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The Weakest Link 2021 Season 5 Episode 6
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00:00It's ability to make people crumble under pressure.
00:02Oh, you mean business.
00:03Famous for its very charming, handsome host.
00:06And look, here he is.
00:07This is The Weakest Link.
00:18Behind me are eight celebrities who are really trying to win up to £50,000 for charity.
00:23But to do that, they'll have to work together.
00:26Seven will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player,
00:29voted The Weakest Link.
00:31And if that sounds stressful, then good.
00:33Let's meet the team.
00:37I'm Nicola, Olympic boxing champion and actor from Leeds.
00:42I'm Banjo, interior designer and TV presenter from the Isle of Mull.
00:48I'm Mariam, I'm a BBC News presenter and I'm from London.
00:53I'm Josh, I'm a comedian and I'm from Devon.
00:56I'm Sue, I'm an actor from Manchester.
01:01I'm Charlotte, I'm a TV and radio presenter from West Sussex.
01:06I'm Julie, a chef and TV presenter from Glasgow.
01:09I'm Curtis, broadcaster and former professional footballer from London.
01:19You all said your names and where you're from really, really beautifully there.
01:23Well, except for one of you, but I don't want to go into it.
01:26Good luck to you, here come the rules.
01:28In each round, the aim is to answer enough questions correctly to reach your target within the time limit.
01:33The target for round one is £2,500.
01:37The fastest way to get there is to work together to create a chain of eight correct answers.
01:42Get your question wrong, you break the chain and you lose all of the money in that chain.
01:46But if you press your button and say bank before the question is asked, the money is safe and you begin a new chain from scratch.
01:54You've got two minutes and 30 seconds for this round and we're going to start with the person most likely to change their voice when speaking to a builder.
02:01That's you, Josh Whittaker.
02:03I knew you'd choose me.
02:05Let's play The Weakest Link.
02:07I hate you.
02:09Start the clock.
02:11In phrases, according to a saying about pressurised situations, if a person can't stand the heat, they should leave which room?
02:17The kitchen. Correct.
02:18Sue.
02:19In fashion accessories, hanky is an informal abbreviation for which longer word?
02:23Handkerchief.
02:24Correct.
02:24Charlotte.
02:25In language, a catalogue of things that someone wishes to do or see in their lifetime is commonly known as what?
02:31Bucket list or wine list?
02:32Bucket list.
02:33Correct.
02:33Julie.
02:34In pop music, boys' life is a duo formed of a member of Boyzone and which other Irish boy band?
02:40Er, Westlife?
02:41Correct.
02:42Curtis.
02:43In animals, the word oink is normally used to represent the grunting sound made by which farmyard creature?
02:48Hick.
02:48Correct.
02:49Bank.
02:49Nicola.
02:50In maths, what cue is the usual name of the fraction that is written as one over four?
02:55Pass.
02:55Quarter.
02:56Banjo.
02:56What sounds like both a word meaning to pull one vehicle with another and a digit at the end of the human foot?
03:02Toe.
03:02Correct.
03:03Mariam.
03:04Look at your screen.
03:05This is the display for which musical?
03:08Wicked.
03:08Correct.
03:09Josh.
03:09In mobile phones, a payment plan without a contract known as PAYG stands for pay as you what?
03:15Go.
03:15Correct.
03:16Sue.
03:16In painting, the name of the technique impasto is derived from an Italian word for what?
03:21Cut or paste?
03:22Paste.
03:23Correct.
03:23Charlotte.
03:24Charlotte.
03:24In cookery, the 2025 recipe book Celebrate Joyful Baking All Year Round was written by which Bake Off judge?
03:31Mary Berry.
03:31Paul Hollywood.
03:32Julie.
03:33In leisure, what seven-letter word is commonly used to describe the area of a swimming pool that is opposite the deep end?
03:40The shallow.
03:41Correct.
03:41Curtis.
03:42In food, what A is a vegetable with a purple skin that is also the main ingredient in the dip baba ganoush?
03:48Abernith, um, aubergine.
03:50Correct.
03:51Nicola.
03:51In transport, of the three main circular lights on a standard UK traffic light, what colour is the bottom one?
03:57Green.
03:58Correct.
03:58Banjo.
03:59What word goes with detector for equipment used to find buried treasure and with heavy in a genre of rock music?
04:04Metal.
04:05Correct.
04:05Mariam.
04:06In sport, silly mid-off, fine leg and fly slip are fielding positions in which game?
04:13Fishing.
04:13Cricket.
04:14Josh.
04:15In TV, the documentary series first broadcast in 2011 presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell that reunites relatives is titled Long Lost What?
04:23Family.
04:24Correct.
04:24Sue.
04:25In medicine, haematology is the study and treatment of which five-letter substance in the human body?
04:30Blood.
04:30Correct.
04:30Bank.
04:31In weather, what H is a type of frozen precipitation that forms in clouds and falls to the ground as irregular balls of ice?
04:37Hail.
04:38Correct.
04:38Julie.
04:39In North America, the southernmost of the Great Lakes has what name?
04:42Lake Erie or Lake Spooky is Lake Erie.
04:44Time is up, round one is over, and I can tell you, you banked £1,350.
04:51Sorry, you guys, that's really good.
04:54I'll do it again and give you some stank.
04:55You banked £1,350.
05:00That's good for you.
05:01Do not raise your expectations too high.
05:04So, who thinks Peaky Blinders is a neighbourhood watch scheme?
05:10Who thinks Demi Lovato is only half a Lovato?
05:14Do you know what?
05:16Do you know what?
05:16Yeah.
05:17Don't listen to the critics, you are good at this.
05:22One of you is about to leave with nothing.
05:24It's time to vote off The Weakest Link.
05:29A great start, even if the team didn't realise it themselves.
05:33News reader Merriam was the weakest link.
05:36Perhaps she's busy when someone else does the sport.
05:39The voting's over.
05:42It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
05:49Charlotte.
05:51Nicola.
05:52Nicola.
05:55Nicola.
05:57Charlotte.
06:00Nicola.
06:02Nicola.
06:04Nicola.
06:07Nicola.
06:07I think Nicola could beat me up all the time.
06:09I think Nicola could beat me up all the time.
