Francesca's game today.

Noel guarantees to increase our entertainment this weekend, and says we reached a milestone of Friday, and the Banker isn't as bad as he is made out to be as he has so far given away over £25,000,000.

Had the £35k on Friday and game before, £250k. Hopefully a third banker spanking in a row.

Francesca has box 7 today.

Francesca is a housing officer from Bristol, and she talks a little about her job which involves organising repairs to council houses. We get to see a picture of Francesca's son, and another of Francesca with her brother and sister at Glastonbury. Francesca has her sister in the audience for support today.




Here we go...

Round 1

6 - £250 Tony

3 - 10p Matt

Newbie G next, and Noel asks G to tell us a bit about himself, and he says the G will change meaning every day. Today it stands for the governor

20 - £250,000 Newbie G

1 - £750 Jonny

21 - £10 Olga

Banker time

The Banker talks about the £25,000,000 he has given away, but says the flip-side is he has bought boxes to the value of over £45,000,000.

Banker's offer:

£5,000

The Banker calls and says he is annoyed at the lack of respect by the pilgrims to that offer, and will come and put a hose on them all if they don't show more respect from now on, which gets some cheers for the offer of £5,000.

Francesca says

NO DEAL

Don't blame the pilgrims for keeping quiet. That offer isn't brilliant but it isn't a joke so it's hard to know whether to clap or boo for that.

Noel calls a break...

£45m is about £3m over what we would expect to be in the boxes over 1626 games (£41,807,907.12)

If this were the American version of DoND, there could be a box-opener for each letter of the alphabet.

We're back

Round 2

1 - £1,000 Annette

11 - 1p Beryl-Anne

5 - £75,000 Leroy

Banker time

The Banker asks why Noel is obsessed with cosmetic surgery, and everyone in the studio agrees that Noel has been obsessed with it today.

Banker's offer:

£5,000

Francesca thinks her board looks quite good at the moment.

Francesca says

NO DEAL

Round 3

9 - £5,000 Charlie

12 - £3,000 Irene

Noel calls a break and gets Francesca to do the link...

Solid £100k board so far.

Visually curious, with the block of seven that has been whittled down to five, and the one loose red.

If this is not an all-red round it's a great one in the circumstances.

I suppose it'd only need for the £250k to be on the table a few times more than expected, and it'd boost that total quite considerably.

We're back
Last box before the Banker

14 - £15,000 Yvonne

Banker time

That is a tricky one says Noel, and I would have preferred to hold onto that £15,000. The Banker says that it is an unusual board and it gives him a bit of a problem.

Banker's offer:

£11,000

Tricky board to read as the Banker infers, but I would play on with this stability.