Episode 29 Perfection

Welcome to Perfection.

Behind this screen are four contestants hoping their knowledge is flawless,

because one mistake could give the game away.

This is Perfection.

APPLAUSE

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

Behind me are the contestants. We call them the Usual Suspects. They're in our isolation room.

In a moment, one of them will be randomly selected to play Perfection.

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

For example, if I said, Bob Monkhouse appeared

in the first ever Carry On film 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 a single answer wrong,

their opponents, the Usual Suspects, will be allowed into the game to capitalise on their mistakes.

So you know how the game works.

Let's meet the Usual Suspects.

Hello, my name is Kyle.

I'm a drama student from Preston and this is my first game.

Hello, my name is Simon, I'm from Scraptoft in Leicester,

I'm a carpenter and joiner, and this is my first game.

Hi, I'm Dee. I'm a receptionist from Cannock in Staffordshire and this is my second game.

Hello, I'm Peter I'm a retired social worker from Birmingham, and this is my third game.

Hello, and welcome to you all, especially to Kyle and Simon who are new to the game.

Good luck to you both and to all of you as we decide

who will be randomly picked to join me to play Perfection.

Kyle, it's actually you. You've been chosen. Congratulations. Come up and play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

-Kyle, welcome to the game.

-Hello.

-Drama student.

-Yes.

-What's the plan long-term, then?

Well, I'd like to work in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,

have my own shows and do a bit of stand-up comedy.

Good luck with that. Kyle, it's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

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

Their job is to stop you from winning the prize fund, because your failure will mean the money

rolls over into the next game, when one of them could be sitting here playing for a bigger total.

Every game on Perfection is worth £1,000.

Unfortunately for you, the previous game was won, so the prize fund is reset to £1,000.

APPLAUSE

That's a decent amount of money, especially for a student, so what would you do with it if you won it?

Well, it's not actually going to me. If I win, I'm going to spend it on my mum cos she deserves it,

and living with me for the past 20 years, she deserves a break.

That's very nice of you. OK, well, good luck.

Here's how the game works. You'll play three rounds and a final.

Every round that you achieve perfection will make the final easier for you. However,

if your performance is anything less than perfect, the Usual Suspects will have the chance to step in

and steal the round from you, making the final that much harder. More of that later.

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

And away they go. Kyle, you can now talk through your answers without giving away any vital knowledge, OK?

-Yeah.

-Each round consists of four true or false statements. You'll be answering against the clock.

You'll only have 45 seconds, and once you've given your first answer, it'll be locked in.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

-Then let's play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Round One. Your 45 seconds starts now.

Erm, it could be earlier but I'd say true.

I've heard of this.

I think that's true, yeah.

I don't have a clue but I'll say...false.

I think that's true, yeah. I'll go for true.

And with plenty of time to spare, Kyle, you've answered

all four statements. How do you think you did?

Er, I'm definitely sure about D, and A is going to annoy me

cos I love football but you never know.

Before we find out how well you've done, it's time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

So, Usual Suspects, these were the four statements,

and Kyle's answers.

Simon, has he achieved perfection?

-No, not with what I can see.

-What's he got wrong?

Foggy Bottom.

That certainly doesn't ring anything with me so I think B's wrong.

OK, Kyle, the moment of truth. You need perfection to have won the round.

Let's find out how many are correct.

You have not achieved perfection which means you've allowed your enemies,

the Usual Suspects into the game.

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

You need to change one of them.

Which one?

Well, I know that Foggy Bottom is an area of Washington DC.

I'm definitely sure about that.

It's either A or C.

You go with what you want and we'll agree with you.

All right, we're going to change C.

Change C from false to true?

Leaving A, B and D as Kyle answered.

Usual Suspects, let's find out what the correct answers are.

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

It's false. That's the one you needed to change.

-1991.

-Oh!

Even longer ago.

Let's move on. Perhaps you've managed to achieve perfection at home.

It is absolutely true.

The Watergate Complex is actually in Foggy Bottom.

Yeah, it's false.

