Episode 10 Perfection

Welcome to the quiz show that demands Perfection.

Behind the screen are four contestants who hope their knowledge is flawless -

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 we'll find out which one has been randomly selected

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

For example, if I said, "the Mekon was the arch-enemy of Dan Dare."

Would you say, that's true or false?

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, 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.

Hi, I'm Ian, I'm from Paisley.

I drive a taxi at Glasgow Airport and this is my first game.

My name's Mike, I'm from Warrington and I'm a customer services agent

and this is my first game.

My name's Sam, I'm from Leeds and I'm a PhD student and piano teacher.

This is my second game.

I'm Ann, I live in Hove in East Sussex. I'm a retired local government HR assistant

and this is my fifth game.

Good luck to all of you.

We now find out who has been randomly picked to play Perfection.

Ann! You've been chosen. Please come down and play Perfection.

-Ann, welcome to the game. Looking forward to playing?

-Yes, I am, thank you.

-Tell us a bit more about yourself. You're a petanque player.

-Yes.

Are there lots playing petanque, or boules as it's also known?

We've got about 69 members in our club.

-Are you competitive?

-Moderately so. I'm only average at the game,

which makes it difficult being competitive.

All right, it's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

They were your team-mates, now their job is to stop you winning the prize fund

and your failure means the prize money rolls over to the next game

where one of the them could be playing for a bigger total.

-You wouldn't want that, would you?

-Definitely not.

Every game of Perfection is worth £1,000.

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

APPLAUSE

-£1,000 is not a bad afternoon's work if you can win it.

-That would be nice.

-What would you spend it on?

-I need to do some work on my bathroom, so I'd do that.

Good luck, here's how the game works. You'll play three rounds and a final.

Every round achieving Perfection makes the final easier for you.

If your performance is not perfect, the Usual Suspects have a chance to steal the round

making the final much harder.

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

so you can't see or hear anything.

Away they go.

You can now talk through your answers without giving away any vital knowledge.

-Are you ready?

-I'm ready.

-Good, then let's play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Round one, your 45 seconds starts now.

-I would say that's false.

-False.

No, I don't think so.

-They all have... False.

-False.

I can't imagine it somehow.

-No, false.

-False.

That's definitely true.

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

Did you feel like that was a good round, or a few guesses?

-A couple of guesses.

-OK.

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

These were the four statements, next to them are Ann's answers.

Let's start with you, Sam, as you know what you're doing and you've two newbies with you.

-Has she achieved Perfection?

-I think she's got A wrong.

I would have gone with true.

All right. Mike?

I would say A is true. C, I'm really not sure.

She could be right with that.

Mike, what's going on with the hair?

I don't know, I must have laid on both sides and the middle stuck up.

-We'll try and get one of our hairdressers or make-up artists to have a look at that.

-Thank you.

You need to have answered all of them perfectly to have won the round.

Let's find out how many are correct.

Three out of four is good, but not good enough.

You've failed to achieve perfection, means you've let the Usual Suspects into the game.

You can see Ann's answers, you need to change one of them.

-We're all agreed on A.

-Definitely.

-Ian are you in?

Yes, we would like to change A to true, please.

You'd like to swap A from false to true.

Thank you very much, leaving B, C and D as Ann answered.

Let's find out what the answers are. If the statement turns green it's true, turns red, it's false.

Madonna has had more UK number one singles than ABBA.

Is that true or false?

It is true. So, we know where the rest of this is going, don't we?

All elephants have tusks. True or false?

It is false.

Female Asian elephants don't have tusks.

David Jason is a former member of the Gurkhas. True or false?

No, it's not true. Never served in the Army.

Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales. This is absolutely true.

-Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved perfection.

-APPLAUSE

Oh dear, Ann, they managed to succeed where you failed. They've stolen the round.

Usual Suspects, you now have the opportunity to make Ann's chances of winning the prize fund

much harder in the final. Here's how.

Ann, appearing is your final board. These six blank spaces need to be filled with subject categories.

Here are your final round categories. They start with Norse gods, range through war films,

beef, grunge all the way through to radio.

If you had won the round, you would have the opportunity of adding two categories of your choice.

Because the pesky Usual Suspects stole the round,

they choose the two categories, hoping to make the final harder for you to win.

Usual Suspects, which two would you like Ann to play in the final?

