The Weakest Link: New Year Party Special
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm, Wednesday, December 31 on BBC One London (1)
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New Year Party Special
Season 1, Episode 1
Romesh Ranganathan is joined by Charlotte Crosby, Patsy Palmer, Keith Brymer Jones, Ian 'H' Watkins, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Merlin Griffiths, Bash the Entertainer and Luke Hamnett for another festive edition. As always, the celebrities will initially have to work together to try to win up to £50,000 for their individual chosen charity, with one player voted off by their fellow contestants at the end of each round
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Cast & Crew
Romesh Ranganathan
(Host)
Charlotte Crosby
(Contestant)
Patsy Palmer
(Contestant)
Keith Brymer Jones
(Contestant)
Ian 'H' Watkins
(Contestant)
Fatiha El-Ghorri
(Contestant)
Merlin Griffiths
(Contestant)
Bash
(Contestant)
Luke Hamnett
(Contestant)
Janine O'Connor
(Director)
Olivia Clark
(Producer)
Aiden Spackman
(Writer)
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Did You Know..
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.
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.
Patsy Palmer
(Contestant)
Born:
May 26, 1972
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing the ever-screeching Bianca in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born Julie Anne Harris on May 26, 1972, in Bethnal Green. As a child, she enrolled at the famous Anna Scher Workshop and made early TV appearances in The Bill and Grange Hill. She was forced to change her name to avoid a clash with a Hollywood actress with the same moniker. Palmer is her mother's maiden name. Her brother Harry is married to Lindsay Coulson, who plays her on-screen mother in EastEnders.
Career:
After numerous small roles in dramas such as Clarissa and Drop the Dead Donkey, Palmer landed her big break in EastEnders, playing the mouthy Bianca Jackson. She became one of the soap's most popular characters and fans were sorry to see her leave after six years. Palmer then landed roles in TV dramas Love Story, Do or Die and McCready and Daughter, which was her biggest post-Walford success. She also appeared in the period drama He Knew He Was Right, had various stage roles and took part in Strictly Come Dancing. She returned to EastEnders in 2008.
Quote:
"You could make a soap about my life. If they did, I'd have to have Ken Loach or Mike Leigh directing it, and there wouldn't be anything glamorous about it, I can tell you that."
Trivia:
In 2011, she was a guest on Piers Morgan's Life Stories.
Keith Brymer Jones
(Contestant)
Ian 'H' Watkins
(Contestant)
Born:
May 08, 1976
in
Llwynypia, Wales
Best Known For:
Being a member of pop group Steps.
Early-life:
Ian was born in Llwynypia, Wales, on May 8, 1976. From a young age, Ian was a member of the Spotlight and Parc and Dare Amateur theatre groups in Cwmparc. In 1997, after answering an ad in The Stage newspaper, he successfully auditioned for a spot in pop group Steps.
Career:
Steps went on to release four studio albums and two compilations and sold more than 20 million records worldwide. After the group disbanded in 2001, Watkins released an album with Claire Richards (of Steps) before focusing on theatre work. In 2006, he made his West End debut playing the lead role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. He then trained at the Royal Academy of Music. After graduating, he toured the UK with Joseph. Since then, he has starred in Fame the Musical and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. In 2007, he finished fourth on Celebrity Big Brother. Steps reunited in 2011 for a four-part Sky Living documentary. The series followed the group as they embarked on a sell-out 22-date UK tour. In August 2014, he was a participant on BBC One celebrity gymnastics contest Tumble.
Quote:
'People think they can leave a pop band and jump into a musical and you just can't do that. There's a huge discipline that's involved with your craft and your body and your voice.'
Trivia:
In 2003, Watkins was voted number six on a Channel 4 poll of 100 Worst Worst Britons We Love to Hate.
Fatiha El-Ghorri
(Contestant)
Merlin Griffiths
(Contestant)
Bash
(Contestant)
Luke Hamnett
(Contestant)
Janine O'Connor
(Director)
Olivia Clark
(Producer)
Aiden Spackman
(Writer)
