0:00:02 > 0:00:06Here are today's team of nine preparing for the show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11One will go home with prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:11 > 0:00:16The others will leave with nothing as they're voted the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:34 > 0:00:40Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45They don't know each other but if they want the money they must work as a team.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48But eight of them leave with nothing
0:00:48 > 0:00:53as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Let's meet the team.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02My name is Zosia. I'm 29 and I'm a sales consultant from Birmingham.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07I'm John. I'm 52. I'm a primary school teacher from Belfast.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I'm Graham. I'm 37 years old.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14I'm a car salesman from Galashiels in Scotland.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19I'm Jean. I'm 52 years old. I'm a textile artist from Derby.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22I'm Roy. I'm 41. I'm an engineering mechanic.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27Originally from Merseyside, I now live in Plymouth.
0:01:27 > 0:01:33I'm Kym. I'm 34. I'm an incident manager from Poole in Dorset.
0:01:33 > 0:01:39I'm Maureen. I'm 44 and I'm a retired civil servant from Winsford.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44I'm Peter. I'm 27 and I'm a research student from London.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49I'm Mark. I'm 32. I'm a police officer from Burnley in Lancashire.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Now, the rules.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57In each round the aim is to answer enough questions correctly
0:01:57 > 0:02:00to reach your £1,000 target within the time limit.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Get a question wrong and you break the chain and lose the money.
0:02:09 > 0:02:15But if you say "bank" before the question is asked, the money is safe.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19However, you start a new chain. At the end of the round
0:02:19 > 0:02:23only money that has been banked is taken forward.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25In Round One you have three minutes.
0:02:25 > 0:02:33We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically - Graham. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37First question - £20. Start the clock.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40In food, what colour is the flesh of a coconut?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42White.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45The lion is the symbol for which sign of the zodiac?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Leo.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51In a standard pack of 54 cards, how many jokers are there?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Two.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56A cygnet is the young of which bird?
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Swan.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01What part of the body is manipulated during reflexology?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Back.- Foot.
0:03:03 > 0:03:09What S is the nickname given to the dachshund breed of dog?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Pass.- Sausage dog.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Which sitcom with David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst
0:03:15 > 0:03:17is named after a cockney saying?
0:03:17 > 0:03:22- Only Fools And Horses. - Zosia. In transport,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25what is the Boeing 747 often called?
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Jumbo jet.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31From which 1939 musical comes the lyric, "Somewhere over the rainbow"?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33The Wizard Of Oz.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38- Graham.- Bank.- In food, what Z is the outer skin of a citrus fruit?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Zest.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Which Shakespeare play features the three witches?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Macbeth.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50Is the catfish or the dogfish a member of the shark family?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Catfish.- Dogfish.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- Bank.- In the TV sitcom One Foot In The Grave,
0:03:55 > 0:03:59what was the name of Victor Meldrew's wife?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- Pass.- Margaret Meldrew.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04How many degrees are there in a circle?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- 190.- 360.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10In the animal kingdom, is the scorpion an arachnid?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Yes.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17A tangelo is a cross between a grapefruit and which other fruit?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19A tangerine.
0:04:19 > 0:04:25- Bank.- In politics, what is Mo Mowlam's first full name?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Pass.- Marjorie.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Which Premiership football team's home ground is at Old Trafford?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Manchester United.
0:04:33 > 0:04:39In the sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley, is the vicar called Geraldine or Josephine?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- Josephine.- Geraldine.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Which sea creature's name is shortened to "winkle"?
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Periwinkle.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Which TV documentary narrated by Kenneth Branagh
0:04:50 > 0:04:54featured digital effects of prehistoric creatures?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Dinosaurs Walk The Earth. - Walking With Dinosaurs.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Proverbially, what hath no fury like a woman scorned?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- A woman.- Hell.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09What nationality is the novelist Maeve Binchy?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Irish.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16A cat chases a mouse for 15 metres, how far is this in centimetres?
0:05:16 > 0:05:181,500.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22In which game do players quietly say a word to each other
0:05:22 > 0:05:26before the last person reveals what was said?
