Episode 8 Perfection

Welcome to the quiz show that demands Perfection.

Behind this screen are four contestants hoping their knowledge

is flawless because 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 has been randomly selected

to join me here to play Perfection.

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

For example, if I said,

"Speed cameras were introduced in the UK in the 1990s,"

would you say that's true or false?

Well, if you'd said, "True," I can tell you

you'd be right.

Answering "true" or "false" might seem easy but

if the contestant gets a single answer wrong,

their opponents, the Usual Suspects, will be allowed into the game

to capitalise on their mistakes.

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

Hi, I'm Genny. I'm from Shropshire.

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

I'm Andy. I'm from London.

I'm in-between jobs, and this is my first game.

Hi, I'm Justin.

I'm from Penarth in South Wales.

I work for a homeless charity, and this is my second game.

Hello, my name's James. I'm from Halifax.

I'm a charity advocate, and this is my fifth game.

Best of luck to you all as we now find out

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

James, it's you. Please come down and join me.

APPLAUSE

James, welcome to the game.

You look genuinely pleased to be picked.

Yeah, I'm really excited to be here. Thank you.

Fifth game. You can only do eight.

The pressure builds a bit, doesn't it?

Yeah, I'm quite fortunate to be down now. Consider myself lucky...

Have a chance to play.

OK. Well, James, it's now you versus the Usual Suspects.

They were your team-mates for a while,

they're now very definitely your enemies.

Their job is to stop you winning the prize fund

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

where one of them could play for a bigger total.

Now, every game on Perfection is worth £1,000.

Here's the good news for you,

as nobody has won the last five games

the prize fund currently stands at £6,000.

APPLAUSE

Here's how it works, you'll play three rounds and then a final.

Every round that you achieve Perfection makes the Final easier.

However, if your performance is less than perfect,

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

making the Final that much harder for you.

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

so you can't see or hear anything.

And away they go.

Each round consists of four "true" or "false" statements.

You'll answer against the clock.

You only have 45 seconds, and once you've given an answer,

your first answer, it will be locked in.

-Ready?

-I think so, yeah.

Then there is nothing to stop us playing Perfection.

Round 1. Your 45 seconds start now.

I think she's American,

so I'm going to say false for that.

False.

I don't think that's true.

I'm going to say false again.

False.

I don't know Hamlet.

I don't know who Tony Belch is,

so it's a complete guess.

And I will say...

uh, false.

False. And with time to spare...

Ooh, Wiltshire, Wiltshire...

I'm not good on my counties. Um...

I think that might be true. I'll say true.

True.

All right. How do you think you did?

I'm quite confident on the Taylor Swift one

but the other ones I'm not too sure on.

OK. Before we reveal how you've done,

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

So these were the four statements, and next to them are James' answers.

Justin, kick us off here. How's he done?

Has he achieved Perfection?

James has got D wrong.

OK. Andy, what do you make of this?

Yeah, I think Wiltshire,

I don't think it's got a coastline.

I think it's false.

Genny, what do you think?

I think he might have got C wrong.

OK, the Usual Suspects think you might have made a couple of mistakes there.

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

Let's see how many are correct.

-Three out of four's not bad.

-Yeah.

You've let the Usual Suspects into the game.

Can you steal the round, Usual Suspects?

You only need to change one,

but which one?

Gen, how sure are you about C percentage-wise?

I'm nowhere near 100%.

I've heard the name...

-I'd go with you personally cos that's what I felt as well.

-Yeah.

OK, all happy with D?

-BOTH: Yes.

-OK, Nick, we'll change D to false.

Lovely. D changes from true to false,

leaving A, B and C as answered by James.

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

The singer Taylor Swift was born in New Zealand, true or false?

Yes, it's false. Absolutely right.

-Born in Pennsylvania.

-Oh, OK.

The material denim was named after a city in Russia, true or false?

False. Actually named after Nimes in France.

Moving on. Sir Toby Belch is a character

in Shakespeare's Hamlet, true or false?

Yes, false in actual fact.

But you're right, Genny, you have heard the name.

-He was in Twelfth Night.

-Oh.

So just a different one of Shakespeare's plays.

You know where this is going now.

Wiltshire has a coastline,

true or false?

False. Congratulations, Usual Suspects.

You have achieved Perfection.

Wiltshire is, in fact, landlocked.

James, they've succeeded where you've failed

and they've stolen the round.

Usual Suspects, you now have the opportunity

to make James' chances of winning the prize fund

that little bit harder in the final, and here's how.

James, appearing before you is your final board.

These blank spaces, all six of them,

need to be filled with subject categories.