06:10I think it's the worst experience of my life and I wish I hadn't signed up for it.
06:13It's the worst experience of my life and I wish I hadn't signed up for it.
06:17OK, cool.
06:18But apart from that...
06:19Apart from that, lovely to see you.
06:20Great, great, great.
06:21Delighted to see you get a pay-as-you-go question.
06:24I imagine you've got like a ten-minute routine on it or something.
06:26I haven't got a routine on it, but it's good to get ideas while you're already on TV.
06:30Absolutely, yeah.
06:32What made you vote for Charlotte? Is it because you're frightened of Nicola?
06:35Yeah, because I think Nicola could beat me up. Also, Nicola banked before she got it wrong,
06:40so I thought that was tactically good.
06:43Smart, yeah.
06:43So that was smart.
06:44Julie, you've got a strategy of answering every question with a question back to me,
06:49with the answer, as if you were expecting us to collaborate together.
06:53Westlife, Ramesh, what do you think?
06:54Westlife, maybe?
06:55I thought you were after help.
06:56That could be a new part of the show.
06:58We ask you questions back, put you on the spot, maybe?
07:00Yeah, maybe.
07:01You did that as a question.
07:02Did it as a question.
07:03Yeah, yeah.
07:04Yeah, listen, we're always looking for new ideas.
07:06Nicola, difficult round for you.
07:09What are you like with maths generally?
07:10Because the question starts with in maths.
07:12Sometimes when that's the start of the question,
07:14people just shut down after that, so.
07:16Yeah, that was it.
07:17I heard the word maths and then, yeah, my brain just went out the window.
07:21Well, I'm sorry.
07:21What was your old job, Ramesh?
07:22Don't do this.
07:23What was your old job?
07:24I was a maths teacher.
07:26So people shut down when you say maths.
07:28They did when I taught.
07:30Yeah, so, yeah, I'm sorry, Nicola.
07:33I just want to give you an opportunity to remember who it is
07:35that did vote for you, just going forward.
07:37Yeah, is there anything you'd like to say to them?
07:39No, apart from good luck, everybody.
07:42And she means that in your ongoing survival.
07:45Nicola, it's been a delight to have you on the show,
07:48but I'm very sorry to say there were six votes.
07:50You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
07:58I am really competitive, so this was quite tough on me.
08:01I mean, you know, I am good with firsts, but this first is a little bit different.
08:06Round two.
08:13You have banked £1,350 so far out of a possible £2,500.
08:19Seven players are left and we are taking ten seconds off the clock.
08:23We're going to start with the strongest link from the last round.
08:26That's you, Sue.
08:26All right.
08:27Let's play The Weakest Link.
08:31Start the clock.
08:31In music, the 2025 UK number one album, Who Believes in Angels,
08:37is a collaboration between Brandy Carlyle and which British performer?
08:41No idea.
08:42Elton John. Charlotte.
08:43In the Royal Navy, the abbreviation HMS in the names of vessels
08:46stands for His Majesty's what?
08:48Shit.
08:49Correct. Julie.
08:50In animals, the Bactrian camel of Central Asia has how many humps?
08:54Two.
08:54Correct. Curtis.
08:55In politics, the first three women to have served as UK Prime Minister
08:59were all members of which political party?
09:01Conservative.
09:01Correct.
09:02Banjo.
09:03In UK geography, Wilts is an abbreviation of the name of which county?
09:06Wiltshire.
09:07Correct.
09:07Bang.
09:08Mariam.
09:08In cinema, a 2024 film starring Owen Teague as a chimpanzee called Noah
09:13is titled Kingdom of the Planet of the what?
09:15Apes.
09:15Correct.
09:16Josh.
09:17Look at your screen.
09:18These singers share what first name?
09:20Mel.
09:21Correct.
09:21Sue.
09:22In food, the Moroccan city of Tangier gives its name to what small orange citrus fruit?
09:27Tangerine.
09:27Correct.
09:28Charlotte.
09:28Bank.
09:29In entertainment, what is the first name of the comedian whose stand-up tour that began
09:32in 2024 is titled A Fistful of Clary?
09:36Julian.
09:36Correct.
09:37Julie.
09:38What sounds like both an unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury
09:41and a piece of glass and a window?
09:45Oh, a shard?
09:46Pain.
09:46Curtis.
09:47In history, according to legend, after sighting the Spanish Armada, Francis Drake finished playing
09:52a game of what?
09:53Bowls or darts?
09:54Bowls.
09:55Correct.
09:56Banjo.
09:56In technology, the image filed called graphics interchange format is more commonly known by what
10:01three-letter acronym?
10:03GIF.
10:04GIF.
10:04Yes, GIF.
10:05Mariam.
10:06In confectionery, the round sweets launched by swizzles in 1954 that feature romantic or
10:11positive messages in edible ink are called love what?
10:13Hearts.
10:14Correct.
10:14Josh.
10:15In Western astrology, what T is the one-word zodiac sign that covers the end of April and most of May?
10:20Taurus.
10:21Correct.
10:21Sue.
10:22Bank.
10:22In aquatic creatures, what name follows John in a type of fish and the word finding in the title
10:27of a 2016 animated film?
10:29Dory.
10:30Correct.
10:30Charlotte.
10:31In the traditional nursery rhyme, hey diddle diddle, the dish ran away with which piece of cutlery?
10:35The spoon.
10:36Correct.
10:36Julie.
10:37In TV, the antique show, first broadcast in 2000 where teams buy items to be sold at auction,
10:42is titled bargain what?
10:44Hunt.
10:44Correct.
10:44Bankus.
10:45In barn dancing, a movement in which two dancers go around each other, passing back to back is called what?
10:50Do-si-do or hidey hide?
10:51Do-si-do.
10:51Correct.
10:52Banjo.
10:52Bank.
10:53That is a good bank banjo.
10:55Banking banjo.
10:56Yes.
10:57That is a good bank banjo, my friends.
10:59Bank show, should I say?
11:01You put in the bank £1,350.
11:04Yes.
11:04Yes.
11:05Yes.
11:07Great reaction as well.
11:09That was good.
11:09Okay.
11:10Who thinks mixtape is short for Michael's tape?
