Episode 5 Perfection

Welcome to the show that demands perfection. There are four contestants

who hope their knowledge is flawless - one single mistake could give the game away.

This is Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Hello and 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 will find out which one of them has been randomly selected to play Perfection.

They will then face a series of true or false statements.

For example, if I said the decathlon includes four races,

would you say that was true or false?

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

Answering true or false might seem easy,

but if a 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, I'm Charlotte, and I'm from Luton.

I'm a retail manager and this is my first game.

Hi, I'm Tony from Carrickfergus in County Antrim.

I'm a broadcast journalist and this is my second game.

Hello, my name is Linda.

I'm from Hitchin in Hertfordshire. I'm a supply teacher

and this is my second game.

Hi, I'm Aubrey from Burton-on-Trent.

I'm a brewery worker and this is my tenth game.

Welcome and best of luck, as we now find out which one of you has been randomly picked to play Perfection.

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

-Please come down and play Perfection.

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-Charlotte, welcome to the game.

-Hi, Nick. You all right?

-Straight in.

-I'm fine. More to the point, how are you?

-I'm good. I'm fabulous.

-Tell us more about yourself. Tell us about your family.

-I have a fiance.

-Been engaged for three and a half, together for four.

-Wow.

Got Mum and Dad, my two brothers - they're younger, pain in the backside.

-They're brothers, they have to be.

-That's their job. It's like my daughter said to me recently,

"Dad, why do you embarrass me every time we go out?"

"I'm your dad, that's my job. That's what I'm supposed to do."

It's you versus the Usual Suspects. They were your team-mates, now they're enemies.

Their job is to stop you winning the prize fund.

Your failure means the money rolls over to the next game,

-where one of them could be playing for a bigger total. You don't want that.

-No.

Here's the good news. Nobody has won the past four games,

so the prize fund currently stands at £5,000.

APPLAUSE

What would you do with five grand if you walked out of here now with it?

-Which you might be doing in a short while.

-Towards a car.

-Car?

-Yeah. A nice red car.

-Red?

-Red.

-Are you a big fan of red? I notice...

-Pretty much.

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

Each round that you achieve perfection will make the final easier.

If your performance is less than perfect, the Usual Suspects will have the chance

to step in and steal the round, making the final much harder. More of that to follow later.

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

There they go. Charlotte, you can now talk through your answers without worrying

about giving any information away. Each round consists of four true or false statements.

You answer against the clock. You have 45 seconds.

Once you've given your first answer, it'll be locked in.

-Ready?

-Yes.

-Let's play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Round one. Your 45 seconds starts now.

Oh. I'm useless at questions like this. Duke of Wellington.

-It's going to be a guess. I'm going to say false.

-False.

Again, useless with direction. Again, I'm going to guess.

-Never heard of it, so I'm going to say false.

-False.

-I think I know that. That's true.

-True. And finally...

-The name sounds like it would fit.

-Running out of time.

-I guess I'm going to say true.

-True.

And just in time you've answered all four statements. How do you think that went?

-Hard, I think.

-If we'd based all the questions around red things,

-you would have been better off.

-Definitely.

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

So, Usual Suspects, these were the four statements

and next to them are Charlotte's answers. Aubrey, what do you think?

I think she's got one wrong.

I think Rumer was born in England, although I'm not 100% sure.

Interesting. OK, Charlotte, the moment of truth.

You need to have answered perfectly to have won the round. Let's find out how many are correct.

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

you've now let the Usual Suspects into the game. Here's your chance,

Usual suspects. Can you steal the round?

You can see Charlotte's answers.

You need to change two of them. Which two?

What about B?

-That could be up in Scotland.

-OK.

-I've got an inkling that Rumer is Sting's daughter.

-Oh.

-B and D?

-B and D.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Have you reached a conclusion?

Can we change B, false to true?

-Yes, you can.

-And D, true to false?

D, true to false, leaving A and C as answered by Charlotte.

Let's find out the correct answers. If the statement turns green, it's true,

if it turns red, it's false.

