0:00:02 > 0:00:05'Of the nine contestants preparing for today's show,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09'only one will take home up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:16'The others will leave with nothing as one by one they're voted off as the weakest link.'
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Any of the nine people in the studio here today
0:00:34 > 0:00:36could win up to £10,000.
0:00:36 > 0:00:43They don't know each other, however, to win the prize money, they'll have to work as a team,
0:00:43 > 0:00:50but eight of them will get nothing as round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Let's meet the team.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56I'm Tony, I'm 55, living in Surrey.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59I'm a retired insurance official.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04I'm Alison, I'm 28, I'm from Leeds and I'm an office temp.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06My name's Sue, I'm 35,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I'm from Peterborough, I'm a marketing manager.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15I'm John, 49 years old, from Barnsley, and I'm a publican.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20I'm Stef, I'm 21, I'm from Chester and I'm a student.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24My name's Jason, I'm 27, from Dunfermline,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I'm a quantity surveyor.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28I'm Nick, I'm 33,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32I'm from Staffordshire and I'm an opera singer.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37I'm Jane, I'm 45, from the Wirral, and I'm a civil servant.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42I'm Paul, I'm 51, from Reading in Berkshire,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44and I'm a computer systems manager.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49In each round, the aim is to answer enough questions correctly
0:01:49 > 0:01:53to reach your £1,000 target within the time limit.
0:01:53 > 0:01:59The fastest way is to create a chain of 9 correct answers. Get a question wrong, you break the chain
0:01:59 > 0:02:04and lose the money, but if you say "Bank!" before the question's asked,
0:02:04 > 0:02:09the money is safe, however, you start a new chain from scratch.
0:02:09 > 0:02:16In round one there are three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the first name alphabetically.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20That's Alison. Let's play The Weakest Link!
0:02:20 > 0:02:23The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Bess, Betty and Libby are all informal versions of which name?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Elizabeth.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34In maths, what time in the afternoon is 1700 hours?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Five o'clock.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41In which 1979 film does a creature burst out of the body of a character played by John Hurt?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Alien.- In the top division of English football,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48who has been League Champions the most times?
0:02:48 > 0:02:53- Manchester Utd.- No, Liverpool. Who presented the TV series Hot Wax?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Ruby Wax.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Which is the smallest species of elephant, African or Asian?
0:03:00 > 0:03:07- Asian.- In the nursery rhyme Cock-a-doodle-do, which item of clothing has the dame lost?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Her shoe.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13What B is the cloth fastened around a child while feeding?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Bib.
0:03:15 > 0:03:22In the 18th century, which explorer captained the ship Endeavour to New Zealand and Tahiti?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Scott.- No, Captain James Cook.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31Which 1941 film starring Orson Welles was based on the life of a newspaper magnate?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Pass.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Citizen Kane.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Is Lobster Bisque a soup or pastry?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39A soup.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43How many days are there in the month of July?
0:03:43 > 0:03:4430.
0:03:44 > 0:03:50No, 31. Love in the First Degree and Robert de Niro's Waiting were UK hit singles in the 1980s
0:03:50 > 0:03:53for which British female group?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Bananarama.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Sika and fallow are both types of which mammal?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- Pass.- Deer.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07What R is a metal fixture on the side of a boat that supports an oar against which it moves?
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- Pass.- Rowlock. The British actress turned MP who won an Oscar
0:04:11 > 0:04:15for her role in the film Women in Love is Glenda who?
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Jackson.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21Sunderland stands at the mouth of which river, the Wear or the Tees?
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- The Wear.- Newton's third law of motion states
0:04:25 > 0:04:29that for every action there is an equal and opposite what?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Reaction.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- Bank!- Does "buena sera" in Italian mean good evening or good morning?
0:04:35 > 0:04:42- Good morning.- Good evening. Other than Emily and Charlotte, name the third literary Bronte sister.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Anne.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Famous for its nuclear reactor plants, where in the UK is Dounreay?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- Scotland.- In which sport did Larry Bird, Magic Johnson,
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley form part of the Dream Team?
0:04:57 > 0:05:03- Basketball.- The aquatic mammal that was the star of the film Free Willy was a killer what?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Whale.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- Bank.- According to the Bible, where was Jesus born?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- Nazareth.- Bethlehem.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Which of these European states is smaller - Monaco or Liechtenstein?
0:05:15 > 0:05:22- Liechtenstein.- Monaco. In 2001, the Transport Secretary agreed to a 5th terminal at which London airport?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Heathrow.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Bank!
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Time's up and your "Bank!" was out of time,
0:05:31 > 0:05:37and in that first round, you gathered together a disappointing and humbling £300.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42Who's turned out to be as thick as a railway sleeper?
