Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

Only one of them will win up to £10,000.

The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the Weakest Link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the Weakest Link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Adam from Stockport.

I'm 20 years old and I'm a salesman.

I'm Cherie, 49, from Essex and I'm a barmaid.

I'm Nigel, I'm 60, from Caerphilly in South Wales and I'm a retired choral animateur.

Helen, I'm 34, I'm from Rugeley in Staffordshire and I'm an IT service desk operator.

I'm John, I'm 19, I'm from Coventry and I'm a student.

My name's Yvonne, I'm 54, from Leeds in West Yorkshire and I'm a carer.

I'm Andy, I'm 37, from Beverley in East Yorkshire and I'm a firefighter.

I'm Josie, I'm 26.

I'm from Guildford and I'm a nanny.

I'm Paul, 43, from Sunderland and I'm a head gamekeeper.

OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.

The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain and you lose all the money.

Say "bank" before the question and the money is safe.

Round 1.

Three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Adam.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

The first question is for £20.

Start the clock.

In clothing, the outfit known as Highland dress is traditionally worn by people in or from which country of the UK?

Scotland.

Correct.

In the home, on a sink or a bath, what's the three-letter name for the feature that has parts called a washer, a handle and a spout?

Tap.

Correct.

In transport, a wheel is what shape?

Triangular or circular?

Circular.

Correct.

Something that has been written on paper is said to have been put down in black and which other colour?

White.

Correct.

In definitions, what P is a term for both an awkward predicament and a preserved relish that is often served with a ploughman's lunch?

Pickle.

Correct.

In pop music, the Beatles had a UK No.

1 single in 1963 entitled I Want To Hold Your what?

Hand.

Correct.

In financial transactions that are verified with the system called "chip and PIN", the personal identification number comprises how many digits?

Four.

Correct.

In Australian wildlife, because of its resemblance to a mammal to which it is unrelated, the koala is sometimes called the koala what?

Bear.

Correct.

In medicine, hay fever is classified as what?

A virus or an allergy?

An allergy.

Correct.

Adam…

Bank!

You've reached and banked your £1,000 target and that money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.

Who is worrying you?

Who probably thinks "philosophical" is an Irish intellectual?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

In an impressive first round, Adam is the Strongest Link.

Cherie is statistically the Weakest Link, but who will the players vote off at this early stage?

Voting over.

It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Paul.

Paul.

Josie.

Yvonne.

Cherie.

John.

Paul.

Adam.

Adam.

What do you do, Adam?

I'm a salesman.

What do you sell?

I set appointments for a vehicle tracking company.

What?

It's for a vehicle tracking company.

You don't sell the vehicle tracking equipment?

I sell the appointment to them to tell them how we'll reduce their costs.

So you just make appointments?

You could say that.

How else could you say it?

I could say that I e-mail people and ring people and…

Make appointments?

I have an expert go out to them and demonstrate the system to them.

Pretend you're trying to make an appointment with me.

Do you own any commercial vehicles?

I don't answer questions.

Right, OK then.

I'd probably go, "Thank you very much."

Could you sell anything?

I could sell plenty of stuff.

Have you got the gift of the gab?

Could say that.

Why Paul?

Because I was thinking of that song, "Fly away, Peter, fly away, Paul."

It was the only thing I could think of, really.

What do you do, Cherie?

I'm a barmaid.

Where?

East Mersea, just outside Colchester.

What's that like?

Lovely.

It's like going back to the '50s.

It's nice.

How old are you?

49.

Really?

Hmm.

You've been a barmaid all your life?

No, for the last four months.

So you've just decided to be a barmaid?

Yeah.

Did you dye your hair and get a bigger bra?

I didn't need a bigger bra, but I dyed my hair.

Is that good enough for a barmaid in Essex?

Yeah.

Are you looking for a man?

No, I don't want one at the moment.

You're not chatting up the old blokes in the pub?

The young blokes maybe, yeah.

OK.

Did you ever have a man?

Yes, I was married.

Then what happened?

I left him.

Did you?

Why?

It ran its course.

A bit like yours, really.

Yeah.

Why Paul?

Purely because he was standing opposite me.

We all got a question right.

He was opposite me.

What do you do, Andy?

I'm a firefighter, Anne.

Where?

I'm based in Beverley in East Riding.

That must be exciting.

It can be.

What's the average day of a firefighter in Beverley?

In Beverley, it's what they call a retained station, so we have a pager.

I think you're going to make this sound boring.

