Episode 53 Perfection

Welcome to the show that demands perfection. Behind here are four contestants

who are hoping their knowledge is flawless,

cos one single mistake could give the game away.

This is Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Perfection,

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 of them has been

randomly selected to join me here to play Perfection.

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

For example, if I said...

..would you say that's true or false?

If you 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.

Hi, I'm Janet from York.

I work in a funeral director's and this is my first game.

Hi, I'm Danny from Nottingham.

I'm a property investment consultant

and this is my second game.

Hello, I'm Oliver, I'm from Surrey, I'm a designer

and this is my third game.

Hello, my name's Karen.

I'm from Nottingham, I'm an administration manager,

and this is my fifth game.

Welcome to all of you, especially Janet, who's playing the first game.

Best of luck, as we find out which one of you has been randomly picked to play Perfection.

Karen, it's you.

Please come and play Perfection.

-Welcome to the game.

-Thanks.

-Find out more about you.

-You have a slight obsession with public transport.

-I do, yes.

I can get anywhere... I would say

definitely in the United Kingdom, possibly in Europe, and probably

the world, because you count airlines as public transport.

What's the longest journey you've done?

I went to Kenya for three months and did community projects. That was a journey.

-That's an experience.

-It is, yeah.

-All right, good luck.

Karen, it's you versus the Usual Suspects.

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

Their job is to stop you winning the prize fund, cos your

failure will mean the prize money rolls over to the next game

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

Every game on Perfection is worth £1,000.

Unfortunately for you, the last game was won,

so the prize fund is reset to £1,000.

But, given how you make that stretch out with public transport,

-I should imagine you could go anywhere on that.

-That's it.

-What's the plan?

Is there something you want to spend the 1,000 on?

There's ten narrow gauge railways in Wales all pulled by steam trains,

and there is obviously electric for Snowdon.

I'd like to go and spend a month in Wales just going round on all the public trains.

Best of luck. Here's how the game works. You play three rounds and then a final.

Every round you achieve Perfection makes the final easier.

But if your performance is anything less than perfect,

the Usual Suspects have the chance to step in

and steal the round, making the final harder for you.

The Usual Suspects, we'll switch you off for now so you can't see or hear anything.

Each round consists of four true or false statements. You answer against the clock.

You have 45 seconds, and once you've given an answer, your first answer is locked in.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Then let's play Perfection.

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Round 1, your 45 seconds starts now.

That's false, it's November 11th.

False.

I think that's true, slightly, Nick.

True.

Oh.

Sounds something that could be done, so I'd actually say true.

-True.

-Not sure, though.

And, finally...

I think that's false.

He's in a musical, I think in another one, I'm not sure which one it is.

-False, you said.

-Yeah.

Thank you. You needed your time to think that one through.

-Felt like a good round.

-Especially when that B came up,

after what we just chatted about.

It is entirely the luck of the draw in how it comes out.

And there's you talking about Mount Snowdon amongst all your trains.

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

So, Usual Suspects, these are the four statements

and next to them are Karen's answers.

-Oliver, has she achieved Perfection?

-It all looks pretty good,

except that Officer Krupke is

definitely a character in West Side Story.

Danny, what do you think?

The only one I'm unsure about is C, just

because it sounds a bit horrible, really.

The moment of truth. You need to have answered all four

statements perfectly to have won the round.

Let's find out how many are correct.

Three out of four's good, but it's not Perfection.

You've now let your enemies, into the game.

Usual Suspects, can you steal the round?

You can see Karen's answers, you need to change one of them, but which one?

-You think he was in West Side Story?

-Definitely.

We'll go for that, then, shall we?

I think we is like to turn D from false to true.

D changes from false to true,

leaving A, B and C as answered by Karen.

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

In the UK, Remembrance Day is in March. Is that true or false?

Yes, it is, of course, false.

November 11th, as you said, Karen.

B.

True or false?

Yes, it is true. You knew that all along, Karen.

