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00:00Popular celebrities. They're chestnuts. I'm an open fire. Let's get roasting. This is The Weakest Link.
00:15Behind me are eight wise men and women, all being led by a star. You're welcome, guys.
00:21They're each trying to win up to £50,000 for charity, but to do that, they'll have to work
00:25together. Seven will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player, voted The Weakest Link.
00:31Let's meet the team.
00:35I'm Lou, a comedian from Kent.
00:39I'm Ross, broadcaster from Glasgow via Hollywood.
00:44I'm Eddie, a comedian and presenter from West London.
00:48I'm Martine and I'm an actress from Hackney.
00:52I'm David, I'm a comedian from Dublin.
00:55I'm Jess, a TV personality from Essex.
01:01I'm Blue, a drag queen from Northern Ireland.
01:05I'm Eddie, a Paralympian TV presenter and originally from East London.
01:13Do you know what, guys? I was running out of Christmas cheer for a bit, but
01:16hearing you say your names and where you're from, it's really perked me up, so thank you so much.
01:21I feel so Christmassy. Okay, here come the rules.
01:24In each round, the aim is to answer enough questions correctly to reach your target within
01:29the time limit. The target for round one is £2,500.
01:33The fastest way to get there is to work together to create a chain of eight correct answers.
01:39Get your question wrong, you break the chain and you lose all of the money in that chain.
01:44But if you press your button and say bank before the question is asked, the money is safe and you
01:50begin a new chain from scratch. You've got two minutes and 30 seconds for this round and we're
01:56going to start with the person most likely to bang on about Die Hard being a Christmas movie.
02:00That's you, Lou Sanders. So true. Let's play The Weakest Link.
02:07Start the clock. In cinema, in the 2013 film Frozen, the snowman Olaf has a nose made from which
02:14vegetable? Carrot. Correct. Ross. In art, scarlet, cherry and garnet are all shades of which primary
02:19colour? Red. Correct. Eddie. In science, see you as the chemical symbol for what substance, copper or
02:25custard? Copper. Correct. Martine. In festive characters, Bob Cratchit works as a clerk in which
02:31Charles Dickens story? A Christmas Carol. Correct. David. In language, in relation to a situation that
02:37is embarrassing, orcs is an abbreviation of what word? Awkward. Correct. Jess. In travel, what P is an
02:43official document with a person's name, photograph and personal details shown on entering and leaving
02:48a country? Passport. Correct. Blue. What sounds like both the word meaning expensive and a hoofed mammal,
02:54the male of which typically has antlers?
02:59Deer? Correct. Eddie. Bank. In food, cheddar, double Gloucester and Lancashire are all common
03:04varieties of what dairy product? Cheese. Correct. Lou. In politics, named after its distinctive shape,
03:10the official working space of the US president is known as the what office? Oval office. Correct.
03:16Ross. Look at your screen. Which wham song is represented here? Last Christmas. Correct. Eddie.
03:22In world geography, Mozambique is a country in the southeast part of which continent? Africa.
03:27Correct. Martine. In decorations, what tea is the garland of thin strips of shiny metallic foil
03:32attached to a long thread usually draped around a Christmas tree? Tinsel. Correct. David. Bank.
03:38What word goes with ideal in a British interiors magazine and with a loan in the title of a 1990
03:43Macaulay Culkin film? Home. Correct. Jess. In games, using a pair of six-sided dice, what is the maximum total that
03:51can be achieved in a single role? Can you repeat the question? Sure. In games, using a pair of six-sided
03:58dice, what is the maximum total that can be achieved in a single role? Twelve. Correct. Blue. In technology,
04:04the icon of which major music streaming service founded in Sweden is three curved lines in a circle?
04:09Quantify. Correct. Addie. In TV, Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton have all played Queen
04:15Elizabeth II in which Netflix series? The Crown. Correct. Lou. Bank. In appointment, you did it!
04:21Yes, come on!
04:25Merry Christmas! Yeah!
04:29Merry Christmas!
04:34Yes! Oh, my goodness. I cannot believe it. You!
04:40There's no need. Come on, bruv. Genuinely, so impressed. You reached your target of 2,500. Come on, Chris!
04:50Yes! I love you guys. For now. That money will go through to the next round, but one of you
04:57will not. This is going to be very difficult. I know. Oh, come on. Yeah, sorry. It's like, yeah,
05:02it's Christmas, isn't it? First there's fun and then there's a bit of disappointment when you realise the
05:05reality of life. So, I think you're going to like these guys. Who here thinks Home Alone is Post Malone's
05:13brother? Who thinks Baby Reindeer is a John Lewis Christmas ad? One of you is about to leave with
05:22nothing. It's time to vote off The Weakest Link. Well, Rom, that was a cracker of a round, but how do you
05:32decide who goals when they reach the target? Choose who hesitated or whose costume's better?
05:39Voting's over.
05:43It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
05:51Blue.
05:53Blue.
05:56Blue.
05:58Blue.
05:59Blue.
06:04Blue.
06:06Jess.
06:09Jess.
06:14Uh, David.