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Chinese Whispers.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Bank.- In the animal kingdom, what D is a breed of dog
0:05:31 > 0:05:35with a white coat and black or brown spots?
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Dalmatian.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38With which sport...
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Time is up and of the £1,000 available,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46you put in the bank a disappointing £250.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Who is out of their depth?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Who isn't up to the job?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Who should not be here today? One of you will leave with nothing.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Statistically, the strongest link in this round is Mark
0:06:07 > 0:06:10and the weakest is Maureen.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13But will the rest of the team pick up on this?
0:06:15 > 0:06:20Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:40 > 0:06:47How interesting. We have a tie. Maureen and Kym - three votes each.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Kym, what do you do?- I'm an incident manager.- What's that?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I settle insurance claims.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58Do you come and tell us that we're covered but you're not paying out?
0:06:58 > 0:07:02No, I don't. I do desktop work. I tell you over the phone.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I see.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09- What has Maureen done to upset you? - I couldn't vote for myself, so...
0:07:09 > 0:07:14Right, OK. Jean, why Kym?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I believe she got two wrong.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- She wasn't the weakest link, though, Jean.- No?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23No. Was she, Maureen?
0:07:24 > 0:07:25I doubt it, no.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- Why do you doubt it? - I think- I- may have been.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Right. Well, when the vote is tied, the strongest link
0:07:33 > 0:07:35has to cast the deciding vote.
0:07:37 > 0:07:43Mark, you were the strongest link. Now, having heard the evidence,
0:07:43 > 0:07:47do you want to stick with Kym or vote for Maureen?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I'm going to stick with my vote.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Mark wants rid of you. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06I'm gutted because I knew the answers to the questions I got wrong.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Maureen was the weakest link. She got two wrong and lost us £200.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Maureen should be voted off next.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16I think she'll get even more nervous
0:08:16 > 0:08:19as she realises she's had a near escape.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Round Two.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25You've won £250 so far.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Had you stayed awake, you'd have £1,000. Eight left.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32We now take 10 seconds off the clock and we start
0:08:32 > 0:08:34with the strongest - Mark.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Start the clock. For which sport
0:08:40 > 0:08:43is Olympic medallist Mark Spitz known?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Swimming.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47In England, what type of headwear is shown off
0:08:47 > 0:08:51in an Easter parade at Battersea every year?
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Bonnets.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54What A is a substance
0:08:54 > 0:08:57that sticks surfaces together?
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Adhesive.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Bank.- Warwick is home to the administrative HQ
0:09:01 > 0:09:03of which English county?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Warwickshire.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07In the human body, which A is a hormone
0:09:07 > 0:09:12secreted by the adrenal gland in response to a fright or shock?
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Adrenaline.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18The 19th century Italian author and journalist Carlo Collodi
0:09:18 > 0:09:21created which children's wooden puppet?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Pinnochio.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25In English fashion, what kind of belt
0:09:25 > 0:09:27is used to hold up stockings?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29A suspender belt.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Are coal and oil a renewable or non-renewable source of energy?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Non-renewable.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39What S is a round solid with all points on its surface
0:09:39 > 0:09:42the same distance from the centre?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Circumference.- Sphere.
0:09:44 > 0:09:50Complete the title of this 1985 film directed by Sydney Pollack -
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Out Of... What?
0:09:52 > 0:09:53- Eden.- Africa.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57What word does David Beckham have tattooed across his back?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Brooklyn.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Which member of the parsley family has lacy green foliage
0:10:03 > 0:10:06and long slender edible orange roots?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- Chervil.- Carrot.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10In American slang,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12a buck refers to what amount of money?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14A dollar.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Which sport do you associate with American Arthur Ashe?
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Tennis.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Is the word "intelligent" a noun or an adjective?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- A noun.- An adjective.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31What D is the process by which food is broken down in the human body?
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Digestion.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36In the animal kingdom, is a swift a type of bird or fish?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38A bird.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41In computer technology, what H is a person
0:10:41 > 0:10:46gaining unauthorised access to a system or programme?