11:14Who thinks Central Sea is the name of an ocean?
11:17One of you.
11:18Oh, yes.
11:19Come on.
11:19Yes.
11:20It's got a little bit topical there on the weakest link.
11:23One of you is about to leave with nothing.
11:26It's time to vote off the weakest link.
11:31This lot is smashing it, and they're enjoying Rom's jokes as much as I am.
11:36But Julie and Sue both got questions wrong, so they'll be the most nervous ahead of this vote.
11:43The voting's over.
11:46It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
11:49Julie.
11:50Julie.
11:53Julie.
11:55Julie.
11:58Julie.
12:00Julie.
12:03Julie.
12:05Charlotte.
12:08Julie.
12:09Darn.
12:15Now, listen, I know that I have a tone that suggests I don't mean what I say,
12:19but I do want to say to you, I think you're doing really well.
12:21This is a good team.
12:22It doesn't look like you believe me, but you are doing well.
12:25Mariam, every time I come to you with a question, you look at me...
12:30Like I'm scared.
12:31Well, it's like I'm a politician that's disappointed you.
12:34So many do.
12:37Why did you vote for Julie?
12:39It was really tough, but Julie didn't bank and got a wrong answer, so...
12:43OK, fair enough.
12:44Banjo, on the GIF question...
12:48Yeah.
12:48I really felt like I could see the robotic workings of your brain.
12:51Oh, my God, there's not much going on out there.
12:53It was incredible to watch.
12:55Numbers were flying over my head.
12:57G-I-F.
12:58G-I-F.
12:59I straight through on that one.
13:00Yeah, it was amazing to watch.
13:03Julie, I feel slightly responsible because I said that you're answering questions
13:07like you're asking a question, and then you took that feedback on board.
13:11And now you're going.
13:12And then came out with a shard.
13:13Yeah.
13:14But, Julie, listen, it's been an absolute pleasure to have you on the show.
13:17I'm sorry we're losing you so early.
13:19But with six votes, you are the weakest link.
13:22Goodbye.
13:22Bye, everyone.
13:25Good luck.
13:28I am feeling delighted for the fact that we have got so much money in the bank.
13:32Sad to be going, but it gives you a bit of determination.
13:35I want to come back and become competitive again.
13:37Must brush up on general knowledge.
13:39Round three, you have got £2,700 out of a possible £5,000.
13:50In this round, we are upping the stakes, not only down to six players with another ten seconds
13:55coming off the clock, but the target is now £5,000.
14:00Ooh.
14:00We're going to start with the...
14:01Thanks for that, Josh.
14:02Well, I'm just trying to...
14:02No, it's good.
14:03It adds a bit of drama.
14:04I'll jazz it up.
14:05We're going to start with the strongest link from the last round.
14:08That's you, Curtis.
14:09Let's play the weakest link.
14:12Start the clock.
14:14In fashion, what D is a style of narrow-leg trousers
14:17that shares its name with an item of plumbing apparatus?
14:20Drainpipe.
14:21Correct.
14:21Banjo.
14:22Look at your screen.
14:23This dessert is named after which English boarding school?
14:26Eton.
14:26Correct.
14:27Mariam.
14:28In sport, the British athlete who won two Olympic gold medals
14:30and broke the world record four times all in the decathlon is Daily Who?
14:34Thompson.
14:34Correct.
14:35Josh.
14:35Bank.
14:36In cinema, 2025, marked the 50th anniversary,
14:38of the release of which Steven Spielberg film set on the fictional Amity Island?
14:43Jaws.
14:44Correct.
14:44Sue.
14:45In maths, what is 55 minus 11?
14:4855, 45, 44.
14:50Correct.
14:51Charlotte.
14:51What word goes with open in a magic phrase from Alibaba and the 40 Thieves
14:56and with seeds in an ingredient used to make tahini?
14:59Sesame.
14:59Correct.
15:00Curtis.
15:01In travel, which website for short-term rental accommodation
15:04began in San Francisco in 2007 when the co-founders hosted guests on blow-up beds?
15:09Airbnb.
15:10Correct.
15:10Banjo.
15:11In literature, the author of It Ends With Us and It Starts With Us has what name?
15:15Colleen Hoover or Rebecca Dyson?
15:17Colleen Hoover.
15:18Correct.
15:19Mariam.
15:19In clothing, the phrase for not wearing underpants beneath one's clothing
15:22that includes the name of an elite military personnel is going what?
15:27Commando.
15:27Correct.
15:28Josh.
15:29In theatre, the jukebox musical Once Upon a One More Time that opened on Broadway
15:33in 2023 features the songs of which US singer?
15:37Pass.
15:38Betty Spears.
15:38Sue.
15:39In UK mammals, what V is a small rodent that has species named bank, field and water?
15:44Bowl.
15:44Correct.
15:45Charlotte.
15:45In retail, what is the full name of the Piccadilly store established in 1707
15:49who sell gourmet food hampers stenciled with the initials F&M?
15:53Fortnum & Mason.
15:54Correct.
15:54Curtis.
15:54In psychology, the phrase for dealing with a break-up in a positive way
15:58made famous by Gwyneth Paltrow is conscious what?
16:02Pass.
16:02Uncoupling.
16:03Banjo.
16:04In architecture, what sea is a vertical structure made of heat-resistant materials
16:07that expels hot air and gases from a building?
16:10Conditioner.
16:11Chimney.
16:11Mariam.
16:12In insects, what colour goes before emperor and hairstreak
16:15in the usual common names of two British butterflies?
16:18Red.
16:19Purple.
16:19Josh.
16:20In cinema, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is played by Forrest Whitaker
16:23in the 2006 film...
16:24Last King of Scotland.
16:25The last King of Scotland.
16:26Come on, I was in there.
16:28Yeah, but...
16:29Yes, you did get it.
16:29Does it?
16:30No.
16:32Well done for shouting it.
16:34It was good.
16:35You put in the bank £1,250.
16:38Ooh, that's good.
16:39That's pretty good.
16:40Yeah, it's pretty good.
16:40I'm not sure how to react, really, are you?
16:42OK.
16:43Who thinks that Brie Larson goes very nicely on a cracker?
16:46Oh, for heaven's sake.