06:15Yeah. How are you finding it so far in the costume?
06:18Firstly, thank you for putting in the effort with your Christmas look.
06:23I basically just can't go to the bathroom while this is on. I'm enjoying it though.
06:27Right. Good. Your banking is, um, you're obviously keen on making sure you get that right.
06:33Yes. We're trying to raise money for charity here.
06:37Uh, can I ask why it is that you voted for Lou?
06:39I just felt, costumes-wise, she was the only one that could compete with this and I want her out of
06:46here. I got you. And are you at all worried about her reaction?
06:50No, I'm going to block her on everything and never speak to her again.
06:56Blue, I really do feel for you because there were no incorrect answers, but the dear question,
07:02your face lit up initially and then panic set in and then there was a little bit of hesitation,
07:07wasn't that? I think I'm just too glam for everyone here.
07:12I mean, I expected this because, uh, I'm in a room full of very famous people and I'm just a
07:18lonely drag queen. No, I'm just kidding. Well, listen, Blue, I do think some of the votes are just
07:23because you're the most fabulous of the contestants, but I'm sorry to say that with four votes, Blue,
07:29you are the weakest link. Goodbye. It's going to be a blue Christmas without me, okay guys?
07:36I prefer Dan. You know what? It is a bit embarrassing to be the blueser.
07:42It is sad to go home first, but it's more sad that my family are watching me lose over Christmas dinner.
07:53Round two. So far you have banked, I can't believe I'm saying this,
07:57the maximum amount of £2,500. Seven players are left and we are taking 10 seconds off the clock.
08:04We're going to start with the strongest link from the last round. That's you, Addy.
08:08Oh. Let's play the weakest link. Start the clock.
08:13In costumes, which of these characters in a school nativity play is often depicted wearing a tea
08:18towel on their head? Shepherd or donkey?
08:21Donkey. Shepherd. Lou. In folktales, a pot found at the end of a rainbow is said to contain what
08:27precious metal? A pot of gold. Correct. Ross. In sayings, if a person who works well in the
08:32evening is an owl, someone who functions better in the morning is described as being up with which
08:37songbird? A lark. Correct. Eddie. In pop music, Wonderful Christmas Time was a 1979 UK top 10 single
08:44for which former member of the Beatles? Paul McCartney. Correct. Martine. In food,
08:50a croffle is a hybrid snack combining a croissant with which other breakfast item?
08:56Nuts. Waffle. David. In religion, what l is the papal name that was chosen by Robert
09:02Prevost on his election as Pope in 2025? Oh, Pope Luigi. Leo. Jess. In retail, which toy shop chain was
09:14founded in Holborn in 1760 with a store originally named Noah's Ark?
09:21Hamleys. Correct. Addy. In transport, the letter R on the gear stick of a vehicle represents what
09:26direction? Reverse. Correct. Lou. In a 1996 festive episode of Only Fools and Horses,
09:32Dell and Rodney halts a crime dressed as which duo? Barbie and Ken or Batman and Robin?
09:36Batman and Robin. Correct. Ross. In money, what is the lowest value denomination of coin in general
09:42circulation in the UK? Five people. One penny. Eddie. In fashion, what G is an elasticated band
09:48worn around the leg to hold up a stocking? A girdle. Garter. Martine. In pantomime,
09:56what is the usual response to the line, oh, no, it isn't? Oh, yes, it is. Correct. David.
10:01Look at your screen. This actor and dancer shares her name with which aromatic spice?
10:06Uh, uh, Marjorie Time. Ginger. Jess. In printing, what unit of measurement follows the word column
10:14in a term describing how much space an article is given in a newspaper?
10:19Can you repeat the question? Yes. In printing, what unit of measurement follows the word column in a
10:26newspaper? Oh, God. Top of us. It's inch. Time is up.
10:37I can tell you that you have put in the bank nothing.
10:44How has that gone from that to that? I am going to be honest with you. I regret my earlier celebration.
10:49Uh, OK. Who thinks sleigh bells are when the bells have really worked it, girlfriend?
11:03Who thought Rudolph was an unkind man called Ulf? One of you is about to leave with nothing.
11:10It's time to vote off the weakest link.
11:12If that round was a gift, you'd keep the receipt.
11:19Lou's the strongest link, as she's the only person not to get one wrong.
11:24Everyone else will be on edge about the vote.
11:28Voting's over.
11:31It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
11:38David.
11:39David.
11:43David.
11:46David.
11:49Ross.
11:52Eddie.
11:55David.
12:01Eddie. Genuine question. How many times have you seen a donkey with a two-tail on it?
12:05All the time, bro. All the time. That's how they roll in East London.
12:09Why are you getting on like that?
12:10You know what, I agree.
12:11Yeah, come on.
12:13What made you vote for David?
12:15He got a little bit nervous on one of the questions.
12:16Yeah, he did.
12:17And his hilarity in the way he looks, I think it distracts me, it distracts us all.
12:22I do miss the beef, though, between David and Lou.
12:26I'll always love my little cracker.
12:27Aw.