Here are your final round category options.

Starting with Beetles,

moving on to Modern Family and Germany,

with many more in-between.

If you'd have won that round, you'd have the chance

to add two categories of your choice to the final board.

But because the Usual Suspects nicked it from you,

they get to choose, hoping to make your life in the Final

that little bit harder.

So, which two would you like to choose, Usual Suspects?

-Fudge, that's quite obscure...

-Fudge, definitely...

-Fudge is very obscure. Could be anything.

-Yeah.

-So...

-OK, so let's agree on Fudge.

-Fudge, yeah.

We need one more.

I'm inclined to say Poetry maybe.

-I think we should go with Poetry.

-Poetry, yeah.

-OK.

OK, so we're going to go, Nick, with Fudge and Poetry.

Fudge goes into the Final, followed by Poetry.

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

Time to switch you off but we'll see you in Round 2. Cheerio.

And away they go.

They can't hear us, so let's chat about that Fudge.

I like fudge and I like poetry

but I don't really know too much about them.

OK, so Fudge and Poetry. Let's look at the list.

What's the first two on those lists that you'll choose when you win a round?

Large Birds, I do fancy that maybe.

Germany is looking quite good as well.

I've been to Germany a few times, so...

All right. And two that you're quite keen to avoid?

Yeah, probably British Folklore.

Got the Wiltshire one wrong, so maybe I should avoid The Seaside as well.

Wiltshire hasn't got a seaside apparently, so you'll be all right.

-Yeah!

-James, it's only the first round.

You have two more rounds to find Perfection

and choose your own categories for the Final.

-Are you ready to move on?

-Yes.

-Let's play Round 2.

Your 45 seconds start now.

Yeah, I think he received one recently.

I forget what the name of the film was but, yes, true.

True.

Um, I'm not too sure on that.

I would, um, guess...

I'd say false.

False.

That sounds quite unbelievable.

I know he's quite a softy at heart, so maybe that's correct.

So I'm going to say true for that one.

True. And finally...

Watch the time.

I'll say false cos there's one recently set up,

so that's got a bar there,

-so, false.

-False.

Lovely. Good use of the time.

Happy with that?

-Fairly, yeah.

-Winning round?

-Possibly, yeah.

I think the only one I'm not too sure on is B perhaps.

All right. Before we see how you've done,

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

So here are the four statements.

Adjacent to them are James' answers.

Genny, anything wrong with those answers?

I think he might have got Perfection actually.

I think he's done OK in that round, yeah.

Justin, can you pick any holes with this?

I think that D is incorrect.

I think it is illegal to sell beer.

Well, there's a mixture of opinions over there

but it's the moment of truth.

Let's find out how many are correct.

-It's consistent.

-Yeah, at least there's that.

But it's a consistent fail if I'm truly honest.

You failed to achieve Perfection.

As a result, the Usual Suspects can nick the round off you

but only if they can find the correct one to change. Which one?

I think it's illegal to sell beer...

-Yeah.

-..on the motorway services.

I'm fairly sure about that.

-OK.

-So, 70%.

-OK, D.

-Yeah.

-We're going to go for D, and we're going to say that's true.

All right, D changes from false to true,

leaving A, B and C as answered by James.

All right, Usual Suspects, let's see what the correct answers are.

Steve Coogan has received an Oscar nomination, true or false?

Yeah, true.

He received two in 2014 for writing and producing Philomena.

The Earth bulges at the Equator.

Is that true or false?

-It's true.

-AUDIENCE:

-Oh.

Usual Suspects!

You had a chance to steal the round and you failed on this occasion.

I wonder if you can still achieve Perfection at home.

The boxer Mike Tyson owns and breeds racing pigeons.

Surely this can't be true. Is it true or false?

Yeah, it is true actually.

And so, the one we were looking for actually,

it is illegal to sell beer

in any UK motorway services,

true or false?

Yeah, that's actually false.

It is perfectly legal.

In fact, as you so rightly pointed out, there was...

A pub was opened in 2014 actually at one of the services.

So, Usual Suspects, you had the chance to nick the round

but you didn't.

Let's take a look at the final board, shall we?

James, because neither side won the round,

we've still got four categories

on offer in Round 3.

Had a chance to steal there, Usual Suspects.

I don't know whether you'll get a look in in Round 3.

-We'll have a go.

-Yeah.

-In the next round anyway.

-All right.

-See you then.

-Cheers.

-This'd be a good one to win, wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

Choose four of your own categories, you'll have a good chance.

-Ready to keep going?

-Yeah, I'll try my best.

OK, let's play Round 3.

