The Weakest Link (British game show)

The Weakest Link
GenreQuiz show
Created byFintan Coyle
Cathy Dunning
Presented byOriginal series:
Anne Robinson
Revival:
Romesh Ranganathan
Narrated byOriginal series:
Jon Briggs
Revival:
Julie Hesmondhalgh
Theme music composerPaul Farrer
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series16 (13 original, 3 revival)
No. of episodes1,734 (1,694 original, 40 revival)
Production
Running time45 minutes (daytime; primetime, 2021–)
60 minutes (primetime, 2003–2009)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
BBC One
Release14 August 2000 (2000-08-14) –
31 March 2012 (2012-03-31)
NetworkBBC Two
Release17 November 2017 (2017-11-17)
NetworkBBC One
Release18 December 2021 (2021-12-18) –
present
Related
Weakest Link (American game show)
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The Weakest Link is a British television quiz show, mainly broadcast on BBC Two and BBC One. It was devised by Fintan Coyle and Cathy Dunning and developed for television by the BBC Entertainment Department. The game begins with a team of nine contestants (eight in the revival), who take turns answering general knowledge questions within a time limit to create chains of nine correct answers in a row. At the end of each round, the players then vote one contestant, "the weakest link", out of the game. After two players are left, they play in a head-to-head penalty shootout format, with five questions asked to each contestant in turn, to determine the winner.