0:00:02 > 0:00:05'Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09'Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15'The others will leave with nothing, when voted off as the weakest link.'
0:00:29 > 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 > 0:00:44They've only just met, but to get the prize money they'll have to work together.
0:00:44 > 0:00:50However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58I'm John. I'm 49. I'm from Belfast and I'm an event organiser.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04I'm Victoria. I'm 21. I'm from Glasgow and I'm a geography student.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09I'm Alan. I'm 56. I'm from Cam and I'm a cleaning manager.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15I'm Carol. I'm 44. I'm from Leeds and I'm a fish bar manager.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I'm Mark, age 39 from County Durham, and I'm a professional gambler.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I'm Alison. I'm 59.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I'm from Hadlow Down and I'm a local government officer.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31I'm Craig. I'm 26. I'm from Romford and I'm a media studies student.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36I'm Rachael. I'm 34. I'm from Fleet and I'm a CAD technician.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I'm Bob. I'm 61. I'm from South Shields and I'm retired.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47To remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Break the chain, and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Round one, three minutes on the clock.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15That's you, Alan. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Most human beings have how many ears?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Two.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30What A was the first name
0:02:30 > 0:02:35of the famous English author of detective fiction born in 1890
0:02:35 > 0:02:41who usually wrote under her married surname, Christie?
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Pass.- Agatha.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51The two-word term for a traditional verse or song for young children
0:02:51 > 0:02:53is a "nursery..." what?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Rhyme.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59What is the general name for the adult farm animals
0:02:59 > 0:03:03of which the males are called rams and the females are ewes?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Sheep.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10A lightweight leisure outfit with a shiny nylon outer layer
0:03:10 > 0:03:16and a soft cotton lining is called a what, "shell suit" or "clam coat?"
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Shell suit.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23Persistently attempting to achieve something without success
0:03:23 > 0:03:27is likened to "banging your head against a brick..." what?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Wall.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32In cricket, the terms "century" and "ton"
0:03:32 > 0:03:38both refer to an individual score of at least how many runs?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42100.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47The march often played at weddings that comes from an opera by Wagner
0:03:47 > 0:03:50is popularly known as Here Comes The... what?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Bride.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57What D is the name of the official language of the Netherlands?
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Dutch.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02The boiled poultry product covered in sausage meat
0:04:02 > 0:04:07then coated in breadcrumbs and fried is called a "Scotch..." what?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Egg.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12"Lav" and "lavvy" are informal abbreviations
0:04:12 > 0:04:14of which word for a toilet?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- Lavatory.- Bank.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22You've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26That money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.
0:04:26 > 0:04:33Who's so hopeless they might well get lost on the walk of shame?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Who is worse than dreadful? Who needs to go?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46'As the only player to get an answer wrong, Carol is the weakest link.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51'The strongest link is Alan, but will the voting reflect reality?'
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Carol.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Carol.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Carol.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Alan.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Carol.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Carol.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Carol.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Carol.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Carol.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Where are you from, Bob? - I'm from South Shields.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- What do you do in South Shields? - I'm retired, Anne.
0:05:24 > 0:05:31- How do you keep busy?- I've got a karaoke business. I write poetry and compile joke books.- Yes.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- You'd be suitable for Opportunity Knocks.- Probably.- And a poem?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Here I am on the Weakest Link
0:05:37 > 0:05:40With the queen of sarcasm, that's Annie.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Where I come from in Geordie land We would say you are quite canny.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47With your ginger locks and sexy specs
0:05:47 > 0:05:49You wear black frocks for kicks.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53I think I really fancy you You look good for 66.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- But I'm 67. - It was 66 when I wrote it.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Why Carol? - Carol got a question wrong.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- What do you do, Rachael? - I'm a CAD technician.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- We, basically, fit out offices... - You don't need to say "basically".
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Either you do fit out offices or you don't fit out offices.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- We do.- Yes. And you're a designer, are you?
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- Yes.- With years of experience of fitting out offices.- Quite a bit.
0:06:17 > 0:06:23- How much experience?- About four years.- What else have you designed?
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- Homes, private interior design, rather than commercial.- Really?
