Episode 15 Perfection

Welcome to the quiz that demands perfection.

The four contestants will be hoping their knowledge is flawless

because one single mistake could give the game away.

This is Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Welcome to the quiz show where only perfect play is good enough.

We call our contestants the Usual Suspects.

They're in our isolation room and one will be randomly selected

to join me here to play Perfection.

They'll face a series of true or false statements.

If I said, "A British 50p coin has seven sides",

would you say that's true or false?

Well, if you'd said true, I can tell you, you'd be right.

Answering true or false might seem easy

but if the contestant gets an answer wrong,

the Usual Suspects will be allowed into the game

to capitalise on their mistake.

So, you know how the game works. Let's meet the Usual Suspects.

I'm Anthony, I'm a civil servant from Southport

and this is my first game.

Hello, I'm Barbara. I'm a retired teacher from Purton near Swindon

and this is my second game.

Hiya, I'm Mel, I'm a stuff nurse from Nottingham

and this is my third game.

Hello, I'm Pete. I'm a seaside retailer from Weston-super-Mare

and this is my fifth game.

Welcome to you all and best of luck as we now find out

which of you will be randomly picked to play.

-Pete, it's you.

-Oh, Pete!

APPLAUSE Come down and play Perfection.

-Pete, welcome to the game.

-Thank you, Nick.

-Excited to be down here?

-I am.

-You've been up there a while.

-Four games.

Weston-super-Mare, very nice part of the country.

I'm right on the seafront with my shop.

-Oh, are you?

-Yeah.

-Very nice.

Pete, it's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

They were your team-mates, now they're your enemies.

-Look at them.

-Yeah, I know. What a bunch.

Yeah. Their job is to stop you winning the prize fund

because your failure will mean the prize money rolls over to the next game.

Every game on Perfection is worth £1,000.

No-one has won the last three games, so the prize fund stands at...

£4,000! APPLAUSE

What would you spend that on if you won it?

My daughter's working in China, so I'd take her sister out to surprise her.

-Ah, that's nice. What's she doing in China?

-She's teaching.

-Is she?

All right, here's how the game works.

You play three rounds and a final.

Every perfect round will make the final easier for you.

If your performance is less than perfect,

the Usual Suspects will have the chance to steal the round, making the final harder.

More of that to follow later.

Usual Suspects, we're going to switch you off so you can't see or hear.

Cheerio.

Pete, you can now talk through your answers without giving anything away.

Each round consists of four true or false statements.

You'll only have 45 seconds to answer

and once you've given your answer, your first answer, it will be locked in.

-Ready?

-I'm ready.

Right. Let's play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

-False.

-False.

-False.

-False.

-False.

-False.

-True.

-True.

And with over half the time left, you've answered all four statements.

-You must be pleased with that.

-Yeah, I'm happy.

-Any guesses in there or are you confident?

-I think I'm confident

but this is a tricky game to play.

Before we reveal how well you've done,

it's time for us to bring back the Usual Suspects. They can now hear you.

So these are the four statements alongside Pete's answers.

Anthony, has he achieved Perfection?

I think he has, Nick, yes. Well done, Pete.

-Wow. Barbara, do you agree?

-I do. I do.

-Mel, do you concur?

-Yeah, I concur, yeah.

Thank you very much.

-A vote of confidence from the Usual Suspects.

-Indeed.

You need to have answered all four statements correctly to have won the round.

Let's find out how many are right.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Pete, you have achieved Perfection.

Don't let them get a look-in.

Let's have a look at those answers in more detail.

If true statement turns green, it turns if it's red, it's false.

Japan was once a part of the British Empire.

True or false? We know that to be false. It never was.

Kate Winslett appeared in Grange Hill.

We also now know that to be false.

She never did. We made it up.

Female MPs cannot wear trousers in Parliament.

You said false. It is, of course, false.

But it was, actually, forbidden but the dress code was relaxed

in the 1960s.

