The Weakest Link


7:35 pm - 8:20 pm, Saturday, July 18 on BBC One London (1)

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Season 3, Episode 6

Joe Pasquale, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Charlotte Crosby, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Sandro Farmhouse, Helen McGinn, Russell Watson and Beth Tweddle compete to be the strongest link, in the quiz hosted by Romesh Ranganathan


HD subtitles repeat 16x9
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Romesh Ranganathan (Host)
Born: January 30, 1978 in Crawley
Best Known For: Being a comedian.
Early-life: Born Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan in Crawley on January 30, 1978. He is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. He started performing stand-up while he was working as a mathematics teacher at schools in Crawley and Banstead. He became a professional comedian in 2012.
Career: Ranganathan's breakthrough came in 2013 when he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Since then, he has appeared on a number of comedy panel shows, including Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Have I Got News for You. He has also performed stand-up on Live at the Apollo and presented the BBC Three series Asian Provocateur and co-presented the ITV series It's Not Rocket Science.
Quote: 'I think I'm a mango. Just very sweet and lovely.'
Trivia: Ranganathan is a vegan and supports Arsenal FC.
Joe Pasquale (Contestant)
Born: August 20, 1961 in Grays, Essex
Best Known For: Winning I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Early-life: Joseph Ellis Pasquale was born in Grays, Essex, on August 20, 1961. His dad, also called Joe, worked in a margarine factory, and his mum was a housewife. As a youngster he always enjoyed performing and being the centre of attention. After leaving school, he took a job in the civil service, before becoming a porter at Smithfield meat market. Joe also did stints in a car plant and on building sites, but it was working as an entertainer in holiday camps at Torquay and Great Yarmouth that helped him develop his comedy style.
Career: Pasquale started entering TV talent shows, and was a runner-up on New Faces in 1987. By his own admission, offers of work didn't flood in, but his live act developed a following, and videos of his stand-up performances sold well. He began making appearances on TV in specials such as He's Pasquale, I'm Walsh, The Joe Pasquale Show and The Crazy World of Joe Pasquale. In 2004, his career received a boost when he won the fourth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Since then he's recorded an Audience with Joe Pasquale for ITV and hosted The Price is Right. The comedian has also written a musical version of the children's series Rentaghost, and appeared in numerous stage productions, including The Producers. In early 2014, he participated with fellow former contestants in the final series of Dancing on Ice.
Quote: 'My dad told me I had to find something I liked doing and then get someone to pay me for doing it. I think I did that.'
Trivia: Pasquale supports a number of charities, including Diabetes UK.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy (Contestant)
Charlotte Crosby (Contestant)
Born: May 16, 1990 in Sunderland
Best Known For: Geordie Shore.
Early-life: Charlotte-Letitia Crosby was born in Sunderland on May 16, 1990. She was working as a barmaid in 2011 when she applied to take part in reality series Geordie Shore.
Career: Once inside the Geordie Shore house, Crosby embarked on an on-off relationship with fellow housemate Gaz, but she was booted off the series in April 2013 after a fight with Gaz when she caught him sneaking a party guest upstairs. In August 2013, Crosby entered another kind of house as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother.
Quote: 'Girls call me a slut, ex-boyfriends call me a psycho and my mum calls me an idiot.'
Trivia: Crosby claims to have woken up in some strange places, including a police cell, a bar toilet and the roof of her house. In 2012, she was banned from the roads for 18 months after being caught drink driving.
Beth Tweddle (Contestant)
Born: April 01, 1985 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Best Known For: Winning both an Olympic gymnast medal and Dancing on Ice.
Early-life: Born Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 1, 1985, she moved with her family to Bunbury, Cheshire, when she was 18 months old. Her dad worked for ICI while her mum was a sales rep for Oxford University Press. Beth began competing in gymnastics at the age of seven at Crewe and Nantwich Gymnastics Club. In 1997, she trained with former Olympic gymnast Amanda Reddin at the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club.
Career: During an illustrious gymnastic career, Tweddle won a number of gold medals at World and European championships for routines on the uneven bars and floor. She was the first gymnast from the United Kingdom to win a medal at the European Championships or World Championships, and the first British female gymnast to win a medal at the Olympic Games (she won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics). She retired from the sport in August 2013. Away from athletics, Tweddle won the eighth series of Dancing on Ice with professional ice skater Daniel Whiston. In January 2014, she joined fellow former contestants in the final series of Dancing on Ice and finished third. In early 2016, she was a contestant on Channel 4's sporting reality show The Jump.
Quote: 'I want to be able to do my own hard graft and know whatever I buy is because I've bought it and not because someone handed me the money.'
Trivia: In 2007, Tweddle graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a degree in Sports Science. She is also involved in Total Gymnastics, which sees her going into schools and leisure centres to encourage children to try gymnastics.
Tracy-Ann Oberman (Contestant)
Sandro Farmhouse (Contestant)
Helen McGinn (Contestant)
Russell Watson (Contestant)
Born: November 24, 1966 in Salford
Best Known For: Making operatic tunes popular with the masses.
Early-life: Born on November 24, 1966, in Salford, Lancashire. He left school with no qualifications, and worked as a bolt-cutter in a factory in Salford. He began to earn extra cash singing Elvis Presley covers in local clubs to help support his young family. The turning point in his career came at Wigan Road Working Men's Club, when the secretary suggested he try singing Nessun Dorma from Puccini's Turandot.
Career: After catching the eye singing before games for his beloved Manchester United, Watson's debut album was released in May 2001. It made history as the first time a British artist had held both the US and UK classical number one. The album contained perhaps Watson's most unusual collaboration to date, with former Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder who lent his vocals to the Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song Barcelona. Watson played Parson Nathaniel in the stage adaptation of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds in early 2006 and took part in reality show Just the Two of Us. He returned to his musical career in 2008 following serious health issues.
Quote: 'I did have an idea that I would eventually be famous. Everyone in my family remembers when we drove past a mansion house and I said: 'One day, Grandma, I am going to buy that house'.'
Trivia: In 2008, he released his autobiography, Finding My Voice.
Olivia Clark (Producer)
Janine O'Connor (Director)

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