16:49Who thinks a Nessun Dormer is a Japanese car?
16:54I quite like that one, yeah.
16:55OK, great.
16:56One of you is about to leave with nothing.
16:59It's time to vote off the weakest link.
17:04Oh, she was always a clever one, that Sue.
17:06She was definitely pleased with her sums.
17:08But after getting that Gwyneth Paltrow question wrong,
17:11I wonder if Curtis will be uncoupled from the team
17:14sooner than he'd like.
17:16Voting's over.
17:16It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
17:25Josh.
17:28Curtis.
17:30Curtis.
17:32Banjo.
17:35Banjo.
17:38Mariam.
17:44Curtis.
17:45Curtis at the beginning of that round, Curtis,
17:46a lot of times when I go,
17:49we'll start with the strongest link from the last round
17:51and that's you, they go, oh, my gosh, was it me?
17:52Oh, I can't.
17:53He just went, yeah.
17:56You were ready.
17:57I thought I'd act a bit too excited.
17:59Yeah, no, I get it.
18:00Give it away.
18:01I get it.
18:02Banjo.
18:04It was the chimney question.
18:05It got me.
18:06Yeah.
18:07It's an architecture question.
18:08I should get it.
18:09Yeah.
18:09I should be disbarred.
18:10But you specialise in interiors and chimneys on the outside.
18:12Yeah, that's why.
18:13It's not my department.
18:14Yeah.
18:16Now, we do have a situation
18:17where two people have the same number of votes
18:20and in the case of a tie,
18:22it's down to the strongest link from the last round
18:24to decide who goes.
18:27And that is you, Charlotte.
18:29Oh, no.
18:30Would you like to stick with who you voted for
18:34or would you like to change your mind and go for Curtis?
18:37It's OK to change your mind.
18:39Is it really?
18:40Yeah, I think so.
18:41That's an interesting take from you, Banjo.
18:43I think so.
18:44Sorry, Banjo.
18:45I'm going to stick.
18:47Traitor.
18:47Sorry.
18:48Oh, wow.
18:50Banjo, I'm very sad to see you go.
18:52Yeah, I deserve it, though.
18:53Oh, no, don't you?
18:54I liked Banjo.
18:55No, it makes it sad now.
18:55You're like a puppy.
18:57Banjo, I'm sorry to say that with two votes,
18:59you are the weakest link.
19:00Goodbye.
19:01Thanks.
19:02Good luck, guys.
19:03Bye, Banjo.
19:05My mind went blank who got anything wrong
19:08and then I just...
19:10I just didn't know who to vote for.
19:13I should have voted for Curtis.
19:14I'll live to regret that.
19:16If you'd like to see lots of other celebs
19:22do the walk of shame,
19:23then don't forget you can push the red button
19:25at the end of the show
19:26to watch more episodes of The Weakest Link
19:28on BBC iPlayer.
19:30Round four, you have banked £3,950
19:34out of a potential prize money of £10,000.
19:37There are just five of you left
19:38and we are taking another ten seconds off the clock.
19:42So you now have two minutes
19:43to bank a possible £5,000.
19:46We'll start with the strongest link
19:47from the last round, as we know.
19:49That's you, Charlotte.
19:50Let's play The Weakest Link.
19:53Start the clock.
19:55In Indian cuisine,
19:56a savoury fritter of chopped vegetables
19:57deep-fried in batter is called what?
20:00Arji or Bhaji?
20:01Bhaji.
20:01Correct.
20:02Curtis, in classical mythology,
20:04what A is the goddess of beauty and fertility
20:06whose name comes from the Greek words
20:08for foam and born?
20:09Athena.
20:10Aphrodite.
20:11Marion, look at your screen.
20:13What is the name of the missing Teletubby?
20:17Teenie?
20:19Lala.
20:19Josh.
20:20In birthdays,
20:21a person who turns 35 years old in 2026
20:24was born in which year?
20:26Um...
20:27They were born in 1981.
20:3291.
20:33Sue.
20:33What sounds like both the cereal grain
20:35used to make beer
20:36and an Indonesian island popular with tourists?
20:39Hops.
20:40Barley.
20:41Charlotte.
20:42In 2025,
20:43the Royal Mail released a stamp set
20:45celebrating which sitcom starring Dawn French
20:47in the title role?
20:49Absolutely fabulous.
20:50Vicar of Dibley.
20:51Curtis.
20:52In Mexico,
20:52the national holiday called the Dia de los Muertos
20:54is usually translated into English as day of the what?
20:58Dead.
20:58Correct.
20:59Mariam.
20:59In biology,
21:00the adjective hepatic
21:02relates to which large organ in the human body?
21:04Liver.
21:04Correct.
21:05Josh.
21:05Bank.
21:06In video games,
21:06Sonic the Hedgehog collects what gold objects?
21:09Leaves or rings?
21:10Rings.
21:10Correct.
21:10Bank.
21:11Sue.
21:11In sport,
21:12the British snooker player with the nickname
21:14the ace in the pack is Judd who?
21:17Hill.
21:17Trump.
21:18Charlotte.
21:18In UK geography,
21:20what animal precedes and castle in the name of an area
21:23and road junction in the London borough of Southwark?
21:27Pass.
21:27Elephant.
21:28Curtis.
21:29In TV,
21:29Will Kirk and Susie Fletcher are among the craftspeople
21:32in which series
21:33where people bring sentimental objects in for restoration?
21:38Pass.
21:39Repair shop.
21:39Mariam.
21:40In language,
21:41what P is a collective noun for a group of parrots
21:43and also means a wild uproar or chaos?
21:45Party.
21:50Pandemonium.
21:50Josh.
21:51In food,
21:52the lamb and onion stew topped with sliced potatoes.
21:55Time is up.
21:57The answer is hot pots.
21:59You banked £350.
22:02If anything,
22:04I gave you too much praise.
22:07I don't think I would have got hardly any of the questions right.
22:09Any of yours.
22:10That was just ridiculous.
22:11It's a good thing to say just before the voting.
22:12You are so Machiavellian.
22:17Before you vote,
22:18I'd have got all of them.
22:22So,
22:23who thinks the Love Island Villa is a football team?