C.

Is that true or false?

That is true.

It's a national Afghan sport.

D. Is that true or false?

It's true. Congratulations, Usual Suspects,

you have achieved Perfection.

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Karen, they managed to succeed where you failed, they've stolen the round.

Usual Suspects, you have the opportunity to make Karen's

chances of winning the prize fund that much harder.

Let's look at the final board.

Six spaces need to be filled with subject categories.

Here are the final round categories.

Starting with News Reporting,

going through He-Man, Puzzles

and onto Dogs, with many more in between.

If you'd won that round, you'd have the opportunity of choosing

two categories to add to the board.

But, cos the Usual Suspects stole the round from you, they choose

the two categories, hoping to make the final that much harder for you.

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

-DANNY:

-He-Man?

-OLIVER:

-He-Man seems like a good bet.

And Heraldry has a lot of quite obscure

-corners in it that might be...

-JANET:

-That's true.

OK, I think we'd like to choose Heraldry and He-Man.

Heraldry goes across into the final, followed by He-Man.

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

Time to switch you off, we'll see you in Round Two.

-What do you make of those?

-Heraldry, I know a few bits, so it might be OK.

He-man, apart from the few bits that I watched

when I was a child on television, who knows?

Look at those subject categories that are on offer.

Which two would you choose, given the opportunity?

Probably would be Puzzles and Dad's Army.

And two that you want to really avoid?

News Reporting and

possibly US battles.

All right, Karen, 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?

-Yes.

Let's play Round 2.

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Your 45 seconds start now.

-That's true.

-True.

-No, that's false. It's "be prepared".

-False.

That's right.

That's true, because I've been there when I've done tours on the coaches.

True. And, finally...

That's also true, cos they used to give them limes

-when they went on board ships in the olden days.

-True.

Lovely. So that sounded like a very confident round for you.

I think it is. I'm trying to be confident,

-but I'd still say I've possibly only got three of them.

-All right.

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

Usual Suspects, these are the four statements and next to them

are Karen's answers. Danny, has she achieved Perfection?

I don't think so, Nick. I've never heard of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

But, yeah, that's the only one I can see.

OK, Janet, do you think she's achieved Perfection?

The only one that I would change was A as well,

the model and actress, only because I've never heard of her myself.

All right, Karen, the moment of truth. Let's find out how many are correct.

-Yes!

-Congratulations, you have achieved Perfection.

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Very well played.

Let's look at those answers and statements in more detail.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is a very famous model and actress,

despite the Usual Suspects never having heard of her.

She'll be heartbroken watching this, won't she?

Sat at home, crying into her next script. So that's actually true.

Very well done.

B.

You said that was false, and, of course, it is...

false. "Who Dares Wins" is the motto of the SAS.

"Be prepared", as you said, is the motto of the Boy Scouts.

C.

You said this was true and it is, of course...

True. When you told us you'd visited there,

I was slightly worried, but it turns out just on a coach tour.

D. You said that was true, and, of course, it is...

true. Let's take a look at the final board.

Two subject categories chosen by the Usual Suspects,

but you won that round, so you get to choose the next two.

What do you fancy?

-I think I'll take Puzzles, Nick.

-Puzzles goes into the final.

-Dad's Army.

-And Dad's Army goes in, as well. Very well played, Karen.

Also well played, the Usual Suspects, although,

to be fair, you never really got a look in.

Time to switch you off, but we'll see you in Round 3.

So, you've picked the two that you said you were going to pick.

You'll have to find another two on there now. What do you fancy next?

Pasta, probably.

And probably Adam Ant.

Karen, you did well by choosing your own categories.

Hopefully you've made winning the final easier.

Are you ready to play the next round?

-Yeah, I'm ready.

-Good, then let's play Round 3.

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Your 45 seconds start now.

It's a complete guess, but I'd say false,

-cos I don't think it's The Amazing Spider-Man.

-False.

Stands for International Standard Book Number.