12:28Aw.
12:28All is forgiven.
12:30That's really sickening.
12:31Martin, are you voting for David because you're finding him distracting?
12:36Um, yeah, he's really making me laugh.
12:39It's almost disrespectful to charity, isn't it, at this stage?
12:42Yes.
12:42What, David's presence here on the show?
12:43OK.
12:45Ask me as well.
12:46I'd love to ask you later.
12:49Was it a revenge vote?
12:50No, it was just, um, it was fair and square, sort of betrayal of the answers.
12:57David, Pope Luigi.
13:02Oh, the question about the Pope, give it to the Irish fella.
13:04Yeah.
13:06Listen, they do what I ask.
13:07Ginger Rogers, you weren't happy with as a question, were you?
13:12I'm a very modern guy, probably in my 20s.
13:15How am I supposed to know what a photo of Ginger Rogers looks like?
13:18No, I get it.
13:19And do you know the worst part of this?
13:20What?
13:20In a moment, I'm going to have to walk off here, and this costume does not allow me to walk.
13:25Oh, we can't wait.
13:26Yeah.
13:26I mean, my big question is, how did you get the toy inside you?
13:37Well, David, I'm sorry to say that with five votes, you are the weakest link.
13:43Goodbye.
13:46Bye, David.
13:47Well done.
13:48Sorry, David.
13:49Oh, I tried so hard.
13:57I'm good at quizzes.
13:59Me, Christmas and quizzes, they go together like turkey and ham.
14:04I know that those traitors have a double-crossed me, but I do still want them to win some money for charity.
14:13Round three, you've got £2,500 so far out of a possible £5,000,
14:23because you did so well in that first round.
14:25And then I don't know if you remember what happened in the round after that,
14:28but you've got nothing.
14:30In this round, we are upping the stakes.
14:31Not only are you down to six players with another ten seconds coming off the clock,
14:35but the target is now £5,000.
14:39I'm going to start with the strongest link from the last round.
14:41That's you, Lou.
14:43Let's play the weakest link.
14:46Start the clock.
14:48In nature, the plant digitalis with stems of tubular pinkish-purple flowers
14:52has what common name, foxglove or squirrel scarf?
14:55Foxglove.
14:56Correct, Ross.
14:57In music, which US rapper had a 2024 UK number one with his concept album,
15:02the death of Slim Shady, Coup de Grace?
15:04Eminem.
15:05Correct.
15:05Eddie?
15:05Bank.
15:06In spelling, how many times does the letter G appear in the word giggling?
15:10Three times.
15:11Four.
15:11Martine?
15:12What sounds like both the French word meaning very
15:15and a household item typically used to carry drinks?
15:18Trey.
15:18Correct.
15:19Jess?
15:19Bank.
15:20In film props, what D is the make of car used as a time machine in Back to the Future?
15:26Pass.
15:27DeLorean.
15:27Addy?
15:28In marine life, which large flatfish of the Ray family
15:32shares its name with a bladed boot used to move smoothly over ice?
15:37Sting.
15:37Sting.
15:38Skate.
15:39Lou?
15:40In music, the 1980 Christmas number one single by St Winifred's School Choir is titled There's No One Quite Like Who?
15:46You.
15:49Grandma.
15:50Ross, look at your screen.
15:52This is a location from which TV soap?
15:54EastEnders.
15:55Correct.
15:56Eddie?
15:56In toys, what K is a handheld tube containing mirrors and coloured pieces of glass or paper
16:02that creates patterns as it is rotated?
16:04A latest call?
16:05Correct.
16:06Martine?
16:06Bank.
16:07In money, what two-word term is used for the six digits typically printed on debit cards that are used to identify a bank?
16:14Security code.
16:15Sort code.
16:16Jess?
16:16In nature, the evergreen tree that is among the tallest species in the UK has what name?
16:21Chris Pine or Douglas Fir?
16:22Chris Pine.
16:25Douglas Fir.
16:25Addie?
16:26In children's entertainment in 2025, which poor sign title character was joined by a new baby sister named Evie?
16:34Pass.
16:35Peppa Pig.
16:35Lou?
16:36In sport, the Duckworth Lewis Stern method is a scoring system in which team game?
16:42Can you repeat the question?
16:43Sure.
16:43In sport, the Duckworth Lewis Stern method is a scoring system in which team game?
16:49Rugby.
16:50Cricket.
16:50Ross.
16:51In literature, Hercule Poirot's Christmas is a 1938 novel by which crime writer?
16:58Pass.
16:58The answer is Agatha Christie.
17:00Oh, God.
17:01Time is up, and I can tell you that you put in the bank 600 pounds.
17:06It's better than nothing.
17:07I mean, it's better than nothing, which, to remind you, you got last time.
17:12So, who thought...
17:17I'm not sure, I'm not sure about this one.
17:19Who thought Bethlehem was at the bottom of Bethley's dress?
17:25Who thinks miniature heroes are a bunch of brave children?
17:27One of you is about...
17:32One of you is about to leave with nothing.
17:35It's time to vote off the weakest link.