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Hacker.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- Bank.- On what game show presented by Matthew Kelly
0:10:50 > 0:10:53do contestants impersonate singers?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Stars In Their Eyes.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58What was the name of the Old Etonian pirate
0:10:58 > 0:11:00who lost an arm to Peter Pan?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Captain Hook.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04What tool is used to check
0:11:04 > 0:11:08if a surface is level and contains liquid in an air bubble?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Spirit level.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Bank.- In history, papyrus was used
0:11:12 > 0:11:16to make a type of what made by the Egyptians?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- Pass.- Paper.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22In fashion, where would you wear a crush hat -
0:11:22 > 0:11:24at the opera or at the races?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25- At the races.- At the opera.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28In Geography, Wilts is the abbreviation
0:11:28 > 0:11:30of which English county?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Time is up.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35The answer was Wiltshire.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39That time you did marginally better, but not fantastically.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44£300 was banked and, of course, another £1,000 target well missed.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50Remember, charity and generosity have no place in this game.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55To be rich, you have to be ruthless. One of you is about to go.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02John is the strongest link.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06He answered all his questions correctly and banked money.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11With the most wrong answers, Maureen is the weakest link again.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13But can she survive the vote this time?
0:12:16 > 0:12:21Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Graham,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- why Maureen?- Well,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49she was unlucky with her questions.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54She didn't have a tremendous last round or a great round this time,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57and I felt it was time to let her go.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Are you going to have tremendous rounds?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- I hope so.- Gosh, OK.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- Zosia? - I felt very bad for her.
0:13:06 > 0:13:12She had some hard questions but money counts and she has to go.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Well, I did expect to see my name on the boards.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29I'd previously had a bad round. I was lucky to get through.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I voted for Roy in that round.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I think he will be voted off next round,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38because he is showing nerves and taking time.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Round Three.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Of the £2,000 you could have won, you have just £550.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48You're down to seven players.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56We'll start with the strongest - John. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Start the clock.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04In humans, what R is given to a very rapid, automatic response to a stimulus?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Reflex.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11In which country would you find the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Australia.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18What is played by two teams of 11 with hooked sticks and starts with a bully?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Hockey.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- Bank.- In literature, what B is On The Landscape
0:14:24 > 0:14:27in Tom Sharpe's 1975 satirical novel?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Pass.- Blott.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33In which European country is the city of Genoa?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Erm, Italy.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41In The Darling Buds Of May, what is the surname of the central family?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Pass.- Larkin.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Which is larger, a Methuselah or a jeroboam?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52A Methuselah.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Of which band is Emma Bunton a member?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58The Spice Girls.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- Bank.- Name the late Sir Michael Redgrave's elder daughter.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Vanessa.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08Lord Nelson's HMS Victory is in the dockyard of which town?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Plymouth.- Portsmouth.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14The Jewish sabbath begins at sunset on which day?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- Saturday.- Friday.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22What was the name of Peter Sellers' character in the 1963 movie The Pink Panther?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Inspector Clouseau.
0:15:26 > 0:15:33Approximately how many pints of blood are there in a full-grown adult? Four, eight or 14?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Eight.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Which magician,
0:15:36 > 0:15:43whose stage name is a Dickens' character, was born David Seth Kotkin in 1956?
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Copperfield.
0:15:44 > 0:15:50- Bank.- What 1930s Disney film opens with Some Day My Prince Will Come?
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Snow White And The Seven Dwarves.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55What is the solvent in an aqueous solution?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57- Pass.- Water.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02Which Somerset Mendip village is famous for cheese and a gorge?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Cheddar.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10Does the term "homoiothermic" refer to warm-blooded or cold-blooded animals?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- Cold-blooded.- Warm-blooded.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19What Lenny, a US rock singer, had a hit in 1993 entitled Are You Gonna Go My Way?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Lenny Kravitz.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26In which country is the world's longest canal - China or Italy?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28China.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Zosia.
0:16:29 > 0:16:35In which 1973 Bond film did Jane Seymour play tarot-card reader Solitaire?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Live And Let Die.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- Bank.- What...
0:16:41 > 0:16:43The time is up.
