Brian's game today.

Noel says we learned an important lesson in Sara's game, that, when the Banker ring to talk to the player, he is not always playing mind games, and sometimes he offers reasonable advice.

Hope it's not a 3rd £10 win in a row!

I expect the last two games will have a BIG effect on Brian!

It's a shame there's such an exciting match on the other side, I'm relying on you hogwild.

5 minutes in and they still haven't started.

Make that 6...

Brian has Box 5.

John Brian Dannett, from Market Rasen in Lincolnshire, known by his middle name as he shared his first with his father. He has an old photo of his wedding; his wife Brenda, who he met at his sister's wedding, is in the audience. Brian gets a bit muddled when talking about how they met! He has another old photo of his old pen-pal, who he has since lost contact with, and another photo of his twin grandchildren.

Here we go...

Patience is a virtue. Hey, you decided to tune in...

Box 3...

Round 1

Box 17 is being kept.

Box 6 with Charley - £5,000

Box 21 with newbie Dot - £5

Brian asks for a shout out for his sister-in-law.

Box 8 with Jill - £1,000

Box 3 with Beverley - £250,000

What a shame, says Noel. Brian and the wingers mime some train whistles!

Box 11 with Alex - £50,000

Banker time...

The Banker asks if anyone can lend him £20 to pay for the last two games!

Banker's offer:

£3,500

Stats after Round 1
Offer: £3,500
Mean: £15,274.21
Fair Deal: £5,702.51
Volatility: 0.63
Board total: £259,661.61

Board
1p
10p
50p
£1

£10
£50
£100
£250
£500
£750

£3,000

£10,000
£15,000
£20,000
£35,000

£75,000
£100,000

Great, it looks like this is going to be another low tariff game.

Yipe... the £250,000 is going early a lot these days...

Brian says:

NO DEAL

Noel calls a break...

First break at 15 minutes past instead of the usual 10 / 11 minutes...

Great, it looks like this is going to be yet another game which will be moaned at for any reason findable by *someone*.

I hope the winnings of the contestants aren't going into a slump like the Cards are

A major sign that someone needs to take a break from DoND

I'm glad I wasn't in the studio. I don't want to be around people making stupid noises!

Show resumes at 19 minutes past. Looks like a second or third round deal coming up...