Your 45 seconds start now.

Oh, that's...

-I'm going to say false for that.

-False.

Um, I know he's been around for a while,

since 2008...

I'll say true for that one.

True.

Yeah, I'll say true for that one.

-I think that's probably true.

-True. And finally...

Sounds like a role she would play,

so...

..I'll say true for that one.

True.

Is this the winning round?

Will you get the chance to pick your own four subject categories for the Final?

If I'm honest, I don't think it is.

-No?

-No.

Right, James, before we reveal how you've done,

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

Righto, here are the four statements,

and next to them are James' answers.

Genny, has he achieved Perfection?

I'm not convinced about D actually.

Andy, what do you think?

B, I think it's false.

All right. Justin?

I agree with Gen.

I think D should be false.

All right, smashing. Moment of truth.

You need to answer all four correctly to win the round.

Let's see how many are right.

It's getting worse.

So again, we turn to the Usual Suspects

and see if they can steal the round from you.

You need to change two, but which two?

Well, we've picked two that we both think are...

I personally think the cats.

-I think it must...

-The cats are definitely right.

-Yeah, I think...

-I've never seen dead people on a stamp.

Well, the Queen's on a stamp. I think we both... Cos you said B...

-We both said D, so...

-Yeah, yeah. That's what I think.

-B and D?

-Yeah.

Nick, we're going to change B for false and D for false.

B changes from true to false and D changes from true to false,

leaving A and C

as answered by James.

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

Only dead people can feature on a British stamp, true or false?

Yes, it's false. As Genny so rightly points out -

we wondered whether anybody would notice this - the Queen's on them.

Usain Bolt first competed at the Olympics in 2004.

Is that true or false?

It's true! It's true.

-Usual Suspects, you had the chance to steal...

-ALL:

-Oh.

I know, you've blown it.

Can you still achieve Perfection at home?

Let's find out as we go on through the rest.

Cats are the most commonly owned pets in the UK.

Is it true or false?

Yeah, it's false. You were wrong.

Fish and dogs are more popular.

And so, finally, Jennifer Garner

has played Wonder Woman

in a 2013 film.

Is that true or false?

Yeah, that is false.

She's never played Wonder Woman.

Well, Usual Suspects,

had you achieved perfection,

you'd now have the chance to make James' chances

of winning the prize fund harder in the final.

However, you didn't.

In fact, no-one won that round or the round before.

So let's have a look at the final board, shall we?

Four blank spaces still to select.

So how do we go about it?

Well, we basically take it in turns.

And as you're the only single player here, you get to go first.

So, James, would you like to choose your first category?

I think I'm going to put Germany in there first, please.

Germany goes in. Let's go over to the Usual Suspects for a category.

I'm thinking Seaside seems a bit...

-Seaside?

-Yeah.

-Seaside.

-Seaside.

Seaside goes into the Final.

-James.

-Large Birds, please.

Large Birds.

And finally...

-'70s Comedy.

-'70s Comedy?

Yeah, happy with that.

'70s Comedy.

And '70s Comedy goes into the Final.

We now know our six Final categories.

They are Fudge,

Poetry, Germany,

The Seaside, Large Birds

and 1970s Comedy.

Usual Suspects, I'd normally say, "Well done," at this stage

but, in actual fact, it was a bit of a 50-50 report that, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

-Time to switch you off for the final time.

-Whoops.

-Cheerio.

You didn't want Seaside, although I presume at some stage

-you've been to the seaside.

-I have. Yeah, yeah.

And 1970s Comedy.

Yeah, I mean I like my comedy. I like my sitcoms.

I used to watch quite a lot of them growing up. Might be OK on that.

So you're in with a chance here, when you think about it.

-Yeah, yeah.

-Shall we get on with it then?

-Yes, please.

James, for £6,000, it's time to play the Final.

James, this is the all-important Final.

If you achieve Perfection, you could be leaving with a price fund of £6,000.

If you fail though, you leave with nothing -

great news for the Usual Suspects,

as one of them could be playing for a rollover of £7,000

on the next game.

Let's play the final round.

James, here are your final six categories.

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 will be locked in.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

Let's reveal your first statement.

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

-OK.

Fudge.

So, "Fudge is almost always made using malt and treacle..."

I'm going to say false for that one.

False.

Poetry.

Never heard of that poem,

so it's probably going to be a bit of a guess here.

So I'm going to say true for that one.

True.

We come to the first category chosen by yourself for the Final now.

Germany.

Um, I've been there before, and I got there on train.

False for that one.

False.

The Seaside.

No, it's not.

Blackpool's in Lancashire,

so that is...

