Episode 60 Perfection

Welcome to the show that demands Perfection.

Behind the screen 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 Perfection,

the quiz show where only perfect play is good enough.

Behind me are the contestants, we call them the Usual Suspects.

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

For instance, if I said,

"Florence Ballard was a member of the Supremes.

Would you say that is true or false?

If you had 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 mistake.

You know how the game works, let's meet the Usual Suspects.

My name is Simon, I'm from Gloucestershire.

I'm a law student and this is my first game.

My name is Ian, I'm a guitar teacher from Paignton

and this is my first game.

My name is Janet, I'm from London.

I'm a retired social services manager

and this is my third game.

My name's Tom, I'm from Macclesfield.

I'm an English teacher and this is my sixth game.

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

who has been randomly picked to play Perfection.

Janet, it's you, please come and join me.

Janet, welcome to the game.

-You've just finished your memoirs, haven't you?

-Yes, I have.

They're all finished now. It took me five years but I've done it.

-You were one of how many children?

-Seven, I was the youngest of seven.

You were the first in your family ever to get a degree.

I was and my whole extended family.

You described yourself in the past as a bit of a hippy.

I had a lovely time.

-I shouldn't say any more.

-All right.

LAUGHTER

It's a family show!

I look forward to reading the memoirs, it sounds like a racy novel.

Janet, I can talk to you all day but I think we ought to get on with the game.

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

They're now your enemies. Their job is to stop you from winning the prize fund.

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

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

Every game on Perfection is worth £1,000. Here's the great news for you, nobody has won the last four

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

That's good.

What are you going to spend it on if you win it?

Well, the last long haul flight I did...I went cattle class

-because it's cheaper.

-Of course.

It was so uncomfortable

but I would like to do one more trip to Thailand, I've never been,

-but in business class.

-Yes.

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

Every round that you achieve Perfection makes the final easier for you.

If your performance is anything less than perfect,

the Usual Suspects have a chance to step in and steal the round,

making the final harder for you.

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

Each round consists of four true or false statements.

You'll be answering against the clock. You have 45 seconds and once

-you've given an answer, your first answer will be locked in.

-OK.

-Got that? Are you ready?

-Yeah, I'm ready.

Let's play Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Round 1, your 45 seconds starts now.

-True.

-True.

I've not seen it.

-I'll say, true.

-True.

I know that's false, I was a volunteer for them for a while.

-I know that one is false.

-False?

-Yeah.

Well you wouldn't know from my nails, but I know the answer.

-It's true.

-True.

And with that you have answered all four statements. How was that?

Not too sure about the first couple, especially the first one, A.

-I'm not sure about that.

-Before we reveal exactly how well you've done,

time to bring back the Usual Suspects.

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

Tom, what do you think, has she achieved Perfection?

I don't think A's true.

I haven't heard of a Tom Cruise film called Spike Island.

Ian, what do you think?

I agree, I do go to the cinema quite often and I'm into my films.

-I've not heard of that.

-Here's the moment of truth.

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

-Let's find out how many are correct.

-OK.

-Oh!

-Three out of four's a good score but it's not Perfection which means

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

Can you steal the round?

You only need to change one, which one?

I think it's A.

OK, yeah, can we change A, please, to false?

A changes from true to false, leaving B, C and D

as answered by Janet.

There wasn't a lot of discussion needed there.

Let's find out what correct answers are.

-Yeah, it's false in actual fact.

-Yeah.

Tom Cruise isn't in the film. So you can see where this is going already.

-True. It's very like a tuna.

-Right.

False. It actually started in 1953.

-Right.

-So quite a long time ago.

Absolutely true. Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved Perfection.

APPLAUSE

They managed to succeed where you failed

and they have stolen the round. Janet, this is your final board.

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

Here are your final round category options...

If you had won the round you could have added two categories of your choice to the board.

Because the Usual Suspects stole the round from you, they choose

the two subjects trying to make life more difficult for you in the final.

