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The Weakest Link 2021 Season 5 Episode 10
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00:00Tonight, eight famous faces, including Chesney Hawkes,
00:03take on my questions and each other.
00:05But who'll be the one and only left standing at the end?
00:08Sarah Green, probably.
00:09This is The Weakest Link.
00:20Behind me are eight celebrities
00:22who are each trying to win up to £50,000 for charity.
00:25But to do that, they'll have to work together.
00:27Seven will leave with nothing,
00:29as round by round we lose the player, voted The Weakest Link.
00:32But they have all promised me they'll stay in touch.
00:34So, yeah, that's nice, isn't it?
00:36Let's meet the team.
00:40I'm Faye.
00:42I'm an actor, a food writer, and I have other skills.
00:46I am from Camden.
00:49I'm Chesney, I'm a singer-songwriter, and I'm from Berkshire.
00:54I'm Mina, Traitor Series 3 star and radio host,
00:58and I'm from Liverpool.
00:59I'm Johnny, I'm a comedian, an actor,
01:03and I am from St. Helens.
01:07I'm Sarah, and I'm a TV presenter and an actress from London.
01:13I'm Jamie, I'm a stand-up, and I'm from Glasgow.
01:16I'm Ruth, I'm a politician and broadcaster, and I'm from East Lothian.
01:21I'm Emmanuel, stand-up comedian, and I'm from North London.
01:27That was fantastic, guys.
01:35Fantastic.
01:35You all know your names.
01:36You said them out loud.
01:37You said where you're from.
01:38It's like, great.
01:39I mean, it's a low bar, but you nailed it.
01:41OK, here come the rules.
01:43In each round, the aim is to answer enough questions correctly
01:46to reach your target within the time limit.
01:48The target for round one is £2,500.
01:52The fastest way to get there is to work together
01:54to create a chain of eight correct answers.
01:57Get your question wrong, you break the chain
01:59and you lose all of the money in that chain.
02:02But if you press your button and say bank,
02:05before the question is asked, the money is safe
02:07and you begin a new chain from scratch.
02:10You will have two minutes and 30 seconds in this first round,
02:14and we'll start with the person most likely to say,
02:16nice to e-meet you.
02:18That's you, Ruth Davidson.
02:19Let's play The Weakest Link.
02:22Start the clock.
02:23In food, which fruit that typically looks yellow when ripe
02:27is curved in shape and sold in bunches?
02:30A banana.
02:30Correct.
02:31Emmanuel.
02:32In maths, what is 5 plus 7?
02:3512.
02:35Correct.
02:36Faye.
02:37In pop music, the breakthrough single by Lola Young
02:39that topped the UK singles chart in 2025
02:42has what title, messy or tidy?
02:45Messy.
02:46Correct.
02:46Chesney.
02:47In the Bible, the set of rules that were revealed to Moses
02:49on Mount Sinai are most commonly referred to as the 10 what?
02:53Commandments.
02:54Correct.
02:54Mina.
02:55In furniture, what tea can follow coffee, dining and card
02:58to give the names of three different types of item?
03:02Set.
03:03Table.
03:03Johnny.
03:04What sounds like both a term for a wooden post
03:06with a pointed end and a thick slice of beef?
03:10Steak.
03:10Correct.
03:11Sarah.
03:12In fairy tales, in Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm,
03:14the witch and the prince can both climb the tower
03:17by using what part of her body?
03:19Her hair.
03:19Correct.
03:20Jamie.
03:20In animals, the word purring typically refers to a noise
03:23made by which domesticated pet?
03:25A cat.
03:26Correct.
03:26Ruth.
03:27In sport, rugger is an informal term
03:29that is used instead of what five-letter word?
03:32Rugby.
03:32Correct.
03:33Emmanuel.
03:34In TV, first broadcast in 2015,
03:36the show in which contestants compete to make the best ceramics
03:39is titled The Great Pottery Throw What?
03:42Back.
03:43Down.
03:44Faye.
03:44In superstitions, which device used to protect against rain
03:47is said to bring bad luck when opened indoors?
03:50Umbrella.
03:50Correct.
03:51Chesney.
03:52In transport, what cue precedes bike
03:54in the name of the motorised off-road vehicle
03:56with four large wheels?
04:00Car.
04:01It's quad.
04:01Mina.
04:02In hospitality, what phrase refers to the guest of someone
04:05who was invited to a social function?
04:07Plus one or times two?
04:09Plus one.
04:10Correct.
04:10Johnny.
04:10In classical music, what instrument is played by a flautist?
04:14A flute.
04:15Correct.
04:16Sarah.
04:17What word goes with traffic for congestion on the road
04:19and with tart to give a traditional sweet pastry?
04:23Short.
04:24Jan.
04:24Jamie.
04:25Born in 1970, the first black fashion model
04:28to appear on the cover of the French edition of Vogue
04:30is Naomi Hu.
04:31Campbell.
04:32Correct.
04:32Ruth.
04:33In human anatomy, what K is the name of the leg joint
04:36that is protected by the patella bone?
04:38Knee.
04:38Correct.
04:39Emmanuel.
04:39In restaurants, on a standard menu,
04:41the phrase catch of the day typically relates to what foodstuff?
04:44Fish.
04:45Correct.
04:46Faye.
04:46In TV, Strictly Come Dancing,
04:48regularly broadcast an annual show live from the Tower Ballroom
04:51in which seaside town?
04:52Blackpool.
04:53Correct.
04:53Chesney.
04:54In fashion, time is up.
04:57That was a good bank, Chesney.
04:58Good bank.
04:59And I can tell you that you banked £1,500
05:03out of a possible £2,500.
05:06I wouldn't say it's applause-worthy.
05:07But well done.
05:10So, who thinks Lady Gaga is married to Lord Gugu?
05:15Who thinks Gluteus Maximus was in Gladiator?
05:19One of you is about to leave with nothing.
05:22It's time to vote off The Weakest Link.
05:24They're very focused, aren't they?
05:29I've never seen Johnny look so serious.
05:32Of the four who got one wrong, only Sarah didn't bank,
05:36which may sway the voting.
05:39Voting's over.
05:41It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
05:45Sarah.
05:53Mina.
05:55Chesney.
05:58Chesney.
06:01Mina.
06:04Mina.
06:07Mina.