17:41Well, this round's tricky.
17:43Three of them got two wrong.
17:45But for my money, Addy and Jess are on the thinnest ice.
17:49It's like they're having their own separate bad answer competition.
17:53Voting's over.
17:54It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
18:03Jess, sorry.
18:06Jess.
18:08Addy.
18:10Addy.
18:13Addy.
18:16Jess.
18:16Listen, I know you're feeling a bit down on yourselves.
18:27But I'm telling you, you can do this.
18:29I've got so much faith in you.
18:32Honestly.
18:33Say it again, Rob.
18:34Say it again.
18:34We're feeling...
18:35OK.
18:36I have got so much faith in you.
18:39However, Addy.
18:43Yeah, come on, come on.
18:45Yeah, what happened?
18:45You know what, I was...
18:47I've been working with stingrays and that was the first thing that came in my head.
18:51Right.
18:51But I was like, it can't be stingray.
18:52No one can skate with a stingray.
18:54Yeah.
18:55And I just couldn't...
18:56I just couldn't move.
18:57Yeah.
18:57You know, when you're, like, in the flow.
18:58But you sounded like you were deflating.
18:59I was.
19:00It's my tyres, man.
19:01I was like, damn, it's getting down.
19:04Uh, Jess.
19:05Yeah.
19:05Douglas Fir or Chris Pine?
19:07I know.
19:07I've...
19:08You went with Chris Pine.
19:09I know.
19:09It's a silly mistake.
19:11Yeah.
19:11It's just in the pressure, isn't it?
19:13It is, yes.
19:14Yeah.
19:14Why did you vote for Addy?
19:16Um, because I think he also got two wrong.
19:18Sorry.
19:19The smart mathematicians amongst you will have discovered that we've got a tie.
19:24We have Jess and Addy on the same number of votes.
19:28And in the case of a tie, it's down to the strongest link from the last round
19:31to decide who goes.
19:33And that is you, Ross.
19:38So, my question to you is, would you like to stick with who you've said, or would you
19:43like to change your mind?
19:45Oh, you did well with the banking, but then you were just a little hesitant and a couple
19:50of other ones.
19:51Addy, I have forgiven you for the donkey and the hat.
19:55So, I'm sad to say.
19:57Sorry, Jess, I have to stick with my original decision.
20:00Sorry.
20:00That's okay.
20:01I forgive you.
20:02Jess, I'm sorry, but Ross, that was what a beautiful summary.
20:05Jess, how are you feeling about going out at this stage?
20:07Do you know what?
20:08I'm all right.
20:08The pressure is so much when you're up here that actually I feel like I just need to sit down.
20:13I'm done.
20:14I'm so done.
20:15No, it's good.
20:16I'm glad I got this far.
20:17Just be honest with me, are there any grudges that you're going to be taking forward?
20:20No, everyone's been really fair.
20:22Yeah, okay.
20:22Well, that's a shame.
20:26Jess, you're very classy.
20:29Well, Jess, it's been wonderful to have you on this show.
20:32And I hope you can now go and enjoy your Christmas.
20:34But I'm afraid to say that with three votes, you are the weakest link.
20:38Goodbye.
20:43I could have got through, but yeah, no, unfortunately, Ross made the call.
20:51He was sticking with his guns, and that was how it went.
20:54I've had an amazing time, and I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
21:03Round four, you have banked £3,100 of a potential prize money of £10,000.
21:09There are just five of you left, and we are taking another 10 seconds off the clock.
21:13So you only have two minutes to bank a possible £5,000.
21:17We're going to start with the strongest link from the last round, as we know.
21:20That's you, Ross.
21:21Let's play the weakest link.
21:25Start the clock.
21:27In body parts, polex is the anatomical term for which two-bone digit on a human hand?
21:32Finger.
21:33Thumb.
21:33Eddie.
21:34In language, the Spanish phrase Feliz Navidad translates into English as what greeting?
21:39Merry Christmas.
21:40Correct.
21:40Martine.
21:41In maths, what is 24 plus 30?
21:4664.
21:4754.
21:48Oh!
21:48What name goes with David to give a former UK prime minister,
21:52and with Diaz for an actor in The Holiday?
21:54Cameron.
21:54Correct.
21:55Lou.
21:56In geography, noted for its white sandy beaches,
21:58Montego Bay is a tourist resort on the north coast of which Caribbean island?
22:05Pass.
22:06Jamaica.
22:06Ross.
22:07In Harry Potter, the Hogwarts herbology professor, played by Miriam Margulies, is named what?
22:12Ophelia Brussels or Pomona Sprout?
22:14Pomona Sprout.
22:15Correct.
22:16Eddie.
22:16In textiles, what item of equipment has parts called bobbin case, needle plate and zipper foot?
22:22Boots.
22:23Boots.
22:24Sewing machine.
22:25Bank.
22:25Martin.
22:26In Christmas Cracker Jokes, what is the usual three-word punchline to what do you get if you cross a sheet with a kangaroo?
22:31What? Can you repeat that?
22:34Yep.