In the US, a realtor is an estate agent.

And you're exactly right. It is.

Bad luck, Usual Suspects. He didn't given you a chance there.

No. Good start.

You'll just have to sit and watch.

Pete, you've made winning the prize fund a lot easier and here's how.

This is your Final board appearing

and the six blank spaces need to be filled with subject categories.

Behind each category will be a true or false statement

and you will need to correctly answer all six to win the prize fund.

Here are your final round categories,

ranging through hospital dramas, castles, Noddy,

through to India and many more in between.

You've earned the right to choose two categories to add to the board.

If the Usual Suspects had won the round, they would be adding two categories,

trying to make your life harder in the final.

So which two do you want to take across into the final?

Well, as I like doing them, holidays, please.

Holidays is the first. And the second?

Erm, sporting trophies, please.

Sporting trophies and over that goes.

Usual Suspects, maybe you'll get a look-in in the next round. Cheerio.

And away they go.

Pete, you've made a great start. Are you ready to carry on?

-I am, sir.

-Jolly good. In which case, let's play round two.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-True.

Again, with over half your time left, you've answered all four.

-Good?

-Yeah but I'm not sure about C, actually.

-C - Alan Titchmarsh.

-Mm.

Well, before we're able to tell you, we'll have a word with the Usual Suspects.

So, Usual Suspects, these are the four statements and Pete's answers.

-Barbara, has he achieved Perfection again?

-He's done very well.

The only one I've got a question mark over is C.

-Mel, are you a big Titchmarsh reader?

-Oh, I've got them all, yeah.

-How's he done in this round?

-I think he's done really well.

I'm not sure about D. I just don't know about that one.

OK, the moment of truth.

You need to have answered perfectly to have won the round.

Let's find out how many you got correct.

I think you're the first person in this series to get two all-correct rounds back to back,

so that's some achievement.

-Again, you don't allow the Usual Suspects in with even a sniff.

-Very good.

-Jolly good.

-You have achieved Perfection.

Let's have a look at those answers. Tierra del Fuego is in South America.

Absolutely true.

It's the bottom tip and it means Land of Fire, just as a matter of interest.

The Queen's Silver Jubilee took place in 1977. We know that to be true.

Trowel And Error is a book by Alan Titchmarsh.

Despite the suspicions of the Usual Suspects, that's true as well.

And Les Paul was a pioneer of the electric guitar.

So you did very, very well.

It's a bit difficult to get involved if he carries on like this.

Yeah. He's not letting us in.

No, well, he's keeping up an amazing...

You can't do better than be perfect. You must be pleased.

My wife wouldn't think I'm perfect.

They never do, to be fair.

Pete, your perfect performance has made winning the prize fund easier.

Let's have a look at the final board.

And on the final board, two subject categories already

and you've now earned the right to choose the next two categories.

Which two do you fancy?

-Oh, British pop.

-British pop.

-And?

-India.

India goes across and becomes the fourth of six.

Usual Suspects, you're only spectators at the moment.

We're switching you off now but we'll see if you get a look-in in round three.

See you then.

-You're doing really well here.

-Yeah, I'm surprising myself.

What would your next two categories be?

-I might take a plump at hymns...

-Hymns.

-..and castles.

-Hymns and castles, you fancy.

Well, by choosing your own categories you make winning the final easier.

-Ready to play the next round?

-I am, sir.

-You're on a roll.

Let's play round three. APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

-False.

-False.

Lady Sings The Blues. Erm...

Possibly, yes. True.

True.

-True.

-True. And finally:

-True.

-True.

And with a little over half your time left on the board,

you've answered all four statements.

What do you think? Have you done it again?

The only one that I'm slightly concerned about is B.

But I saw Lady Sings The Blues and she certainly was a lady.

It's another really strong round.

It's time to bring back the Usual Suspects, see what they think.

Mel, are you going to get a look-in this time?