-How mean to we feel?

-We can be very evil.

Very evil. I'm thinking big birds. You've been here longest, what would you go for?

What are you saying, Ian, shall we go with big birds?

Maybe. She looks like a headmistress to me.

-So, I want to give her as hard a time as possible.

-Let's go grunge, then.

-Yeah.

Sorry, Ann, we're going to give you grunge and big birds.

Grunge goes across and so does big birds.

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

Time to switch you off, we'll see you in round two.

Away they go.

-It's funny, even with the lights off, his hair still looks strange.

-LAUGHTER

I've become obsessed by his hair. Let's forget that and move on.

Grunge and big birds, what do you make of that?

I was hoping they'd avoid grunge.

-Not great, is it?

-Big birds, I'm not really sure what that can be.

What would you like from that side?

Islands, maybe.

'70s TV, depends on the exact subject.

Which of those ones do you want to avoid?

I don't listen to the radio that often, so, radio.

Ann, it's only the first round, you still have two more rounds to find perfection

-and choose your own categories for the final. Are you ready?

-I'm ready.

Let's play round two.

Your 45 seconds starts now.

I know Merino is, I'm not sure about Karakul. It must be true.

-True?

-True.

I think Isaac Newton was earlier than the 19th century.

-I hope I'm right. So... false.

-False.

You'll have to get a move on.

-True.

-True.

-I think that's true.

-True, and just in time.

You answered all four statements. You got held up on Isaac Newton?

I just couldn't place him, historically.

-You're not confident you managed to keep them out?

-No, I'm muddling him with someone else.

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

These were the statements and next to them Ann's answers.

-Ian, has she achieved perfection?

-No, Nick, I don't believe she has.

I think she's almost got there, but there's no way D could be based on a true story.

Ann, you need to have answered all statements perfectly to have won the round.

Let's find out how many are correct.

Three out of four, isn't perfection.

As the Usual Suspects hoped, you have let your enemies into the game.

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

You need to change just one of them.

-It's the bottom one.

-I think we're all agreed. We're going to change D to false, please.

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

Let's find out what the correct answers are.

Merino and Karakul are breeds of sheep. True or false?

Yep, it's true.

Isaac Newton was a 19th century scientist. True or false?

False. He was, of course, from... Any guesses?

The century earlier, I think.

-17th century, he was born in 1642.

-Oh, earlier still.

India has a higher population than the USA. True or false?

Yes, there's a vast difference. Absolutely true.

Finally, and now you know where this is going,

the film Con Air is based on a true story.

-Oh, no it isn't. It's false.

-APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved perfection.

Usual Suspects, you now have the opportunity to make Ann's chance

of winning the prize fund of £1,000 much harder. Let's see the final board.

Here it comes... Two subjects already chosen by you guys

and, as you've won the round, you can choose the next two categories.

Sam, what are they going to be?

What do you say, Ian?

-I would say, models.

-That's pretty obscure.

-And, Mike?

-I'd say, Norse gods. Not many people are up on Mythology.

-You never know, she might be a secret Viking.

-LAUGHTER

-I'll go for Norse gods.

-I'll stick with the lads.

Can we pick Norse gods and models, please?

Norse gods goes across and so does models. Thank you very much.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you're playing the game very well.

Time to switch you off, we'll see you in round three. Away they go.

The question has to be, "Are you a secret Viking, Ann?"

-I'm not, no.

-No, what do you make of models?

-I'm not quite sure what it is, is it fashion models, model cars, boats?

-Who knows?

You still have a chance to choose your own categories for the final

-Are you ready to play the next round?

-Mm-hm.

-This is where you need to get four out of four. Let's play round three.

-APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

-That's true.

-True.

-No, it's 13. False.

-False.

I didn't think he'd won an Oscar.

-I'm going to say, false.

-False.

I think it was 1959. I'm not sure.

-Yes, false.

-False, and with plenty of time to spare, you've answered all four.

-That felt like a better round.

-Third one, definitely not.

-Denzel Washington's worrying you?

-Yeah.

All right, it's time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

These are the four statements and next to them are Ann's answers.

Sam, how's she done?

I do think that Training Day won an Oscar for something.

I'm not sure if it was Denzel Washington.

I'd be inclined to change that one.

