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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!
04:20Yes! Come on!
04:22Woo-hoo!
04:24Merry Christmas!
04:26Yeah!
04:28Merry Christmas!
04:30Woo-hoo!
04:32Woo-hoo!
04:34Yes! Oh, my goodness.
04:36Wow. I cannot believe it. You!
04:40There's no need. Come on, bruv.
04:45Genuinely, so impressed. You reached your target of 2,500. Come on, Chris.
04:50Yes! I love you guys. For now.
04:53That money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.
04:58Oh, my God. This is going to be very difficult. I know.
05:00Oh, come on.
05:01Yeah, sorry. It's like, yeah, it's Christmas, isn't it?
05:03Ruined the party. First, there's fun, and then there's a bit of disappointment when you realise the reality of life.
05:06So, I think you're going to like these guys. Who here thinks Home Alone is Post Malone's brother?
05:17Who thinks Baby Reindeer is a John Lewis Christmas ad?
05:20None of you is about to leave with nothing. It's time to vote off The Weakest Link.
05:29Well, Rom, that was a cracker of a round, but how do you decide who goes when they reach the target?
05:35Choose 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.
06:01Blue.
06:01Blue.
06:04Blue.
06:06Jess.
06:09Jess.
06:14David, 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.
06:37Can 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,
06:45and I want her out of here.
06:46Got you.
06:47And 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 there?
07:08I think I'm just too glam for everyone here.
07:10I mean, I expected this because, uh, I'm in a room full of very famous people
07:18and I'm just a lovely drag queen.
07:19No, I'm just kidding.
07:21Well, 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 about me, okay, guys?
07:34I 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, the maximum amount of £2,500.
08:01Seven players are left and we are taking ten seconds off the clock.
08:04We're going to start with the strongest link from the last round.
08:07That's you, Addy.
08:08Oh.
08:08Let's play the weakest link.
08:11Start the clock.
08:13In costumes, which of these characters in a school nativity play
08:16is often depicted wearing a tea towel on their head, shepherd or donkey?
08:21Donkey.
08:22Shepherd.
08:23Lou.
08:23In folktales, a pot found at the end of a rainbow is said to contain what precious metal?
08:28A pot of gold.
08:29Correct.
08:30Ross.
08:30In sayings, if a person who works well in the evening is an owl,
08:34someone who functions better in 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?
09:06Oh, Pope Luigi.
09:10Leo.
09:11Jess.
09:12In retail, which toy shop chain was founded in Holborn in 1760 with a store originally named Noah's Ark?
09:20Hamleys.
09:21Correct.
09:22Addy.
09:22In transport, the letter R on the gear stick of a vehicle represents what direction?
09:27Reverse.
09:27Correct.
09:28Lou.
09:28In 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?
09:43Five P.
09:44One penny.
09:45Eddie.
09:46In fashion, what G is an elasticated band worn around the leg to hold up a stocking?
09:50A girdle.
09:52A girdle.
09:53Garter.
09:54A girdle.
09:54Martin.
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?
10:06Uh, 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?
10:20Can you print 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.
10:32It's inch.
10:34Time is up.
10:38I can tell you that you have put in the bank nothing.
10:44How has that gone from that to that?
10:46I am going to be honest with you, I regret my earlier celebration.
10:50I am going to be honest with you.
10:52OK.
10:53Who thinks sleigh bells are when the bells have really worked it, girlfriend?
11:03Who thought Rudolph was an unkind man called Ulf?
11:07One 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.
11:34David.
11:41David.
11:43David.
11:46David.
11:49Ross.
11:52Eddie.
11:55David.
11:56Genuine question, how many times have you seen a donkey with a tea towel on it?
12:05All the time, bro.
12:06All the time.
12:07That'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.
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, 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?
12:44OK.
12:45Ask me as well.
12:48I'd love to ask you later.
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.
13:00Pope 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 as a question, were you?
13:11I'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 gonna have to walk off here, and this costume does not allow me to walk.
13:24Oh, we can't wait.
13:26Yeah.
13:26I mean, my big question is, how did you get the toy inside you?
13:29Well, 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.