It's a decimal system that they use in books.

-So it's false.

-False.

Oh. No, I think that's false.

False. And finally...

-The Road to Mandalay is in Burma, so it's true.

-True.

Good time management. Had me worried you wouldn't

finish in time, but very good time management.

-Another good round?

-Possibly only sure of one.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Sounded very positive.

Before we reveal how well you've done,

it's time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

Usual Suspects, these are the four statements and next to them

are Karen's answers. Janet, has she achieved Perfection?

Yes, I think she might have done.

Danny, do you think she's achieved Perfection?

-The only one I'm a bit unsure of is A.

-Oliver, can you help us out?

Is there anything wrong in those answers?

As Danny said, A is wrong.

Karen, the moment of truth.

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

Let's find out how many are correct.

Three out of four is a good score,

but it's not quite good enough.

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

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

You need to change just one of them. Which one?

-OLIVER:

-Kipling wrote The Road to Mandalay. I think it's in Burma.

-JANET:

-Postman Pat...

-OLIVER:

-Is in Greendale. Pontypandy is Fireman Sam.

ISBN numbers are obviously on books.

I think those are all...

-DANNY:

-Let's go for A.

-A, then?

-Let's go for it.

OK, can we change A from false to true?

A changes from false to true, leaving B, C

and D as answered by Karen.

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

A.

True or false?

Yes, it's true. Absolutely right, Oliver.

ISBN numbers show when food is out of date. True or false?

It is false. Remind me again, why is it, Karen?

It's book numbers that go on how a book is classified.

Exactly right.

C.

Is that true or false?

That is, of course, false.

Where does he deliver post, Oliver?

In Greendale, I believe.

Absolutely right. And Pontypandy is where...

-Fireman Sam.

-Fireman Sam, exactly right.

We all know our TV cartoons.

Mandalay is an Asian city, true or false?

Yes, that's true. Congratulations, Usual Suspects,

you have achieved Perfection.

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Karen, the Usual Suspects succeeded where you failed and they've stolen the round.

Let's see the final board.

Because you won, you've earned the right to choose the last

two categories to add to the board. Which two would you like?

-JANET:

-What about Adam Ant?

-DANNY:

-Era, though.

And there are only a few questions you can ask about Adam Ant.

-JANET:

-What his real name is or something?

Well, I know his real name. Do you?

-Yeah, I do. But I don't know if she will.

-OK.

And Dogs, I thought, as well,

-because she doesn't look like a doggy person.

-OK.

-Shall we go with Adam Ant and Dogs?

-DANNY:

-That's fine.

OK, Adam Ant and Dogs.

Adam Ant and Dogs goes into the final. Thank you very much.

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

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

-Adam Ant?

-It was my era.

-OK.

And Dogs, they say you're not a doggy person?

-They're completely wrong.

-Are they?

My best friend has five, my...her son worked at kennels,

so, unless it's, like, Crufts winners, then dogs is not too bad a subject.

Which has got to give you a better chance in the final.

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

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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 leave with nothing - great for the Usual Suspects,

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

So, let's play the final round.

APPLAUSE

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

You must answer all six statements correctly

if you want to win £1,000. Think carefully.

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

-your first answer is locked in. Are you ready?

-Yes.

Let's reveal your first statement.

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

Heraldry.

I think that's false.

False. He-Man.

She-Ra, but I think Teela was there,

-so I think that's true.

-True.

Puzzles.

That's false. I've seen all the books with it, there's Hidato,

obviously everyone knows there's Sudoku.

So you're saying?

-It's false.

-False, thank you.

Dad's Army.

That's false.

They assume he is his nephew, because he calls him Uncle Arthur,

but Pike's mother is just having an affair with Uncle Arthur.

-So it's...

-False.

-Private Pike is captain's nephew is false.

-False.

Adam Ant.

Something's telling me that's false. I thought it was Stuart.

I think it begins with an S, but I thought it was Stuart somebody.