-It's true, you've blown it already.

-Oh!

Oh, dear, Usual Suspects, you had the chance to steal

the round from Charlotte but you failed to achieve perfection.

Did you manage to achieve perfection at home? Let's have a look.

That's false.

It's the most northerly point on mainland UK.

-Oh, OK.

-Only male horses run in the Grand National.

It is false.

Finally, we come to the singer Rumer being born in Pakistan.

This was where Aubrey felt he had some special knowledge. Is it true or false?

-There goes your special knowledge, Aubrey.

-We did really well(!)

Can I just point out that with your combined intellect,

you manage to get every single one of those wrong.

Usual Suspects, had you achieved perfection,

you would have the opportunity to make Charlotte's chances of winning much harder in the final.

Here's how it would have happened if you'd managed to do anything there. This is your final board.

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

Here are the final round categories. Let's take a look.

They range from Indian cuisine through South America and many more in between.

Had you achieved perfection,

you'd have the opportunity of adding two categories of your choice.

If you'd won, Usual Suspects, you could have done it,

but as 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 is time to switch you off. We'll see you in round two.

Away they go.

Charlotte, looking at those, which ones do you want to avoid?

I would say probably regiments,

because I don't have a clue what regiments means.

Right. And things you like?

I think cocktails would be quite good.

-Thrillers - it's my favourite type of film, so thrillers would be brilliant.

-OK.

-Are you ready for the next round?

-Yes.

-Good. Let's play round two.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

Hmm. I like Anne Hathaway.

-Um... I'm going to say false.

-False.

Again, not really fond of the Beatles. Um...

Oh, it's obviously not one of the main...

Hmm. I'm going to say false again.

False. You need to get a move on now.

-I'm going to guess. I'm going to say true.

-True. And finally...

-I recognise the name, so a guess - true.

-True.

Speeding up, you managed to get there in time and you've answered all four statements.

-You didn't look overly comfortable in that round.

-No. They're not easy.

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

So, Usual Suspects,

these were the four statements.

Next to them are Charlotte's answers. What do you think, Tony?

Well, I think she's got B wrong. I think Charlotte's got that wrong.

Stuart Sutcliffe was one of the original members of the Beatles.

-Not sure about C, but I know she's got And D right.

-OK.

Charlotte, the moment of truth. You need to have answered all statements perfectly to have won.

Let's find out how many you have correct.

Just two out of four.

I'm afraid that's nowhere near perfection.

As a result, you've let in the Usual Suspects.

You can see Charlotte's answers.

You need to change two of them. But which two?

-Anne Hathaway was William Shakespeare's wife.

-Yes.

-I have been to Hathaway's cottage.

-Yes.

-And we know D is right.

-Yes.

-So it must be B and C.

-B and C.

-B and C?

-Mmm-hmm.

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

-B changes from false to true.

-And C from true to false.

And C from true to false, leaving A and D as answered by Charlotte.

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

Talking about the Anne Hathaway who was Shakespeare's wife.

He was an original bass player.

Anatolia is an obsolete name for Iraq.

It's an old-fashioned term for the Turkish peninsula.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects,

you have achieved perfection.

APPLAUSE

Oh, dear, Charlotte, the Usual Suspects have succeeded where you failed

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

Usual Suspects, because you won the round, you've earned the right

to choose the next four categories to add to the board.

That's two from the first round and two from the round you just won.

So which four would you like Charlotte to play in the final?

-I would go with political pets. If you want.

-All right.

Political pets goes into the final.

-I'm going to go for cocktails, Charlotte.

-Cocktails goes across into the final. Next?

I'd like to think I know a bit about Formula 1, so Formula 1, please, Nick.

I see, this is how it's working. One more.

-Words, please, Nick.

-Words.

Words goes across. Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you've won the second round.

It's time to switch you off. All smiling, looking very pleased. What do you make of the categories?

I would have picked three of those.

The only one I wouldn't have would be political pets,

but I'm not going to let them know that.