It's false.

False.

The second of the categories you chose for yourself - Large Birds.

I don't think they can.

-I'm going to say false for that one.

-False.

And finally, 1970s Comedy.

That sounds...that sounds like a, uh,

a kooky Monty Python character name,

so I'm going to say true

-for that one.

-True.

With that, you've answered all six statements.

Those answers are locked in.

Remember, a single mistake and you leave with nothing.

So which are you worried about?

-I'm worried about Berlin.

-And you've been there?

I've been there. I've been to Germany, I've been to Berlin.

-There's just something at the back of my mind.

-Well,

let's see what the Usual Suspects have to say.

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

and next to them are James' answers.

James, 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 the board with the help of the Usual Suspects.

This will, however, come at a cost.

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

how well you think James has done, if you want to help,

and, if you do, how much it will cost him.

So, James, who would you like to hear from first?

Um, let's hear from Genny.

James, I think you've got one wrong.

-Um, and I'll come down and help you.

-OK.

For how much?

For 3,000, James. I'll come down and help you.

-You've got one wrong.

-OK.

Yeah. Maybe if I can hear from the other guys first

and come back to you, but thanks.

So, who do you want to hear from next?

Let's hear from Justin.

I'm also pretty sure that you've got one wrong.

But I'm undecided as to whether I'll come and help you.

Let's hear from Andy.

-I think you might have two wrong there.

-OK.

I'm pretty certain. And I would actually come down for 3,000.

I can't beat that offer,

so I'm going to sit it out for my own game, thanks. So I'm out.

You have competing offers there. Genny thinks you've got one wrong

and wants to come down for 3,000 of your 6,000.

-Andy thinks you've got two wrong and wants 3,000 of your 6,000.

-Right, OK.

Question is now, are they bluffing?

Do you want to go it alone? Do you need the help of any of them?

-Who's more likely to know what they're talking about?

-OK.

Would either of you be willing to come down for 2,000?

I can make it to 2,500.

I'm not budging from 3,000, sorry.

Sorry, James.

-Right, OK.

-I know you've got one wrong though, so...

it's whether you want my help or not.

Yeah. Yeah.

Go on, Genny, come down and we'll see what we can do.

-So, Genny, for £3,000 of the £6,000, please come down and join us.

-OK.

OK, James, you've asked Genny for help. If you achieve Perfection,

it'll cost you £3,000 of your potential prize fund of £6,000.

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

This is your only shot of winning Perfection.

Have you made the right decision? I think we're about to find out.

Well, all six answers are now unlocked.

Genny, which answers do you want James to change?

-When I said I was sure...

-Oh, come on, no.

James, I'm sorry! I... I'm...

F - I couldn't tell you if I'm 100% that it's wrong.

-Have you watched Monty Python before?

-No.

-Right.

-I'm sorry, James.

-OK.

That's all right.

So what do you think?

-You've done a good job with the rest.

-OK.

You came down on that question, so do you think we should change it

or do you think we should keep it?

I'm really tempted to change it.

-Yeah?

-I'm convinced it's Quadpiece.

-Yeah?

-I'm tempted to change it to false, James.

-Yeah.

-I really am.

I feel like cos I got you down here, we should change at least one.

Yeah, might as well.

-So I think we'll change F, yeah?

-Yeah, let's change it.

-OK.

-Yeah.

-I think we'll change F.

We'll change it from true to false.

F changes from true to false.

Do you want to change anything else before I close the board?

We'll keep that board.

-Keep the board.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-All right.

Let's lock all the other answers in.

£6,000 at stake.

£3,000 to James, £3,000 to Genny.

Six answers away.

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

APPLAUSE

The other person who made an offer to come down is Andy,

who thought there were two wrong.

-Which two did you think were wrong, Andy?

-I was bluffing.

I have the feeling the whole lot is right.

That makes things interesting.

So now we have one of those special boards

where there's a possibility

that you had a winning board to begin with,

and then Genny has come down and maybe changed one

-to make it an incorrect board.

-Oh, James.

Shall we start with that and put you out of your misery, F?

Oh, yeah, we can do if you want. Yeah.

-No, let's leave it till the end.

-ALL LAUGH

Let's start at the top with A, shall we?

Fudge is almost always made using malt and treacle.

James, you said, "False."

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

Is it true or false?

It's false. Very well done.

Sugar, butter and milk, in fact, to make fudge.

O Tell Me The Truth About Love is a poem by WH Auden.

James, you thought this was true.

So, we need this to turn green.

O Tell Me The Truth About Love is a poem by WH Auden,

true or false?

It's true.