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- You can do kitchens, can you?- Yes. - Can you cook?- A little bit.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37- Someone who can only cook a little bit has been designing kitchens?- That's right.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- What other talents do you have? - Well, I sing in a band.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Good. Put your board down.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Funky singing?- Yes. Very. - Off you go.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- FAINT AMERICAN ACCENT - # Ooh, baby, not tonight
0:06:52 > 0:06:55# I don't wanna fuss and fight... #
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- Where are you from? - From Hampshire.- Yeah.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- Can't you sing in your normal voice? - What do you mean?
0:07:03 > 0:07:08- You've got an American accent.- No. - Put your board up.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Why Carol?- I think she got a question wrong.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- What do you do, Craig? - I'm a media student, Anne.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Where are you doing media studies? - The University of East London.
0:07:17 > 0:07:24- Dissertation?- I'm developing the idea that there's an East Asian-isation of Western cinema.
0:07:24 > 0:07:30- How many words have you written? - I haven't written any yet.- How many words do you need to write?- 8,000.
0:07:30 > 0:07:38What sort of media job do you think will need you to know how to write 8,000 words on that subject?
0:07:38 > 0:07:43- With any luck, I'm looking to going into being a media teacher.- Y-yes.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- So it's self-perpetuating, isn't it? - Well, yeah.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53You're unlikely to get a job in the media, so you teach more people how to become media teachers.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58I'm going to be a teacher whilst writing and directing my own films.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03Suppose you teach someone who wants to work on a national newspaper.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08Wouldn't it be more use if you taught them how to write on a subject in 300 words?
0:08:10 > 0:08:16- That's too complicated for you.- No. - Can you sing?- I can. - Put your board down.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Been eating a lot at university?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- Actually, I've been losing weight. - Have you?- Yes.- Can you do country?
0:08:26 > 0:08:32- I can do. - What are you going to sing?- I can do Turn The Page.- Off you go.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36# On a long and lonesome highway
0:08:36 > 0:08:38# East of Omaha
0:08:38 > 0:08:44# You can listen to the engine moaning out its one-note song
0:08:44 > 0:08:47# You can think about the woman
0:08:47 > 0:08:52# Or the girl you knew the night before. #
0:08:52 > 0:08:57Why don't you try singing as a career? That might be more useful than a media studies teacher.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- I think being a teacher pays better. - Put your board up.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- Why Carol?- She was the only person to get a question wrong.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09She was. Carol, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I feel disappointed to be voted off in the first round.
0:09:25 > 0:09:31I got the question wrong, but I came first in something so I'm quite proud of myself!
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Round two. In the bank, £1,000.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38We're taking ten seconds off your time.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, miserable Alan.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Start the clock.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52The actress known for her role as a cave woman in the 1966 adventure
0:09:52 > 0:09:55One Million BC uses the professional name Raquel... what?
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- Welch. - In UK officialdom,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02the standards introduced in 2005 for passport photographs
0:10:02 > 0:10:06banned people from wearing what, hats or ties?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- Hats. - In TV, in 2011,
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Ross Noble, Bob Geldof and Rowan Atkinson were guests in a feature
0:10:14 > 0:10:19called Star In A Reasonably Priced Car on which motoring series?
0:10:19 > 0:10:24- Top Gear.- Ottawa is the capital city of which country?
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Canada.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30The writer appointed for a ten-year term as Poet Laureate in 1999
0:10:30 > 0:10:34and was knighted in 2009 is Sir Andrew... who?
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Motion.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40Although it's orange, Leicester cheese is traditionally described
0:10:40 > 0:10:43as being what primary colour?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Orange.- Red.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51If VJ Day is a celebration of the Allied victory over Japan,
0:10:51 > 0:10:55VE Day marks the formal end to the conflict in which continent?
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Europe. - The American singer
0:10:58 > 0:11:02who had UK hit singles with I Drove All Night, Time After Time
0:11:02 > 0:11:05and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is Cyndi... who?
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Lauper.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10In British politics, the MP who, in 2010,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14was appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
0:11:14 > 0:11:17has what name, Eric Pickles or Ernie Dips?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Eric Pickles.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- Bank.- If someone is making a painful experience worse,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25they are commonly said to be rubbing which condiment into the wound?
0:11:25 > 0:11:30- Salt.- A lunar eclipse involves the alignment of the Earth,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33the sun and which other celestial body?