0:05:42 > 0:05:48Who is not up to the standard of the rest of you? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53'Statistically, the first strongest link is Paul.
0:05:53 > 0:05:59'The weakest link is Alison, but at this early stage in the game, who will the team want off?'
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30We have a tie, team. Stef and Nick.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Three votes each. Sue...
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- you work in marketing, do you?- Yes.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- So can you speak English?- I try.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- What do you market?- Publications.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49- Magazines.- That's better. We don't call them publications. We call them magazines.
0:06:49 > 0:06:56- What did Nick do to upset you? - I thought he got the most questions wrong.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Stef.- Yes.- Remind me what you do. - I'm a student.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- What are you going to be when you grow up?- I'd like to be a teacher.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Why Nick?- To be honest, I really wasn't sure.
0:07:07 > 0:07:15- Well, we don't want you to be dishonest!- He was the weakest link. I felt he got some questions wrong.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- Nick, what do you do? - I'm an opera singer.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- Can you sing?- Very well.
0:07:20 > 0:07:27- Let's hear you. - I'm not being paid to sing today. - Oh, bit of a spoilsport, are you?
0:07:27 > 0:07:32- Not in the least, I'm a professional.- We'll never know.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37- Why Stef?- It's traditional to vote the student off in the first round.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- You can vote a retired person off in the first round.- Really?- Alison...
0:07:42 > 0:07:49- Good morning. Good afternoon. Do you know the difference? - Not in Italian.- Why Stef?
0:07:49 > 0:07:57She's the first person who got one wrong and I remembered it, the Manchester-Liverpool question.
0:07:57 > 0:08:03When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and that's Paul.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10You voted for Alison, but the tie is between Nick, who claims to sing opera
0:08:10 > 0:08:12and Stef, the student.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Who would you like to get rid of?
0:08:15 > 0:08:22It will have to be Nick because as I'm tone deaf, his opera singing would be wasted on me.
0:08:22 > 0:08:28Paul wants to lose the opera singer, but we've not heard whether he really is an opera singer.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Nick, you are the weakest link.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Goodbye.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43My friends and family are going to dine out for years on this,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47and particularly my wife is going to give me a living hell.
0:08:47 > 0:08:54I want Paul to go next because he ignored the male bonding thing and voted off me instead of Stef.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Round two. You have in the kitty £300. There are eight of you left.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05We're now taking ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link which is Paul.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, which actress played Rita Hanson?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Jennifer Lopez.
0:09:17 > 0:09:24Andie MacDowell. What J is the term for a point of articulation between the bones of a skeleton?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Joint.- What must you do to the Blarney Stone
0:09:27 > 0:09:31in order to be gifted with eloquence and persuasiveness?
0:09:31 > 0:09:37- Kiss it.- What was the name of the 11th-century king known as The Confessor?
0:09:39 > 0:09:44- William.- Edward. Marco Pierre White is a professional jockey or chef?
0:09:44 > 0:09:50- Chef.- Which former England coach became the manager of Tottenham Hotspur in 2001?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Kevin Keegan.- Glenn Hoddle.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57What's the British name for what the Americans call "suspenders"?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- A garter.- Braces.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04In which major UK city is Imperial College part of the university?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- Cambridge.- London.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10In Scotland, what C is the type of subsistence farming
0:10:10 > 0:10:13traditionally carried on in the Highlands?
0:10:13 > 0:10:21- Crofting.- From which part of a tree is frankincense obtained, the bark or the berries?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- The berries.- The bark.
0:10:23 > 0:10:30Which town in the north of England is famous for its liquorice, especially for its so-called cakes?
0:10:30 > 0:10:37- Harrogate.- Pontefract. Which actress married gameshow host Les Dennis in 1995?
0:10:37 > 0:10:43- Amanda Holden.- Which type of World War II weapon was a Bren, a grenade or a machine-gun?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45A machine-gun.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- Bank.- Which 1992 futuristic action drama directed by Ridley Scott
0:10:49 > 0:10:54was based on the story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- Alien.- Blade Runner. What T is the name of the birthstone for November?
0:10:59 > 0:11:05- Topaz.- In fashion, a low-cut top that is close fitting and usually strapless
0:11:05 > 0:11:07is known as a boob what?
0:11:07 > 0:11:12- Tube.- Which word did Tony Blair mistakenly spell with four O's
0:11:12 > 0:11:16according to press reports in November 2001?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- Potato.- Tomorrow.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22In biology, what C is a word that refers to the flow of blood
0:11:22 > 0:11:25through the heart, arteries and veins?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Coagulation.