22:26Who thinks the thesaurus was a well-spoken dinosaur?
22:31One of you
22:32is about to leave with nothing.
22:34It's time to vote off
22:35the weakest link.
22:37Josh was strongest link,
22:42but hasn't quite perfected his banking yet.
22:45Everyone else gave two wrong answers,
22:48so this one's up in the air, I would say.
22:51Voting's over.
22:54It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
23:00Sue.
23:03Charlotte.
23:03Kurtis.
23:08Mariam.
23:11Mariam.
23:16Sue,
23:17how are you?
23:18Very well,
23:19thank you,
23:19I think.
23:20How are you finding it so far?
23:21It's terrifying.
23:23And I don't like this voting out bit.
23:25If we could change that,
23:26it would be a better show.
23:27Do you think so?
23:28Get rid of the questions as well.
23:29Yeah.
23:30And then I imagine Josh
23:31change the host as well.
23:32That would be ideal.
23:33I like Rob Beckett.
23:35Someone needs to.
23:37Josh.
23:38Yep.
23:38The maths question,
23:39the birth question.
23:41Yeah.
23:41I really enjoyed your stalling for time.
23:44So,
23:44when would I have been born?
23:47Rob,
23:48when you're on television,
23:49it's all about screen time.
23:50Yeah,
23:50absolutely.
23:52Listen,
23:52you don't need to tell me.
23:53My name's not really Ranganathan,
23:55but it just...
23:56It takes me that little bit longer
23:58to introduce myself.
24:00Why did you vote for Charlotte?
24:01Again.
24:02Oh.
24:02Just saying.
24:03She got two wrong
24:04and Curtis got two wrong
24:06and she
24:08was
24:08nearer.
24:09OK.
24:10Got it.
24:11Got it.
24:11Mariam,
24:12how do you feel about how that vote's gone?
24:15I mean,
24:15it is what it is,
24:16really,
24:17as someone once said.
24:18I am never going to live
24:23the Teletubbies question down.
24:25When my children watch this,
24:26they'll be like,
24:27Mummy.
24:28And then also,
24:29the parrot question.
24:30I thought that was quite tough as well,
24:32actually.
24:32Yeah.
24:32Tough questions all round,
24:34Rom,
24:34all round.
24:35But,
24:35having said all of that,
24:37Mariam,
24:38I'm sorry to say
24:39that with two votes,
24:41you are the weakest link.
24:42Goodbye.
24:42Bye-bye, everyone.
24:43Good luck.
24:44Bye.
24:48Often,
24:49you're not even voting for the weakest link.
24:50You're kind of voting for the question
24:51that someone got wrong
24:53that sticks in your head.
24:54And I think
24:54Teletubbies,
24:55La La,
24:56stuck in their heads.
24:57And,
24:58you know,
24:58I don't blame them.
24:59I've got three kids under 12.
25:00I should know the answer.
25:07Round five.
25:08So far,
25:09you have banked a total of £4,300
25:11out of a possible
25:12£15,000.
25:14We have our final four.
25:16And another ten seconds
25:16are coming off the clock.
25:18But,
25:18the target is going to increase again
25:20to £7,500.
25:23Let's start with the strongest link
25:25from the last round.
25:26That's you,
25:26Josh.
25:27Okay.
25:29So modest.
25:31Come on.
25:32You've got to take your victory somewhere.
25:34Yeah,
25:35here you go.
25:35A little bit more screen time
25:36for Whittacombe.
25:38Let's play
25:39the weakest link.
25:41Start the clock.
25:42In historical landmarks,
25:45the site of Machu Picchu
25:46in Peru
25:46is built by which
25:47ancient civilisation?
25:49The Aztecs?
25:50Incas.
25:50Bank.
25:51What word goes with ballad
25:52to give an emotionally intense song
25:54and with wind
25:55for a type of renewable energy?
25:59Pass.
26:00Power.
26:00Charlotte.
26:01In human anatomy,
26:02what O is the pair
26:03of reproductive organs
26:04that produce egg cells
26:05in females?
26:06Ovaries.
26:06Correct.
26:07Curtis.
26:08In fashion,
26:08which US cosmetics brand
26:10founded in the 1910s
26:11was named after
26:12Maybelline Williams,
26:13the sister of its founder?
26:14Maybelline.
26:15Correct.
26:15Josh.
26:15In rugby union,
26:17what two-syllable rhyming term
26:18is used for the area
26:19where a player is sent
26:20for a short time
26:21after receiving a yellow card?
26:23Sinbin.
26:23Correct.
26:24Bank.
26:24In TV,
26:25the presenter who left
26:26BBC Breakfast in 2022
26:28and became the lead anchor
26:29on 5 News
26:30is Dan who?
26:32Harvey.
26:33Walker.
26:33Charlotte.
26:34Which of these terms
26:35describing mental decline
26:37from consuming
26:37too much trivial content
26:38was declared 2024
26:40Oxford Word of the Year?
26:42Mind mush
26:42or brain rot?
26:43Brain rot.
26:44Correct.
26:44Curtis.
26:45The landmark climate change treaty
26:47that was signed
26:47by almost 200 countries
26:49at a 2015 UN conference
26:50is named after
26:51which French city?
26:54Paris.
26:54Correct.
26:55Josh.
26:55Bank.
26:56What sounds like
26:57both the number
26:58that is a square root of 81
26:59and the German word for no?
27:01Nine.
27:02Correct.
27:02Sue.
27:03Bank.
27:03In pets,
27:04a puggle is a cross
27:05between a pug
27:06and which other breed of dog?
27:07Beagle.
27:08Correct.
27:08Charlotte.
27:09In the universe,
27:10the notional boundary
27:11of a black hole
27:12beyond which no light
27:13can escape
27:13is called an event what?
27:15Cousin.
27:16Horizon.
27:17Curtis.
27:18In sports,
27:18the football clubs
27:19Panathinaikos and Olympiakos
27:21are based in which European country?
27:22Greece.
27:23Correct.
27:23Josh.
27:24Bank.
27:24In money,
27:25what value coin
27:25in general circulation
27:26in the UK
27:27minted since 1997
27:28features metals
27:29of two different colours?
27:31Two pound.