14:06I know that those traitors have a double-crossed me, but I do still want them to win some money for charity.
14:13Round three.
14:19You've got £2,500 so far out of a possible £5,000, because 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, but you 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 gonna 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.
14:56Ross.
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 and 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 shares its name with a bladed boot used to move smoothly over ice?
15:35Sting.
15:36Sting.
15:37Sting.
15:38Sting.
15:38Skate.
15:38Oh.
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.
15:50Look 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 hand-held tube containing mirrors and coloured pieces of glass or paper that creates patterns as it is rotated?
16:04Kaleidoscope.
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?
16:21Crispine or Douglas fir?
16:24Crispine.
16:25Douglas fir.
16:25Addy.
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.
16:36Lou.
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?
16:56The answer is Agatha Christie.
17:01Time is up.
17:03And I can tell you that you put in the bank £600.
17:06It's better than nothing.
17:08I mean, it's better than nothing, which, to remind you, you got last time.
17:12I don't know.
17:13Who thought...
17:15Are you talking in there?
17:17I'm not sure about this one.
17:18What is it?
17:19Who thought Bethlehem was at the bottom of Bethley's dress?
17:24Who 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.
17:34It's time to vote off the weakest link.
17:41Well, this round's tricky.
17:42Three of them got two wrong.
17:44But for my money, Addy and Jess are on the thinnest ice.
17:48It's like they're having their own separate bad answer competition.
17:51Voting's over.
17:56It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
18:02Jess, sorry.
18:05Jess.
18:08Addy.
18:10Addy.
18:13Addy.
18:14Jess.
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, Addy.
18:40Yeah, 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.
18:50But 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 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!
19:02It's getting down!
19:04Uh, Jess.
19:05Yeah.
19:05Douglas Fir or Chris Pine?
19:07I know.
19:07You know what I'm with Chris Pine?
19:09I know.
19:09Just a silly mistake.
19:11Yeah.
19:12It's just in the pressure, isn't it?
19:13It is, yes.
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
19:22that we've got a tie.
19:24We have Jess and Addy on the same number of votes.
19:27Uh, and in the case of a tie,
19:29it's down to the strongest link from the last round
19:31to decide who goes.
19:33And that...
19:36..is you, Ross.
19:38So, my question to you is,
19:41would you like to stick with who you've said
19:43or would you like to change your mind?
19:45Oh, you did well with the banking,
19:47but then you were just a little hesitant
19:49and a couple of other ones.
19:50Addy, 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. Sorry.
20:00That's OK. I 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? I'm all right.
20:08The pressure is so much when you're up here
20:10that actually I feel like I just need to sit down.
20:13I'm done. I'm so done.
20:14Yeah.
20:15No, it's good. I'm glad I got this far.
20:17Just be honest with me,
20:18are there any grudges that you're going to be taking forward?
20:20No. Everyone's been really fair.
20:22Yeah, OK. Well, 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,
20:36you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
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,
20:55and I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
21:03Round four, you have banked £3,100.
21:06I have a potential prize money of £10,000.
21:09There are just five of you left,
21:10and 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.
21:20As we know, that's you, Ross.
21:21Let's play the weakest link.
21:25Start the clock.
21:27In body parts, polex is the anatomical term
21:30for which two-bone digit on a human hand?
21:32Finger.
21:32Thumb.
21:33Eddie.
21:34In language, the Spanish phrase Feliz Navidad
21:37translates 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?
21:54Camera.
21:54Correct.
21:55Lou.
21:56In geography, noted for its white sandy beaches,
21:58Montego Bay is a tourist resort on the north coast
22:01of which Caribbean island?
22:05Pass.
22:06Jamaica.
22:06Ross.
22:07In Harry Potter, the Hogwarts herbology professor,
22:10played by Miriam Margulies, is named what?
22:12Ophelia Brussels or Pomona Sprout?
22:15Pomona Sprout.
22:15Correct.
22:16Eddie.
22:16In textiles, what item of equipment has parts called
22:19bobbin case, needle plate and zipper foot?
22:23Boots.
22:24Sewing machine.
22:25Bank.