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

Immediately jumping out at me is Family Guy and 1990s Albums.

Absolutely, 1990s Albums.

-I totally agree with you.

-I think we're all on the same level.

Family Guy and 1990s Albums, please.

Family Guy goes in

and 1990s Albums.

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

Time to switch you off but we will see you in Round 2.

Janet, now they have gone, we can have a chat about that. Family Guy?

Not one of my programmes.

-1990s Albums?

-Not my time, really.

In that list what are the first two you're likely to choose?

-Sitcoms.

-Right.

Royalty.

-And two you're quite keen to avoid?

-Battles.

I'm not too keen on Jane Austen.

-Are you ready to carry on?

-I am.

Let's play Round 2.

Your 45 seconds start now.

Ukraine...

-I'm going to say true.

-True.

-No, it means to open it.

-So you are saying?

-False.

-False.

-Yeah.

I don't believe for a moment it was Leonardo,

he was very much a home-grown artist. False.

False. And, finally...

-Warrington Warriors, it sounds possible, I'll say true.

-True.

With time to spare you've answered all four. Perfection this time?

-I'm not a rugby follower.

-Do you not follow the rugby?

-No.

-A lot of good-looking men in shorts...

-No.

-Too much...

-You like more of a thinker?

-Yeah, something like that.

Yes.

LAUGHTER

OK, before we reveal how well you've done, it's time for us

to bring back the Usual Suspects.

So here are the four statements and next to them are Janet's answers.

Ian, what do you think?

-I'm half and half but I think A is wrong.

-Right.

I thought the Ukraine was landlocked.

I think C is wrong but I don't know why, I've just got that feeling.

Simon, can you see anything wrong with these answers?

I was pretty sure she had Perfection but that's just me.

You may well be right.

Janet, the moment of truth, let's find out how many are correct.

-Oh!

-Just two out of four is an average score in a 50/50 game

where it's true or false.

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

-I have.

Can you steal the round? You need to change two answers but which two?

-What do we reckon?

-I've got a feeling about A.

Even if it's for the wrong reasons, I've just got that feeling.

We'll switch A to begin with.

All right, A changes from true to false. And?

I'm not sure about C, at all.

I was just unsure about it but that's nothing definite.

-Was Lowry British?

-Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

OK, we'll do C, then. Can we change C, please.

You can, C changes from false to true, leaving B and D

as answered by Janet.

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

Yeah, it is false.

It has a Black Sea coast.

That's false. It means to open it, exactly as Janet told us.

False.

Laurence Stephen in actual fact.

Not many Leonardos around in the north of England

around the time he was knocking about. Oh dear, Usual Suspects,

you had a chance to steal the round from Janet but you failed

to achieve Perfection. She is waving her arms in glee

-down here.

-LAUGHTER

Did you at home manage to achieve Perfection?

False, that's the one you're looking for.

It's the Warrington Wolves,

not Warriors who are the rugby league team.

Let's have a look at the board.

Janet, 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.

-OK.

Usual Suspects, I'll switch you off for now, we'll see you in Round 3.

-All right, shall we press on?

-OK.

Let's play Round 3.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds start now.

-False.

-False.

I'm pretty sure it was Canada.

I'm not familiar with the programme or the film,

if that's what it is. I'm going to say...

-False.

-False.

SHE CHUCKLES

-I've no idea but, probably, so I'll say true.

-True.

And finally...

I'm keen on gardening.

-I haven't come across it but I'll say true.

-True.

And with that you've answered all four statements. What do you think?

-I don't think I've done very well, actually.

-Do you not?

-No.

-I have a feeling.

-All right let's find out if that feeling is correct

-after we bring back the Usual Suspects.

-All right.

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

-Simon, is that Perfection you see before you?

-It's not Perfection, no.

Bit of a let down.

I'm a big Simon Pegg and Nick Frost fan and they were in The World's End.

-Tom, I presume you agree.

-Yeah.

