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In January 2023, it was reported that both pilots were so well received by ITV bosses that they are planning a 20 episode commission later in the year. We can't think of many shows that were on six days a week: I'm the Answer was one of them, as was Blockbusters back in the days when there were Champions series. The jackpot then remained unwon for more than two years, a carrot dangled in front of more than 600 contestants without once being snaffled. out of nowhere, ITV recorded two pilots in December 2022 at Dock10 in Salford with Stephen Mulhern as host for a revival of the show.

Deal or No Deal to be revived by ITV after seven years

For a two-week period starting on 10 October 2011, live episodes of the show were broadcast in place of the routine pre-recorded episodes.

Right from the start, the music cues were always pretty much the least appropriate and most intrusive of any game show, but if anything it's got worse since then, with overuse of the cliched heart sound effect not only being exceedingly irritating, but also betraying a lack of confidence in the game's ability to produce its own tension. The Banker might offer the opportunity for the contestant to swap their box with the other remaining unopened box and take the prize contained in it instead. The oldest contestant to have played the game was 97-year-old Chelsea Pensioner Joe Britton, who played in April 2009. It is, in essence, a game of pure chance - a lottery, or more precisely a series of lotteries, with the contestant merely choosing whether to reinvest their winnings in the next one or stick with what they've got.

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So goes the introductory spiel to this big money guessing game, of which international versions have already proven to be quite good fun. Clearly, a 1-in-5 or even 1-in-2 chance of the jackpot is unlikely to be more attractive than a guaranteed payout to the sensible player, unless the guaranteed payout is so low as to be utterly stupid, but the odds are short enough that if enough reckless players appear on the show, sooner or later one will win the jackpot - and ultimately that's what happened. In a way, the game is only there to give the characters in the studio something to react to - almost the exact opposite of the maximum-gameplay, minimum-personality Fifteen-to-One, for which this show is Channel 4's first really convincing replacement. In October 2013, production moved to the Bottle Yard Studios, Bristol, which had been custom built to house the show.To preserve some suspense right until the end, the producers introduced Box 23 at the start of 2014.

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It's more watchable than that implies though, mainly because of the interaction between host and contestants. As the show took an extended break from April 2016, ten episodes were filmed during the spring with the old format back in place, but this time with a twist, they were all filmed at various locations in the UK under the title Deal or No Deal On Tour. Chris Evans was also offered the job (or at least a place on the shortlist) but told the Daily Mail in January 2010, "I turned it down because it’s not clever enough for me. It's perhaps not quite the great and mighty format that some folk have talked it up as (and it does seem to be one of those shows that either you "get" or you don't) but as daytime gameshows go, it's pretty good and a deserved hit.All winners of the top prize (as well as certain non-top prize winners) are allowed to keep their box. A TV insider told The Sun: “Deal or No Deal is such a strong format you don’t want to go fiddling with it. Between then and the introduction of "Box 23" at the start of 2014, 51 more unlucky players joined him in the "1p club": Trevor Bruce (1 March 2006), Fadil Osman (14 April 2006), Dave Ellis (25 April 2006), Sally Kettle (14 July 2006), Connell Gibson (17 July 2006), Giorgio Felicini (22 July 2006), Sharron Coates, (31 August 2006), Tony Wynne-Jones (13 February 2007), Paul "PJ" Johnson (13 May 2007), Adam Field (15 June 2007), Katie Walsh (5 January 2008), Shaun Messer (24 January 2008), Simon Maughan (31 January 2008), Margaret Hall (3 March 2008), Matty Curcillo (24 March 2008), Pete Marston (2 October 2008), Marieanne (25 December 2008), Colin (16 March 2009), Dirk (31 March 2009), Olivia (8 July 2009), Rod (8 September 2009), Michelle (13 October 2009), Aurora (25 October 2009), Rio (16 November 2009), Corinne (7 December 2009), Gillian (16 December 2009), Hollie (25 December 2009), Bel (12 January 2010), De (17 May 2010), Laurence (25 June 2010), Letty (12 September 2010), Anji (10 October 2010), Beryl (1 February 2011), Vicki (17 February 2011), Bev (13 April 2011), Em (7 July 2011), Charlotte (11 July 2011), Kelly (13 October 2011), Andria (8 December 2011), Jan (26 March 2012), Bob (9 April 2012), Mary (21 June 2012), Mariyam (27 June 2012), Mev (8 November 2012), Laura (10 April 2013), Becky (11 August 2013), Richard (20 August 2013), Dave (20 February 2014), Leah (14 October 2014), Naz (7 January 2016) and Ashley (14 December 2016).

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It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. He revealed his passion for the show and his admiration for the individual community spirit within it, as well as his (later fulfilled) ambition that it would eventually hold a Saturday evening prime time slot. All the boxes are sealed by an independent adjudicator; the value inside each box is not known to anyone except the adjudicator. As a result, the deal almost always occurs during the closing fifteen minutes, which serves to place a lot more emphasis on the journey than the outcome. Though it's worth noting that since the three-swap game, there seems to have been a bit of a snap back to more reasonable gameplay from the banker, as if aware that he'd gone that bit too far.

On 26 March 2008, another box was shown to be empty, except this time there was no label to be found. The 45-year-old TV personality is also a presenter on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway for the same channel, as well as game shows In For a Penny and Catchphrase. There is an offer after the first five boxes are opened, and then after every third box until there are just two boxes left. In theory, these offers should come slightly below the arithmetic mean of the remaining boxes; in practice, the early offers are artificially low. When it is pressed, the Banker must make an offer at that point, regardless of how many boxes have been opened at that stage.