0:11:33 > 0:11:34The moon.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Which term means to apply the brakes on some types of bicycle
0:11:38 > 0:11:43by reversing the direction of the motion of the feet?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Back pedal.- Bank.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48The 2010 legal thriller entitled The Confession,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51about a man who is wrongly convicted of murder,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54is by which American crime writer?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- Pass.- John Grisham.
0:12:00 > 0:12:06What W means to accustom a child or animal to food other than milk?
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Wean.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13The EastEnders character played by Pam St Clement, whose four husbands
0:12:13 > 0:12:17were called Beale, Wicks, Butcher and Evans, has what first name?
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- Pat.- In human biology, rod cells and cone cells
0:12:21 > 0:12:23are specific to which organs?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- Eyes.- Bank.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29In text messaging, an emoticon comprising of a colon
0:12:29 > 0:12:32followed by a hyphen and a round open bracket
0:12:32 > 0:12:35expresses what, sadness or surprise?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- Surprise.- Bank.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Sadness.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46So your bank was useless, and you only won £270.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Whose fault was that?
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Who probably thinks an optimist is someone who checks your eyesight,
0:12:53 > 0:12:57and thinks a pessimist checks the other end?
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Who's lost you most money in that last round?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10'The statistics show that Mark is the strongest link.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15'The weakest link is Bob, but who will the team want off?'
0:13:16 > 0:13:21Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Alan.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Alan.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Rachael.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Bob.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Alan.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Bob.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Alan.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Alan.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- Where are you from, John? - I'm from Belfast.- What do you do?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- I work as an event organiser. - Organising events for whom?
0:13:47 > 0:13:52We work with government departments, private clients, voluntary sector.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56So we're paying for government departments to have fun and parties?
0:13:56 > 0:14:02All the events we do for government have a serious message that they're trying to communicate.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- No kiss-o-grams?- No kiss-o-grams. - No naked butlers?- No.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- So you don't do any exciting events? - They are exciting.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14- They're exciting for the people who are there.- OK. Put your board down.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- Now, imagine it's my next birthday. - Right.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- What birthday is that, John?- 68.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Try again, cos you're in show business now.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- What birthday is that, John?- 68?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30No, you see, you're just not...
0:14:30 > 0:14:34in showbiz - get into your showbiz zone.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- OK, what birthday is that?- 68.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43I want you to sell me
0:14:43 > 0:14:48your company's idea of a really, really racy event for my birthday.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52We can organise champagne fountains, lighting up dance floors,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55star cloth, bands, entertainers,
0:14:55 > 0:15:00- especially themed menus, dressing of the room, we can do all that.- Yes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- What sort of entertainers?- Singers, bands...- What sort of singers?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- Popular singers that'll entertain you...- Name me a popular singer.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- Well, they would all be... - Name me a popular singer.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19- Local bands. You wouldn't have heard of them.- I could have Daniel O'Donnell.- If you could afford him.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25- Give me an idea what he'd sing. - I don't know what he would sing. We haven't used him before.- Why not?
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- I don't know his repertoire. - Whose repertoire do you know?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Well, I don't know... I don't do the music, really.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36No. You don't do show business, do you? Put your board up.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Why Alan? - Because he got a question wrong.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- What are you doing, Victoria? - I'm a student.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- Studying...?- Human geography. - You know the body, do you?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Um... I suppose. A little.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53What's a human geographist?
0:15:53 > 0:15:57We study a little bit more like sociology and anthropology,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00but we do it based around space.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Are you doing a thesis? - A dissertation this year, yes.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- What's your dissertation on? - Disability and dance.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10- Have you got any talents, other than geography?- Yes. I can dance.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15- What sort of dancing? - We do tap, hip-hop, cheer...
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- Oh, you can do cheer?- Yes. - OK, put your board down.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23What can you cheer to?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25We do cheer poms, so it's...
0:16:25 > 0:16:31- Cheer poms?- Cheer pom. It's dance routines with pom poms, basically.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- Have you got a boyfriend? - I have a fiance.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Does he pull your pom poms?- Often.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Yes, good. What's that like?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Fairly enjoyable.- Yeah.
