0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Only one will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the Weakest Link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money must work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,
0:00:47 > 0:00:53we lose the player voted the Weakest Link. Let's meet the team.
0:00:53 > 0:01:00I'm James, I'm 58, I'm from Tarporley in Cheshire and I'm an odd job man.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06I'm Cara, I'm 18, from Surrey and I'm a theatre studies student.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14I'm Paul, I'm 33, I'm from Westbury in Wiltshire and I'm a roofer and cladder.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20I'm Lucy, I'm 41, from Bristol and I'm an online marketing manager.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26I'm Mikey, I'm 24, from Edinburgh and I'm a rock singer.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32I'm Jean, I'm 57, I'm from Liverpool and I've retired.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38I'm Graham, I'm 44, from Hampshire and I work in recruitment.
0:01:39 > 0:01:45I'm Maureen, I'm 38, I'm from Upper Ramsbottom and I work in customer service.
0:01:45 > 0:01:51I'm Frank, I'm 19, I'm from Northampton and I'm a pharmacology student.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55OK, just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Break the chain and you lose all the money in it. Say "Bank" first and it's safe.
0:02:04 > 0:02:11Round 1. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15That's you, Cara. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:16 > 0:02:21The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27In football, the supporters of the national team of which country of the UK are the Tartan Army?
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- Er, true.- Scotland.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36In the modern English alphabet, which letter comes between C and E?
0:02:36 > 0:02:43- D.- Correct. In takeaway food, which Italian dish consisting of various toppings on a round dough base
0:02:43 > 0:02:46is often ordered by phone?
0:02:46 > 0:02:52- Pizza.- In the classroom, a child who wants to answer a question posed by the teacher
0:02:52 > 0:02:54will raise a hand or a foot?
0:02:54 > 0:03:00- Hand.- In music, a patriotic song such as the one sung in the UK
0:03:00 > 0:03:06beginning, "God save our gracious king" or "queen" is known by what two-word name?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- National anthem.- In a garden, what G is the general name
0:03:10 > 0:03:15for the covering of green vegetation regularly cut with a lawn mower?
0:03:15 > 0:03:21- Grass.- Correct. In the currency adopted by some member countries of the European Union,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24how many cents are in one euro?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- 70.- 100.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32Which drink is often given to young children at bedtime to help them sleep - warm milk or hot coffee?
0:03:32 > 0:03:40- Warm milk.- In famous people, the supermodel born Katherine Moss near Croydon in 1974
0:03:40 > 0:03:42is best known by what first name?
0:03:42 > 0:03:47- Kate.- Correct. In motoring, the device at a service station
0:03:47 > 0:03:53that's used by drivers to fill their cars with fuel is known alliteratively as a petrol what?
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- Tank.- Pump.
0:03:57 > 0:04:03In broadcasting, in 2004 the DJ Chris Moyles began hosting a show on Radio One
0:04:03 > 0:04:05in a timeslot named for which meal?
0:04:05 > 0:04:11- Breakfast.- Correct. In DIY, what H means to fix wallpaper to a wall?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Hang.- Correct.- Bank!
0:04:14 > 0:04:20In food, the accompaniments known as pommes frites in France and chips in the UK
0:04:20 > 0:04:22are known in the USA as French what?
0:04:22 > 0:04:27- Fries.- In geometry, a plain figure that's sometimes called a diamond
0:04:27 > 0:04:31is also known by what name - a rhombus or an omnibus?
0:04:31 > 0:04:39- Rhombus.- Simon and Garfunkel had a UK number one single in 1970 entitled Bridge Over Troubled what?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- Water.- Correct.- Bank!
0:04:42 > 0:04:48In British postal addresses, the word Square is commonly shortened to what two-letter abbreviation?
0:04:48 > 0:04:56- Sq.- Correct. In 1950s TV, the law-enforcing hero John Reid played by Clayton Moore
0:04:56 > 0:04:58was better known as The Lone what?
0:04:58 > 0:05:03- Ranger.- Correct. In the animal kingdom, polar bears live wild
0:05:03 > 0:05:06in the area around which pole - North or South?
0:05:06 > 0:05:14- North.- In history, the system introduced in 46BC by Julius Caesar that established leap years
0:05:14 > 0:05:17was known as the Julian what?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- Calendar?- Correct.- Bank!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Time's up.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29You answered in time, which is a miracle for you.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Your bank was not in time.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37So, team, at the end of that first round, you've won just £150.