22:35In Christmas Cracker Jokes, what is the usual three-word punchline to what do you get if you cross a sheet with a kangaroo?
22:42I don't know.
22:43A woolly jumper.
22:45Adi.
22:45In entertainment, the performer who was raised in Chicago by Irish parents and created the stage show Lord of the Dance is Michael Hu.
22:52Flatney.
22:53Correct.
22:53Lou.
22:54In gardening, what H is the term for plants that can survive in cold temperatures?
23:01I don't know.
23:05Hardy.
23:06Ross.
23:06In hymns, what two words come before Merrily on High in the title of a carol by George Ratcliffe Woodward?
23:12Ding dong.
23:13Correct.
23:13Eddie.
23:14Bank.
23:14In shopping, what colour precedes Friday in the day after Thanksgiving when prices are cut at the start of the Christmas season?
23:20Black.
23:20Correct.
23:21Martine.
23:22In baking, what single-word name is commonly given to the sweet paste made with almonds that is traditionally used to cover a Battenberg cake?
23:27It's marzipan.
23:29Time is up.
23:31And I can tell you that you banked £100.
23:34Oh, jeez.
23:35Erm.
23:36Shocking.
23:37Oh.
23:38Well.
23:38Shocking.
23:39It's a slash between shocking and starting to be expected.
23:44The first round feels like it happened last Christmas.
23:47I feel like you've progressively been getting rid of the best ones.
23:51Okay.
23:52Who thinks Jesus was born away in a Pret-a-Manger?
23:57Oh my...
23:58Do you like this?
23:58Who thinks there's 12 Grinches in a graffoot?
24:03Oh my days.
24:05Martin, you didn't like that one?
24:07No?
24:08Okay.
24:09One of you is about to leave with nothing.
24:11It's time to vote off the weakest link.
24:18They're still in the Christmas spirit, because that was a turkey.
24:22Only 100 quid added to the pot.
24:24I reckon Lou and Martine will expect to see their names in the vault.
24:28The voting's over.
24:32It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
24:36I love her, but it's Martine.
24:41I'm so sorry.
24:44Lou.
24:46Martine.
24:48Lou.
24:49Oh, why? This is so bad.
24:54Martine.
25:01Um, Eddie, you're the only person to bank in that round.
25:04Yes, you know, me, I'm African, we lack our money.
25:06I saw 100 pound, I said, that would do.
25:10That's five bricks back in Congo.
25:11Yes, Father Lagos.
25:13Are you like somebody that's good at quizzing?
25:15I'm not good at all.
25:16I'm the kind of person, if you say one plus one, I'll say apples.
25:19Honestly, I'm under pressure.
25:20You voted for Martine.
25:22Yes, I just love Martine.
25:24But do you know what it is?
25:26It was, it was the, I don't know.
25:29I don't know where that came from.
25:33I felt it as well.
25:34It's quite aggressive, wasn't it?
25:35Was it?
25:36You know what, she almost went.
25:37Yeah, thank you so much.
25:38I didn't want to be the one to call it out.
25:40I felt for you, because you were like.
25:41I was asking a question.
25:43It's like three sacks around the face.
25:46Lou.
25:46Yes.
25:47The first couple of rounds, you've been very, uh, very quick.
25:50You've been very verbose in between rounds, actually.
25:53Some would say abusive.
25:54In that last round.
25:55Chattery pudding, aren't I?
25:57Yes, you are.
25:58But in the last round, whenever it came to you,
26:00it's almost like you weren't able to speak at all.
26:02Mmm, pudding got dying.
26:06Why did you vote for Martine?
26:08Her questions, I did know the answer to.
26:10The maths one, I'm sorry, my love, that was a bit dumb.
26:13I can't even remember it.
26:14Wow.
26:15I can't even remember it.
26:16True or fellow, fellow woman pudding.
26:18I know.
26:19Horrible little pudding, aren't you?
26:20She did vote for me as well.
26:22What a nasty little pudding.
26:24No, no, no, come on.
26:25Martine and I off camera, there's a lot of chemistry.
26:28Yeah.
26:28But you have to vote for someone and, um, I was just trying to be a laugh.
26:32Sorry.
26:32No, it's okay.
26:33Uh, well, look, Martine, it's very difficult for people to vote for you
26:35because you are so well-loved and such a legend.
26:38Aww.
26:39That's true.
26:39I make me cry at Christmas.
26:40But I'm very sad to say, with three votes.
26:45LAUGHTER
26:46Wow.
26:46Wow.
26:47I'm so sorry.
26:49You are the weakest link.
26:51LAUGHTER
26:52Goodbye.
26:53Goodbye.
26:54Goodbye.
26:55Goodbye.
26:56Goodbye.
26:57What I love.
26:58What I love.
26:58I love you.
27:00Oh.
27:00LAUGHTER
27:01When it came to people voting for me, I think it was my time to go.
27:07And you just want somebody to win the most amount of money for their charity
27:12and gave it my best shot.
27:14And that's all you can do.
27:21Round five.
27:22So far, you have banked a total of £3,200.