0:11:27 > 0:11:33Circulation. In the animal kingdom, what type of creature is a Bream?
0:11:33 > 0:11:41- A fish.- Which poet lived with his sister Dorothy and near to his close friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Shakespeare.- William Wordsworth.
0:11:43 > 0:11:49What does the word "parsimonious" mean, generous or miserly?
0:11:50 > 0:11:57- Generous.- No, miserly. The stew made with lamb and kidneys is known as Lancashire what?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Hotpot.
0:11:59 > 0:12:05Time's up. Hotpot is the correct answer but you were many, many seconds out of time.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12And in that round, a dismal £100 was banked.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Whose clock has stopped?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Whose carpet is worn?
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Who is well past being any use whatsoever?
0:12:20 > 0:12:24It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31'As the only player with no correct answers, Stef is the weakest link.
0:12:31 > 0:12:39'John is the strongest link, but what will the other players consider when casting their vote?'
0:12:39 > 0:12:44Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06John, you don't know the difference between mean and generous, do you?
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- Apparently not. - Do you not know big words?
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- Not very many big words, no. - Do you own the pub you work in?
0:13:14 > 0:13:19- Unfortunately not.- What's good fun about working in a pub?
0:13:19 > 0:13:24- Free beer all day and all night. - Do you drink all day and all night?
0:13:24 > 0:13:25- No.- Why Stef?
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Um...
0:13:26 > 0:13:33- She's had two unfortunate questions and two poor rounds added together. - Jason, how old are you?
0:13:33 > 0:13:41- 27.- And you're a quantity surveyor. - I am.- Don't people think you're a bit young when you survey them?
0:13:41 > 0:13:45I was a quantity surveyor when I was 17 so that would be even younger.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- Qualified, were you?- Of course not.
0:13:48 > 0:13:55- So how could you call yourself a quantity surveyor at 17?- I was an apprentice quantity surveyor.
0:13:55 > 0:14:01- Why Stef?- Too many football questions, unfortunately. - What do you do, Jane?
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- I'm a civil servant. - What do you do in the civil service?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- I work for the Land Registry. - Where do you do that?- In Birkenhead.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- That's a very posh place, isn't it? - Parts of it.
0:14:14 > 0:14:21- Why Stef?- She unfortunately had two football questions and because of her age she wouldn't have got them.
0:14:21 > 0:14:27- Would you have got them because of your age?- No, I just like football.
0:14:27 > 0:14:33Stef the student has a lot to learn but not here. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44I hoped to get further because I have a reasonable amount of general knowledge,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48but as a student everyone had it in for me anyway.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53I'd like Tony to go next because he voted for me in the first round
0:14:53 > 0:14:55which wasn't a very nice thing to do.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Round three. You've banked £400 which is not very impressive.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08We're taking ten seconds off your time. The strongest link goes first and that's John.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:15:11 > 0:15:17In the TV series Starsky and Hutch, which character was played by David Soul?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Starsky.- Hutch!
0:15:20 > 0:15:26Which country did England defeat at the Battle of Crecy in 1346?
0:15:26 > 0:15:33- France.- In the animal kingdom, the Emperor Penguin lives nearer which Pole?
0:15:33 > 0:15:40- The South Pole. Bank.- In children's TV, which cloth cat belonged to a Victorian girl named Emily?
0:15:40 > 0:15:48- No idea.- Bagpuss. What N is an English county containing part of Hadrian's Wall?
0:15:48 > 0:15:54- Northumberland. - In English law, for which crime do the letters ABH stand?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Aggravated bodily harm?
0:15:56 > 0:16:01Actual bodily harm. Which horror film actor performed the rap
0:16:01 > 0:16:04at the end of Michael Jackson's song Thriller?
0:16:04 > 0:16:11- Christopher Lee.- Vincent Price. Which Dutch player won the European Footballer of the Year award
0:16:11 > 0:16:13three times during the 1970s?
0:16:13 > 0:16:20- Johan Cruyff.- Radio - Professor Anthony Clare presents the programme In the Psychiatrist's what?
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Chair.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31- Bank.- In UK politics, who was leader of Her Majesty's Opposition from 1983 to 1992?
0:16:33 > 0:16:39- Neil Kinnock.- In medicine, what V is given to the actual practice of inoculation?
0:16:39 > 0:16:46- Vaccination.- In the animal kingdom, what kind of animal is an asp, an insect or a snake?
0:16:46 > 0:16:52- A snake. Bank.- In radio and TV, Dan Maskell was a commentator primarily on which sport?