0:05:37 > 0:05:43So who's the Big Chief Talking Bull? Who's the star of So You Think You're A Dunce?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53According to the statistics, Mikey is the Strongest Link.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Cara is the Weakest Link as she gave the most wrong answers,
0:05:57 > 0:06:02but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Cara.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Maureen.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Cara.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Cara.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Cara.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Cara.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Cara.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Cara.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Cara.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- Paul...- Anne.- What do you do? - I'm a roofer and cladder.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- And how old are you?- 33. - "Thirty-fwee"?
0:06:38 > 0:06:44- And are you fwee? - No, I'm not, unfortunately. I've got a girlfriend.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- Unfortunately, did you say? - Yeah. For you, Anne.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- Are you qualified?- Yep.- As what? - As a roofer and sheet cladder.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- What are your qualifications? - NVQ.- What level?- Level 2.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- So can you go on a roof on Level 2? - Yeah.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- How do you clad a roof? - It's quite easy.- Could I do it?
0:07:05 > 0:07:11I suppose you'd have to start off as a labourer and work your way up.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- Did you start as a labourer?- Yeah.
0:07:13 > 0:07:20- So what would I wear? - Steel toe-capped boots, hard hat, high-vis and warm clothes, really.
0:07:20 > 0:07:27- Really?- Unless you're working in the summer, then...- I could take my top off?- If you wanted.- Good.
0:07:27 > 0:07:33- Why have you voted for Cara? - Unfortunately, she got two questions wrong in that round.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38- What do you do, James?- I'm an odd job man in the village where I live.
0:07:38 > 0:07:44- What's the village?- Tarporley. - Are there lots of footballers' wives in Tarporley?- No.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49- It is rather middle class. - Is it? But you're not, are you?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Pff...I work for a living.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56- Have you got fruit on the sideboard at home?- We don't have a sideboard.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02- You're not middle class, then. Why Cara?- Well, she did not do very well, did she?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04So there you go.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09- What do you do, Frank?- I'm a student.- What are you studying? - Pharmacology.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14- Are you getting any practice in? - I have a part-time job at a chemist.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20- What would you say if I came in with ladies' problems? - I'd pass you over to the pharmacist.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25- A lady like yourself might want to... - Talk to someone older than 19? - Perhaps, yes.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30- Why Cara?- Em, unfortunately, she got two questions wrong.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34I didn't want her to give students a bad name. Sorry.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Cara, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48I will get killed at home for getting two questions wrong.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53It's completely embarrassing. And getting voted off first!
0:08:53 > 0:08:55That's awful. Never mind.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I was on the Weakest Link!
0:08:59 > 0:09:04Round 2. In the bank, £150. We take 10 seconds off your time.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Mikey. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Start the clock.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17In the story of Samson and Delilah, what was the source of his extraordinary strength?
0:09:17 > 0:09:24- His hair.- In a speech to the House of Commons in 1940, Winston Churchill declared, "We shall never..." what?
0:09:25 > 0:09:32- Surrender.- What L is the usual term for the small strips of material at the top of a pair of trousers
0:09:32 > 0:09:34through which a belt is passed?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Loopholes.- I'll accept.
0:09:36 > 0:09:42In transport, which word meaning to slide unintentionally for a short distance
0:09:42 > 0:09:45is also a road joining a motorway?
0:09:45 > 0:09:50- Slip road.- Correct.- Bank! - The Ivory Coast is a country in which continent?
0:09:50 > 0:09:57- Africa.- In football, the break in the middle of a match is usually known as half-what?
0:09:57 > 0:10:04- Time.- Correct. In literature, a boat called the Pequod and its crew feature
0:10:04 > 0:10:07in which novel by Herman Melville?
0:10:07 > 0:10:14- Moby Dick?- Correct. In animal pests, the common rodent that lives and breeds in and around buildings
0:10:14 > 0:10:16has the rhyming name the what mouse?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Town mouse.- House.
0:10:21 > 0:10:28What P is the word used to describe two or more lines the same distance apart at every point?
0:10:28 > 0:10:34- Parallel.- In music, the US rock group who had the Christmas UK number one single in 2009
0:10:34 > 0:10:38following an internet campaign were Rage Against The what?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Machine.- In maths, what is 24 divided by 3?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Seven.- Eight! Maureen,
0:10:45 > 0:10:52in cinema, the actor who has played Dr Frankenstein and Hamlet is Kenneth who?
0:10:52 > 0:10:57- Branagh.- Correct. On a conventional clock, which of the three hands
0:10:57 > 0:11:00takes longest for one revolution?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- The hour hand.- Correct.
0:11:02 > 0:11:10The title of the former Soviet newspaper Pravda translates into English as Truth or Lies?
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- Truth.- Correct. Paul, in UK organisations,
0:11:14 > 0:11:19the acronym CAMRA is short for the Campaign For Real what?