-So false again.

-Yeah, false again.

Dogs.

I would say that would be true, yes, that they

were abolished in the 1980s.

-True.

-Yeah.

-And with that, Karen, those answers are locked in.

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

So which ones are you worried about?

A.

Well, A, B and E.

-A, B and E.

-A, B and E, yeah.

All right, 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 Karen's answers.

Your answers are locked, you can't change them yourself,

but if you think you 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?

I'd like to hear from Danny first, please.

-How well do you think you've done?

-I think I've done quite well.

-I'm fairly confident on my answers.

-Are you confident on all of them?

-I'm just going to say I'm confident on my answers.

-Well, good luck.

-I can't help.

-Right, er, Oliver?

I can see one that's definitely wrong

and another that I'm 90% sure is wrong,

so I'm going to ask again, how many do you think you are confident on?

I'm absolutely certain of four.

-OK.

-I'm reasonably confident on the other two.

Would you be willing to come down for half - £500 - to help me?

If you are quite certain about most of them,

then I probably can't argue sense into you.

I think I'm counting myself out. Sorry, Karen.

You think you're counting yourself out. Could you be swayed with money?

Not at this stage, no.

-No?

-No.

-That's a definite, final no?

-No.

No, it's not a definite no?

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Hang on, how many levels of no are we going to?

-So, yes, that's a no?

-Yes.

-LAUGHTER

Thank you, Oliver, that's a lot clearer!

-Would you like to hear from Janet?

-Yes. Hi, Janet.

I don't think you've reached Perfection, but only because

there's one that I know is definitely wrong,

but I don't know about the others.

But I'm not willing to come down and help, I'm afraid.

OK, no problem. Thank you anyway. Thanks, guys.

OK, well, it looks like negotiations are over.

None of our Usual Suspects are willing to help,

so you're on your own. £1,000 at stake,

six answers away, let's find out if you've achieved Perfection.

Oliver, you said you were sure that there was at least one wrong, yes?

-Yes, I think two, actually.

-And which ones were you picking out?

I believe that Pike is Mainwaring's nephew

and also "gules" is related

to the word "gueule", meaning "mouth", so that's red.

Well, that's interesting, isn't it? Let's leave them for the moment.

We'll step over it and come back to them and a little while.

B - Teela was a character in the cartoon He-Man.

You said that was true. Is it true or false?

It's true.

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Count Dooku is a Japanese number puzzle.

You said you know most of those number puzzles

and the names associated with them, so you thought that was false.

Is it true or false?

Yes, it is false.

APPLAUSE

Count Dooku was in fact Christopher Lee's character in Star Wars.

Private Pike is Captain Mainwaring's nephew.

This is the one that Oliver thought might be wrong.

You said this was false. Is it true or is it false?

Yes, it is false.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, what's interesting about this is I think Pike's uncle was

actually Sergeant Wilson and there was some doubt about that even

because it was always "Mum's friend".

That's what the suggestion always was.

Anyway, so three out of three and halfway to the bank,

-all on your own.

-Well...

-Very good.

Adam Ant's real name is Simon Ritchie.

They had a long discussion, the Usual Suspects,

even told you what the question might be.

They almost gave away the answer

because the question did turn out to be what they were suggesting.

And so you have to decide. Is Adam Ant's real name Simon Ritchie?

You said false. Is it true or is it false?

It is false. Very well done.

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In the discussion, Janet, you said that you did know his name,

-so his real name is...?

-I think it's Stuart Goddard.

-Oliver's nodding.

It is absolutely right.

Dog licences were abolished in England

in the 1980s and they set you this

because they thought you didn't know about dogs.

However, your partner has...?

Not my partner, it's a very good friend of mine has five dogs

and her son works at a kennels.

So you knew quite a bit about dogs in the end. You said this was true.

If this turns green, you're just one away from the £1,000.

Is it true or false?

It is true.

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So, we go back up to the top.