27:32Correct.
27:32Sue.
27:32That is a good bank,
27:34Sue.
27:36Right.
27:38Come on.
27:40You put in the bank.
27:42Are you ready for this?
27:43Yeah.
27:44£2,000.
27:45Yeah.
27:46Well done, everyone.
27:48Huh?
27:49Well done.
27:50Come on, guys.
27:52Okay.
27:53So who thinks that Trinidad
27:54is married to Trinidad
27:55is married to Trinidad's mum?
27:56Oh, that is good.
27:58Do the walk of shame.
28:01I'm going to tell that one
28:02to my daughter.
28:03I'm going to go.
28:04Who thinks that
28:05anti-pasties
28:06when you don't like pies?
28:08Did you get it?
28:10Yeah, thanks.
28:12A bit more camera on,
28:13Josh, for that.
28:14One of you
28:15is about to leave
28:16with nothing.
28:17It's time to vote off
28:18the weakest link.
28:21Well, what a relief
28:23after that last round.
28:24A cracking total.
28:26Footballer Curtis
28:27will be made up
28:28with his performance.
28:30But with the most
28:30wrong answers,
28:32Sue will be worried
28:33about a red card.
28:35Voting's over.
28:37It's now time to reveal
28:38who you think
28:39is the weakest link.
28:43Sue.
28:46Charlotte.
28:48Sue.
28:51Sue.
28:57Josh, I think
28:58my favourite moment
28:59from that round,
29:00I said,
29:00you're the strongest link,
29:01you celebrated,
29:02and then immediately
29:02got the question wrong.
29:05It was great.
29:08Icarus,
29:09don't fly too close
29:10to the sun.
29:11What made you vote for Sue?
29:13Yeah, Josh.
29:15Sue got
29:16some answers wrong.
29:17Yeah, okay.
29:18That's good.
29:18Don't just get nervous about it.
29:19No, no, I feel terrified.
29:21Yeah.
29:22Curtis,
29:23the sort of joy
29:24in your face
29:25when I started
29:25the question
29:26in football.
29:26I've had a few politics,
29:30but football,
29:31if I'd got that wrong,
29:32I would have just
29:32walked straight off the stage
29:33and I would have
29:34cancelled the vote
29:35in any way,
29:35to be honest,
29:36because I had to get
29:37that one right.
29:37But then you also got
29:38the Maybelline question,
29:39right?
29:40Yeah.
29:40And I was surprised
29:40because I thought
29:41you were more of a
29:41Charlotte Tilbury guy.
29:42Yeah, yeah.
29:44Sue,
29:45how are you feeling
29:45about this?
29:46Are you disappointed
29:47or are you happy
29:47that you got this far?
29:48What's the feeling?
29:48Do you know,
29:49I think it's very fair
29:50because I didn't get
29:52anything right this round,
29:54so I will hang
29:55my head in shame.
29:57But listen,
29:57I am very sorry
29:58to see you go,
29:58particularly as I know
29:59you've enjoyed
30:00my gag so much.
30:01But I'm afraid to say
30:03that with three votes,
30:06you are the weakest link.
30:07Goodbye.
30:14You know,
30:15I maybe was
30:16quite steely
30:17at the start.
30:18I was playing
30:19a part though
30:20and then
30:21as it went on
30:22the fear was just
30:24gushing out of me.
30:30Round six.
30:32You have banked
30:33£6,300
30:34so far.
30:36There's only three
30:36of you left
30:37and another ten seconds
30:38are coming off the clock.
30:40We'll start with
30:41the strongest link
30:41from the last round.
30:43That's you,
30:43Curtis.
30:44You know.
30:45Let's play
30:46the weakest link.
30:48Start the clock.
30:51In the uniform
30:51worn by a member
30:52of the Scouts,
30:53the ring used
30:53to secure the neckerchief
30:55is typically known
30:56as a what?
30:56Woggle or wiggle?
30:58Woggle.
30:58Correct.
30:59Josh.
31:00In cinema,
31:00what A is the title
31:01of the film
31:02starring Mikey Madison
31:03that won best picture
31:04at the Oscar ceremony
31:05held in 2025?
31:08Pass.
31:08Honora.
31:09Charlotte.
31:10What sounds like
31:11both a term
31:11for plundered goods
31:12and a type
31:13of medieval
31:13stringed instrument?
31:17Cash.
31:18Loot.
31:19Curtis.
31:20In Fast Food Mascots,
31:21in 1963,
31:22Willard Scott
31:23became the first person
31:24to appear on TV
31:25dressed as which clown character?
31:29Crusty the Clown.
31:30Ronald McDonald.
31:31Josh.
31:32In crime fiction,
31:33the Agatha Christie detective
31:34Hercule Poirot
31:35describes his intellect
31:36as the little grey what?
31:37Sells.
31:38Correct.
31:38Charlotte.
31:39In language,
31:40what is the usual
31:41English translation
31:41of the Welsh phrase
31:42Boredda?
31:44Good day.
31:45I'll accept good morning.
31:46Curtis.
31:47In fashion,
31:47which US designer
31:48born in 1939
31:50is best known
31:51for creating
31:51a range of shirts
31:52that feature
31:53an emblem
31:53of a polo player?
31:54Ralph Lauren.
31:55Correct.
31:56Thanks.
31:56Josh.
31:56In biology,
31:57the chemical by-product
31:58of anaerobic respiration
32:00often produced
32:00by the muscles
32:01during strenuous exercise
32:02is lactic what?
32:04Acid.
32:04Correct.
32:05Charlotte.
32:05In reptiles,
32:06what V is the term
32:07for the toxic substance
32:08secreted by snakes
32:09injected by their fangs
32:11to attack prey?
32:12Venom.
32:12Correct.
32:13Curtis.
32:13Bank.
32:14What word goes with baby
32:15to give an African primate
32:16and with Kate
32:17for the singer
32:18of Wuthering Heights?
32:19Bush.
32:20Correct.
32:20Josh.
32:21Bank.
32:21In cinema,
32:22Paul Mescal
32:22plays the title role
32:23in the 2024 sequel
32:25to which film
32:25starring Russell
32:26Crowe that was released
32:2724 years earlier.
32:28Radiator.
