Frank's game today.

Noel talks about the panto specials next week, and we'll be getting a little tease soon. He says he's been having trouble finding Christmas stuff in the shops lately, but we leant from Daphne yesterday that rum butter is the secret to Christmas and a long life!

Frank has box 20.

Frank is from Somerset and is a retired fridge engineer, and Noel says he's chilling out now. He talks about how he left the army and ended up getting into fridge engineering. Noel says the viewers will have subtitles to decode Frank's strong Somerset accent, and we get to see subtitles with all the words joined up. Frank has his wife, daughter and granddaughter in the audience today. Frank has a four-leaf clover with him that he found on the day he applied for DoND. We also get to see a good luck card that his daughter made for him.

Here we go...

Noel got that wrong saying the second time in a row he's had the 1p. In fact, it's 3.

Round 1

Frank gets everyone to say "OOOHHHH ARRRRRRRRRR" whenever he finds a blue!

Newbie Adam next, and he calls Frank "darling" and Frank says "EH?!"

22 - newbie Adam - £20,000

6 - Elaine - £250

3 - Phil - £50

7 - Lawrence - 1p

Noel orchestrates a 1p kiss between Lawrence and Frank.

Frank gets everyone to shout "OOOOHHHHH ARRRRRRRR" to help him find a blue.

10 - Clare - £5,000

Banker time

The banker says "OOOH ERRRRRRR"! He says he's very happy to be remote and locked up safely.

Banker's offer:

£9,800

Frank says

NO DEAL

Noel calls a break...

These "ooh arrs" had better stop or I'm switching off.

We're back

Round 2

Frank says he got his dog to choose numbers to pick, and his dog ate the piece of paper that had box 21 on, so he's keeping box 21 to the end. Noel says there was another contestant who formed a system by getting their dog to eat cheese, and their dog was sick!

5 - ????? - 10p

12 - Shakeel - £50,000

19 - Peter - £500

Banker time

Noel asks the banker if he can join him in his office!

Banker's offer:

£11,500

Noel asks what Frank would do with the money, and he says he'd donate some to cancer charities in the west country, as they helped cure him of cancer. He'd also like to give some money to his children, and would also go away on holiday. He says he's going to be a dwarf in Snow White, and wants a pair of shoes like Noel's!

Frank says

NO DEAL

Can we get this down to four blues and £250k with a five-box Deal for an OPW and get this done painlessly?

Round 3

Frank talks about Charlton's problem, but won't reveal what it is!

1 - Charlton - £750

18 - Amy-Jo - £5

Noel calls a break...

We're back

Last box before the Banker

Frank chooses Jacques, but can't pronounce his name properly!

4 - Jacques - £250,000

Banker time

Well the £250,000 going might shut him up. God I'm such a scrooge today.

I've actually recently got Challenge and I'm enjoying the old January 2006 shows more than the current ones I have to say!

EDIT - no it hasn't shut him up.

Noel tells a story of how Frank tried to blow up a balloon during Christmas dinner once, but it slipped out of his grip and shot across the table with his false teeth attached to it! Frank says the balloon was like a bouncing bomb, and his teeth ended up in the gravy. The banker says that's been made into a film called the Gumbusters. He says this is a long game, and Noel can sit down at any point and take the weight off his dwarf feet!

Banker's offer:

£7,000

Frank whips everyone up doing his "OOOHHH ARRRRR" thing, but forgets he hasn't been asked the question yet!

Frank says

NO DEAL

Round 4

13 - Iain - £100

14 - Emma - £15,000

11 - Shakira - £3,000

Banker time

The banker says this is an interesting board, and the next round will be pivotal.

Banker's offer:

£13,500

Similarly strong 8-box to yesterday, offer 10% lower, I play on here.