Absolutely right. Let's play round three.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

-Oh, I know the song and I love Queen, but I think it's false.

-False.

I've heard of that and that's where I want my honeymoon

-so I would say true.

-True.

I don't read much. Um, Brick Lane...

-I'm just going to guess. Zadie Smith, Brick Lane...true.

-True.

And finally...

Paradiddle, type of pygmy...

-I'm going to say true.

-True.

-Yes.

With time to spare this time, you've answered all four statements.

That sounded a lot more confident.

Yeah. Nothing that I'm TOO confident about,

but I think more...just the names ring a bell.

All right. Before we reveal how well you've done, let's bring back

the Usual Suspects. So these were the four statements

and next to them are Charlotte's answers.

Linda, has she achieved perfection?

Yes, I think she's come close to perfection. Could be one wrong.

-Which one do you think that is?

-D.

Well, we're about to find out exactly how many

you have got correct.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-One out of four.

-Wow!

So, Charlotte, you've let your enemies, the Usual Suspects,

into the game. Usual Suspects, can you steal the round?

You can see Charlotte's answers, you need to change three of them.

-A's right cos that's Prince.

-Purple Rain's Prince.

-Yes.

Er, Charlotte's got A right,

so we'd like to change B from true to false.

-B, change it from true to false.

-C from true to false.

-C changes from true to false.

-And D from true to false.

And D changes from true to false

leaving just A as Charlotte originally answered.

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

Purple Rain is an album by Queen, you said false. Is it true or false?

-It is false. It is by... Anybody?

-Prince.

Prince, absolutely. Back to your musical knowledge again, Aubrey.

Maui is the largest of the Hawaiian islands, true or false?

It is false.

Hawaii is, of course, the largest of the Hawaiian islands.

Brick Lane is a novel by Zadie Smith, you said true,

the Usual Suspects said false. Is that true or false?

Yeah, it's false. Monica Ali.

And finally, D, a paradiddle is a type of pygmy parakeet.

Charlotte thought it was. Is it true or false?

It's false. Congratulations, Usual Suspects.

-You have achieved perfection.

-APPLAUSE

It's a drumming term. Anyway, Charlotte, the Usual Suspects have

succeeded where you failed, they've stolen the round. Let's see the final board.

First four subjects, all chosen by you, Usual Suspects,

and because you won the round, you've earned the right

to choose the last two subjects as well. So, what's it going to be?

What are we doing? What do you want, Captain?

-Being a patriot, the Queen.

-So the Queen goes in.

Poetry or thrillers?

-I think thrillers.

-Thrillers, please, Nick.

Thank you very much. Thrillers goes across.

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

OK, guys. It's time to switch you off for the final time.

Away they go.

Charlotte, considering they chose all of them, they've chosen a few you'd have had anyway.

-I'm quite pleased.

-Yeah? OK, Charlotte, for £5,000,

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 fund of £5,000.

If you fail, you'll be leaving with nothing

which is great news for the Usual Suspects, as one of them could be

playing for a rollover of £6,000 on the next game.

So, let's play the final round.

Charlotte, here are your final six categories.

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

Think carefully. There's no time limit

but once you've given your first answer, it's locked in.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

-Let's reveal your first statement. Please tell me

whether you believe it to be true or false.

Political pets.

-I'm just going to guess and say true.

-True. Cocktails.

Bellini...

Mmm, peaches... Bellini, champagne.

Mmm... OK, I'm going to have a guess. I'm going to say, um...

-True.

-True.

Formula 1.

Jackie Stewart won five Formula 1 world titles.

-I'm going to say false cos I don't recognise the name.

-False.

-False.

Words.

The word "sanguine" means "unhappy".

It'd be nice if I knew what nationality it was

cos it's not English. It'd be... Sanguine...

Meaning unhappy...

-I'm going to say it means... Hm... False.

-False?

The Queen, Elizabeth II, is Canada's Head of State.

I wouldn't have thought she'd be Canada's.

I think she'd be somewhere else. I don't know why,

-so I'm going to say false.