06:07Mina.
06:09Mina.
06:10Mina.
06:10This is awkward.
06:18I think it's Mina.
06:22Emanuel, how did that first round go for you?
06:29Do you know what?
06:30I'm still...
06:31The nerves, I can't use words right now.
06:33So, not only are you struggling with the answers,
06:34you can't have normal conversation either.
06:36No, none.
06:36Yeah.
06:37Why did you vote for Mina?
06:38It was the question that she got wrong
06:41when the clue had the letter in it.
06:44It was the completely wrong letter.
06:45Yeah, it was what T, and she said set.
06:48Yeah.
06:49Sarah, how nervous are you?
06:50Because I felt like you were nervous even during your intro.
06:53Really?
06:53Gosh.
06:53But I think, listen, I've got faith in you.
06:55Well, you've really helped boost my confidence now.
06:58Yeah, I know.
06:59I'll be honest with you, I was just saying that to be nice.
07:00I don't know how you're going to get on.
07:01Why did you vote for Mina?
07:05I just...
07:06It stuck in my mind, really, the same as Emmanuel has just said.
07:10Yeah, but the difference between you and Emmanuel,
07:11if you don't mind me saying,
07:12is you looked very sad and you put so sorry.
07:15You smiled as you voted for Mina.
07:18Yeah.
07:18I didn't mean to.
07:19It's that awkward thing where you laugh even though it's not funny.
07:23But I feel really bad.
07:24Yeah.
07:24It doesn't look like you do.
07:25You don't mind me saying.
07:27I don't know if you're aware,
07:27you're laughing now as you talk about how bad you feel about it.
07:30I feel really, really bad.
07:31Right.
07:31Okay.
07:33Mina, how do you feel about how this has gone down?
07:36You know when you mention the WhatsApp group chat afterwards?
07:39Yeah.
07:39I'm not in it.
07:40Okay.
07:41I think that's fair.
07:42Yeah.
07:43Does it feel more or less cutthroat than traitors?
07:45This feels personal.
07:47Well, it certainly was personal for Emmanuel.
07:48Well, yeah, he, I mean, I'm not surprised with Emmanuel, to be honest.
07:51Well, listen, I'm really sorry.
07:53And I'm genuinely, I'm really sorry.
07:56Why are you smiling?
07:57No, but...
07:57I can see you smiling.
07:59Whatever you've done has infected Mina.
08:02Let me try again.
08:03Mina, I'm really sorry.
08:05Okay.
08:05With five votes.
08:07You are the weakest link.
08:08Goodbye.
08:08Good luck, guys.
08:14See, I thought coming into this, I was ready, done the round table, and that's hard enough.
08:19But Ramesh firing those questions at you, the weakest link is not for the weak.
08:28Round two, you have banked £1,500 so far out of a possible £2,500.
08:35Seven players are left, and we are taking ten seconds off the clock.
08:39We're going to start with the strongest link from the last round.
08:42That is you, Faye.
08:43What?
08:44Let's play the weakest link.
08:51Start the clock.
08:53In Italian cuisine, mixed assortments of meats, cheeses and vegetables in olive oil,
08:58eaten as appetizers, are often called what?
09:00Antipasti or Uncle Pizza?
09:03Antipasta.
09:03Correct.
09:04Chesney.
09:05In entertainment, the CMA Awards, held annually in Nashville, celebrate which genre of music?
09:10Country.
09:10Correct.
09:11Johnny.
09:11In pastimes, what J is the act of continuously tossing and catching two or more objects,
09:16keeping one in the air at all times?
09:18Juggling.
09:19Correct.
09:19Sarah.
09:20In language, which word for a dishonest person is also a long stick with a large hook at one
09:25end, used by a shepherd?
09:28Croc.
09:28Correct.
09:29Jamie.
09:29Five.
09:29In cinema, what word goes before Doolittle and Zhivago to give the titles of two Oscar-winning
09:35films?
09:35Doctor.
09:36Correct.
09:36Ruth.
09:37In commerce, used in relation to the details of an agreement, the abbreviation T's and C's
09:42stands for terms and what?
09:43Conditions.
09:44Correct.
09:44Emmanuel.
09:45In sport, Heather Watson, Katie Bolter and Sonny Cartel are all British professional
09:50players of which racket game?
09:52Tennis.
09:53Correct.
09:53Faye.
09:54Bank.
09:54In slang terms, a man with a muscular physique is referred to by what term?
09:58Pork pie or beefcake?
10:00Beefcake.
10:01Correct.
10:01Chesney.
10:02In TV, which animated series, first broadcast in 2014 and narrated by Alexander Armstrong,
10:08is about a dog who is leader of a group called the Squirrel Club?
10:11Blues Crude.
10:12It's Hey Dougie.
10:13Johnny.
10:14In language, the beginnings of a beard on a face that hasn't been shaved since morning
10:18is often referred to as a five o'clock what?
10:20Shuddle.
10:21Correct.
10:21Sarah.
10:21In shared terms, what V is a transparent coating applied to wood to form a hard, shiny
10:27surface and can also be a liquid for decorating fingernails?
10:30Veneer.
10:31Varnish.
10:32Jamie.
10:33In UK geography, Buttermere, Thurlmere and Windermere are three bodies of water in which
10:37English national park?
10:39The Lake District.
10:40Correct.
10:40Ruth.
10:41In leisure, in a popular call and response children's game, players ask which character
10:45for the time?
10:46Mr Wolf or Mr Blobby?
10:48Mr Wolf.
10:48That's correct.
10:49Emmanuel.
10:49What sounds like both a word meaning something is liable to break under pressure and a period
10:55of seven days?
10:56Week.
10:56Correct.
10:57Faye.
10:57Bank.
10:58In film, which actor played the lead role of Donna Sheridan in the 2008 musical Mamma
11:03Mia?
11:05Chesney.
11:07Meryl Streep.
11:08Chesney.
11:09In emblems, the national flags of Bhutan and Wales both depict which mythical creature?
11:13Dragon.
11:14It's correct.
11:16Time is up.
11:17You have put in the bank £900.
11:21And I'll be honest with you, I think that silent reaction is appropriate.
11:25So, who thinks Luke Littler will one day grow into Luke Bigler?
11:31Who thinks you bend as a yoga instruction?