OK, smashing.

Moving on. This is an interesting one -

the city of Berlin is a seaport.

James, you thought this was false.

-You've been there.

-Yeah.

-You knew it was in the middle of Germany.

-Yeah.

If it turns red, you're halfway to the money.

City of Berlin is a seaport, true or false?

False. Of course it's false. Yes, absolutely right.

Blackpool is in Yorkshire.

James, you said this was false.

We need this to turn red for you to keep you on track.

Is it true or false?

It's false.

Then we come to "emus can fly". It's starting to feel like a good board now.

-Feeling confident you've won the money?

-Worried about F still.

-Yeah.

Emus can fly. James, you were sure that wasn't the case.

If this turns red,

you're one away from the £6,000.

Of course, if it turns green, you walk away with nothing.

Emus can fly. Is that true or false?

It's false.

They are of course flightless. Now here's the interesting thing.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Little bit worried now, Gen?

I'm really worried. If I've ruined this for you, James, honestly...

-SHE SIGHS

-OK. The question is now, should you have gone alone?

Cos you actually had an entirely clear board.

Were you right to bring Genny down who has changed only one

and may be given you a completely correct board?

Cosmo Smallpiece was a character in Monty Python.

James, you thought it sounded like a Python character

but Genny wanted you to change it.

You agreed to change it,

so you end up with the answer false.

You need this to turn red.

If it turns green,

you could have had the £6,000 all on your own.

If it turns red,

Genny has saved you and you've won £3,000 each.

Cosmo Smallpiece was a character in Monty Python.

Is it true or false, for £6,000?

-It's false!

-SHE SCREAMS

Congratulations. You have achieved Perfection and won £6,000.

-I'm so thrilled. I'm so thrilled.

-Thank you so much.

Let's clear that up quickly, shall we?

Cosmo Smallpiece was actually a creation of Les Dawson,

not of Monty Python, so there you go.

-£3,000 each.

-That's brilliant!

-That's absolutely fantastic.

-Oh, I'm so chuffed.

£3,000, what are you going to spend it on, James?

Yeah, probably put it towards a deposit for a mortgage,

so that'll help really nicely.

And Genny?

Oh, clear off some student debts first of all, Nick,

and then a holiday.

I promised all my friends I'd take them out for drinks and do a meal, so...

So, very well played. You've actually won the £6,000.

Unfortunately for you, Usual Suspects,

that means that because they've won

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

-To be fair, they played well, didn't they?

-They did fantastic.

-Yeah.

Well done, both of you. Back to the drawing board for us.

ALL LAUGH

Congratulations. Genny, congratulations.

James, you walk out of here with £3,000 each.

Let's hear it for them, ladies and gentlemen.

APPLAUSE

Whilst they go off and celebrate, it's time to meet

our new Usual Suspects.

Usual Suspects, please introduce yourselves.

Hello, I'm Sue. I'm from Torrington in North Devon,

and I'm an alpaca farmer.

Hi, my name is Tom.

I live in Wimbledon, and I'm a press officer.

Best of luck to you all. And welcome to Sue and Tom

as we now find out which one of you has been randomly selected

to play Perfection.

Tom, it's you!

Please come down and join me.

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

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

Every game on Perfection is worth £1,000.

Unfortunately for you, the previous game was won,

so the prize fund is reset to £1,000.

But £1,000, you know,

if you come along, play a game and go home with £1,000...

-I'd be happy.

-Yeah. That'd work, wouldn't it?

-It would.

All right. Three rounds and a final to come.

Usual Suspects, we're switching 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.

And away they go.

-Are you ready to go?

-Let's do it.

Then let's play Perfection.

Round 1. Your 45 seconds start now.

Um...

I can't think of any truly great roles he's played,

so I'm going to say false.

False.

I think this is true.

I'm sure I've seen an interview when he said this, so true.

True.

That would seem logical but something...

There's something amiss about that, so I'm going to say false.

False. And finally...

Ooh, I'm running out of time.

I will say that's true.

True. You did have a little time to spare but good time management.

How was that?

-I think I've done OK there.

-Good for you.

Before we find out how well you've done,

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

Usual Suspects, these are the four statements

and next to them are Tom's answers.

Justin, kick us off. Has he got anything wrong there?

Nothing I'd change.

Wow. Perfection then, Andy?

B. I cannot believe that Jimmy Carter has seen a UFO,

so I'd say false.

Sue, what do you think of that?

I think C and D are both wrong.

That's interesting.

A mixture of ideas there from the Usual Suspects.

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 but it's not Perfection.

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

Can you steal the round?