Ann, you need to have answered all four perfectly to win the round. Let's find out how many are correct.

Just two out of four.

The Usual Suspects didn't expect that.

You haven't quite managed perfection. You've let the Usual Suspects into the game.

You need to change two of Ann's answers, but which two?

C's ringing bells for me, I'd like to change that to true.

-OK, we'll go with that.

-If you guys don't have any better ideas.

-I agree with you with that.

What about the other one?

I know B is false, so that's correct.

Yuri Gagarin, maybe it is the early '60s.

-I don't know about the Margaret Thatcher one.

-I don't know about Margaret Thatcher.

She might have studied history, but it's a long time since I did any politics.

-I'll go with what you say, so C and D.

-OK.

Right, Nick, can we please change C and D?

C changes from false to true, D changes from false to true,

leaving A and B as Ann first answered.

Let's find out what the correct answers are.

Margaret Thatcher studied chemistry at university. True or false?

It's true.

There are 11 items in a baker's dozen. True or false?

Is it false, there are 13.

You know where this is going now.

Denzel Washington won an Oscar for Training Day. True or false?

Yes, he did.

And, Yuri Gagarin first went into space in the 1960s. True or false?

It is true. Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved perfection.

APPLAUSE

-The Usual Suspects have done it again.

-I know.

They've succeeded and stolen the round.

You now have the opportunity to make Ann's chances of winning the prize fund as hard as it can be.

Let's see the final board.

Four subjects already on there, all chosen by you.

Because you won that final round, you get to choose the last two.

-What do you think?

-US states, maybe.

-Oh, that's a good one because there's a lot of them.

-There's 50 of them. That's a lot of variability.

-Yeah, go for US states.

-OK.

US states goes across and into the final.

-One more, then.

-How about radio?

-Yeah.

-Radio, please.

Radio. Thank you very much, we now know our six final categories.

You're tittering away there, Usual Suspects, Is that

because you've given a right ugly bunch of subjects for the final?

If you can get these you deserve

the money, it's going to be difficult.

Is your plan, basically, to roll over and make a bit more money?

-Yeah.

-I thought that might be the case. Time to switch you off

for the final time and away they go. That's very mean of them!

-They are, I thought they were so nice!

-I told you they were

your enemies at the beginning but you wouldn't listen!

What do you make of that final board?

Didn't like the first few they gave me.

And the last one's not good, either.

US States, maybe.

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

This is the all-important final. If you can achieve perfection

you could be leaving with a prize of £1,000. If you fail, you'll be

leaving with nothing which would be great news for the Usual Suspects,

as one of them could be playing for a rollover of £2,000 on the next game. As they've been

mean to you, it would be nice to stop them doing that?

-I would love to.

-Let's play the final round.

And 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 an answer - your first answer - it's locked in.

-Ready?

-Yeah.

Let's reveal the first statement and please tell me

whether you believe it to be true or false.

Motown originated there.

I would say false.

False.

I know they're fast, wonder if they're that fast?

I'm wondering more like 50mph.

Oh, true. Changed my mind. True.

True.

I know Ragnarok features in Norse mythology

but I'm not sure what it is.

Is it the mountain?

I don't know what else it can be so I'm going to have to say true. True.

True.

I think she is from South London somewhere.

I'm going to say true on that.

True.

Texas used to be, and Alaska's taken over - it's true.

True.

It's been around a long time, I'm not sure how long.

Has it been longer than that?

I think it might be even longer than that, even earlier.

Um, false.

False.

Those answers are locked in. If there's one single mistake

you leave with nothing. Which ones are you worried about?

The ostriches, I'm not sure quite how fast they are.

Ostriches, B, that's the one that's worrying you?

-Possibly the last one, the others I'm more confident on.

-B and F, all right. 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. Next to them are Ann's answers.

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

but if you think you've made am mistake you can unlock the board

with the help of the Usual Suspects. This will come at a cost.

-Who would you like to hear from first?

-Mike.

There's one I would definitely change,

one I'm really not sure on, so I'm afraid, unfortunately,

I'm going to be out of this.

OK. So Mike's ruled himself out.

Ian, what do you think?

I would think there's one definitely wrong and one I'm really not

sure about, but for the amount of money we're talking just now

-I'll rule myself out at this moment in time, thank you.

-OK. Thank you.

Sam.