-False.

And finally, thrillers.

Frederick Forsyth wrote The Day of The Jackal.

Sounds like it would fit. Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth...

I'm going to say true.

-True?

-Yeah.

Those answers are locked in.

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

-Which one's you unsure of?

-All of them!

-It was that bad, was it?

-Yeah.

-All right. Let's switch on the Usual Suspects.

Usual Suspects, you can now see the final six statements

and next to them are Charlotte's answers.

Charlotte, your answers are now locked in

and you can't change them by yourself but...

if you've made a mistake, you can unlock the board with 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 Charlotte has done, if you want to help,

and if you do, how much it's going to cost.

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

-Um...Tony.

Charlotte, you've definitely got three right, from what I can gather.

There's two I know are wrong,

and there's one I'm afraid I really have not a clue about.

-I'm sorry.

-Linda, how about you?

Charlotte, I don't think you've got perfection there.

I think you've got three wrong, but I'm really not that sure.

Oh...

I was hoping for a bit more confidence,

but let's hear from Aubrey.

You've definitely got three right, Charlotte,

and there's three that I'm unsure of.

-£5,000 to play with. Do you want to tempt them with money?

-I think I'm going to tempt Tony.

Obviously, I want to be nice but I don't want to be too nice.

-How much will you offer?

-Half. Would you go half with me, Tony?

There's one question there I just know nothing about, I'm sorry.

Can I just be clear, then, if Charlotte was

to offer you 4,900 of her 5,000, you wouldn't come down?

-You're absolutely right.

-Linda, you wouldn't come down?

-No.

-Aubrey?

I wouldn't, I'd feel guilty if I lost £100 for Charlotte.

Really? OK, I think that means negotiations have concluded, then.

None of our Usual Suspects are willing to help,

so you're on your own. Let's find out if you've achieved perfection.

Well, we normally start at the top.

-I'll let you decide, where do you want to start?

-We'll go top to bottom, make it easy.

-All right.

Bill Clinton had a cat named Humphrey.

You said you thought that could be true.

-You didn't really know either way, did you?

-No.

So this was a bit of a guess.

We need this to turn green to get you on the road towards that £5,000.

If it turns red, you leave with nothing straight away.

Bill Clinton had a cat named Humphrey. Is that true or false?

It's false.

Because you haven't achieved perfection, you're not going to win the cash.

Have you achieved perfection at home? Let's see the rest of the answers.

-Bill Clinton had a cat named Socks.

-I had a cat called Socks.

-Did you?

Sadly, that wasn't the question. OK, so, let's move on.

Bellini is traditionally flavoured with peaches. You said it was true.

Is it true or false?

Yes, it is true.

-It's champagne flavoured with peaches.

-Oh, thought so.

Jackie Stewart won five Formula 1 world titles. You said false.

Is it true or false?

False.

He only won three times,

although that's quite an achievement in itself.

"Sanguine" means "unhappy". You said false. Is it true or false?

False. It means cheerfully optimistic, and it is English(!)

LAUGHTER

Elizabeth II is Canada's Head of State. You said false.

Is it true or false?

It's true.

-Oh, dear.

-Frederick Forsyth wrote Day Of The Jackal.

You said it was true.

Is it true or false?

It is in fact true so, do you know what,

considering that you were guessing them,

you've done better than some people have done in the final round.

Usual Suspects, great news for you. The prize fund rolls over to the next game

where one of you could be playing for a total of £6,000.

APPLAUSE

So, I'm afraid you failed to achieve perfection, and you go home with nothing.

-I hope you enjoyed playing.

-Yeah, it was great.

Ladies and gentlemen, Charlotte.

APPLAUSE

Time to meet the next Usual Suspects hoping to play Perfection today.

-New Usual Suspect, please introduce yourself.

-Hello, my name's Louise.

-I'm from London and I'm an accountant.

-OK.

Best of luck to you, as we now find out which one of you

has been selected randomly to play Perfection.

