31/01/2012 Weakest Link

Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

Only one of them will win up to £10,000.

The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met, but to get the prize money,

they'll have to work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing, as, round by round,

we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.

I'm Chris, I'm 31, I'm from Strangford, County Down,

and I'm a cabin manager.

I'm Vivienne, I'm 61, I'm from Hawick and a retired nurse.

I'm Phil, I'm 48,

I'm from Wingate in County Durham and I'm a tattoo artist.

I'm Anita, I'm 20, I'm from Southend in Essex

and I'm a human resources co-ordinator.

I'm Graham, I'm 55, I'm from York and I'm a hotelier.

I'm Lisa, I'm 44, I'm from Cardiff and I'm a legal advisor.

I'm Richard, I'm 59, from Kilburn in north-west London and I'm a writer.

I'm Selina, I'm 30, I'm from Shipley, West Yorkshire,

and I'm a science teacher.

I'm Louis, I'm 20, I'm from Malvern and I'm a security guard.

OK, just to remind you, in each round, there's £1,000 to be won.

The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.

Say "Bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.

Round One, three minutes on the clock. We'll start

with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Anita.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

The first question is for £20. Start the clock.

Anita, in the nursery rhyme, what is the name of the boy

who has his head mended with vinegar and brown paper?

-Jack.

-Correct.

Graham, in human biology, when referring to sunburnt skin,

what P means to flake and come off?

-Peel.

-Correct.

Lisa, which item of stationery is sometimes attached

to the end of a pencil, enabling the writer to correct mistakes?

-Eraser.

-I'll accept.

Richard, in expressions, something that is innovative or excellent

is commonly described as "the best thing since sliced" what?

-Bread.

-Correct.

Selina, in the kitchen, a stand placed under a hot pan

to protect a work surface is known as a what - truffle or trivet?

-Trivet.

-Correct. Louis, in maths, what is 2.5 doubled?

-Five.

-Correct.

Chris, in commerce, what A is the name for the type of public sale

at which goods are said to go "under the hammer?"

-An auction.

-Correct.

Vivienne, in optometry, a patient who can focus on close objects

but not on distant ones is described as being short what?

-Sighted.

-Correct.

Phil, in animal behaviour, when having a dust bath,

an elephant often sprays dry soil over itself using which organ?

-Its trunk.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Anita...

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-OK, you've reached and banked

your £1,000 target in that first pathetically easy round.

But who is worrying you?

Who might not be up to the game in the rounds to come?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

In an impressive first round, the strongest link is Anita,

as she banked all the money for the team.

Statistically, the weakest link is Graham,

but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?

Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Richard.

Lisa.

Lisa.

Louis.

Vivienne.

Anita.

Chris.

Graham.

Chris.

We have a tie, team. Chris and Lisa, two votes each.

-What do you do, Richard?

-I'm a writer.

-So where do you live?

-Kilburn, north-west London.

-Oh, so you're not a successful writer?

-Absolutely not, no.

-No.

And how many books have you sold?

-Er, about a quarter of a million.

-Have you? What are your books about?

-Love and that sort of caper.

-And what else do you do?

-I sing a bit.

-What do you sing?

-Er, spirituals, folk...

-OK.

-Put your board down. Off you go, then.

-All right.

-# He come... #

-Hang on a second. What's the song?

-He Come From The Glory.

-Yeah, did you make this up?

-No.

-No.

-It's a spiritual.

-Yeah, OK.

-OK?

WITH AN ACCENT: # He come from the glory! He come down!

# He come from the Glorious Kingdom!

-# He come from... #

-What accent is that?!

-Sorry?

-What accent is that?

-It's just the one that comes out.

-Comes out where?

-HE LAUGHS

Er, through the larynx, isn't it?

Put your board up. Why do you want to get rid of sexy Chris?

-Um, I don't, actually.

-Good!

-It was random.

-Phil, have you always been devastatingly attractive?