0:16:41 > 0:16:48- Put your board up. Why Alan? - He's the last person I remember to get a question wrong.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Alan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01My job as a cleaning manager in a nuclear power station is quite intense.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Talking to Anne wouldn't have fazed me whatsoever.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Round three. In the bank, £1,270. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Mark.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21The title of which Lou Reed song
0:17:21 > 0:17:25that was covered in a charity recording by various artists in 1997
0:17:25 > 0:17:27means "ideal 24 hours"?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- Perfect Day. - In the American Civil War,
0:17:31 > 0:17:38what U was the term for the supporters of the northern states?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- Pass.- Unionists.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44What's the title of the painting by Leonardo Da Vinci
0:17:44 > 0:17:48depicting the final meal of Christ with his disciples?
0:17:48 > 0:17:53- The Last Supper. - What's 79 plus 25?
0:18:01 > 0:18:02104.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07The 2011 thriller directed by and starring George Clooney
0:18:07 > 0:18:09about political corruption
0:18:09 > 0:18:13is entitled The Ides Of... which month?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15March.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19In the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville,
0:18:19 > 0:18:24the first mate on board the ship has what surname, Costa or Starbuck?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Starbuck.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28When it's causing recurrent pain,
0:18:28 > 0:18:33which part of the large intestine is informally said to be grumbling?
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- Your stomach.- The appendix.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40In which TV show broadcast from 1994 to 2010, was the audience asked
0:18:40 > 0:18:44to choose between the green kitchen and the red kitchen?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- Can't Cook, Won't Cook. - Ready, Steady, Cook.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52The town in Wiltshire noted for its bridge dating from the 13th century
0:18:52 > 0:18:54is called Bradford on... what?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Avon.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a pair of scales?
0:19:00 > 0:19:01Libra.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06Which word for an item of underwear follows "fancy" and "smarty"
0:19:06 > 0:19:10to make colloquial terms for people who try to appear sophisticated?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Pants.- Bank.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16In science, "divide by five, multiply by nine and add 32"
0:19:16 > 0:19:19is the formula converting Celsius to which temperature scale?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Fahrenheit.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23In the theatre, a line of seats
0:19:23 > 0:19:27identified by a letter of the alphabet is a what, column or row?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- Row.- Bank.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33The seasonal title of the 2011 Christmas album by Justin Bieber
0:19:33 > 0:19:35is Under The... what?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- Mistletoe. - In old-fashioned English,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40"brethren" is one of the plurals of which word?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Brothers.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45During the 1990s,
0:19:45 > 0:19:49the actor Mickey Rourke sustained injuries including a broken nose
0:19:49 > 0:19:53when he became a professional in which sport?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- Stunt car racing.- Boxing.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58In...
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Time's up. You won £150.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Who needs a plan B? Who's on plan Z?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16'Alison is the weakest link, as she gave the most wrong answers.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21'Statistically, Bob is the strongest link, but how will the votes go?'
0:20:22 > 0:20:27Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Alison.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Alison.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Alison.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Victoria.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Alison.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Craig.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Alison.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- What do you do, Mark? - I'm a professional gambler, Anne.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50- What do you gamble on?- Horses.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55- Are you one of those rare gamblers who makes money?- So far, so good.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- How much do you make a year? - Probably not as much as you.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- What does the wife do? - She's a teacher.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Who makes more money, the wife or Mark? - The wife's part time, so me.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10- Why Alison?- I think she got two questions wrong.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- Craig, the media studies student. - Yes, Anne.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16What's the dissertation on again?
0:21:16 > 0:21:20The east Asian-isation of Western cinema.
0:21:20 > 0:21:26- Did you lose the weight while you were thinking of that title? - No, I had weight-loss surgery.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Did you? How much did you weigh?
0:21:29 > 0:21:34I was the largest professional wrestler in Europe. I was 35 stone.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39- So you've lost how many stone? - I've lost 18 and a half, Anne.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44- 18 and a half stone?- Yes.- Wrestling is something you'll fall back on?
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Wrestling is something I started doing for fun and I'll continue doing for fun.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- Whatever comes of it, comes of it. - Why Alison?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- She got most questions wrong. - She did.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Alison, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09I have enjoyed my go on the show.
0:22:09 > 0:22:15I'm very proud to have got to where I did, really.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Round four. In the bank, £1,420. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, old man Bob.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33In word processing, what J means to align text so that it runs flush
0:22:33 > 0:22:35against both left and right margins?
0:22:35 > 0:22:40- Justify.- In ornithology, which word meaning "timber" precedes "pigeon",
0:22:40 > 0:22:44"lark" and "pecker" to make the names of British birds?