Tony, it's you! You've been chosen! Please come and play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

-Tony, welcome to the game. Here from Belfast?

-Yes.

I live just outside Belfast, a place called Carrickfergus,

just about nine miles north.

-What do you do for a living?

-I am now a broadcast journalist.

-I work for a local commercial radio station, reporting.

-Enjoying it?

-Every day. I love it.

-Well, Tony, it's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

They were your team-mates, now they're your enemies. Their job is to stop you winning the prize fund.

Your failure means the prize money rolls over, where one of them could be sitting here

playing for a bigger total. Here's the good news.

As nobody's one the past five games,

the prize fund currently stands at £6,000.

APPLAUSE

What would you spend the money on if you won it?

My wife and I have always wanted to go to Petra in Jordan,

the ancient city of Petra,

and Wadi Rum, where Lawrence of Arabia was.

It would just be...it would be a dream come true to go somewhere like that.

Look, good luck, I hope you get there

and I hope you do very well here.

Usual Suspects, we'll switch you off so you can't see or hear,

but as soon as Tony makes a mistake, you'll be back in the game.

Away they go. You can talk through your answers without giving anything away.

-OK.

-Are you ready?

-Yes. I am.

-Brace yourself,

let's play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Round one, your 45 seconds starts now.

Peter Grimes IS an opera, I'm not sure if Elgar wrote...

-No, I'll go...I know it's an opera, I'll go with true. Elgar.

-True.

He famously knocked him down, but he didn't famously defeat him.

-It's false.

-False.

-It is. True.

-True.

And finally...

Well, I've lots of time here.

Dodecanese are a group of Greek islands. False.

False.

Very good. And that sounded to me like a very positive round from you.

Yeah, I hope I'm right with Lawrence of Arabia!

Well, before we reveal how well you've done,

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

So, Usual Suspects, these were they four statements.

Next to them are Tony's answers.

Let's start with Louise. What do you think, is it perfection?

I'm not sure of the first one. I think that one might be wrong.

All right, well, Tony, the moment of truth.

You need to have answered all four correctly to have won the round. Let's find out how many ARE correct.

Three out of four's pretty good.

But I'm afraid, in this game, not good enough.

You didn't achieve perfection, which means you've let the Usual Suspects into the game.

Usual Suspects, can you steal this round? You can see Tony's answers.

You need to change just one of them, but which one?

Fairly sure B and C are right.

D is Greece, I think.

He's only got one wrong, and if you're sure of D...

We're going to change A from true to false. Final answer.

You're changing A from true to false,

leaving B, C, and D as answered by Tony.

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

Peter Grimes is an opera by Elgar.

Tony, you said that was true, although you were worried about it.

-I was.

-Usual Suspects, you said false. Is it true or false?

It is false.

Benjamin Britten, in fact.

So, we know where this is going, but let's run through them anyway.

Henry Cooper famously defeated Mohammed Ali - true or false?

False, he knocked him over but never beat him.

Lawrence of Arabia's first name was Thomas - true or false?

It's true. The Dodecanese are a group of Italian islands.

Tony said false. Usual Suspects, you said false.

It is, of course, false.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved perfection.

APPLAUSE

As you thought, they belong to Greece.

So, Tony, they managed to succeed where you failed,

and they've stolen the round.

Usual Suspects, you now have the opportunity to make

Tony's chances of winning the prize fund harder in the final, and here's how.

Tony, this is your final board.

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

Here are your final round categories.

Starting with Scottish kings, ranging through politicians,

through to heavy metal and more in between.

Because the Usual Suspects stole the round from you,

they get to choose the two categories,

hoping to make the final harder for you to win.

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

-Your choice, Louise.

-Um...

Politicians.

-Politicians, please, Nick.

-Louise says politicians.

-Aubrey agrees. Next?

-I will go Scottish kings.

Scottish kings, please, Nick.

Scottish kings goes across into the final.

Well done, Usual Suspects, you've won the first round. Time to switch you off,

but we'll see you in round two.

Don't do anything I wouldn't do in there.