-Always.

-Yes, and what do you do?

-I'm a tattoo artist.

-Are you? Where?

-In Middlesbrough.

-Really?

Do people like getting tattooed in an unpleasant place?

-HE LAUGHS Yeah, they love it, Anne.

-Do they?

-They come from miles around.

-Put your board down. Move towards Anita.

-You haven't got a tattoo on your stomach?

-No.

-No?

-That would be like tattooing the Sistine Chapel.

-Ha, yeah!

-Move back.

What else do you do?

-Er, I sing in a rockabilly band.

-Do you?

-And play guitar, yeah.

What are you going to sing me?

Er, I'll sing you a nice love song, Anne,

from Jailhouse Rock, an Elvis song. Do you like Elvis?

-I love Elvis.

-Oh, dear.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

-Off you go.

# You're so young and beautiful

# And I love you so. #

Oh, that was fantastic! Put your board up.

-Why do you want to get rid of Lisa?

-Purely cos it's the first name I saw when I looked up.

Do you think she'd lose us money in the rounds to come?

We all got our questions right, so I don't know that.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote,

and the strongest link was Anita. What do you do, Anita?

-Um, I work in human resources for McDonald's.

-Have you been to the McDonald's University?

-Yes, I have, it's called Hamburger University.

-Is it? Is it in Germany?

No, it's, um, it's in London.

LAUGHTER

Which part of the chicken is the nugget?

-The breast.

-Oh, really?

-Yes.

-And how do you get chickens

with breadcrumbs on them and not feathers?

I don't work in development, so I'm afraid I can't answer that for you,

-but I can give you a number for...

-You must be able to do basics!

Which part of the country are they bred with batter on them?

I've never seen a chicken bred with batter on,

so I can't do that for you.

-Well, take a guess, where do you think?

-England!

Really? And here's another tricky one -

what comes first, the chicken or the egg?

-I'd say the egg.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-How can you have an egg

-if you...?

-How can you have a chicken if you haven't got an egg?

-Don't be cheeky, Anita.

-I'm sorry.

OK. We've had a tie,

so you can get rid of Chris or Lisa.

Erm, I'm going to go for Lisa.

-Yes. Would there be a reason for that?

-Yes, because she voted me off.

Fair enough.

Lisa, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

As soon as I knew there was a tie I knew Anita would pick me,

and she was the strongest link - because I had voted for her -

but I would have done the same in her position.

Round Two - you've won £1,000.

We're taking ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round -

that's Professor Anita.

Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In TV, the entrepreneur Hilary Devey

succeeded James Caan as an investor on the 2011 series

of which business reality show?

-Dragons' Den.

-Correct.

Graham, if a first is the highest class of honours degree

awarded by UK universities, which class is normally the lowest?

-Second.

-Third.

In film, which two-word nickname for a coward,

often heard in Westerns, refers to the colour of his stomach?

Yellow belly.

Selina, in food, the removal of the brown outer covering of rice

to produce the white, polished form is known as husking or hawking?

-Husking.

-Louis -

which Welsh city is situated at the mouths of the rivers

Taff, Ely and Rhymney, where they flow into the Bristol Channel?

-Cardiff?

-Correct. Chris -

What A is a term for someone who replies to a job advertisement

in the hope of obtaining employment?

-An applicant.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Vivienne - which term for a wharf where ships are loaded and unloaded

sounds like the name of a metal device used to open a lock?

-Quay.

-Phil - in maths, what is four multiplied by nine?

-36.

-Correct. Anita - a basket called a trug

is typically used in which activity,

gardening or hot-air ballooning?

-Gardening.

-Graham -

Born This Way was the title of a UK hit single

and UK number one album in 2011 for which US female singer?

-Pass.

-Lady Gaga. Richard -

in folklore, what term for a part of the hand

is the surname of a tiny hero called Tom?

-Thumb.