0:16:43 > 0:16:51You banked a hardly impressive £350 out of a possible £1,000. Who can't handle the pressure?
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Who isn't worthy of a place in this team?
0:16:55 > 0:17:01One of you is about to leave. It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07For the second time, John is the strongest link.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11The worst player is Roy, but he did bank money.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13But will this save him?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Jean, you like sightseeing?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Mm-hm.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- Ever seen HMS Victory? - Not in Plymouth.- No.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- Why Roy?- Unfortunately, he got the questions wrong.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53It's not that you don't like him standing next to you?
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- No. I think he's a very nice person. - Right.
0:17:57 > 0:18:03- How's it going, Peter? - I'm getting into my stride. - What stride would that be?
0:18:03 > 0:18:08- Hopefully, a long and vigorous one. - We'll look forward to it(!)
0:18:08 > 0:18:13- Why Roy?- He got a few questions wrong. They were difficult ones.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18There was no money for me to bank.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- How do you think you did? - I WAS the weakest link.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27No problem, then! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Jean voted for me three times on the trot.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43She's a bit nervous. She looks around her and now I've gone,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46she'll probably look to her right
0:18:46 > 0:18:49and start picking on Graham.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I have a feeling that's what she'll do.
0:18:54 > 0:19:01Round Four. £900 banked out of a potential £3,000. Dear, dear!
0:19:01 > 0:19:06Six of you left. We are taking another 10 seconds off the clock.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09We'll start with the strongest link - John.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Start the clock.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Are there four or six taste zones on the tongue?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Six.- Four.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23In which country was Levi-Strauss born?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- The USA.- Germany.
0:19:26 > 0:19:32Who originally recorded A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On and Great Balls Of Fire?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Jerry Lee Lewis.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39What nationality was Edgar Degas? French or Belgian?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- Belgian.- French.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46The Ark of the Covenant was a wooden chest containing what?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- The Holy Grail. - The Ten Commandments.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54Zosia. Which British comedian was born Lenworth George Henry?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Lenny Henry.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Was the inventor of the stethoscope French or German?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- German.- French.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07In the body, what G is an energy source stored as glycogen?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Glands.- Glucose.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14On which Balearic island is the resort of Magaluf?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Ma... Majorca.
0:20:16 > 0:20:22Was the battle of Lepanto, fought against the Turks in 1571, a land or sea battle?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24A sea battle.
0:20:24 > 0:20:30- Bank.- Which British singer's 1996 album was entitled Older?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32George Michael.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36In the body, what C is also known as the collar bone?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38The clavicle.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Who first discovered Uranus - Herschel or Hubble?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Herschel.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48- Bank.- What is the world's highest mountain range?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50The Himalayas.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Is Cheetham School Of Music in Glasgow or Manchester?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Glasgow.- Manchester.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Which US state is named after George II of England?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Georgia.
0:21:03 > 0:21:09If you wish to travel from Munich to Berlin, would you head north or south?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- South.- North.
0:21:11 > 0:21:17The War of the Roses was fought between the House of York and the House of...?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Stuart.- Lancaster.
0:21:19 > 0:21:25Did Tony Blair become the youngest Prime Minister in 200 or 500 years?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27In 200 years.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Is curling or hurling played on ice?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Curling.
0:21:32 > 0:21:38Which city has been capital of Bohemia, Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic?
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Budapest.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44The correct answer is Prague.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46After all that work,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49you banked a mere £150.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Who are the rest of you
0:21:51 > 0:21:53carrying?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03Statistically, Zosia is the strongest link in this round.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07The weakest link is Mark, who gave more wrong than right answers.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11But will his success in Round One save him?
0:22:12 > 0:22:16It is time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Zosia,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35why Jean?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38< Didn't bank when she could have done.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43- How do you think she did on the questions?- She got a couple wrong.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46No, she only got one wrong.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- Did she?- Same as you.- Sorry, Jean.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Mark, how's it going?
0:22:52 > 0:22:57- Spectacularly well.- We'll have fun when that all goes wrong!
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Why Jean?