I think he might have done it again, to be honest.

-Really? Barbara?

-Yeah, I agree.

-Anthony?

-Yeah, I totally agree. You're on fire, Pete.

-Oh!

-Let's have a look.

You need to have answered all four statements perfectly to have won the round.

Let's find out how many are correct.

-Ah!

-Ooh, Pete, you didn't manage Perfection that time.

You've let your enemies, the Usual Suspects, in on the game.

Usual Suspects, can you steal the round?

You need to change just one of Pete's answers. Which one?

-Erm...

-Vinnie Jones, I haven't got...

-I was thinking of that one.

I'd like to see the other kids if he's head boy.

He has a reputation as a bit of a lad, so I think false is right.

I think it's the Billie Holiday one. I don't think it was Lady Day.

-That might have been a song or something.

-Shall we change that?

-Yeah.

-I would go with that.

-Can we change B from true to false, please, Nick?

-You can.

B changes from true to false, leaving A, C and D as Pete answered.

Let's find out what the correct answers are.

Vinnie Jones was head boy at his secondary school.

Is that true or false?

-Yes.

-It is false.

We just made it up. We thought it might be funny.

The singer Billie Holiday was known as Lady Day.

This is the key one, isn't it? True or false?

True!

It's B then, isn't it?

Usual Suspects, you have failed to achieve Perfection.

You failed to steal the round. Can you achieve Perfection at home?

Let's check the rest of the answers.

The abbreviation WWW stands for World Wide Web. True or false?

True.

The 1916 Battle of the Somme took place in Belgium.

-No, it didn't.

-France?

-Yeah, it was in France.

So that is false.

Usual Suspects, had you achieved Perfection,

you could have made winning the prize fund harder for Pete.

Let's have a look at the final board, which has four subjects on it

chosen by Pete.

Nobody won round three, so we have two blank spaces to be filled.

To fill those blank spaces, you take it in turns to choose a category.

Pete, you get to choose first. What do you fancy?

Erm... Castles, please.

Castles go across.

And, Usual Suspects, this is the one choice that you get

to try and trip Pete up in the final, so what's it going to be?

-Go for hymns?

-Hymns.

-Yeah, hymns. We can't see him going to church.

-That would have been my second choice.

-So hymns goes across

into the final.

We now know our six final categories. They are:

Usual Suspects, it's time to switch you off. We'll see you later.

So, that's amazing.

Last round when I asked you, you said you'd choose castles and hymns.

You chose castles yourself and they chose hymns for you.

-Fantastic, aren't they?

-It may interest you to know

that the only other person to get eleven out of twelve statements right

in the three rounds went on to win the money.

-So as signs go, that's a pretty good one.

-Yes.

-£4,000 on offer.

-That's good.

It's time to play the final.

APPLAUSE

Pete, this is the all-important final.

You could be leaving with a prize fund of £4,000.

If you fail, that would be great for the Usual Suspects,

as one of them could play for a rollover of £5,000 on the next game.

Let's play the final round.

APPLAUSE

Pete, here are your final six categories. They are:

You must answer all six statements correctly to win the £4,000.

Think carefully. There's no time limit

but once you give an answer, your first answer, it will be locked in.

-Are you ready?

-I am, Nick.

-Let's reveal your first statement.

Tell me whether you believe it to be true or false. Holidays.

Well, they class Christmas as a bank holiday.

Christmas has been going longer than the 16th century,

so I'll say false.

False.

Sporting trophies.

I'm not sure. I'll go true on that one, Nick.

True.

British Pop.

Erm, that's false.

False.

India.

That's true.

True. Castles.

It's either Poland or east Germany.

I'll go false.

False. And finally,

the only one chosen by the Usual Suspects, hymns.

That was our school song and I'll say true.

True.

Pete, those answers are locked in.

Remember, if there's one single mistake, you leave with nothing.

Are you worried about any of them or is that a perfect round?

