"The Weakest Link (UK game show) The Weakest Link is a British television quiz show, mainly broadcast on BBC Two as well as BBC One. It was devised by Fintan Coyle and Cathy Dunning, and developed for television by the BBC Entertainment Department. The first original episode was broadcast on 14 August 2000. The show is presented by Anne Robinson and narrated by Jon Briggs. It ran in different variations, originally as a daytime series but also at primetime and with celebrity contestants playing for charity with a modified set and format. The format has since been produced around the"
"The Weakest Link (Australian game show) The Weakest Link was an Australian game show based on the successful UK format, which aired from 5 February 2001 until 22 April 2002 and was broadcast on the Seven Network. Presented by Cornelia Frances, the show featured nine contestants competing for a potential prize of $100,000. Airing twice weekly in primetime, on Mondays and Fridays (and later Thursdays), it received modest ratings until its cancellation in 2002. The Monday edition indirectly competed against the more-popular ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" (which airs at a later time on another network) and the Friday"
"of ""The Weakest Link"" in the year 200,100. When contestants lose, the android blasts them with a disintegrator in its mouth, which really teleports them away to a Dalek fleet. Robinson hosted the BBC's outtakes programme ""Outtake TV"" until 2009. She currently hosts a satirical news-based chat show on BBC One called ""What's the Problem? With Anne Robinson"", and the BBC's interactive quiz ""Test the Nation."" In 2009, Robinson returned to presenting BBC One's long-running consumer show ""Watchdog"". She finished presenting ""The Weakest Link"" in 2012 after twelve years as the host of 1,693 shows. On 10 September 2015, it"
"when she told members of the New Zealand National Party """"You're all the weakest link. Goodbye."""" Official site (via Internet Archive) The Weakest Link (New Zealand game show) The Weakest Link was a New Zealand game show based on the original version in the United Kingdom. It was broadcast on TV One and was hosted by Louise Wallace. Season one aired on Tuesday nights in 2001, while season two aired in 2002 on weekends. This version of the show featured nine contestants competing for prize money of up to twenty thousand New Zealand dollars. The New Zealand general knowledge questions"
"The Weakest Link (New Zealand game show) The Weakest Link was a New Zealand game show based on the original version in the United Kingdom. It was broadcast on TV One and was hosted by Louise Wallace. Season one aired on Tuesday nights in 2001, while season two aired in 2002 on weekends. This version of the show featured nine contestants competing for prize money of up to twenty thousand New Zealand dollars. The New Zealand general knowledge questions for the show were written by Derek Bolt. In the first seven rounds there was a money tree ($50, $100, $200,"
"the final round loser was changed from ""you leave with nothing"" to ""you will just go away"". Weakest Link (U.S. game show) Weakest Link is an American game show that made its debut in 2001. It was an adaptation of a British series of the same name. The series made its debut on NBC on April 16, 2001, and aired once a week for sixty minutes as part of the network's prime time schedule. The network cancelled ""Weakest Link"" in 2002 and its final episode aired on July 14, 2002, with ten episodes left unaired. These were eventually shown on"
"Weakest Link (U.S. game show) Weakest Link is an American game show that made its debut in 2001. It was an adaptation of a British series of the same name. The series made its debut on NBC on April 16, 2001, and aired once a week for sixty minutes as part of the network's prime time schedule. The network cancelled ""Weakest Link"" in 2002 and its final episode aired on July 14, 2002, with ten episodes left unaired. These were eventually shown on PAX and GSN years later. While the primetime series was still being produced, NBC began developing a"
"had recently divorced her husband, Willie Fritz, after 22 years of marriage. She had reportedly left notes for her housekeeper, Zoleka Shumani, and her family. Her funeral was held at St. Peter's Roman Catholic church in Strand, Western Cape. Fiona Coyne (presenter) Fiona Coyne (22 June 1965 – 18 August 2010) was a South African actress, author, playwright and television presenter who hosted the South African version of ""The Weakest Link"". Coyne was born in Springs, South Africa in 1965. She was a member of the Capab drama group for seven years after training as an actor. She also worked"