You'll have to put your heads together

and see which one you want to change.

Tough to be a captain.

I remember reading Carter and UFOs.

I remember about Carter and UFOs,

so it's either C or D.

I was kind of guessing on the cocktail

because I've drunk loads of them in my time

and never wasted any sparkling wine.

I've never heard of a mimosa cocktail.

-No.

-OK.

So we'll change D to false, please.

D changes from true to false,

leaving A, B and C

as answered by Tom.

Let's take a look at the correct answers.

Nicolas Cage has won an Oscar. Is that true or false?

-It's true!

-AUDIENCE:

-Oh.

1996, Leaving Las Vegas.

He won an Oscar. So, there you go.

Straightaway, Usual Suspects, you have failed to steal the round.

As you failed to get Perfection, I wonder if you can still achieve it at home.

Let's have a look through the rest of them.

US President Jimmy Carter claimed to have seen a UFO, true or false?

Yeah, actually true.

He even filed a report about it.

The mathematical term Pi is named after Pythagoras.

Is that true or false?

That's actually false.

It comes from the first letter of the Greek word

meaning "circumference".

And then finally, a mimosa cocktail typically contains sparkling wine,

true or false?

You know what? That's true.

You failed to achieve Perfection, Usual Suspects,

which means you failed to nick the round.

Let's have a look and see what that means in the Final.

Tom, appearing before you is your final board.

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

Here are your final round category options.

Starting with The Internet,

running through Athletics, Odd Foods

and on to Cartoons,

and many more in-between.

Because neither side won the round, the two categories due to be chosen

will be carried over to the next round,

meaning four categories will be on offer.

Usual Suspects, you had a chance to steal there,

and you didn't take advantage of it. You might rue that.

We'll see you in Round 2.

Away they go.

Let's take a look at those options, shall we?

When you win a round correctly,

what will be the first two that you choose?

I'm into my sport, so I think Athletics,

and maybe Cartoons as well.

And two you are quite keen to avoid?

R&B I nothing about

and Ancient Cities perhaps.

Remember, Tom, in order to win the prize fund,

you need to answer all six statements correctly.

Winning this next round

where there's four on offer could prove crucial.

-Ready to carry on?

-Absolutely.

Let's play Round 2.

Your 45 seconds start now.

Now I've heard of that.

Uh...

I'm going to say false for that.

-False.

-Mm-hm.

Sounds very Spanish,

so I shall say true.

True.

That seems very random. True.

True. And finally...

That seems very random too

but that must be false.

False.

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

I'm interested to know how your mind works.

"C, that sounds very random. True.

"D, that sounds very random. False."

Well, they both sound ridiculous

but surely

we can't have 90% of our human DNA

in common with a banana.

That's a bit too much.

Interesting. Well, we're about to find out but, before we do,

let's have a word with the Usual Suspects.

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

What do you think, Sue?

I think elBulli is probably what it sounds like,

bit of "El Bully", so that's false.

And I just vaguely remember reading

about humans being like a banana.

That sounds so crazy

it could be true.

Do you concur, Justin?

I know some humans are like a banana but...

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

I think C...

I've got this vision of Nicole Kidman in a film

surrounded by butterflies, but maybe I dreamt it.

I think that's false.

Interesting insight into your dreams as well there. Thanks very much.

Tom, the moment of truth.

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

Congratulations, you have achieved Perfection!

Let's have a look at those in more detail, shall we?

The Charge Of The Light Brigade took place in 1754.

You said that was false.

We know of course now that it's false.

1854, in actual fact.

The famous elBulli restaurant was located in Spain, true or false?

We now know of course that that is true,

and not "El Bully" as Sue claimed.

-ALL LAUGH

-Absolutely true.

Nicole Kidman is frightened of butterflies, true or false?

Yes, of course it's true.

Weird enough to be correct, which is as you said.

That was my logic.

And plainly, this was only a dream, Justin,

as she wouldn't have been seen surrounded by butterflies.

-Don't tell my wife.

-I don't need to tell her,

-it's on national TV, Justin.

-ALL LAUGH

90% of human DNA is identical to that of a banana.

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

false.

Although it is 50% approximately.

Tom, as a result of a perfect performance,

you've made winning that prize fund of £1,000 a lot easier.

Let's see the final board.

A barren wasteland currently with no subject categories chosen,

despite the fact we're in Round 2.

That's because no-one won the first round

and the two categories were brought over.

So now you have the pleasure of choosing four categories

to go into the Final.

First one is going to be nice and easy. I will take Athletics.

Athletics goes into the Final.

I'll indulge my childish behaviour and go for Cartoons.