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- Pass.- Ale.
0:11:22 > 0:11:29Which system in the human body, which is to process food, shares its name with a biscuit?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Digestive.- Correct. Mikey,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36the cities of Stuttgart and Leipzig are in which European country?
0:11:36 > 0:11:44- Germany.- Correct. In pop music, Dusty Springfield had a UK hit single in 1968 entitled Son Of A what?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Preacher Man.- Correct.- Bank!
0:11:47 > 0:11:53The ferry between Lymington and Yarmouth connects the British mainland and which island?
0:11:53 > 0:12:01- Isle of Wight.- Most photographs of which US President show him with a beard - Reagan or Lincoln?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Abraham Lincoln!- Bank!
0:12:05 > 0:12:10Time's up. The bank was in time and you won £350.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14But who thinks ABBA sells flatpack furniture?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Who thinks IKEA sang Waterloo? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24The statistics show that Maureen is the Strongest Link.
0:12:24 > 0:12:31The Weakest Link is Lucy, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:12:31 > 0:12:36Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Lucy.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Lucy.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Paul.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Paul.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Lucy.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Paul.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Paul.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Paul.
0:12:58 > 0:13:06- What do you do, Mikey? - I sing in a band.- Do you? Are you a star?- I'm all right.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- Not as big a star as you. - Very few people are.- No, true.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- What were you doing before then? - I was at uni.- Where?
0:13:14 > 0:13:20- Oxford.- Studying?- Law. - Law. So have we paid for you to study law
0:13:20 > 0:13:26- and now you're being a singer? - Only if you look at it in a very negative way.
0:13:26 > 0:13:32I'm looking in a positive way. If I paid you to study law, why aren't you a lawyer?
0:13:32 > 0:13:39- Cos I prefer...- Is Daddy a lawyer? - He is. And are Daddy and Mummy thrilled you're a rock star
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- instead of a lawyer?- They are!
0:13:42 > 0:13:47- Have you got a record deal? - I've got my own record label. - You're own label.
0:13:47 > 0:13:53- If you're not a success, will you drop yourself?- I might do. - What are you called?- Serpico.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Let's hear one with a tune.
0:13:56 > 0:14:03# Because I gotta, gotta, gotta get out of this godforsaken town... #
0:14:03 > 0:14:08- What godforsaken town is that? - Just a metaphorical one.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Put your board up.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15- Why Paul?- It was really tough. He got the Moby Dick question right,
0:14:15 > 0:14:20but the CAMRA question was easy and he got it wrong.
0:14:20 > 0:14:26- What do you do, Maureen? - I work in customer service.- Who for? - For a leading high street bank.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- What leading high street bank? - One you can put initials into.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35- Did you get a bonus this year? - I just get a wage, no bonuses.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40- Do they pay in doughnuts? - No. I don't really like doughnuts.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45- So what is it you eat? - Well, I like all types of food.- Yes.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51- Why Paul?- I thought CAMRA was an easy answer. Unfortunately, that's why I chose Paul.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Paul, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:15:00 > 0:15:07I would have liked to have got further on in the rounds so I could show a bit of my general knowledge,
0:15:07 > 0:15:11but I felt proud to take the Walk of Shame.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16It was nice being that close to Anne!
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Round 3. In the bank, £500. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25We'll start with Maureen. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Start the clock.
0:15:27 > 0:15:33In a phrase popularised by the TV series Minder, a scheme that brings financial reward
0:15:33 > 0:15:35is a nice little what?
0:15:35 > 0:15:40- Earner.- The famous statue known as the Venus de Milo
0:15:40 > 0:15:45was donated in 1821 by Louis XVIII to which museum?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- Pass.- The Louvre.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54In public conveniences, if engaged means a cubicle is occupied,
0:15:54 > 0:15:58what V is the word used to indicate that it is empty?
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- Vacant.- In maths, what is 43 plus 14?
0:16:02 > 0:16:08- 57.- Correct. In dangerous animals, when it is disturbed
0:16:08 > 0:16:13a scorpion may inflict a sting using a poisonous gland in its tongue or tail?
0:16:13 > 0:16:19- Tail.- The cricketer who captained Australia in three Ashes series and commentated on the game
0:16:19 > 0:16:22for 42 years is Richie who?
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Benaud.- Correct.- Bank! - In two films in the 1950s,
0:16:26 > 0:16:32Alastair Sim played Miss Fritton, the headmistress of which school for girls?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Pass.- St Trinian's.
0:16:35 > 0:16:41Which word means a person who puts flower bulbs into the soil and a container to grow them?
0:16:41 > 0:16:47- Planter.- In pop music, Piece of Me, Break the Ice, Womaniser and Circus were UK hit singles...
