0:00:02 > 0:00:05Of the nine contestants preparing for today's show,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11The rest will leave with nothing
0:00:11 > 0:00:15as, one by one, they're voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:40Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42They don't know each other.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46If they want that money, they'll have to work as a team,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49but eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,
0:00:49 > 0:00:55we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00I'm Dan, I'm 26 years of age, I'm from Plymouth and I'm a bookseller.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05I'm Gemma, I'm 24, from Stevenage. I'm a speech therapist.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I'm Leighton. I'm 34, I'm from Poole in Dorset.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13For a living, I sell double glazing.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18I'm Sylvia. I'm 54, I come from Chesterfield in Derbyshire
0:01:18 > 0:01:22and I am a receptionist and complaints administrator.
0:01:22 > 0:01:29I'm Trevor, 31, from Lee-on-the-Solent. I'm a screenprinter and embroiderer.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34I'm Damian, I'm 21, from Belfast. I study politics and philosophy.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40I'm Margaret, I'm 43, from St Helens and I'm a human-resources officer.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44I'm Issy, I'm 38, I'm from Somerset and I'm a team manager.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50I'm Julian, I'm 48, I'm from London and I'm a stage hypnotist.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55The aim is to answer enough questions correctly
0:01:55 > 0:01:59to reach your £1,000 target within the time limit.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12If you say "Bank" before the question, the money is safe.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15You start a new chain from scratch.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Remember, only money that has been banked can be taken forward.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24In round one, there are three minutes on the clock.
0:02:24 > 0:02:30We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically Damian.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36First question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40The first day of April is otherwise known as what?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42April Fools' Day.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45How many wheels on a Reliant Robin?
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Three.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51When the tide goes out and returns, it's said to ebb and what?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Flow. Bank. >
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Is a stevedore's job fighting bulls or loading ships?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Loading ships.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03In The Jungle Book by Kipling, what was the name of the bear?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Pass.- Baloo.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10What M is from Greek for half-skull and is a severe headache?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Migraine.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Platform, plimsoll and stiletto are designs of which item of clothing?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Women's shoes.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21I'll accept shoes, yes.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24What is the plural of "goose"?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Geese.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30What C is the small section of a plant
0:03:30 > 0:03:35that is removed and replanted to propagate a separate plant?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Don't know. Pass.- Cutting.
0:03:38 > 0:03:45The singer who duetted with Barbara Dickson on I Know Him So Well is Elaine who?
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Paige.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Someone who is immature or naive is wet behind the what?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Ears.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56In which city are the Dodger Stadium and the Hollywood Bowl?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- New York.- No, Los Angeles.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04Which English king came to the throne in 1100 Henry I or Henry VIII?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Henry I. < Bank.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12What S is the word used in the UK for what in the US is called candy?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Sugar.- Sweets.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21The museum dedicated to the Princess of Wales is located in which country estate?
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Althorp.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29The wavelength of X-rays compared to light's shorter or longer?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- Longer.- No, shorter.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35What is the full name for the dog known as the Westie?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Terrier.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41No, West Highland terrier.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44In which university city is the Fitzwilliam Museum?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45- Oxford.- Cambridge.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49In which sport might a player receive a yorker?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Cricket.
0:04:50 > 0:04:56Which type is the common yew tree a conifer or a broad-leaf tree?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- A broad-leaf tree.- Conifer.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03In Greek cuisine, dolmades consists of meat or rice filling
0:05:03 > 0:05:06wrapped in which type of edible leaf?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- Lettuce.- Vine leaf.
0:05:10 > 0:05:17Which long-running musical based on the songs of ABBA had its New York premiere in 2001?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- I don't know.- Mamma Mia.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25For what do the initials CND stand?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Bank. >
0:05:27 > 0:05:31What A is a type of paint available since the 1940s
0:05:31 > 0:05:36and now often used by artists as an alternative to oil?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Time's up.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45The answer was acrylic. Did you all leave your brains at home?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Out of a possible £1,000,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52you have banked just £140.
0:05:52 > 0:05:58Hardly anyone shone in this round, but one of you is about to leave with nothing.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:05 > 0:06:11Damian is the strongest link as he was the only person to get all his answers right.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Getting every answer wrong makes Trevor the weakest link.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19But will the team have noticed so early in the game?