"presentation and writing of the consumer affairs television programme ""Watchdog."" Robinson presented a Saturday morning show on Radio 2 from 1988 to 1993. Robinson is best known in the UK for hosting the game show ""The Weakest Link"", and in the United States its NBC primetime counterpart, ""Weakest Link"". She originally started with an icy, mysterious appearance and persona, remaining indifferent to funny and friendly moments throughout; however, she toned down that approach over the years, with her often smiling and on occasion laughing, especially on the celebrity episodes. Her use of insults, caustic remarks and personal questions fiercely directed"
"Der Schwächste fliegt! Der Schwächste fliegt! is the German version of the game show ""The Weakest Link"", literally meaning ""The Weakest one flies"" (colloquial German for: ""is thrown out""). It was first broadcast on 19 March 2001, on RTL. The show premiered on weekdays at 15:00 and was hosted by Sonja Zietlow (who was already known for a tough-talking style on her self-titled talk show from previous years). Like the British version, the show pitted nine contestants against each other for a pot of DM 50,000 (which had to be donated to charity, the winner picking the exact recipient). But"
"that he was a regular ""trivia-asking"" guest on WSPA-AM 950 for sixteen years. His radio career spanned 22 years of being an on-air personality, and he earned a Guinness World Record in radio broadcasting (trivia marathon). Casey has appeared as a celebrity contestant (world record holders' segment) on the national NBC-TV game show ""The Weakest Link"" with hostess Ann Robinson. He lasted 37 minutes (until voted off by fellow contestants) on the hour-long show that aired nationally for the first time on November 26, 2002 (It is still seen in re-runs on GSN, the Gameshow Network). Casey was guaranteed $10,000"
"the late-night Saturday slot, this time with a newly revamped studio, that now featured an audience, and a higher prize of €50,000. This version lasted for only two months. Der Schwächste fliegt! Der Schwächste fliegt! is the German version of the game show ""The Weakest Link"", literally meaning ""The Weakest one flies"" (colloquial German for: ""is thrown out""). It was first broadcast on 19 March 2001, on RTL. The show premiered on weekdays at 15:00 and was hosted by Sonja Zietlow (who was already known for a tough-talking style on her self-titled talk show from previous years). Like the British"
"became a freelance satire writer and actor, and even played in the Russian children's ""film-magazine"" Yeralash. Even so, Yakubovich was not considered experienced enough for regular work in television until in 1991 he accepted Vladislav Listyev's proposal to host ""Pole Chudes"". Listyev was previously a mentor to Yakubovich, and helped sharpen his acting skills, among others. Leonid Yakubovich Leonid Arkadyevich Yakubovich PAR (, born 31 July 1945) is a Russian actor and television host, best known for hosting the game show ""Pole Chudes"" (the Russian version of the Wheel of Fortune and celebrity episode The Weakest Link (russian version) literally,"
"Ring"", featuring Robert Webb as an overly harsh presenter who makes mistakes whilst reading questions. The 1,693rd episode was titled ""You are ""The Weakest Link"" - Goodbye"" and aired on BBC One on 31 March 2012. Filming for the final original edition took place on 11 December 2011. It was the 1,693rd edition of ""The Weakest Link"" in the United Kingdom. The ending of the show was the only special part to the last edition. A normal daytime edition of the show was made, with some of Anne's favourite contestants from over the years taking part, and with no audience"
"of The Weakest Link raising $9600 for a nominated charity. Phil Gifford Philip Douglas Gifford (born 1947) is a New Zealand sportswriter and broadcaster. He has his own rugby radio show ""Front Row"" on Radio Sport from 8 to 10am on Saturdays. He writes a weekly column in the country's highest circulation weekend paper, ""The Sunday Star-Times"", and is a contributing editor to ""North & South"" magazine. He created the satirical rugby character Loosehead Len in 1973, and has seven books under that name. Gifford has written rugby best-sellers including his book on Alex Wyllie, ""Grizz, The Legend"" (1991, ),"
"Dawid van Lill Dawid Johannes van Lill (born 15 February 1957) is a writer, journalist, translator and editor, specialising in the creation of quiz programmes for radio, television, magazines and the Internet. He conceptualised, compiled and presented more than 2 000 episodes of radio quizzes, and compiled questions for a number of TV quizzes. He contributed the sports section for the South African Encyclopaedia (for MWeb Learning), compiled questions for the previous South African version of Trivial Pursuit, and verified the questions and answers for five series of The Weakest Link. In 1984 and 1986 he was the winner of"
"Jon Briggs Jon Briggs (born 24 January 1965) is an English television and radio presenter. He is best known for his voiceover work, particularly as the British voice used by Apple's Siri software. He was educated in Oxford at Dragon School and Magdalen College School, Oxford Briggs's voiceover credits include appearing as the voiceover statistician in over 1,800 episodes of the BBC TV quiz show ""The Weakest Link"" (2000–2012) and as continuity announcer for BBC Radio 2 (1996–2009) and Channel 4 (1988–1990). Briggs was the first presenter on air when QVC launched in the UK in 1993. Briggs also provided"