-Selina -

the West End stage production and the 1983 film adaptation

of Educating Rita both starred which Birmingham-born actress?

-Pass.

-Julie Walters. Louis - in fiction,

"It was the day my grandmother exploded" is the opening line

of an Iain Banks novel called what, The Crow Road or The Jay Walk?

-The Jay Walk.

-The Crow Road. Chris - in an Olympic triathlon event,

which discipline covers the least distance?

-Swimming.

-Vivienne...

-Bank.

In an image by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel,

God stretches out his hand towards which man?

-David?

-Adam. Phil -

what C goes before bracelet in the name for a chain

with small objects hanging from its links, bringing good fortune.

-Charm.

-Anita -

the usual English title of the influential work by Marx and Engels,

first published in 1848, is the Communist what?

-Pass.

-Manifesto. Graham...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You won £220.

Who shouldn't stick around unless we tape them to the podium?

Whose brain has downsized?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The only player to get all answers wrong, Graham is the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Chris is the strongest link.

But how will the votes go?

Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Graham.

Graham.

Graham.

Graham.

Selina.

Graham.

Graham.

Graham.

Where are you from, Chris?

I'm from a small village in County Down called Strangford.

-And what do you do there?

-I live in Belfast now,

and I am cabin crew for a low-cost airline.

-What sort of cabin crew are you?

-I am the cabin manager.

-I'm in charge of the cabin.

-Let's bring this to life.

-Mm-hmm.

-Do you get on before me?

-Yes. Half an hour before you.

-And then what do you do?

-We do our security checks, to check if...

-No, no - you.

-Oh, what do I do?!

-OK, half an hour before,

you're in the aircraft.

What happens next?

I have a briefing with the pilot about any defects in the cabin.

-You'd know, would you?

-Well, yeah, there's a book on board to tell us.

-What would you ask him?

-"Captain, is there any defects on board today?"

-Or you might say, "Are you going to give me a bumpy ride?"

-Yes.

-Why Graham?

-Because he got two questions wrong.

-What do you do, Louis?

-Security guard.

-Paint a picture.

-We patrol, checking the offices.

-Have you got the uniform?

-Got the uniform - suit, tie...

-Short sleeves.

-Sho... No, blazer.

-You look the part.

-Have you got the hat?

-No.

-Hats don't look good on me, anyway.

-Yes.

So you're sitting looking at the screens.

At all the people coming in, making sure they're supposed to be there.

Are you big in your own head?

Ha-ha-ha! Er, yeah.

Yeah. So, if it's a quiet day, and there's no-one

to interfere with, what do you do?

-Don't do a lot.

-Have you always been academic?

Yeah! I have been, yeah!

-Why Graham?

-He got two questions wrong.

Graham, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

When the boards were being turned over and I saw my name,

I felt the embarrassment growing,

I just knew it was going to be a clean sweep - and it was!

Round Three, £1,220 in the bank. Another ten seconds coming off.

We'll start with the strongest link, that's Chris.

Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In TV, what's the name of the cartoon bird created in 1949

whose only spoken dialogue consists of the words "beep-beep?"

-Road Runner.

-Correct. Vivienne...

-Bank.

The US national parks called Gates of the Arctic and Glacier Bay

are in which state?

-New York?

-Alaska. Phil -

which word meaning infamous was the title of UK hit singles

in 1986 and 2011 for Duran Duran and The Saturdays respectively?

-Pass.

-No...

-Notorious.

-Too late. Anita -

a company that makes an unwelcome takeover bid for another business

is a black knight or a stinking bishop?

-Black knight.

-Richard -

addresses with the postcode M1 are in which northern English city?

-Manchester.

-Selina -

what's the general name for the relatives of pipefishes

that have prehensile tails and are noted for their equine features?

-Seahorses.

-Correct. Louis...

-Bank.

The American actor who starred in Adventureland,

Zombieland and The Social Network is Jesse who?

-Owens.