0:22:59 > 0:23:03I think she's been the weakest player in this round.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Well, that's interesting.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Statistically, guess who was the weakest player.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15It might have been a bad round for me on this occasion.
0:23:15 > 0:23:21Jean, you weren't the worst, but you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I think it was appalling that I was voted off.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36I only got one question wrong, and to choose me
0:23:36 > 0:23:39when others had got two wrong was awful.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45I think Zosia, John and Graham are bunching together and they're aiming
0:23:45 > 0:23:48to be the last three in the game.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Round Five.
0:23:51 > 0:23:57Your total is £1,050. If you'd hit your targets, it would be £4,000.
0:23:57 > 0:24:0210 more seconds off the time. The strongest link starts.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Zosia. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Start the clock.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12What is the highest value French note the 500 or 1000 franc bill?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- 1000 francs.- 500.
0:24:14 > 0:24:20In which decade were the first direct elections to the European parliament held?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22The 1970s.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27Which band had UK hits in the 1960s with My Generation and Pinball Wizard?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- The Who.- Correct.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34What effect occurs in the atmosphere
0:24:34 > 0:24:38due to the presence of gases that absorb the sun's rays?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- The Ozone Effect. - The Greenhouse Effect.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45The garden tiger and sallow kitten are all types of which insect?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- The beetle.- A moth.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51What is the name of the British army bugle call
0:24:51 > 0:24:55sounded at military funerals and on Remembrance Day?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- Pass.- Last Post.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, who cast the spell on Titania
0:25:03 > 0:25:06that makes her fall in love with Bottom?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- Pass.- Oberon.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16What way of identifying crime suspects from features described by witnesses
0:25:16 > 0:25:19was first used by Californian police in 1959?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21- Fingerprints.- Identikit.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Which political party said in 1997, "Alone in Europe,
0:25:25 > 0:25:29"the history of the UK has been one of stability and security?"
0:25:29 > 0:25:30The Conservative Party.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33For what does the acronym BAFTA stand?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35British Film and Television.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Does the term Neolithic refer
0:25:41 > 0:25:45to the latter part of the Stone Age or Bronze Age?
0:25:45 > 0:25:46- Bronze Age.- Stone Age.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48In which capital city
0:25:48 > 0:25:53would you find the sites of the Mayan and Aztec civilisations?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- In Lima.- Mexico City.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58What P is a rigid segment of the earth's crust
0:25:58 > 0:26:01which can float across the heavier rock below?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- Pumice.- Plate.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09Which US state claims to be America's first state Delaware or Pennsylvania?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11- Pennsylvania.- Delaware.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14In what country is the musical Miss Saigon set?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- China.- Vietnam.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23In science, what A is one of the oldest known compounds of nitrogen?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- Pass.- Ammonia.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28John. The 1978...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Time is up.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36And it wasn't just Mark who was spectacular,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39which is how he describes when he's bad,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42but all of you. Just three correct answers.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46You scraped together... a magnificent zero.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Nothing.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Not a single penny.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55It is difficult to ask you to consider
0:26:55 > 0:26:57who is not up to scratch,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01and who is a waste of space...
0:27:02 > 0:27:06but who is marginally more stupid
0:27:06 > 0:27:08than the rest of you?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Having gained the team the most money,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Graham is now the strongest link.
0:27:17 > 0:27:23With no correct answers, Zosia has gone from the strongest link to this round's weakest.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Who will lose out in the voting?
0:27:28 > 0:27:33Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47John, you tell us
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- your specialist subject is literature.- Yes.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54I'm nervous to wonder what ISN'T your specialist subject,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57since you don't seem to know any Shakespeare.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I knew it, but it wouldn't come.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Right. And why Mark?
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Er...I think
0:28:05 > 0:28:06we had a very bad round,
0:28:06 > 0:28:11but he had a few questions with a chance to bank, and he didn't.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- That's the only reason, really. - Right.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17How did it go for you, Graham?
0:28:17 > 0:28:21I got one right, which in this round is an achievement,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23but it was a disaster.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26So you thought Mark was the weakest link.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28- Yes, I did. - He wasn't, was he, Zosia?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30- No.- Who was, do you think?
