Ian's game today.

Noel talks about the theme of 50 that is going on at the moment, and runs through how it started. He says he's not saying where he thinks 50 will crop up today.

Ian has box 21.

Ian is a student and a self-confessed geek, as he's into computers and enjoys taking them to pieces. He has his girlfriend in the audience today and his Dad and brother. Ian shows a pic of him with his Dad and twin brother, and talks about Nathan who passed away in 2006. Ian explains that he's helping to raise money for a charity involved with heart conditions.

Here we go...

Round 1

15 - newbie Alex - £500

3 - Chris - £1,000

Jim now and he tells a joke to guarantee a blue...

5 - Jim - £250,000

The banker phones and says great punchline!

12 - Denise - £5,000

16 - Lisa - £1

Banker time

Noel says that has a touch of yesterday's game about it. The banker says we're living in extraordinary times, and he gloats about his Old Faithful saving him a lot of cash yesterday.

Banker's offer:

£6,750

Ian tells a story about a bloke in the bar, who said he should deal at the first offer, and he wonders if this bloke was actually the banker!

Ian says

NO DEAL

Round 2

Ashlea now, and she says the most memorable thing so far is when Noel touched her!

6 - Ashlea - £100

19 - Marshall - £10

Noel rushes to hug Ashlea, and he gets Ian to call a break...

We're back

Last box before the Banker

8 - Robbie - £250

Banker time

Comedy and stabilty provide a good reason to stay tuned to this one. An awful lot of things could yet happen in this one.

Ian asks his Dad who says Ian won't listen to him. Ian says he's playing the board and not the banker.

Ian says

NO DEAL

Ian has the right idea to play the board and go from there. This board is worth more than that offer, but not that much more; a third-offer Deal should be considered if another good round is followed by another significant improvement in the offer.

Round 3

Ian says this has never been done before, and he wants the banker to chose his next 3 boxes! The banker phones and says he'll chose the boxes. He then speakers over the loudspeaker in the studio to chose his box numbers. The banker chooses box 1, but Ian says he was keeping box 1!

1 - Bharti - £15,000

13 - Erica - £10,000

Ian says the banker's taking out the boxes that he thinks makes the board stronger! The banker chooses box 22 and Ian says that's a significant number for him.

22 - Angela - £75,000

Banker time

The banker says he thoroughly enjoyed that.

Banker's offer:

£4,000

Ian says £4,000 plus the experience is worth about £34,000!

Ian says

NO DEAL

Are they actually trying to make me believe in the conspiracy theories again?

Round 4

2 - Anji - 1p

17 - Ammarah - £3,000

Ian gets everyone to do a Mexican wave to call the break...

Well after all that, and despite the damage in round 3, this is still a very stable board going into the second adbreak, reminding me an awful lot of Andy Kelly's.

We're back

Last box before the Banker

11 - Mary - £20,000

Banker time

Ian says he'll get killed if he goes on! His girlfriend says don't be silly, and Ian says he's only here once.

Ian says

NO DEAL