Cartoons goes in.

Aha, let's go The Internet.

The Internet goes into the Final.

And TV Detectives.

TV Detectives goes into the Final. Very well played.

Usual Suspects, maybe you will have a look in in Round 3.

In the meantime,

I'll leave you in the dark to indulge your dreams, Justin.

-Cheerio.

-Thank you very much.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

So all you need is a really good Round 3 now

-and you're in with the best of chances.

-OK.

-Ready to carry on?

-Let's do it.

-Let's play Round 3.

Your 45 seconds start now.

Um, they're only just out, aren't they?

They're quite new. True.

True.

That name does ring a bell.

-True.

-True.

"Gibbon is an ape native to Africa..." Um, that seems...

That seems like that would be true.

True. And finally...

I love The Naked Gun, and he was in The Naked Gun.

-True.

-True.

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

Is that the round that's going to earn you

the choice of the last two categories?

I'm quite confident.

Maybe just the first one but,

other than that, I think I've done OK there.

All right, Tom, let's find out what the Usual Suspects have to say.

Usual Suspects, these were the four statements,

and next to them are Tom's answers.

Andy, is that the perfect board?

I've got a feeling, C, I think that might be false.

OK. Justin, what do you think?

I think he might be perfect again.

Although I don't know much about Little Mix, so I'm unsure on A.

OK, Tom, the moment of truth.

All four statements must be answered perfectly to win the round.

Let's find out how many are right.

-Ooh.

-It's a good score.

-Not bad.

-Not good enough, unfortunately.

You've let the Usual Suspects into the game

and they have a chance to steal this round.

You need to change just one,

but which one?

Jenny Jones is right.

OJ Simpson's in The Naked Gun.

You get Gibbons in Gibraltar which is just off the coast to Africa,

so there's a fair chance they are native to Africa.

-I think we should go for A then.

-Yeah.

We're going to go for A and we're going to say false.

A changes from true to false,

leaving B, C and D

as answered by Tom.

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

Salute is an album by Little Mix.

Is that true or false?

It's true!

Usual Suspects!

You had a chance to steal the round and you failed on this occasion.

Can you still achieve Perfection at home?

Let's have a look through them, shall we?

Salute is an album by Little Mix. I'm afraid it is.

Yes, absolutely right. So let's move on.

Jenny Jones has won an Olympic snowboarding medal.

Is that true or false?

That's true.

The Gibbon is an ape native to Africa,

true or false?

False! Native to Asia, the Gibbon.

The ones in Gibraltar, Sue,

are Barbary apes.

You ever heard of Barbary apes?

Yes, yes.

OJ Simpson appeared in The Naked Gun,

true or false?

True.

Let's have a look at the final board and see where that leaves us.

We've got four categories on there chosen by you, Tom,

and we've got two holes. How will we fill those?

Well, what happens now is because no-one won the round,

you take it in turns to choose.

And as you are the single player, Tom, you get to choose first.

I will take Hollywood Legends, please.

Hollywood Legends goes into the Final.

So this is your one and only chance to trip him up here, Usual Suspects.

Which category would you like to go in?

Breaking Bad sounds...

I reckon Odd Food.

BMX is so bizarre,

he would have picked BMX

to start with.

If he'd wanted it.

-But I think BMX.

-Do you think BMX?

-I do, yeah.

OK. We'll go for BMX, please, Nick.

OK. BMX makes it into the Final as well.

We now know our six Final categories.

They are Athletics,

Cartoons, The Internet,

TV Detectives,

Hollywood Legends and BMX.

Well, Usual Suspects,

I wonder whether you've done enough to stop him.

Time to switch you off for the final time. Cheerio.

Interesting. BMX.

I used to ride one, so maybe that will help.

Maybe that will help.

Tom, for £1,000, it's time to play the Final.

This is the all-important Final.

If you can achieve Perfection, you could leave with a prize fund of £1,000.

If you fail, you leave with nothing -

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

for a rollover of £2,000 on the next game.

Let's play the final round.

Tom, here are your final six categories.

You must answer all six statements correctly

if you want to win the £1,000.

Think carefully. There's no time limit

but, once you've given an answer,

your first answer, it's locked in.

-Are you ready?

-I am.

-Let's reveal your first statement.

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

Athletics.

OK.

Mary Peters definitely did win gold.

That seems...

That seems kind of the right era.

-I think that's true.

-True.

Mm-hm.

Cartoons.

I think he's one my dad really, really likes

and I'm pretty sure he is a rooster,

so I'm going to say true.

True.

The Internet.

The internet was invented in 1999.