When a fire call comes in, you've got to get to the station as quickly as you can.

You're not at the station?

Not at Beverley, I'm not, no.

Where are you?

Either at home or going shopping with my wife and son.

Where are you shopping?

Tesco's.

Does a voice come over the Tannoy saying there's a fire?

No.

I've an alerter or a pager.

You've got an alerter?

Yes.

How does it alert?

It beeps rather loudly.

So you're in Tesco, maybe at the deli counter…

They probably don't have a deli counter in East Yorkshire.

They do.

So you're looking to have either Spam or corned beef.

And you go "beep-beep".

I don't.

My alerter does.

Yes.

But for everyone round, they just think you're going "beep-beep".

Possibly, yes.

What's your wife called?

Jane.

And what does Jane say? "Oh, dear."

But in a Beverley, East Yorkshire kind of way?

Yeah, yeah.

And then what do you do?

I have to run to the fire station.

This is probably a silly question.

Why don't you wait at the fire station?

We're not allowed to on the retained station.

This is going to get boring again.

Why Paul?

First name that came into my head.

Paul, you are the Weakest Link.

Goodbye.

I've often sat at home and had to think, "Could I win the Weakest Link?"

I've said to myself, "I'm sure I can, but then again, I've never met Anne."

Round 2 and you have £1,000.

Ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link.

That's Adam.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What B follows "beach" and "snow" to make two objects thrown for fun in summer and winter respectively?

Ball.

Correct.

In Chinese cuisine, a diner normally uses how many chopsticks?

Two.

Correct.

In TV, the talent series Strictly Come Dancing was first shown in 2004, hosted by Tess Daly and which veteran presenter?

Pass.

Bruce Forsyth.

In chivalry, a boy in training to become a knight was known as a leaflet or page?

Page.

Correct.

In musical notation, which word meaning "level" is the usual opposite of "sharp"?

Flat.

Correct.

The price of one currency when compared to another is called the exchange what?

Rate.

Correct.

In a children's novel by Dodie Smith, the fur-loving character called Cruella de Vil kidnaps puppies of which breed of dog?

Dalmatian.

Correct.

In fine art, the release of a print in a specific number is generally known as a limited what?

Edition.

Correct.

In sport, a cricket pitch is described as a featherbed if it is particularly easy to do what on?

Sleep or bat?

Bat.

Correct.

Bank!

In history, Dr Samuel Johnson compiled his famous dictionary in which language?

English.

Correct.

In expressions, a phrase meaning "the far distance" is "the wide, blue" what?

Horizon.

Yonder.

What D is the first name of the actor born in New York State in 1954 with the surname Washington?

Denzel.

Correct.

In international law, the exemption from arrest or legal proceedings held by many employees of foreign embassies is called diplomatic what?

Immunity.

Correct.

In biology, terms that begin with the prefix "haemo" relate to which bodily fluid?

Blood.

Correct.

In DIY, a spanner with a fixed upper jaw and a lower one adjusted with a thumbscrew is called a monkey wrench or gorilla clamp?

Monkey wrench.

Correct.

In pop music, the British group Wizzard had a UK hit single in 1973, I Wish It Could Be Christmas when?

Every Day.

Correct.

Bank!

In maths, what is 80 multiplied by 4?

320.

Correct.

In titles, what V is a religious role linked with the locations of Wakefield in a novel, Bray in a song and Dibley in a popular sitcom?

Vicar.

Correct.

Bingo callers often alert players to the fact that a new game is starting with the phrase "Eyes" what?

Down.

Correct.

Bank!

In the Gregorian calendar, which month is two months away from both January and May?

February.

March.

March!

Time's up.

You won £850.

Who stopped you getting the 1,000?

Who is forward at going backwards?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Nigel is the Weakest Link as he gave the most wrong answers.

The Strongest Link statistically is Cherie, but whose game is over?

Voting over.

It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Nigel.

Nigel.

Helen.

Nigel.

Nigel.

Nigel.

Nigel.

Nigel.

What do you do, John?

I'm a student.

Where?

Cambridge.

Studying what?

Theology.

Theology?

Yeah.

So, is that to get the girls or because it's the easiest?

There are quite a lot of nice-looking girls in Theology, but they tend to go for…

I don't know, maybe taller guys, more charismatic.

I've been quite unlucky in the past year.

Now that I'm at Cambridge, things will change.

Is that why you're trying to grow a beard?

Yeah.

I shaved this morning just for you.

What's happened since then?

I didn't shave completely.

I left a bit of stubble.