27:26There are four of you remaining, and another ten seconds are coming off the clock.
27:29But the target is going to increase to £7,500.
27:34Let's start with the strongest link from the last round.
27:37That's you, Addy.
27:38Let's play The Weakest Link.
27:42Start the clock.
27:44In literature, what first name is shared by the mother and daughter authors
27:48Wollstonecraft and Shelley?
27:52Pass.
27:53Mary, Lou.
27:54In ten-pin bowling, how many pins are left standing in a 7-10 split?
28:00Three.
28:01Two.
28:01Ross.
28:02In TV, in the 2024 Christmas finale of the sitcom Gavin and Stacey,
28:07Smithy jilted which bride at the altar, Sonia or Nessa?
28:11Nessa.
28:11Sonia.
28:12Eddie.
28:13Look at your screen.
28:14What is the English name of the European country that appears on this stamp?
28:19Austria.
28:20Correct.
28:21Bank.
28:21Addy.
28:22Bank.
28:22In music, the 2025 Tension Tour was a world concert series by which Australian pop singer?
28:31In excess.
28:32Kylie Minogue.
28:33Lou.
28:34In ancient history, the emperors Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius all ruled over which empire?
28:39Raymond.
28:40Correct.
28:40Ross.
28:41Bank.
28:41In transport, what B is a three-letter word commonly used for the front of a ship?
28:47Both.
28:47Correct.
28:48Eddie.
28:48Bank.
28:48In classic cinema, which film stars James Stewart as the banker George Bailey who meets an angel named Clarence?
28:58Bond.
28:58It's a wonderful life.
29:00Addy.
29:00What sounds like both part of the body that is a key sensory organ and the ninth letter of the alphabet?
29:06M?
29:12Aye.
29:13Lou.
29:14In sport, the football club known as MK Dons is based in which UK city?
29:18Milton Keynes.
29:19Correct.
29:19Ross.
29:20What name goes with Jay in a restaurant critic and with Angela for the person who became deputy PM in 2024?
29:28Can you repeat that?
29:28Yes.
29:29What name goes with Jay in a restaurant critic and with Angela for the person who became deputy PM in 2024?
29:34The answer is Raina.
29:37And I can tell you, final four, you put in the bank 750 pounds.
29:43I don't think it's worth the curtsy pudding.
29:48Your catchphrase.
29:51Okay.
29:52Who thinks that Holly and the Ivy are the new hosts of This Morning?
29:56Who thinks gold, frankincense and myrrh are the medals you get at the Olympics?
30:01One of you is about to leave with nothing.
30:03It's time to vote off The Weakest Link.
30:09I think Weakest Link Addy started to lose it a bit there.
30:12It happens to us all at some point over Christmas.
30:15But how has Eddie not seen It's a Wonderful Life?
30:18It's a Christmas classic.
30:20Voting's over.
30:21It's now time to reveal who you think is The Weakest Link.
30:33Eddie.
30:36Eddie.
30:39Eddie.
30:43Eddie.
30:43Sorry, Eddie.
30:48I forgot what we were doing for that.
30:50What do you mean you forgot what we were doing?
30:51I didn't know what... I thought we were starting the game again.
30:53I forgot we were doing...
30:54I mean, it's been the same every time.
30:56You're a forgetful little pudding, huh?
30:58I love it when you call me up.
31:03Eddie.
31:04Yes, sir.
31:04Your guest for the film...
31:06Yeah.
31:07...Bombed.
31:08There's been some angels in Bond, no?
31:11Do you know what?
31:12I didn't want to pass.
31:13That's the one thing I didn't want to give up.
31:14I respect that, Eddie.
31:15And also buy the team some time, because that's what I do.
31:17I'm a team player.
31:18No, I get it.
31:19I get it.
31:19And they've rewarded you by voting for you.
31:22Why did you vote for Eddie?
31:23Eddie starts from The Strongest Link and goes very quickly into The Weakest Link.
31:29It's like he pops his own tyres.
31:31I've had enough self-sabotage at the highest.
31:33It literally starts like this.
31:36Every time.
31:37So I said, Eddie, you can't keep doing this, man.
31:39I've got to say, it was a glorious moment.
31:45Ninth letter of the alphabet.
31:47There's also an organ.
31:49First of all, you missed counting.
31:51Anyway, it's my M.
31:52I believe it's my M.
31:55I get discombobulated when I'm The Strongest Link in the prior round.
31:58Yeah.
31:59As you can see, we have ourselves another tie.
32:02Eddie and Addy received the same number of votes.
32:05So in the event of a tie, it's down to The Strongest Link from that round
32:08to decide who goes.
32:09And that is you, Lou.
32:12Well, women love drama.
32:14Yeah, I'm going to switch.
32:15I'm so sorry.
32:16Are you?
32:16You're going to switch?
32:17Yeah.
32:17I'm so sorry, Eddie.
32:18And why is that?
32:19I don't know my own mind.
32:21I'm just going from my heart.
32:24You know, the next round, I probably would have smashed it and got everything.
32:27Yeah.
32:28Okay, take Eddie out.