B is a complete guess.

Well, let's see what the Usual Suspects have to say.

You can now see the final six statements

and next to them are Pete's answers.

Pete, your answers are locked in and you can't change them

but if you think you have made a mistake,

the Usual Suspects can help you unlock the board.

This, however, will come at a cost.

Usual Suspects, I want you to tell me how well you think Pete has done,

if you want to help and if you do, how much it will cost.

Remember, you can't refer to any of the statements specifically.

Pete, who would you like to hear from first?

Mel.

Hi, Pete. I think you've done all right, actually,

but I can't help you because I'm not sure on a couple of them.

I wish you all the best but I'm not helping you.

-Barbara?

-One of them's got a niggle in the back of my mind

but not enough for me to be confident,

so I'm sorry, I can't help you.

-Barbara's ruled herself out.

-Anthony?

Hi, Pete. There are three which I know the answer to.

There are three which I would genuinely be guessing at

and if we split the prize fund, it's not as much as I would be hoping to play for,

so I'm going to rule myself out.

-Very clear and very honest.

-Yes. That's fine. I'll go it alone.

OK, Pete, well, none of the Usual Suspects want to come down.

You want to go it alone. £4,000 at stake, six answers away.

Let's find out if you achieved Perfection.

If the statement turns green, it's true.

If it turns red, it's false.

Let's start at the top, shall we?

Bank holidays began in the UK in the 16th century.

You said that's false.

To get a nice start here you need it to turn red.

Is it true or false?

It is false. APPLAUSE

Bank holidays were originally designated in 1871.

-OK, B. This is the one you weren't sure about.

-Mm.

Let's skip that one because it's more entertaining to do that.

C. Gary Kemp is a former member of Duran Duran.

You said that was false. Any particular reason? Were you a fan?

No, I'm not a fan but he was in the other band, the other New Wave band.

Is it true or false?

It is false. APPLAUSE

-Spandau Ballet is who you're thinking of.

-Spandau Ballet.

In India, lassi is a popular yoghurt-based drink.

You need it to turn green. Is it true or false?

It's true. APPLAUSE

Halfway to £4,000, going it alone.

So, next one. Colditz Castle is in Poland.

-You said false because you thought it was in Germany.

-East Germany.

Well, you need this to turn red.

Is it true or false?

It is false! APPLAUSE

It is, in fact, in Germany. You're absolutely right.

Four out of six. OK.

F. William Blake's words are used in the hymn Jerusalem.

If it turns green, you're one away from £4,000.

Is it true or false?

-Yes.

-It's true. APPLAUSE

-How do you feel now?

-Erm, a bit nervous.

Eleven of the twelve answers you gave in the first three rounds

were correct.

Five of the six answers here are correct.

You only need one more to be right

and you're walking out of here with £4,000.

So we come back to the one you were worried about, B.

The Vince Lombardi Trophy is a basketball cup.

-You're not sure about this one, are you?

-No, I'm going to take up basketball if I lose this.

Well, watch it on telly.

You said true. If it is true, it will turn green.

Everyone else will turn green with envy because you'll be walking out with £4,000.

If it turns red, you'll be leaving here with nothing.

So here we go. The Vince Lombardi Trophy is a basketball cup.

Is it true or false?

For £4,000.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Oh!

-It is false.

-American football. Superbowl winners.

-I'd heard the name but...

-Yeah.

That's a bit of a disaster, isn't it? You got really close.

It all came down to that final one.

Pete, I'm afraid you won't be going home with any cash.

Usual Suspects, that's good news for you.

The prize fund rolls over to the next game

where one of you could be playing for a total of £5,000.

-You must be pleased.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-Yeah. Sorry for Pete, though.

-He played very well.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-That's about as close as you can get without actually winning.

-Yeah.

However, Pete, you failed to achieve Perfection, so you go home with nothing.

-Have you enjoyed playing?

-I've had a fabulous time.