OK, Tony, with the Usual Suspects gone, what do you think?

-I'd like to think I know something about politics.

-And history?

-Yeah, so, we'll see, we'll see.

-Let's play round two.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

Er...

-I'll say false. I think it was earlier than that.

-False.

-I'm going to plump for true.

-True.

-I'm not sure why.

-By area, Russia's the world's largest country. False.

-False.

And finally...

Kerry Katona, I know she married one of those ones.

-Yes, she is the ex-wife. True.

-True.

And with time to spare,

you've answered all four statements.

-That seemed a good round for you.

-A lot of wild guesses there.

-Were there really?

-Yes.

-Well,

before we reveal exactly how well you've done,

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

Hello, Usual Suspects, these were the four statements

and next to them are Tony's answers.

Aubrey, how's he done?

I think he's done fairly well but I believe he's got one wrong, B.

If dodgeball is an Olympic sport,

that's a new thing I've learnt today.

-I don't think it is or was.

-Linda?

-I've never heard of that being an Olympic sport.

-Louise?

Absolutely the same. I don't think dodgeball was an Olympic sport.

They all think dodgeball might have been a mistake for you. We're about to find out.

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

Let's find out how many you got correct.

Three out of four's not bad, but in this game

it's just not good enough. You failed to achieve perfection.

You let the Usual Suspects into the game.

Usual Suspects, can you steal this round? You can see Tony's answers.

You need to change one. Which one?

We'll go with B because it was a unanimous decision.

We'd like to change B from true to false.

You'd like to change B from true to false,

leaving A, C and D as answered by Tony.

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

A, the first computer mouse was made in 1991. Tony said false.

Usual Suspects decided not to change it and went with false.

Is it true or false?

It is false. Oddly enough, they date back to the 1960s.

OK, dodgeball was once an Olympic sport - true or false?

It is false. Yes, never been an Olympic sport.

By area, China is the world's largest country - true or false?

It is false.

Russia is the largest by area.

Kerry Katona is the ex-wife of Brian McFadden.

You said it was true, the Usual Suspects agreed with you.

Is it true or false?

Yes, it's true.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you've achieved perfection!

Tony, Usual Suspects have succeeded where you failed

and they've stolen the round.

Usual Suspects, you can make Tony's chances of winning the prize fund

of £6,000 much harder. Let's see the final board.

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

-I want 1970s cinema.

-I was going to go for the same one.

-1970s cinema, please, Nick.

-Thank you. 1970s cinema goes across.

-Do you think Monty Python? Or football?

-Football, please, Nick.

Football goes across.

All right, Usual Suspects, time to switch you off. I'll miss you!

They won't miss me back, will they?! You expect that back sometimes.

What do you make of those choices?

Both very wide topics.

1970s cinema might not have been what I'd have picked,

but it's not the worst board in the world.

-Let's play the next round.

-I am ready to play.

-Let's play round three.

Your 45 seconds starts now.

The Mississippi River... No, it's not. That is false.

-The Nile is the longest or the second longest. So, the Nile. False.

-False?

False, yes.

Um, false.

-I don't know why, but I'm saying that.

-False.

No, he didn't land at Plymouth, he landed somewhere else. False.

False. Finally, Grenade was a UK number one single for Bruno Mars.

-I'll have to say that's true. True, yes.

-True.

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

-Better?

-William the Conqueror, I'm sure he landed in Kent.

I don't think he went as far as Plymouth,

-but I could be completely wrong.

-OK.

Time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

Usual Suspects, these are the statements, with Tony's answers.

Louise, can you spot an error?

Well, I'm pretty sure that A and D are right.

With regards to B and C, I just don't know myself,

so he could have achieved perfection.

The moment of truth. You need to have answered all four perfectly to have won the round.

Let's find out how many you got right.

Three out of four.

That isn't good enough on this programme.

You didn't manage perfection. So your enemies, the Usual Suspects,

could nip in and nick it off you. Usual Suspects, can you steal this round?