It's the world's largest rodent.

Usual Suspects, had you achieved perfection, you would now have the opportunity to make Kyle's chances

of winning the prize fund much harder in the final and here's how.

Kyle, this is your final board.

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

Behind each category will be a true or false statement,

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

Here are the final-round categories, starting with Planets,

ranging through Islands, Famous Ships and many more in between.

Had you achieved perfection, you could have added two categories

to the board but because neither side won the round,

the two categories that were due to be chosen

will now be carried over to the next round,

meaning four categories will be on offer.

Usual Suspects, it's time to switch you off. We'll see you in Round Two.

And away they go.

So, looking at that, which ones would you like to avoid?

Opera and Famous Ships.

And what ones do you quite like the look of?

-Islands, maybe Planets, London.

-All right, are you ready?

-Yeah, I'm fine.

-OK, let's play Round Two.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

Cape Horn... Um, I think that's false.

That's false, definitely.

I...hate animals!

I'd say...

I'd say false.

I think that's true.

You've answered all four statements in plenty of time. Was that a better round?

No, no! Absolutely not.

Before we reveal how well you've done, it's time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

These were the four statements,

and next to them, Kyle's answers.

-Peter, has he achieved perfection?

-No, I don't think he has.

I think C is wrong.

OK, Kyle, the moment of truth.

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

Let's find out...

Close!

You're playing well but not quite well enough. You've now let your enemies into the game.

You can see Kyle's answers.

You need to change just one. Which one?

I think we'll change C. That's my...

-A male swan.

-..vote.

-So is that what you're going with?

-Yeah.

-We'll go with that.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

So you'd like to change C from false to true.

Thank you very much.

Leaving A, B and D as Kyle answered.

Usual Suspects, let's find out what the correct answers are.

Actually at the southern tip of South America.

He was in 24.

So you know how this is going to go now.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects. You have achieved perfection.

Kyle, the Usual Suspects have succeeded where you failed

and they've stolen the round. Let's see the final board.

Nothing on there at the moment. Because you won the round,

Usual Suspects, you've earned the right to choose

four categories to add to the board.

That's two from this round and two that rolled over from Round One.

Which four would you like

Kyle to play in the final?

-Kyle lives right up in Preston.

-Yeah.

I think London would be an absolute classic...

All right, let's give him London.

London goes across.

-I reckon Opera.

-Opera.

Opera. Thank you very much.

What about Famous Ships?

-Shall we give him Famous Ships?

-Yeah.

-Poor lad.

Famous Ships, thank you.

-And I need one more from you.

-We'll have Islands.

Islands becomes the fourth one.

Usual Suspects, you've won Round Two. It's time to switch you off and we'll see you in Round Three.

What do you make of the choices, then? London?

I'm all right with my geography so I'm all right with London and Islands.

-It's just...

-Opera and Famous Ships.

Well, Famous Ships and Opera you didn't fancy much, and they've picked them for you, haven't they?

You still have one more chance to find perfection and choose

your own two categories for the final. Ready to play?

-Yeah.

-Let's play Round Three.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

Donald Trump...

Would it be round about his time?

Probably. It wouldn't surprise me.

I'd say true.

I'm the only student who doesn't drink.

I'll go...true.

I'm not sure. I never heard it before. Um, I'll go false.

True.

And you answered all four statements within the time.

That looked a pretty uncomfortable round for you.

Oh, yeah, of course. I hated it!

Before we reveal how well you've done, it's time for us to bring back the Usual Suspects.

Here are the four statements, and next to them are Kyle's answers.

Peter, has he achieved perfection?

D is definitely wrong.

Wessex, not Essex, but Wessex.

Thank you very much. Kyle, you need to have answered all four statements perfectly to have won the round.

Let's find out how many are correct.

Just two out of the four, certainly not perfection.

You've now let your enemies,

the Usual Suspects, into the game.

Can you steal the round? You can see Kyle's answers.

You need to change two of them.

Which two do you want to change?

C. C and D, Peter.

No, no, no, C is correct. It IS false.

