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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!
04:26Yeah!
04:28Merry 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!
04:49Yes! 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
05:05the reality of life. So, I think you're going to like these, guys. Who here thinks Home Alone
05:12is Post Malone's brother? Who thinks Baby Reindeer is a John Lewis Christmas ad? One of you is about
05:22to leave with nothing. It's time to vote off The Weakest Link. Well, Rom, that was a cracker of a round.
05:32But how do you decide who goes 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.
06:29Your 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 here.
06:46Got you. And are you at all worried about her reaction?
06:49No, I'm going to block her on everything and never speak to her again.
06:56Um, Blue, 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 it was, there was a little bit of hesitation,
07:07wasn't there?
07:08I 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
07:18and I'm just a lowly drag queen.
07:20No, I'm just kidding.
07:22Well, listen, Blue, I do think some of the votes are just because
07:24you're the most fabulous of the contestants, but I'm sorry to say
07:27that with four votes, Blue, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
07:32It's going to be a blue Christmas without me, okay, guys?
07:36I preferred Anne.
07:39You 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.
08:08Ah. Let's play the weakest link.
08:11Start 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.
08:22Shepard.
08:23Lou.
08:23In folk tales, a pot found at the end of a rainbow is said to contain what precious metal?
08:28A pot of gold.
08:29Correct. Ross.
08:30In sayings, if a person who works well in the evening is an owl, someone who functions better
08:35in the morning is described as being up with which songbird?
08:38A lark.
08:38Correct.
08:39Eddie.
08:39In pop music, Wonderful Christmas Time was a 1979 UK top ten single for which former member of the Beatles?
08:47Paul McCartney.
08:48Correct.
08:48Martine.
08:49In food, a croffle is a hybrid snack combining a croissant with which other breakfast item?
08:56Nuts.
08:57Waffle.
08:58David.
08:59In religion, what l is the papal name that was chosen by Robert Prevost on his election as pope in 2025?
09:05Oh, Pope Luigi.
09:11Leo.
09:11Jess.
09:12In retail, which toy shop chain was founded in Holborn in 1760 with a store originally named Noah's Ark?
09:21Hamleys.
09:21Correct.
09:22Addy.
09:22In transport, the letter R on the gear stick of a vehicle represents what direction?
09:26Reverse.
09:27Correct.
09:28Lou.
09:29In a 1996 festive episode of Only Fools and Horses, Del and Rodney halts a crime dressed as which duo?
09:35Barbie and Ken or Batman and Robin?
09:36Batman and Robin.
09:37Correct.
09:37Ross.
09:38In money, what is the lowest value denomination of coin in general circulation in the UK?
09:445p.
09:45One penny.
09:45Eddie.
09:46In fashion, what G is an elasticated band worn around the leg to hold up a stocking?
09:52A girdle.
09:53Garter.
09:54Martine.
09:55In pantomime, what is the usual response to the line, oh, no, it isn't?
09:59Oh, yes, it is.
10:00Correct.
10:00David.
10:01Look at your screen.
10:02This actor and dancer shares her name with which aromatic spice?
10:07Uh, uh, Marjorie Thyme.
10:11Ginger.
10:12Jess.
10:13In printing, what unit of measurement follows the word column in a term describing how much space an article is given in a newspaper?
10:21Can you repeat the question?
10:22Yes.
10:23In printing, what unit of measurement follows the word column in a term describing how much space an article is given in a newspaper?
10:30Oh, God.
10:32Top of us.
10:33It's inch.
10:34Time is up.
10:38I can tell you that you have put in the bank nothing.
10:42How has that gone from that to that?
10:46I am going to be honest with you.
10:48I regret my earlier celebration.
10:52Okay.
10:53Who thinks sleigh bells are when the bells have really worked it, girlfriend?
11:03Who thought Rudolph was an unkind man called Ulf?
11:06One of you is about to leave with nothing.
11:10It's time to vote off the weakest link.
11:16If 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.
11:26It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
11:38David.
11:41David.