I've not seen the film but I know it's them.

Janet, the moment of truth.

You need to have answered all four statements perfectly

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

-Three out of four is not bad.

-Not bad.

I'm afraid you let the Usual Suspects into the game.

Usual Suspects, can you steal the round?

You need to change one answer.

Take your time, think it through.

Yeah, I think we can steal it. Can we change B to true?

B changes to true, leaving A, C and D as answered by Janet.

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

Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister of France, true or false?

False, as you so rightly pointed out, Janet.

-He was Prime Minister of Canada, twice.

-Twice.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star in The World's End, true or false?

True, the guys are absolutely right.

-You can see where this is going on.

-I can, yeah.

Prince William has a head scar from a golfing accident, true or false?

That's actually true. He was hit in the head with a golf club.

And Scarlet Pimpernel is the name of a flowering plant,

true or false?

Absolutely true.

Congratulations, Usual Suspects, you have achieved Perfection.

APPLAUSE

The Usual Suspects have succeeded where you failed

and nicked the round from you. Let's see the final board.

Because you won the round you earn the right to choose the next four categories -

two from this round and two that

rolled over from the previous round.

-So, fire away.

-Sitcoms.

-Sitcoms.

-Yeah.

Sitcoms is shouting out to us, so can we put that in, please?

Sitcoms goes in.

I like the idea of Road Safety.

OK, a lot of us drive, so Road Safety as well, please.

-Road Safety.

-Famous Balls,

-that's, er...

-Famous Balls...

-Ambiguous one.

-Extremely so!

We'll go for Famous Balls as well,

-please.

-Famous Balls.

And you need one more.

I've an inkling Janet might be quite good at airports.

Yeah, I'm sure she will. And Vietnam, is Vietnam near Thailand?

-She was saying she wanted to go to Thailand.

-Vietnam, then?

-OK, yeah.

-I see where you're going.

-OK, let's put Vietnam in.

Vietnam goes into the final. OK,

we now know our six final categories.

They are -

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

-You wanted Sitcoms.

-I did.

-Road Safety?

-I drive.

-There you go.

-Famous Balls?

-I've no idea what that means!

Vietnam?

Vietnam, I'm not... Around my time, but it just depends what comes up.

-Janet, for £5,000, it's time to play the final.

-All right.

APPLAUSE

Janet, this is the all-important final.

If you achieve Perfection you'll leave with a prize fund of £5,000.

If you fail, you leave with nothing, great news for the Usual Suspects

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

Let's play the final round.

Janet, here are your six final categories.

You must answer all six statements

correctly to win the £5,000.

Think carefully.

There is no time limit but your first answer will be locked in.

-Are you ready?

-I'm ready, thank you.

-Let's reveal your first statement.

-I think that's true.

-True.

I know who Morrissey is, of course, and I know his music, but...

Your City... I've not heard of it.

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

-False.

Yeah.

I'm a big fan of Birds of a Feather,

plus she has the same surname as myself,

-so I know that is true.

-True.

OK...

I'm going to say...that is false.

False.

I know who Zoe Ball is and I know who Bobby Ball is.

I've never heard of any connection between them,

but I'm going to say that's false.

-False.

-Yeah.

That's a tricky one. Um...

Why would they have got involved in the Vietnam War?

-I think that is false.

-False.

-Yeah.

OK, and with that your answers are locked in.

If there is one single mistake you leave with nothing.

Which ones are you worried about?

Er...F.

The Vietnam war. Er...

And B, Your City.

OK, let's bring back the Usual Suspects and see what they have to say.

Usual suspects, you can now see the six final statements

and next to them Janet's answers.

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

but if you think you made a mistake you can unlock the board

with the help of the Usual Suspects, but at a cost.

-Who would like to hear from first?

-I'd like to hear from Tom first.

I think you've done all right.

There's just a couple I'm not sure of myself.

So I'd love to come and give you a hand but I'm really sorry, Janet.

-All right.