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Me?- Right. And nobody noticed.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36They did over there, but these lot didn't.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39- They're not very bright over there. - They're not.
0:28:39 > 0:28:45Statistically, Zosia was the weakest player but, with three votes,
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Mark, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57I think I was voted off
0:28:57 > 0:29:00because I was the weakest link previously.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02It was a bad round for everyone.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05People remembered the wrong answers that I gave.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Next, Zosia will probably go.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11With just a few players, people will remember
0:29:11 > 0:29:13she was the weakest link.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Round Six. You're won £1,050 out of a possible £5,000.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21There's four of you left.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Another ten seconds off the time.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27We start with the last strongest link Graham.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Start the clock.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37The 1978 film The Wiz featured Diana Ross and which US singer as the scarecrow?
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Michael Jackson.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44In history, Adolf Hitler's political manifesto Mein Kampf
0:29:44 > 0:29:46translates as My What in English?
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- My struggle.- Correct.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54In football, which brothers played for England in the 1966 World Cup Final?
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Charltons.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59- Bank.- In film, by what name
0:29:59 > 0:30:02was martial arts expert Lee Yuen Kam known?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Bruce Lee.
0:30:04 > 0:30:10Which notable award did Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan win in 1976?
0:30:10 > 0:30:12The Nobel Peace Prize.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16Which is further 12 miles or 22 kilometres?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Erm...22 kilometres.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23- Bank.- Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre is the basis of the theme music
0:30:23 > 0:30:28for which TV series that starred Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin?
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- Kiss Me Kate.- Jonathan Creek.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36Does MI6 deal with domestic or international intelligence?
0:30:36 > 0:30:37International.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41In which month do Americans mark Martin Luther King Day?
0:30:41 > 0:30:43January.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48On which beach were the volleyball events at the Sydney 2000 Olympics?
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Bondi Beach.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- Bank.- How many tribes of Israel are there?
0:30:53 > 0:30:5512.
0:30:55 > 0:31:01Which actor said on being knighted, "I am very quietly but so ecstatically happy"?
0:31:01 > 0:31:02Michael Caine.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07- Bank.- What is the UK speed limit for cars on a single carriageway road
0:31:07 > 0:31:09outside a built-up area?
0:31:09 > 0:31:1160 miles per hour.
0:31:11 > 0:31:17What type of creature is an aye-aye a lemur or a lizard?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19It's a...lemur.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24In classical music, what nationality was the composer Gustav Holst?
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- Austrian.- English.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Which river has four European capitals on its banks?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33The Danube.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38Did Anthony Shaffer or his brother Peter write the play Black Comedy?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- Peter.- Correct.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49Time is up, but things have taken a turn for the better.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51You banked £400.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53But who is still...
0:31:53 > 0:31:56dazed and bewildered?
0:31:56 > 0:31:59It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05For the second time, Graham is the strongest link,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08with five correct answers.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Zosia is the weakest link again.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Can she survive the vote a second time?
0:32:15 > 0:32:20Voting over. Time to reveal who you think was the weakest link.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Peter, why Zosia?
0:32:33 > 0:32:37I think statistically, she was the weakest link,
0:32:37 > 0:32:40but she's been great and I'll be sad to see her go.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Graham?
0:32:42 > 0:32:46It was very difficult, because she was the only person
0:32:46 > 0:32:49to get a question wrong. She got two wrong.
0:32:49 > 0:32:54I think the others got their questions right. So...it's statistics.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58It looks as if the men are ganging up on the women.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Absolutely not at all. She's been outstanding.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05With three votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16I'm gutted about being voted off in that round,
0:33:16 > 0:33:18cos I thought I did not too badly.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21I banked a lot of money for the team there,
0:33:21 > 0:33:23but I got two questions wrong.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26I think it was a bit of men versus women,
0:33:26 > 0:33:30since I was the only girl standing. I did quite good
0:33:30 > 0:33:34to get through the last round, but the men did gang up on me.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Round Seven. You have £1,450 in the bank
0:33:41 > 0:33:44out of a possible £6,000 you could have won.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Three of you left. You've got rid of all the women.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Another ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Graham. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Start the clock.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Which southern US state is home to London Bridge?