We've enjoyed having you. Pete, everybody. Thank you. APPLAUSE

Well, it's now time to meet the next Usual Suspect

hoping to play Perfection today.

Usual Suspect, please introduce yourself.

Hi, I'm Steve, I'm a decorator from Wrexham.

-Steve, how are you doing?

-Not bad, Nick. Yourself?

-Very good.

A proper decorator? Everybody thinks they can decorate but it's a proper skill.

It's served me well for the last 30 years, anyway.

Steve, welcome to the game. Best of luck to you

and best of luck as one of you will be randomly picked to play Perfection.

Steve, it's you!

You've been chosen to play Perfection.

-Steve, welcome to the game.

-Thank you.

As nobody has won the past four games, the prize fund stands at...

£5,000.

APPLAUSE

OK, if you take that back to Wrexham, what's it going to be spent on?

Well, my son's a big fan of Formula 1.

-Is he?

-Yeah. He baulks at me when I say it's Scalextrics for men

but I'd like to treat him to a decent trip to one of those if I'm lucky enough to win.

Really? Like Monaco or something like that?

There might be enough left for a new set of golf clubs

but you're asking the wrong person because the wife's the auditor.

She'll decide whether you get the golf clubs.

-It could all come tumbling down.

-Trust me, you're not getting the golf clubs.

OK, three rounds and a final to come.

Usual Suspects, we're going to switch you off for now,

so you can't see or hear anything.

As soon as Steve makes a mistake, you're back in the game.

Steve, you can now talk without giving away any vital knowledge.

-OK.

-Shall we get started?

-Yes, please.

Let's play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

-True.

-True.

-False.

-False.

-False.

-False.

-True.

-True.

And with time to spare, you've answered all four statements.

-How do you think that went?

-A couple of them are guesses.

I've not seen any of the Harry Potter films or read the books,

that's a guess.

Before we reveal how well you've done, we'll bring back the Usual Suspects.

-They can hear what you're saying.

-OK.

So, Usual Suspects, these were the four statements

and next to them are Steve's answers.

-Mel, how has he done?

-I know he's got A wrong.

I've got two daughters, so I've seen all the Harry Potter films.

Steve, the moment of truth.

You need to have answered perfectly to have won the round.

Let's find out how many you've got correct.

Three out of the four.

Steve, you have failed to achieve Perfection.

You have now let the Usual Suspects into the game.

Usual Suspects, can you steal the round?

You can see Steve's answers, so you need to change one - which one?

-It's definitely A. She's a Weasley.

-Is she?

-Yeah, she's not a Potter.

Right. So we're changing...?

From true to false, please, on A.

OK, A, changes from true to false, B, C and D remain as Steve answered.

Let's find out the correct answers.

If the statement turns green, it's true, if it turns red, it's false.

Harry Potter's younger sister is called Ginny. True or false?

It's false! APPLAUSE

Ginny is a Weasley, as you so rightly pointed out,

-besides which, Harry Potter is an only child.

-Yeah.

The Edinburgh Festival takes place in April. True or false?

False. It's in August, in fact.

Josiah Wedgwood was a famous furniture maker.

You said false and it is false.

A pottery designer, obviously.

And the Canary Islands are in the Atlantic Ocean. True or false?

It is, of course, true.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects. You have achieved Perfection.

Dear, oh dear, oh dear, Steve. They've stolen the round.

The Usual Suspects can now make Steve's chances of winning the prize harder

and here's how.

Steve, this is your final board.

These six blank spaces need to be filled with subject categories.

Here are you final round categories. Take a look at them.

Because the Usual Suspects stole the round, they choose two categories,

hoping to make the final harder for you to win.

So, Usual Suspects, which two categories do you think

-will trip Steve up in the final?

-Children's books?

-That and folk songs, I thought.

-I'm thinking Star Wars.

Are you? He might be a Star Wars fan, though.

-You don't know.

-You never know.