0:06:19 > 0:06:24Voting over it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Julian, you're a hypnotist.- I am.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- Can you hypnotise yourself? - I tried to last night to relax.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- You can't tell yourself to answer correctly?- Only got one wrong.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- Why Dan?- I don't think Dan got one question right.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- You don't have to count to be a hypnotist?- I don't think so.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Gemma.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- You were rubbish in that first round.- Thank you.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- What do you do?- I'm a speech therapist.- Have you gone silent?
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Erm...it has its advantages, going silent.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23Does it? What, to get you voted off the team? Why Dan?
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Erm...he got unlucky with a couple of questions.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Did you think Dan was the weakest link?- I did, yes.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- He wasn't, was he, Trevor? - Obviously not, Anne.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- Who was?- Probably me.- You didn't get any right. What do you do?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- I'm a screenprinter and embroiderer. - Oh, you sew?- Yeah, a bit.
0:07:44 > 0:07:51Different badges, crests of ships, erm... company logos on polo shirts.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53At home, d'you do needlework?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Sometimes I sit by the fire and darn my socks.- Do you?- Yeah.
0:07:57 > 0:08:04- Why Dan? - He got The Jungle Book bear wrong. Baloo. I can't forgive him for that.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10Well, again, Trevor, statistically you were the worst player,
0:08:10 > 0:08:16but Dan, the bookseller who's never read Kipling, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25It's nice to not be the weakest link statistically,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28so I can hang my head with a bit of pride.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Damian may well be up next.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35He seems to be weak across the board on questions.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Round two
0:08:39 > 0:08:42and, so far, you have won just £140.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47There are now eight of you left and we are taking ten seconds off.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53We start with the strongest link from the last round, Damian. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Start the clock.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01A phrase for a group of men taken at random is Tom, Dick and who?
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Harry.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08Which 1980s singer had UK hits with This Ole House, Green Door and Oh Julie?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Shakin' Stevens.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Which northern club did goalkeeper Nigel Martyn join in July 1996?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Leeds.- I'll accept. Leeds United.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24Did George Orwell fight in the French Revolution or the Spanish Civil War?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Spanish Civil War. < Bank.
0:09:26 > 0:09:32Macclesfield in Cheshire has produced luxury fabrics from which natural fibre?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Silk.
0:09:34 > 0:09:40What N is a written sign expressing the pitch and duration of a musical sound?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Don't know.- Note.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46With reference to milk,
0:09:46 > 0:09:50for what does the letter U stand in the abbreviation UHT?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- Pass.- Ultra.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59In what decade was national service abolished in the UK?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Sixties.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06How does a migrating salmon find its way home, by scent or by sight?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Scent.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11In Cinderella, which fruit is turned into the carriage?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13The pumpkin.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- Bank.- In 1968 James Earl Ray killed which civil-rights leader?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Martin Luther King.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24What R can be a garden tool or something a croupier uses?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26A rake.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- Bank.- What Venetian bridge links the Doge's palace to the state prison?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Don't know.- The Bridge of Sighs.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37When would you drink a digestif, before or after a meal?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39After a meal.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43In which country of the UK is the University of St Andrews?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Scotland.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49The donkey is the symbol of which American political party?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- Confederates?- Democrats.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57What are pond-skaters and water boatmen, insects or amphibians?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Insects.
0:10:59 > 0:11:05In Wayne's World, who was Wayne's best friend played by Dana Carvey?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Pass.- Garth.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12If it's 1.15 in the afternoon, what time was it an hour and a half ago?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- 12.45.- No, 11.45.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Which radio presenter had a UK number 1 single in 1965
0:11:18 > 0:11:20with The Man From Laramie?
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- I've no idea.- Jimmy Young.
0:11:22 > 0:11:29The Huguenots, who fled from persecution in France, were Catholic or Protestant?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- Catholic.- Protestant.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35The American Mario Andretti was a major figure in which sport?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- Baseball.- No, motor racing.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43What 1960s children's show featured Clarence the cross-eyed lion?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- The Herbs.- No, Daktari.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52Time's up! You did slightly better but by no means brilliantly.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55You banked £350.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Who has the intellect of a flea?
