The Weakest Link


8:05 pm - 8:50 pm, Saturday, April 25 on BBC One London (1)

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Season 4, Episode 8

Romesh Ranganathan is joined by contestants Aisling Bea, La Voix, Ben Bailey Smith, Anna Richardson, Samantha Kinghorn, Will Best, Jason Byrne and Jacqui Joseph. They must initially work together to answer general knowledge questions and bank as much money as possible for their chosen charities, before voting off round by round


HD subtitles repeat 16x9
Quiz Show Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Jacqui Joseph (Contestant)
Jason Byrne (Contestant)
Will Best (Contestant)
Samantha Kinghorn (Contestant)
Anna Richardson (Contestant)
Ben Bailey Smith (Contestant)
La Voix (Contestant)
Aisling Bea (Contestant)
Olivia Clark (Producer)

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Did You Know..

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Romesh Ranganathan (Presenter)
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.
Jacqui Joseph (Contestant)
Jason Byrne (Contestant)
Born: February 25, 1972 in Ballinteer, Dublin
Best Known For: Being a comedian.
Early-life: Jason was born in Ballinteer, Dublin, on February 25, 1972. As a child, he wanted to be a singer in a band. Before making it as a stand-up comedian, he worked as an electrician. In 1996, he was a finalist in the So You Think You're Funny stand-up competition. Two years later, he was nominated for the prestigious Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1998.
Career: Byrne's high-energy stand-up gigs often involve audience participation. A regular performer in Edinburgh, he was nominated for the main Perrier Award in 2001. His TV credits include Live at the Apollo, Dave's One Night Stand, John Bishop's Only Joking, Jason Byrne's Snaptastic Show and Jason Byrne Hates. His radio work includes Father Figure. In 2015, he toured with the show 20 Years a Clown.
Quote: 'I can't cook. When I present a dish to my wife it looks like it's tried to kill itself.'
Trivia: Byrne played a hotel receptionist in the film Killing Bono (2011). He used to be a competitive runner.
Will Best (Contestant)
Samantha Kinghorn (Contestant)
Anna Richardson (Contestant)
Born: September 27, 1970 in Wellington, Shropshire
Best Known For: Presenting Secret Eaters.
Early-life: Anna Clare Richardson was born on September 27, 1970 in Wellington, Shropshire. She was educated at The School of St Mary and St Anne, which is a boarding school in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire.
Career: Richardson made her TV presenting debut on The Big Breakfast on Channel 4. After that, she made regular appearances on programmes like Love Bites, Love Bites Back, Dream Ticket, Des Res and Big Screen. As well as presenting TV shows, she also wrote and produced programmes like No Waste Like Home, Turn Back Your Body Clock and You Are What You Eat. Richardson then went on to present a variety of Channel 4 programmes, including Supersize vs Superskinny, The Sex Education Show and Secret Eaters. Since 2016, she has presented Supershoppers with Andi Osho. She has also presented Naked Attraction.
Quote: 'The really great thing is I think that now that things like transgender and gender fluidity is such big news, people are becoming really accepting of different types of relationships.'
Trivia: She is qualified in hypnotherapy.
Ben Bailey Smith (Contestant)
Born: September 21, 1977 in Kilburn, London
Best Known For: Playing Dom Johnson in David Brent: Life on the Road.
Early-life: Born on September 21, 1977 in Kilburn, London to a Jamaican immigrant, Yvonne Bailey, and an Englishman, Harvey Smith. Ben's older sister is novelist Zadie Smith. He was raised in Willesden, London. After leaving school, he decided to pursue a career as a rapper and adopted the stage name Doc Brown, after the Back to the Future character, as it was his nickname in school. He attended the University of East Anglia, initially to do a drama degree but he switched to an American history degree.
Career: Bailey Smith started out as a battle rapper in 2000 and grew popular enough on the underground scene to start his own monthly hip hop event, which in turn began to attract attention from UK and international artists. He then went on to tour with Mark Ronson before releasing his own studio recordings. Having written spoof music for BBC Radio 1 host and comedy writer Danny Robins, Bailey Smith got a start in comedy at the BBC and was able to write comedy shows for BBC Radio 4. He appeared in the talent competition for comedians, So You Think You're Funny?, in 2008. Since then, he has had more stand-up bookings in the UK and beyond, including supporting Ricky Gervais. Bailey Smith has also delved into the world of acting, appearing on episodes of Miranda, The Inbetweeners and Midsomer Murders. He played Nathan in teen comedy drama 4 O'Clock Club, which he also co-wrote, Joe Hawkins in Law & Order: UK and Johnny in Brief Encounters. His film credits include Attack the Block (2011), David Brent: Life on the Road and TV film Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016).
Quote: 'I don't see myself making huge leaps of skill sets; I'm a writer and performer and that's what I've always been.'
Trivia: He published a children's picture book called I Am Bear.
La Voix (Contestant)
Aisling Bea (Contestant)
Born: March 16, 1984 in Co Kildare
Best Known For: Being an actress, writer and comedian.
Early-life: Born Aisling O'Sullivan in Co Kildare on March 16, 1984 to Brian and Helen. Her sister, Sinead, is a costume designer. Aisling attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and studied French and Philosophy at Trinity College in Dublin. In 2012, she won the Gilded Balloon So You Think You're Funny award at the Edinburgh Festival.
Career: Alongside her stand-up work, Bea has carved out a successful career as an actress. She made her acting debut in the comedy series The Savage Eye. She has had recurring roles in Cardinal Burns, Dead Boss, Trivia, The Town, The Delivery Man and Trollied. More recently, she starred in The Fall.
Quote: 'I love working. It combines my two favourite things: loving working and loving complaining about working.'
Trivia: In 2013, Bea was nominated for Best Newcomer in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her show C'est la Bea.
Olivia Clark (Producer)
Janine O'Connor (Director)

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