11:33One of you is about to leave with nothing.
11:38It's time to vote off the weakest link.
11:44Well, an average performance in that round, I'd say.
11:48Three people gave wrong answers.
11:50Faye, Sarah and Meryl Streep.
11:53Sorry, I mean Chesney.
11:55Voting's over.
11:56It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
12:05Chesney.
12:07Faye.
12:10Faye.
12:13Chesney.
12:15Sarah.
12:19Faye.
12:21Sarah.
12:26Look, I know you didn't bank as much money, but you did have a run of eight correct answers there, so you can do it, you know?
12:34That's a pep talk over.
12:38Johnny, how confident are you in this?
12:41Um, not at all.
12:43You've actually been doing very well, though, Johnny, is the truth of it.
12:45Is there a part of you as a natural comedian that wants to sort of give funny answers?
12:48You know me, I like to go off tangent.
12:50Yeah.
12:50All I want to do, I want to pick this up, throw it to a window and escape like the hand of one flew over the cuckoo's nest.
12:57OK.
12:59We would love it for...
13:00I don't know if that'll make it to her, but that's the truth.
13:02We'd love it for a trailer.
13:03It'd be great.
13:04If you could pull that off, that'd be amazing.
13:06Er, Faye.
13:07I mean, they take you up and they take you back down again, don't they?
13:11Well, Faye, if you don't mind me saying, I thought you made a couple of cardinal sins.
13:15Er, the first one is, when I declared you were the strongest link, I said, you're the strongest link, and you went, what?
13:21You know, that sort of undermined it a little bit.
13:23You then made the other error of...
13:25Classic error.
13:26You guessed Chesney for your answer to the question.
13:29It's very rare that the answer to the question is the next person along.
13:32I was so pleased with myself for banking.
13:36Yes.
13:37It was the classic post-bank, you know?
13:40The post-bank euphoria.
13:41The way you said Chesney, I immediately thought you were going to follow up with, we're not staying.
13:48Get your coat.
13:49Get your coat.
13:51Get your coat.
13:52Well, look, Faye, I am very sorry.
13:53Last round, you got three votes, and you are now the weakest link.
13:57Goodbye.
14:01I always preferred Rob Beckett.
14:05Look, people like Route 1 comedy, what can I tell you?
14:07I am not convinced that I was the weakest link in that round, because I answered something right, and because I banked some money.
14:16Also, because, FYI, I'm a winner in life.
14:21So, you know, who's the real winner?
14:24Round three, you have got £2,400 out of a possible £5,000.
14:36In this round, we are upping the stakes.
14:39Not only down to six players, with another ten seconds off the clock, but the target is now £5,000.
14:46I'm going to start with the strongest link from the last round.
14:49That is you, Jamie.
14:50Let's play the weakest link.
14:52Start the clock.
14:55In sport, the area of closely mown grass that surrounds each hole on a golf course shares its name with what colour?
15:01Green.
15:02Correct.
15:02Ruth.
15:03In education, the skills of reading, writing and arithmetic are traditionally known collectively as the three what?
15:09R's.
15:09Correct.
15:10Emmanuel.
15:10In business, what word meaning trivial comes before cash in a term for a small amount of money available for minor expenses?
15:17Petit.
15:18Correct.
15:19Chesney.
15:19In maths, the number below the line in a fraction is known by what name?
15:23Denominator or fascinator?
15:25Denominator.
15:26Correct.
15:26Johnny.
15:27In TV, in the traitors, what object protects contestants from being murdered?
15:32An axe.
15:33Shield.
15:34Sarah.
15:35In retail, the Bullring and Grand Central shopping centre is in which UK city?
15:40Birmingham.
15:40Correct.
15:41Jamie.
15:41In art, jet is a shade of which colour?
15:45Black.
15:45Correct.
15:46Ruth.
15:47What word goes with Hollywood in a themed restaurant chain and with Lonely in a series of travel guidebooks?
15:52Planet.
15:52Correct.
15:53Emmanuel.
15:54In music, what word goes before Baby, Kim and Nas X to give the stage names of three rappers?
16:00Lil.
16:00Correct.
16:01Chesney.
16:01In health, the first aid procedure where a patient is placed on their side to protect the airway is known as the recovery what?
16:09Position.
16:09Correct.
16:10Johnny.
16:10In sport in 2025, Fran Williams captained the England Roses who beat South Africa to win the Nations Cup in which seven-a-side sports?
16:19Rugby union.
16:20Netball.
16:21Sarah.
16:21In literature, which cleric and former member of the band The Communards wrote the 2023 crime novel A Death in the Parish?
16:29Richard Cole.
16:29Correct.
16:30Jamie.
16:31In fashion, the yarn obtained from the Angora goat is known as what?
16:35Mohair or Mohawk?
16:36Mohair.
16:37Correct.
16:37Ruth.
16:38In language, in a popular saying that describes a state of extreme joy or happiness, the number nine is preceded by what weather feature?
16:48Pass.
16:48Cloud.
16:49Emmanuel.
16:50In sweets, the brand of chocolate and hazelnut confectionery in a golden wrapper launched in Europe in 1982 is named Ferrero what?
16:57Rocher.
16:57Correct.
16:58Chesney.
16:59In clothing, what D comes before denim in the slang term for an outfit where jeans are worn at the top of the same material?
17:06The answer is double.
17:08And Chesney, I'm surprised you didn't get in quicker with that because that feels like that would be your look.
17:11I can tell you that you put in the bank, out of a possible £5,000, £1,000.
17:20Not great.
17:20No.
17:21Not great.
17:22OK.
17:22I'm very excited about this.
17:25Who thinks Super Mario is what you want to do after a super proposal, I?
17:30Oh, good.
17:31Oh, no.
17:32Yeah?
17:33Johnny?
17:33Yeah.
17:34You're not having it.
17:35What did I do to hurt you?
17:36LAUGHTER
17:37Who thinks Chanel No. 5 is a French TV station?
17:44Yes!
17:47You got it.
17:47Come on!
17:48You got Vegas.
17:50That was to stop me farting.
17:52LAUGHTER
17:53You're going to have to come out one end.
17:56Yeah, no, fair enough.
17:59One of you is about to leave with nothing.
18:02It's time to vote off the weakest link.
18:07Getting all his answers wrong, I think Johnny might be in trouble.