11:43David.
11:44Ross.
11:52Eddie.
11:55David.
12:01Eddie, genuine question.
12:03How many times have you seen a donkey with a teetail on it?
12:05All the time, bro. All the time.
12:07That's how they roll in East London.
12:09Why are you going on like that?
12:10You know what, I agree.
12:11Yeah, come on.
12:13What made you vote for David?
12:14He 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.
12:21It 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.
12:29Always forgiven.
12:30That's really sickening.
12:31Marti, are you voting for David because you're finding him distracting?
12:36Um, yeah.
12:37He's really making me laugh.
12:39It's almost disrespectful to charity, isn't it, at this stage?
12:42Yes.
12:43What, David's presence here on the show?
12:43Yes.
12:44OK.
12:45Ask me as well.
12:46I'd love to ask you.
12:49Was it a revenge vote?
12:51No, it was just, um...
12:53It was fair and square, um, sort of betrayal of the answers.
12:59David, Pope Luigi.
13:02Oh, the question about the Pope, give it to the Irish fella.
13:04Yeah.
13:06Listen, they do what I ask.
13:09Ginger Rogers you weren't happy with is 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.
13:22And 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?
13:29Oh, 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.
13:54I tried so hard.
13:57I'm good at quizzes.
13:59Me, Christmas and quizzes, they go together like turkey and ham.
14:06I know that those traitors have a double-crossed me,
14:10but I do still want them to win some money for charity.
14:18Round three.
14:19You'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 got nothing.
14:30In this round, we are upping the stakes.
14:31Not only are you down to six players with another 10 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.
14:47In 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 Gras?
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.
15:27Eddie.
15:28In marine life, which large flatfish of the Ray family shares its name with a bladed
15:33boot used to move smoothly over ice?
15:35Sting.
15:37Sting.
15:38Skate.
15:39Lou.
15:40In music, the 1980 Christmas number one single by St Winifred's School Choir is titled
15:48You.
15:49Grandma.
15:50Ross.
15:50Look at your screen.
15:52This is a location from which TV soap?
15:55EastEnders.
15:55Correct.
15:56Eddie.
15:56In toys, what K is a handheld tube containing mirrors
16:00and coloured pieces of glass or paper that creates patterns
16:03as it is rotated?
16:05Kaleidoscope.
16:05Correct. Martine.
16:06Bank.
16:07In money, what two-word term is used for the six digits
16:09typically printed on debit cards that are used to identify a bank?
16:14Security code.
16:15Sort code.
16:16Jess.
16:17In nature, the evergreen tree that is among the tallest species
16:19in the UK has what name?
16:21Crispine or Douglas fir?
16:24Crispine.
16:25Douglas fir.
16:25Addie.
16:26In children's entertainment in 2025,
16:29which porcine title character was joined by a new baby sister named Evie?
16:34Pass.
16:35Peppa Pig.
16:36Lou.
16:36In sport, the Duckworth-Lewis Stern method
16:39is a scoring system in which team game?
16:41Can you repeat the question?
16:43Sure.
16:43In sport, the Duckworth-Lewis Stern method
16:45is a scoring system in which team game?
16:49Rugby.
16:50Cricket.
16:50Ross.
16:50In literature, Hercule Poirot's Christmas is a 1938 novel
16:54by which crime writer?
16:55The answer is Agatha Christie.
17:00Oh, God.
17:01Time is up.
17:02And I can tell you that you put in the bank £600.
17:06It's better than nothing.
17:07I mean, it's better than nothing, which, to remind you, you got last time.
17:12So...
17:12Who thought...
17:15I'm not sure about this one.
17:18What is that?
17:19Who thought Bethlehem was at the bottom of Bethley's dress?
17:25Who thinks miniature heroes are a bunch of brave children?
17:28One of you is about...
17:30One 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.
17:52Voting's over.
17:55It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
18:02Jess.
18:03Sorry.
18:05Jess.
18:08Addy.
18:08Addy.
18:13Addy.