0:16:47 > 0:16:51- Britney Spears.- Correct.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57James, the practice of smashing plates became a tradition in which type of establishment -
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Dutch cafes or Greek restaurants?
0:16:59 > 0:17:05- Greek restaurants.- In medieval history, the chief rulers of the Mongol tribe,
0:17:05 > 0:17:09such as those called Ghengis and Kubla, bore what title?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- Khan.- Correct.- Bank!
0:17:12 > 0:17:18Which word for a group of people who live together precedes service, policing and centre
0:17:18 > 0:17:21to give three familiar terms?
0:17:21 > 0:17:28- Community.- Correct. In food, what is the name of a type of Spanish omelette and a thin Mexican pancake?
0:17:28 > 0:17:35- Tortilla.- In English, which day of the week is named after Freyja, the Norse goddess of love?
0:17:35 > 0:17:42- Friday.- In the TV sitcom Friends, which old-fashioned word for a person who made or sold candles
0:17:42 > 0:17:45was the first name of a character?
0:17:45 > 0:17:51- Chandler.- Correct.- Bank!- Which of these destinations is famous as a centre for eco-tourism -
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Costa Rica or the Costa Brava?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Costa Brava.- Costa Rica.
0:17:56 > 0:18:02In January 2010, at Alexandra Palace, Phil Taylor beat the Australian Simon Whitlock
0:18:02 > 0:18:06to win his 15th world title in which game?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- Darts.- Correct. Lucy...
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Time's up. You won £600.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16But whose IQ has now gone AWOL?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25For the second round in a row, Maureen is the Strongest Link.
0:18:25 > 0:18:32Statistically, Frank is the Weakest Link, but can he survive the vote?
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Graham.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Frank.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Frank.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Frank.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Frank.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53James.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Graham.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- What do you do, Jean? - I'm...having a gap year, Anne.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07- Have you been made redundant? - No, I retired.- From what?
0:19:07 > 0:19:13- From working in a comprehensive school in Liverpool. - Were you cleaning?- No...
0:19:13 > 0:19:18- Can you sing? Can you dance? - Well, I used to be in pantomime.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- Can you sing?- That's for you to judge.- OK, put your board down.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27- What will you sing for us, Jean? - Let's Face The Music.- OK.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32- What, now?- Well, certainly not in a couple of hours, Jean.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Oh, very well.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- #- There may be trouble ahead
0:19:39 > 0:19:45- #- But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- #- Let's face the music and dance!- #
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Put your board up. Why Frank?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56He got a couple of questions wrong. Sorry.
0:19:56 > 0:20:03- What do you do, Graham? - I run an employment agency. - Who are you in it?- I'm the MD.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- You're a managing director?- I am.
0:20:06 > 0:20:14- Is there a little wife at home? - I've never been married. - Oh, do you like musicals?- Yep!
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Yes... Why Frank?
0:20:17 > 0:20:21He was the last one to get a question wrong, so I remembered it.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Frank, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35I'd like to see Mikey voted out next just because he got a few wrong in my round
0:20:35 > 0:20:41and I find it a bit irritating that he should be a lawyer and I'm still working for my degree.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Round 4. In the bank, £1,100. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52We'll start with Maureen. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Start the clock.
0:20:55 > 0:21:02The 1982 musical about a florist's assistant who breeds a carnivorous plant is Little Shop of what?
0:21:02 > 0:21:09- Horrors.- Correct. Abolished in 1993, the local government levy called the Community Charge
0:21:09 > 0:21:12was commonly known by what two-word name?
0:21:12 > 0:21:19- Poll Tax.- Correct. In anatomy, what P is the name for the part of the mouth that has two sections,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22hard at the front, soft at the back?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- Palate.- Correct.- Bank!
0:21:25 > 0:21:31The American actress who starred in Groundhog Day and Four Weddings And A Funeral is Andie who?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- Pass.- McDowell.
0:21:36 > 0:21:42In a standard UK electric plug, the fuse is fitted to which terminal - live or earth?
0:21:42 > 0:21:49- Live.- Which TV show that began in 1980 and was presented by Bruce Forsyth featured the catchphrase
0:21:49 > 0:21:53"You get nothing for a pair, not in this game"?
0:21:53 > 0:21:59- Play Your Cards Right.- Correct.- Bank! - Painters traditionally wear a three-quarter length garment
0:21:59 > 0:22:01known as an artist's what?
0:22:01 > 0:22:07- Smock.- In written English, what's the general name for the symbols used to separate sentences
0:22:07 > 0:22:09and parts of sentences?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- Punctuation.- I'll accept.