32:29Correct.
32:29Charlotte.
32:30Time is up.
32:32That was a good bank,
32:33Charlotte.
32:34I can tell you
32:35that in that round
32:36you banked £2,000.
32:39Yes.
32:40That is amazing.
32:41Who would have thought
32:42from you three?
32:43In the next round,
32:44not only does the money
32:46go up to a possible
32:47£10,000
32:48but you get the chance
32:49to double what you bank,
32:51which means that there's
32:52£20,000 up for grabs.
32:54So think very carefully
32:56about this next decision.
32:58One of you
32:58is about to leave
32:59with nothing.
33:00It's time to vote off
33:01the weakest link.
33:05They all look so focused
33:07and really meant business
33:08there, didn't they?
33:10All three got one wrong.
33:12So who will miss out
33:14on a place in the final?
33:16Voting's over.
33:18It's now time to reveal
33:20who you think
33:21is the weakest link.
33:25Curtis.
33:28Curtis.
33:32Josh.
33:36Well, that was
33:37an incredible round
33:38because you got £2,000
33:40but it started horrifically.
33:44So for you to be able
33:45to bring that back round
33:46was pretty amazing.
33:47Charlotte,
33:48why have you voted for Curtis?
33:49It's a tough round
33:50for everyone
33:50but why did you vote for Curtis?
33:51I think that was the thing
33:52that everyone got some wrong.
33:54Actually,
33:55I should have probably
33:55voted for Josh
33:56because she voted for me twice.
33:57Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
33:58Thinking about it
33:59but it's too late to change now
34:00so sorry, Curtis.
34:00Listen,
34:01we don't ever do this
34:02but if you want to swap...
34:03Just this one time.
34:07Josh,
34:07why did you vote for Curtis?
34:09Everyone did kind of similar
34:10but Curtis didn't get
34:13Ronald McDonald
34:13so that I was the one
34:14that stuck in my head.
34:15In Curtis's defence
34:16it was quite a long question
34:18then in fast food
34:19it kind of maybe slipped you by
34:21and then you're just thinking
34:22of a clown, right?
34:23Any clown to say.
34:24Yeah.
34:25Exactly.
34:26Yeah, you gave it a guess.
34:27How do you feel
34:28about getting this far?
34:29You're disappointed
34:29not to make it
34:30right away to the final
34:31for a little bit.
34:32Competitor and me
34:32wanted to make the final.
34:34It was tough.
34:34We all got one wrong
34:35so someone has to go
34:36unfortunately.
34:37Yes,
34:38but do remember
34:38who voted for you.
34:40Curtis,
34:41you've been brilliant
34:42but I'm afraid to say
34:43that with two votes
34:43you are the weakest link.
34:45Goodbye.
34:47Good luck.
34:47See you later.
34:51I think Josh and Charlotte
34:52at the end
34:52maybe teamed up on me.
34:53I thought Charlotte
34:54might have gone for Josh
34:55actually after he didn't
34:56pick it on her
34:56but they're in the final
34:57and I'm stood here
34:58so what am I to say?
35:05Round seven.
35:06So far
35:07you have banked
35:08£8,300.
35:10This time
35:11you have just 90 seconds
35:12but whatever you bank
35:13will be doubled
35:14meaning that this round
35:15is worth a possible
35:16£20,000.
35:19We'll start with
35:19the strongest link
35:20from the last round.
35:21That's you, Josh.
35:23Let's play
35:25your face.
35:28Let's play
35:29the weakest link.
35:31Start the clock.
35:32The member of the royal family
35:35born with the surname
35:36Rhys Jones
35:36who became Duchess of Edinburgh
35:37in 2023
35:38has what first name?
35:40Sophie.
35:40Bank.
35:41Charlotte.
35:41In expression
35:42somebody who declares
35:43their beliefs openly
35:44is said to nail their colours
35:45to what part of a ship?
35:47Mast.
35:47Correct.
35:48Bank.
35:48In TV
35:49in 2025
35:50Arion Bakari
35:51and Lenny James
35:52both won BAFTAs
35:53for their roles
35:54in a drama
35:54about an affair
35:55titled Mr. What?
35:57Pass.
35:58Loverman.
35:58Charlotte.
35:58What sounds like
36:00both the use of pen and paper
36:01to create a letter
36:02and the opposite of wrong?
36:03Right.
36:04Correct.
36:04Josh.
36:05Pass.
36:05Bank.
36:06In the US
36:07what G is the name of a state
36:08and the first name of a painter
36:10with the surname O'Keefe?
36:12Georgia.
36:12Correct.
36:13Charlotte.
36:13Bank.
36:14What word goes with kale
36:15for a form of dark green cabbage
36:17and with whirly
36:17for a lattice shaped chocolate bar?
36:21Pass.
36:22Curly.
36:22Josh.
36:23In business
36:24which investor
36:24who joined Dragon's Den
36:25in 2006
36:27previously worked
36:28in an amusement arcade operation
36:29owned by her family?
36:31Debra Meaden?
36:32Correct.
36:32Charlotte.
36:33Bank.
36:33In broadcasting
36:34the local station
36:35BBC Three Counties Radio
36:37specifically serves
36:37Bedfordshire,
36:38Hertfordshire
36:39and which other county?
36:40Buckinghamshire.
36:41Correct.
36:41Josh.
36:42Bank.
36:42In shared terms
36:43what S is a common type of drum
36:45and a synonym
36:45for the words trap and catcher?
36:47Snack.
36:48Correct.
36:48Charlotte.
36:49In pop music
36:50which group had UK hit singles
36:52in the 2000s
36:53with
36:53I Don't Feel Like Dancing
36:54Take Your Mama
36:55and Filthy Gorgeous?
36:58Pass.
36:58Sister Sisters.
36:59Josh.
37:00In literature
37:00what word for an idyllic place
37:01precedes lost and regaining
37:02the totals of
37:03John Milton
37:04is paradise.
37:06Time is up
37:07final two.
37:08Wow.
37:09You banked
37:10£1,750.
37:14Very well done.
37:15We're going to double that
37:16and add it to your previous winnings
37:18meaning a total prize pot
37:19of £11,800.
37:23That's good.