18:16Jess.
18:23Listen.
18:24I 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, Ron.
18:34Say it again.
18:34We're feeling...
18:35OK.
18:36I have got so much faith in you.
18:39However.
18:40Addy.
18:43Yeah, come on, come on.
18:45Yeah, what happened?
18:46You know what?
18:46I was...
18:47I've been working with stingrays.
18:49And that was the first thing that came in my head.
18:51But I was like, it can't be stingray.
18:52No one can skate with a stingray.
18:54And I just couldn't...
18:56I just couldn't move.
18:57You know, when you're in the flow.
18:58You sounded like you were deflating.
18:59I was.
19:00It's my tyres, man.
19:01I was like, damn, it's getting down.
19:05Jess.
19:05Douglas Fir or Chris Pine?
19:07I know.
19:07You're working with Chris Pine.
19:09I know.
19:10It's a silly mistake.
19:11Yeah.
19:12It's just in the pressure, isn't it?
19:13It is, yes.
19:14Yeah.
19:14Why did you vote for Addy?
19:16Because 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.
19:27And in the case of a tie, it's down to the strongest link from the last round to 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 like to change your mind?
19:44Oh, you did well with the banking, but then you were just a little hesitant and a couple of 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?
20:08Do you know what?
20:08I'm all right.
20:09The 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.
20:20Everyone'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.
20:40Bye!
20:46I could have got through, but yeah, no, unfortunately.
20:50Ross 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.
20:57Round four.
21:04You have banked £3,100.
21:06I have a potential prize money of £10,000.
21:09There are just five of you left, and we are taking another ten seconds off the clock.
21:13So you only have two minutes to bank a possible £5,000.
21:16We'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.
21:40Martin.
21:41In maths, what is 24 plus 30?
21:4664.
21:4754.
21:48Eddie.
21:49What name goes with David to give a former UK Prime Minister, and with Diaz for an actor
21:53in The Holiday?
21:54Cameron.
21:55Correct.
21:55Lou.
21:56In geography, noted for its white sandy beaches, Montego Bay is a tourist resort on the north
22:01coast of which Caribbean island?
22:05Pass.
22:06Jamaica.
22:07Ross.
22:07In Harry Potter, the Hogwarts herbology professor played
22:10by Miriam Margulies, is named what?
22:13Ophelia Brussels or Pomona Sprout?
22:15Pomona Sprout.
22:15Correct.
22:16Eddie.
22:17In textiles, what item of equipment has parts called bobbin case, needle plate and zipper
22:21foot?
22:23Boots.
22:24Sewing machine.
22:25Martin.
22:26In Christmas cracker jokes, what is the usual three-word punchline to what do you get
22:30if you cross a sheep with a kangaroo?
22:33What?
22:34Can you repeat that?
22:35Yep.
22:35In Christmas cracker jokes, what is the usual three-word punchline to what do you
22:39get if you cross a sheep 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
22:50stage 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?
23:04I don't know.
23:05Hardy.
23:06Ross.
23:07In hymns, what two words come before Merrily on High in the title of a carol by George
23:11Ratcliffe 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
23:18cut at the start of the Christmas season?
23:20Black.
23:21Correct.
23:21Martine.
23:22In baking, what single-word name is commonly given to the sweet paste made with almonds
23:25that is traditionally used to cover a Battenberg cake?
23:28It's marzipan.
23:29Time is up.
23:31And I can tell you that you banked £100.
23:34Oh, jeez.
23:36Shocking.
23:38Well.
23:39Shocking.
23:39It's a slash between shocking and starting to be expected.
23:43The 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?
23:59Who thinks there's 12 Grinches in a graffoot?
24:03Oh, my days.
24:05Martin, you didn't like that one?
24:07No.
24:08Okay.
24:08One of you is about to leave with nothing.
24:12It's time to vote off the weakest link.
24:17They're still in the Christmas spirit, because that was a turkey.
24:22Only £100 added to the pot.
24:24I reckon Lou and Martine will expect to see their names in the vault.