-So you're ruling yourself out, Tom.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Simon, how do you think I've done?

I think you've got one wrong.

I'm not 100% sure,

but I'd be willing to come down and help you for £2,000.

I'll think about that, thank you. Ian.

I am confident that you've actually got one wrong.

I would come down for £2,000.

Both of them are offering to help you out

-for £2,000 of your £5,000 prize fund.

-Yeah.

So you keep the lion's share. But do you need anybody's help?

If you do, do you want to negotiate? It's up to you.

I'd like to accept Ian's offer.

OK, Ian, for £2,000 of the £5,000,

would you like to come down and join us?

APPLAUSE

OK, Janet, you've asked Ian to help.

If you achieve Perfection it will cost you £2,000 of your potential

prize fund of £5,000.

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

This is your only shot at winning Perfection.

Have you made the right decision? We are about to find out.

Before we carry on, Ian, what would you do with the money if you win?

The money is really important to me

because I have a daughter who lives in the Midlands and I live in Devon.

I only get to see her two or three times a year,

-and I'd really like to do something special for her.

-OK. Best of luck.

Here are the final round statements. All six answers are now unlocked.

Ian, which answers did you want Janet to change?

Well, as a matter of fact, I think you've got Perfection so...

You don't?

-Really?

-Yeah. I think all the answers should stay as they are.

-I think we should leave them as they are and lock them in.

-OK.

How do you feel about the fact that Ian has basically

talked his way into coming down and taking £2,000 of the cash?

Yeah, I think it's the nature of the game and that was a good ploy.

-Here's the thing, Janet...

-I forgive you.

-Thank you, Janet!

We'll wait and see whether you...

Janet, remember, it's all your decision. The board is now unlocked.

You can still change any of your answers or none of them.

-Are there any you want to change?

-No, I'm going to go with it.

-Are you happy, yeah?

-Yeah, absolutely.

Right, let's lock them all in. Your answers are now locked in.

£5,000 at stake. £3,000 to Janet, £2,000 to Ian. Six answers away.

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

In Family Guy, the character Stewie is a baby.

-Janet, you thought this was true.

-I did.

We need it to turn green to get you off to a good start. True or false?

It is true. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

-Thank you!

-Your City was a 90s album by Morrissey.

Janet, you thought this was false. You need this to turn red.

Is this true or false?

It's false. Very well done.

He did however release Your Arsenal in 1992.

Dorien Green is a character in Birds of a Feather.

You had no doubt at all about this and went for true.

Is it true or false?

-It is true.

-APPLAUSE

Zebra crossings were introduced in the 1920s. You said this was false.

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

-It is false!

-APPLAUSE

-1951, zebra crossings were introduced.

-Yeah.

Zoe Ball is Bobby Ball's daughter. You said false.

If this turns red you are just one way from the £5,000.

Is it true or false?

-It is false.

-APPLAUSE

Johnny Ball is Zoe Ball's father, in actual fact.

OK, here's the big deal - Australia fought in the Vietnam War.

Janet, you said false.

Ian decided to ride on your coat-tails in this round,

thinking you had achieved Perfection.

If this turns red, you walk away with £5,000 between you.

If it goes green, it rolls over for the Usual Suspects in the next game.

Australia fought in the Vietnam War, is it true or false?

For £5,000.

-It's true!

-THEY GROAN

Oh, no!

It's true. Australia did fight in the Vietnam War.

Janet, I'm afraid you didn't manage to achieve Perfection

and, as a result, falling at the final hurdle there,

you don't go home with the cash. 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!

Janet, Ian, you failed to achieve Perfection which means you

go home with nothing but our thanks for being great sports.

Let's hear it for Janet and Ian.

-APPLAUSE Thank you.

-Thank you.

Right, it's now time to meet the next Usual Suspects hoping to play Perfection today.

Usual Suspects, please introduce yourselves.

I'm Sylvia, I'm from Kent and I'm retired.