-Eisenberg. Chris - what D

is a twill woven fabric, usually blue cotton, used to make jeans?

-Denim.

-Correct. Vivienne...

-Bank.

-In the Christian calendar,

St Patrick's Day is celebrated on the 17th of which month?

-March?

-Correct. Phil -

in Happy Families, what is the occupation of Mr Dip,

a detective or a dyer?

-Detective.

-Dyer. Anita - in food,

what is the refined white sugar used in cake-making,

with grains intermediate in size between icing and granulated?

-Caster.

-Correct. Richard -

the drama series Ashes To Ashes, featuring Philip Glenister

and Keeley Hawes that ran from 2008 to 2010,

was set in which decade?

-'50s.

-1980s. Selina -

the eviction of Scottish crofters from their land

in the 1700s and 1800s is known as the Highland what?

-Rampage?

-Clearances. Louis - the most direct route

between the African cities of Algiers and Timbuktu

crosses which major desert?

-The Sahara.

-Correct.

-Bank.

The 1959 jazz album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet

that has the same title as an entertainment listing magazine

is called Time what?

Out.

When fully matured, the fruit of which tree?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, you only won £160.

Whose recovery is more than fragile?

Who couldn't even marry Jordan?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second round in a row, Chris is the strongest link.

Statistically, Phil is the weakest link.

But will the votes pick up on the facts?

Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Louis.

Richard.

Louis.

Vivienne.

Vivienne.

Phil.

-Phil.

-We have a three-way tie.

Louis, Vivienne and Phil have two votes each.

-Where are you from, Selina?

-Shipley, West Yorkshire.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a secondary science teacher.

-Are you?

-Yes.

-Not a first?

-Not a first.

-What's the difference?

At secondary we teach 11 to 18-year-olds.

Yeah. What do you teach them?

All sorts.

Biology, chemistry and physics up to 16

and then chemistry up to 18.

So in the long, LONG holidays, what do you do with yourself?

We've got a camper van, so we tend to go off in our camper van

-and enjoy the British weather or the European weather.

-Yes.

-That must make the holidays even longer.

-Oh, no. It's a lovely van.

-It's got all the mod-cons in it.

-Yes.

-Let me guess. Are you a member of the Caravan Club?

-Yes.

-Yes.

And what do you do in the Caravan Club?

Well, we tend to use their sites once we're starting to get a little bit smelly.

Can you be a member of the Caravan Club

if you're not incredibly boring?

Well, I hope I'm the difference to that.

-Really?

-I think we've lowered the age. Yeah, probably.

What miles per hour does your camper van do?

-It's quite a speedy vehicle.

-You can overtake, can you?

-Oh, yeah.

-Good.

-We're not one of these Sunday drivers which you get stuck behind.

-Why Phil?

-He got two questions wrong.

-He did.

Anita, why Vivienne?

Erm, she got a question wrong.

-Phil, why Louis?

-Cos he got a question wrong.

When the votes are tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote,

and the strongest link was Chris. Why did you vote for Louis?

-Because he got a question wrong and didn't leave me anything to bank.

-OK.

You've time for reflection now.

No, I'm a man of my word, so I'll keep the word I have on the board.

Louis, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

Anne is fierce. She takes no prisoners.

But I think she's definitely got selective hearing on the go.

She doesn't like to listen.

Round Four. In the bank -

£1,380.

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link,

that's Chris. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Chris, in literature, the 1943 book by James M Cain

based on a real legal case and made into a film

released the following year was called Double what?

-Jeopardy.

-Indemnity. Vivienne...

-Bank.

-..in tennis, of the four major international tournaments

that make up the Grand Slam, which one is played on grass?

-Wimbledon.

-Correct. Phil,

in maths what is 41 + 42?

-83.

-Correct. Anita...

-Bank.

in history, which adjective derived from the first name of a queen

refers to the time of her rule in England

in the 16th and early 17th centuries?