24:30Voting'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.
24:49Eddie, you're the only person to bank in that round.
25:04Yes, you know, me, I'm African, we like our money.
25:07I saw £100, 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 am the kind of person, if you say OnePlus 1, 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 the, I don't know.
25:29Yeah.
25:31I 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.
25:38Thank you so much.
25:39I 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.
25:46The first couple of rounds, you've been very, very quick.
25:51You'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.
26:03Pudding 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 what, fellow woman pudding.
26:18I know.
26:19Horrible little pudding, aren't you?
26:21She 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,
26:30and I was just trying to be a laugh, sorry.
26:32No, it's okay.
26:33Well, look, Martine,
26:34it's very difficult for people to vote for you,
26:36because you are so well-loved and such a legend.
26:38Aw.
26:39That's true.
26:39Don't make me cry at Christmas.
26:41I'm very sad to say,
26:43with three votes.
26:46Wow.
26:48I'm so sorry.
26:50You are the weakest link.
26:52Goodbye.
26:54Goodbye.
26:57What I love.
26:58I love you.
27:00When it came to people voting for me,
27:05I think it was my time to go,
27:07and you just want somebody to win the most amount of money
27:11for their charity,
27:12and gave it my best shot,
27:14and that's all you can do.
27:15Round five.
27:22So far, you have banked a total of £3,200.
27:26There are four of you remaining,
27:27and 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.
27:40Start the clock.
27:44In literature,
27:45what first name is shared by the mother and daughter authors
27:47Wollstonecraft and Shelley?
27:52Pass.
27:53Mary, Luke.
27:54In ten-pin bowling,
27:56how many pins are left standing in a 7-10 split?
28:00Three.
28:01Two.
28:01Ross.
28:02In TV,
28:03in the 2024 Christmas finale of the sitcom Gavin and Stacey,
28:06Smithy jilted which bride at the altar?
28:09Sonia or Nessa?
28:11Nessa.
28:11Sonia.
28:12Eddie.
28:13Look at your screen.
28:14What is the English name of the European country
28:17that appears on this stamp?
28:19Austria.
28:20Correct.
28:21Bank.
28:21Addy.
28:22In music,
28:23the 2025 Tension Tour
28:24was a world concert series
28:26by which Australian pop singer?
28:31In excess.
28:32Kylie Minogue.
28:33Lou.
28:33In ancient history,
28:35the emperors Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius
28:37all ruled over which empire?
28:40Raymond.
28:40Correct.
28:41Ross.
28:41Bank.
28:42In transport,
28:42what B is a three-letter word
28:44commonly used for the front of a ship?
28:47Bow.
28:47Correct.
28:48Eddie.
28:48Bank.
28:49In classic cinema,
28:50which film stars James Stewart
28:51as the banker George Bailey
28:53who meets an angel named Clarence?
28:58Bond.
28:58It's a Wonderful Life.
29:00Addy.
29:00What sounds like
29:01both part of the body
29:02that is a key sensory organ
29:04and the ninth letter of the alphabet?
29:11M?
29:12I.
29:12Lou.
29:14In sport,
29:14the football club known as MK Dons
29:16is based in which UK city?
29:18Milton Keynes.
29:19Correct.
29:19Ross.
29:21What name goes with J
29:22in a restaurant critic
29:23and with Angela
29:24for the person
29:24who became deputy PM
29:26in 2024?
29:28Can you repeat that?
29:29Yes.
29:29What name goes with J
29:30in a restaurant critic
29:31and with Angela
29:32for the person
29:33who became deputy PM
29:34in 2024?
29:34The answer is Rainer.
29:36And I can tell you,
29:38final four,
29:39you put in the bank
29:40£750.
29:43Not bad.
29:43I don't think it's worth
29:44the curtsy pudding.
29:45LAUGHTER
29:45Your catchphrase.
29:50OK.
29:52Who thinks that Holly and the Ivy
29:53are the new hosts
29:54of This Morning?