I'm Shaun, I'm from Greenock, in Scotland,

and I'm a trainee driving instructor.

Welcome, Sylvia and Shaun, and best of luck to all of you as we now

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

Tom, it's you! Please come down and play Perfection.

Tom, welcome to the game! Let's find out a bit more about you.

A bit of an international rock star!

Yeah, I spent the best part of a year touring America with a band.

-Do you sing, play? What do you do?

-I'm a bass guitarist.

-Right.

Decided instead to become a teacher, an English teacher.

Yeah, that's what I do now, yeah.

You're moving to another school, which is

-a school that you know well.

-It is, yeah.

I'm going to be teaching in the school that

I went to as a student, which is going to be very surreal.

-I'm really looking forward to it.

-That's weird,

because are some of the teachers that taught you still there?

Oh, yeah! They interviewed me and everything.

The hardest part is not calling them sir.

You're going to have to call them by their first names, aren't you?

-Yeah, I can't break the habit of a lifetime.

-No, OK.

Let's press on, Tom. It's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

They were your team-mates, now your enemies.

The good news - as nobody has won the last five games,

the prize fund currently stands at £6,000!

As teachers aren't paid like city bankers,

I imagine £6,000 would come in quite handy?

-It certainly would!

-Have you got something earmarked?

I was looking at a new guitar and amp set-up

and I think this would be just what I need to commit to the purchase.

-Is that right?

-Yeah, I could get both now!

-Best of luck.

Three rounds and the final to come. Usual Suspects, we are going to switch you off

so you can't see or hear anything. But as soon as Tom makes a mistake you'll be back in the game.

-Ready?

-Yup.

-Then let's play Perfection.

Round One. Your 45 seconds start now.

-False.

-False.

-No, I think it's six. So I'm going to say false.

-False.

He certainly did not!

-Nadal got knocked out really early on, so false.

-False.

Jenkins' Ear?!

Um...

-I need an answer.

-True.

-True.

-You were watching the time?

-Yeah.

You were just trying to give me a heart attack.

-I thought I'd keep things interesting.

-Thanks very much!

OK, 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 Tom's answers. Shaun, what do you think?

I think he's done well. The only one I'm not too sure about is maybe D.

OK, Sylvia, what do you think of those answers?

-I agree with Shaun. I'm not sure about D.

-Interesting.

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

Let's find out how many are correct.

-Ooh!

-Three out of four is not bad.

Unfortunately, you didn't achieve Perfection

which means you let the Usual Suspects into the game.

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

You only need to change one, but which one?

I'm happy with your decisions.

-Happy with D?

-OK.

-We'd like to change D to false, please, Nick.

D changes from true to false,

leaving A, B and C

as answered by Tom.

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

Any four-limbed vertebrate is known as a tetrapod, true or false?

-It's true!

-AUDIENCE GROANS

Usual Suspects! Dear, oh, dear!

Let's go through the rest of the answers.

Perhaps you can achieve Perfection at home.

A bar billiards table always has 12 pockets, true or false?

Yeah, that is false. It's actually nine.

Andy Murray beat Rafael Nadal in the 2013 Wimbledon final,

true or false?

It is false.

Novak Djokovic is who you were thinking of,

and you were right.

And Britain fought Spain in the War of Jenkins' Ear, true or false?

Yes, actually true!

After the Spanish captured a chap called Jenkins and cut his ear off.

-Crazy.

-I know! So the whole war got named after his ear.

OK, Tom, this is your final board appearing.

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

Here are your final round category options -

Because neither side won the round,

the two categories that were due to be chosen will now carry

over to the next round, meaning four categories will be on offer.

Usual Suspects, time to switch you off,

but we will see you in round 2.

Right, now that they've gone, let's have a chat about that list.

What's the first two you'll be choosing?

-Er, I like the look of football.

-Uh-huh.

And...Liverpool. I've worked in Liverpool for the past two years,

went to university in Liverpool,

so I hope I've picked up one or two things about Scousers.