I don't think you've done too badly,

but I definitely think there's one there that I disagree with.

So, will you come and help?

It would have to be a good offer to tempt me down there.

-You've got £1,000 to play with.

-Yeah.

Do you want to make an offer?

Not really, no. I don't think she'll come down for less than about £900.

LAUGHTER

-I'll go it alone.

-You'll go it alone.

-If I lose, I lose.

OK, the negotiations have been agreed,

or rather you've ended negotiations of your own accord.

£1,000 at stake. Let's find out if you've achieved perfection.

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

Grunge music originated in Detroit. True or false? You said false.

We need this to turn red to get you started.

It is false. Congratulations.

APPLAUSE

It actually started in Seattle.

Ostriches can run at over 70mph.

You had a long think about this and then decided it was true.

You need this to turn green, if you're right, to keep on towards the £1,000.

Ostriches can run at over 70mph, true or false?

It's false, I'm afraid.

They can get up to about 45mph.

-Is that all?

-I'm afraid that means that you failed to achieve perfection which means

you haven't won the £1,000. Let's have a look at those answers and see

whether you've achieved perfection at home.

The Norse gods live on a mountain name Ragnarok.

You said you see no reason why it shouldn't be that so you said true.

Is it true or false?

-It's false. They live in Asgard.

-Oh, yeah.

Naomi Campbell was born in Streatham. You said you thought

it was somewhere in South London so you said true. Is it true or false?

Yup, it is true.

Alaska is the largest US state by area.

You thought that was right so you said true and it is...

true.

Desert Island Discs was first broadcast in 1962. You said that

was false because you thought it was earlier. It is true or false?

Yeah, it is false. 1942, absolutely right.

It has been going a lot longer.

-So you got four right and only two wrong.

-Uh-huh.

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 £2,000.

APPLAUSE

But then, that was your game plan all along, Usual Suspects.

They're all nodding away. Ann, I'm afraid you failed to achieve perfection which

-means you go home with nothing. I hope you enjoyed playing.

-I've really enjoyed it.

-Lovely.

Ann, everybody.

It's now time to meet the next Usual Suspect hoping to play

Perfection today.

New Usual Suspect, please introduce yourself.

Hello, I'm Mave, I come from South Ockendon in Essex

and I'm a retired bank worker.

Welcome, Mave, best of luck to you as we now find out which

one of you has been randomly picked to play Perfection.

Ian, it's you that's been chosen.

Please come down and play Perfection.

Ian, welcome to the game.

Thank you.

-A taxi driver?

-Yeah.

-Had anyone famous in you cab?

From the airport, very many people like Paul Gascoigne all

the way through to Princess Diana's mother.

-Is that right?

-We had a cup of tea up in the Highlands of Scotland.

A cup of tea out of my flask, in the back of the taxi.

What, were you sat in the back of a taxi with her?

I climbed in the back, she let me. Then a few days later she phoned me to go back to her other house

to pick her up and take her back to the airport

and then I went into her house for a cup of tea.

I'm very impressed, you're obviously a lovely man

and I hope you get heavily tipped.

-Did you get a tip on that one?

-She did, yes.

-Nice. OK.

-She said, "Don't pick me up again."

LAUGHTER

It's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

They were your team-mates, now they are your enemies.

Here's the good news.

As nobody won the last game the prize fund currently

stands at £2,000.

-Ian, what would you spend the money on?

-First, a holiday.

Haven't had one for a long time. I'd like to take my wife on a nice one.

Got a favourite place you'd like to go to?

Many years ago I used to teach karate, so I would love to go to Japan.

It is a fascinating country. Good luck.

-Thank you.

-Three rounds and a final to come.

Usual Suspects, we're going to switch you off for now so you can't

hear or see anything but as soon as Ian makes a mistake you'll be back in the game. Cheerio!

Ian, you can now talk through your answers without giving away any vital knowledge. OK?

-Ready?

-Ready.

-Then let's play Perfection.

Round one, you 45 seconds starts now.

That's true, I believe.

True.

Never heard of him.

Heard of Ma Larkin, but she was never a poet.

-I would say that was false.

-False.

I think that was in Paisley and that's true.

-That's certainly true, yeah.

-True. And with loads of time to spare, you've answered all four statements.

-That felt like a very good round.

-Yeah, I'm quite confident with that.