Gules is the heraldic name for the colour red.

Now, Oliver had a theory on this. If he's right, this will turn green.

If you're right and it's false, as you've answered,

it will turn red and you will go home with the £1,000.

Is that true or is it false, for £1,000?

It's true.

Yes, I'm afraid Oliver was right.

It is the heraldic name for the colour red

and as a result of that, Karen,

I'm afraid you didn't achieve Perfection

and you won't be going home with the money,

but, 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 £2,000.

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You know, in the entire game, you only got three questions wrong.

That's a really, really strong performance, but unfortunately,

Perfection it has to be in the final to walk away with the cash

-and that didn't happen, but I hope you enjoyed playing.

-Yeah, yeah.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it, please, for Karen.

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

hoping to play Perfection today.

New Usual Suspect, please introduce yourself.

I'm John from Shrewsbury and I'm a sales executive.

Welcome to the game, John. Good luck to all of you as we now find out

which one of you has been randomly picked to play Perfection.

Danny, it's you that has been chosen.

Please come down and play.

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-Danny, welcome to the game.

-Thank you.

We'll find out a bit more about you. Hobbies and interests?

I'm into my sport, I like to keep fit.

You took part in a 24-hour race recently,

motor racing presumably for 24 hours?

-No, it was the Thunder Run in Derbyshire.

-A run?

-A run.

-Running for 24 hours?

-Yes, not just myself. I was in a team of five.

-Good grief!

-It was pretty tough.

I really don't like running. What's the interest in running?

-It's not really...

-When you can get a taxi!

-LAUGHTER

Yeah, I tend to get dragged into it by one of my friends.

And for years you have been telling your friends you're perfect?

-Yes.

-Well, here's your opportunity to prove it now.

-Exactly.

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

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

Here's the good news - as no-one has won the last game,

the prize fund currently stands at £2,000.

APPLAUSE

So what would you spend £2,000 on, Danny?

Well, I've always loved to go travelling.

What I'd probably do is get on a plane to Las Vegas,

probably maybe put some on red and if it, you know...

if I make a bit of money,

I'll go a bit further than I might have intended to.

-If not, you'll come straight home.

-Yeah.

-OK. Interesting way to do it.

Three rounds and a final to come.

Usual Suspects, we'll switch you off for now,

so you can't see or hear anything,

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

-Are you ready to play?

-Yeah.

-Then let's play Perfection.

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Round 1. Your 45 seconds start now.

Never heard of it. Erm, I know there are a lot of types of potato.

-I'll go false.

-False.

No, I'm pretty sure that her first album was 21, so I will say false.

False.

Not a great cookery fan.

I'll go false again.

False. Watch the time.

-True.

-True.

How was that? Yeah, not too sure on A and C, but... Yeah, I think...

-In with a chance?

-Yeah, yeah.

-All right.

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 Danny's answers.

Oliver, has he achieved Perfection?

I think that B might be a clever double bluff and it's actually true.

-Janet, what do you think of those answers?

-A is wrong.

Pentland Javelin is a potato.

And I don't think fencing is part of the Pentathlon.

-I would say that was false.

-All right, Danny, the moment of truth.

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

Let's see how many are correct.

Ah, two out of four. Certainly not Perfection.

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

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

You need to change two of them, but which two?

-OLIVER:

-You seemed very sure about A.

That's right, I'm sure it is.

-JOHN:

-I watched Pentathlon on the Olympics

and I can't see fencing on there, it was shooting from what I can recall.

All right, what about the Adele one?

Then I withdraw my challenge to that one.

Shall we go for A and D, then?

-OLIVER:

-OK.

-JOHN:

-Change A and D, yes? I'm happy at that.

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

-A changes from false to true.

-And D from true to false.

And D from true to false, leaving B and C as answered by Danny.

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

The Pentland Javelin is a type of potato. True or false?

Yes, it's true. Well done, Janet.

Adele's album 19 was released before her album 21. Is that true or false?