22:26In Christmas Cracker Jokes, what is the usual three-word punchline
22:29to what do you get if you cross a sheep with a kangaroo?
22:33What?
22:34Can you repeat that?
22:34Yep.
22:35In Christmas Cracker Jokes, what is the usual three-word punchline
22:38to what do you get if you cross a sheep with a kangaroo?
22:42I don't know.
22:43A woolly jumper.
22:44Adi.
22:45In entertainment, the performer who was raised in Chicago
22:48by Irish parents and created the stage show Lord of the Dance
22:51is Michael who?
22:52Flatney.
22:53Correct.
22:53Lou.
22:54In gardening, what H is the term for plants
22:56that can survive in cold temperatures?
23:04I don't know.
23:05Hardy.
23:06Ross.
23:06In hymns, what two words come before Merrily on High
23:09in the title of a carol by George Ratcliffe Woodward?
23:12Ding Dong.
23:13Correct.
23:13Eddie.
23:14Bank.
23:14In shopping, what colour proceeds Friday in the day
23:16after 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
23:25made with almonds that is traditionally used to cover a Battenberg cake?
23:27It's marzipan.
23:29Time is up, and I can tell you that you banked £100.
23:34Oh, jeez.
23:36Um...
23:36Shocking.
23:37Oh.
23:38Well...
23:38Shocking.
23:39It's a slash between shocking and starting to be expected.
23:41The first round feels like it happened last Christmas.
23:46I feel like you've progressively been getting rid of the best ones.
23:49LAUGHTER
23:51OK.
23:51Who thinks Jesus was born away in a Pret-a-Manger?
23:57Oh, my...
23:58Do you like this?
23:58LAUGHTER
24:00Who thinks there's 12 Grinches in a graffoot?
24:03Oh, my days.
24:05Martin, you didn't like that one?
24:06LAUGHTER
24:07No? OK.
24:09One of you is about to leave with nothing.
24:12It's time to vote off The Weakest Link.
24:14They're still in the Christmas spirit, cos 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.
24:40I love her, but it's Martine. I'm so sorry.
24:42Lou.
24:46Martine.
24:48Lou.
24:52Oh, why? This is so bad. Martine.
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.
25:06LAUGHTER
25:07I saw £100, I said, that would do.
25:09LAUGHTER
25:10That's five bricks back in Congo.
25:11Yes, Father Lagos.
25:13Um, are 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 One, I'll say apples.
25:19Honestly, I'm under pressure.
25:21You voted for Martine.
25:22Yes. I just love Martine.
25:24But do you know what it is?
25:26It was...
25:27It was the...
25:28I don't know.
25:29Yeah.
25:29LAUGHTER
25:31Yeah.
25:31No, I...
25:32I 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 fought for you, cos you was like...
25:41Yeah.
25:41I was asking a question.
25:43It's like three sacks round the face.
25:44LAUGHTER
25:45Um, Lou.
25:46Yes.
25:46The 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.
25:54No.
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.
26:02Mm, pudding got tired.
26:04LAUGHTER
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.
26:12LAUGHTER
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 didn't vote for me as well.
26:22What a nasty little pudding.
26:24No, no, no, come on.
26:25Oh.
26:25Martine and I, off camera, there's a lot of chemistry.
26:28Yeah.
26:28But you have to vote for someone, and, um,
26:30I was just trying to be a laugh, sorry.
26:32No, it's OK.
26:33Er, 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.
26:39Don't make me cry at Christmas.
26:40LAUGHTER
26:41I'm very sad to say, with three votes...
26:45LAUGHTER
26:48Wow.
26:48I'm so sorry.
26:49You are the weakest link.
26:51LAUGHTER
26:52Goodbye.
26:54Goodbye.
26:57What I love, what I love.
26:58I love you.
27:00LAUGHTER
27:02When 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, and 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.
27:40Start the clock.
27:42In literature, what first name is shared by the mother and daughter authors,
27:48Wollstonecraft and Shelley?
27:52Pass.
27:53Mary.
27:54Luke.
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.
28:22In 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?
28:47Bow.
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.
29:39You put in the bank 750 pounds.