-Good.

-Couple I'm not too sure about, and I was only joking about the Peasants' Revolt.

Before we reveal exactly how well you've done it's time to bring back

the Usual Suspects. Don't forget, they'll be able to hear you.

Usual Suspects, these are the four statements

and next to them are Ian's answers.

Mike, has he achieved perfection?

Personally, I would have gone for exactly the same answers.

-OK, Mave.

-No, I'm not sure.

-What might he have got wrong?

-I think the Woody Allen one.

OK, Ian, the moment of truth. Let's find out how many are correct.

Just two out of four. Unfortunately, you didn't manage perfection.

You have now let your enemies, the Usual Suspects, into the game.

Usual Suspects, can you steal the round?

As you thought he had them all right, probably not,

but let's find out, shall we? You need to change two answers,

but which two?

-I'm sure Jason Statham boxed, I'm sure he was a boxer.

-OK.

I don't think Woody Allen played the clarinet,

but I don't know about the other two.

I think the Peasants' Revolt seems very specific to be 1601.

-I don't know what you guys think about that.

-Go for it.

-Go A and C then.

-A and C? OK.

Nick, we'd like to change A to false and C to false, please.

A changes to false and C changes from true to false,

leaving B and D as answered by Ian. Let's find out

what the correct answers are. If a statement turns green, it's true.

If it turns red, it's false.

Woody Allen famously plays the clarinet - true or false?

It's true. You've blown it, Usual Suspects.

You had the chance to steal the round, but you failed to achieve perfection.

I wonder, have you achieved perfection at home?

Let's find out for you.

Philip Larkin was Poet Laureate in the 1970s - true or false?

False - never Poet Laureate.

The Peasant's Revolt took place in 1601 - true or false?

False.

1381, a lot longer ago.

The actor Jason Statham has boxed for England - true or false?

False. He was part of a diving squad for Great Britain.

There you go. Usual Suspects, had you achieved perfection

you would've had the opportunity to make Ian's chances of winning

the prize that much harder in the final and here's how.

Ian, appearing is your final board.

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

Here are the final round categories. They range from Detectives

through Kipling, Moby-Dick, Words, Hip Hop

to Streets and many others in between.

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.

Now the Usual Suspects have gone, over on the left there,

looking at those subjects, which ones would you like to avoid?

-Words and possibly Hip Hop.

-Words and Hip Hop the ones you want to avoid.

OK. Remember, Ian, in order to win the prize fund,

you'll need to answer all six questions correctly.

So winning this next round, where there are four categories

now on offer could prove crucial.

-Are you ready for the next round?

-Ready.

-Then let's play round two.

-APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

No, I don't think that is true,

so I will go with false for that first one.

-False.

-Please.

It means nothing to me, Plan B, I don't know what it is.

-I'll say...true.

-True.

Orlando Bloom, I only know for a couple of films,

I don't know anything about his marriage life. I'll say false.

I'll say that's true because he is young.

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

I wouldn't be a mile out to suggest you may have made a few guesses.

Yes, just a couple. I was trying to work that last one out.

I'm trying to think at what age he was. I might be wrong with that one.

OK. Before we reveal exactly how well you've done,

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

These were the four statements and next to them are Ian's answers.

-Mike, has he achieved perfection?

-I don't think so, no.

I think D just doesn't seem right.

I think he was born a couple of years earlier.

Sam, what do you make of them?

If Tom Daley was born in 1998, that would've made him

too young to qualify for the Olympics last time round,

-so I'm tempted to change that one.

-Ian, it's the moment of truth.

You need to have answered all statements perfectly to win the round.

Let's find out how many are correct.

Three out of four is pretty good, but it's not perfection.

That means you've let the Usual Suspects into the game.

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

-You need to change just one of them.

-Is it 12 you have to be

to qualify for the Olympics? What's the age limit?

-I think it's older, 14 even.

-I just remember he's born earlier.

Let's go with D then. Nick, we'd like to change D to false, please.

D changes from true to false,

leaving A, B and C, as answered by Ian.

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

In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby's name is George - true or false?

It is...false, he was actually called Jay.

She Said was a UK hit for Plan B - true or false?

Actually, true.

Orlando Bloom married Abbie Cornish in 2010 - true or false?

False. In actual fact, he married Miranda Kerr.

