I forgot to mention that yesterday marked 15 since the beginning of the LIVE SHOWS. Not only was this 2 weeks of special one-off games that were played live, but a lot of past players (including some from the early days of the show, such as 50-shows Lucy and Marcus) returned to the wings for these shows. Until this point, it seemed like they were doing whatever they could to keep season 1 buried in the archives, but just a few weeks after this, the CHALLENGE repeats started from season 1 began showing, and videos of Season 1 games started reappearing on YouTube for the first time in years

It's now TWENTY-ONE years since Deal Or No Deal debuted.

Lynn's game was a great one to have as the first too - a game that looked set to be a trainwreck but turned around into a 14k OPW.

For the ITV version, two years ago Mike won £5,950 but in an absurd fashion. That £5,950 offer was on a finish of 3k vs 7.5k!

21 years ago today, Mark played on show #2 and scored an OPW after dealing at an offer of £9,900 on a £500/£20k


20 years ago today, another contestant named Mark also scored a healthy OPW, but in the form of £23,500!


19 years ago, Little Rich had a comparatively average game, by dealing at £3,000 (which was increased to £4,000, as a result of him succeeding at the Trick Or Treat twist), and was denied a feel-good ending by hypo-swapping for £10,000


17 years ago, YET ANOTHER Mark played on this date, but curiously, he went by the name of Roli on the show. He played in an isolated "regular" game sandwich by the Trick Or Treat specials, and the 4th anniversary show the next day, and it was a pretty disappointing game, as he dealt at £7,000, but had £50,000 in box! I think the only memorable thing about Roli was that he was one of a handful of contestants to disappear and re-appear in a different wing position.


16 years ago, Christine dealt at £18k, but missed out on doing what Christopher did in live play a few games earlier, by having the £50k/£100k finish!!


15 years ago, Jess dealt at the third offer, but i forgot what she won. This is the point where the games start to become a bit of a blur for me. Sam played on this day in 2012, and i forgot what he won, but didn't he teach himself to speak, as he had some kind of hearing difficulty?? Georgie played on this day and 2013, and then Ruby in 2016, but i forgot what they both won too.

For the anniversaries for today, November 10th:


21 years ago, Natalie brought the £250k to the table for the first time ever, except she'd already taken £22k at 8-box!! This would also be the last game until Mikey in April 2008 where none of the players on the wings had witnessed a power-5 level win



20 years ago, Nalini won £10,000 from her box........which was also her highest offer!!



19 years ago, Steff had a £25k OPW, though in hindsight, it seemed to be somewhat overshadowed by her game being the first appearance of Olly Murs on the wings.



18 years ago, David had some absolutely APPALLING offers despite having such a great board, and dealt at a truly woeful £3,000, and declined the banker's gamble, only to discover that he had £35k in his box, making it one of the EASIEST power 5 wins we never had. This was one of my least favourite games of all-time, and I'm not going to fall on my sword about it, but I've harped on this game enough, I think. So let's move on before I turn back into Abe Simpson yelling at a cloud......



17 years ago, Scottish ex-pat and former forum loyal Paul had a very entertaining game, where he won £24,000, and was only denied an OPW by his proveout offer being £1 higher than the offer he dealt at!!



16 years ago, Anne dealt at £4k and had the £35k in her box, I think. I can't remember much about it apart from Noel randomly bringing up Mad Sarah's system out of nowhere, nearly 5 years after the fact!



15 years ago, Syrita played but I forgot how much she won. Wasn't it like £13k or something at 5-box? All I remember about Syrita was her being bald, standing in E2, and wearing a wig in one of her games on the wings??



14 years ago, one of our most mature contestants ever, Win, had a great game where she won £30k, but in her box sat the ultimate prize!!


12 years ago, Serena Williams (the contestant, not THAT Serena Williams!) dealt at a lousy £8,200 at 11-box with the £10k, £35k, £100k and £250k still on the board! The proveouts went completely against her, and she had the £100k in her box all along!! The precedings of box 23 didn't help either.


11 years ago, Ness had a great game, where she won £35,000, and I THINK it was a spanking, but I forgot how that went.....


10 years ago, Pauline played, but I can't remember what she won either, nor do I remember last year's game in the ITV era

Very nostalgic (retroactively of course) for November 2012. Isn't this when it went HD?? It seemed to have a totally different vibe to it.

Sickening that it was 14 years ago, the same amount of time removed that 1998 was from 2012. For context, only VHS could have recorded a 1998 version of Deal. In 2012, I captured a few episodes (or bits of) via screen recorder straight from 4oD.

10th November 2006 was actually "I'M NOT GOING!!!!" Helen (Nalini was 9th). God she scared the crap out of me doing that

I don't know why I keep forgetting about Headlock Helen, despite her being one of the most infamous players of the early seasons. I vividly remember her being DESPISED by literally everyone on here except for Daniel(4389), and I can't say I was too keen on her myself. After that wild opening to her show, she had a great game, by accepting £21,000 at 8-box and essentially destroying her board in the proveouts.

Hahahaha how could I have ever forgotten that. Just rewatched it, Noel clearly had never encountered anything like this, he looks properly scared and his voice clams up a bit. Knowing how difficult it is to make him feel insecure and how he commands any situation/room/interview he's involved with, this took a lot of doing.

When Helen does walk up to the table, Noel brandishes the chair like he's fencing off a feral animal and he doesn't remotely look like he's playing - that was ready to be used.

However, in my life I have met and dealt with many people like Helen and I always gel with them. That likely says more about me than anything.

On this day 20 years ago, Irish Mary played and did what, at the time seemed like a very cautious deal, dealing at £10k at 8-box with the aforementioned amount equal to it and the ,£15k, £50k and ,£75k higher, followed by the proveouts going disastrously wrong, with an inevitable big amount on the table. Mary was one of the many characters we had at the time, when people seemed particularly partial to older women with mad hair!