0:22:12 > 0:22:19The US singer who had UK hit albums in the 1960s entitled Blonde On Blonde and Nashville Skyline
0:22:19 > 0:22:22is known professionally as Bob who?
0:22:24 > 0:22:32- Pass.- Dylan! Mikey, in sheep farming, tup is an alternative name for what - a ram or a ewe?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- A ewe.- A ram.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41In the army, the Household Cavalry is made up of two regiments - Lifeguards and Blues and what?
0:22:42 > 0:22:47- Royals.- Correct. In maths, what is 58 minus 23?
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- 35.- Correct.- Bank!
0:22:53 > 0:22:59What A is an architectural term for a glazed courtyard and is also the name of a chamber in the heart?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- Alcatrave?- No, atrium.
0:23:02 > 0:23:09In the Flash Gordon comic strip, the villainous emperor of the Planet Mongo was Ming the what?
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- Terrible?- Merciless.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18Which international airport in the south-east of England has the three-letter code STN?
0:23:18 > 0:23:25- Stansted.- The Lancashire-born actress who played Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous...
0:23:28 > 0:23:33Time's up. I can't complete the question. You won just £200.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37So who, on balance, is unbalanced?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46With all his answers wrong, Mikey is the Weakest Link.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51The Strongest Link is Graham, but will the votes follow the facts?
0:23:52 > 0:23:57Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Mikey.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Mikey.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Lucy.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Lucy.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10Mikey.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Mikey.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- What do you do, Lucy?- I'm an online marketing manager for a law firm.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24- So it's advertising.- Yeah. - You're advertising lawyers?- Yes.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30- Are they sexy lawyers? - Some are all right, if you like that kind of thing.- Do you not?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I might be persuaded.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- Have you got a partner?- Not currently. It's kind of complicated.
0:24:37 > 0:24:45- I did have until just before Christmas.- Now you've been dumped, are you looking for a lawyer?
0:24:45 > 0:24:49I haven't met any that are single or particularly take my fancy.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54- What sort would take your fancy? - Just that spark of chemistry.
0:24:54 > 0:25:00- Why Mikey? - He just got two questions wrong. - You see, Graham's single.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- Yeah, I know. - And he likes musicals.
0:25:04 > 0:25:11- Well, yeah. That's OK. - He's got his own hair. I'm not sure about the teeth.
0:25:11 > 0:25:17- Are they your own teeth, Graham? - Yes.- They just look surprisingly straight.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22- And...is that a problem? - And white.- Yeah.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26- Why Mikey?- Um, Mikey was the only one to get two questions wrong.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Mikey, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42Anne's looking good. How old is she? 600 or 700 years old. She looked great.
0:25:42 > 0:25:48I don't know how they're doing with mummifying people now, but she looks great.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55Round 5. Your total is £1,300. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59We'll start with Graham. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Start the clock.
0:26:01 > 0:26:07In medicine, what L is the term for an oily lotion rubbed on the skin to ease pain or stiffness
0:26:07 > 0:26:09caused by strains or bruising?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- Pass.- Liniment.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19In a rhyming expression, an intoxicated person is said to be as drunk as which animal?
0:26:19 > 0:26:24- A skunk.- Correct. In mythology, the Roman goddess of flowering plants,
0:26:24 > 0:26:29worshipped at a spring festival, had what name - Clover or Flora?
0:26:29 > 0:26:35- Flora.- In cinema, which 1994 Australian film starred Toni Collette
0:26:35 > 0:26:40as a woman obsessed with the pop group ABBA and getting married?
0:26:40 > 0:26:47- Muriel's Wedding.- Correct. In American food, which large fruit is used to make a pie
0:26:47 > 0:26:49eaten at Thanksgiving dinner?
0:26:49 > 0:26:56- Pumpkin.- Correct.- Bank! - What B is the name of a university town and popular seaside resort
0:26:56 > 0:26:58between Christchurch and Poole?
0:26:58 > 0:27:04- Bournemouth.- Correct. How many wives of Henry VIII were called Anne?
0:27:04 > 0:27:10- Two.- Correct. According to the nursery rhyme, "Curly locks, will you be mine?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13"You shall not wash dishes nor yet feed the..." what?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- Swine.- Correct.- Bank.
0:27:16 > 0:27:23A person with a virtual monopoly on the supply of good or services has cornered the market or stall?
0:27:23 > 0:27:28- Market.- Correct. In pop music, they lyricist Bernie Taupin is best known
0:27:28 > 0:27:32for his collaborations on songs with which singer?
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- Elton John.- Correct.- Bank.
0:27:36 > 0:27:42At the Olympics, in which aquatic sport might a competitor attempt a forward somersault with a twist?