You can see Tony's answers, you need to change one of them. Which one?

-William the Conqueror, 1066.

-William the Conqueror...

I just think, Battle of Hastings, 1066.

Yes, further away. What about the Mississippi River?

I think the Nile is the longest... certainly the longest in Africa.

I'm not sure about the world. I think the Nile is longer.

Because we are uncertain, Nick, we're changing A from false to true.

-Yes, agreed, everyone?

-Final answer.

-Everyone agrees?

-Yes.

-Yes?

-Yes.

A is changing from false to true.

Leaving B, C and D as answered by Tony.

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

The Mississippi River is longer than the Nile - true or false?

It's false!

Already, you've blown it, Usual Suspects!

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

I wonder how you're doing at home. Can you still achieve perfection? Let's find out.

Plainly, the Nile is considerably longer than the Mississippi.

Henning Mankell wrote the Wallander novels - true or false?

True! That's the one you were looking for.

William the Conqueror landed at Plymouth in 1066 - true or false?

False. He landed at Pevensey, a few miles up the road from Hastings.

Grenade was a UK number one single for Bruno Mars - true or false?

Absolutely true.

Now, Usual Suspects, had you achieved perfection,

Tony's chances of winning would have been harder in the final. Let's see the board.

Four subjects already chosen, two to choose.

As nobody managed to win round three, to fill those blank spaces,

you take it in turn to choose. Tony, as the single player, you go first.

-What do you fancy?

-There's a lot there that I like.

But the one that you'd think would be obvious, I'm going to avoid,

because it could be a massive banana skin for me!

So, that's newsreaders, just in case! So I'm going to take Monty Python.

Monty Python goes across.

Usual Suspects, you get to choose the last category into the final.

-I like the idea of comic books.

-Comic books, yeah.

-Yeah?

-You OK with that, Linda?

-I'm OK.

-Comic books, please, Nick.

Comic books goes across and becomes the sixth and final category in the final.

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

Much as it breaks my heart, Usual Suspects, it's time to switch you off for the final time.

Away they go into the darkness. Tony, not a bad board for you, is it?

-I think I've given myself a chance.

-I think there's a good chance.

Tony, for £6,000, it's time to play the final.

Tony, the all-important final. If you achieve perfection, you could be leaving with £6,000.

If you fail, you will leave with nothing,

great news for our Usual Suspects, as one of them could be playing

for a rollover of £7,000 on the next game. You don't want that.

Well, I'll do my very best not to let it happen.

Visualise £6,000 - it's a lot of cash.

-It is a lot of money.

-Very handy. Ready to play the final round?

-As ready as I'll ever be.

-Good. Let's play the final round.

Tony, here are your final six categories.

You must answer all six correctly if you want to win the £6,000.

Think carefully, there is no time limit.

-But once you've given an answer, your first answer is locked in.

-OK.

Let's reveal your first statement.

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

Well, he was Viscount Stansgate, but he rejected the peerage

so that he would remain a Labour politician.

So I will say false.

-With a degree of uncertainty!

-False?

-Yes.

-Scottish kings.

Macbeth was the name of a real King of Scotland.

-I'll say true.

-True.

1970s cinema.

Randle P McMurphy is a character in Jaws.

I'm happy with this one. Randle P McMurphy is brilliantly played by Jack Nicholson

in the fantastic One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

So that's definitely not Jaws, so false.

False. Football.

Jack Wilshere played Premier League football at 15.

We've had Wayne Rooney who was very young,

and there was somebody else, not Jack Wilshere.

-I'll say false.

-False. Monty Python.

-My question.

He didn't. That was played by Graham Chapman.

-So? False. That question is false. It was played by Graham Chapman.

-False.

Finally, comic books.

I have no idea.

-So I'll say true.

-True?

-Yes.

-Tony, those answers are locked in.

-Which ones are you worried about?

-I'm worried about B and F.

I'm putting an educated guess, he said hopefully, in D.

Let's switch on the Usual Suspects. You can now see the final six statements

and next to them are Tony's answers.