Why did you do that, John?

Just to re-assert the fact that I'm a manly, chivalrous figure.

As studying Theology hasn't got you a girlfriend, what else have you tried at Cambridge?

Acting.

Acting big and handsome?

Yeah.

In Shakespeare.

I've got a good part in a Shakespeare play.

What are you playing?

Aeneas in Troilus And Cressida.

Do you want to give us a bit of that?

I haven't learnt any of my lines yet.

I want you to imagine I'm in a pub.

OK.

And I look like Jordan.

Yeah.

I don't know if that would probably put me off a little bit.

Who would you like me to look like?

Just yourself.

Well, could you chat me up then?

Now?

Yes.

Do you want me to put my board down?

Whichever way will work.

Well…

I'd probably ask you if you wanted a drink first of all.

I'd sort of stare lovingly at you and just say, "Would you like a drink," in that sort of deep voice.

And where will you find that deep voice?

Where will I find it?

Yeah.

I'll just put it on.

I'm an actor.

OK.

Would you like a drink?

Then you respond.

Yes, please.

What would you like?

Anything.

Is that sort of meant to be flirtatious?

That's for me to know and you to find out.

OK.

Where are you from?

Mind your own business.

I'm not going to get anywhere with you…

You haven't got anywhere with anyone yet!

That's for me to know.

Put your board up.

Why Nigel?

It pains me to say this, but he did get two questions wrong.

At least he's got a proper beard.

That's true, that's true.

What do you do, Josie?

I'm a nanny, Anne.

Are you a trained nanny?

No.

Are you trained at anything?

I've got a degree.

Of course you have.

What have you got a degree in?

English and Film.

From?

From Hull.

So when you decided to do English and Film, was that with a view to getting a job as a nanny?

No, that was with a view to getting a job as the greatest film director in the world.

When did it all start to go wrong?

When I realised I wasn't a very good film director.

So what moved you towards being a nanny?

Well, I was a babysitter throughout my teenage years.

I love kids and it's easy.

Is your hobby going to the pub?

No, I don't really go to the pub that much.

What a shame!

You won't meet John.

I know…

You've got a boyfriend, have you?

No.

I don't want one.

Do you fancy someone who can't really grow a beard?

It's nothing to do with John's facial hair.

I just don't want a boyfriend at the moment.

And certainly not John.

I think I would be intimidated by the fact that he is at Cambridge when I went to Hull.

I wouldn't let it bother you.

He's only doing Theology.

Why Nigel?

Because, unfortunately, he did get two wrong.

Nigel, you are the Weakest Link.

Goodbye.

My performance was absolutely terrible.

It was useless.

Not really listening to the questions, getting easy questions and just not answering them properly.

A personal disaster, I would say.

Round 3.

In the bank, £1,850.

Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link.

That's Cherie.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

The 1946 self-help guide called The Common Sense Book Of Baby And Child Care was written by Dr Spock or Captain Kirk?

Dr Spock.

Correct.

Which tennis player became a father in 2009 when his wife Mirka gave birth to twins called Myla Rose and Charlene Riva?

Tim Henman.

Roger Federer.

In vocabulary, which word meaning "to pester" is also the name of a British wild mammal?

Nag.

Badger.

In the human body, what G precedes "maximus" to give the name of a muscle in the buttocks, responsible for moving the thigh?

Pass.

Gluteus.

In US TV, the spin-off from the CSI crime drama series that began in 2002 and is largely set in Florida features which city in its title?

Miami.

Correct.

In the musical My Fair Lady, the heroine Eliza Doolittle is a street seller of flowers or newspapers?

Flowers.

Correct.

A bicentennial celebration marks an anniversary of how many years?

25.

200.

The compartment in an airliner where the pilot and the crew are seated is the cockpit or the what deck?

Cockpit.

Flight deck.

In technology, what P means to write instructions for a computer in any of the large number of special languages devised for the task?

Protocol.

Program.

In cinema, the 1999 film drama starring Tom Hanks as a veteran prison warder is The Green what?

Mile.

Correct.

In the Bible, "deluge" is an alternative term for which event described in the Book of Genesis?

Monsoon.

Flood.

In food, in Greece and Turkey, the serving of a selection of small hot and cold dishes is known as bento or mezze?

Mezze.

Correct.

In the Beano comic, what's the first name of the character always known as the Minx?

Mini.

Correct.

Bank!

In science, what C is the form with a regular shape in which many chemical compounds such as diamond and quartz occur naturally?