18:11Ruth slipped up for the first time so she may get some votes,
18:14which, ironically, she won't want.
18:17The voting's over.
18:17It's now time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
18:27Johnny.
18:30Sarah.
18:34Chesney.
18:36Chesney.
18:39Johnny.
18:42Johnny.
18:47Manuel, I hope you don't mind me saying it.
18:49Your behaviour on the show has been disgusting.
18:51LAUGHTER
18:52Every time we do this show, people go,
18:55oh, you know, voting's the worst part.
18:56It's your favourite bit of the show.
18:58It's not my favourite part, I swear it's not.
19:00Because it's so awkward and I've got to look at him.
19:03He's looking at me now.
19:04The way you sign his name is like a work of art.
19:06There's no reluctance there.
19:08You sign a birthday card like that,
19:09you don't vote someone off the show like that.
19:12You all right, Johnny?
19:13Yeah.
19:14You happy?
19:15Well, you are, probably.
19:15LAUGHTER
19:17Chesney, you did very well in that round.
19:19Yeah, I guess I did.
19:20Anyone who timed out on was a double denim.
19:22I should have got that, I should have come in quicker.
19:24There's probably, you know,
19:26pictures of me on the internet
19:27rocking double denim in the day, for sure.
19:30Chesney, there was a picture on my wall
19:32when I was a very small girl.
19:33I don't get, you know, starstruck often,
19:36but I'm having a little moment over here.
19:38Are you really?
19:39Yeah, it was genuinely, I had a picture of him,
19:41also Michael Ball.
19:42Listen, that's the showbiz double.
19:43Yeah, yeah.
19:44Johnny.
19:45Sorry, go on.
19:46Johnny, method of defence in the traitors.
19:48Axe.
19:49It just went violent, didn't I?
19:52There was no need for that.
19:53How do you feel towards the people that did vote for you, Johnny?
19:56Well...
19:56How do you feel about the ones who didn't vote for you, Johnny?
19:59Er, love.
20:00Love.
20:00Nothing but love.
20:02I do love you, though, Johnny.
20:03Chesney, I deserve the vote off you.
20:05Erm...
20:06You?
20:07LAUGHTER
20:08You've given me the best laugh.
20:11I've never realised someone hurt me so much.
20:13I make me giggle in the process.
20:15Yeah, I mean, I feel a bit bad,
20:16cos, you know, you're one of my heroes.
20:19You just like having me around,
20:21cos I make you feel better about yourself.
20:23Yeah.
20:23That's why you keep me in your garden.
20:25LAUGHTER
20:25You just look out at me, don't you?
20:29Come on, boys, come on, boys, gather round,
20:31let's have a look at Johnny.
20:32OK, yeah, family.
20:34Life is good.
20:35LAUGHTER
20:36Well, look, Johnny, I'm really sorry to say
20:41that with three votes, you are the weakest link.
20:45Goodbye.
20:52I'm feeling very disappointed,
20:54but I'm trying to deal with it magnanimously.
20:57You will not see a single deal.
20:59LAUGHTER
20:59It's round four.
21:07You have banked £3,400
21:08out of a potential prize money of £10,000.
21:12There are just five of you remaining,
21:13and we are taking another ten seconds off the clock.
21:17You have two minutes to bank a possible £5,000.
21:20We're going to start with the strongest link
21:22from the last round.
21:23That's you, Emmanuel.
21:24Let's play the weakest link.
21:27Start the clock.
21:28In internet memes,
21:31a reaction gif often used to express embarrassment
21:33depicts which Simpson's character
21:35disappearing backwards into a hedge?
21:37Homer Simpson.
21:38Correct.
21:38Chesney.
21:39In maths, what is one quarter of 200?
21:4225.
21:43Sorry.
21:4450.
21:44100.
21:45Sarah.
21:46What sounds like both a railway town in Cheshire
21:48and a group of people who work together on board a ship?
21:51Crew.
21:52Correct.
21:52Jamie.
21:53In medicine,
21:54a cardiologist specialises in the care of which major organ?
21:57The Harks.
21:58Correct.
21:59Ruth.
21:59In film,
22:00the 2003 comedy starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan
22:04as a mother and daughter who switch bodies is freaky what?
22:07Freddie.
22:07Correct.
22:08Emmanuel.
22:09In darts,
22:09the treble 20 segment of the board is often known by what informal term?
22:13Blusher or lipstick?
22:16Blusher.
22:16Lipstick.
22:17Chesney.
22:17In language,
22:19what pee can mean an easy task or an informal meal eaten outdoors,
22:22often while sitting on a blanket?
22:25Picnic.
22:26Correct.
22:27Sarah.
22:28In London,
22:28which street in Mayfair,
22:30established in the 18th century,
22:31is world-renowned for its bespoke tailoring?
22:34Savile Row.
22:35Correct.
22:35Jamie.
22:36Bank.
22:36In Australian wildlife,
22:38what word follows Sydney funnel web
22:40in the common name of venomous species of arachnid?
22:42Spider.
22:43Correct.
22:44Ruth.
22:44In children's TV,
22:46which title character of a show created by Harry Corbett
22:48is a puppet bear with friends named Sweep and Sue?
22:52Suti.
22:52Correct.
22:53Emmanuel.
22:53In motoring,
22:54the first all-British car model to sell more than one million units
22:57was the Morris what?
22:59Miner.
22:59Correct.
23:00Chesney.
23:01In world geography,
23:02the Turkish city of Istanbul straddles Europe
23:04and which other continent?
23:07Asia.
23:07Correct.
23:08Sarah.
23:09In jewellery,
23:10what H is the name for the symbol
23:11stamped onto precious metals
23:13by British assay offices
23:14to certify their purity?
23:18Quamac.
23:18Correct.
23:19Jamie.
23:19Bang.
23:20In music,
23:20the singer Alex,
23:21who had a 2025 UK number one single
23:23with the song Ordinary,
23:25has what surname?
23:26Warren or Burrow?
23:27Burrow.
23:28It's Warren.
23:29Time is up.
23:31And I can tell you, team,
23:33that out of a possible £5,000,
23:35you have banked £1,500.
23:38Not bad.
23:39Not bad.
23:40Guys,
23:41ready yourselves.
23:41Johnny's not here,
23:42so I need some big laughs.