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Who is skating on thin ice? One of you is about to leave with nothing.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11The weakest link is Leighton.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Damian remains the strongest link, getting every answer right.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17But which way will the votes go?
0:12:19 > 0:12:24Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Damian, what do you do?
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- I'm a student.- Studying what? - Politics and philosophy.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- What will you do afterwards? - Become a journalist.- Who says?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Me.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- What sort of journalist? - Broadcast, hopefully.- Really?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58What are you going to broadcast?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02News, politics.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- Why Gemma?- She got the majority of her questions wrong.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- Did you think she was the weakest link?- Yes.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14When you're in the House of Commons reporting a debate
0:13:14 > 0:13:17will you be able to count the votes?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I hope so.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24So, Trevor who sews, how was that round for you?
0:13:24 > 0:13:29- I got the first one right and I went downhill after that!- You did.
0:13:29 > 0:13:36- Why Gemma?- Because I had to vote for somebody who was probably on par as bad as me.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Sorry, Gemma. >
0:13:38 > 0:13:40(It's OK.)
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- Was she the weakest link? - No, it was probably me.- No!
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Wa-hey! That's always a bonus!
0:13:46 > 0:13:49No, it was the fool from Poole.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Me!- I'm sorry?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Did anyone speak to you?- No.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Gemma, with three votes you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09My friends don't know I'm here, my family's in Australia,
0:14:09 > 0:14:12so I don't have to go home to too much teasing.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16I think next off will either be Leighton or Trevor.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19They've both been the weakest link previously,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22so that's going to put the idea in everyone's head
0:14:22 > 0:14:25that they should be voted off soon.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Round three, team, and out of a possible £2,000,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33you have banked just £490.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Seven of you left, another ten seconds off the time.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41We start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Damian.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Start the clock!
0:14:45 > 0:14:51In economics, if you're paid in goods rather than money, you are paid in what K?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Kind.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58The Gang of Four tried to seize power after which Chinese leader's death in 1976?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Mao Tse-tung.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05Which city on the east coast of Scotland is the main centre of our off-shore oil industry?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Aberdeen.
0:15:07 > 0:15:13The literal translation of eau de vie, French for brandy, is water of what?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Life.
0:15:15 > 0:15:21- Bank.- In racing, if two horses approach the finish together, they are running nip and what?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Pass.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25No, nip and tuck.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Is the transfer of heat in electromagnetic waves conduction or radiation?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- Conduction.- Radiation.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Which language was formally known as Cape Dutch?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- French.- Afrikaans.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44What P is a medieval type of play about Christ's suffering and death?
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Passion. - In maths, what is 99 plus 7?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50106.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55The Best Picture Oscar 1977 went to which film with Sylvester Stallone?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Rocky.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02British writer Brian Aldiss is best known for crime or science fiction?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Science fiction. Bank. >
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Which of the tennis grand-slam tournaments is in January?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- The US Masters.- Australian Open.
0:16:11 > 0:16:17In food, what Q is a golden-yellow member of the apple family used in jams and jellies?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Quince!
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Since 1066, how many English kings have been known as Edward?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- Two.- Eight.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31On which Scottish island are the Cuillin hills, Islay or Skye?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Skye.
0:16:33 > 0:16:40In film and TV, which word follows visual, sound and special to give three ways of creating illusions?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- Pass.- Effects.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Alistair Darling is in which political party?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- Conservative.- Labour Party.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54What M is the name of a tourist resort in the main port in Kenya?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Mombasa.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01In which game do players sweep the ice ahead of a sliding stone?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Curling.
0:17:03 > 0:17:09- Bank.- Comedians Graeme Garden and Graham Chapman both studied for law or medicine?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Medicine.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16In evolution, the preservation of useful variations was called by Darwin natural what?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Progression.- Selection.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24Brazil shares a border with every other South American country except Ecuador and where?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Colombia.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32No, the correct answer is Chile. In that round you banked £450.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Who makes a coal shed seem bright?