I think it would have been slightly earlier than that.

That would be my inclination.

Early '90s perhaps.

I'm going to say false for that.

False.

TV Detectives.

Kris Marshall has starred in Death In Paradise.

Kris Marshall...

I've seen the show.

I don't really have any logic to this but I'm just going to say true.

-True.

-Mm-hm.

Hollywood Legends.

My instinct would be to say...

born in the USA,

so that's false.

False. And finally,

the only subject category chosen for you by the Usual Suspects - BMX.

That would seem sensible.

Yeah, let's go for true for that.

True.

You've answered all six statements, and those statements are locked in.

Which ones are worrying you?

Uh, the final two.

E and F are just punts.

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

Usual Suspects, you'll now see the final six statements

and Tom's answers.

Tom, your answers are locked. You can't change them alone

but 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?

Let's go straight down the middle and hear from Andy.

I think you've definitely got one wrong

and there's one I'm not sure on,

but I don't think I would come down.

-All right.

-Sue, please.

There is one I know for sure you've got wrong

but, at this stage, I'm not prepared to come down and help you.

-I'm really sorry.

-Justin.

I'm really sorry, you've got a couple wrong

and I'm not prepared to come down from that money.

They have actually said you've got ones wrong before

and been totally wrong,

so you might have a completely clear and correct board there.

-Mm-hm.

-Let's find out, shall we?

£1,000 at stake, six answers away.

Let's find out if you have achieved Perfection.

Let's find out. Sue wasn't prepared to come down

but which one did you think he'd got wrong?

-Cary Grant.

-E. You said you were a little bit worried about E.

-Unfortunately.

-Justin's nodding as well. Andy?

I'm a Cary Grant fan actually and I know he was born in Bristol.

-He's been wrong before.

-He has, hasn't he? Let's start at the top.

Mary Peters won Olympic gold in the Pentathlon in 1972.

You said this was true.

We need this to turn green to get you off to a good start.

Is it true or false?

True. Good knowledge actually. You said it was about that right period

and you were absolutely right.

Foghorn Leghorn is a cartoon rooster.

You said this was true cos it's your dad's favourite cartoon character.

This is the one that he always laughs hysterically at,

so I think this is true.

So we need this to turn green. Is it true or false?

-APPLAUSE

-It's true. Very well done.

Foghorn Leghorn would have said,

"I say...I say...I say well done, boy."

AUDIENCE CHUCKLES

All right, I'll move on.

The internet was invented in 1999.

You said this sounded a little bit late, maybe early '90s.

So you said false.

If this turns red, you are halfway to the money all on your own.

Is it true or false?

It is false.

It was, in fact, well before 1999.

Kris Marshall has starred in Death In Paradise.

You said you thought this was right.

So you said true.

We need this to turn green.

Is it true or false?

It is true. Very well done.

It's looking like a very good board.

Now, the Usual Suspects - Andy in particular -

has put the mockers on E,

so I'm going to hop over it and come to it last.

F, the letters BMX

stand for Bicycle Motocross.

You said this was true.

It was the only category picked by the Usual Suspects

to try and trip you up, on the basis

that you might not know anything on BMX cos you didn't pick it.

-You had a BMX, didn't you?

-I did.

-Yeah.

So you said, "True," to this.

If it's right and it turns green, you're one away from the £1,000.

The letters BMX stand for Bicycle Motocross.

Is that true or false?

It's true.

APPLAUSE

So the Usual Suspects failed to trip you up with their chosen category.

We come back to the one that the doubt was cast over.

Cary Grant was born in the UK.

And the Usual Suspects thought you might be wrong with this.

Cary Grant was born in the UK.

You said that was false cos you thought he was born in America.

If you're right and this turns red,

you've won £1,000.

Of course, if you're wrong,

the money rolls over for the Usual Suspects.

Cary Grant was born in the UK. You said false.

We need this to turn red. Is it true or false, for £1,000?

-It's true.

-AUDIENCE:

-Oh.

Bristol, I believe.

Oddly enough, yes, he was born in Bristol.

Yes, Cary Grant was born in Bristol.

Well, great news for you, Usual Suspects,

the prize fund rolls over to the next game

where one of you could be playing for a total of £2,000.

Tom, you failed to get Perfection, so you go home with nothing,

-only our thanks for playing. I hope you enjoyed it.

-I did.

-Let's hear it for Tom, everybody.

APPLAUSE

That's all we have time for.

Please join us next time when our Usual Suspects can play again,

this time for £2,000.

And remember, as you saw in the first game, we will pay,

but only for absolute Perfection.

Goodbye.

APPLAUSE