And the diver Tom Daley was born in 1998 - true or false?

It's false, congratulations, Usual Suspects,

-you have achieved perfection.

-APPLAUSE

1994 was when he was born. He is young but not that young.

OK, Ian, the Usual Suspects have succeeded again where you failed

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

Because you won the round, Usual Suspects,

you can choose four categories to add to the board,

that is two from this round and two that rolled over from round one.

So, fire away. Which four would you like Ian to play in the final?

-Don't say streets, because he's a taxi driver.

-Don't worry.

-Shall we pick one each?

-I'll dive straight in

and maybe suggest hip hop?

-Oh, yeah, put that in.

-Hip hop goes across into the final.

I'll go for...comic books, please.

Comic books goes across.

-Next?

-I will go for Moby Dick.

Moby-Dick goes in, and finally?

-Any more inputs from you guys?

-I know what, go...

I'm tempted with Folk Music, but...

-Throw that in there.

-Yeah, let's throw that in.

-OK, so Folk Music too, please.

-Folk Music goes in. 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. Away they go.

Now that they can't hear us, Ian, let's run through them.

-Hip Hop, you said you didn't want that.

-No.

-Comic books?

-I read them when I was a wee lad.

-Moby Dick?

Well, I know it was a white whale, but that's about it.

Let's hope that is the question. Folk Music?

Humblebums, Billy Connolly, that kind of stuff.

-So you have half a chance then?

-Half a chance.

-OK, let's play round three.

-APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

-I think that's false.

-False.

Verdi, La Traviata...

-It's Italian, yeah, I'll go with true.

-True.

Baffin Bay?!

You're having a laugh! I've never heard of it.

I'll go with...false.

-I would say that is false.

-False.

You seem very sure about the last one. Do you watch it?

Never seen it. I know who Katie Price is. Is she an Essex girl?

She could have been. I've never seen it, so it was a guess.

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

Usual Suspects, these were the four statements

and next to them are Ian's answers.

-Mike, has he achieved perfection?

-When it comes to D, I have no idea,

although I'd like to say that is my favourite show of all,

apart from Perfection. I have no idea with that,

but the others I think are correct.

-Sam?

-I hate to say it, but I agree with Ian on all of his answers.

He might have achieved perfection in this one.

A vote of confidence for you there, Ian.

You need to have answered all statements perfectly to win the round.

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

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, you've achieved perfection.

Well, well, well. Let's run through them.

Alex Ferguson became manager of Manchester United in 1982,

and we now know that that is false.

He actually became manager in 1986.

La Traviata is an opera by Verdi. We know that to be true.

Baffin Bay lies off the coast of Australia.

We now know that is false.

It is actually between Greenland and Canada.

The Only Way Is Essex is narrated by Katie Price.

We know that to be false. It's Denise Van Outen.

So, as a result of that, Ian - that perfect performance - you've made winning the prize fund

that little bit easier. Let's look at your final board.

Four subjects already chosen

by the Usual Suspects, but because you won that round,

you've earned the right to chose the last two categories on the board,

so, which two categories would you like to chose to go into the final?

Kipling, I know nothing about. Detectives, mm...

It could be Sherlock Holmes. Zulu...

I'll go for Measurements cos my son's going to be a joiner.

-That's a good trade, you know?

-Yeah, a chippy.

Measurements goes across.

And this last one, this is a difficult one.

Zulu. Give me Zulu.

Zulu's going across. OK.

We now know our six final categories. They are...

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

And away they go.

Ian, for £2,000, it's time to play the final.

APPLAUSE

Ian, this is the all-important final.

If you can achieve perfection, you could be leaving with a prize fund of £2,000.

If you fail, you could leave with nothing, which is great for the Usual Suspects

as one of them could be playing for a rollover of £3,000 on the next game.

Let's play the final round.

APPLAUSE

Ian, here are your final six categories. They are...

You must answer all six correctly if you want to win the £2,000.

There's no time limit, but once you've given an answer - your first answer -

-it's locked in. Are you ready?

-I'm ready.

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

Hip-hop... Anglican bishop...

His father wouldn't let him get into hip-hop, I don't think.

-I'll say false for that first one.

-False.

Yes, I remember this one, I think.

Snoopy slept on top of the wee dog house.

A spaniel... Is he a spaniel?