-Reign?

-Elizabethan. Richard, in motoring

in the UK, what L is the hyphenated term

for an area at the side of a road

where vehicles can stop safely without disrupting...?

-Lay-by.

-Correct. Selina,

in British politics, in 2010,

Baroness Warsi became the first female follower of which religion

to sit in the Cabinet?

-Jewish?

-Islam.

-Bank.

-Chris,

in the TV adventure series, the hot pants worn

by Wonder Woman were decorated with what pattern? Spots or stars?

-Stars.

-Correct. Vivienne,

in geography, Clacton-on-Sea is a resort

on the coast of which English county?

-Sussex.

-Essex. Phil,

what D is the term for the calcified tissue

surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth?

Sorry. Can you repeat that question?

In human biology, what D is the term

for the calcified tissue surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth?

-No.

-Dentine. Anita,

in pop music, the 1970s teen idol

and former member of the Partridge Family

who had a UK hit single entitled I'm A Clown is David who?

-Pass.

-Cassidy. Richard,

in British wildlife, the word "vulpine" relates to which...?

-Fox.

-Correct. Selina,

in space technology, what was the name

of the world's first artificial satellite,

launched in 1957 by the Soviet Union?

-Pass.

-Sputnik I. Chris,

in African history, in 1975 Angola and Mozambique

gained independence from which European country?

-Britain.

-Portugal. Vivienne,

in London landmarks, the church situated on Trafalgar Square

that's home to a chamber orchestra is called St Martin's In The what?

-Field.

-Correct. Phil, in cinema,

-in which 1933 film...?

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You only won £50.

Who thinks Peter and Vernon are in a Kays catalogue?

Who has a rendezvous with rejection?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all their answers right,

Richard is the strongest link.

The statistics show that the weakest link is Selina.

But can she survive the vote?

Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Anita.

Anita.

Vivienne.

Phil.

Chris.

Phil.

Another tie, team.

Anita and Phil, two votes each.

-Vivienne.

-Yes, Anne?

Do you always look like that or have you just realised you've left the iron on at home?

I must have left the iron on at home.

Yes. And what do you do?

-I was a nurse.

-Yeah, where?

Several hospitals in Edinburgh and Arkansas and Coldstream and Hawick.

And where did you end up?

-Coldstream.

-Doing what?

-Caring for the elderly.

-Oh, have you moved in there now?

Not yet.

What do you do in your spare time? Have you got any talents?

I believe I have a little bit of writing talent.

-Have you?

-Mm.

-What sort of writing?

-Mostly rhyming things.

-Yes.

I bet you've brought a poem with you.

-It is in my head and it's all for you.

-Is it? Off you go.

Oh, dear, Miss Anne

What cheek you speak

But it's gone in a blink

So don't Botox the wink.

-Why Anita?

-Because she got a question wrong.

Selina, why Phil?

Um, he got a question wrong.

Well, the strongest link was Richard, so he gets to decide.

Who would you like to get rid of - Anita or Phil?

-It's going to have to be Phil.

-Why?

Anita's had a stronger round throughout.

Phil, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

I expected Anne to be really mean and nasty,

but she's not. She's really nice. She's got a cheeky wink and smile when she looks at you.

There's something there - she's not just nasty.

Round Five. In the bank -

£1,430. Another ten seconds

coming off the time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round,

that's Richard. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Richard, in botany the term "hydrotropism"

refers to the growth of a plant

that is responding to what? Sunlight or water?

-Water.

-Correct. Selina,

in TV, what's the name of the double-act

consisting of the comedy actresses

with the first names Dawn and Jennifer?

-French and Saunders.

-Correct.

Chris, in riding outfits, in the conventional spelling

of the word "jodhpurs" what is the silent fourth letter?

-P.

-H. Vivienne,

in political journalism, the news website set up in the USA in 2005

that launched editions for the UK and Canada

in 2011 is called the Huffington what?