0:27:42 > 0:27:49- Diving.- Correct. The US TV series starring Dick Van Dyke as a medical sleuth
0:27:49 > 0:27:52is entitled Diagnosis what?
0:27:52 > 0:27:59- Murder.- Correct. In ancient monuments, the name of the Egyptian city near the pyramids
0:27:59 > 0:28:03sounds like which slang word for a man?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- Geezer.- Correct.
0:28:06 > 0:28:12- Bank!- In clothing, what L is the generic term for the material widely used in the fashion industry
0:28:12 > 0:28:14that's produced by tanning?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- Leather.- Correct. - Bank!
0:28:17 > 0:28:21The Roman Catholic cleric born in 1923 who was...
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Time's up. I can't complete the question.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30You won £470.
0:28:30 > 0:28:36Who's the Russell Brand and who's the Russell Hobbs? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Graham goes from being the Strongest Link to being the Weakest Link.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49The Strongest Link, statistically, is Lucy, but whose game is over?
0:28:49 > 0:28:54Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Lucy.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Graham.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Maureen.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05James.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Graham.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14Lucy, why are you voting off your one potential hope?
0:29:14 > 0:29:21Well, I couldn't remember who got a question wrong, but I had a vague recollection Graham got one wrong.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25- Maureen, why Graham? - I like Graham and his teeth,
0:29:25 > 0:29:31- but I had to vote for somebody and he got the most wrong. - He did. He was the worst player.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Graham, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45Meeting the Queen of Mean was just fantastic for me.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50It's well documented amongst my friends that I'm such a huge fan of Anne Robinson.
0:29:50 > 0:29:56Very few people make me nervous. She is one of them. Wonderful. I want to marry her!
0:29:58 > 0:30:03Round 6. In the bank, £1,770. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07We'll start with Lucy. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Start the clock.
0:30:09 > 0:30:16In cinema, the 2009 biographical film entitled Amelia starred Hilary Swank as a pioneering US pilot
0:30:16 > 0:30:18with what surname?
0:30:18 > 0:30:24- Earhart.- In anatomy, the largest muscle in the human body is where - the buttocks or the shoulder?
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- Buttocks.- Correct. - Bank!
0:30:27 > 0:30:34In maths, to draw the symbol known as the hash or number sign takes how many straight lines?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- Three.- Four.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42The board game in which players try to move tent pegs from their triangle to the one opposite
0:30:42 > 0:30:45is Chinese what?
0:30:45 > 0:30:52- Checkers.- In fishing, what T is the term for a boat designed to drag a wide-mouthed net along?
0:30:52 > 0:31:00- Trawler.- In The Wind In The Willows, the four principal characters are a rat, a mole, a toad and what?
0:31:00 > 0:31:02- Badger.- Correct.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07The document known as Magna Carta was sealed in which century?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- The 16th.- 13th.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15In pop music, Elephant in 2003 and Get Behind Me, Satan in 2005
0:31:15 > 0:31:20- were UK hit albums by which American duo?- No.
0:31:20 > 0:31:26The White Stripes. In physics, what P is defined as the rate at which work is done or energy is used?
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- Pass.- Power.
0:31:31 > 0:31:39The stand-up comedian born in 1945 as Royston Vasey performs under the stage name Roy Chubby what?
0:31:39 > 0:31:46- Brown.- Correct. In motor racing, the turns called Maggotts, Abbey Curve and Stowe Corner
0:31:46 > 0:31:50are on which circuit in Northamptonshire?
0:31:50 > 0:31:57- Silverstone?- Correct. A person who is facing up to an unpleasant task is said to be gritting their what?
0:31:57 > 0:32:02- Teeth.- Correct.- Bank!- In the campaign for the right to roam,
0:32:02 > 0:32:08the 1932 event organised by the Ramblers Association was called the Kinder Trespass or Surprise?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Surprise.- Trespass.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18- The Latin phrase meaning that it is up to the buyer to check... - Caveat emptor!
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- Correct.- Bank!
0:32:23 > 0:32:29Well, a correct answer and a bank in time and you won £170, but...
0:32:30 > 0:32:35Has Jean made too much of a song and dance of it?
0:32:35 > 0:32:40Is Maureen a dead weight? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44With all of her questions correct, Jean is the Strongest Link.
0:32:44 > 0:32:50The statistics show that Maureen is the Weakest Link, but will the other players realise?
