A 72-year-old woman has shown wisdom most definitely comes with age, scooping the jackpot prize in TV show the Weakest Link.

Self-confessed quiz addict Joan Bell, of Low Moor, Bradford, won £2,620 when she beat the other contestants to become the strongest link.

When Mrs Bell appeared on the show, battleaxe host Anne Robinson poked fun at her for being the oldest junior at Mazars, a Chartered Accoun-tants firm in Huddersfield, where she has worked for 25 years.

But the red-headed quiz show host did not fluster Mrs Bell.

She said: "She didn't really pick on me - to be honest I am a little worried I may have come across a little smug."

"I couldn't believe it when I won.

"The older you are, the more things you know. I mean, young people don't know what Cary Grant's real name is, or who Marion Morrison was, do they?

"This is just information you pick up in life."

Husband Geoff, 71, said: "She's too modest; she always knows the answers and she has very good general knowledge."

Mrs Bell applied to go on the show two years ago and was asked to go to London in July.

She said: "It was a very long day. They shoot three programmes in a day, and we were the last to go on, so I was worried Anne may be in a bad mood."

The grandmother is no stranger to TV game shows, having already won a round-the-world trip on BBC's Winning Lines Lottery show, two years ago. Mrs Bell said she had a wonderful experience travelling to Las Vegas, New Zealand, Australia and Bali, with her sister Pamela Hayes, who lives in Huddersfield.

She has also appeared on Countdown 25 years ago.

"I've always done crosswords. I used to do the Times crossword everyday and I used to play scrabble with my mother.

"Now, I go on the internet and play word games.

"I just like to be doing something."

Mrs Bell has plans to take on BBC2's Eggheads and is still trying to get a place on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

She said: "I'm just a quiz addict. It helps to keep the old grey matter ticking over."