32:32No, I'm going to have to go.
32:33Sorry, Eddie.
32:34I'm so sorry.
32:35You look fabulous.
32:36Thank you, darling.
32:36You look like a young Eddie Murphy in that outfit.
32:38Oh, yeah.
32:39Oh, Lou, just deport me.
32:40Yes.
32:42But, you know, take him off.
32:45Take him off for sure.
32:45Take him off.
32:47Take him off for sure immediately.
32:48Okay, fine.
32:49I'm so sorry, Eddie.
32:50That's all right, darling.
32:51Well, listen, Eddie.
32:52I hope you're feeling okay about this.
32:54I'm not.
32:55No.
32:55This is traumatic.
32:56Well, I'm sorry to say, with two votes, I'm afraid you are the weakest link.
33:01Goodbye.
33:09Lou did not know her reasons.
33:10I think Lou thought Eddie might be competition in the final, because I'm a banker.
33:14I bank.
33:15So, yeah, I think Lou was thinking this guy here, yeah, he might take all my puddings.
33:22Round six.
33:27You have banked £3,950 so far.
33:31There's only three of you remaining, and another ten seconds are coming off the clock.
33:36We're going to start with the strongest link from the last round.
33:39As we know, that's you, Lou.
33:40Bidding.
33:41Let's play the weakest link.
33:44Start the clock.
33:46In money, if three cinnamon buns are priced at £3.60, how much would one cost?
33:53£1.20.
33:54Correct. Ross.
33:56In theatre, the writer whose plays include Blythe Spirit and Present Laughter is Noel Hu.
34:01Coward.
34:02Correct.
34:02Addie.
34:03In shared terms, what is both the name of a large island in the Inner Hebrides
34:07and a word for warming a spiced wine?
34:09Harris.
34:13Mull.
34:14Lou.
34:15In past times, what see is a puzzle, often in newspapers, played on a grid of squares,
34:20with clues given for words going across and down?
34:23Crossfart.
34:23Correct.
34:24Ross.
34:25Look at your screen.
34:26What song did this singer perform representing the UK at Eurovision?
34:30Oh.
34:30Sam, oh.
34:32Spaceman.
34:34Correct.
34:35Addie.
34:36In religion, the leader of the Orthodox Jewish community in the UK has the title chief what?
34:41Rabbi.
34:42Correct.
34:42Lou.
34:43In fashion, the model Helena Christensen was born on the 25th of December in which Scandinavian country?
34:49Denmark.
34:50Correct.
34:50Bank.
34:50Ross.
34:51Yes.
34:51In food, often served with glazed ham, classic Cumberland sauce typically includes what flavour
34:56jelly?
34:56Red currant or black currant?
34:58Red currant.
34:59Correct.
34:59Addie.
35:00Well done.
35:00In broadcasting, which sport is the subject of a BBC podcast title framed?
35:05Snooker.
35:06Correct.
35:06Lou.
35:07Bank.
35:07In media, the comic strip created by Bill Watterson about a six-year-old boy and his tiger friend
35:12is called Calvin and who?
35:15The tiger.
35:16Hobbs.
35:17Ross.
35:17In places, what U is a landlocked US state that comes before beach in the name of a D-Day landing area?
35:25Oh.
35:26Times up.
35:27Correct answer is Utah.
35:29Utah.
35:29Final three.
35:30Oh.
35:31I can tell you that you banked.
35:36Six.
35:37Two thousand pounds in that round.
35:39Yeah!
35:43Hello, I'm happy for you, but that was horrific.
35:47In the next round, not only does the money go up to a possible ten thousand pounds,
35:51but you get the chance to double what you bank.
35:53Meaning that in the next round, there's a possible twenty thousand pounds up for grabs.
35:58So think very carefully about this next decision.
36:01One of you is about to leave with nothing.
36:04It's time to vote off the weakest link.
36:11Everyone did well there.
36:13Ross was the strongest link, but choosing between the other two
36:17will be like choosing between Christmas pudding or another mince pie.
36:22Voting's over.
36:23It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
36:32Adi.
36:35Adi.
36:40Ross.
36:40Adi, how are you feeling?
36:47You sort of alternated rounds, didn't you?
36:49Yes.
36:49As you said, you sort of called it yourself.
36:51Yes.
36:51Good, bad, good, bad.
36:52The pressure of being strongest link got to you a couple of times.
36:55It does get to me.
36:56But I mean, look, I've run the gauntlet.
36:57I've used up my nine lives.
36:59Yeah.
36:59I still think people are carrying hate about donkeys with handkerchiefs.
37:04Yeah.
37:04No, it happens.
37:05No, but can I just say, actually, and they wanted me to say on behalf of the BBC,
37:08thank you for raising awareness about those donkeys,
37:11because not enough people know about those.
37:14Adi, you've been an incredible contestant.
37:16Thank you so much for joining us this Christmas.
37:19But with two votes, you are the weakest link.
37:21Goodbye.
37:22Okay, it was time.
37:24It was time.
37:33It's a tough way to go out.