0:32:50 > 0:32:55Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Lucy.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01Maureen.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Maureen.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Lucy.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13We have a tie, team. Lucy and Maureen, two votes each.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18- Lucy, why Maureen?- Cos I think she got two questions wrong.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24- Maureen, why Lucy? - I had to vote for somebody who got questions wrong.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29When the vote's tied, the Strongest Link has the deciding vote - Jean.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33- Why have you voted for Maureen? - I thought she got two wrong.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37- Do you want to stick or move to Lucy?- I'll stay with Maureen.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42She was the worst player. Maureen, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:33:49 > 0:33:55I was the Weakest Link in that round, so I wasn't surprised that I got voted off.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57I'm glad I got Silverstone right.
0:33:57 > 0:34:03If I hadn't, it wouldn't be worth going home. My husband is a biker, you see!
0:34:03 > 0:34:09Round 7. In the bank, £1,940. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14We'll start with Jean. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:34:14 > 0:34:22In wildlife, what name for a type of scarab beetle reflects that it feeds upon animal droppings?
0:34:22 > 0:34:30- Dung beetle.- In food and drink, what A is a famous type of brandy produced in southwestern France?
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- Armagnac?- Correct.- Bank.
0:34:33 > 0:34:39The man convicted of spying for the Soviet Union who escaped from Wormwood Scrubs in 1966
0:34:39 > 0:34:42and fled to Moscow is George who?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- Pass.- Blake.
0:34:44 > 0:34:51In the board game Trivial Pursuit, questions in the History category are represented by which colour?
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- Green?- Yellow.
0:34:53 > 0:34:59In the human body, which element is present in meat, shellfish and brown rice
0:34:59 > 0:35:02and assists with brain function - lead or zinc?
0:35:02 > 0:35:08- Zinc.- In policing, the technology used to detect vehicle registrations from camera images,
0:35:08 > 0:35:13abbreviated to ANPR, is Automatic Number Plate what?
0:35:13 > 0:35:18- Recognition.- Correct. In the solar system, based on their mean distance from the Sun,
0:35:18 > 0:35:22which planet is next: Mars, Earth, Venus...?
0:35:29 > 0:35:35- Sorry, could you repeat it, please? - Based on their mean distance from the Sun,
0:35:35 > 0:35:39which planet is next: Mars, Earth, Venus...?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- Jupiter.- Mercury.
0:35:43 > 0:35:50- What D is the name of the Hindu festival of light, celebrated in late October?- No.
0:35:50 > 0:35:58Diwali. According to the title of a 1984 UK hit single by Bananarama, which Hollywood star was waiting?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Robert De Niro. Bank!
0:36:00 > 0:36:07In American sport, the Lakers and the Clippers are rival basketball teams in which city?
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- Dallas.- Los Angeles.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15The foul-mouthed characters called Derek and Clive were...
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Time's up. I can't complete the question and you won £70.
0:36:21 > 0:36:28In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank. Time to vote off the Weakest Link.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32In a sudden reversal of fortune, Jean is now the Weakest Link.
0:36:32 > 0:36:40Statistically, Lucy is the Strongest Link, but who will lose out in the final vote?
0:36:40 > 0:36:45Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Jean.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Jean.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Lucy.
0:36:55 > 0:37:02- Lucy, why Jean? - She got a couple wrong, hesitated and lost us a bit of time.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- James, why Jean?- Cos she was the Weakest Link, as I understood it.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11She was the worst player. Jean, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22I didn't really expect to be singing on prime-time television!
0:37:22 > 0:37:28But oh, what the heck, I'm old enough now that I can do that sort of thing
0:37:28 > 0:37:32without anyone expecting me to sound like Charlotte Church!
0:37:32 > 0:37:39Round 8. In the bank, £2,010. In this round, 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43We'll start with Lucy. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Start the clock.
0:37:46 > 0:37:52An 1812 painting by Turner refers to Hannibal and his army crossing the Alps
0:37:52 > 0:37:54in a heatwave or snowstorm?
0:37:54 > 0:37:59- Snowstorm.- Bank!- In science fiction cinema, in the Matrix films,
0:37:59 > 0:38:03the Canadian actress who played the role of Trinity is Carrie-Anne who?
0:38:03 > 0:38:09- No.- Moss. A loganberry is a cross between a raspberry and which other soft fruit?
0:38:09 > 0:38:15- Blackberry.- Bank!- The Russian author and Nobel laureate Boris Pasternak
0:38:15 > 0:38:19is most famous in the West for the 1957 novel Doctor what?
0:38:19 > 0:38:25- Zhivago.- Bank!- In medicine, what E is the term for an injection of anaesthetic into the fluid
0:38:25 > 0:38:29surrounding the spinal cord to control pain during childbirth?
0:38:29 > 0:38:36- Epidural.- Correct.- Bank!- The British industrialist and inventor who patented a spinning frame
0:38:36 > 0:38:40powered by water in 1769 was Richard who?