"popular, running from 1979–1990 and from 1997-1999 on BBC1 along with a brief revival on ITV from 2001–2002. The hosts were Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983, followed by Les Dawson from 1984 until 1990 and Lily Savage (played by Paul O'Grady) from 1997 until 1999 and again from 2001 until 2002. After being off the air for more than fourteen years, in 2016, a revival of the series was made as a one-time Christmas special on ITV, hosted by David Walliams along with: Joe Lycett, Anne Robinson (of The Weakest Link fame), Paul and Barry Chuckle (a.k.a. The Chuckle"
"Laura Foy Laura Foy (born March 16, 1976 in Oakdale, New York) is an American television producer and former co-host alongside Tina Wood, Geoff Keighley, and Scot Rubin of the interactive video game television program ""G4tv.com"" on G4. Foy began her television career in New York City, where she co-hosted an online show entitled ""Lilith and Eve"" on AllGamesNetwork. She directed a daily, live, one-hour talk show about video games called ""GameTime"" and also co-hosted a show called ""Judgecal's High Weirdness"". Laura was also once a contestant on the U.S. version of the game show ""The Weakest Link"". The episode"
"rather than pound sterling. The show also featured several special editions throughout its run. Other than the celebrity contestants already mentioned above, Brydon Coverdale also appeared on the show once; he has since won $307,000 on ""Million Dollar Minute"" and is one of the Chasers on ""The Chase Australia"", where he is nicknamed ""The Shark"". Logie Awards: The Weakest Link (Australian game show) The Weakest Link was an Australian game show based on the successful UK format, which aired from 5 February 2001 until 22 April 2002 and was broadcast on the Seven Network. Presented by Cornelia Frances, the show"
"in Queenstown, New Zealand. Collins has been the radio station voice of: Magic 105.4 London, XFM London, Galaxy FM network, Capital 95.8 London. Collins has appeared as a contestant on BBC's TV show ""The Weakest Link"" She was a live continuity announcer for the Living Channel and Sky 1 2006-2009. Philippa Collins Philippa Collins is a radio presenter. Collins's first full-time presenting job was in 2002, where she hosted evenings at 96.4 The Eagle. Less than a year later, she moved to 97.6 Chiltern FM in Dunstable to present mid mornings. She eventually switched to Chiltern's sister station to host"
"at contestants became famous. Her blunt utterance ""You ""are"" the weakest link – goodbye!"" became a catchphrase soon after the show started in 2000. Asked by the Duke of Edinburgh to present some Duke of Edinburgh's Awards, she agreed subject to his taking part in the ""Weakest Link"". The Duke declined. In 2005, she made an appearance on ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"", admitting she had been an unfit mother. Also in 2005, she appeared on an episode of the revived ""Doctor Who"", entitled ""Bad Wolf"", voicing a futuristic android version of herself named the ""Anne Droid"" on a lethal version"
"The Weaker(?) Sex The Weaker(?) Sex was a Canadian talk show television series which aired on CBC Television from 1968 to 1969. British presenter Pamela Mason hosted the initial 13-week run of this series in which she interviewed male guests with one exception (Judy LaMarsh). She was sometimes accompanied by Jim Fleming, a broadcaster who later became a federal cabinet minister. These episodes were coproductions between the CBC in Toronto and Krantz Films in New York. The series was broadcast on CBC in Canada and syndicated to American stations. For the following three months, episodes were entirely produced by the"
"London Marathons; so far he has raised nearly £100,000 for Parkinson's UK. He currently cohosts a running themed podcast with fellow comedian and runner Paul Tonkinson called Running Commentary. https://www.acast.com/runningcommentary Rob Deering Rob Deering (born 1972), is an English comedian, musician and writer. Deering was the host and writer of three series of ""Out to Lunch"" on BBC Radio 2. He also hosted ""99 Things to Do Before You Die"" on Channel 5. In 2007, Deering appeared on a special edition of ""The Weakest Link"", winning the show and answering all his questions correctly. Deering also appeared on the Channel"
"Movies"" on TBS. Gray's first in-studio show was ""Extreme Gong"", an updated version of ""The Gong Show"", on GSN in the late 1990s. He also hosted the first season of the American version of ""Junkyard Wars"", which was nominated for a prime-time Emmy. Gray was chosen in 2001 by NBC Enterprises to host the daily syndicated American version of the game show ""The Weakest Link"", which aired from 2002-03. TV critic Steve Rogers likened Gray's hosting style to the demeanor of a ""class clown"", in contrast to the ""severe schoolmarm"" attitude of original ""The Weakest Link"" host Anne Robinson. After"