-Yeah, I think he is a spaniel. That'll be true.

-True.

I know he's big and he's white. Whether he was a humpback...

I would say he was a great...

No, a great white's a shark, isn't it?

-I would say that's false.

-False.

I know nothing about Bob Dylan's music. Sigh No More...

A '70s album...

The timing's about right. Yeah, I would say true for that.

-Why not? I'll go for true.

-True.

No, I don't believe that's correct. I would say that's false.

False.

Yeah, Michael Caine and the usual suspects in that one. Not this lot!

The usual suspects

in that kind of film, the usual British crew.

-Rorke's Drift, yeah, that is true.

-True.

So, Ian, those answers are locked in.

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

Which ones are you unsure of?

Sigh No More, I'm certainly not sure of that.

And Tim Westwood's father, obviously.

I've never heard of him.

And Moby-Dick. I'm not sure what kind of whale it was.

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

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

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

but if you think you've made a mistake, you can unlock them with the help of the Usual Suspects.

This will, however, come at a cost.

-Who would you like to hear from first?

-Mave.

I can't really help you, Ian.

There's a couple there I'm not sure of, but...

I couldn't come down and help you with any at all.

-All right. I think Mave's ruling herself out there.

-OK.

-Sam, we'll go to you.

-I agree with two of your answers,

but the rest of them, I'm not sure,

so I'm going to have to rule myself out, too.

-No help from Sam, either.

-No help. Absolutely ruled out. OK.

Mike, it's up to you, son.

-HE SIGHS

-Ooh, let's see.

I know one is incorrect.

Two of them, I am really, really not sure.

However...

I may be up for a bit of a barter.

How much are you willing to give up?

What are we sitting at? Two grand?

-£2,000 is the pot.

-£2,000.

I'll give you 500 quid,

and if you win, I'll show you where to go in Glasgow to spend it.

LAUGHTER

Interesting. Is that an acceptable offer, Mike?

Obviously I still want to let you get a holiday out of this.

But I'd want 1,400.

1,400 of the 2,000, leaving 600 for you, Ian.

You're having a laugh! A holiday where?!

You could go down to King's Lynn, maybe. Lovely at this time of year.

No, no. I said a holiday.

Right, Mike, absolutely 50-50 and I'll bring you down.

-£1,000 each.

-I'm sorry. I'm out.

-£1,000.

-I'm sorry, mate.

You could get the rest of your hair done.

-It's just that middle bit that I can't get done, but I'm sorry, I'm out.

-OK. That's it.

So, negotiations, such as they were, have finished.

You're on your own. £2,000 at stake. Six answers away. Let's find out if you've achieved perfection.

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

Let's start at the top.

Tim Westwood's father was an Anglican bishop.

-You have no idea who Tim Westwood is, have you?

-No.

-No.

-You can't see the connection between an Anglican bishop

-and hip hop, can you?

-No.

You said false.

You admitted it was a guess. You need this to turn red.

So, is it true or false?

Strangely, it's true.

Yes, Tim Westwood is a DJ.

Or I think these days you call them MCs or something, don't you?

-LAUGHTER

-What's the current term, Mike?

-You don't say "disc jockey"

-but I still call them that, anyway.

-That's what they're doing, anyway, spinning records.

He specialises in hip hop and his father was an Anglican bishop. Unfortunately,

it means you haven't achieved perfection and won't be going home with the money.

Let's press on. Maybe you've achieved perfection at home. We'll have a look.

It's false. He was a beagle, in actual fact.

It is false.

He was a sperm whale, as it turns out.

Sigh No More is a 1970s album by Bob Dylan.

-You don't know anything about his music, do you?

-No.

So you guessed and said true. Is it true or false?

It's false, I'm afraid.

It's a 2009 album by Mumford & Sons. So, we move on.

It's true.

Let's see if we can get another tick for you.

It is true. So, of the six, you got two.

Did you achieve perfection at home? Usual Suspects, that's good news for you.

The prize fund rolls over for the next game where one of you could be playing for a total of £3,000.

-APPLAUSE

-Ian, you had a tough set of subjects there.

-I hope you enjoyed playing the game.

-Loved it!

-Lovely. Ian, ladies and gentlemen.

-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 £3,000. But remember,

on this show, we only pay for perfection. Goodbye.

Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd

E-mail [email protected]