23:44Who thinks Chapel Roan
23:45has a big sister
23:46called Cathedral Roan?
23:50Sarah,
23:51it took you a second,
23:51but you enjoyed it eventually,
23:52didn't you?
23:53I know.
23:54Who thinks that Greenwich Mean Time
23:56isn't very nice?
23:57No, I like that.
23:58OK, great.
24:00One of you
24:01is about to leave with nothing.
24:03It's time to vote off
24:04The Weakest Link.
24:05A solid round for everyone.
24:09All three wrong answers
24:10felt tricky
24:11and they all banked.
24:13It's a hard one to call.
24:14I wonder if bedroom wall posters
24:16will influence the vote.
24:18Voting's over.
24:21It's now time to reveal
24:22who you think
24:23is the weakest link.
24:28Emmanuel.
24:32Emmanuel.
24:33Emmanuel.
24:35Chesney.
24:38Chesney.
24:41Chesney.
24:47Ruth.
24:48Yes.
24:48How did it feel
24:49to vote for Chesney?
24:50I mean,
24:50they say never meet your heroes
24:52and possibly because
24:53you could do a dreadful thing
24:54to them
24:54and I'm so terribly,
24:55terribly sorry, Chesney.
24:57Can you ever forgive me?
24:58Yes.
24:58You're all forgiven.
25:00So all that
25:01and a nice guy.
25:02I know.
25:03I mean,
25:04what a package.
25:05Yeah.
25:06I can tell you though.
25:07I don't know about the package.
25:08I can tell you though.
25:09What did you tell?
25:10Oh my goodness.
25:12Sarah Green.
25:14What?
25:16Chesney.
25:17Basically,
25:18you had
25:18just a full breakdown.
25:20I did.
25:20You gave me two incorrect answers.
25:22I know.
25:23Then you just started
25:23muttering to yourself.
25:24I was throwing numbers out there.
25:25But then what happened
25:26is because that went so badly,
25:28all of your correct answers
25:30you seemed really nervous about.
25:31I've never seen somebody
25:32be so scared
25:33to say the word picnic.
25:34Picnic.
25:34I know.
25:35I know.
25:36I just needed to breathe.
25:38Yes.
25:39In fact,
25:39I blame you
25:39because you really
25:41should have told me
25:41to breathe before.
25:42Can I just say,
25:43generally going forward,
25:44we would like you to breathe.
25:47Well, listen,
25:47Chesney,
25:48I'm really sorry.
25:49If it makes me feel any better,
25:50you've come across very well.
25:52Ruth likes you even more
25:53than she did before the show.
25:54But I'm afraid to say,
25:56I can't believe
25:56you did the heart to you.
25:57I know.
25:58OK.
25:59I'm sorry to say,
26:00Chesney,
26:00that with three votes,
26:02you are the weakest link.
26:03Goodbye.
26:10So,
26:11if I come back again
26:12to the weakest link,
26:12I think what I've learned is
26:13I need to breathe.
26:14Maybe some yoga
26:15before I come out.
26:24It's the final four.
26:26So far,
26:27you have banked
26:28a total of £4,900
26:30out of a possible £15,000.
26:32There are only four people remaining
26:34and another 10 seconds
26:35are coming off the clock.
26:37But the target
26:38is going to increase again
26:39to £7,500.
26:42We're going to start
26:43with the strongest link
26:43from the last round.
26:45That's you, Sarah.
26:46Let's play
26:47The Weakest Link.
26:49Start the clock.
26:51In media,
26:52the slogan,
26:53all the news
26:54that's fit to print,
26:54first appeared
26:55on the front page
26:56of which US newspaper
26:57newspaper in 1897.
27:01The New York Post.
27:03It's New York Times.
27:05Jamie,
27:05what word goes with only
27:07for a quiz show
27:08hosted by Victoria Corrin-Mitchell
27:09and with four
27:10in a game played
27:11by forming rows
27:12with counters?
27:13Connect.
27:14Correct.
27:14Roof.
27:15In comics and cartoons,
27:17which letter of the alphabet
27:18is typically used
27:18to represent the sound
27:19of someone sleeping
27:20or snoring?
27:21Z.
27:22Correct.
27:22Emmanuel.
27:23Bank.
27:23In soundtracks,
27:24Everything I Do,
27:25I Do It For You
27:25by Bryan Adams
27:26features on the end credits
27:27of which 1991
27:29Kevin Costner film?
27:30Robin Hood,
27:30Prince of Thieves.
27:31Correct.
27:32Sarah.
27:32In materials,
27:33what S,
27:34meaning unblemished,
27:35goes before steel
27:36to give the name
27:36of an alloy
27:37that resists corrosion?
27:39Stainless.
27:39Correct.
27:40Jamie.
27:40Bank.
27:41In children's literature,
27:42the 2022 book
27:43titled Max Magic
27:44was co-written
27:45by the TV presenter
27:46Stephen Hu.
27:48Mangan.
27:49Mulhern.
27:49Roof.
27:50In food outlets,
27:51how many white spots
27:52are depicted
27:53on the logo
27:53of Domino's Pizza?
27:56Six.
27:57Three.
27:57Emmanuel.
27:58In British history,
27:59the document known
27:59as Magna Carta
28:00was issued in 1215
28:01at a site near Windsor
28:03named what?
28:04Runny Mead
28:04or Watery Ale?
28:06Runny Mead.
28:06Correct.
28:07Sarah.
28:07In appliances,
28:08the name of what
28:09percussion instrument
28:10is also a term
28:11used for the rotating
28:12cylinder where laundry
28:13is placed in a washing machine?
28:18Dryer.
28:19Drum.
28:19Jamie.
28:20In politics,
28:21Tricky Dicky
28:22was a nickname
28:22given to which
28:2320th century
28:24US president?
28:26Dicky.
28:27Oh.
28:28Tricky Dicky Dicky.
28:29Er, er,
28:30Nixon.
28:31Richard Nixon.
28:32Correct.
28:33Mike.
28:33In law,
28:34what L is the form
28:35of defamation
28:35that is published
28:36in written or visual form?
28:38Libel.
28:38Correct.
28:39Emanuel.
28:39In technology,
28:40which family member
28:41proceeds broad
28:41in the name of a circuit
28:42that connects
28:43all the principal components
28:44of a computer?