Carbon.

Crystal.

Which word derived from the Hindi term meaning "to squeeze" is the name for a liquid used to wash the hair?

Shampoo.

Correct.

Bank!

Lady Gaga had a UK hit single in 2009 with what title?

Paparazzi or Pepperoni?

Paparazzi.

Time's up.

That was the correct answer, but you only won £70.

Whose brain is in their trousers?

Which banker won't be getting a bonus?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

According to the statistics, Josie is the Strongest Link.

Yvonne is the Weakest Link, but who will the team want off?

Voting over.

It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Yvonne.

Yvonne.

Yvonne.

Yvonne.

John.

Helen.

Yvonne.

What do you do, Helen?

I'm an IT service desk operator.

Do you sit at a desk?

I do.

Did you choose the job because you could sit at a desk?

Not particularly.

But it does give you time to eat doughnuts.

I don't particularly like doughnuts, but yeah.

So what do you eat all day?

Sausages.

Sausages?

Whose IT desk are you sitting at?

Staffordshire County Council's.

And what are you doing?

Solving minor IT problems.

Is that why you couldn't answer the computer question?

Hmm.

So you sit at your desk eating sausages and say, "Switch your machine off and switch it on again"?

We're actually not allowed to say that any more because it doesn't solve the problems that it is thought to.

And tell me…

This is a sort of more involved question.

The sausage, is it in a bap?

No.

It's usually in a bag.

Why Yvonne?

She answered, I think, all of her questions wrong.

Johnny, are you an only child?

No, I've got a young brother.

Have you?

You seem a bit picky about women.

Are you a bit of a mother's boy?

No.

It's good to have high standards.

So who's your dream girl in the pub?

There isn't a generic girl, Anne.

Isn't there?

No.

It's just, like, a nice, good-looking, intelligent…

She's got to be intelligent?

It would help.

How would you define intelligence?

Anybody who can keep me entertained for an hour would…

Oh!

So I'm in with a chance, then?

Of course, yeah.

You're just a bit older than me.

I'm sorry?

You're a little bit mature for my liking.

Who is?

You.

But I'm quite open-minded.

Why Yvonne?

To tell the truth, I don't think she likes me much.

She's voted for me twice and I'm not sure why.

Yvonne…

Yes.

..

you are the Weakest Link.

Goodbye.

I would like to have gone a little bit further.

I feel I'm really psyched up now and ready to go, but I believe I was voted off fairly and…

c'est la vie.

Round 4.

In the bank, £1,920.

Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Josie.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Most of the swallows that are summer visitors to Britain spend their winters in which continent?

Africa.

In entertainment, the American showman who had a museum of bizarre exhibits and called himself the Prince of Humbugs was PT who?

Herbert.

Barnum.

In maths, what is 57 plus 38?

95.

Correct.

The Mexican painter who was twice married to fellow artist Diego Rivera and was best known for her numerous self portraits was Frida who?

Pass.

Kahlo.

In the English Grand National, horses must jump how many fences to complete the race - 30 or 60?

30.

In human anatomy, what alternative name for the belly button sounds exactly the same as a word meaning nautical?

Pass.

Navel.

In TV, what's the first name of the reality show winner surnamed Phillips whose 2009 autobiography is entitled My Story - Building Beyond Big Brother?

Pass.

Craig.

In the UK, twice a year British designers showcase their collections at London Fashion what?

Week.

In geography, Via Dolorosa is a famous street and place of pilgrimage in which Middle Eastern city?

Saudi Arabia?

Jerusalem.

In the musical The Producers, the show that is intended to be a flop is called Springtime For who?

Don't know.

Hitler.

What L is the name of the place in Birmingham where Rover cars were made for 100 years until 2005?

Longbridge?

Correct.

In politics, from 1995 to 2000, George W Bush was Governor of which US state?

Texas.

In science, which of these metals can be easily magnetised - mercury or iron?

Mercury.

Iron.

In David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, the hypocritical clerk is called Uriah what?

Uriah Rennie.

Heep.

What T is a sauce based on mayonnaise that is traditionally served with fish?

Tartare.

Correct.

Bank!

In football, when several favourites appear in the same group it is morbidly known as a group of what?

Don't know.

Death.

Which word that means to clean out a toilet…

Time's up.

You only won £20.

So…

who's fanatically foolish?

Who's a fundamental failure?

Who needs to go?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

With all her answers wrong, Helen is the Weakest Link.

Statistically, John is the Strongest Link, but how will the votes go?

Voting over.

