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Deal or No Deal History



Deal or No Deal is a gameshow which has been broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 since October 31, 2005. Series 1 ended in December 2005 and Series 2 began 1 day later. It is presented by Noel Edmonds and normally airs from 4.15pm to 5.00pm on weekdays, lasting 45 minutes, and in a later evening time slot, usually lasting 45 minutes, but is sometimes extended to 60 minutes on Saturdays with varying times, usually anytime around 6.00pm. The weekday show is repeated on Channel 4's digital sister station, More4, at 6.10pm. The prime-time Saturday shows are re-run on More4 on Sunday evenings, again at around 6.00pm.

Largest amounts won
The highest payout to date is a UK daytime television record of £120,000, which was a deal accepted by contestant Jennifer Miller on November 18, 2005. She was left with the £750 (her own box) and £250,000 when she took the deal. The next biggest winner so far is Gaz on May 2, 2006, winning £100,000 (in his own box), followed by Germaine (March 7, 2006) and Kirsty (April 4, 2006), who both won £75,000. Brenda (February 9, 2006) won £57,000, which makes her the next highest.

The biggest prize won to date by a player "no dealing" until the end and taking the amount contained in their box is £100,000 by contestant Gaz Hall on May 2, 2006. He had £10,000 and £100,000 left after rejecting an offer of £35,000. The payout of £100,000 is the second-highest win to date - remarkable given the weak board Gaz was faced with throughout his game. He took out the £250,000 on the first box, and all the big prize values went quickly, barring the £100,000. He also took out the 1p just before the final offer, leaving him with £100,000 and £10,000 left. Saying "no deal" to an offer of £35,000, he opened his box to find the six-figure sum.

Germaine (on March 7, 2006) was the second player (first was Jennifer, third was Kirsty, fourth was Morris) to "no deal" all the way to a two-box end game with the top prize still in play, and the only one of these four to have had the £250,000 in his box. He chose to deal for £75,000, perhaps unsurprisingly since the other box contained only £1.

The two highest sums of money (£100,000 and £250,000) have on one occasion been the two remaining figures at the very end, on December 7, 2005 (this can be expected to happen, on average, once every 231 shows). Unfortunately the contestant, Sara, had dealt early - at £31,000 - and would have been offered £175,000 by The Banker (the highest he has ever made). The blow was only slightly lessened by the revealing of £100,000 in her box.



Smallest amounts won
To date, four players have received the lowest possible payout of 1p. On January 3, 2006, Nick Bain was left - after taking out eight consecutive red (high value) boxes - with 1p and £100. He said "No Deal" to The Banker's offer of £30, then swapped his £100 box for the 1p box. He had earlier said 'No Deal' to an offer of £9,000.

On March 1, 2006, Trevor Bruce also went home with 1p. He was left with 1p, £250 and, amazingly, the highest figure, £250,000, as his last three boxes. £250,000 was then revealed before he said "No Deal" to the Banker's offer of £99. He declined the chance to swap boxes and then opened his own box, which contained 1p.

On April 14, 2006, Good Friday, contestant Fadil Osman left with 1p when he declined the offer of £7,200 with the 1p and the £35,000 in play, and then further declined a swap. His box, Box 6, contained the 1p. This game was particularly unusual in that the banker, for the first time ever, kept the same offer for three rounds, at £6,100 (and then halved it in the penultimate round to £3,050).

On April 25, 2006, Dave Ellis became the fourth player to walk away with 1p, on the show's 150th edition. He turned down an offer of £10,150 in the third round, before taking out the £50,000 and the £10,000 (at the time the two highest values remaining.) He was left with 1p and £5, No Dealed at £1.50 and opened 1p after declining a swap.

The other lowest wins are Raj (November 29, 2005) who won just 10p, and six contestants have left with £1 - Mike (March 2, 2006), Barbara (March 20, 2006), Janet (March 31, 2006), Gary (May 11, 2006), Raj (May 19, 2006) and Simone (May 29, 2006).

Lowest deal and offer
The lowest deal accepted was by contestant Gerry "Geordie" Reynolds on February 1, 2006 for the amount of £20, the two remaining boxes being worth 10p (his own box) and £100. He had previously said 'No Deal' to an offer of £5,000. Geordie subsequently revealed in The Sun Newspaper (February 2 2006) that he had spent the night before his game undergoing tests for a suspected heart attack in Bristol Royal Infirmary and had actually collapsed during the recording of the programme the previous day (this was referred to during shows recorded that day, and his place opening the boxes temporarily taken over by the floor manager). The revelation that he played the game following 32 hours without sleep was the subject of considerable debate.

The only other contestant to deal for less than £1,000 was Jason on May 22, 2006 who accepted an offer of £300 with the last two boxes remaining containing 1p and £750. To complete his extraordinary bad luck, his box contained the £750 so he was never going to join the "1p club" anyway.

The lowest offer made by the Banker in active play (as opposed to "hypothetical" offers when the contestant has already dealt) was the offer of 64p made to Raj in his £1 game on May 19, 2006 with 50p and £1 left.

Contestant Paul on November 8, 2005 received a low hypothetical offer of 60p with two boxes (50p and £1) remaining. Luckily for him, however, he had already dealt for £6,500.

The lowest first offer was made to contestant John on February 18, 2006 - he received a "joke" offer of £8 due to having insulted the Banker in a previous show. The next lowest was made on March 30, 2006, where Lucy Harrington was offered £50 because she was in 50 shows. Both contestants had taken out the £250,000 in the first round.

 


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