Since it began in 2000, The Weakest Link has become an astonishing global success, with versions of the game from Australia to Azerbaijan.

It's one of the most successful quizzes ever made.

As well as the hundreds of daytime shows recorded in the UK, regular BBC1 celebrity specials have featured tennis players, pop stars, page three girls, news readers, and the odd drag queen - celebrities guaranteed to be humiliated in front of a TV audience.

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