28:45It is mother.
28:46Time is up.
28:47And out of a possible
28:48£7,500,
28:49you put in the bank
28:50£1,500.
28:52Brilliant, guys.
28:53Brilliant.
28:53So,
28:54who here thinks
28:55Bear Grylls refers
28:56to naked barbecuing?
28:57LAUGHTER
28:58That's horrible.
29:01That's what he does,
29:02isn't it, Emanuel?
29:02LAUGHTER
29:02Who thinks asteroids
29:04need to be treated
29:05with a special cream?
29:07Yeah.
29:07That's very good.
29:08You almost like that one
29:09as much as voting people off.
29:10LAUGHTER
29:11One of you
29:12is about to leave
29:13with nothing.
29:15It's time to vote off
29:16the weakest link.
29:20Emanuel had a strong
29:21round there.
29:23Sarah's had a good run,
29:24but with a few
29:25sticky moments,
29:26I suspect
29:26her time might be up.
29:29Voting's over.
29:30It's now time
29:32to reveal
29:33who you think
29:34is the weakest link.
29:39Jamie.
29:42Sarah.
29:45Sarah.
29:47Sarah.
29:48So, that was
29:53a tough round.
29:54Jamie,
29:55when I asked you
29:56about the
29:57tricky-dicky question,
29:58it's like
29:59your brain
30:00went through
30:01every single
30:01American president
30:02before you worked.
30:03Yes,
30:03one's called Dickie,
30:05one must be called Richard,
30:06and then, yeah,
30:06I was quite glad
30:07I reached for that
30:08because I thought
30:08if I'm going to pause
30:09any more time on that,
30:10I'm getting...
30:10Well, if you'd have spent
30:12that amount of time
30:13and then got it wrong,
30:14it would have been
30:14tricky for you, actually.
30:15A beautiful,
30:16beautiful pun, yeah.
30:17Appreciate you recognising it.
30:19Got nothing from anybody else.
30:21But how are you feeling
30:22about getting this far?
30:23I'm delighted.
30:24I mean,
30:25I've been on cloud nine
30:25since I didn't go out first,
30:27so I'm happy.
30:28I'm sorry that I had to vote out
30:30Sarah because she's
30:31obviously lovely,
30:32but you had to pick someone
30:33and I just remember
30:33percussion dryer.
30:34How did you feel
30:35about a percussion dryer?
30:37I think there is
30:38such a thing as a...
30:39Percussion dryer?
30:40Percussion dryer, yeah.
30:42Listen, I think
30:42it's a great invention.
30:43I think this is an episode
30:45of Dragon's Den
30:45rather than...
30:46It's exactly what I think.
30:47I think we are a few months
30:50away from Sarah Green
30:51walking in and going,
30:52thank you so much
30:52for seeing me, Drakens.
30:54Have you ever been
30:55in a situation
30:55where you want to dry
30:57some clothes
30:57but you also want a ridden?
30:59Can I present to you
31:00the percussion dryer?
31:01I look forward to seeing you.
31:02Well, listen, Sarah,
31:03I'm afraid to say
31:04that with three votes
31:05you are the weakest link.
31:07Goodbye.
31:12Thank you and good luck
31:13one and all.
31:15Thanks very much.
31:16You've got three people there
31:19who would each make
31:20a worthy winner
31:21but if I had to put money
31:23on one person,
31:24I'm going with Ruth.
31:27Let's see if I'm right.
31:28Round six,
31:35you have banked
31:36£6,400
31:37out of a possible
31:38£22,500.
31:40There's only three of you left
31:42and another ten seconds
31:43are coming off the clock.
31:45We're going to start
31:45with the strongest link
31:46from the last round.
31:47That is you, Emmanuel.
31:49Let's play
31:50the weakest link.
31:52Start the clock.
31:53In drinks,
31:56an espresso martini cocktail
31:57is traditionally garnished
31:58with what kind of bean?
31:59Coffee.
32:00Correct.
32:00Jamie.
32:01In theatre,
32:02in 2025,
32:03which Agatha Christie play
32:04celebrated its 30,000th performance
32:07in the West End of London?
32:09Death in Venice.
32:11It's Mousetrap.
32:12Ruth.
32:12In TV,
32:13the Made in Chelsea star
32:14who won the 2023 series
32:16of I'm a Celebrity
32:16Get Me Out of Here
32:17is Sam who?
32:19Huss.
32:20Thompson.
32:20Emmanuel.
32:21In music,
32:22Matt and Luke Goss
32:23are members
32:23of which pop group
32:24that had a 1988
32:25UK top ten single
32:26with When Will I Be Famous?
32:28Ross.
32:28Correct.
32:29Jamie.
32:29In UK geography,
32:30Scottish mountains
32:31that are over 3,000 feet high
32:33are known as what?
32:34Marilyn's or Munro's?
32:35Munro's.
32:36Correct.
32:36Bank.
32:37Ruth.
32:37In architecture,
32:38what bee is a roofed outdoor platform
32:40typically in a park
32:42designed as a place
32:43for musicians to perform?
32:44Bandstands.
32:44Correct.
32:45Emmanuel.
32:46In annual events,
32:47the Notting Hill Carnival
32:48traditionally takes place
32:49on the last weekend
32:49of which month?
32:52July.
32:52August.
32:53Jamie.
32:54In cinema,
32:55the Bates Motel
32:56is a primary setting
32:57of which 1960
32:58Alfred Hitchcock film?
33:02Shining.
33:03Psycho.
33:03Ruth.
33:04In gardening,
33:05what W is a cart
33:06mounted on a frame
33:07that has a single wheel
33:08at the front
33:09and two handles
33:10used to carry loads
33:11short distances?
33:12Hillbark.
33:12Correct.
33:13Emmanuel.
33:13In UK geography,
33:14the North Sea ports
33:15of Grimsby and Kingston
33:16upon Hull
33:17are on the banks
33:18of which estuary?
33:20Pass.
33:20Humber.
33:21Jamie.
33:22What word goes with toast
33:23to make a breakfast dish
33:24of eggy bread
33:25and with dawn
33:26for a British comedian,
33:27writer and actor?
33:28French.
33:29Correct.
33:29Rue.
33:29Bike.
33:30In technology,
33:31the abbreviation CCTV
33:32used in surveillance
33:33stands for what?
