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. The first original episode was broadcast on 14 August 2000.
An April Fools' Day show which aired in 2003 featured Robinson being strangely and uncharacteristically nice to the contestants and abandoning her traditional black wardrobe in favour of a metallic pink overcoat.
The Doctor Who edition, broadcast in 2005, showed a futuristic version of the show in the year 200,100, with only six contestants, and presented by an 'Anne Droid' (voiced by Anne Robinson).
I think we'll do that again." She then began the show herself and proceeded as normal. In the seventh series of the British television show My Family, broadcast in 2007, the main characters Ben, Susan, Janey, Michael, Abi, Roger, and Alfie, along with Susan's mother and her husband, went on the show for a special family edition, after Michael forged all of their signatures to get on it.
The format has since been produced around the world, most notably in the United States, where Robinson was the original presenter. On 22 April 2011, Anne Robinson announced that she would end her role as the quiz show's presenter by the time her contract would expire as she had served longer than she had originally intended.
Filming for the final original edition took place on 11 December 2011.
The original run ended on 31 March 2012 with a 1,693rd episode. In November 2017, Weakest Link returned for a celebrity Children in Need edition, marking the 1,694th (and also last-ever) episode of the programme.
It also marked the first time that Anne Robinson did not say the phrase "...you leave with nothing." to the losing contestant. ==The final episode== The 1,693rd episode was titled "You are The Weakest Link - Goodbye" and aired on BBC One on 31 March 2012.
The original run ended on 31 March 2012 with a 1,693rd episode. In November 2017, Weakest Link returned for a celebrity Children in Need edition, marking the 1,694th (and also last-ever) episode of the programme.
The 40-minute edition aired on 17 November 2017 on BBC Two at 10pm GMT. ==Format== The original format features nine contestants, who take turns answering general knowledge questions.
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