0:17:35 > 0:17:38It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45With every answer correct, Julian is the strongest link.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Statistically, Trevor is the weakest link,
0:17:48 > 0:17:53as he got all his answers wrong, but who will the team want off?
0:17:53 > 0:17:58Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Issy, are you named after The Sooty Show?
0:18:17 > 0:18:23- No.- "Izzy, Izzy, let's get busy!" - "Izzy WHIZZY, let's get busy!"
0:18:23 > 0:18:28- You watch Sooty?- No, I've heard it so often I know it back to front.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Did you come in your jogging top? - No.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- Are you a gamey person?- Yes.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39- What sort of games do you play? - Netball and any racket sports. - Do you?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- And what do you do for work? - I'm a team manager for BT.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Can you tell the time?- I can.
0:18:45 > 0:18:51Can you not work it out if you know it's an hour and a half less than the time I gave you?
0:18:51 > 0:18:56- Not under pressure.- Shouldn't a team manager work under pressure?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Absolutely.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04- Why Trevor?- He was very weak this round, and he's been weak before, so he deserved it.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- Margaret, what do you do? - I'm an HR officer.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- So you fire people?- Can do.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Pretend I'm about to lose my job what do you say?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Goodbye.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- Why Trevor?- Great guy, good laugh,
0:19:19 > 0:19:23but time to go.
0:19:23 > 0:19:29- Sylvia, did the hair go wrong? - No, I thought I'd look like looking through the mirror, looking at you.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34- Oh, dear, really?- Yes. So many people have said it to me.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- Have they?- Yes. - That's quite worrying.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43- I find it quite nice, actually. - Do you? When have you seen me wear a shirt like that?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- I haven't, because you... - You certainly wouldn't!
0:19:47 > 0:19:53- Why Trevor?- He did get quite a few wrong, more than me, so I'm afraid he has to go.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Trevor the sewer, you've stitched yourself up,
0:19:56 > 0:20:00You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:20:05 > 0:20:11I sit in front of the TV and shout answers out and tell people they're complete idiots,
0:20:11 > 0:20:16but once the foxy red-haired devil's shouting at you, it's different.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20I'd like Leighton to be voted off. He voted for me in the first round,
0:20:20 > 0:20:26which was one of my better rounds I got one right and one wrong, which I thought was good for me.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Round four, and you still haven't hit £1,000,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34just 940.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Six of you left, another ten seconds coming off the time.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42We'll start with the strongest link from the last round Julian!
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:20:44 > 0:20:50Start the clock! Smike is a character in which novel by Charles Dickens?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Nicholas Nickleby, Anne.
0:20:52 > 0:20:58In golf, on a par-4 or par-5 hole, what D is the shot off the tee?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Drive.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04In the US, what are Cornell, Rutgers and MIT?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- Don't know.- Universities.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10What is the national currency of Egypt?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Dinar?- The Egyptian pound.
0:21:14 > 0:21:20Before reunification, the German Democratic Republic was known as East or West Germany?
0:21:20 > 0:21:21East Germany.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24In TV, from The Boys From The Black Stuff,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28which demand of Yosser Hughes became his catch phrase?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Giss a job.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35Which 1987 comedy crime film starred Dan Ackroyd and Tom Hanks
0:21:35 > 0:21:38as hapless policemen trying to solve a curious case?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- I don't know.- Dragnet.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Which three-letter word for an inferior horse
0:21:45 > 0:21:49also means someone who keeps on at you in an irritating way?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Ass.- Nag.- Nag.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55In sailing, what M is a harbour for pleasure boats?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Marina.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Thomas Hardy wrote Jude The what?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Obscure. Bank. >
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Who was the final Conservative candidate
0:22:04 > 0:22:08for the 2000 London mayoral election?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Pass.- Steven Norris.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15In what field is Stella Tennant famous fashion or pop music?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Fashion.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22The Bourse is the equivalent of which London financial institution?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24The Stock Exchange.
0:22:24 > 0:22:30In the BBC sitcom My Family, which actor plays Ben the dentist?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Steven Punt.- Robert Lindsay.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38In English, navvy, a common term for a labourer,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41is a shortening of which word?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Navigator.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48What V is a steep cycle-racing track?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Velodrome. Bank. >
0:22:50 > 0:22:56Which is the only mythical creature among the animals representing the Chinese year?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Dragon.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Which Lord Chancellor became a cardinal in 1515 under Henry VIII?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Wolsey.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- Bank.- Who wrote Hedda Gabler?