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Wood.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Until he was deposed in 1979,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52the Shah was the ruler of the Middle Eastern country
0:22:52 > 0:22:55now known by what name?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- Pass.- Iran.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Cotton fibres are obtained from which parts of the plant,
0:23:01 > 0:23:04the roots or the seed pods?
0:23:04 > 0:23:05- Roots.- Seed pods.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09In TV, Tanya Turner, Liberty Baker and Lucy Milligan
0:23:09 > 0:23:11were among the title characters
0:23:11 > 0:23:15in the drama series first shown in 2002 entitled Footballers'... what?
0:23:15 > 0:23:20- Wives.- A famous triumphal arch in central London
0:23:20 > 0:23:25is named after which form of limestone?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- Sand. Sandstone...?- Marble.- Marble.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38In the 1975 film of the rock opera Tommy, Elton John performs a version
0:23:38 > 0:23:40of the song, Pinball... what?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Wizard.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46What P is the name of both the former capital of Scotland
0:23:46 > 0:23:48and a city in Western Australia?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- Perth.- Bank.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53The controversial modern British artist
0:23:53 > 0:23:56who was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1999
0:23:56 > 0:23:59for a work entitled My Bed is Tracey... who?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- Pass.- Emin.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Which French word for a castle or manor house
0:24:05 > 0:24:10forms the start of the names of many wines from the Bordeaux region?
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- Bord... Pass.- Chateau.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17The landing skids, swash plate and rotor blades
0:24:17 > 0:24:21are all components usually found on which type of aircraft?
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Jumbo jet.- Even a helicopter.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26What V precedes Linley
0:24:26 > 0:24:29in the courtesy title of David Armstrong Jones?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Viscount.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35What's 87 minus 14?
0:24:35 > 0:24:3673.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Which is the only spiny mammal native to Britain?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Hedgehog.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- Bank.- In the 2004 documentary Supersize Me,
0:24:46 > 0:24:48the filmmaker Morgan Spurlock
0:24:48 > 0:24:53existed for a month on a diet of what, fast food or insects?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Fast food.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59- Bank.- Walter Mondale and Al Gore have each...
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Time's up. You won £170.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09Who's now a flat-screen failure? Who's a digital dimwit?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18'As the only player to get all their answers wrong, Mark is the weakest link.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24'The strongest link, statistically, is John, but whose game is over?'
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Victoria.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Rachael.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Craig.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Mark.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Victoria.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Victoria.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50- John, why Victoria? - She and Mark both got two wrong.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56- I think Mark banked some money. - Didn't you think Victoria banked any money?
0:25:56 > 0:26:01- Didn't hear it.- She banked £150.
0:26:01 > 0:26:07- Bob, why Victoria?- She got a couple of questions wrong. She needs to practise with her pom poms, I think.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11She doesn't know any geography for a geography student.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Victoria, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24I'm disappointed that I didn't get to dance for Anne.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Anne would be brilliant at salsa. She's got that fiery temper.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33Round five. In the bank, £1,590. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38We start with the strongest link from the last round, John.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46In pop music, "Whatever I said, whatever I did, I didn't mean it"
0:26:46 > 0:26:51is a recurring line in which 1995 UK Number One single by Take That?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Pass.- Back For Good.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56The two member states of the European Union
0:26:56 > 0:27:00whose names in English begin with G are Greece and which other?
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Germany.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Which chemical element
0:27:04 > 0:27:08is the only metal that is liquid at normal temperatures?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- Magnesium.- Mercury.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14In toys, the "automatic binding bricks" launched in 1949
0:27:14 > 0:27:18were the prototype of a building system
0:27:18 > 0:27:21with what Danish name meaning "play well"?
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Lego.
0:27:22 > 0:27:28Universities of the 1960s in a modern architectural style
0:27:28 > 0:27:32are known by what nickname, "plate glass" or "lead crystal"?
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Plate glass.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38The British journalist best known for TV interviews
0:27:38 > 0:27:41with Diana, Princess of Wales and Michael Jackson is Martin... who?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- Bashir.- Bank.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Pregnant females of which species of bear
0:27:47 > 0:27:52dig dens in snow drifts in autumn, two months before giving birth?