37:35And, you know, I do know where they hang out.
37:38And I'm pretty nimble in the chair.
37:40You know, that pudding is not getting away.
37:42Round seven.
37:52So far, you have banked £5,950.
37:56This time, you have just 90 seconds.
37:58But whatever you bank will be doubled,
38:00meaning that this round is worth a possible £20,000.
38:04We'll start with the strongest link from the last round.
38:07That's you, Ross.
38:08Let's play the weakest link.
38:10Start the clock.
38:14What word goes with fighter in a video game franchise
38:16and with quality in a brand of tin chocolates launched in the 1930s?
38:21Street.
38:21Correct.
38:22Lou.
38:22Bank.
38:23Look at your screen.
38:24In British Sign Language, which letter of the alphabet is this?
38:29Um...
38:33Oh, no, sugar, eight.
38:35Um...
38:36B.
38:37Ross.
38:37Of course it is.
38:38In maths, what is 90 minus six?
38:4084.
38:42Correct.
38:42Lou.
38:43Bank.
38:43In art, which planet in our solar system precedes De Milo
38:47in the name of a Greek sculpture commonly thought to represent Aphrodite?
38:51Yes, Jupiter.
38:52Venus.
38:53Ross.
38:54In UK geography, Suffolk is bordered to the north
38:57by which other ceremonial county?
39:02Pass.
39:03Norfolk.
39:04Lou.
39:04What sounds like both an animal rights group founded in 1980
39:08and the first name of the Game of Thrones actor with the surname Dinklage?
39:14I don't know.
39:15Peter.
39:15Ross.
39:16In food, what vegetable has a variety named Maris Piper
39:20but can be roasted as part of a Christmas dinner?
39:22Parsnip.
39:23Potato.
39:24Lou.
39:24In interior design, what P is a piece of fabric or wood
39:28fastened above a window to hide the top of curtains?
39:30A pelt.
39:31Pelmet.
39:32Ross.
39:33In music, the Canadian performer who spent 15 weeks in the UK charts in 1993
39:38with the single Informer has what weather-related stage name?
39:41The answer is snow.
39:45Time is up.
39:46And I can tell you that you banked £500.
39:48We're going to double that and add it to your previous winnings,
39:51meaning a total prize pot of £6,950.
39:55It's a good total.
39:57But only one of you can take that money away for your chosen charity.
40:00It's time to go head-to-head.
40:07Lou and Ross.
40:08In this round, it's the best of five.
40:10Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins.
40:12Simple as that.
40:14Ross, as the strongest link in the last round,
40:16you have the choice of who goes first.
40:18I'll go first.
40:20OK.
40:20For the final time tonight, let's play the weakest link.
40:29Ross.
40:30In food, Prince Albert is said to have introduced the tradition
40:34of putting a silver sixpence for good luck
40:36into what festive steamed dessert?
40:38A pudding or a dumpling.
40:42I'll accept Christmas pudding.
40:45Lou.
40:49In carols, which bird is the only figure that appears every day
40:53in the lyrics of the song The Twelve Days of Christmas?
40:56I know 12.
40:57Do you mind if I just sing it, Al?
40:58No.
40:59Do you mind if I just sing it, Al?
41:00No.
41:00I know 12.
41:01Do you mind if I just sing it, Al?
41:02No.
41:03I know 12.
41:04There's a Christmas breakthrough, they'll count to me.
41:07Doves.
41:08incorrect it's partridge Ross in words a cuddle or a hug is known as a kutch in what language
41:18French incorrect it's Welsh oh Lou in pastimes on a standard monopoly board the two spaces
41:28commonly referred to as utilities are the electric company and which other
41:33gas incorrect it's water thank you water work yes it's quite right too Ross in music which US
41:49singer whose classic 1994 festive single finally became UK number one 26 years after it was released
41:56is informally known as the queen of Christmas Mariah Keery correct Lou in children's literature
42:05in what 1950 book by C.S. Lewis does father Christmas give lethal weapons as gifts to three
42:12children Alice in Wonderland it's not Christmasy I don't know it's the lion the witch in the wardrobe
42:18I was gonna say that Ross if you get this right you've won the game
42:24in cinema in 2010 it was widely reported that Titanic had been surpassed as the highest grossing
42:32film of all time by which other blockbuster directed by James Cameron avatar is correct
42:41which means congratulations well done thank you Lou you are tonight's strongest link and you win
42:50six thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds for charity Ross which charity is your money going to I it's
42:55going to Alzheimer's in Scotland it's a it's a big part of the family well fantastic cause well done
43:02Ross Lou you leave with nothing that's all from tonight's show I'm Romesh Ranganathan and whatever
43:08you do don't be the weakest link goodbye and Merry Christmas
43:11Eddie and Addie are crossing me oh no what a day at work I've made two men cross the pudding does as pudding
43:21is I cannot believe it I you know I come from the walk of fame and I was so sure I was gonna have to
43:27do the walk of shame I think it really is the icing on the Christmas cake so a big Merry Christmas and
43:34it's all for the charity I'm so thrilled
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