29:43I don't think it's worth the curtsy pudding.
29:48Your catchphrase.
29:49OK.
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? It's a Christmas classic.
30:20Voting's over.
30:24It's now time to reveal who you think is The Weakest Link.
30:33Eddie.
30:36Eddie.
30:39Eddie.
30:43Eddie.
30:45I'm sorry, Eddie.
30:48I forgot what we were doing for that.
30:50What do you mean you forgot what we were doing?
30:51Well, I didn't know what...
30:52I 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 going to forget for Little Pudding, huh?
30:59I love it when you call me your pudding.
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 did.
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.
31:27It'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.
31:42I've got to say, it was a glorious moment.
31:45Ninth letter of the alphabet.
31:47There's also an organ.
31:48LAUGHTER
31:49First of all, you missed counting.
31:51Anyway, it's my M.
31:52I believe it's my M.
31:53LAUGHTER
31:54I 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 receive 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.
32:15Yeah, I'm going to switch. I'm so sorry.
32:16Are you? You're going to switch?
32:17Yeah.
32:17OK. I'm so sorry, Eddie.
32:18And why is that? 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. OK, take Eddie out.
32:32No, I'm going to have to go, sorry, Eddie.
32:34I'm so sorry. You look fabulous.
32:36Thank you, guys.
32:36You look like a young Eddie Murphy in that outfit.
32:39Oh, Lou, just deport me.
32:40Yeah.
32:42But, you know, take him. Take him off. Take him off for show.
32:46Take him off. Take him off for show immediately.
32:48OK, fine.
32:49I'm so sorry, Eddie.
32:50That's all right, darling.
32:51Well, listen, Eddie, I hope you're feeling OK 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.
33:03Lou did not know her reasons.
33:10I think Lou thought Eddie might be competition in the final.
33:14Because I'm a banker, I bank.
33:15So, yeah, I think Lou was thinking this guy here, yeah, he might take all my puddings.
33:20Round six, you 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.
33:55Ross.
33:56In theatre, the writer whose plays include Blythe Spirit and Present Laughter is Noel who?
34:01Coward.
34:02Correct.
34:03Eddie.
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?
34:13Harris.
34:14Mull.
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?
34:23Crossword.
34:23Correct.
34:24Ross.
34:25Look at your screen.
34:26What song did this singer perform representing the UK at Eurovision?
34:30Oh.
34:31Sam.
34:32Oh.
34:34Er, Spaceman.
34:34Correct.
34:35Adi.
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.
34:59Adi.
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 in 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?
35:26Times up.
35:27Correct answer is Utah.
35:29Utah.
35:29Final three.
35:30Oh.
35:31I can tell you that you banked £2,000 in that round.
35:39Yeah!
35:41Woo!
35:43Lou, I'm happy for you, but that was horrific.
35:47In the next round, not only does the money go up to a possible £10,000, but you get the chance to
35:52double what you bank, meaning that in the next round there's a possible £20,000 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.
36:07Everyone did well there.
36:13Ross was the strongest link, but choosing between the other two will be like choosing between
36:18Christmas pudding or another mince pie.
36:22Voting's over.
36:25It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
36:32Adi.
36:35Adi.
36:36Ross.
36:46Adi, 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, but I mean, look, I've run the gauntlet.
36:57I've used up my nine lives.
36:59Yeah.
37:00I 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,
37:09thank you for raising awareness about those donkeys, because not enough people know about
37:13those.
37:14Adi, you've been an incredible contestant.
37:16Thank you so much for joining us this Christmas.
37:18But with two votes, you are the weakest link.
37:21Goodbye.
37:22There you are.
37:22It's a tough way to go out, and I do know where they hang out, and I'm pretty nimble in
37:40the chair.
37:41You know, that pudding is not getting away.
37:51Round seven.
37:52So far, you have banked £5,950.
37:55This time, you have just 90 seconds, but whatever you bank will be doubled, meaning that this
38:01round is worth a possible £20,000.
38:03We'll start with the strongest link from the last round.
38:07That's you, Ross.
38:09Let's play The Weakest Link.
38:12Start the clock.