0:34:03 > 0:34:05- California.- Arizona.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09On the worldwide web, which country does the ES domain represent?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Spain.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14What type of flower is named after Leonard Fuchs?
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Fuchsia.
0:34:16 > 0:34:22Which 1993 film won Steven Spielberg his first Best Director oscar?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Schindler's List.
0:34:25 > 0:34:31In which decade was the oral contraceptive pill first tested in the USA?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33- The 60s.- 1950s.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Colonel Gaddafi rules which North African country?
0:34:37 > 0:34:38Libya.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43An aquifer is the name given to any rock containing what?
0:34:43 > 0:34:44- Salt.- Water.
0:34:44 > 0:34:51Which Belgian actor starred in the 1992 film Universal Soldier?
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Jean-Claude Van Damme.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59In British nobility, what title is held by the wife of a marquess?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- Marquesa.- Marchioness.
0:35:01 > 0:35:08- Bank.- In which Hindu festival are lamps placed in temples and set adrift in rivers?
0:35:08 > 0:35:09- Pass.- Diwali.
0:35:09 > 0:35:16Which Richard appeared as Emperor Marcus Aurelius in the film Gladiator?
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- Richard Skinner.- Harris.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25In Greek mythology, sirens had women's heads and the bodies of what creatures?
0:35:25 > 0:35:27- Snakes.- Birds.
0:35:27 > 0:35:28Graham,
0:35:28 > 0:35:34in the Narnian Chronicles, is the last battle the sixth or seventh?
0:35:34 > 0:35:35- The ninth.- Seventh.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40In literature, what nationality was Aldous Huxley?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42- British.- English, yes.
0:35:42 > 0:35:49- Bank.- Who was US President during the Anglo-French assault on Egypt in 1956?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Eisenhower.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55In the UK, in which county is the market town of Frome?
0:35:57 > 0:35:58Hertfordshire.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Somerset.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Time is up. And having got rid of
0:36:05 > 0:36:08all the women and two blokes, you won £20, team.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Well done(!)
0:36:12 > 0:36:16In Round Eight, if you can get your heads round this,
0:36:16 > 0:36:21you get the chance to treble what you bank, so in the next round,
0:36:21 > 0:36:23there is £3,000 on offer.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25The question is,
0:36:25 > 0:36:29who is even worse at this game than the other two?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Who gets put out of their misery?
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Who's blown their big chance?
0:36:33 > 0:36:37It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42The statistics for John and Peter are very similar.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47John is the strongest link since he was the only one to bank money.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51In a reversal of fortune, Graham is this round's weakest link.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54But who will lose out in this final vote?
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14John, tell me why you voted for Peter?
0:37:14 > 0:37:18It's hard to remember what's happening at this stage of the game.
0:37:18 > 0:37:24And I thought that Peter missed one or two questions.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26I think he missed a chance to bank.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- And basically for that reason. - Graham,
0:37:30 > 0:37:33why on earth Peter?
0:37:33 > 0:37:38It was either me or Peter. I felt that was from the sublime to the ridiculous.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42I had a dreadful round. I'm lucky to be in the final.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Statistically, Graham was worst. But, Peter,
0:37:46 > 0:37:48with two votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58Obviously, those two are clever men. I'm happy for them.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00No, I lied.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04I'm a bit gutted. I think I was probably the strongest.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06They bottled it and voted tactically.
0:38:06 > 0:38:12Graham's from Scotland, John is from Ulster. There may have been
0:38:12 > 0:38:17an element of anti-London feeling in their choice to vote me out.
0:38:19 > 0:38:26Round Eight. You've won £1,470. You could by now have won £7,000.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29John and Graham, just two of you left.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31You've got rid of all the women.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35All the youngsters everyone not called Graham or John.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39You have 90 seconds. Whatever you win is trebled
0:38:39 > 0:38:40and added to your total
0:38:40 > 0:38:43to make up your final prize money.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48£3,000 is at stake. We start with the strongest link - John.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Start the clock.