Winston Churchill coined the term Iron Curtain.

-Did he?

-Yeah. A and D.

-A? Donald Trump?

-Yeah.

He's a famous...property developer.

No, I really believe that he did in the very early days...

-Go back in time and he did.

-I'm adamant it's C and D that is...

This is how it works.

If you haven't got two or more agreeing, then it does fall

to the longest-serving Usual Suspect, Peter...

-Sorry!

-That's all right.

..to decide.

-So you're saying, Peter, you want to change...

-A and D.

A changes from true to false,

D changes from true to false,

B and C remain the same.

Usual Suspects, let's find out what the correct answers are.

We made that up, actually.

Generally ascribed to a speech from Winston Churchill.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved perfection.

APPLAUSE

Peter, you were right...

Mostly set in Wessex.

Let's see the final board.

Four subject categories in the final already, all chosen by you,

and because you won that round, you can choose the last two subject categories.

Which two would you like Kyle to play in the final?

-Planets.

-Planets goes across.

-And...Words.

-Words?

Yeah, I think we'll go for Words.

Lovely. Words goes across.

Thank you. We now know our six final categories.

OK, Usual Suspects, it's time to switch you off for the final time.

And away they go.

Kyle, for £1,000, it's time to play the final.

APPLAUSE

Kyle, this is the all-important final.

If you can achieve perfection, you'll be leaving with a prize fund of £1,000.

If you fail, you'll be leaving with nothing, which will be great news for the Usual Suspects

cos one of them could be playing for a roll-over of £2,000 on the next game.

Let's play the final round.

Kyle, here are your final six categories.

You must answer all six correctly if you want to win the £1,000. Think carefully.

-There's no time limit, but once you've given your first answer, it's locked in. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

Let's reveal your first statement. Please tell me whether you believe it to be true or false.

Oh!

Er, Poets' Corner.

I know they've got...

St Paul's...

I might be completely wrong but it might be...

Westminster, so I'm going to say false.

Was Mozart...?

He was Austrian and Valkyries...

The only time I've heard Valkyries is in that Tom Cruise film,

so he probably was a German, not an Austrian, but they speak the same language, but...

I'm going to say false.

I genuinely don't know but I'm going to say true.

It rings a bell...

and Hawaii is pretty friendly.

I'm going to say true.

It's either Saturn or Jupiter.

Oh, I'm going to say true.

Arachnids are spiders but I can't think of saurian

as spider-related, but...

I'm going to say...false.

Kyle, those answers are locked in.

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

Which ones are you unsure of?

A, B, C, D, E, F, G.

G isn't even there!

You never know.

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

Usual Suspects, you can now see the final six statements,

and Kyle's answers.

Kyle, your answers are locked in, you can't change them by yourself,

but you can unlock the board with the help of the Usual Suspects. This will, however, come at a cost.

Usual Suspects, I'm now going to ask you to tell me how well

you think Kyle has done, if you want to help and, if you do, how much it will cost.

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

Kyle, who would you like to hear from first?

I'd like to hear from Peter first.

Well, Kyle, I'm sorry to say you've made a bit of a pig's ear of this.

Whose fault's that?!

I feel confident that I know all the answers correctly.

Does that mean that you'd like to come down and take a share of the £1,000, Peter?

Yeah, but because he's done so...

indifferently, I'd like £750.

An interesting opening offer there.

Can I hear from Dee next, please?

I'm not too sure, darling,

but I can see one that's wrong.

So I really don't want to risk it.

-So you don't want to come down for any of that £1,000?

-No, sorry.

OK. £1,000 on offer to play with here. Want to hear from Simon?

Er, yeah, go on!

Kyle, there is a few there that I believe are wrong but I'm not confident enough,

like Peter appears to be, to help you out here.

All right. Thank you very much, Simon. So it comes back to Peter again.

If you know them all and you're confident enough, you might not get this chance again

to know all six, so if you want to go 50-50 with me, it's a chance for you to guarantee yourself 500 quid.