33:33Circuit Television.
33:35Closed.
33:35Is correct.
33:36Time is up
33:38and I can tell you
33:39final three,
33:40you won £1,000
33:41in that round.
33:44Is it fair to say
33:45that got very tough
33:46for all of you?
33:46Yeah.
33:47Yeah, I think
33:47the narrative's told there.
33:49In the next round,
33:50not only does the money
33:51go up to a possible
33:51£10,000
33:52but you get the chance
33:54to double what you bank
33:56which means there's
33:57£20,000 up for grabs.
33:59So think very carefully
34:01about this next decision.
34:03One of you
34:04is about to leave
34:05with nothing.
34:06It's time to vote off
34:07the weakest link.
34:11A symmetrical round
34:13for Jamie and Emmanuel.
34:14Two right,
34:15two wrong.
34:16These three have been
34:17neck and neck
34:18and neck throughout.
34:20So it's anyone's guess
34:22who's safe.
34:23Voting's over.
34:26It's now time to reveal
34:27who you think
34:28is the weakest link.
34:33Emmanuel.
34:36Jamie.
34:37Um, Emmanuel,
34:46how did that round
34:46go for you?
34:47That was a much,
34:48much tougher round.
34:50Hmm.
34:50What made you vote
34:51for Jamie?
34:52Yeah.
34:52This was tactical.
34:53I thought,
34:54if we do get into
34:55the final two,
34:56what's the best chance
34:57of having the most
34:59correct answers?
35:00So you're voting
35:01for Jamie because
35:02you think he would
35:03ruin the final?
35:04Exactly.
35:05Yeah, yeah.
35:05And when you put it
35:06like that.
35:06Well, no, I mean,
35:07I'm just,
35:07I'm summarising what
35:08you said.
35:08I'd be a judge.
35:10Absolutely.
35:10Yeah, and obviously
35:11you find it funny
35:11because you're a horrible
35:12person.
35:13I'm going to stick up
35:14for Emmanuel
35:14because this running
35:16joke, I mean,
35:16I feel bad.
35:17Like, your family's
35:18going to watch this
35:18show and actually
35:19he's been nice,
35:20he's been charming,
35:21he's slipped me a
35:21fiver to say that.
35:22Yeah.
35:22You know, great guy.
35:23Jamie?
35:24Yep.
35:24Is there anything
35:25you'd like to say
35:25to Ruth and Emmanuel
35:26before you go?
35:27Just, I think it's
35:28lovely to see
35:29positive disability
35:30in finals of things
35:31but if you guys don't
35:32then that's, you know,
35:33that's what you want to do.
35:34You've got your own
35:34demographics.
35:37To be fair,
35:38the Weakest League
35:38did shove the three
35:39of us in Diversity
35:40Corner over here,
35:41do you know what I mean?
35:42So, yeah, fair enough.
35:43That's what they're
35:44calling it up in the
35:44gallery, actually.
35:45I'll bet they are, yeah.
35:45Yeah, get some more
35:46shots on Diversity
35:47Corner, please.
35:49Well, listen, Jamie,
35:50I'm sorry to say,
35:50and I didn't vote for you
35:51nor would I have done
35:52but with two votes
35:53I'm afraid to say
35:55you are the weakest link.
35:56Goodbye.
35:57Thank you very much.
35:58Good luck, guys.
35:59And I do mean that.
35:59You're going to help.
36:00I am going to help.
36:01This is a big reveal
36:02for the whole nation.
36:03Yeah.
36:03God, he can't see.
36:07Just down this way.
36:08I'm quite happy.
36:09I managed to come on
36:10and do quite well
36:11and do a walk of shame.
36:12You see, Emmanuel
36:13and Ruth will never get
36:14the pleasure of doing
36:15the walk of shame
36:16because they're
36:16well, they're winners.
36:20The final two.
36:25Congratulations.
36:26Now, Emmanuel,
36:27I've given you a hard time
36:28throughout the show
36:28but I want to take
36:29this opportunity to say
36:30very, very well done.
36:32You've made it
36:32to the final two.
36:33Were you expecting to?
36:34I'm hoping yes
36:35but definitely not.
36:36I thought I'd get maybe
36:37the second, third
36:39if I was lucky.
36:40You've done very well.
36:40How about you, Ruth?
36:41No, I just wanted to make sure
36:43I wasn't off first.
36:44Okay.
36:44That achieved everything else.
36:46Mission accomplished.
36:47Everything is a bonus from here.
36:48Exactly.
36:48Well, so far
36:49you've banked a very healthy
36:50total of £7,400.
36:53This time you have
36:54just 90 seconds
36:55but whatever you bank
36:56will be doubled
36:57meaning that this round
36:58is worth a possible
36:59£20,000.
37:01We're going to start
37:02with the strongest link
37:03from the last round.
37:04That is you, Ruth.
37:05Okay.
37:05Let's play
37:06the weakest link.
37:08Start the clock.
37:10In meteorology,
37:11what eye is one of the
37:12seven traditional colours
37:13of a rainbow?
37:15Indigo.
37:15Correct.
37:16Emmanuel.
37:16In pop music,
37:17Love Fool was a 1997
37:19UK top ten single
37:20for a group named what?
37:22The Cardigans or the Anoraks?
37:23The Cardigans.
37:24Correct.
37:24Mike.
37:24Ruth.
37:25In astronomy,
37:26Olympus Mons,
37:27the largest known volcano
37:28in the solar system,
37:29is on which planet?
37:30Neptune.
37:31Mars.
37:31Emmanuel.
37:32What sounds like
37:33both a primate
37:34native to Madagascar
37:35and the capital city of Peru?
37:41Pass.
37:42Lima.
37:42Ruth.
37:43In literature,
37:44the author of horror stories
37:45including the fall
37:45of the House of Usher
37:46and the pit in the pendulum
37:48is Edgar Allan Hu.
37:49Hall.
37:49Correct.
37:50Emmanuel.
37:51In health and safety,
37:52what W is attached
37:53to a life jacket
37:53for blowing into
37:54to attract attention?
37:55Wessel.
37:56Correct.
37:56Ruth.
37:56Mike.
37:57In history in 1949,
37:59which communist leader
37:59became chairman
38:00of the People's Republic of China?