0:16:54 > 0:17:00- Football.- Tennis. Which World War II British twin-engined aircraft mostly built of wood
0:17:00 > 0:17:03shared its name with an insect?
0:17:04 > 0:17:12- Pass.- No, Mosquito! What B is a French word used in English to describe a fashionable young man?
0:17:12 > 0:17:19- Beau.- The food additive monosodium glutamate is often abbreviated to which three letters?
0:17:23 > 0:17:29- Pass.- MSG. Which Scottish city is the home of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery?
0:17:29 > 0:17:36- Edinburgh.- Glasgow. What A is a word that refers to the forgiveness of the sins of an individual?
0:17:36 > 0:17:43- Absolution.- In comic strips, in which British newspaper did Andy Capp first appear in 1957?
0:17:43 > 0:17:50- The Daily Mirror. Bank. - Robert Redford and Paul Newman starred as Butch Cassidy and who?
0:17:50 > 0:17:51The Sundance Kid.
0:17:54 > 0:18:02Time's up and you banked only £250. Who makes the village idiot look like Einstein?
0:18:02 > 0:18:08Who's busy doing nothing? Who is least likely to help you towards a better bank balance?
0:18:08 > 0:18:13It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18'Tony is the strongest link. He was the only player to get all his questions right.
0:18:18 > 0:18:24'Sue is the weakest link as she failed to answer a single question correctly,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27'but will the team realise that?'
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56Tony, are you as exciting and as sexy as you look?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58That's a compliment. I'm grateful.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- No, I'm being completely sarcastic. - Ah.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07- Why Sue?- I thought she was the weakest link that round.
0:19:07 > 0:19:14- You live in Surrey, do you?- I do. - But you're not from Surrey.- Not with this accent, no. I'm from Liverpool.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- Whereabouts in Liverpool? - In Knotty Ash.
0:19:18 > 0:19:24- Knotty Ash! So you're a little Diddyman, are you?- Well, um, no...
0:19:24 > 0:19:27I'm not standing on a box, Anne.
0:19:27 > 0:19:34Jason, who's been cutting a dash in Dunfermline since he was a quantity surveyor at 17. Why Sue?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38The Mosquito question was a poor one to get wrong.
0:19:38 > 0:19:46Sue was the worst player. Marketing strategy hasn't worked here! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:19:54 > 0:20:00People voted me off because I WAS the weakest link. How can you argue with the truth?
0:20:00 > 0:20:05I'd like Tony to go next because his yellow shirt is really annoying me!
0:20:05 > 0:20:12Round four, team, £650 in the kitty out of a possible 3,000. Six of you left.
0:20:12 > 0:20:18Ten seconds off the time gives you two and a half minutes. The strongest link goes first.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22That was Tony. Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Goodwood is an official venue for the racing of which animal?
0:20:26 > 0:20:32- Horses.- Which Asian capital city has its international airport at Sepang?
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Malaysia.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38No, Kuala Lumpur.
0:20:38 > 0:20:44What C is an ancient North African city which is now a suburb of modern Tunis?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Constantinople?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49No, Carthage.
0:20:49 > 0:20:55Which metallic element has the chemical symbol W reflecting its earlier name, wolfram?
0:20:55 > 0:21:00- Pass.- Tungsten. What is a Turkish Delight, a sweet or a soup?
0:21:00 > 0:21:06- A sweet.- Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard starred in the 1945 film Brief what?
0:21:06 > 0:21:11- Encounter. Bank.- At which end of a boat is the bow?
0:21:11 > 0:21:17- The front.- What E is a large flightless bird native only to Australia?
0:21:17 > 0:21:23- Emu.- What's the name of the city with the largest population in the Republic of Ireland?
0:21:23 > 0:21:28- Belfast.- Dublin! In July 1962, what was the name of the satellite
0:21:28 > 0:21:33that first carried television signals across the Atlantic?
0:21:33 > 0:21:38- Telstar.- In 1776, what J was the surname of the future American president
0:21:38 > 0:21:42who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- Johnson.- Jefferson.
0:21:46 > 0:21:53Which Renaissance artist who died in 1564 is credited with designing the dome of St Peter's in Rome?
0:21:53 > 0:21:59- Michelangelo.- The acronym CAMRA stands for the Campaign for what?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Real ale.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- Bank.- The first film Quentin Tarantino directed was Reservoir Cats or Reservoir Dogs?
0:22:06 > 0:22:12- Reservoir Dogs. - Which is the only country that has a land border with South Korea?
0:22:12 > 0:22:17- North Korea. Bank.- In cricket, which northern county
0:22:17 > 0:22:21did Fred Truman, Brian Close and Geoffrey Boycott all represent?