0:38:40 > 0:38:46- Arkwright?- Correct.- Bank. - The approval by the sovereign of a law passed by Parliament
0:38:46 > 0:38:49is known as the Royal Mint or Assent?
0:38:49 > 0:38:54- Assent.- Correct.- Bank. - An activity once popular in the north of England
0:38:54 > 0:38:58involved putting which relative of the weasel down one's trousers?
0:38:58 > 0:39:04- Ferret.- Correct.- Bank! - The song performed by Katrina and The Waves that won Eurovision
0:39:04 > 0:39:07for the UK in 1997 was Love Shine A what?
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- Light.- Correct.- Bank!
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Which essential ingredient of brass is a major constituent of bronze?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- Copper.- Correct.- Bank!
0:39:17 > 0:39:23Time's up. Your bank was in time and, collectively, you've put into the kitty £180,
0:39:23 > 0:39:25which we will treble.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29It means prize money today of:
0:39:29 > 0:39:34There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.
0:39:34 > 0:39:42If there's a tie, sudden death. So, James and Lucy, for £2,550, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49Lucy, you have the choice of who goes first.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52I'd like James to go first.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59James, in British politics, the Westland affair in the 1980s
0:39:59 > 0:40:06which prompted resignations from the Cabinet centred on a manufacturer of which form of air transport?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- Helicopters.- That is correct.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14Which TV cookery contest was first hosted by Loyd Grossman in 1990,
0:40:14 > 0:40:17by Gary Rhodes in 2001
0:40:17 > 0:40:22and then, in 2005, by John Torode and Gregg Wallace?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- MasterChef.- That is correct.
0:40:24 > 0:40:32In world geography, the cities of Mombassa in Kenya, Durban in South Africa and Colombo in Sri Lanka
0:40:32 > 0:40:34all stand on which ocean?
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- The Indian Ocean. - That is the correct answer.
0:40:38 > 0:40:45In quotations, after seeing her in Brussels, Charlotte Bronte described which British monarch
0:40:45 > 0:40:50as "a little stout, vivacious lady, very plainly dressed"?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- Queen Victoria.- That is correct.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57In theatre, in which musical that opened in the West End in 2009
0:40:57 > 0:41:04does a choir of nuns perform songs entitles Raise Your Voice and Take Me To Heaven?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- Sound of Music? - The correct answer is Sister Act.
0:41:08 > 0:41:15In UK geography, which settlement on the River Wear, designated a New Town in the 1960s,
0:41:15 > 0:41:19shares its name with a famous America city?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- Pass. - The correct answer is Washington.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30What is the five-word title of the first memoir by Gerald Durrell,
0:41:30 > 0:41:37published in 1956, that recounts his early childhood on the Greek island of Corfu?
0:41:37 > 0:41:41- My Family And Other Animals. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:41 > 0:41:48Which word from Sanskrit follows "Instant" and precedes "Chameleon"
0:41:48 > 0:41:55and "Police" in the titles of UK hit singles for John Lennon, Culture Club and Radiohead?
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Karma.- That is the correct answer.
0:41:59 > 0:42:06In sport, which nine-a-side game, similar to baseball, and invented in Chicago in the 1880s
0:42:06 > 0:42:12is played over seven innings, with the pitcher bowling underarm to the batter?
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- Softball?- That is the correct answer.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21Lucy, in literature, a girl called Susanna born in 1583
0:42:21 > 0:42:26and twins christened Hamnet and Judith, less than two years later,
0:42:26 > 0:42:30were the children of which English playwright?
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- Shakespeare. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38After five questions each, your scores are tied.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42So, James and Lucy, let's play sudden death.
0:42:44 > 0:42:50James, which British actor who starred in several Ealing comedies won his only Oscar
0:42:50 > 0:42:55for his role in the 1957 film Bridge On The River Kwai?
0:43:00 > 0:43:05- David Niven. - The correct answer is Alec Guinness.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09In vocabulary, what term deriving from the Latin for James
0:43:09 > 0:43:14describes a style of furniture and architecture of the 17th century?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19- Jacobean. - That is the correct answer.
0:43:23 > 0:43:29That means, Lucy, you are today's Strongest Link and you go away with:
0:43:29 > 0:43:32James, you leave with nothing.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:38 > 0:43:45If I'd won the money, I was looking to put on a big 30th wedding anniversary party for my wife and I
0:43:45 > 0:43:47later on in the summer.
0:43:47 > 0:43:52When I found out I'd won the Weakest Link, it took a while to sink in,
0:43:52 > 0:43:58but it was absolutely fantastic and just the icing on the cake of what has been a good, fun day.
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