38:14What word goes with fighter in a video game franchise, and with quality in a brand of
38:17tin 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?
38:29M.
38:33O, no, sugar, eight.
38:35M.
38:36B.
38:37Ross.
38:37Of course it is.
38:38In maths, what is 90 minus six?
38:4184.
38:42Correct.
38:42Lou.
38:43Bank.
38:43In art, which planet in our solar system precedes De Milo in the name of a Greek sculpture
38:48commonly thought to represent Aphrodite?
38:51Yes, Jupiter.
38:53Venus.
38:53Ross.
38:54In UK geography, Suffolk is bordered to the north by which other ceremonial county?
39:02Pass.
39:03Norfolk.
39:03Lou.
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 that can be roasted as part of a Christmas dinner?
39:22Parsnip.
39:23Potato.
39:24Lou.
39:24In interior design, what pea is a piece of fabric or wood fastened above a window to hide the top of curtains?
39:30A pelt.
39:32Pelmet.
39:32Ross.
39:33In music, the Canadian performer who spent 15 weeks in the UK charts in 1993 with the single Informer has what weather-related stage name?
39:41The answer is snow, time is up, and I can tell you that you banked £500.
39:48We're going to double that and add it to your previous winnings, meaning a total prize pot of £6,950.
39:55It's a good total, but 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.
40:13Ross, as the strongest link in the last round, you 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 of 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.
40:46Lou.
40:49In carols, which bird is the only figure that appears every day in the lyrics of the song
40:55The Twelve Days of Christmas?
40:56There's a Christmas, my children, I'll have a me.
41:00Um, I know, 12.
41:01Do you mind if I just sing it?
41:02No.
41:03I'll have a 12.
41:04There's a Christmas, my children, I'll have a me.
41:06Doves.
41:10Incorrect.
41:11It's partridge.
41:12Oh.
41:12Ross.
41:14In words, a cuddle or a hug is known as a kutch in what language?
41:19French.
41:20Incorrect.
41:21It's Welsh.
41:22Oh.
41:23Lou.
41:23In past times, on a standard monopoly board, the two spaces commonly referred to as utilities
41:31are the electric company and which other?
41:33Gas.
41:35Incorrect.
41:36It's water.
41:39Water work.
41:40Yes.
41:43Quite right too.
41:46Ross.
41:47In music, which US singer whose classic 1994 festive single finally became UK number one
41:5426 years after it was released is informally known as the Queen of Christmas?
41:59Mariah Carey.
42:01Correct.
42:02Lou.
42:04In children's literature, in what 1950 book by C.S. Lewis does Father Christmas give lethal
42:10weapons as gifts to three children?
42:13Alice in Wonderland.
42:14It's not Christmassy.
42:16I don't know.
42:17It's the lion, the witch and the wardrobe.
42:18I was going to say that.
42:20Ross, if you get this right, you've won the game.
42:25In cinema, in 2010, it was widely reported that Titanic had been surpassed as the highest
42:32grossing film of all time by which other blockbuster directed by James Cameron?
42:37Avatar.
42:40Is correct, which means congratulations, Ross.
42:43Oh, well done.
42:44Yeah.
42:45Well done.
42:45There you go.
42:46Thank you, Lou.
42:47You are tonight's strongest link and you win £6,950 for charity.
42:53Ross, which charity is your money going to?
42:55It's going to Alzheimer's in Scotland.
42:58It's a big part of the family.
43:00Well, fantastic cause.
43:01Well done, Ross.
43:03Lou, you leave with nothing.
43:05That's all from tonight's show.
43:06I'm Romish Ranganathan and whatever you do, don't be the weakest link.
43:10Goodbye and Merry Christmas.
43:14Eddie and Addy are crossing me.
43:15Oh no, what a day at work.
43:18I've made two men cross.
43:19But pudding does as pudding is.
43:22I cannot believe it.
43:23I, you know, I come from the walk of fame and I was so sure I was going to have to do the walk of shame.
43:29I think it really is the icing on the Christmas cake.
43:32So a big Merry Christmas and it's all for the charity.
43:35I'm so thrilled.
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