0:22:21 > 0:22:28- Yorkshire. Bank.- What name is given to the top prize or prizes each week in the National Lottery?
0:22:28 > 0:22:33- Pass.- Jackpot! In the television police series Dixon of Dock Green,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37what was the first name of Sergeant Dixon?
0:22:37 > 0:22:44- George. - In which century was the German composer Richard Wagner born?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- The 16th.- 19th.
0:22:46 > 0:22:53In literature, a Janeite is an enthusiast for the works of which early 19th-century female...
0:22:57 > 0:23:03Time's up, Alison, even if it WAS on the tip of your tongue, which I very much doubt(!)
0:23:04 > 0:23:09You banked £170 but whose brush has fallen in the paint?
0:23:09 > 0:23:14Whose brain has gone dead? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:16 > 0:23:22'The strongest link is Paul, the only player who didn't get an answer wrong.
0:23:22 > 0:23:28'John's the weakest link statistically. Can he survive the vote?'
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:51 > 0:23:56- Alison, have you always been a temp?- No, Anne, I haven't.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02- Did you do something interesting before that?- I was your enemy number one for a while.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04I was a travel agent.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10- What's wrong with travel agenting? - Too many people complaining after YOU told them to!
0:24:10 > 0:24:16- Why Jane?- She had a pretty bad round and was one of the weakest links.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20John, is this your first trip out of Barnsley?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21No!
0:24:21 > 0:24:25But you think Belfast is in the Republic of Ireland.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30You're a dead ringer for my mother-in-law and it's very disconcerting
0:24:30 > 0:24:36- having me wife's mother firing questions at me.- Well, let me tell you something unpleasant,
0:24:36 > 0:24:41which your mother-in-law probably does most of the time,
0:24:41 > 0:24:43you were dreadful in that round.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48You were easily the worst player but not enough people noticed,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52so Jane, you're the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03I feel totally aggrieved with being voted off,
0:25:03 > 0:25:08because I was one of the strongest links and that money was mine.
0:25:08 > 0:25:14John will go next. His inability to answer questions is quite obvious,
0:25:14 > 0:25:17which is why I voted for him in the last round.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Round five. Your total is £820.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24There are five of you left.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30Another ten seconds coming off the time. We'll start with the strongest link.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31That's Paul.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:25:34 > 0:25:41In pop music, which London football club had a UK hit single in 1975 with I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles?
0:25:41 > 0:25:49- West Ham Utd.- A Portland vase is a blue and white Roman vase made of what - porcelain or glass?
0:25:49 > 0:25:56- Porcelain.- Glass. The disease varicella is more commonly known by which name?
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Varicose veins?
0:25:57 > 0:26:02Chickenpox. The Adriatic Sea is part of which larger body of water?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Um...
0:26:06 > 0:26:13- The Mediterranean?- Which male singer and theatre actor released an album of songs from musicals in 2001
0:26:13 > 0:26:15entitled Centre Stage?
0:26:15 > 0:26:20- Michael Ball.- Sport - what K is an oriental system of unarmed combat
0:26:20 > 0:26:24using the hands and feet to deliver and block blows?
0:26:24 > 0:26:30- Karate.- In cookery, the spicy cold soup gazpacho originated in which European country?
0:26:30 > 0:26:37- Italy.- No, Spain. In 1870, what sort of institution was founded by Dr Barnardo in Stepney?
0:26:37 > 0:26:44- A children's home.- In the Bible, which disciple was replaced by Matthias the Apostle?
0:26:47 > 0:26:54- Judas.- In literature, the 1933 book Testament of Youth was written by Vera who?
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- Lynn.- Brittain.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05TV - in which 1950s US cowboy show did people ask, "Who was that masked man?"
0:27:05 > 0:27:07The Lone Ranger.
0:27:07 > 0:27:14- Bank.- In psychology, anthophobia is a fear of what, insects or flowers?
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Flowers.
0:27:15 > 0:27:23In language, an expectation that is responsible for its own realisation is known as a self-fulfilling what?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Dream?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Prophecy.
0:27:27 > 0:27:33Which Scotsman won the gold medal for Britain in the 1980 Olympic 100 metres final?
0:27:33 > 0:27:38- Don't know.- Alan Wells. Which boy's name followed by the word "builder"
0:27:38 > 0:27:43means someone who constructs flimsy houses out of inferior materials?
0:27:43 > 0:27:51- Cowboy.- Jerry. In travel, there is a regular ferry service between Harwich and which Dutch port?
0:27:51 > 0:27:53The Hook of Holland.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- Bank.- In which London park did...
0:27:57 > 0:28:03Time's up, I can't complete the question and you banked a disgraceful £40!
