Mathew's game today.

Noel says that there is some advice for everyone after Gabbie's game yesterday, as sometimes the player will say something that the Banker will pick up on, and yesterday there was a first, and Gabbie mentioned a chicken with the evil name Megatron and the Banker upped the offer, so he suggests everyone buys a chicken and names them 'Hen'able Lector

Mathew has box 18 today.

Mathew is a self-employed tree surgeon from Essex, and was previously a window cleaner. Noel says he must be one of the few people who was happy to have an accident, as he fell off a ladder and then while be treated the doctor found a tumor, which is now being treated. Mathew has his wife in the audience for support and he tells the story of how he met her. We get to see a photo of their 2 children.


Here we go...

Round 1

21 - £50 Lynn

1 - £1,000 Sidney

19 - £500 Kath

Newbie Mark next, and Noel says he is not quite sure why Mark is here as he has lots of castles, and Mark says he has about 14 now crammed in his shed. He hires out bouncy castles

17 - £3,000 Newbie Mark

3 - £100 Donna

Banker time

That is a very good opening round says Noel, and he likes that. The Banker talks about evil chickens, and says he loves Keith as he thinks he is a very young man wearing old mans makeup! The Banker thinks he can buy Mathew, but it won't be cheap.

Banker's offer:

£11,500

Mathew says

NO DEAL


Noel calls a break....

Good to see there is another "Mark" on the show.

Noel always going on about "firsts" and always trying to become a "pun king" like the late, great Richard Whiteley was...

We're back

Noel runs through some of Mathew's previous jobs of flower seller, balloon seller, and also cleaning window in sky scrapers.

Round 2

15 - £100,000 Jess

5 - 50p Imani

11 - £75,000 Kirsty

Banker time

Ouch.

What a round says the Banker. He talks about the very commited pilgrims, and mentions one called Steve who is supposed to be working and has pulled a sickie! Noel finds out that Steve works for the department of health in London, and says that is very ironic with him pulling a sickie.

Banker's offer:

£11,500

Mathew says

NO DEAL

A sickie... uh, I mean, stick?

After a £175k round, that's very generous indeed...

But it's turned down almost instantly.

Round 3

9 - £5 James

2 - £10 Chris

Noel calls another and Mathew does the link...

Despite that last round, the board at 12-box doesn't look bad at all:

1p
10p

£1




£250

£750


£5,000
£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£35,000
£50,000


£250,000

I did NOT expect a STICK after a £175k round!

We're back
Last box before the Banker

7 - £250 Carlos

Banker time

Should be more than £11.5k here.

But how quickly will Mathew turn it down?

This is great says Noel. The Banker has noted the way Mathew has been looking at the board and weighing it up, and thinks he will only be able to buy the box by being generous.

Banker's offer:

£20,000

Three above that and one the same as that, so worth going on one more round at least...

He's not turning this one down quite as quickly, though.

That is very generous says Mathew. Mathew talks to Dave about the odds of hitting boxes. Mathew then talks to his wife about the offer, and she says it is a great offer, but also talks about the journey that he is on. Mathew talks about how far he wants to push the game.

Mathew says

NO DEAL