I'm afraid that's true. That's the one you are looking for.

You were right, Oliver. Can you still achieve Perfection at home?

Let's go through the rest and find out.

Lemony Snicket is an author of cookery books. True or false?

That is, of course, false.

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of Daniel Handler,

who wrote A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

Fencing is part of the Modern Pentathlon. Is that true or false?

Yeah, that is, in actual fact, true.

Let's take a look at the final board. These six blank spaces

need to be filled with subject categories.

Here are the final round categories...

Because neither side won the round, the two categories that were

due to be chosen will be carried over to the next round,

meaning four categories will be on offer, everyone.

Usual Suspects, it's time to switch you off,

but we'll see you in Round 2.

Danny, let's talk about those categories on offer -

which two will you be choosing, given the opportunity?

I would probably say...

Blue Peter - I grew up with Blue Peter -

-and probably Golf.

-And Golf. Two that you'd really like to avoid?

Erm, Composers and Ukulele.

Danny, in order to win the prize fund, you will need to answer

all six statements correctly, so, winning the next round

could prove crucial with four categories on offer.

-Are you ready to go?

-Yeah.

-OK, let's play Round 2.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds start now.

I've been practising my geography, and...

I can't remember!

I will go...true.

True...

Erm... I believe...

-I believe that's true.

-True...?

Yeah, I know they're big birds. Yeah, go true.

True - and finally...

-Never heard of that, so, false.

-And with a little time to spare,

you answered all four statements.

-How did that feel?

-I think... I think I got B wrong.

-So, not necessarily Perfection.

-No.

Before we reveal how you've done,

time to bring back those Usual Suspects.

So, Usual Suspects, these were the four statements,

and next to them are Danny's answers.

Janet - has he achieved Perfection this time?

The one I might have changed is B, the backgammon.

-John, what do you think?

-Erm, I would possibly change

D, from false to true.

Oliver - can you see anything wrong with those answers?

Only really C - 10ft seems like

an extraordinary span.

OK, Danny, the moment of truth -

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

Just one of the four, in fact!

-You're heading in the wrong direction.

-I know, not good.

You let the Usual Suspects into the game - can you steal this round?

You need to change three of Danny's answers - which three?

-Right...

-So, which one are we picking as true, then?

I would have gone with Bhutan.

-Yeah?

-I'm happy to...

-OK.

I'm happy at that, yeah.

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

B changes from true to false.

-..C from true to false...

-C from true to false.

-..and D from false to true.

-And D from false to true,

leaving A, as answered by Danny.

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

Bhutan has a border with Nepal - is that true or false?

That's false - fallen at the first hurdle, I'm afraid, Usual Suspects.

It actually only borders China and India.

It doesn't have a border with Nepal.

Can you still achieve Perfection at home?

Let's sort out the rest of the statements.

B is false - in backgammon, they each start with 15.

The wingspan of an albatross is true, although it is different,

depending on whether they fly away from or towards the sun,

because, if it's 10ft flying away from the sun,

it's only 9ft flying towards the sun.

-CHUCKLING

-Oh, come on!

Tough crowd, really!

British and Swiss politicians hold an annual ski race -

is that true or false...?

Yeah, that's true.

Let's take a look at the final board,

and it's remarkably empty, given that we've played two rounds,

and nothing's going in now, either. Because neither side won the round,

the four categories will now be carried over to the next round,

meaning six categories will be on offer.

Usual Suspects, I'm going to switch you off.

Maybe you can do better in Round 3 - see you then.

And away they go.

Danny, with six categories on offer in this next round,

-it's going to be crucial, isn't it?

-It is.

-You get to choose either

-all your subjects, or they do.

-Yeah.

-Let's play Round 3.

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Your 45 seconds...start now.

-I'll go true.

-True.

Erm...never heard of it.

-We'll go false.

-False.

Not too good on my history, either. Erm...

-..we'll go true.