0:28:05 > 0:28:08You truly need to raise your bank balance!
0:28:08 > 0:28:14I urge you, drum out the dummy, heave the half-wits,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16eject the idiot.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:20 > 0:28:27'Answering all his questions correctly makes Paul the strongest link for the second round in a row.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30'Statistics show that Jason is the weakest link
0:28:30 > 0:28:32'but who will lose out in the vote?'
0:28:32 > 0:28:37Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:52 > 0:28:58- Paul, does Jason get up your nose? - Not exactly, no.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03- What do you mean, not exactly?- He had a bad round like the rest of us.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07- He has a long journey so we should let him go early.- Are you impressed
0:29:07 > 0:29:15- that he calls himself a quantity surveyor at 17?- I called myself a lot of things at 17 as well.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20- Alison, why Jason? - Because he passed on a couple,
0:29:20 > 0:29:25and he had as bad a round as maybe I did on that one.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30Jason has turned out to be not good enough for the rest of the team.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34You were the worst player and you are the weakest link.
0:29:34 > 0:29:35Goodbye!
0:29:41 > 0:29:43I'm disappointed to get voted off,
0:29:43 > 0:29:50but with the dross that's being served up there, the money won't be worth winning at this rate.
0:29:50 > 0:29:56John's out on a wing and a prayer with some of the answers he's been giving out from round one.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58He's been consistently bad.
0:30:00 > 0:30:06Round six. You've won £860 out of a possible 5,000.
0:30:06 > 0:30:12Four of you left. Another ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link - that's Paul.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20According to Greek mythology, what sex was Nemesis?
0:30:20 > 0:30:27- Female.- In which 1988 comedy did Kathleen Turner provide the voice for the character Jessica Rabbit?
0:30:28 > 0:30:35- Who Killed Roger Rabbit?- No, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The British monarch succeeded by Edward VIII
0:30:35 > 0:30:37in 1936 was George the what?
0:30:37 > 0:30:42- Fourth.- Fifth. In the UK, what term is used to describe a car
0:30:42 > 0:30:45known in the United States as a station wagon?
0:30:45 > 0:30:53- An estate.- Which group had UK hit singles with Rockin' All Over the World and Whatever You Want?
0:30:53 > 0:31:00- Slade.- No, Status Quo. In golf, which famous British course has a hole known as The Postage Stamp?
0:31:00 > 0:31:06- Turnberry.- No, Royal Troon. In the nursery rhyme, on what did Yankee Doodle come to town?
0:31:09 > 0:31:10On a donkey?
0:31:10 > 0:31:16No, on a pony. In which country did the 1916 Easter Rising take place?
0:31:16 > 0:31:21- Ireland. Bank.- What's the most southerly Channel Island?
0:31:21 > 0:31:28- Guernsey.- No, Jersey. In athletics, which track event includes water jumps and hurdles?
0:31:33 > 0:31:34Don't know. Sorry.
0:31:34 > 0:31:41The steeplechase. Which writing implements manufactured in the Cumbrian town of Keswick
0:31:41 > 0:31:44were made with locally mined graphite?
0:31:44 > 0:31:51- Fountain pens.- Pencils. Actress Melina Mercouri became Minister of Culture for which European country?
0:31:51 > 0:31:56- Greece.- Which type of photography uses electro-magnetic radiation
0:31:56 > 0:31:59to take images of the inside of the body?
0:31:59 > 0:32:07- X-ray. Bank.- Which board game invented by Alfred Butts in the 1930s was originally called Lexico?
0:32:07 > 0:32:14- Scrabble.- In the animal kingdom, the ferret is a domesticated variety of which animal?
0:32:14 > 0:32:20- Rodent.- Polecat. In the human arm, what is the name of the ball and socket joint
0:32:20 > 0:32:23situated at the upper end of the humerus bone?
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Don't know.- Shoulder.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33Dear, dear, dear! A pathetic £70!
0:32:33 > 0:32:40Who's the lemon with limited knowledge? One of you is about to leave with nothing.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Think carefully. It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50'With no correct answers, Alison is the weakest link statistically.
0:32:50 > 0:32:58'Getting the most questions right makes John the strongest link, but will the votes follow the facts?'
0:32:58 > 0:33:03Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19We have a tie, team. Tony and Alison, two votes each.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26- Tony, why Alison?- I thought she was the weakest link that round.
0:33:26 > 0:33:32- Alison, did you think Tony was the weakest link? - He was about level with me, I think.
0:33:32 > 0:33:40Well, the strongest link in the last round was John, the publican from Barnsley. Why did you vote for Tony?