"had the highest ratings for a Finals match since 1998. After the season, Collins was hired away from NBC by the Washington Wizards, which forced the network to move the longtime secondary color duo of Steve Jones and Bill Walton to the lead broadcast team with Albert. During the 2001 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers, NBC decided to cross-promote its NBA coverage with its then-popular quiz show ""The Weakest Link"". Two 10-minute editions of ""The Weakest Link"" aired during halftime of Games 2 and 3, featuring Bob Costas, Bill Walton and Steve Jones as"
"Sonja Zietlow Sonja Zietlow (born 13 May 1968 in Bonn) is a German television presenter. She began her career as a host of ""Hugo & Hexana"" and is most famous for her own tabloid talk show ""Sonja"", which aired from 1997 to 2001 on Sat.1. More recently, she has hosted several RTL shows, most notably ""Der Schwächste fliegt!"", a German adaptation of the hit BBC quiz show ""The Weakest Link"". Since 2004, she has hosted ""Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!"", the German adaption of ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"". In 2004, she was awarded"
"Leonid Yakubovich Leonid Arkadyevich Yakubovich PAR (, born 31 July 1945) is a Russian actor and television host, best known for hosting the game show ""Pole Chudes"" (the Russian version of the Wheel of Fortune and celebrity episode The Weakest Link (russian version) literally, Field of Wonders). Yakubovich is one of the most well-known television and internet personalities in Russia. In his youth, Yakubovich sought a practical profession, and studied metal craftsmanship. After finishing his education, he went to work at ZIL as a heat-gas technician. In college, Yakubovich started performing in the Russian KVN show. In the 1980s he"
"on the ""Weakest Link""s set at NBC Studios in Burbank). Different versions of the show also aired in other countries. Each episode opens with six contestants walking up to their podiums, each of which is equipped with a monitor. The contestants open their monitor doors and find out if they have been designated the ""Dirty Rotten Cheater"". After each contestant is introduced, he or she faces the camera and other contestants and claims to not be the Cheater. Each round consists of one or more survey questions, similar to those used on ""Family Feud"" (for example, ""Which parts of their"
"""The Weakest Link"", making it to the final round. He also played the role of Tim in 2008 film ""Faintheart"" and appeared in a Confused.com advertisement later that year. At the time of making the advert, he had around 27,000 subscribers. Lester was interviewed with other internet entertainers on Channel 4 News in October 2012 about the increased popularity of YouTube and video blogging as a profession. In 2013 Lester and Howell appeared on Friday Download, a BAFTA award-winning CBBC TV show. From 2014-2016 Howell and Lester hosted the worldwide YouTube livestream of the Brit Awards as well as making"
"She took time away from the programme from 11 December 2017 following the death of her brother, Keith Chegwin. Adam Walton stood in for Long during her absence. She returned to the show on 18 December 2017. Long has appeared on the ""X Factor"", ""Countdown"" and The Biography Channel, and provides the voiceover for the documentary ""Desperate Midwives"" on BBC Three television channel. She was one of the personalities at the Live Aid concert in 1985, in which she mainly interviewed the performers back stage. Long won ""The Weakest Link"" DJ celebrity special, shown on BBC One on 5 September"
"""The Weakest Link"" (hosted by Edu Manzano). In October 2003, ABC was acquired by a group led by businessman Antonio ""Tonyboy"" O. Cojuangco, Jr. former Chairman of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and owner of Dream Satellite Broadcasting and Bank of Commerce, among other assets. Cojuangco was the chairman and CEO of ABC at the time. The new management introduced many changes including a stronger news and public affairs division, modernization of its broadcast equipment, and the acquisition of broadcast rights of Philippine Basketball Association games. Additionally, the network also launched a new advertising campaign and slogan, ""Iba"
"Weak at the Top Weak at the Top is a situation comedy originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005 and 2006. It revolves around a businessman anti-hero, John Weak (Alexander Armstrong), whose main attributes are summed up in the words ""randy, sexist, and drunk"". Weak is the Marketing Director of Smokehouse PLC, a global corporation which turns ""food you wouldn't give to your dog"" into snacks and other packaged and processed items. Smokehouse's actual products are irrelevant to John Weak, whose objects in life are to have the best car, bed the hottest women, and be top dog. John"