0:23:10 > 0:23:11- No idea.- Ibsen.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Holding Back The Years and Money's Too Tight To Mention
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- were...- Simply Red.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Time's up, and you banked just £150.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27Who's more Bambi than Bamber Gascoigne? Who's top for the chop?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Leighton is the weakest link for the second time.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41Statistically, Issy is strongest, as she got every answer right.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Will the votes mirror the facts?
0:23:44 > 0:23:49It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03We have a tie, team.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Sylvia and Julian two votes each.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12- Leighton from Poole you're a double-glazing salesman.- I am.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14What's the trick selling it?
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Offer them a good product, and get them to like you.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22If they like you, they'll buy off you. I do very well.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26You don't have to answer general-knowledge questions.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- No, the questions...- Just as well!
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- HE LAUGHS - Never heard of the word nag?
0:24:33 > 0:24:40- Now you mention it, yes, you remind me...- You're not meant to be reminded when I mention it.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Why Sylvia?- I'm playing tactically.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47I quite fancy being here on my own to bank all the money.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52- Damian why Julian?- I just thought he had a bad round there.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57He's been good, but I felt he was weakest in that round.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.
0:25:02 > 0:25:08And the strongest link last round was the team manager who plays netball
0:25:08 > 0:25:12in the top she looks as if she plays in.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17- Why Julian?- He did have a bad round. He was unfortunate with questions
0:25:17 > 0:25:19and he was the weakest link.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24You've got a choice now between Sylvia and Julian.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- I'll stick with my choice.- Why?
0:25:26 > 0:25:32- Because he was the weakest link... - He wasn't, statistically.- Right.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35More reason to worry about you being a team manager.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40You can't tell the time, you can't keep track of the game.
0:25:40 > 0:25:46It was the fool from Poole, yet again, who was statistically the worst player.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Julian, you didn't do much with your hypnotics.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- No, but... - You are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:25:59 > 0:26:03I was voted off for tactical reasons. I'm not bothered.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08It's just one of those things. Perhaps they were frightened of me.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Leighton will be off next. He's hanging on by the skin of his teeth.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Round five, team, and out of a possible £4,000,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22you've currently got in your kitty £1,090.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Five left, another ten seconds off.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30We start with the strongest link, Issy. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Start the clock.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38Which British royal has established his own range of organic foods?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Prince Charles.
0:26:40 > 0:26:47What M is issued by a political party to set out its programme for government?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Manifesto. Bank. >
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Which English city, traditionally a manufacturing centre,
0:26:53 > 0:26:57has been called the city of a thousand trades?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- Pass.- Birmingham.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Judgment Day is the subtitle of which 1991 Schwarzenegger film?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Terminator.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12Which human body fluid gives its name to a variety of orange?
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- Pass.- Blood.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Michael Jackson married which performer's daughter?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Elvis Presley.
0:27:22 > 0:27:28How many degrees is the reflex angle on the outside of a right angle?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- 275.- No, 270.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36Which TV comedy is named after a fictitious street
0:27:36 > 0:27:42in which the Rolling Stones, Al Pacino and Jimmy Hill supposedly live?
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- Coronation Street.- Stella Street.
0:27:45 > 0:27:51Which Scottish hero was defeated by Edward I in 1298 at the Battle of Falkirk?
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- Rob Roy.- William Wallace.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58What relation is the son of your brother to you?
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Nephew.
0:28:00 > 0:28:06Which colours can be illuminated simultaneously on a three-light traffic light?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Red and amber. < Bank.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Phoenix and Tucson are in which US state?
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Arizona. Bank. >
0:28:13 > 0:28:17If you shirk responsibility, you are said to pass the what?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Buck.
0:28:19 > 0:28:25The captain of the first all-female Whitbread crew was Tracy who?
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- Pass.- Edwards.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Which playwright wrote the 1974 trilogy The Norman Conquests?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- Pass.- Alan Ayckbourn.
