I've notcied that the contestants are opening the boxes (when the player has chosen the box, obviously) without being prompted by Noel to do so. He used to tell people off for opening the box without his say-so. I think Irene, Pat M and June were all offenders of doing that. Plus Stevie as well, I think. In fact I think most players have got told off by Noel for opening the box before he's told them to! But I noticed today he seems not too bothered if they open the box without his say-so - is he becoming more relaxed about it all, or is he feeling ill?! Bearing in mind that the episodes showing now are getting close to the week of episodes that were postponed due to him being ill!

He used to shout at them for pulling the seal off it when he was going to a break, but a couple of times he's even told them to pull off the seal and then gone to a break

The show has proved itself a big hit so Noel probably feels under much less pressure than he might have felt in the early days of it.

I hate it when they do that...I imagine them all peeking inside the box during the break. Not that that would change anything, as they'd still have to open it, but it annoys me!

He never used to get really angry with them, I think it was a joke really. But he's become more relaxed in general.