-Press?

-Post. Anita,

in the British peerage, the daughter of a duke,

a marquess or an earl has the right to put

which courtesy title in front of her name?

-Princess.

-Lady. Richard,

in Oxford, the circular building constructed in the 18th century

to house a new library is called the Radcliffe what?

Camera or microphone?

-Camera.

-Correct. Selina,

in classical music, the comic opera by Mozart

about the lead-up to the wedding of Susanna and her lover

is entitled The Marriage Of whom?

-Venice.

-Figaro. Chris,

in military history, in the period after the Second World War,

which country of the UK

was excluded from conscription into national service?

-Northern Ireland?

-Correct.

-Bank.

In theatre, the play by Terence Rattigan

with a title that refers to a translation of a Greek play

by an English poet is The Browning what?

-Chronicles.

-Version. Anita,

if a temperature in Celsius is multiplied by nine,

divided by five then has 32 added,

it is converted to which other scale?

-Fahrenheit.

-Correct. Richard,

in definitions, which four-letter word, from the French

meaning "a leisurely walk",

is an American term for a formal college dance?

-Pass.

-Prom. Selena, in sport,

a competitor has the option of performing a western roll

in which athletics event? The high jump or the long jump?

-High jump.

-Correct. Chris,

in international politics,

the abbreviation "NGO" stands for Non-Governmental what?

-Organisation.

-Correct. Vivienne...

-Bank.

..in fashion, the English model born in 1989

who is the daughter of the designer Pearl Lowe

and the singer Gavin Rossdale has what first name?

-I don't know.

-Daisy.

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

You won £70.

Who'd have to trade up to be trailer trash?

Whose quality control is out of control?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Vivienne is the weakest link as she gave the most wrong answers.

Statistically, the strongest link is now Selina.

But will the voting reflect reality?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Anita.

Selina.

Chris.

Vivienne.

Vivienne.

Selina, why Vivienne?

I feel she's banking maybe a little bit too early

and I know we're not getting a lot of questions right as a team,

but I feel we're banking a bit too early.

Richard, why Vivienne?

Frankly, the same reason. Chris has been generating plenty of correct answers,

but the banking's been too early.

She didn't answer any questions correctly.

Vivienne, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

My son and my daughter, Laura and David, will be glued to the TV,

as will probably most of the town of Hawick that I come from

because I'm a celebrity now!

Round Six. In the bank -

£1,500. Another ten seconds

coming off the time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Selina.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Selina,

in quotations, in the words of George Orwell,

"at 50, everyone has the face he," what?

-Pass.

-Deserves. Chris,

in TV, what E is the name of the BBC studios in Hertfordshire

that has been the location for series

such as EastEnders and Grange Hill?

-Elstree.

-Correct. Anita,

in UK reference books, what's the alliterative title

of the large red volume, published annually since 1849,

listing details of prominent living people?

-Obituary.

-Who's Who. Richard,

in art, the series of paintings by William Hogarth

about the fortunes of a young aristocrat

is known as the what? Rake's Progress or Shovel's March?

-Rake's Progress.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Selina, in geography, the Orcadian is an inhabitant

of which group of Scottish islands?

-The Orkneys.

-Correct. Chris,

in film, a pair of siblings called Jake and Elwood

declare that they are on a mission from God

in which 1980 comedy?

-The Blues Brothers? I don't know.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In British wildlife, which five-letter word

follows gold, green and bull to give the names of three different birds?

-Sparrow.

-Finch. Richard,

in pop music, what G is the name given to the style of rock

featuring an abrasive, distorted sound

that evolved from punk in the 1990s in the Seattle area?

Oh... Garage.

Grunge. Selina, in sport, the trainer who was knighted in 2011

for services to horse racing is Sir Henry who?

-Cooper?

-Cecil. Chris,

in religion, in the northern hemisphere,

the Hindu festival known as Diwali

is celebrated during which season - autumn or spring?