And two things you're quite keen to avoid.

Artists - I'm not that cultured.

And I don't even know who Ryan Gosling is.

Right. So a good two to avoid. All right, Tom,

-are you ready to play on?

-Yep.

-Let's play Round 2.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds starts now.

He's a great actor. True.

True.

-No. False.

-False.

True, yeah! I love that programme.

True. And finally...

Tom Sharpe. Er, Porterhouse Blue, Tom Sharpe...

-Going to say true.

-True.

And we're back, you've answered all four statements.

I wondered whether you were going to toy with me. You thought about it.

-Yeah.

-But then you thought, "I'll just get on with it." How was that?

-I don't think it's Perfection.

-You don't?

-No.

All right. before we reveal how well you've done,

it's time to bring back The Usual Suspects.

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

-Can you cast any light on this, Sylvia?

-Yes.

I'm certain that B is wrong, as I come from Kent.

I do know Sandwich and Ham.

Porterhouse Blue... D, I'm not sure of.

-So I'm wavering on that one.

-All right. Simon.

I know Ham and Sandwich are both places.

Um...whether they were in Kent or not I didn't know,

but Sylvia's just confirmed that for me.

All right. Tom, the moment of truth -

let's find out how many are correct.

Two out of four.

So again, not Perfection, and the Usual Suspects are back in the game.

Can you steal the round? You can see Tom's answers,

you need to change two, but which two?

We'll definitely change B to true.

B changes from false to true, and you need to find one other.

What about Porterhouse Blue? Do you know?

-Not at all.

-It would be a total guess.

Robert de Niro has been in loads of films for years.

A or D.

-I say...

-You say?

-I say A to change.

-I'm happy to go with A.

-I'll go with you.

-Sure?

-Yeah.

-We'll change A to false, please, Nick.

A changes from true to false,

leaving C and D as answered by Tom. OK, Usual Suspects,

let's find out what the correct answers are.

Yes, false. Very well played.

He's only won two, for Raging Bull and Godfather II.

Yes, that's true as well.

They're not very far apart, actually.

So you know where this is going.

Yep, that's true.

True. Congratulations, Usual Suspects,

you have achieved Perfection.

APPLAUSE

That's something of a small disaster, Tom,

the Usual Suspects have succeeded where you failed

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

Because you won the round you get to choose four categories

to add to the board - two from this round

and two that rolled over from Round 1.

So which four would you like to play?

-Shall we take one each and have a mutual vote on another?

-All right.

-OK, I'm going to put Football in there.

-Football goes in first.

-Rodents, please.

-Rodents goes into the final.

And I'll go with Horse Racing.

And Horse Racing goes in, and you need to find one more.

I'd quite like to put Jazz in there.

-It's a wide category, so...

-It is.

-Yeah, I'm happy.

-OK, we'll put Jazz in, please, Nick.

And Jazz goes into the final. Congratulations, Usual Suspects,

you've won the second round. Time to switch you off.

We'll see you in Round 3.

So, what do you make of these?

Could have been worse, yeah.

-They got Football.

-You got Football!

-Yeah.

-That's kind of handy.

-Yeah, I can live with that.

-You ready to carry on?

-Oh, yes.

-Let's play Round 3.

APPLAUSE

Your 45 seconds start now.

I'm going to say false.

True.

I don't think so.

I'm going to say false.

Ivory Coast, you say.

I have a feeling...

it's...

..true.

-Couldn't help yourself, could you?

-I had to.

Before we reveal how well you've done,

and I'm not even going to ask you how well you've done cos

I don't care any more, let's bring back the Usual Suspects

and see what they have to say.

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

Sylvia, what do you think?

I think he's done Perfection.

I can't actually see anything wrong with those answers.

-Shaun?

-Yeah, I think he's got Perfection.

Simon, are you waving the white flag up there in the Usual Suspects' box?

I think he's got Perfection too, Nick.