Tony, 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 this will come at a cost. Who would you like to hear from first?

-I'll hear from the veteran, Aubrey.

-Thanks, Tony!

-You've got three definitely right and three I'm not sure of.

-OK.

Linda? Going in order.

From what I can see, three wrong, possibly.

-Last, and by no means least, Louise?

-Well, this is a tough board.

I think there's two that I think are wrong.

But I don't have much confidence in that. I think there's two wrong.

Would you be confident to come and say I've got perfection?

I don't think I'm confident enough.

-Unfortunately.

-OK, going back the way I came, Linda?

Do you think you could, with me, achieve perfection?

-No, I just wouldn't be able to.

-It's £6,000 on the table.

It wouldn't be fair, Tony, as I really don't know. I don't want to spoil it for you.

So Linda's taken herself out of the equation.

Louise has too, which comes back to the veteran, Aubrey.

Even if you said £5,000 to me and £1,000 for you, Tony,

I'd feel terrible if you lost £1,000

and I'd feel even worse if I lost five!

OK, thank you very much. I'm afraid, Tony,

none of our Usual Suspects want to help you out,

so you are on your own, yeah. £6,000 at stake. Six answers away.

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

OK.

So, starting at the top.

You said false.

-You need this to turn red.

-I do.

You were sure of this one because...?

Because he abdicated his peerage. He was Viscount Stansgate

and he wanted to represent the Labour Party, and he didn't agree

with all of that peerage stuff, so he didn't take his title.

That's my theory, anyway. I could be wrong!

OK, so we're looking for this to turn red.

Tony Benn is a former peer of the realm - is that true or false?

It's true! The extraordinary thing about that,

you've just talked us through it again.

He was a former peer, and renounced it.

I thought Viscount wasn't really a peer, so there you go.

So that's where you've blown it. That's a real shame.

I'm afraid that you haven't managed to achieve perfection.

Have you achieved perfection at home?

Let's go through the rest of the answers and find out.

You plumped for true.

Is it true or false?

It is true. So, let's go on to the next one.

Randle P McMurphy is a character in Jaws.

You know you've got the right answer,

you were absolutely certain of this.

-Absolutely certain, yeah.

-So, you said false. Is it true or false?

You're absolutely right, it is false.

Randle P McMurphy was from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

Jack Wilshere played Premier League football at 15.

You thought that was unlikely. Just too young. So, you said false.

Is it true or false?

You were right, it is false.

He was 16.

-You said that was false, because you said it was...?

-Graham Chapman.

So, is it true or false?

Yeah, it is false, it was Graham Chapman.

This is starting to feel very uncomfortable.

Four correct answers, only one wrong.

How do you want this last one to go?!

I'd really rather be wrong, to be brutally honest!

If you'd have got that first one,

you'd be one question away from £6,000,

all on your own at this stage.

Frank Miller created the Sin City comic books.

-This is a total and utter guess?

-Complete guess.

You said true.

Is it true or false?

It's true!

You answered the whole board. On the Tony Benn question,

you talked me through the fact that he was a former peer.

-I talked you through the fact that he was part of the Establishment.

-The Viscount.

Yeah, but I didn't think he ever took a seat in the House of Lords,

and that's what I thought...

You got the other five - you'd probably have preferred

-to have lost a couple of other ones there.

-I came with nothing...

Unfortunately, sadly, you are going away with nothing.

Usual Suspects, great news for you.

The prize fund rolls over to the next game,

where one of you could be playing for a total of £7,000.

APPLAUSE

I think they feel bad for you too, we all do.

You've been a fantastic player, you played a great game,

but you have failed to achieve perfection, which means you go home with nothing.

I hope you've enjoyed playing. Ladies and gentlemen, Tony!

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Wow. That's tough, isn't it? That's all we have time for.

Please join us again next time, when our Usual Suspects have the chance to play again, this time for £7,000.

But remember, on this show, as we've just seen,

we only pay for absolute perfection. Goodbye.

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