopes?
0:28:26 > 0:28:31- Black?- Brown. In geography, the Point of Ayre is the northernmost extremity
0:28:31 > 0:28:33of which island in the Irish Sea?
0:28:33 > 0:28:36- Isle of Man.- Correct.- Bank!
0:28:38 > 0:28:43Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won just £70.
0:28:43 > 0:28:51Who's now raising nothing but your blood pressure? Who's going down quicker than mortgage approvals?
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59The statistics reveal that June is the strongest link.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04The weakest link is Pete, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:29:06 > 0:29:11Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Julia.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Julia.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19June.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Pete.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25June.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30We have a tie, team. June and Julia - two votes each.
0:29:30 > 0:29:36- David, why Julia?- I just noticed she got a couple of questions wrong.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41- Ted, why June?- A couple of questions wrong, I'm afraid.- Really? - We all had a bad round.
0:29:41 > 0:29:47The strongest link gets the deciding vote and the strongest link was June.
0:29:47 > 0:29:55- June, why have you voted for Julia? - Because I thought she did have two questions wrong.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59- Presumably you don't want to get rid of yourself. You'll stick?- I will.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Julia, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:09 > 0:30:15I quite enjoyed my chat with Anne. She was a lot funnier than I expected her to be.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17She's very sharp, very quick.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21I don't think she was too harsh. Quite gentle.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Round 6. In the bank, £2,020. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32We'll start with June. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Start the clock.
0:30:34 > 0:30:40In British politics, what G is the collective term for the party that sits opposite the Opposition?
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Governing?- I'll accept governing.
0:30:46 > 0:30:52In slang terms, the name given to flabby upper arms on middle-aged women is bingo what?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57- Jaws.- Wings.
0:30:57 > 0:31:04In hip hop music, the phrase often used to describe a style considered relatively traditional
0:31:04 > 0:31:06is old school or pre-school?
0:31:06 > 0:31:11- Old school?- Correct. In 19th-century literature,
0:31:11 > 0:31:15the novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was by which French author?
0:31:15 > 0:31:19- Jules Verne.- Correct.- Bank!- In food,
0:31:19 > 0:31:25a cross-section of which savoury snack consists of breadcrumbs, sausage meat, egg white and yolk?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27- Scotch egg.- Correct.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31In TV, which American drama series that began in 1999
0:31:31 > 0:31:36starred James Gandolfini as a Mafia boss?
0:31:37 > 0:31:40- CSI?- The Sopranos.
0:31:40 > 0:31:46- Bank!- In local government, Northallerton is the administrative HQ of the county of North what?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- Shropshire?- Yorkshire.
0:31:49 > 0:31:55Which term for a room where artworks are exhibited follows shooting to give the name for a place
0:31:55 > 0:31:57for target practice with firearms?
0:31:57 > 0:32:02- Gallery.- Correct. In film, at the 2010 Academy Awards
0:32:02 > 0:32:08for the first time since 1943 instead of five Best Picture nominees there were how many?
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- Six.- Ten.
0:32:11 > 0:32:17In definitions, someone who can speak many languages is known as a polyglot or pollyanna?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- Polyglot.- Correct.
0:32:20 > 0:32:28The Belgian former cyclist nicknamed The Cannibal because of his ferocious appetite for success
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- is Eddy who?- Pass.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Merckx.
0:32:32 > 0:32:39In religion, a censer is a vessel suspended by chains and swung during church services while burning what?
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- Incense.- Correct.- Bank!
0:32:42 > 0:32:44The 1966 song...
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Time's up and you won £70.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53So is Ted about to go off the rails?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Has June made a meal of things?
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Are David's chances receding like his hair?
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Or maybe Pete's offended you?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:07 > 0:33:12In a sudden reversal of fortune, Pete is now the strongest link.
0:33:12 > 0:33:18The weakest link, statistically, is David, but can he survive the vote?
0:33:19 > 0:33:25Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Ted.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29Ted.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33June.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Ted.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45- Pete, why Ted?- I think Ted got a couple of questions wrong.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50- David, why Ted?- Again, I think he got a couple wrong. Time to go home.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- But you weren't any better. - Allegedly.