0:28:34 > 0:28:41Which Mancunian pop group had UK hits in the '90s with Step On, Kinky Afro and Loose Fit?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- Oasis.- No, Happy Mondays.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48What was the surname of the builder of the 1829 Rocket locomotive?
0:28:48 > 0:28:49Stephenson.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51- Bank.- In telecommunications...
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Time's up and you banked just £140.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Whose mind has wandered right out of the studio?
0:29:03 > 0:29:08Whose lift doesn't go to the top floor?
0:29:08 > 0:29:11It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17In a reversal of fortune, Leighton is the strongest link.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20The weakest link is Margaret, but how will the votes go?
0:29:22 > 0:29:26Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Leighton...
0:29:39 > 0:29:43do you measure up the house for the double glazing when you've sold it?
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- I'm supposed to. - You don't know much about angles.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51I was only five degrees out, that's not really fair.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56- Why Margaret?- She's been really, really good up till now
0:29:56 > 0:29:58but she had a bad round.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Is she five degrees out?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03About that.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Issy Whizzy...
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Why Margaret?
0:30:07 > 0:30:11She had a bad round, she didn't give me any money to bank,
0:30:11 > 0:30:16- but she's done well up till now. - OK, Margaret, in human resources,
0:30:16 > 0:30:18now you know how it feels.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22You're fired, you are the weakest link.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Goodbye!
0:30:30 > 0:30:34I feel disappointed to be voted off in round five
0:30:34 > 0:30:38because after round one I thought I had a good chance.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41I'd like to see Leighton voted off next.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45He's been the fool from Poole too much and been overlooked.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Round six, team, and so far you have banked
0:30:49 > 0:30:53£1,230 out of a possible 5,000.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Four of you left, ten seconds off the time.
0:30:56 > 0:31:02We start with the strongest link. Astonishingly it's Leighton.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Start the clock.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10In 1935, the King who had a silver jubilee was George the what?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Fifth.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16- Bank.- Which sex was the French novelist George Sand?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Female.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20What can mean a bundle of wires
0:31:20 > 0:31:24or the part of a funicular railway that moves the cars?
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Gauge?
0:31:26 > 0:31:27Cable.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32Sir John Barbirolli was conductor of which Manchester orchestra?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Manchester Philharmonic?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36The Halle.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Which small pie eaten at Christmas contains dried fruit in pastry?
0:31:40 > 0:31:43A mince pie.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- Bank.- Rosemary Ford was assistant to which Generation Game host?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Bruce Forsyth.
0:31:49 > 0:31:54The controversial John Profumo belonged to which political party?
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Conservative.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- Bank.- What is the literal translation of aqua fortis,
0:32:01 > 0:32:03the Latin name for nitric acid?
0:32:03 > 0:32:05- Pass.- Strong water.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10What is the name of the director of the 1994 film Pulp Fiction?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Quentin Tarantino.
0:32:13 > 0:32:19- Bank.- The name of which insect consists of a human sense organ and a word for a toupee?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Earwig.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24According to the Bible,
0:32:24 > 0:32:27which saint was converted on the road to Damascus?
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Peter?
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Paul.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35Published in 1959, the novel Naked Lunch was by which author?
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- Pass.- William Burroughs.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43Falco had a number-one hit in 1985 with a song about which composer?
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Amadeus Mozart.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- Bank.- In which county are the towns of St Austell and Penzance?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Cornwall.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Gladstone was Prime Minister under which monarch?
0:32:55 > 0:32:57George V?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Queen Victoria.
0:32:59 > 0:33:05In computing, which unit of information takes its name from an abbreviation of "binary digit"?
0:33:05 > 0:33:07A bit.
0:33:07 > 0:33:12In snooker and tenpin bowling, what name is given to one round of play?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Pass.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22The correct answer is frame and you banked just £130.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Who are you dying to get rid of?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Sylvia got every answer right in this round,
0:33:33 > 0:33:35making her the strongest link.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39The weakest link is Damian, but will the team realise that?
0:33:39 > 0:33:44Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Sylvia...
0:33:58 > 0:34:00why Damian?