-It's quite specific.

-Shall we say children's books?

-Yeah, we'll go with children's books, Nick.

Children's books goes across to be the first of the six. And then?

-I think folk songs.

-He doesn't look like a morris man, does he?

-Not like a folkie.

-Folk songs, please.

-Folk songs becomes the second.

Well done, Usual Suspects, you won the first round.

We'll see you again in round two.

Steve, with the Usual Suspects gone, what do you think of the two they chose?

They decided on children's books because you didn't know Harry Potter.

-Have you got kids?

-Yeah.

-So you must have read some books to them.

-It's a while ago, Nick, he's 27.

-Is he? So it is a while ago, then.

-Folk songs?

-Er, no.

-No.

Well, Steve, you still have two more rounds to find Perfection.

-Shall we play the next round?

-Yes, please.

-Here comes round two.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

-Yeah, that's true.

-True.

-False.

-False.

-True.

-True.

-False.

-False.

Again, with almost half your time on the clock, you've answered all four statements.

-How did you think that went?

-I'm more comfortable with that.

I do play a lot of golf. I know Mickelson's a left-hander

but I've never heard that term applied to him.

OK, it's time for us to bring back the Usual Suspects.

So these are the four statements and next to them are Steve's answers.

Anthony, how's he done?

Erm, I'm not sure about B.

I know Phil Mickelson is a left-hander

but I've never heard him called Lefty before.

That's what Steve was saying. Barbara?

I don't know about golf but I'm ready to take your word on that,

so the rest, I think he's got right.

-Achieved Perfection, has he, Mel?

-Yes, I think he might have done it.

All right, they seem to have confidence in you.

You need to have answered perfectly to have won the round.

Let's find out how many are correct.

-Ooh.

-Three out of the four. That's not Perfection

and that's what you need to achieve on this show.

You've let the Usual Suspects into the game.

Usual Suspects, can you steal the round? You can see Steve's answers.

You need to change one but which one?

-A's definitely correct.

-Yes.

-I thought that, yeah.

-What about C? Do you think that's right?

-I think so.

On D, I don't think Hitchcock reached 100.

He was in his nineties. He was very old.

-So it will have to be B.

-Yeah, we'll go for B.

Yeah, can we change B from false to true, please?

B changes from false to true, leaving A, C and D as Steve first answered.

Let's find out what the correct answers are.

The Thorn Birds is largely set in Australia. True or false?

Of course, it is true. On a sheep farm.

The golfer Phil Mickelson is known as Lefty. True or false?

-Ah!

-Actually true.

Despite the fact there are two golf fans here who haven't heard the term.

It's interesting that he's got a left-handed swing

-but he's right-handed in every other respect.

-Really? I didn't know that.

Mahatma Gandhi studied law in London. True or false?

Yeah, that's true and you know where it's going now.

Hitchcock was over 100 when he died. True or false? It's false.

Congratulations. You have achieved Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Steve, the Usual Suspects have succeeded where you failed

and they've stolen the round.

You can now make Steve's chances of winning the prize fund of £5,000 much harder.

Let's see the final board

and on there are two subjects chosen by you, the Usual Suspects.

Because you won the round, you can choose the next two categories

to add to the board as well.

-Which two do you fancy?

-I think Star Wars.

-We'll give it a try.

-It's pot luck.

-Star Wars goes across. And?

-What about the other?

-US Cities?

-That's vast, isn't it?

-It is vast.

-You gave me Star Wars, so you two choose.

-US cities, please.

-Us women working together.

-US cities goes across.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects. We'll see you in round three.

Steve, with the Usual Suspects gone,

-do you remember Star Wars?

-I've seen that. I'm old enough to remember those.

Now's your chance to find Perfection and choose your own categories.

-We'll press on.

-Thanks.

-Let's play round three.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-That's false. He plays for the Ivory Coast.

-False.

No, I can't have that, Nick. False.