0:33:53 > 0:33:59- What do you mean, allegedly? You were the worst player. - I can't vote for myself.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Ted, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13When I came today, I had three ambitions. One was to not get voted off first,
0:34:13 > 0:34:17one was to have something said about me when you get to the last four
0:34:17 > 0:34:21and, finally, to make Anne laugh. Yes!
0:34:22 > 0:34:27Round 7. In the bank, £2,090. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32We'll start with Pete. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Start the clock.
0:34:34 > 0:34:40In ornithology, what P is a large game bird that has ornamental species called Golden
0:34:40 > 0:34:42and Lady Amherst's?
0:34:42 > 0:34:49- Pheasant.- Correct. In measures, King Henry I defined a yard as the distance from the end
0:34:49 > 0:34:53of his outstretched thumb to the tip of which organ?
0:34:55 > 0:35:02His nose. In TV, which pianist and band leader began his presenting career in the 1980s
0:35:02 > 0:35:05as a co-host on The Tube?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- Jools Holland.- Correct. - Bank!
0:35:09 > 0:35:16Chinook, Sirocco and Santa Ana are all examples of what - winds or rainbows?
0:35:16 > 0:35:19- Winds.- Correct. In gardening,
0:35:19 > 0:35:25an annual flower show has been held since 1990 at which Royal palace situated by the River Thames?
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- Chelsea.- Hampton Court Palace. David, in film,
0:35:29 > 0:35:35which British comedian played the toy maker in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1968
0:35:35 > 0:35:39and Professor Peach in The Italian Job in 1969?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- Don't know.- Benny Hill.
0:35:41 > 0:35:47In food history, what C was the surname of the miller who first advertised his mustard in 1814
0:35:47 > 0:35:50in the Norwich Chronicle?
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- Charles.- Coleman.
0:35:52 > 0:35:58In Roman mythology, a fawn was a rural god that was part-man and part which creature?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00- Deer.- Goat.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04According to the maxim known as Parkinson's Law,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07what expands to fill the time available?
0:36:07 > 0:36:11- Energy.- Work. Pete, in 2007
0:36:11 > 0:36:19the actress Eva Longoria married Frenchman Tony Parker, who was a professional player of which sport?
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- Football.- Basketball. June... - Bank!- In genetics,
0:36:22 > 0:36:27a type of protein important in the development process has what nickname -
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Sonic Hedgehog or Super Mario?
0:36:30 > 0:36:35- Super Mario.- Sonic Hedgehog. In international...
0:36:37 > 0:36:43Time's up. You only won £20. In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48Think very carefully because you need to raise the bank balance.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57For the second time in the game, Pete is the strongest link.
0:36:57 > 0:37:03Statistically, June is the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?
0:37:04 > 0:37:10Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12Pete.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Pete.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21June.
0:37:23 > 0:37:29- David, why Pete? - He had a difficult round there. I noticed he got two or three wrong.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34There was no question of you getting rid of your rival?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- No, none whatsoever.- No...
0:37:37 > 0:37:43No, absolutely not(!) Cos June, you didn't answer a single question correctly, did you?
0:37:43 > 0:37:46No, I didn't. I was dreadful.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51- David didn't notice.- That's amazing. - Why have you voted for Pete?
0:37:51 > 0:37:57Well, I thought they both had a couple of questions wrong and it was just a question of...
0:37:57 > 0:38:03- Eenie meenie miney mo.- A wee bit. I knew I was the worst. - Pete was the best.- Oh, dear.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Oh, dear.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09Pete, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18I would hate to see David win
0:38:18 > 0:38:24because of the tactical voting he's used in this round in my opinion.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28And I think June is a more deserved winner.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35Round 8. In the bank, £2,110. In this round, 90 seconds.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:38 > 0:38:44You voted off the strongest link, so we'll start with the second strongest. That's David.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53In dogs, what B is a breed of terrier named after a town in Northumberland?
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Yorkshire?- Bedlington.
0:38:56 > 0:39:02In literature, the 1950s novels The End Of The Affair and The Quiet American were written by Graham who?