Tom, the moment of truth,

you need to have answered all

four statements perfectly

to have won the round.

Let's see how many are correct.

Congratulations, Tom, you have achieved Perfection.

APPLAUSE

Let's go through those in a bit more detail.

An epee is a jump performed in a ballet.

It is false because it's a fencing sword.

-You did know that, did you?

-No.

No. Queen Victoria died in the 20th century. It is true.

1901, just creeping into the 20th century.

The NATO headquarters are in New York. You said false.

We now know it to be false.

In Brussels. French is the official language of the Ivory Coast.

That's true. Also known as the Cote d'Ivoire.

Let's have a look at your final board.

Four categories in there chosen by the Usual Suspects,

but because you won that round you've earned the right to choose

the last two categories.

Which two would you like to play in the final?

I'd like to put Liverpool in there.

I'd like to put Theatre in there, please.

We now know our six final categories, they are...

Time to switch off the Usual Suspects for the last time.

What do you reckon? You in with a chance of Perfection?

-I hope so.

-Tom, for £6,000, time to play the final.

APPLAUSE

Tom, this is the all-important final.

If you can achieve Perfection

you could be leaving with a prize fund of £6,000.

If you fail you'll be leaving with nothing,

which will be great news for the Usual Suspects as one of them

could be playing in the next game for £7,000.

Let's play the Final.

APPLAUSE

You must answer all six statements correctly

if you want to win the £6,000. Think carefully.

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

-your first answer, it's locked in. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

Let's reveal your first statement. Football.

Right, OK. Let's have a count at this. How old is he now?

No. That will mean he'll be too old.

I'm going to go false.

Rodents.

I know red squirrels were native to Britain,

and the grey squirrels came over and kind of killed them off a bit.

I'm going to say true.

Horse Racing.

I'm really unsure about this one.

So, I'm going to go for false.

Jazz.

I'll tell you what, there's a method in this.

I think a lot of Youngs, Neil Young,

they tend to be guitarists, not drummers.

That's just about the best I can muster up in that,

so I'm going to say false.

Liverpool.

There's the Birkenhead Tunnel, and I know the Kingsway and Queensway are roads,

but they haven't got tunnels, so I'm going to go false.

Theatre.

Alan Bennett. I know that...

..he's a playwright.

I'm going to say true.

And with that all those answers are locked in.

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

Which ones are you unsure of?

I'm unsure of The History Boys, Alan Bennett.

The Jazz and the Horse Racing one.

-C, D and F.

-So, half of what's up there.

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 Tom's answers.

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

by 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.

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

-I'd like to hear from Simon.

I know you've got two wrong

and I'm willing to sell you those answers for £2,000.

He'd like £2,000 of your £6,000 prize.

Would you like to hear from someone else?

Yeah. Could I hear from Sylvia, please.

I think you've got two wrong as well.

And I'm willing to come down to help you for £3,000.

£3,000 Sylvia wants to come down and help out.

-Shaun.

-I think you've done better. I think you've only got one wrong.

I would come down and help you for two grand.

You've got two offers for £2,000 from Shaun and Simon

and £3,000 from Sylvia.

The question you have to ask yourself is are they bluffing?

Can they help you out? Do you need any help?

If you do, do you want to negotiate with any of them?

Or are you prepared to accept an offer now?

I'm tempted to go with Simon.

Sylvia, would you be willing to come down to two and match his offer?

Yes, I would.

Sylvia, I would like you to join me here then, please.

-Thank you.

-Negotiations seem to be complete.

Sylvia, for £2,000 of the £6,000 prize fund,

please come down and join us.

Tom, you've got Sylvia for help.

If you achieve Perfection it will cost you

£2,000 of your potential prize fund of £6,000.

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

this is your only shot at winning Perfection.

Here are the final round statements. Before we get into those,

I just want to check

because we've heard from Tom that he might be buying a guitar and

an amp if he makes a few quid, what would you be spending the money on?