0:38:53 > 0:39:01What was the pseudonym of Samuel Clemens whose books tell of growing up in Mississippi?
0:39:01 > 0:39:02Mark Twain.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07What B is a South American country once at the centre of the Inca Empire?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Bolivia.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13- Bank.- Who starred in Kind Hearts And Coronets and Star Wars?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Alec Guinness.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20Which Japanese city hosts the world's first John Lennon museum?
0:39:20 > 0:39:21Tokyo.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- Bank.- Steven Tyler is the singer in which American rock band?
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- Pass.- Aerosmith.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Which country has had the most deforestation in the last 10 years?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Brazil.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36What is the largest mammal of North America?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- The caribou, the moose. - The buffalo.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44Which journalist was famously interrupted by Mrs Thatcher
0:39:44 > 0:39:46on the embassy steps in Paris?
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- Pass.- John Sargent.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53What usually happens to male black widow spiders after mating?
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- They're killed. - They get eaten, correct.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00- Bank.- What nationality was cubist artist, Georges Braque?
0:40:00 > 0:40:01- Pass.- French.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04In which country would you find Damascus?
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Syria.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10- Bank.- In the military, what I is the name given to information
0:40:10 > 0:40:13secretly obtained about the enemy?
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- Pass.- Intelligence.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19In which country were the '94 Winter Olympics held?
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Norway.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- Bank.- What word meaning a warning phrase...
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Time is up.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30You won £160 which we'll treble
0:40:30 > 0:40:32and add to your winnings.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37That means prize money today of:
0:40:37 > 0:40:42But of course only one of you can take that money away.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45So now you will play head-to-head.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47I'll ask alternate questions.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Best of five. Whoever answers the most wins.
0:40:50 > 0:40:56It's that simple. If there's a tie after five we have sudden death until we have a winner.
0:40:56 > 0:41:01John and Graham, for £1,950,
0:41:01 > 0:41:03let's play The Weakest Link.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08John, as the strongest link, you choose who goes first.
0:41:08 > 0:41:09I'll go first.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18John, comedian and actor Mike Reid
0:41:18 > 0:41:22had a UK hit in the 1970s
0:41:22 > 0:41:24with his version of which song?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26I don't know.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29The correct answer is The Ugly Duckling.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Graham, in human biology,
0:41:31 > 0:41:37where would you find the auditory canal?
0:41:40 > 0:41:43The heart.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47The correct answer is in the ear. John,
0:41:47 > 0:41:51in geography, in which English county
0:41:51 > 0:41:54would you find the towns of Bury St Edmunds,
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Ipswich and Felixstowe?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Suffolk.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Graham,
0:42:02 > 0:42:06who was the Emperor of Japan from 1926
0:42:06 > 0:42:10until his death in 1989?
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Hirohito.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15John,
0:42:16 > 0:42:20in how many films did James Dean appear
0:42:20 > 0:42:23as a named and credited character?
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Three.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Graham,
0:42:28 > 0:42:30in the animal kingdom,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33the robin is a member
0:42:33 > 0:42:36of which family of birds?
0:42:40 > 0:42:42The sparrow.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45The correct answer is thrush.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47John,
0:42:47 > 0:42:49in education,
0:42:49 > 0:42:54for what do the initials NVQ stand?
0:42:54 > 0:42:56National Vocational Qualification.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Graham, you need to answer
0:43:01 > 0:43:04this question correctly to remain in the game.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08In geography, the township of Soweto
0:43:08 > 0:43:12lies nearest to which South African city?
0:43:12 > 0:43:13Cape Town.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15The answer is Johannesburg.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24That means, John, you are today's strongest link
0:43:24 > 0:43:28and you go away with:
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Graham, you leave with nothing.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39My family and friends will be quite surprised
0:43:39 > 0:43:42I did as well as I did.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45They'll be disappointed that I didn't quite do it.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49I feel really pleased that I did as well as I did do.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53I thought I'd be pleased just to get through a few rounds.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56At one stage I thought, "This is good night."
0:43:56 > 0:43:58But I survived and I'm delighted.
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