Just tuned in to see a trainwreck...how wonderful!

The banker phones and says how irritating that was.

Brian chooses the GREEN snowman and it's SANTA

The RED snowman also contains the SANTA

The YELLOW snowman contains the SCROOGE

Banker time

I don't think the santa will help him much with whats left. The banker can afford to still keep the offers very low

The banker says he's gone off Brian big time now! Brian will get an offer after every box as he found SANTA.

Banker's offer:

£3,000 + 1 gift box

Brian says

NO DEAL

Round 6 - part1

12 - Sobia - £500

Banker time

Banker's offer:

£5,000 + 2 gift boxes

Brian says

NO DEAL

Round 6 - part2

5 - Lucie - £750

Banker time

The banker says they were brave no deals, considering there are only small increases in the offers

Banker's offer:

£8,250 + 1 gift box

David says this is the most difficult offer of the game, but he thinks Brian will go on and win £35,000.

Brian says

DEAL

Round 6 - part 3 - proveout

22 - Julie - £35,000

Banker time with 50p and £50 remaining...

All about keeping the £35k in...oh and it went after the deal!

The banker says turning down £5,000 was very brave indeed. Noel says we'll find out about the holiday in a moment.

Brian has 50p in his box 16

Fantastic timing!

So, despite the huge trainwreck, we get an OPW out of it!

Talk about last-ditch effort...

Box 7 with Dave contains the £50

Brian chooses the GREEN gift box, and it's LOSE so he doesn't win the holiday.

The banker phones and says that was a banker spanking and wonders if Brian wants a Christmas gamble. He wonders how much Brian would give back of his winnings for a 50:50 chance of winning the holiday. Brian says £250, and the banker says DEAL.

Banker's offer:

BANKER'S CHRISTMAS GAMBLE

Brian effectively says

DEAL and he gives back £250 of his winnings

Brian chooses the YELLOW gift box and it's WIN

He wins the holiday for 2 for a week to Fuerteventura

His total winnings are £8,000 and the holiday

Didn't expect that twist either, a good game to start the week. Now we just need a massive win before the end of the year

Not sure if he got the £250 back that he gambled to win the holiday but for simplicity (and Mister Al's) sake, let's call that a £8,250 OPW, which given the start he had, was a pretty good result for the game.

Think the deal was sensible unless he was prepared to open his box (the offer would have been the EV of the 2-box offer if you reckoned the £35k/blue offer to be around £12k, which would have been more than generous for the board) and the gamble at the end was a no-brainer given the holiday would have been worth more than double the amount gambled to win it.