False. And with time to spare, you've answered all four.

How do you think you've done?

Erm, B's a bit suspect.

I'm pretty confident of the others.

-All right.

-I can never remember whether it was Reagan or the monkey that won the Oscar.

Yeah, we'll find out shortly

but first, we'll chat to the Usual Suspects.

So these are the four statements with Steve's answers.

-Anthony, has he achieved Perfection?

-I think you've done really well.

-I think it's Perfection, Steve.

-Wow. The moment of truth.

You need to have answered all four statements perfectly to have won the round.

Will you have done it? Let's find out how many are correct.

Three out of the four, Steve. Not quite Perfection.

You've let the Usual Suspects into the game again.

Usual Suspects, can you steal the round again?

You need to change one of Steve's answers. Which one?

OK, C and D, he's got those right.

Drogba plays for Ivory Coast.

Johnny Vegas' real name definitely isn't Johnny Blackpool.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-B, Ronald Reagan might have won a Best Supporting Actor.

-I bet he didn't get Best Actor. Zither is right.

-Is it?

-Well, we'll go with B, then.

-It's got to be B.

-B, please. True to false on that, please.

-Thank you.

B changes from true to false, leaving A, C and D as answered by Steve.

Let's find out what the correct answers are.

A zither is a stringed instrument. True or false?

Yep, it's true.

Ronald Reagan won a Best Actor Oscar.

This is the key one. Is that true or false?

-It is false.

-Well done.

Never even nominated.

Didier Drogba plays football for Cameroon.

You know where this is going now. True or false?

-Absolutely false. Where did you say it was, Anthony?

-Ivory Coast.

Absolutely right. Ivory Coast.

Johnny Vegas' real name is Johnny Blackpool. Nobody was having that.

True or false? False.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects. You have achieved Perfection.

Well done.

Anyone heard of Michael Pennington? That's Johnny Vegas' real name.

There you go. Steve, the Usual Suspects have succeeded again

and they've stolen the round again.

-I got stuck on three again.

-That's true.

Usual Suspects, you can now make Steve's chances of winning the prize fund harder.

Let's have a look at the board.

Four subjects already on there

and you get to choose the last two subject categories as well.

Which two do you want, Usual Suspects?

What about theatre? Do you reckon he goes to the theatre?

-Er...

-Absolutely love it, darling.

-And Sherlock Holmes.

-Yeah.

-We'll go for theatre.

-Theatre goes across,

despite your best efforts to convince them that you love it. And?

-Sherlock Holmes, please.

-I'll go with you.

Yes, Sherlock Holmes goes across. There you go.

We now know our six final categories. They are:

It's time to switch you off for now but we'll see you soon.

Away they go.

What do you reckon? Are you a big theatre luvvie?

You can leave the luvvie out of it but, you know...

I've had experience.

-OK, look, Steve, it's for £5,000.

-A nice sum.

Your lad's trip to a grand prix somewhere around the world

-is on the line.

-Yeah.

It's time to play the final.

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Steve, if you can achieve Perfection,

you could be leaving with a prize fund of £5,000

and your boy could be going to a grand prix somewhere.

If you fail, you leave with nothing

and it will be great news for the Usual Suspects,

as one of them could be playing for a rollover of £6,000 on the next game.

In each of your rounds, you scored three out of four.

If you score five out of six here, you go home with nothing.

You need an absolutely perfect final.

Right you are.

-Can you do that?

-I'll give it my best shot.

I may need to find a friend amongst those three.

Or you might carry it off on your own.

Let's play the final round.

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Steve, here are your categories.

You must answer all six statements correctly to win the £5,000.

Think carefully. No time limit but once you've given your answer, your first answer, it locks in.

-Ready?

-Fine.

Here's your first statement. Do you believe it to be true or false?

-True.

-True.

-I think that's true, as well.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-True.

-False.

-False.

Steve, those answers are now locked in.