29:55LAUGHTER
29:55Who thinks gold,
29:57frankincense and myrrh
29:58are the medals
29:59you get at the Olympics?
30:00One of you
30:01is about to leave
30:02with nothing.
30:03It's time to vote off
30:05The Weakest Link.
30:06I think Weakest Link
30:10Addy started to lose it
30:11a bit there.
30:12It happens to us all
30:13at some point
30:14over Christmas.
30:15But how has Eddie
30:16not seen
30:16It's a Wonderful Life?
30:18It's a Christmas classic.
30:20Voting's over.
30:23It's now time to reveal
30:25who you think
30:26is The Weakest Link.
30:33Eddie.
30:36Eddie.
30:39Eddie.
30:43Eddie.
30:47Sorry, Eddie.
30:48I forgot what we were doing for that.
30:50What do you mean
30:50you forgot what we were doing?
30:51I didn't know what...
30:52I thought we were
30:52starting the game again.
30:53I forgot we were doing...
30:54I mean, it's been the same
30:55every time.
30:56You're a forgetful little pudding,
30:58aren't you?
30:59I love it when you
31:00call me your pudding.
31:01LAUGHTER
31:02Oh...
31:03Eddie.
31:04Yes, sir.
31:04Your guest for the film.
31:06Yeah.
31:07Bombed.
31:08There's been some
31:09angels in bond.
31:10No.
31:11Do you know what?
31:12I didn't want to pass.
31:13That's the one thing
31:14I didn't want to do.
31:14I respect that, Eddie.
31:15And also buy the team
31:16some time
31:17because that's what I do.
31:17I'm a team player.
31:18No, I get it.
31:19I get it.
31:20And they've rewarded you
31:20by voting for you.
31:21Why did you vote for Eddie?
31:23Eddie starts from
31:25the strongest link
31:25and goes very quickly
31:26into the weakest link.
31:27LAUGHTER
31:28Just think...
31:29It's like he pops
31:30his own tyres.
31:31I've had enough.
31:32Self-sambotage
31:33at the highest.
31:34It literally starts like this.
31:35Mm...
31:35Every time.
31:37So I said,
31:38Eddie, you can't keep
31:38doing this, man.
31:40LAUGHTER
31:40I've got to say,
31:43it was a glorious moment.
31:45Ninth letter of the alphabet.
31:47There's also an organ.
31:49First of all,
31:50you missed counting.
31:51Anyway, it's my M.
31:53I believe it's my M.
31:54I get discombobulated
31:56when I'm the strongest link
31:57in the prior round.
31:58Yeah.
31:59As you can see,
32:01we have ourselves another tie.
32:02Eddie and Addy
32:03receive the same number of votes.
32:05So in the event of a tie,
32:06it's down to the strongest link
32:07from that round
32:08to decide who goes.
32:09And that...
32:11is 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?
32:19Why is that?
32:20I don't know my own mind.
32:21I'm just going from my heart.
32:24You know, the next round,
32:26I probably would have smashed it
32:27and got everything.
32:27Yeah.
32:28OK, 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, though.
32:36You look like a young
32:37Eddie Murphy
32:38in that outfit.
32:39Oh, Lou,
32:40just deport me.
32:41Yeah.
32:42But, you know,
32:43take him off.
32:45Take him off for sure.
32:46Take him off.
32:47Take him off for sure,
32:48immediately.
32:48OK.
32:49I'm so sorry, Eddie.
32:50That's all right, darling.
32:51Well, listen, Eddie,
32:52I hope you're feeling
32:53OK about this.
32:54I'm not.
32:55No.
32:55This is traumatic.
32:56But I'm sorry to say,
32:58with two votes,
33:00I'm afraid you are
33:01the weakest link.
33:02Goodbye.
33:02Lou did not know her reasons.
33:10I think Lou thought
33:12Eddie might be competition
33:13in the final
33:13because I'm a banker.
33:14I bank.
33:15So, yeah,
33:16I think Lou was thinking,
33:17this guy here,
33:18yeah,
33:18he might take all my puddings.