-Spring.

-Autumn. Anita,

a famous poem by Longfellow set in the American Revolution begins,

"Listen, my children.

"You shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul," who?

-Pass.

-Revere. Richard, in maths, what is 87 - 13?

-74.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Selina, in history, in 1934, what A was the name adopted...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £90.

But...is Anita flipping useless?

Should it be back to school for Selina?

Will you show Chris the exit?

Or does Richard's story end here? Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, the weakest link is Anita.

The statistics reveal that Chris is the strongest link.

But whose game is over?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Anita.

Chris.

Anita.

Anita.

-Chris, why Anita?

-Cos she got no questions right.

-She didn't get any answers right either.

-That's what I mean.

-Selina, why Anita?

-She unfortunately didn't get any questions right that round.

Anita, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

I want Chris to get voted off next,

and I think he is going to be voted off next

because Selina and Richard seem to be voting off the same people.

Round Seven. In the bank -

£1,590.

Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Chris. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Chris, in royal residences,

the architect who directed the rebuilding of Buckingham Palace

at the request of George IV was John who?

-Betjeman.

-Nash. Richard,

in geography, what is the four-letter name

of the valley flooded by the Dambusters in 1943

that is the largest industrial area in Germany?

-Ruhr.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In pop music, Chuck D and Flavor Flav

were founder members of the hip-hop group called Public what?

-Enemy.

-Correct. Chris,

in weather, trades and antitrades are types of what? Cloud or wind?

-Wind.

-Correct. Richard,

in comedy, the Welsh actor

who played the chat show host Keith Barret

and is a regular guest on panel games

is known professionally as Rob who?

-Bryant.

-Brydon. Selina,

in the animal kingdom, what K is the common three-letter name

of a large variety of carp, originally bred in Japan,

and popular as a garden-pond fish?

-Koi.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In film, the 1960s spy thrillers The Ipcress File,

Funeral In Berlin, and Billion Dollar Brain

starred Michael Caine as the secret agent Harry who?

-Pass.

-Palmer. Richard,

in UK political history, what was the first name of the Prime Minister

who on his retirement in 1937 was created Earl Baldwin of Bewdley?

-Stanley.

-Correct. Selina, in musical notation,

how many crochets make up a semibreve?

-Four.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Chris, in geography, the province of Quebec

is on which side of Canada? The east or the west?

-East.

-Correct. Richard,

in football, the Portuguese coach Andre Villas-Boas

was appointed in 2011

as the manager of which English Premier League club?

-Fulham?

-Chelsea. Selina,

in TV soap operas, the Coronation Street character Norman Watts

was known by what ironic nickname because of his straight, lank hair?

-Curly.

-Correct.

-Chris...

-Bank.

-..in grammar, the phrase...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £110. In Round Eight you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having got all her answers right, Selina is the strongest link.

According to the statistics, Richard is the weakest link.

But who will lose out in the final vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Richard.

Chris.

Richard.

Selina, why Richard?

I think he might have got more questions wrong in that round than Chris.

What do you think, Chris?

I think we got the same amount of questions wrong,

-but he lost us the most amount of money.

-Well, you banked, so he WAS the worst player.

Richard, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

The reason I came on the Weakest Link is because I've always admired it as a format.

I think it's an ingenious construction.

I remember when I saw the first one ten years ago or so,

and I remember thinking, "This will have legs."

I got that much right and I still got voted off!

Round Eight.

£1,700 in the kitty.

In this round, 90 seconds. But whatever you win will be trebled.

We'll start with the strongest link, that's Selina. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Selina, in aerodynamics, what D is the term

for the force that acts on vehicles such as cars and aircraft

and impedes their forward motion?

-Downforce.

-Drag. Chris,

in literature, the 19th-century American author

who wrote The Scarlet Letter

and The House Of The Seven Gables was Nathaniel who?

-Parker.