-True. And finally...

-I think we'll go false for this one, Nick.

-False.

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

-You didn't look comfortable during that.

-No, none of them, no.

OK - before we find out how many you've got correct,

let's bring back the Usual Suspects.

So, Usual Suspects, these were the four statements and Danny's answers.

John - is that a perfect board?

To be fair, Nick, I would be struggling on most of them answers,

so I would have to probably pass.

-Oliver - what do you think?

-D's right, but, erm,

General Wolfe died at Quebec,

and I wouldn't put it past Bath Chaps existing.

OK! Danny, the moment of truth -

you need to have answered all four statements perfectly

to have won the round. Let's find out how many are correct.

Just one out of four, I'm afraid.

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

Can you steal the round? You need to change three answers.

D's the one we're leaving, I think, isn't it?

That's right. D, yep. Let's go for it.

-Yeah.

-OK, then.

So, we'd like to change A from true to false...

A changes from true to false.

..B, from false to true...

B from false to true.

..and C from true to false.

C from true to false,

leaving D as answered by Danny.

Let's find out what the correct answers are.

Yes, A is false - he won a Best Director Oscar

for Dances With Wolves, but he's never won a Best Actor Oscar.

Yes, it is true.

C is false. You're exactly right, Oliver -

died at the capture of Quebec.

And D is false.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved Perfection!

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Formosa is the former name of Taiwan.

Usual Suspects, you now have the opportunity to make Danny's chances

of winning the prize fund about as hard as they can be -

let's have a look at the final board.

Because you won that round, you've earned the right

to choose six categories to add to the board -

two from this round and the four that rolled over.

So, which six would you like Danny to play in the final?

-Dickens?

-Dickens.

-Dickens sounds good, yeah.

-Composers, perhaps?

-Composers, I was thinking that.

-Ukulele...

-Shall we do these as we go along, Oliver,

otherwise you'll have to remember them all by the end.

-Oh, sorry, Nick!

-I can remember six things, I have done before.

You tread your own path through life, Oliver,

-don't you let me influence you!

-Thank you, Nick!

-Do you think he's a golf...?

-Japan, perhaps?

-Yeah, Japan sounds a good one.

-Temples as well, maybe.

Blue Peter? Erm...

He doesn't really look like a Blue Peter kind, does he?

Numerals - probably Roman numerals, do you think?

-Right, so...

-Roman numerals, that's quite hard, isn't it, really?

-You pick six of them.

-OK, right, so...

-Can you remember them?

-..Dickens...

-Dickens goes across.

-..Temples...

-Temples.

-..Japan...

-Japan goes into the final.

-..Blue Peter...

Blue Peter.

-..Numerals...

-Numerals.

..and Composers.

And Composers.

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

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

Well, they did you a favour, they picked Blue Peter,

which you said you'd choose.

Yeah, but they picked Composers...

-Yeah.

-..and Dickens.

-Well, it depends how the questions fall.

-Yeah.

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

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Danny, this is the all-important final - if you can achieve

Perfection, you could leave with a prize fund of £2,000.

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 £3,000 on the next game.

So, let's play the final round.

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Danny, here are your final six categories...

You must answer all six statements correctly

if you want to win £2,000.

There is no time limit, but once you have given an answer,

-your first answer will be locked in.

-Yeah.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

-Let's reveal your first statement. Tell me whether you

believe this to be true or false - Dickens...

It's going to be a guess - I've not read Dickens.

Erm, I think we'll go false.

-False?

-Yeah.

-Temples...

I've never been - I wouldn't know!

Erm...

We'll go true, please.

True. Japan...

I've never heard of it.

Erm, I think we'll go true, please.

True. Blue Peter...

I think it's been going...

over 50 years, erm...

I think they have two or three at a time. I think that's false.

-False.

-Yep.

Numerals...

I know VI is six.

X is ten.

I think L's 50, so that will be 66.

C, century, 100.

D... I think that is true...

