G's game today.

Noel talks about how he let other crew members prepare intros for the show, but it didn't really work! So he goes behind the stage and gets warm-up bloke Mark Olver to do the intro, but he's busy eating.

Had the £35k on Friday and day before £75k. Hopefully a mega spanking on this Father's day.

G has box 5.

G is from London but now lives in Lincolnshire, and talks about his Italian roots, and how he has a huge Italian family. G has his wife in the audience, and talks about how his wife has suffered from 3 strokes. G has a miniature box and a letter with him, that he asks to be sent to the banker. We get to see a photo of G with his brother and dad, and also a pic of his 3 children.

G also has a keyfob for a Harley-Davidson with him, and he says he'd like a Harley-Davidson which is large and called "Fat Boy"!

Here we go...

Well this is interesting...

Round 1

G says the letter he sent to the banker had a proposition in it, and if he'd accepted, then the banker would've returned the mini box. The mini box is then brought back into the studio, and G says he'll reveal the contents of it later. G asks if anyone has ever dealt before opening a box, and Noel says "no". G says he knew box 5 would have £250,000 before he even picked it. He says he'll deal an offer NOW if the banker is prepared to make one.

The banker rings and says he'd like that, but G would have to pay to fill the time on Channel 4. G says "no deal".

11 - Olga - £3,000

19 - Ted - £10

Andy now, and he gives us a joke.

3 - Andy - £50,000

8 - Ken - £750

13 - Hayley - £100,000

Banker time

The banker says he respects G, and he's in no doubt that G is going to the end, and he recognises how popular he is. He says he heard G's wife talking about him going to the end.

Banker's offer:

£7,500

G says that's a fair offer.

G says

NO DEAL

Noel calls a break.

Could they have filled a whole episode with a 22-box proveout round? Probably not without it being very obvious.

We're back

Round 2

12 - Victoria - £1

15 - Brenda - £35,000

20 - Stacey - £500

Banker time

G says

NO DEAL

They could have done what the Mexicans did with a similar twist and just bring on a new contestant instead.

They usually offered a car - new Harley-Davidsons start at £6k and go up to £25k so one of those would have been ideal for a pre-game offer if the producers wanted that.

I think the next 30 minutes will actually be less consequential than they would have been WITH such an offer, so back in a bit...

Round 3

9 - Macka - £10,000

2 - Beryl-Anne - 10p

Noel calls a break...

We're back

Last box before the Banker

G says he fancies kissing a copper, so he goes for Gary now.

18 - Gary - 1p

Noel gets excited and conducts an elaborate 1p kiss.

Banker time

The banker says he's ignoring what G said about his box having the £250,000.

Banker's offer:

£16,000

Almost 50/50 chance of leaving the top 2 in play till 8-box. I think I might take this.

Very worth another round...

G says if he were advising someone else, he'd say that's a very good offer. Gary says it's REAL money. The banker rings and says he thinks G has earned this information, and he says he had to go high as he didn't think G would deal with 4 above the offer. Macka gives some analysis of the board and says G needs to weigh up what the money could do for him and what he could gain.

Noel says he knows that G proposed to his wife in a chip shop, and she is his "SOLE"mate. G says the only reason he applied to be on the show was to get enough money to buy his dream motorbike. G says he's had to make sacrifices throughout his life, and could never justify spending money on a motorbike.

G says

DEAL

OH MY! OH MY! OH MY!

Another 3rd deal

Did think he was going to deal...

now that's going to be a big mistake I reckon...