Look, if I refuse, you're going to go away with nothing and I get a stab at two grand.

£700 and that's my best offer.

You can have £300. Not bad for an afternoon's work, after all.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS I suppose.

What do you think, Kyle?

-Yeah. Yeah.

-You're going to accept the offer?

-Yeah, accept the offer.

-OK, negotiations have been completed.

Peter, for £700 of the £1,000, please come down and join us.

APPLAUSE

Kyle, you've asked Peter for help. If you achieve perfection,

it will cost you £700 of your potential prize fund of £1,000.

Peter, you've forfeited your chance to play in the next game.

This is your only shot at winning Perfection.

Have you made the right decision? I think we're about to find out. Here are the final-round statements.

All six answers are now unlocked.

Peter, which answers do you want Kyle to change?

I'd like him to change A, because Poets' Corner is in...

Oh, no, it isn't, it's in Westminster Abbey. I beg his pardon!

That's the only one I was confident on, really.

-I nearly dropped you in it there.

-My heart went there!

B... The Ride of the Valkyries was written by...

Wagner, wasn't it? So that is false.

The Cutty Sark was not Captain Scott's ship so that is false, C.

-Shall I change true to false?

-Yeah.

-Do you want to change...?

-I'll change C, true to false, please.

-C changes from true to false.

Now, the one I'm really not sure about, but I'm pretty sure.

-I've heard the Friendly Islands before.

-D is false.

The Friendly Islands are not Hawaii,

which were discovered by the Russians originally.

-I'll change D, true to false.

-D changes from true to false.

And Titan is the largest moon of Saturn.

And saurian, it's a lizard, isn't it?

I was thinking arachnids are spiders.

Arachnids are spiders so that's false.

So you've changed C and D and you don't want to change any others?

-That'll do.

-Yes?

-Yeah.

-Thank you very much.

So we'll lock those in.

OK, so £1,000 at stake,

£300 to Kyle, £700 to Peter,

six answers away.

Let's find out if you have achieved perfection.

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

Kyle, this was one that you were fairly confident of.

Peter, after reading it through agreed it was false.

You need this to turn red to get you off to a good start.

Is it true or false?

It is false.

It is Westminster Abbey, as you said.

Yes!

You need this to turn red for you to head towards the money.

If it turns green, you're going home with nothing.

It is false.

It is by Wagner.

The Cutty Sark, that's one of the ones you've changed

so maybe we should skip that and go onto the next one, D.

That's the other one you changed, so we'll skip that too and go onto E.

You said true, Kyle.

You need this to turn green to get you halfway towards the £1,000.

Is it true or false?

It is true.

So we then move on to "saurian"...

You had a little discussion about this.

Peter agreed it was false.

If you're going to progress, this needs to turn red.

If it turns green, you're going home with no money.

It is false.

APPLAUSE

Peter, you're right, it relates to lizards.

So we head back up to C. Now, these were the two that you changed,

so this is where you need Peter's help.

You're about to find out whether it was a good idea to bring Peter down or not.

The Cutty Sark...

Peter was convinced that it was wrong and got you to change it to false.

As a result, you need this to turn red to get you one away from the £1,000.

If it turns green, you go home with no money at all.

It is false.

Thank you!

The Cutty Sark was a tea clipper.

This is the one I'm worried about.

And we come to the other one that you changed.

The Friendly Islands.

At first, Kyle, you thought that may well be true.

You thought you'd heard of it,

but when Peter came down he convinced you to change it to false.

You need this to turn red.

Is it true or false for £1,000?

It is false!

-Thank you. Thank you.

-Not at all. Thank YOU.

Congratulations, you have achieved perfection

and, with six correct answers, you've won the £1,000.

What a cracking effort. Let's clear up that last one for you, shall we?

Tonga is the Friendly Islands.

So, well done. You must be very pleased with that.

-Yeah.

-Peter, what are you going to spend the money on? £700.

I might...have a holiday.

I was going to go with my wife to India but there's not

quite enough money so we might make it France instead.