0:27:52 > 0:27:56- Bears.- No. Polar bear.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01A Farewell To Arms, The Sun Also Rises and Death In The Afternoon
0:28:01 > 0:28:07are all works by which Nobel Prize winning American author?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- Stephen King.- Ernest Hemingway.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15What P is the name of a unit of mass equal to 16 ounces?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17What P?
0:28:17 > 0:28:21What P is the name of a unit of mass equal to 16 ounces?
0:28:21 > 0:28:27- Pound.- The married couple who set up a foundation in 2000
0:28:27 > 0:28:30from the proceeds of a computer software company
0:28:30 > 0:28:34are Bill and Melinda... who?
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- Pass.- Gates.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50The dessert consisting of small mounds of meringue
0:28:50 > 0:28:54on a thin custard sauce is known as "floating..." what?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56- No.- Islands.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01In English geography, what W is the village in Northamptonshire...?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Time's up. You won £100.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Who thinks aerobics is a breakfast cereal?
0:29:11 > 0:29:16Whose glass is half full, but whose head is half empty?
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25'Rachael is the strongest link. She didn't get an answer wrong.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29'According to the statistics, Craig is the weakest link,
0:29:29 > 0:29:32'but can he survive the vote?'
0:29:33 > 0:29:38Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Bob.
0:29:43 > 0:29:44Bob.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48John.
0:29:49 > 0:29:50John.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53John.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58- Rachael, why John?- I just recall he got a couple of questions wrong.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02- Thought he was the worst player? - Possibly, yeah.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06Craig, he wasn't the worst player, was he?
0:30:06 > 0:30:08I don't know, Anne. You tell me.
0:30:08 > 0:30:14- How many questions did you answer correctly?- I can't remember off the top of my head.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18- Try the bottom of your head. - It's just one bad round, Anne.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- I understand.- Everyone has one.- OK.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23It's votes that count.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:31 > 0:30:37People will be surprised to see me because I didn't tell anybody I was coming.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Maybe I'll keep it that way.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46Round six. In the bank, £1,690. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:30:46 > 0:30:51We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Rachael.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Start the clock.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59How many wives of Henry VIII were called Catherine?
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- Two.- Three. The stand-up comedian and TV presenter
0:31:03 > 0:31:06born in Salford in 1981
0:31:06 > 0:31:12whose 2011 autobiography is entitled Brung Up Proper is Jason... who?
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Manford.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18The condition called West Nile virus
0:31:18 > 0:31:22is spread by which creatures, crocodiles or mosquitoes?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Mosquitoes.
0:31:24 > 0:31:32What is eight multiplied by 30?
0:31:32 > 0:31:33240.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- Bank.- The name of which vessel used to make a hot drink
0:31:37 > 0:31:40starts and ends with the letter T?
0:31:40 > 0:31:44- Teapot. - In West End theatre,
0:31:44 > 0:31:46in 2011, America Ferrera,
0:31:46 > 0:31:49who played the title role in the TV series Ugly Betty,
0:31:49 > 0:31:52joined the cast of which musical?
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Chicago.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58The superlatives of the adjectives "bad" and "good"
0:31:58 > 0:32:01are respectively "worse" and what?
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- Better.- Best.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08The Sheffield Sharks, Worcester Wolves and Newcastle Eagles
0:32:08 > 0:32:10play in the British professional league in which game?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Ice hockey.- Basketball.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Which US state goes before "creeper"
0:32:15 > 0:32:22to give the name of a climbing plant noted for its red autumn foliage?
0:32:27 > 0:32:32- Can you repeat the question, please? - Which US state goes before "creeper"
0:32:32 > 0:32:37to give the name of a climbing plant noted for its red autumn foliage?
0:32:37 > 0:32:41- Virginia.- The singer with the rock group Kiss,
0:32:41 > 0:32:46who in 2011 married his partner Shannon Tweed after 28 years
0:32:46 > 0:32:48is Gene... who?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- Pass.- Simmons.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54If an industry or business is brought into state ownership,
0:32:54 > 0:32:57it's been nationalised or privatised?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- Privatised.- Nationalised!
0:32:59 > 0:33:04In the Toy Story series of films, the voice of the cowboy...
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- Tom Hanks.- Bank.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Time's up. Correct answer. Bank out of time.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14You won £100. So...