-True.

-..please, yeah.

Composers...

Obviously French-influenced name. Er...

I would say that would be false, Nick.

-False.

-Yep.

Danny - those answers are locked in.

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

-Which ones are you unsure of?

-Ha-ha-ha...!

Dare I say all of them?

-A tough round for you.

-Yeah. Obviously not ones I'd pick

-myself, but, erm...

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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

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

and Danny's answers.

Danny, you cannot now change your answers by yourself,

but 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?

I'd like to hear from Janet first, please.

I think one of them is wrong, but there's one that I'm not sure of

at all, really, so I wouldn't be willing to come down, I'm afraid.

-OK.

-OK. John?

I believe you've got two wrong,

but I'm not certain

which way to go on them,

or the other answers,

so, for that reason, Danny, I can't come down for you,

-but good luck anyway.

-Thanks, John.

-And Oliver, please.

-You've definitely got one wrong,

er, and I'm not confident

about the other, either.

So, how confident do you feel?

I think I've got four - there's two I'm a bit dubious about.

-And, erm...

-Oh, right.

What about for a thousand?

No, you see, I think we might be

dubious about one of the same questions,

so...

-I'm afraid I'll have to declare myself out.

-Thanks, Oliver.

That's the last Usual Suspect declaring themselves out,

which means that none of the Usual Suspects

are prepared to come down and help you. £2,000 at stake,

six answers away, let's find out if you've achieved Perfection.

Before we start, we'll do the traditional thing. Janet -

you said there was one wrong, but there might be one other.

Oliver, you were clear that there was definitely one wrong -

which one was it, do you think?

Er, it's B. Angkor Wat, that's not in Sri Lanka,

I think it's in Thailand.

That's interesting.

Let's start at the top there, with A...

You said A was false - is it true or false?

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-It is false!

That is a character in Great Expectations, in actual fact.

Then there's the one that Oliver said he thought he'd change,

but decided not to come down and help with, so let's leave that,

and go onto the bullet train in Japan - you said this was true.

-It is true!

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That puts you a third of the way towards the £2,000

The Blue Peter presenters - you had a think about this.

You were trying to do the math and you decided

that that was probably false...

Yes, it is false.

There have been 35 Blue Peter presenters,

up until June 2012.

OK, the date in Roman numerals...

You worked it out, working backwards,

from the I to the V to the X to the L...

Sounds like a rapper, doesn't it? You said that was true...

It is true!

Very well played!

So, there are just the two left.

Frederic Chopin was born in Austria -

you said that was false...

It IS false.

Can we stop there, Nick?

-Sorry, what was that?

-Can we stop there? I'll just take half of it.

-LAUGHTER

-It's an interesting theory,

but I'm afraid I'm going to have to declare myself out

on that particular one! No, the game's called Perfection,

and it's all about perfection. Let's clear up Frederic Chopin -

-he was actually born in Poland.

-OK.

So, we come back to this one, the World Heritage Site,

Angkor Wat is in Sri Lanka -

the question is, should Oliver have come down

and taken £1,000, or...

were you right when you told your friends all these years

that you were perfect, and you've achieved Perfection on your own?!

You said it was true, which means you need it to turn green.

Is it true or false,

for £2,000...?

It's false!

You've fallen at the last hurdle, I'm afraid,

you've failed to achieve Perfection, and as such,

you won't be going home with the £2,000.

Just to let everyone know, Angkor Wat is in Cambodia...

-Oh, of course.

-..in actual fact.

Usual Suspects, great news for you - the prize fund rolls over

to the next game, where you could be playing for a total of £3,000!

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They're looking very happy up there. Danny, I'm afraid you've

-failed to achieve Perfection - you got close, though.

-Very close.

-Hope you enjoyed it.

-It's been very good.

-Let's hear it for Danny!

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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 £3,000, but remember,

five out of six just isn't good enough on this show -

we only pay for absolute Perfection. Goodbye.

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