Charlton's game today.

Noel says so far, the players have got their wish with the genie's lamp.

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.

I think this is the first Saturday transmitted game on C4 since Christmas Day 2010.

Charlton has box 3.

Charlton is studying sports psychology, and he explains that he got into it while he was at college. We get to see a pic of Charlton and his friends on his birthday, and he has some of his friends in the audience today. He also shows a photo of his dad and brothers. The banker rings and says he's happy because Charlton is pointing at his family members with his hook from his Captain Hook panto outfit!

Here we go...

Round 1

The banker rings to wish everyone merry Christmas, and Noel gets a gold envelope out of the pound table. The envelope contains a holiday, and if Charlton finds the 1p in the opening round, he can give the holiday to one of the players in the wings.

1 - Angela - £250

17 - Adam - £100,000

2 - Shakeel - 10p

19 - Shakira - £1

11 - Margaret - £250,000

Banker time

"Oh whoops" says Noel. The banker laughs down the phone and everyone BOOs him. He asks Charlton who he'd have given the holiday to, and he says Ioannis would've got it, and it was a week's holiday for two to Florida. The banker sends out his panto horse to collect the envelope with the holiday in!

Banker's offer:

TURKEY GIBLETS

Charlton says

NO DEAL

Noel calls a break...

He should have stuck the holiday in the horse's mouth, and fed it to him!

I don't know why they're getting so upset about the holiday - he actually had less than a 1 in 4 chance of getting it! He also should have said deal the the giblets by accident.

Round 2

7 - Emma - £35,000

22 - Lavinne - £10,000

20 - Jacques - £3,000

Banker time

Charlton says he'd love to say it's a generous offer! Noel talks about how windy sprouts are!

Charlton says

NO DEAL

Round 3

12 - Amy-Jo - £15,000

Charlton's mum in the audience tells him that he still has some dreams left on the board.

13 - Zoe - £50

9 - Stef - £100

Banker time

Noel asks Charlton what he'd want the money for, and Charlton talks about paying off his university fees and debts, as well as travelling to Australia.

Charlton says

NO DEAL

Noel calls a break...

Isn't there something odd going on with the breaks here? Isn't the break normally after the 2nd box of Round 3?

I was just thinking that.

Since the 8-box, pre-twist deal on Tuesday, there hasn't really been a dealable offer.

Coincidence or not?

We're back

Round 4

14 - Peter - £1,000

10 - Ioannis - £50,000

16 - Baz - £20,000

Banker time