My daughter's moved house today...

That's the last you'll see of that, isn't it?

I know. But they will probably need some help.

Yeah, I think you're probably right.

Best of luck. Here are the final round statements.

All six answers are now unlocked.

Sylvia, which answers do you want Tom to change?

Well, Tom, I've done a bit of a ruse on you,

but I am unsure of two of them.

But I'm not definite. How sure are you of all of them?

Yeah, there's a few I'm not too sure of, to be honest.

-Like, grey squirrel...

-That's one I'm not sure of.

That's the one I thought might be wrong.

I'm not sure. It seems feasible, with the trade links with North America.

And C, I'm sure that there is a horse race

that takes place in Pamplona. But I'm not 100% certain.

As it was your game,

obviously I want you to make the final decision on what you change.

I know nothing about horse racing, to be honest.

-And the fact that you know there is a race...

-Yeah.

That's good enough for me. We'll change C.

C changes from false to true.

Anything else before I lock the others in?

The Kingsway and Queensway tunnels are in Liverpool.

I'm pretty confident on that.

The only tunnel I can think of is Birkenhead Tunnel.

So, I'm pretty confident with E.

What about the old grey squirrel one there.

That was another one.

Do you reckon we should change it or not?

-I think I'd leave it.

-We'll leave it then.

-Any more changes?

-Yeah, we'll lock them in.

Lock those answers in, please.

Your answers are now locked in. £6,000 at stake.

£4,000 to Tom, £2,000 to Sylvia. Six answers away.

Let's find out if you achieve Perfection.

Let's start at the top and see how we go.

Steven Gerrard's full international debut was in 1994.

Tom, you think that makes him too old to be playing now.

You went for false. Is it true or false?

Just to get that one right, I'm happy.

If I messed that one up...

International debut was in 2000.

Grey squirrels came to the UK from North America.

This is an interesting one. You said true.

You and Sylvia talked about this for some time

before you decided to stick with it as it is.

Is it true or false?

This is the one you changed, so it might be more interesting

to hop over this one and come back to it.

That will teach you to drag out the timeline on the questions

just to tease me, won't it?

Jazz artist Lester Young famously played the drums.

You said this was false, you had a theory about people

that are called Young playing guitar, Neil Young, etc.

Is that true of false?

He was a tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinettist.

Kingsway and Queensway tunnels are in Liverpool.

You live there.

You probably couldn't show your face in the town

if you got that one wrong.

So let's hop over it for the moment and come back to it.

Oh, no.

The History Boys is a play by Alan Bennett. You said this was true.

If this goes your way,

that means you are just two away from winning the money.

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

What's really interesting about this,

when we go back up to C,

the Palio horse race takes place in Pamplona...

It was actually Sylvia that chose this category.

You then answered this false. Sylvia came down.

When she got here she told you that there was a horse race in

Pamplona and it would be a good one to change.

You took her advice and changed.

We're about to find out

whether Sylvia has helped you towards winning the money...

..or hindered you. If it turns red...

..you'll have lost the money on the subject category that Sylvia chose.

The Palio horse race takes place in Pamplona.

Is that true or false?

It's false.

-Shoot me.

-Don't worry.

Pamplona is not famous for its horse racing,

it's famous for the bull run.

The Palio horse race takes place in Siena in Italy.

I have to tell you, you have not achieved Perfection

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

The question is, whether that is the sole mistake?

We go to E, the Kingsway and Queensway tunnels are in Liverpool.

You said false.

Is it true or false?

It's true.

We're friends again.

They are both tunnels under the River Mersey.

So, I wouldn't pop into Liverpool any time soon.

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.

Tom, Sylvia, you failed to achieve Perfection

which means you go home with nothing.

-I hope you enjoyed playing the game.

-We did.

-Yeah, it's been an experience.

-We've really enjoyed having you.

Tom and Sylvia, everybody.

APPLAUSE

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 £7,000.

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

Goodbye.