33:20Round six.
33:27You have banked £3,950 so far.
33:32There's only three of you remaining
33:33and another ten seconds
33:34are coming off the clock.
33:36We're going to start
33:37with the strongest link
33:38from the last round.
33:39As we know,
33:40that's you, Lou.
33:40Bidding.
33:41Let's play the weakest link.
33:44Start the clock.
33:46In money,
33:47if three cinnamon buns
33:48are priced at £3.16,
33:50how much would one cost?
33:53£1.20.
33:55Correct.
33:55Ross.
33:56In theatre,
33:56the writer whose plays
33:57include Blythe Spirit
33:59and Present Laughter
34:00is Noel who?
34:01Coward.
34:02Correct.
34:03Addie.
34:03In shared terms,
34:04what is both the name
34:05of a large island
34:06in the Inner Hebrides
34:07and a word for warming
34:08a spiced wine?
34:13Harris.
34:14Mull.
34:15Lou.
34:15In past times,
34:16what see as a puzzle,
34:17often in newspapers,
34:19played on a grid
34:19of squares
34:20with clues given
34:21for words going
34:22across and down?
34:23Crossword.
34:23Correct.
34:24Ross.
34:25Look at your screen.
34:26What song
34:27did this singer perform
34:28representing the UK
34:29at Eurovision?
34:30Oh.
34:31Sam.
34:32Oh.
34:34Spaceman.
34:35Correct.
34:35Adi.
34:36In religion,
34:37the leader of the
34:38Orthodox Jewish community
34:39in the UK
34:39has the title
34:40Chief what?
34:41Rabbi.
34:42Correct.
34:42Lou.
34:43In fashion,
34:44the model Helena Christensen
34:45was born on the 25th of December
34:47in which Scandinavian country?
34:49Denmark.
34:50Correct.
34:50Bank.
34:50Ross.
34:51Yes.
34:51In food,
34:52often served with glazed ham,
34:54classic Cumberland sauce
34:55typically includes
34:55what flavour jelly?
34:57Red currant
34:57or black currant?
34:58Red currant.
34:59Correct.
34:59Adi.
35:00Well done.
35:00In broadcasting,
35:01which sport is the subject
35:02of a BBC podcast title framed?
35:05Snooker.
35:06Correct.
35:07Lou.
35:07Bank.
35:07In media,
35:08the comic strip
35:09created by Bill Watterson
35:10about a six-year-old boy
35:11and his tiger friend
35:12is called Calvin
35:13and who?
35:15The tiger.
35:16Hobbs.
35:17Ross.
35:18In places,
35:18what U is a landlocked
35:20US state
35:20that comes before beach
35:22in the name of a D-Day
35:23landing area?
35:25Oh.
35:26Times up.
35:27Correct answer is Utah.
35:29Utah.
35:29Final three.
35:30Oh.
35:31I can tell you
35:32that you
35:33banked
35:36£2,000
35:38in that round.
35:40Yeah!
35:40Hello,
35:43I'm happy for you
35:44but that was horrific.
35:47In the next round,
35:48not only does the money
35:49go up to a possible
35:50£10,000
35:50but you get the chance
35:52to double what you bank,
35:53meaning that in the next round
35:54there's a possible
35:55£20,000
35:56up for grabs.
35:58So think very carefully
35:59about this next decision.
36:01One of you
36:02is about to leave
36:03with nothing.
36:04It's time to vote off
36:06the weakest link.
36:10Everyone did well there.
36:13Ross was the strongest link
36:15but choosing between
36:16the other two
36:17will be like choosing
36:18between Christmas pudding
36:19or another mince pie.
36:22Voting's over.
36:25It's now time to reveal
36:26who you think
36:27is the weakest link.
36:32Addy.
36:33Addy.
36:40Ross.
36:46Addy,
36:46how are you feeling?
36:47You sort of
36:47alternated rounds,
36:49didn't you?
36:49Yes.