37:23That is a fantastic total
37:26but
37:27only one of you
37:28can take that money away
37:29for your chosen charity.
37:31It's time
37:31to go head to head.
37:37Charlotte and Josh.
37:38In this round
37:39it is the best of five.
37:40Whoever answers
37:41the most questions correctly
37:42wins.
37:43Simple as that.
37:44Josh
37:45has the strongest link
37:46in the last round.
37:47You have the choice
37:48of who goes first.
37:50I'll go first please.
37:52Get it over with.
37:52For the final time tonight
37:54let's play
37:55The Weakest Link.
38:00Josh.
38:01Mm?
38:02In pop music
38:03what magical word
38:05is the title
38:06of UK top ten singles
38:07by both Lady Gaga
38:09in 2025
38:10and by the Steve Miller
38:12band
38:12over 40 years earlier?
38:15Abracadabra.
38:17Correct.
38:18Charlotte.
38:19In travel
38:21what three word phrase
38:23is displayed
38:24on the green channel
38:25in a customs area
38:25of a UK border control point?
38:29Nothing to declare.
38:32Correct.
38:33Great answer.
38:35Well it's the correct one
38:36isn't it?
38:36No I just had no idea.
38:38Josh.
38:39Yeah.
38:39In nature.
38:41No.
38:41What many-legged creature
38:45has a segmented body
38:46and a name derived
38:47from the Latin words
38:48meaning thousand
38:49and foot?
38:52Centipede.
38:54Incorrect.
38:54It's millipede.
38:55You idiot.
38:57Charlotte.
38:58In food
38:59what word
39:00for a type of limestone
39:01is the name
39:02for a cake
39:03with a streaky appearance
39:04made with two
39:05different coloured mixtures
39:06that are briefly
39:07stirred together?
39:08Marble.
39:09Correct.
39:11Josh.
39:14In internet abbreviations
39:15in relation
39:16to a lengthy piece of text
39:18the letters
39:19T-L-D-R
39:20stand for
39:21what four word phrase?
39:26Too
39:26long
39:28don't read.
39:33I'll accept
39:34it's too long
39:34didn't read
39:35but I'll accept.
39:36Correct.
39:36Yeah.
39:37Okay.
39:37I'll be honest
39:38I'm going to change my mind
39:39if you're going to keep
39:39reacting like that.
39:40Sorry.
39:42Charlotte.
39:43In politics
39:44which lawyer
39:45and former
39:46US first lady
39:47has described herself
39:49as hugger in chief
39:50on her Instagram bio?
39:52Michelle Obama.
39:56Correct.
39:57I was doing a dramatic pause.
39:59Sorry.
40:00Josh.
40:00If you have to say it
40:01it's not working.
40:03Well no she went
40:04to say something else.
40:05He's just panicking.
40:06It's so dumb thing.
40:08In art.
40:10Yeah.
40:10What word for a power generating machine
40:12is in the name of the hall
40:14at the Tate Modern Gallery
40:15known for hosting
40:17large scale exhibitions?
40:18Turbine.
40:21Correct.
40:23Charlotte.
40:25In transport.
40:26Which model of children's bicycle
40:28featuring a long padded seat,
40:30high rise handlebars
40:31and a frame mounted gear shift
40:33was relaunched by Raleigh
40:35in 2023?
40:37Chopper.
40:38Correct.
40:40Josh.
40:41Yeah.
40:42You have to get this right.
40:43Okay.
40:45In sports,
40:46contrary to its name,
40:48which annual
40:49Major League Baseball
40:50championship
40:50that began in 1903
40:52is contested
40:54only by teams
40:55from the US and Canada?
40:56The World Series.
40:59Is that one of your dramatic pauses?
41:02Okay, cool.
41:03Just checking.
41:05Correct.
41:10So stressful.
41:12Charlotte.
41:12If you get this question correct,
41:14you win the game.
41:16In geology,
41:19due to its resemblance
41:20to a precious metal,
41:21the brassy yellow-coloured mineral
41:23iron pyrite
41:24is commonly known
41:25by what name?
41:30I'm just going to have to guess.
41:32Copper?
41:34Incorrect.
41:34It's fool's gold.
41:36Oh, that was so tough.
41:38After five questions each,
41:40we have a tie.
41:41So, Josh and Charlotte,
41:42let's play Sudden Death.
41:44Oh, my word.
41:45When will this end?
41:46It couldn't get more stressful.
41:48Josh.
41:49Yeah.
41:49In professions,
41:51International Nurses Day
41:52is celebrated
41:53on the 12th of May
41:54on the anniversary
41:55of the birth in 1820
41:57of which British healthcare advocate
41:59and social reformer?
42:09Florence Nightingale.
42:11Correct.
42:12Oh!
42:13Oh, oh!
42:14Charlotte,
42:15you have to get this question right
42:17to stay in the game.
42:19In geography,
42:20Bratislava
42:21is the capital city
42:22of which landlocked European country
42:24that became an independent nation
42:26in 1993?
42:33Czech Republic?
42:36Incorrect.
42:36It's Slovakia,
42:37which means congratulations, Josh!
42:39Oh, my God!
42:40Oh, thank you.
42:42A great, great game.
42:44You are tonight's strongest link
42:46and you win £11,800
42:48for your charity.
42:50Which charity is your money going to?
42:51The Lilly Foundation,
42:53which is to help people affected
42:55and families affected
42:55by mitochondrial disease.
42:57It's a fantastic cause, Josh.
42:58Congratulations.
42:59Charlotte,
43:00you leave with nothing.
43:01That's all from tonight's show.
43:03I'm Ramesh Ranganathan
43:04and whatever you do,
43:05don't be the weakest link.
43:06Goodbye.
43:07Just when you think
43:09it couldn't get any more stressful,
43:11it did.
43:12And sometimes I think
43:13that's the thing
43:14with the pressure of the lights
43:15and being in a studio
43:16and being asked a question,
43:18you just honestly
43:19would forget your own name.
43:21I think Ramesh's dramatic pauses
43:22were,
43:24to put it this way,
43:25don't tell him,
43:25but he's no Dermot O'Leary.
43:26Dermot O'Leary
43:56and he's no Dermot O'Leary.
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