Elaine's game today.

Noel talks about how the dream factory has been transformed for these special panto shows, and he says how the genie's lamp can affect the gameplay.

Christmas Panto Specials twist:

The magic lamp in the studio will either make the player's wish come true, or the banker's wish come true. When the player gets to 5-box, they choose one of 3 doors in the lamp's smoke. 1 door has the banker's wish behind it, but 2 doors have the player's wish behind it. If the player's wish comes true, the player can either advance one box at a time after 5-box, win a holiday or choose a present from the Christmas tree. One present has a pair of the banker's pants in it and the other one has £5,000. If the banker gets his wish come true, then he'll look in the player's box.

Elaine has box 9.

Elaine is from Middlesex, and is a medic with the ambulance service. She talks about her job and she introduces us to the colleagues she has in the audience. Elaine's husband Terry is in the audience, and he talks about how he works in the same profession as Elaine and has done favours for her in the past! We get to see a pic of them on their wedding day, and she shows a stone hippo that she has with her from one of their holidays. Elaine names the hippo "Noel"! She suddenly realises her box 9 is Terry's birthday.

Here we go...

Round 1

The banker rings and talks about the Christmas Panto twist (see above).

10 - Emma - £100

Zoe next, and Noel gets her to show us her Mother Goose costume again!

14 - Zoe - £35,000

Jacques next, and he reveals his costume is Mother Goose's son.

3 - Jacques - 50p

15 - Shakira - £250

17 - Margaret - £75,000

Banker time

The banker says everyone looks amazing and Elaine looks particularly attractive, but he says her colleagues in the audience are a load of idiots!

Banker's offer:

£7,999

Elaine says that's a lovely amount of money.

Elaine says

NO DEAL

Noel calls a break...

We're back

Round 2

8 - James - £50,000

16 - Sarah - £3,000

Lawrence next, and he says he's had the 1p four times so far.

11 - Lawrence - £750

Banker time

The banker asks Elaine to think of his offers as lighthouses in the fog, and she could crash into the £100k or £250k.

Banker's offer:

£4,999

The banker rings back and asks who started the BOOing in the audience, and a lady owns up! He tells her to watch it, and she says her name is Enid, and she threatens the banker! He then gets worried and asks if she'd like a cup of tea.

Elaine says

NO DEAL

Round 3

Mark next, and Noel says he has a great false nose, but it's his own nose.

21 - Mark - 1p

7 - newbie Stef - £1

Noel calls a break...

We're back

Last box before the Banker

Noel hands some tea to Enid in the audience.

5 - Baz - 10p

Banker time

Elaine brings her husband Terry down to the pound table. Elaine says it'd take a long time to get that amount of money, and her husband says that if he were watching at home, he'd be telling her to get on with it and open the boxes.

Elaine says

NO DEAL

Round 4

6 - Amy-Jo - £20,000

4 - Iain - £5

13 - Ioannis - £1,000

Banker time

The banker teases Elaine about what could happen with the genie's lamp, and he says the last time someone went one box at a time with the £250k in play, he ended up giving it away.

Banker's offer:

£18,999

I was expecting the offer to be £20,000...

hopefully she will continue in live play for the 5 box twist.

The banker rings back and changes the offer to...

Banker's offer:

£19,000

Elaine thinks about the offer and talks about what they can do with the money, and says it's a lovely sum of money, and she can't believe she turned down £14,999. Jacques reminds her that she still has the options of the genie's lamp, and Adam says she has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Enid in the audience tells Elaine to think about what the money means to her, and Iain says it's a really strong board.

Elaine says

DEAL

Noel calls a break...

She obviously doesn't care less about the five box twist then. Was hoping that all players would be in live play at five box, but sadly, it's hasn't happened.