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Are the odds against Mark?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Do you have designs on Rachael?
0:33:20 > 0:33:25Maybe you'll lose the rest of Craig.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30Or has Bob become a bad joke? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35'For the second round in a row, Rachael is the strongest link.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38'Statistically, Mark is the weakest link,
0:33:38 > 0:33:42'but will the votes follow the facts?'
0:33:43 > 0:33:48Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50Craig.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Rachael.
0:33:53 > 0:33:54Mark.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56Mark.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- Rachael, why Mark?- I think he got three questions wrong.
0:34:03 > 0:34:09- Bob, why Mark?- I believe he got a couple of questions wrong and I think he was the weakest link.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14He was. Mark... Good job we didn't bet on you.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27I have watched the Weakest Link, perhaps not regularly because I didn't get many questions right.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Round seven. You're up to £1,790. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Rachael.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44In embroidery, the name of which type of stitch
0:34:44 > 0:34:50is a word for one of the structures that make up the plumage of a bird?
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- Can you repeat it?- In embroidery, the name of which type of stitch
0:34:59 > 0:35:05is a word for one of the structures that make up the plumage of a bird?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- Wing?- Feather.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10In Brazilian tourist destinations,
0:35:10 > 0:35:15what I is a famous beach-front district in Rio de Janeiro?
0:35:15 > 0:35:17- Ayia Napa?- Ipanema.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22A magistrate who is not required to have formal legal qualifications
0:35:22 > 0:35:25and is unpaid is also known as a "Justice of the..." what?
0:35:25 > 0:35:27- Peace.- Bank.
0:35:27 > 0:35:32Mongolia has national borders, each over 2,000 miles long,
0:35:32 > 0:35:39with Russia to the north and which country to the south?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- Nepal.- China.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47The fashion adviser Sarah-Jane Woodall was nicknamed Trinny
0:35:47 > 0:35:51because she supposedly behaved like a pupil from which fictional school?
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- St Trinian's.- Bank.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59The ridges across the fingerboard of a guitar are what, worries or frets?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- Frets.- Bank.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06The TV sitcom that began in 2010, starring Rafe Spall
0:36:06 > 0:36:10featuring analysis of proceedings by two sports commentators
0:36:10 > 0:36:12is entitled Pete Versus... what?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Life.
0:36:14 > 0:36:19People with an affected manner of speech are sometimes described
0:36:19 > 0:36:23as having which fruit in their mouths?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30- Plum.- Bank.
0:36:30 > 0:36:36What was the name of the general who, in 2008 BC,
0:36:36 > 0:36:40led an army and a number of elephants across the Alps?
0:36:42 > 0:36:47Time's up. The correct answer was Hannibal.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51You won £110. In round eight, you get to treble what you bank.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:56 > 0:37:02'In a reversal of fortune, Rachael goes from being the strongest link in the last two rounds
0:37:02 > 0:37:04'to the weakest in this.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06'Craig is the strongest link,
0:37:06 > 0:37:11'but who will lose out in the final vote?'
0:37:12 > 0:37:16Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:17 > 0:37:18Bob.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Craig.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Craig.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29Old man Bob, are you too scared to go up against Craig in the final?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31No, I believe he was the weakest link.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Rachael, why are you voting for the best player?
0:37:34 > 0:37:39I must have missed that. I thought he got a couple wrong.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- No, that was you!- We all did.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43No. Just you.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Right. OK. I'm sorry about that.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Too late now.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Craig, you were the best player, but they voted you off.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56So, sadly, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06My chat with Anne was fantastic. I think she took a shining to me.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10She seemed genuinely a bit upset when they voted me off.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13If nothing else, I can say Anne Robinson liked me.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Round eight. In the bank, £1,900. In this round, 90 seconds.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27You voted off the strongest link from the last round.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30We'll start with the second strongest, that's Bob.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39What P is the shade of blue that was first produced as a dye
0:38:39 > 0:38:43in 1704 in Berlin and named after the surrounding kingdom?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Pass.- Prussian.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Which semi-aquatic carnivore was introduced to Britain
0:38:50 > 0:38:55in the early 20th century to be bred in captivity for its fur?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- Platypus?- Mink.
0:38:57 > 0:39:03Talent show winner Kelly Clarkson had a UK hit single in 2011
0:39:03 > 0:39:05entitled Mr... what?