It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Helen.

Helen.

Josie.

Helen.

Helen.

Helen.

Andy…

Yes, Anne.

Why Helen?

I think she was the Weakest Link in that round.

Cherie, why Helen?

I think she was the Weakest Link.

She was.

She didn't answer any questions correctly.

Helen, you are the Weakest Link.

Goodbye.

Anne was a lot less intimidating than I thought she would be.

She seems to be under the impression that everybody of a certain weight likes doughnuts, so I did put her right and say it wasn't so much doughnuts but sausages that I liked.

Round 5.

Your total is £1,940.

Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with John.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

A species of whale and dolphin both have names that compare which body part to a bottle?

Nose.

In classical music, what W is the surname of the German composer who wrote the piece entitled Ride of the Valkyries?

Pass.

Wagner.

The African waterfalls with a local name meaning "smoke that thunders" also bear the name of which British monarch?

Victoria.

In English law, in the abbreviation JP referring to a type of magistrate, the letter J stands for what?

Justice.

Correct.

Bank.

The founder of the Mormon church in 1830 was Joseph Smith or Jones?

Smith.

In exploration, Charles Conrad Jnr was the third human being to set foot on the surface of which celestial body?

Mars.

The Moon.

In aquarian pets, what G is a small, brightly-coloured fish, native to the West Indies, named after a British naturalist who lived in Trinidad?

Guppy.

Correct.

In TV, the title of which satirical series, first broadcast in 1984, is a phrase meaning exact likeness?

Pass.

Spitting Image.

The gram and the litre are units in which system of weights and measures devised in France?

Pass.

The metric system.

In music, the albums entitled Popped In, Souled Out, End of Part One and Picture This were all by which Scottish group?

U2.

Wet Wet Wet.

In art, the term colour field is used to describe the style of Rembrandt or Rothko?

Rothko.

In computing, on a standard QWERTY keyboard which letter key is furthest to the right?

P.

Correct.

Bank!

Which word for a short sleep derives from the Latin for the sixth hour?

Siesta.

In cinema, the 2009 science fiction action film directed by Michael Bay was Transformers: Revenge of the what?

Titans.

Fallen.

In nature, which word…

Time's up and you won £100.

But if life's a box of chocolates, who has a cocoa allergy?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

The statistics reveal that Josie is the Strongest Link.

The Weakest Link is Adam, but can he survive the vote?

Voting over.

It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Josie.

John.

Adam.

Adam.

Cherie.

John, why Adam?

Just because I think he got two questions wrong, Anne.

Andy, why Adam?

We all had a bit of a shocker that round, but I think Adam was the Weakest Link.

He was the worst player.

Adam, you are the Weakest Link.

Goodbye.

The team have got £2,000.

I think it'll stay the same.

I think they're all thick.

I should still be in there, really.

The questions I've got wrong, it's just ridiculous.

Round 6 and you've won £2,040.

Another 10 seconds off the time.

The Strongest Link was Josie.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In mathematical notation, the symbol of an upright triangle and three dots means therefore or whatever?

Therefore.

Correct.

In a long-running UK radio drama, the couple Dan and Doris, who were introduced in the 1950s, have what surname?

Archer.

In the animal kingdom, what G is an alternative three-letter name for the large African antelope the wildebeest?

Pass.

Gnu.

The housing and homeless charity founded in 1966 has what name that is a word for a refuge?

Pass.

Shelter.

In food, kheer is an Indian variety of ice cream or rice pudding?

Rice pudding.

Correct.

Bank!

The bones called phalanges are found in the fingers, thumbs and which other digits?

Toes?

Correct.

Which actress who starred in the Harry Potter films became the face of a 2009 advertising campaign for Burberry?

Emma Watson.

In nature, in the name of a wild flower native to the British Isles, which red-breasted bird follows the word ragged?

Robin.

Correct.

Bank!

What J is a black, compact form of coal that can be cut and polished and used in jewellery?

Jet.

Correct.

Bank.

The 1955 UK number one single by Rosemary Clooney that begins, "A girl went back to Napoli," is called Mambo what?

Pass.

Italiano.

In golf, the flagpole used to mark the hole position has what three-letter name?

Pin.

In TV documentaries, the adventurer and former Royal Marine who has starred in Serious Jungle, Tribe and Amazon is Bruce who?

Pass.

Parry.

Josie, at an annual church service in London to commemorate Joseph Grimaldi…

Time's up.

And you only won £140.

So…

will it be the naughty step for Josie?