38:02Mo.
38:02Correct.
38:03Emmanuel.
38:04In shared words,
38:05what term is used
38:05for both an act of kindness
38:06and a type of small gift
38:08given to guests at a party?
38:09Oh.
38:10Oh.
38:11Gesture.
38:16Favour.
38:16Damn it.
38:17Ruth.
38:18What sounds like
38:19both the river in Scotland
38:20known for its iconic bridge
38:21and the position
38:22that falls between
38:22third and fifth?
38:23Fourth.
38:24Correct.
38:24Emmanuel.
38:25In TV,
38:25the 2022 drama
38:27based on true events
38:28about a man
38:28faking his own death
38:29is titled
38:30The Thief, His Wife
38:31and the what?
38:33The Widow.
38:34Canoe.
38:35Ruth.
38:35In maths,
38:36what is 60 minus 41?
38:3919.
38:39It's a correct answer.
38:40Time is up
38:42and that was a good bank,
38:44Emmanuel.
38:44So I can tell you
38:45that you have managed
38:47to bank £1,250.
38:51We're going to double that
38:52and add it to your
38:53previous winnings
38:53meaning a total prize pot
38:55of £9,900.
38:57Well done.
38:58But only one of you
39:00can take that money away
39:01for your chosen charity.
39:03It's time
39:03to go head to head.
39:05In this round,
39:10it's the best of five.
39:11Whoever answers
39:12the most questions
39:13correctly wins.
39:14Simple as that.
39:15Ruth,
39:16there's the strongest link
39:17in the last round.
39:18You have the choice
39:19of who goes first.
39:21I'd like to go first,
39:22please, Romesh.
39:23OK.
39:24For the final time tonight,
39:25let's play
39:26The Weakest Link.
39:27Ruth,
39:34in Toys,
39:35what structure
39:36designed for children
39:38to play inside
39:39is named after
39:40one of the darling children
39:41in Peter Pan?
39:43A Wendy House.
39:45Correct.
39:47Emmanuel,
39:48in 2025,
39:50which US rapper
39:51achieved his first
39:52UK number one single
39:53with Not Like Us
39:54that he performed
39:56at the halftime show
39:57of Super Bowl 59?
39:59Kendrick Lamar.
40:01Correct.
40:03Ruth,
40:04in animals,
40:06the Galapagos
40:06is the only native species
40:08of which aquatic,
40:10flightless bird
40:10to be found
40:11north of the equator?
40:13Penguin.
40:14Correct.
40:16Emmanuel,
40:17in shared terms,
40:19what word
40:19for a moving mechanism
40:21on a door
40:21is also the name
40:22of a dating app
40:23created by Justin McLeod
40:25in 2012?
40:26Hinge.
40:28Correct.
40:29Ruth,
40:31in sustainability,
40:32according to a 2020 study
40:34by the Royal Horticultural Society
40:36and the University of Reading,
40:38what climbing plant
40:39provides the most effective cover
40:41for cooling buildings?
40:43Ivy.
40:44It's correct.
40:46Emmanuel,
40:47in occupations,
40:48the name for
40:49what type of tradesperson
40:51is derived
40:52from the Latin word
40:53for lead?
40:55Plummer.
40:59Correct.
41:01Ruth,
41:02what full name
41:04is shared
41:04by the spouse
41:05of the playwright
41:06William Shakespeare
41:07and the actor
41:08who won an Oscar
41:09for playing Fontaine
41:10in the 2012 film
41:12Les Miserables?
41:13Anne Hathaway.
41:15Correct.
41:17Emmanuel,
41:18in US geography,
41:20of the four states
41:22that begin
41:22with the word new,
41:24which comes first
41:25alphabetically?
41:27New Hampshire.
41:30Correct.
41:32Ruth,
41:34in leisure,
41:35patented by Price Jones
41:36in 1876,
41:38the Euclesia rug
41:39is considered to be
41:40the first commercially produced form
41:42of which common camping item?
41:43A tent.
41:47Incorrect,
41:48it's sleeping bag.
41:50Emmanuel,
41:51if you get this correct,
41:52you win the game.
41:54In international politics,
41:56after the departure
41:57of Jacinda Ardern
41:58in 2023,
41:59two people
42:00with the first name Christopher
42:02followed in succession
42:03as prime minister
42:04of which country?
42:08France.
42:10Incorrect,
42:10it's New Zealand.
42:12After five questions each,
42:14we have a tie.
42:15So,
42:16Ruth and Emmanuel,
42:17let's play
42:18Sudden Death.
42:19Oh.
42:22Ruth,
42:23in literature,
42:24partly set in Thornfield Hall,
42:26the 1966 novel
42:28Wide Sargasso Sea
42:29by Jean Rhys
42:30was written as a prequel
42:31to which book
42:32by Charlotte Bronte?
42:35Wuthering Heights.
42:37Incorrect,
42:38it's Jane Eyre.
42:40Emmanuel,
42:40if you get this question right,
42:41you win the game.
42:43In science,
42:44named after
42:45a 20th century
42:46US-born physicist,
42:48a Van de Graaff generator
42:49uses a belt
42:50passing through rollers
42:51to create a static form
42:53of what type of energy?
42:57Electric.
42:59It's correct.
43:00Which means,
43:01congratulations, Emmanuel.
43:03You are tonight's
43:04strongest link
43:05and you have won
43:06£9,900
43:08for your charity.
43:09Which charity
43:10is your money going to?
43:11The British Heart Foundation.
43:13Fantastic cause.
43:14Congratulations.
43:15Ruth,
43:16you leave with nothing.
43:17That's all from tonight's show.
43:19I'm Romesh Ranganathan
43:20and whatever you do,
43:21don't be the weakest link.
43:22Goodbye.
43:24Confession,
43:25my degree's in English literature.
43:27I know who wrote Jane Eyre.
43:29I know which Bronte it was.
43:30I cannot believe
43:32that's the question
43:32that I flunked on.
43:34I want to clarify
43:35that I did not enjoy
43:37voting people off.
43:39The problem is
43:40I've just won
43:40so I've still got
43:41this smile on
43:42so it looks like
43:44I did enjoy
43:44voting them off
43:45but I really,
43:46really didn't.
43:47I'll see you next time.
44:17I'll see you next time.
44:17I'll see you next time.
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