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Love?- Know It All.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11In ice hockey, the enclosure at the side of the rink
0:39:11 > 0:39:15for players who have been sent off is known by what name,
0:39:15 > 0:39:17the "rage cage" or the "sin bin"?
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- The rage cage.- The sin bin.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23The Dinky-Doos Concert Party
0:39:23 > 0:39:27are referred to in the title of a 1929 novel by JB Priestley
0:39:27 > 0:39:29as The Good... what?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- Life.- Companions.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36What C is the part of a shirt at the wrist end of a sleeve?
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- Cuff.- Bank.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Which term for a ridge of coral also describes a symmetrical knot
0:39:42 > 0:39:45that consists of a two half knots tied in opposite directions?
0:39:45 > 0:39:50- Pass.- Reef. In the Laurel and Hardy films, which of the duo was known
0:39:50 > 0:39:54for the phrase, "Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into"?
0:39:54 > 0:39:55- Hardy.- Bank.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59The British architect noted for his neo-classical country houses
0:39:59 > 0:40:03and planning with Herbert Baker of New Delhi was Sir Edwin... who?
0:40:08 > 0:40:14Time's up. The correct answer was Lutyens. You won £40, which we will treble.
0:40:14 > 0:40:20It gives you prize money of £2,020. There can only be one winner.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Now, up to five questions each. If there's a tie, we go for Sudden Death.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28So, Rachael and Bob, for £2,020, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35- Rachael, as the strongest link in the last round, you choose who goes first.- I'll go first, please.
0:40:39 > 0:40:45The titles of a 1994 film about King George III
0:40:45 > 0:40:49and the play by Alan Bennett on which it was based,
0:40:49 > 0:40:53both feature which seven-letter word meaning "insanity"?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- Madness.- That is the correct answer.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00The rapper born Shawn Carter in New York in 1969,
0:41:00 > 0:41:03whose business interests have included a record label,
0:41:03 > 0:41:07a clothing range and a chain of sports bars,
0:41:07 > 0:41:10is better known by what name?
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- Jay-Z?- That is the correct answer.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18In TV, to mark its 50th anniversary in 2011,
0:41:18 > 0:41:23which series returned to the setting of its first broadcast in Cardiff,
0:41:23 > 0:41:28at the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist church?
0:41:28 > 0:41:32- Only Fools And Horses.- The correct answer is Songs Of Praise.
0:41:32 > 0:41:37In probability, when two standard six-sided dice are rolled
0:41:37 > 0:41:40and their values added together,
0:41:40 > 0:41:46the totals that are least likely to occur are two and which other?
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- Five.- The correct answer is 12.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55The annual prize for female authors launched in 1996
0:41:55 > 0:42:00that's been won by Carol Shields, Linda Grant and Valerie Martin
0:42:00 > 0:42:03features which colour in its name?
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- Orange.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10In extreme sports, a leap from Clifton suspension bridge
0:42:10 > 0:42:14by four students from Oxford University in 1979
0:42:14 > 0:42:17is believed to be the first performance in the UK
0:42:17 > 0:42:19of which activity?
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- Bungee jump. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25In Mediterranean food,
0:42:25 > 0:42:30a pureed form of which fruit, often eaten as a vegetable,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33is one of the main ingredients of the Middle Eastern dip
0:42:33 > 0:42:36called baba ghanoush?
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- Aubergine. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44In boxing, the Pride of Wales and the Italian Dragon
0:42:44 > 0:42:47were two nicknames given to which fighter,
0:42:47 > 0:42:53who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2007?
0:42:53 > 0:42:58- Pass. - The correct answer is Joe Calzaghe.
0:42:58 > 0:43:04Operation Corporate was the codename for the British military campaign
0:43:04 > 0:43:07in which conflict of the late 20th century?
0:43:07 > 0:43:11- Falklands. - That is the correct answer.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17That means, Rachael, you are today's strongest link
0:43:17 > 0:43:20and you go away with:
0:43:20 > 0:43:23Bob, you leave with nothing.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Rachael was a a deserved winner.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35She's far better looking than me, anyway!
0:43:35 > 0:43:38It feels fantastic to win the Weakest Link,
0:43:38 > 0:43:42especially as I wasn't expecting to win.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45- So it's a really nice shock! - GIGGLES
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