If you've made one mistake, you leave with nothing.

-Which ones are you unsure of?

-A is not based on any knowledge.

-Uh-huh?

-Erm...

F is mainly because I'd said so many trues there.

-So it was time to go for a false?

-It's probably wrong reasoning but...

Erm... I was trying to think of another capital of Illinois.

Let's bring back the Usual Suspects and see what they have to say.

You can now see the final six statements

and next to them are Steve's answers.

You can't refer to any of the statements specifically.

Steve, your answers are locked in. You can't change them by yourself

but you can unlock them with the help of the Usual Suspects but at a cost.

Who would you like to speak to first?

-I'd like to ask Barbara her thoughts.

-Barbara?

I think you've done pretty well.

There is one that... I'm not totally sure but I'm not sure enough

to be able to advise you.

-Are you ruling yourself out?

-I'm ruling myself out.

-OK.

-Mel?

Erm, I only know for definite that you've got two right

and the rest, I really don't know, so I wouldn't be much use to you.

-I'm sorry but I wish you well.

-Thanks, anyway.

-Two definitely out.

-Anthony?

-Hi, Steve.

Credit where it's due, I think you've done Perfection, there.

-I'm not tempting you down, then?

-I wouldn't change any of them.

-He's bluffing.

-Really, genuinely.

-He's bluffing.

-You think so?

-He's bluffing.

-He's bluffing. Well, look, negotiations are over.

They either can't help you or secretly won't help you

but they're not coming down to help.

There's £5,000 at stake. Six answers away.

Let's find out if you've achieved Perfection.

All right, where shall we start? Let's start at the top, shall we?

Emma Thompson's father created the Mr Men books. You said true.

We need this to turn green. Was it based on any knowledge or not?

-Not at all. It was a guess.

-It was? OK.

We need this to turn green. Is it true or false?

It's false. AUDIENCE GROANS

Roger Hargreaves, actually, was the creator.

Emma Thompson's father is associated with The Magic Roundabout.

-Oh, right.

-What a shame.

-So straight at the start, you've failed to achieve...

-It was quick.

Put you out of your misery nice and quickly.

I wonder how you're doing at home? Have you achieved Perfection?

Let's find out, shall we?

The song Dirty Old Town was written about Dublin. You said true.

We need this to turn green. Is it true or false?

-False.

-Mm.

-It was written about Salford.

-Really?

-Oddly enough.

James Earl Jones provided the voice of Darth Vader. True or false?

We want this to turn green. It is absolutely true.

Chicago is the state capital of Illinois. Is that true or false?

That's false as well.

Disaster.

It's Springfield.

-Which most people think only appears...

-In The Simpsons.

-Yeah.

But it is the state capital of Illinois.

One out of four so far. We could do with a couple more correct here.

An Inspector Calls is a play by JB Priestley.

Is that true or false?

It is true.

-It would be nice to even this up, three right, three wrong.

-It would.

All right. The Reichenbach Falls are fictional. True or false?

It is false. They are a series of falls that exist in Switzerland.

So, in the end, then, it's not ideal that you didn't achieve Perfection

-but at least you end up 50:50.

-50:50. That's what I was expecting.

Well, I think it was fairly apparent to you that they were tough.

Yeah, I was struggling.

I think a lot of that's to do with not choosing your own categories.

Could be. Could be.

Anyway, Usual Suspects, good news for you.

The prize fund rolls over

-and one of you could be playing for £6,000.

-Wow.

-Mm.

-It's getting very big money, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-It is.

Yes! OK. Steve, you failed to achieve Perfection, so you go home with nothing.

-Did you enjoy playing?

-Yeah.

-You were straight in, straight out.

-It was good fun while it lasted.

-Smashing.

Thank you very much. Steve, everybody. APPLAUSE

Please join us next time when our Usual Suspects have the chance to play again,

this time for £6,000.

But remember, on this show, we only pay for Perfection. Goodbye.

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