Yes, very nice too. And, Kyle, £300?

300 quid's enough to get my mum away for a weekend or something, or a week, so I'm happy with that.

-I'm happy to win.

-Very lovely.

Between you, chaps, you've made two women very happy!

Unfortunately for you, Usual Suspects, the prize fund has been won again,

so we reset the total back to £1,000 in our next game.

Congratulations, Kyle and Peter, you achieved perfection.

Let's hear it for them, everybody.

APPLAUSE

Well, well. It's now time to meet the next Usual Suspects hoping to play Perfection today.

New Usual Suspects, please introduce yourselves.

Hi, I'm Jessica and I'm a biology student from Stockport.

-Hi, I'm Max, I'm a research consultant from London.

-Welcome to you both.

Good luck, as we now find out which one of you will be picked to play Perfection.

And the random generator says it's you, Simon.

Come and play Perfection.

-Simon, welcome to the game.

-Thank you.

-Carpenter?

-Carpenter and joiner, Nick, yes.

-Joiner?

-Yeah.

So - proper tradesman, yeah?

Time-served from the age of 17, yes.

Lovely. Simon, it's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

They were your team mates. Now they're your enemies. Every game on Perfection is worth £1,000.

Unfortunately for you, the previous game was won, so the prize fund is reset to £1,000.

APPLAUSE

So what would you do with £1,000 if you won it?

I enjoy playing the guitar and I've had an acoustic for a few years,

and maybe I'll treat myself and change it if I get...

-A new guitar?

-Yeah, just for me.

-That's nice, isn't it?

-Yeah, that'd be nice.

-All right. Three rounds and a final to come.

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

And away they go.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

-Shall we get started?

-Let's go.

-Let's play Perfection.

Round One. Your 45 seconds starts now.

Ian Rankin... True.

I think that's false, no.

False.

Rameses the Great. Ancient Egypt. Rameses. Egypt. True.

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

That sounded like quite a good round for you.

A little bit of guess-ology there, to be honest.

Really? You covered it very well with a furrowed brow

that looked like you were really thinking it through.

-A little bit of acting crept in there, I think!

-Very good.

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

So these were the four statements, and Simon's answers.

Dee, has he achieved perfection?

-I think that he's got perfection, Nick.

-Wow.

-Not many ladies say that to me, Nick.

-Is that unusual?

-It's unusual.

-Well, Simon, the moment of truth has arrived.

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

APPLAUSE

You have achieved perfection, Simon. Congratulations. That's the way to do it.

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

It was voiced by Jeremy Irons.

Taramasalata's made from fish roe.

Usual Suspects, he's not given you a look-in, has he?

-No.

-You did say he'd achieved perfection, didn't you, Dee?

-I certainly did.

-Let's see the final board.

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

Here are your final-round categories, starting with Alphabets,

running through TV Cooks and Snack Food, with many others in between.

Because you won the round, you can choose two categories to play in the final. Which two?

-I'll go for Board Games.

-Board Games.

And British Cities.

And British Cities.

Thank you very much. Usual Suspects, we'll see you in the next round.

-Simon, are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Let's play Round Two.

Your 45 seconds starts now.

Reese Witherspoon... Reese Witherspoon...

I'll go false on that.

-False?

-Yeah.

Anthony Booth... I don't think that was Anthony Booth. False.

-False.

-Yeah.

-True.

-True?

-Yeah.

Russia has a Black Sea coast?

Black Sea coast... I'll say false.

-False?

-Yeah.

Answered all four statements within the allotted time. Happy?

-Not really, no.

-Not so good this time?

-No.

-No.

-Before we reveal how you've done, let's bring back the Usual Suspects.

So, Usual Suspects, these were the four statements,

and Simon's answers.

Max, has he achieved perfection this time?

Not this time. I know A is definitely wrong.

I think Reese Witherspoon won an Academy Award for Walk The Line.

Simon, the moment of truth.

You need to answer all four perfectly to win the round. Let's find out how many are correct.