36:49As you said,
36:50you sort of called it yourself.
36:51Yes,
36:51good, bad,
36:52good, bad.
36:52The pressure of being
36:53strongest link
36:54got to you a couple of times.
36:55It does get to me
36:56but I mean,
36:56look,
36:56I've run the gauntlet.
36:57I've used up my nine lives.
36:59Yeah.
37:00I still think people
37:01are carrying hate
37:02about donkeys with handkerchiefs.
37:04Yeah.
37:04No, it happens.
37:05No, but can I just say actually
37:06and they wanted me to say
37:07on behalf of the BBC,
37:09thank you for raising awareness
37:10about those donkeys
37:11because
37:11not enough people
37:12know about those.
37:15Addy,
37:15you've been an incredible contestant.
37:16Thank you so much
37:17for joining us this Christmas.
37:19With two votes,
37:20you are the weakest link.
37:21Goodbye.
37:22Okay,
37:24it was time.
37:25It was time.
37:33It's a tough way to go out
37:35and,
37:36you know,
37:36I do know
37:37where they hang out
37:38and I'm pretty nimble
37:40in the chair.
37:41You know,
37:41that pudding
37:41is not getting away.
37:43Yeah!
37:43Round seven.
37:52So far,
37:53you have banked
37:54£5,950.
37:56This time,
37:57you have just 90 seconds,
37:58but whatever you bank
37:59will be doubled,
38:00meaning that this round
38:01is worth a possible
38:02£20,000.
38:04We'll start with
38:05the strongest link
38:06from the last round.
38:07That's you,
38:08Ross.
38:08Let's play
38:09the weakest link.
38:12Start the clock.
38:14What word goes with
38:15fighter in a video game
38:16franchise
38:16and with quality
38:17in a brand of
38:17tin chocolates
38:18launched in the 1930s?
38:20Street.
38:21Correct.
38:22Lou.
38:22Bank.
38:23Look at your screen.
38:24In British Sign Language,
38:25which letter
38:26of the alphabet
38:26is this?
38:29M.
38:32Oh, no.
38:34Sugar.
38:348.
38:35B.
38:36Of course it is.
38:38In maths,
38:38what is 90 minus 6?
38:4184.
38:42Correct.
38:43Lou.
38:43Bank.
38:43In art,
38:44which planet
38:45in our solar system
38:45precedes De Milo
38:47in the name
38:47of a Greek sculpture
38:48commonly thought
38:49to represent Aphrodite?
38:51Yes.
38:52Jupiter.
38:53Venus.
38:53Ross.
38:54In UK geography,
38:55Suffolk is bordered
38:56to the north
38:57by which other
38:58ceremonial county?
39:02Pass.
39:03Norfolk.
39:04Lou.
39:04What sounds like
39:05both an animal rights group
39:06founded in 1980
39:08and the first name
39:09of the Game of Thrones
39:10actor with the surname
39:11Dinklage?
39:13I don't know.
39:15Peter.
39:16Ross.
39:16In food,
39:17what vegetable
39:18has a variety
39:19named Maris Piper
39:20but can be roasted
39:21as part of a Christmas dinner?
39:22Parsnip.
39:23Potato.
39:24Lou.
39:24In interior design,
39:26what pea
39:26is a piece of fabric
39:27or wood
39:27fastened above a window
39:29to hide the top of curtains?
39:31Pelt.
39:32Pelmet.
39:32Ross.
39:33In music,
39:34the Canadian performer
39:35who spent 15 weeks
39:36in the UK charts
39:37in 1993
39:37with the single
39:38Informer
39:39has what weather-related
39:40stage name?
39:41The answer is snow.
39:45Time is up
39:46and I can tell you
39:47that you banked £500.
39:49We're going to double that
39:49and add it to your previous winnings
39:51meaning a total prize pot
39:52of £6,950.
39:55It's a good total.
39:57But only one of you
39:58can take that money away
39:59for your chosen charity.
40:01It's time
40:01to go head-to-head.
40:03Lou and Ross.