0:34:00 > 0:34:06I thought "He's 21, he got one or two questions wrong, and he might want a lie down."
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- Issy Whizzy, we weren't very busy in that round.- No.
0:34:09 > 0:34:16- We were rubbish.- Absolutely. - They'll be having a laugh back at work.- Most definitely, yes.
0:34:16 > 0:34:22- Why Damian? - Erm...he didn't give me anything to bank, he did slightly worse than me
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- and I had to vote for him.- Right.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Well, Damian, who hopes to be a political broadcaster,
0:34:29 > 0:34:32they'll certainly be short reports.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36With three votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:42 > 0:34:47I'm disappointed because if the questions went my way I could've won.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51I'll be surprised if Izzy stays in
0:34:51 > 0:34:56because I think Leighton and Sylvia have an alliance going.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Round seven.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02And £1,360 is what you've won so far.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Three of you left, ten seconds coming off the time,
0:35:05 > 0:35:09we start with the strongest link, Sylvia. Let's play...
0:35:09 > 0:35:11The Weakest Link.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Start the clock.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17George Fox was the founder of which religious movement?
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Pass.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Quakers.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27Which Danish city is connected by a ten-mile bridge to Malmo in Sweden?
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Oslo.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Copenhagen.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38What name is shared by the poet Wilfred, the politician David...
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Owen.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44In chess, how many bishops are on the board at the start?
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Four.
0:35:46 > 0:35:51In 1956, Harold Macmillan introduced which savings scheme?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Premium Bonds.
0:35:53 > 0:35:59In communications, a crystal set was an early form of receiver in which medium?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- Television.- Radio.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Which pop group had a 1981 UK number one with Ghost Town?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07The Who.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09The Specials.
0:36:09 > 0:36:14According to the expression, if you make a lot of noise you raise the what?
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Roof.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20Philip Larkin became famous in which area of the arts?
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- Sculpture.- Poetry!
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Which Midlands football team plays at Filbert Street?
0:36:27 > 0:36:31- Leicester.- Leicester City, I'll accept Leicester.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35In which decade were parking meters introduced in the UK?
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- '60s.- '50s.
0:36:37 > 0:36:44In cartoons, what is the name of the overweight cat who has friends called Orson and Odie?
0:36:45 > 0:36:46Sylvester.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Garfield.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53The kamsin is a wind that blows from which desert over the Middle East?
0:36:53 > 0:36:55The Sahara.
0:36:55 > 0:37:01The chief law officer of the Crown in England and Wales is the holder of which political post?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- Home Secretary.- Attorney General.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09What style of hat in the '20s took its name from the French for bell?
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Can't remember!
0:37:16 > 0:37:18How useless can you get?
0:37:19 > 0:37:22The correct answer was cloche, you banked just £40.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26In round eight you get to treble what you bank
0:37:26 > 0:37:30which means, potentially, there's £3,000 to be won.
0:37:30 > 0:37:36The question is, who do you get rid of, who do you hang on to?
0:37:36 > 0:37:39It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Leighton is the weakest link for the third time.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Sylvia remains the strongest link with the most correct answers.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51But at this pivotal point, how will the team vote?
0:37:51 > 0:37:56Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Sylvia, why Issy?
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Well, she's a super person
0:38:11 > 0:38:14but I think Leighton and I have to stick together now.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17I've got quite attached to him.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Leighton, how do you think you did?
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Astonishingly well.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26You answered one question correctly and four incorrectly.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Better than five wrong.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- Why Issy? - Well, in the earlier rounds,
0:38:31 > 0:38:35the people over there were voting all my colleagues off.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39So we decided we wanted to be the champs on this side.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43Right, well. Issy, with two votes you ARE the weakest link.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45GOODBYE!
0:38:51 > 0:38:55I'm very disappointed to be voted off at this stage.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59I thought Sylvia would go for girl power,
0:38:59 > 0:39:01she's obviously not strong enough,
0:39:01 > 0:39:04but they've kept each other on.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Round eight.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10You've got £1,400 out of a possible 7,000.
0:39:10 > 0:39:15Leighton and Sylvia, two of you left, and you have 90 seconds.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Money you bank now will be trebled and added to your prize money.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22So £3,000 is at stake.
