The whole thing is, is a fairly pleasant experience as a contestant, but I was just wishing I hadn't told all of my friends that I was going to be on it. I think it's Anne that really makes the show, and that's why people want to go on it, and Anne's there, and you're worried about what she's going to say and that makes everybody nervous. The Weakest Link has provided the nation with a national catch phrase. It makes Anne Robinson rather proud. It's now gone into the language here, because the prime minister referred to the leader of the opposition by saying you're the weakest link.
Someone calls the transport minister the weakest link.
You'll hear children talking about the weakest link, and I'm told that I'm the most favorite character to impersonate at fancy dress parties. Before a single edition of the show has aired in the United States, it's too early to say if The Weakest Link is going to be a major ratings hit. It was used to great effect as a punch line on last week's Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live of course airs on NBC which'll be airing the first episode of The Weakest Link on Monday. For On the Media, this is Gareth Mitchell in London.