Just two of the four, which means you failed to achieve perfection

and you've let your enemies into the game.

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

You need to change two.

-Which two?

-I think definitely A.

Yeah, definitely cos it was Walk The Line with Joaquin Phoenix.

- I would've thought B cos... - Anthony Booth's an actor.

He's also the father of Cherie Booth.

-Yeah, A and D.

-D? What are you going to change?

-We're going to change A from false to true.

-Thank you.

And we're going to change D from false to true.

Leaving B and C as answered by Simon.

Usual Suspects, let's find out what the correct answers are.

For Walk The Line, you're absolutely right.

John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

-Anthony Booth

-is

-an actor and the father of Cherie Blair.

You know where this is going now, don't you?

-Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved perfection.

-Thank you.

Oh, dear, Simon, Usual Suspects have succeeded where you failed and they've stolen the round.

Let's see the final board.

On there at the moment, two subjects chosen by Simon.

Because you won the round, Usual Suspects, you've earned

the right to choose the next two categories.

Which two will trip Simon up in the final?

- What do we think? - Musicals, maybe?

Musicals, please, Nick.

Yes, Musicals goes across, thank you. And?

Nerves? Yeah, we're going to go with Nerves, Nick.

Thank you. Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you've won the second round.

It's time to switch you off but we'll see you in Round Three.

-Nerves?

-Certainly testing mine.

-If you're ready...?

-Yeah, I'm ready.

-Let's play Round Three.

Your 45 seconds starts now.

-True.

-True.

False.

False.

True.

Absolutely no idea, so a complete guess

before the clock runs down and I will say...

-..false.

-False. Thank you, Simon.

You've answered all four statements within the allotted time.

That felt like a really good round right till the end.

Yeah, I'm...

Apart from the last one.

All right. Well, before we reveal how well you've done, time to bring back those Usual Suspects.

These were the four statements and Simon's answers.

Dee, has he achieved perfection?

He's done really well but there's one that I'm not too sure about.

-Which one?

-D.

OK, Simon, the moment of truth.

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

Let's see how many are correct.

Oh, well done!

Congratulations, Simon, you've achieved perfection.

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

Well, you're absolutely right. It is true.

That is of course false, and it's where?

I always associated Lindisfarne as a band from Newcastle so...

Songs like Fog On The Tyne. It's just further up the coast.

It's on the east coast of Northumberland.

Sika is a type of deer, in actual fact.

Simon, let's have a look at your final board.

First two chosen by you, second two chosen by the Usual Suspects,

and you've earned the right to choose the last two categories to add to the board.

-So which two would you like to play in the final?

-Politics.

Politics.

-And TV Cooks.

-TV Cooks.

We now know our six final categories.

They are Board Games, British Cities, Musicals, Nerves, Politics and TV Cooks.

It's time to switch off the Usual Suspects for the last time.

And away they go. Simon, for £1,000, it's time to play the final.

Simon, this is the all-important final.

If you achieve perfection, you could be leaving with a prize fund of £1,000.

If you fail, you'll be leaving with nothing, which will be great news for the Usual Suspects

as one of them could play for £2,000 in the next game. Let's play the final round.

Simon, here are your final six categories.

You must answer all six statements correctly if you want to win the £1,000. Think carefully.

There's no time limit, but once you've given your first answer, it's locked in.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's reveal your first statement.

Please tell me whether you believe it to be true or false.

That is 100% false.

Oh, dear.

The River Dee.

I'm going to say false, Nick. I'm really...

-That one's got me.

-False.

Richard Stilgoe. Yes, I remember him.

Um, the guy that used to be on...

Was he on That's Life and he used to write those little ditties and he used to play the piano?

That's the only...

That's the only thing I can remember him being on and Starlight Express...

I'm going to go for true on that one.

-True.

-Yeah.

-Nerves.

-Nerves.

The sciatic nerve is in the shoulder and arm.

-False.

-False.

-Yeah.

Isaac Newton was a Member of Parliament

Complete guess, Nick. I'll say true.

