Round 3

18 - Chris - 50p

Noel says this will be a classic turnaround.

8 - Bel - £50

13 - H - Noel calls a break!

We get another glimpse of Christmas Past, and this time we get to see Christmas Star Marianne who won 1p back in 2008...

So breaks at 18- and 12-box, with - at a guess - one at the squashdown too. This is actually much more natural pacing than the normal format, and (combined with four- and three-box offers) is the way I'd like to see a regular 60-minute edition run, if you must have a 22-box game in an hour (and our show is better than others at making that sort of pace work).

Does look like the last break will be just around the 5 box stage now.

Actually, Marianne played in 2008...

We're back

Last box before the Banker

Noel skips around the studio and trips over Franny's foot

13 - H - £500

Banker time

The banker asks Noel if he enjoyed his Christmas trip.

Banker's offer:

£5,000

Noel says that's a big uplift from £90. Bodie says it's a good offer but he's got his eyes set on the 2 big values.

Bodie says NO DEAL

In a way, they have been advertising the three one hour specials as one promo but with the tagline "starting Christmas Eve".



Sigh! No, it's not.

Round 4

6 - George - £5,000

Noel says that's spooky as Bodie just no dealt £5,000!

4 - Gaz - £750

7 - Franny - £75,000

Banker time

Noel says the banker is impossible now! He says Bodie will appear on the Christmas videos that they show to people to remind them that some people are worse off than them!!

Banker's offer:

£3,000

Noel says that's a very interesting offer, and tells Bodie to think about it as this is a 1-box game now. Abbie says she'd hate to see him win a blue and Tina says he still has the nifty fifty.

Bodie says NO DEAL

£3k and Noel is pointing out the vulnerability of the board. Not going with the Santa/Scrooge twist but Bodie is.

Round 5

12 - David - £3,000

Noel says how spooky is that! Bodie's taken out the same value as his previous offer again!

1 - Abbie - £100

Noel calls a break

We get another Christmas Past clip again, and this time it's Danny Bloom from 2006.

I pray this is a blue and not the £50k

So this is the reason for the two Santas and one Scrooge; To have 4 and 3-box offers for the hour-long shows. But it looks as though it might be irrelevant this time, with just the £50k left in play...

... well, he is pulling it back. Good to see the clips of past shows, though with 25 minutes to go and just 6 boxes, I hope it's not too much filler.

We're back

Last box before the Banker

16 - Lyn - 10p

Scrooge vs Santa time

Yes! It's a blue

Noel reminds us that Bodie said he hasn't had any big reds lately. The banker phones and says normally, this board would be terrifying, but if Bodie finds a SANTA, then he'll get a massive advantage.

Santa vs Scrooge 2009 Gameplay:

If a player gets to 5-box, they can open a mince pie, a carrot or a bottle of sherry. There's 1 Scrooge and 2 Santas. If they reveal SANTA, they get an offer after every box and win a holiday for 2. If they find SCROOGE, then the banker looks in their box, their is no offer after every box but a SWAP at 2-box is guaranteed.


Bodie chooses SHERRY and it contains SANTA

The MINCE PIES contain SCROOGE

The CARROTS contain the other SANTA