40:08In this round,
40:08it's the best of five.
40:10Whoever answers
40:10the most questions
40:11correctly
40:12wins.
40:13Simple as that.
40:14Ross,
40:14as the strongest link
40:15in the last round,
40:16you have the choice
40:17of who goes first.
40:18I'll go first.
40:19OK.
40:20For the final time tonight,
40:22let's play
40:23The Weakest Link.
40:28Ross.
40:30In food,
40:32Prince Albert
40:32is said to have
40:33introduced the tradition
40:34of putting a silver sixpence
40:35for good luck
40:36into what festive
40:37steamed dessert?
40:39A pudding
40:40or a dumpling.
40:42I'll accept
40:43Christmas pudding.
40:46Lou.
40:49In carols,
40:51which bird
40:51is the only figure
40:52that appears every day
40:54in the lyrics of the song
40:55The Twelve Days of Christmas?
40:56There's a Christmas
40:57my children
40:57are coming to me.
41:00I know, 12.
41:01Do you mind
41:02if I just sing it?
41:03No.
41:03There's a Christmas
41:04my children
41:05are coming to me.
41:08Doves.
41:10Incorrect.
41:11It's partridge.
41:12Oh.
41:13Ross.
41:14In words,
41:15a cuddle or a hug
41:16is known as a kutch
41:17in what language?
41:19French.
41:21Incorrect.
41:21It's Welsh.
41:22Oh.
41:23Lou.
41:24In past times,
41:26on a standard monopoly board,
41:27the two spaces
41:28commonly referred to
41:29as utilities
41:30are the electric company
41:32and which other?
41:33Gas.
41:35Incorrect.
41:36It's water.
41:39Water work.
41:40Yes.
41:42Quite right, too.
41:46Ross.
41:47In music,
41:48which US singer
41:49whose classic
41:501994 festive single
41:52finally became
41:53UK number one
41:5426 years after
41:55it was released
41:56is informally known
41:57as the Queen of Christmas?
41:59Mariah Keery.
42:01Correct.
42:03Lou.
42:04In children's literature,
42:05in what 1950 book
42:07by C.S. Lewis
42:08does Father Christmas
42:10give lethal weapons
42:11as gifts
42:11to three children?
42:13Alice in Wonderland.
42:14It's not Christmas-y.
42:16I don't know.
42:17It's the lion,
42:18the witch,
42:18and the wardrobe.
42:18I was going to say that.
42:20Ross,
42:21if you get this right,
42:23you've won the game.
42:25In cinema,
42:26in 2010,
42:28it was widely reported
42:29that Titanic
42:30had been surpassed
42:31as the highest-grossing film
42:33of all time
42:33by which other blockbuster
42:35directed by James Cameron?
42:37Avatar.
42:40Is correct,
42:41which means congratulations, Ross.
42:43Well done.
42:45Well done.
42:46Thank you, Lou.
42:47You are tonight's strongest link
42:49and you win £6,950
42:52for charity.
42:53Ross,
42:54which charity
42:54is your money going to?
42:55It's going to Alzheimer's
42:57in Scotland.
42:58It's a big part
42:59of the family.
43:00Well,
43:00fantastic cause.
43:01Well done, Ross.
43:03Lou,
43:04you leave with nothing.
43:05That's all
43:06from tonight's show.
43:07I'm Ramesh Ranganathan
43:07and whatever you do,
43:09don't be the weakest link.
43:10Goodbye
43:10and Merry Christmas.
43:14Eddie and Addy
43:15are crossing me.
43:15Oh no,
43:16what a day at work.
43:18I've made two men cross.
43:20But pudding does
43:20as pudding is.
43:22I cannot believe it.
43:23You know,
43:24I come from the walk of fame
43:25and I was so sure
43:26I was going to have to do
43:27the walk of shame.
43:29I think it really is
43:30the icing on the Christmas cake.
43:32So,
43:32a big Merry Christmas
43:33and it's all for the charity.
43:35I'm so thrilled.
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