The Weakest Link


8:50 pm - 9:35 pm, Saturday, August 29 on BBC One London (1)

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About this Broadcast

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Season 3, Episode 11

Romesh Ranganathan is joined by contestants Donna Preston, Nikita Kuzmin, Jon Culshaw, Jamelia, Simon Calder, Dianne Buswell, Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu and Zoe Lyons. They must initially work together to bank as much money as possible for charity, before voting off the weakest link, round by round


HD subtitles repeat 16x9
Quiz Show Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Donna Preston (Contestant)
Nikita Kuzmin (Contestant)
Jon Culshaw (Contestant)
Jamelia (Contestant)
Simon Calder (Contestant)
Dianne Buswell (Contestant)
(Contestant)
Zoe Lyons (Contestant)
Olivia Clark (Producer)

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Did You Know..

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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.
Donna Preston (Contestant)
Nikita Kuzmin (Contestant)
Jon Culshaw (Contestant)
Born: June 02, 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire
Best Known For: Dead Ringers and The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson.
Early-life: Jonathan Peter Culshaw was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, on June 2, 1968. He was educated at St Bede's RC High School, Ormskirk, and St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College, Orrell. His radio career began in hospital radio in his home town. His first job was at Red Rose Radio (now Rock FM) in Preston in 1987, where even then he used to occasionally read the weather in the voice of Frank Bruno. He did voice-over work but was catapulted to prominence with Spitting Image, where he voiced around 40 characters.
Career: After hospital radio, Culshaw served his media apprenticeship as a DJ at several commercial stations, but rose to fame in January 1998 during his time at Capital Radio when his phone call got put through to then-prime minister Tony Blair while impersonating Tory leader of the time William Hague. The two had a lengthy conversation before the penny dropped. Between 2001 and 2002 he had a programme on ITV called Alter Ego where he interviewed male celebrities in their own style of speaking. On ITV he also appeared on 2DTV, then The Impressionable Jon Culshaw, before finding his real niche with the BBC series Dead Ringers. He took part in Celebrity Fame Academy in 2005, where he met Debra Stephenson, with whom he starred in The Impressions Show.
Quote: 'By 16 I realised my occupation would be something to do with performance. It was clear I'd be rubbish at a proper job.'
Trivia: In 2013, Culshaw appeared in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, a comedy homage to Doctor Who.
Jamelia (Contestant)
Best Known For: Her singing career.
Early-life: Born Jamelia Niela Davis on January 11, 1982, in Hockley, Birmingham, but grew up in nearby Smethwick. She was raised by her single mother. Jamelia became hooked on music from a young age, listening mostly to R&B and urban sounds. She also began recording her own songs on a karaoke machine - it was those that impressed a record company executive after her cousin submitted one of her tapes to him. At the age of 15, she landed her first recording contract.
Career: Jamelia's first single, So High, was released in 1999, but it flopped. The follow-up, I Do, fared better. She went on to enjoy a string of hit singles and albums, but has preferred to concentrate on other aspects of her career in recent years. Jamelia has modelled for various companies, launched a fragrance, co-hosted the MOBO Awards and presented various TV shows. She has also been a judge on Let's Dance for Comic Relief and took part in The Preston Passion. Jamelia's acting career also includes roles in the film Jericho's Walls Are Falling and ITV docudrama Crime Stories. She is currently a judge on The Voice of Ireland and a panellist on Loose Women. In August 2015, it was announced that she would be a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote: On juggling her career with motherhood: I don't find it difficult. 'I was a young mum and I had my first daughter when I was 20, so it's been something that has just been a part of my adult life.'
Trivia: She participated in Peta's 'Would Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur' campaign.
Simon Calder (Contestant)
Dianne Buswell (Contestant)
(Contestant)
Zoe Lyons (Contestant)
Olivia Clark (Producer)
Barbara Wiltshire (Director)

Before / After

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Ghosts
9:35 pm