0:33:40 > 0:33:46I thought that was a dreadful round and I thought he was marginally the worst player.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Well, you can reconsider now.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52You can stick with Tony...
0:33:52 > 0:33:54or you can vote for Alison.
0:33:54 > 0:34:01- It's only fair to stay with my first choice.- Well, I don't know how you count the change in the pub,
0:34:01 > 0:34:09but you haven't got it right statistically. Alison didn't answer a single question correctly,
0:34:09 > 0:34:15but it's votes that count - Diddyman's going back to Surrey! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26I would have liked to have been in the last three and I thought I was.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30I didn't think I'd be voted off on that last round.
0:34:30 > 0:34:36Paul will be voted off. He's the best player and will undoubtedly win if he's in the final.
0:34:37 > 0:34:43Round seven. Out of £6,000, you've got a pathetic 930 in the kitty.
0:34:43 > 0:34:49Another ten seconds off the clock. The strongest link starts - that's John.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56What's the curved stick carried by a bishop?
0:34:56 > 0:35:01- A mitre.- A crosier. Give the first two letters of Plymouth's postcode.
0:35:01 > 0:35:07- PL.- In the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit, the bandit was played by Burt who?
0:35:07 > 0:35:14- Reynolds.- In theatre, what name is given to the clothes worn by an actor during a performance?
0:35:14 > 0:35:21- Costume. Bank.- In North American cuisine, which type of syrup is poured over waffles and pancakes?
0:35:21 > 0:35:26- Maple.- In science, which metal is mixed with copper to produce brass?
0:35:26 > 0:35:32- Iron.- Zinc. The novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin is set in which European country?
0:35:33 > 0:35:39- Crete.- Greece. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in which year?
0:35:39 > 0:35:47- 1960.- No, 1962. In children's TV, in which 1960s series did an organisation called Spectrum
0:35:47 > 0:35:49have its headquarters on Cloud Base?
0:35:53 > 0:35:54Read with Mother.
0:35:54 > 0:36:02Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Which Royal Family member holds the title Great Steward of Scotland?
0:36:02 > 0:36:07- Prince Charles.- The country of Mozambique is in which continent?
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Africa.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- Bank.- Which part of the body is kept in place by pins, slides and spray?
0:36:13 > 0:36:19- Hair.- In 1935, Clement Attlee became the leader of which political party?
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- Conservative.- Labour.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Who was the first Australian cricketer to be knighted?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Richard Hadlee?
0:36:30 > 0:36:34Donald Bradman. Name the small instrument held between the lips
0:36:34 > 0:36:38and played by twanging a metal strip with the finger.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- I don't know.- A Jew's-harp.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45In a boarding school, what do we call a bedroom for several people?
0:36:45 > 0:36:50- Dormitory. Bank.- How many millimetres are in one kilometre?
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- 1,000.- One million.
0:36:54 > 0:37:00Time's up and you won £170. In round eight, you get the chance to treble what you banked
0:37:00 > 0:37:07so there's £3,000 to be won, but who are you hanging onto and who are you going to try and get rid of?
0:37:07 > 0:37:10It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:10 > 0:37:16'At this crucial stage in the game, Paul is the strongest link.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18'Alison is the weakest link
0:37:18 > 0:37:25'having answered the fewest questions correctly. Who will be taking the final walk of shame?'
0:37:25 > 0:37:29Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42We have a three-way tie.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48- Did you think John was the weakest link?- I think he probably was, yes.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52And you think all the people watching will believe you?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I'm sure they will.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- John, why Alison?- She was the weakest link in that round.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Alison, did you think Paul was the weakest link?
0:38:01 > 0:38:06Definitely not, but if I've got any chance at all of winning anything,
0:38:06 > 0:38:13I think me going up against Paul is a no-win situation whereas I might stand a chance against John.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18And the strongest link in the last round was Paul.
0:38:18 > 0:38:25- We know why you voted for John.- Yes. - Now you've a choice between John and Alison.
0:38:25 > 0:38:31I couldn't resist the challenge that Alison's just given me. I've got to stay with John.
0:38:31 > 0:38:37- So you're voting off your biggest rival.- That would appear to be the case.- It IS the case!
0:38:37 > 0:38:40In that case, yes.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44So, back to pulling pints in Yorkshire. You are the weakest link.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45Goodbye.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55I do feel as if I've been cheated a little bit,
0:38:55 > 0:39:00because I got to the last three and I'd have liked a shot at Paul in the final.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04I'd like to see Alison win simply because Paul
0:39:04 > 0:39:11employed a bit of tactical voting and he didn't have the spine to give me a game in the final.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16Round eight. £1100 in the kitty. Two of you left, Alison and Paul.