0:39:22 > 0:39:28We start with the strongest link, Sylvia. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Start the clock.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Gelignite, nitroglycerine and dynamite are examples
0:39:33 > 0:39:37of which group of chemicals used in warfare and mining?
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Explosives.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43Dennis Potter wrote the 1986 TV series The Singing what?
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Detective.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49Won ton are deep fried or steamed dumplings from which Asian country?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Japan.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53No, China.
0:39:53 > 0:39:59In which event has Denise Lewis represented Great Britain in the Olympics?
0:39:59 > 0:40:00100 metres.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Heptathlon.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07The philtrum is an indentation beneath which feature of the face?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09The eye?
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Nose.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14In music, which modern-day country
0:40:14 > 0:40:18is the birthplace of the violinist Niccolo Paganini?
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Italy.
0:40:20 > 0:40:25- Bank.- One group which provides meals on wheels is the WRVS,
0:40:25 > 0:40:27or Women's Royal what Service?
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Voluntary service.
0:40:29 > 0:40:35- Bank.- Which author wrote the novella on which the film The Shawshank Redemption was based?
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- Oh, pass.- Stephen King.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42In pop music, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt are Everything But The what?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Pass.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46Girl.
0:40:46 > 0:40:51Which Latin-American music is named after the Spanish for sauce?
0:40:51 > 0:40:53- Tango.- Salsa.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56The ANZUS Treaty was signed in 1951
0:40:56 > 0:40:59by Australia, the United States...
0:41:02 > 0:41:07Time's up, I can't complete the question, and you banked £80,
0:41:07 > 0:41:10which we'll treble and add to your winnings.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13That means prize money of £1,640.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16But only one of you can take that money
0:41:16 > 0:41:19so now you'll play head-to-head.
0:41:19 > 0:41:26I'll ask alternating questions. Whoever answers the most correctly wins, it's as simple as that.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30So, Leighton and Sylvia, for £1,640,
0:41:30 > 0:41:32let's play The Weakest Link.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39Sylvia, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41I'd like to go first, please.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Sylvia, in astronomy,
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Triton is the largest satellite of which planet?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Jupiter.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55No, the correct answer is Neptune.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Leighton, in athletics,
0:41:58 > 0:42:02when Ben Johnson was disqualified from the 1988 Olympics,
0:42:02 > 0:42:07which American athlete had his silver medal upgraded to a gold?
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Carl Lewis? - That is the correct answer.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Sylvia, in language, which word meaning a ruffian,
0:42:13 > 0:42:18was originally the name of a murderous cult active in India
0:42:18 > 0:42:21until the mid-19th century?
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Don't know, sorry.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28The correct answer is thug.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Leighton, in English history,
0:42:30 > 0:42:36what was the full title of the king whom Lady Jane Grey attempted to succeed as monarch?
0:42:40 > 0:42:42King Edward VI.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45That is the correct answer.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Sylvia, in animation,
0:42:47 > 0:42:51which pair of characters live at 62 West Wallaby Street,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55and periodically enjoy a nice cup of tea?
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Chip 'n Dale?
0:42:59 > 0:43:03- No, the correct answer is Wallace and Gromit.- Oh, no!
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Leighton...
0:43:05 > 0:43:09if you answer this question correctly you've won,
0:43:09 > 0:43:11so for £1,640
0:43:11 > 0:43:16in 1919, which body was established to restore British woodlands
0:43:16 > 0:43:20because of the timber shortage after World War One?
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Forestry Commission.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27That is the correct answer.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33That means, Leighton, you are today's strongest link
0:43:33 > 0:43:36and you go away with £1,640.
0:43:37 > 0:43:42Sylvia, you leave with NOTHING.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46Join us again for The Weakest Link.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Goodbye.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53I deserved to win because I banked quite a bit of money early on
0:43:53 > 0:43:58and I did well in the final rounds cos the questions were on my side.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00I am so glad Leighton won.
0:44:00 > 0:44:05I didn't deserve to win because I couldn't answer my questions.
0:44:05 > 0:44:11I bragged to my mates that if I won I'd take them out for a curry so the money's going in the Indian.