0:39:03 > 0:39:09- Greene.- Correct. In human biology, in the circulatory system of an adult,
0:39:09 > 0:39:13there are how many miles of blood vessels - 6 or 60,000?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- Six.- 60,000.
0:39:16 > 0:39:22In film, the 1944 musical in which Judy Garland falls in love with the boy next door
0:39:22 > 0:39:24is Meet Me In where?
0:39:24 > 0:39:28- St Louis.- Correct.- Bank! - In English cricket,
0:39:28 > 0:39:34a score of 111, considered unlucky, is referred to by the surname of which naval hero?
0:39:34 > 0:39:41- Nelson?- Correct. In geography, the North Atlantic islands of Lanzarote, La Palma and Tenerife
0:39:41 > 0:39:44are in a group known by what name?
0:39:44 > 0:39:49- Canaries.- I'll accept.- Bank! - In maths, what is 96 divided by 2?
0:39:52 > 0:39:58- 48.- Correct. Which religious movement that originated in Jamaica in the 1920s
0:39:58 > 0:40:02has a name derived from that of the Ethiopian emperor?
0:40:03 > 0:40:09Rastafarianism. In the British Army, which of these is a traditional nickname for a private soldier -
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Tommy Lee or Tommy Atkins?
0:40:11 > 0:40:18- Tommy Atkins.- Correct.- Bank! - In pop music, Dark Horse was a UK hit album in 2008 for...
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Time's up. You won £90. We'll treble that.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29It means you have prize money of:
0:40:29 > 0:40:33There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36If there's a tie, sudden death.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41So, June and David, for £2,380 let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48June, you have the choice of who goes first.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50I'll go first.
0:40:52 > 0:40:58In the animal kingdom, which endangered amphibian native to Britain
0:40:58 > 0:41:02has a species called the Great Crested
0:41:02 > 0:41:05with the alternative name Warty?
0:41:07 > 0:41:11- Pass. - The correct answer is the newt.
0:41:12 > 0:41:18Which actor speaks the line, "All I see are dead people," in the film 12 Monkeys
0:41:18 > 0:41:26and hears the line, "I see dead people," in the thriller The Sixth Sense?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Bruce Willis.- That is correct.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33The blue electrical discharge described as fire
0:41:33 > 0:41:39that is sometimes seen above the masts of ships or around aircraft
0:41:39 > 0:41:43is named after which patron saint of sailors?
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Pass. - The correct answer is St Elmo.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50In architecture,
0:41:50 > 0:41:58the Burj Khalipha, which at 828 metres high became the world's tallest building
0:41:58 > 0:42:01when it opened in 2010
0:42:01 > 0:42:05is in which of the United Arab Emirates?
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- Dubai.- That is correct.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13June, in popular music, Lance Corporal Ryan Idzi,
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Sergeant Major Gary Chilton
0:42:17 > 0:42:20and Sergeant Richie Maddocks
0:42:20 > 0:42:25had a UK hit album in 2009 entitled Coming Home,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28performing under what name?
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- The Soldiers. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:31 > 0:42:38In cookery, which red food colouring is made from the dried bodies of insects
0:42:38 > 0:42:43that live in South and Central America on cactus plants?
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- Crab? - No, the correct answer is cochineal.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52In geography,
0:42:52 > 0:42:58after New York, which city is the next most highly populated in the United States?
0:42:58 > 0:43:02- Chicago. - The correct answer is Los Angeles.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07In the human body, what name is shared by four cavities in the brain
0:43:07 > 0:43:12and two in the lower part of the heart?
0:43:13 > 0:43:16- Ventricle?- That is correct.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22That means, David, you are today's strongest link
0:43:22 > 0:43:26and you go away with:
0:43:26 > 0:43:29June, you leave with nothing.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39My friends, family, grandchildren and everyone I know will be amazed
0:43:39 > 0:43:44because I expected to go out in the first round.
0:43:44 > 0:43:50My message to June is she's a lovely lady, I looked after her throughout the whole show
0:43:50 > 0:43:55and she was at my side. I'm sorry she had to leave, but there has to be a winner
0:43:55 > 0:43:57and it was me.
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