0:39:16 > 0:39:23You have 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled and added to your total.
0:39:23 > 0:39:28£3,000 is at stake. We'll start with the strongest link, that's Paul.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:39:31 > 0:39:38The 2001 film set in 18th-century France in which the killings of a beast are investigated
0:39:38 > 0:39:40is called Brotherhood of the what?
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- Vampires?- No, Wolf.
0:39:43 > 0:39:48Which South American country is the main part of the Patagonian desert?
0:39:48 > 0:39:54- Peru.- No, Argentina. What is Christine in the Stephen King novel of the same name?
0:39:54 > 0:40:00- A car.- The Latin maxim meaning "Let the buyer beware" is "Caveat" what?
0:40:00 > 0:40:06- Pass.- "Emptor." In which decade did Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
0:40:06 > 0:40:08make the first ascent of Everest?
0:40:08 > 0:40:14- 1950s. Bank.- In which field of the arts did Mark Rothko become famous?
0:40:14 > 0:40:21- Music.- Painting. Which word means a taxi or the section of a lorry that accommodates the driver?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- Cab. Bank.- Which cathedral city in Cambridgeshire
0:40:24 > 0:40:29stands beside the River Ouse on what was once an island in the Fens?
0:40:31 > 0:40:38- St Michael's?- Ely. In 1893, which antipodean country was the first in the world to grant women the vote?
0:40:38 > 0:40:42- New Zealand. Bank. - Which judge published a report
0:40:42 > 0:40:46recommending that football stadiums be made all-seater?
0:40:46 > 0:40:51- Pass.- Lord Justice Taylor. William Wordsworth served as Poet Laureate
0:40:51 > 0:40:54during the reign of which British monarch?
0:40:54 > 0:41:00- Victoria. Bank.- In the first world war, Japan was an ally of Germany or...
0:41:00 > 0:41:05- Germany! TIME OUT MUSIC PLAYS - Time's up.
0:41:05 > 0:41:11The correct answer was Great Britain, and you banked £80 which will treble
0:41:11 > 0:41:16and add to the winnings, and gives a prize money of £1,340.
0:41:16 > 0:41:23But only one of you can take the money home so now you'll play against each other head to head.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27It's the best of five - whoever answers the most correctly wins -
0:41:27 > 0:41:33so Alison and Paul, for £1,340, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:41:33 > 0:41:40- Paul, as the strongest link in the last round, you choose who goes first.- I'd like to go first, please.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Which Italian fashion house
0:41:46 > 0:41:51created the much publicised safety pin dress worn by Liz Hurley
0:41:51 > 0:41:54to the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral?
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- Dior?- No, the correct answer is Versace.
0:41:59 > 0:42:00Alison, in football,
0:42:00 > 0:42:06which Middle-Eastern country did Ireland defeat in a two-leg play-off
0:42:06 > 0:42:11to reach the 2002 World Cup finals?
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Iran.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19In food, the name of which Italian liqueur means "slightly bitter",
0:42:19 > 0:42:23a reference to the almonds used as its main flavouring?
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- Amaretto? - That is the correct answer.
0:42:27 > 0:42:34Alison, who was the first female DJ to present the Radio One Breakfast Show on a regular basis?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37- Zoe Ball. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:37 > 0:42:43Which country shares a border with China, Laos and Cambodia?
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Mongolia?
0:42:45 > 0:42:48No, the correct answer is Vietnam.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Alison...
0:42:50 > 0:42:55In past-times, the organisation known as The Sealed Knot Society
0:42:55 > 0:43:00re-enacts battles from which English war?
0:43:02 > 0:43:04The Civil War?
0:43:04 > 0:43:07That is the correct answer.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11Paul, you have to answer this correctly to stay in the game.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14In the table measuring the purity of gold,
0:43:14 > 0:43:18how many carats come after 18 and before 24?
0:43:20 > 0:43:2221?
0:43:22 > 0:43:24No, the correct answer is 22.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34That means, Alison, you are today's strongest link,
0:43:34 > 0:43:40and you go away with £1,340!
0:43:40 > 0:43:43Paul, you leave with nothing!
0:43:44 > 0:43:47Join us again for The Weakest Link.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Goodbye!
0:43:51 > 0:43:59I didn't win because the questions that came up I didn't know the answers to, but Alison did.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03I just feel fantastic that I've won! I did not expect...
0:44:03 > 0:44:10I thought I'd be going, "It was a great game and I had a great time" not "Thanks ever so much! I've won!"
0:44:10 > 0:44:14It should have been Paul but at the same time, I'm glad it's me!
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