Good afternoon, all!

This is the last commentary from me for a while - glad I've been able to help out while H has been unable to commentate - business as usual from Friday from him!

The 1,000th countdown has been going on for a few shows now; I missed yesterday's (if someone can say who it was as I'd love to know ), but I know we've so far had Lauren, Laura and Clive feature! Wonder who we'll see today!

On to today's show then!

Dennis (early 2007), Zoe & Zara (May 2008), Andrew and Julie from early 2007 help introduce today's show from out the audience!

Past players make up the audience - someone try to spot them all - I can see Psychic Sarah and Ken from last year to name a couple!

And today's player is...LINZ!

Had £75k yesterday and last 6 games all red. Hope today's game is a big win.

Box 4 strikes again!

Nice to see the past players instead of the usual pilgrims, this should be good

Today, she has £25,000 as she is due it.

Hidden Wakeyism Indicator: none of the players used in the introduction dealt. However, only one of them won big.

(Noel is wearing a flashy jacket, and the players are well-smartly dressed!)

Glittery red boxes, as Linz brings BOX FOUR to the table again!

Linz is a swimming co-ordinator! She teaches people to swim, but chucks people in the water fully-clothed if they're naughty!

She's married to Claire, she met her on a night out and it was magical from the start!

They always wanted to have children though, so thanks to the help of the treatment available, we see a pic of little Jake The other pic is of Linz dressed up as Lulu! Noel introduces Linz's mum, who gets to sit next to Dennis (lucky lady, Noel comments! )

The housekeeping is done...and here we go...

Loving Noel's gold jacket, he looks like a 70/80's gameshow host

Edit: Got the wrong era, the Banker thinks he's from the 60's

The £1,000 on the board is golden...cue the Banker ringing...

So the Banker also says!

In the first of the specials leading up to the 1,000th show, the £1,000 box does not exist...instead it contains...£25,000!

The Banker says good luck!

Oooh lots of glitter today and that is a nice gold amount, £25,000!

First round...

Linz says she hates odd numbers...

Box 13 - Chris - £15,000

Box 9 - Rachel - 50p

Box 15 - Lesley - £35,000

Box 1 - Dirk - £250

Box 3 - Daimon - £100

Time for the Banker...

Is that £25,000 for all the shows up to 999?

Let's hope it helps. Starting FD rises a little more than a grand with that, as does the mean.

And you're wrong because she has taken it out

1p
10p

£1
£5
£10
£50


£500
£750
£25,000
£3,000
£5,000
£10,000

£20,000

£50,000
£75,000
£100,000
£250,000

The Banker is on a rant - asking Dennis if he enjoyed spending his 50p!

The Banker does a lot of internet shopping when drunk...he wanted a tall, domineering woman but couldn't find anything on Amazon!

Banker's offer:

£9,500

Linz says NO DEAL!

Ironic exchange there; Dennis had product placement edited out (as did Donna and probably others) but as soon as Dennis gets mentioned, we get another one. We've also had an 'Angel Delight' gag in 'Gladstone' Alex's worst-episode-ever contender.

Now it's looking quite percarious

Next round...

Box 19 - Jason - £75,000

"Now that HAS done damage," says Noel...

Box 17 - Gra - £10,000

Linz says it doesn't matter...

Noel calls a break, after a break he will give us the longest red run we've had so far...(anyone here know it? )

1p Nick had 8 reds in a row, which was the record last time I checked