-Hawthorne. Selina,

a private enlisted in the Royal Artillery

has what official title, a gunner or a gimmer?

-Gunner.

-Correct. Chris,

in film, which 1991 drama has a title

comprising the first names of a waitress and a chef

working at a diner, played by Michelle Pfeiffer

and Al Pacino?

-The Fabulous Baker Boys?

-Frankie And Johnny. Selina,

in music, what W is the name of the fair that is mentioned

in the folk song with the chorus "Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all?"

-Waverley?

-Widecombe. Chris,

in TV, Philip, Alan, Miss Jones and Rigsby

were the main characters in which 1970s sitcom...?

-Rising Damp.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Selina,

the percentage of oxygen in air that is inhaled into the lungs

compared to that which is exhaled is what, greater or lesser?

-Greater.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Chris,

in boxing, the US middleweight who was the undisputed world champion

from 1980 to 1987 is known as Marvellous Marvin who?

-Wright.

-Hagler. Selena,

in UK geography, what H precedes In-Arden and On-Thames...?

-Henley!

-Bank.

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. Correct answer. Bank, out of time.

You won £40. We will treble that.

It gives you prize money today of £1,820.

There can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each.

If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

So, Chris and Selina, for £1,820,

let's play the Weakest Link.

Selina, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

I'd like to go first.

Selina, in pop music, which 1995 track by Michael Jackson

that's featured on his HIStory album

was his biggest-selling single in the UK

of his entire career?

-Thriller.

-The correct answer is Earth Song.

Chris, on TV in the UK, in the 2011 series subtitled Fool Us

which pair of magicians offered performers the chance

to appear at their Las Vegas show

if they managed to outwit them with a trick?

-Penn and Teller.

-That is the correct answer. Selina,

in activities, "snake creeps down,"

"wave hands in clouds,"

and "carry tiger to the mountain"

are the names of individual exercises

in which Chinese martial art?

-T'ai chi.

-That is the correct answer. Chris,

in the Bible, which book is named after a man

whose faith is tested by misfortunes

including being covered from head to toe in boils?

-Zechariah.

-The correct answer is Job.

Selina, in pub food, what six-letter name

is usually given to Norway lobsters or large prawns

when they are deep-fried in breadcrumbs and served with chips?

-Scampi.

-That is the correct answer. Chris,

in European geography, for part of its course,

the River Danube acts as a border between Bulgaria

and which other country to its north?

-Yugoslavia.

-The correct answer is Romania.

Selina, in sport, which English golfer

won the PGA Championship in 2011 at Wentworth

and became the number-one ranked player in the world?

-Peterson.

-The correct answer is Luke Donald.

Chris, in literature, which author said of his 1965 book In Cold Blood

that it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference -

every word of it would be true from beginning to end.

-Ian Rankin.

-The correct answer is Truman Capote.

Selina, in architecture, the parliamentary offices

opened in 2001 opposite the Palace of Westminster

are named after which royal emblem?

-The unicorn.

-The correct answer is portcullis.

Chris, in a standard symphony orchestra,

the four brass instruments are the French horn,

the trombone, the trumpet, and which other?

-The tuba.

-That is the correct answer.

And after five questions each your scores are tied.

So, Selina and Chris, let's play Sudden Death.

Selina, in the solar system, the so-called gas giants

are Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and which other planet?

-Saturn.

-That is the correct answer. Chris,

in entertainment, what is the alliterative name

of the major annual film awards that since 1944 have been presented

by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association?

-The Screen Guild Awards?

-The correct answer is the Golden Globes.

That means, Selina, you are today's strongest link

and you go away with £1,820.

Chris, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the weakest link. Goodbye.

It was absolutely amazing making it to the final,

especially with the first round, me nearly getting voted off.

I'm a bit disappointed I didn't win the money, but I've had a great day.

I feel absolutely fantastic being the winner of the Weakest Link. It's great.

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