I know there's a massive connection with Ipswich Town, but since 1971?

I'm going to say false.

-False.

-Yeah.

Simon, those answers are now locked in. If there is one single mistake, you leave with nothing.

Which ones are you worried about?

-Delia Smith. Yeah...

-You're obviously unhappy with F.

-And B, Chester.

-B and F are the two.

Two killers I think there, yeah.

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

Usual Suspects, you can now see the final six statements, and next to them are Simon's answers.

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

but you can unlock them with the help of the Usual Suspects. This will however come at a cost.

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

-Simon, who would you like to hear from first?

-Max, what do you think?

I definitely know the answers to four of them,

there's two that I'm just not sure enough onto come down and play.

So not for any amount of the £1,000 will you come down?

-Not at all, no.

-That's definite.

-Jessica.

I think you may have got one wrong but I'm not confident enough

to come down and help you, I'm afraid.

Only one wrong? OK.

Finally, Dee, what do you think?

I don't want to come down and risk it. I'd rather you do it on your own,

sweetheart, to be honest with you.

No matter how much of the £1,000 is on offer, none of you are prepared to come down?

-No, that's right.

-Simon, it appears the negotiations are over.

-None of the Usual Suspects is prepared to come down and help so you are on your own.

-Yeah, OK.

OK, £1,000 at stake, six answers away.

-Yeah.

-Let's find out if you've achieved perfection.

If the statement turns green, it's true. If it turns red, it's false. Let's start at the top.

You said that was absolutely false. Why are you so sure?

Because, over the years, I've played Monopoly so many times, I just know Fleet Street's red.

It is false. Very well done.

And you're absolutely right. It is red.

-So we go on to the Chester question, although that's one of the ones you said you didn't like.

-Yeah.

-So we'll skip that one, shall we?

-Oh, OK.

-And go on to Richard Stilgoe.

You need this to turn green to continue on to the £1,000.

So is it true or false?

It is true.

So let's move on.

We need it to turn red for you to get halfway towards the money.

It is false.

It runs from the lower back into the leg, basically.

So Isaac Newton was a Member of Parliament.

If it turns red, you go home with nothing.

If it turns green, it's starting to get really interesting, isn't it?

It's true.

MP for Cambridge University.

If it turns green, you're going home with nothing. If it turns red, it'll put you one away from the money.

She has owned it for a long time but not quite...

No, no, she's linked to Norwich City.

-Same part of the country...

-Of course she is!

-Cor, what does that make me look like?

-..but deadly enemies.

-Of course they are. Norwich, yes!

The Canaries and the Tractor Boys.

That was a complete fluke for me, then, cos I was way off tangent on that.

Either way, it doesn't matter how you get to the correct answer, you got to the correct answer

and you are now five out of six, but of course, on Perfection, we need six out of six.

-This was the one that bothered you most, though, wasn't it? B.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Chester is on the River Dee.

You've answered false. You need this to turn red.

If you do, you've won £1,000.

Chester is on the River Dee. Is that true or false for £1,000?

AUDIENCE GROANS

-It's true!

-High five!

It's true.

I'm so sorry. You did so well there, and when you had to go on your own, it was such a great effort.

But none the less, Simon,

I'm afraid you have not managed to achieve perfection.

Usual Suspects, that's good news for you. The prize fund rolls over

to the next game, when one of you could be playing for a total of £2,000.

-That is good news, isn't it?

-Yeah!

You're really happy with it. No sympathy for you whatsoever.

Thanks very much(!) >

Simon, you failed to achieve perfection which means

you go home with nothing, but have you enjoyed playing?

-I've enjoyed it and I got... I wasn't that bad.

-You got close, really close.

-I should've... Never mind. That's the way it goes.

-Simon, everybody.

-Thanks very much.

APPLAUSE

Well, that's all we have time for.

Please join us next time when our Usual Suspects have the chance to play again, this time for £2,000.

But remember, on this show, five out of six just isn't good enough.

Almost perfection isn't good enough.

We only play for absolute perfection. Goodbye.

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