Lindsay's Game Report

Well we are finally back after the summer break for a new series of Deal or No Deal. Sorry for the very late game summary today, but I ran into some nice Bank Holiday motorway traffic which totally upset the plans for the whole day, tomorrows game summary should be put up at a far more respectable time.......

Noel welcomes us back with a quick recap of series one with Jennifer's £120,000 win and the seven members of the 1p club.

Lindsay plays the first game of series 2 and comes to the 'pound table' with box number 3.

Lindsay shows her pics of her mum, dad and son - we are also introduced to her friend in the audience.

Well here we go...

Round 1
20 - £5
15 - £100
19 - £250,000
22 - £20,000
21 - 1p

Not a great start to series 2 with the £250,000 going in the first round, how will the banker start the new series?

Banker informs Noel that his files on the contestants have been damaged in a flood and the only surviving part of Lindsay's file is 'Lindsay is very s....'

The banker then makes an opening offer of £5,000

Lindsay says 'No Deal'

Round 2
13 - £5,000
8 - £1

Lindsay calls the Ad break

Back from the break and the final box before the banker is...

10 - £35,000

Banker informs us the 's' stood for sarcastic in Lindsays's file and makes an offer of 1p!!!!

He then phones back and makes the real offer of £8,500

Lindsay says 'No Deal'

Round 3
17 - £10,000
7 - 10p
16 - £50

Banker's offer - £12,500

After asking the audience for advice Lindsay says 'No Deal'

Round 4
2 - £50,000
6 - £1,000

Lindsay chooses box 12 next, but a break is called before we can see the contents

Back from the break and Lindsay has changed her mind and now want s box 1, it contains 50p.

Banker sticks with his previous offer of £12,500.....

All the contestants on the wings say there is one more deal on the board and Noel then does a first for the show and takes Lindsay OUTSIDE of the studio to ask a member of the public what Lindsay should do!!!

Noel has spoken in previous interviews that he would love to take a contestant outside of the studio and stop a bus to ask what the contestant should do, well he has now achieved this ambition and escorts Lindsay through the studio car park and out onto a main road. He flags down a passing cyclist and explains the situation of the gameboard and the offer made by the banker, the cyclist weighs up the situation and says that Lindsay should No Deal. Noel thanks the cyclist and then makes his way back into the studio with Lindsay, on the way back he stops to ask on of the studio security guards their opinion as well... They also say No Deal

Lindsay takes everyones advice and says 'No Deal'

Round 5
13 - £75,000
4 - £250
14 - £15,000

The banker phones and says that he went outside and asked a passing cyclist what his offer should be and they said £7,000, so that's what he offers.....

Lindsay says No Deal and we have an 'all or nothing' game now....

Round 6
5 - £100,000 Oh dear......
11 - £3,000
12 - £750

We are now treated to a new feature for the new series and all the previous offers are shown on the screen, this would be a great feature if was done for all the previous rounds.

Banker offers - £200

Lindsay says No Deal and opens her box number 3 and reveals £500

Box 9 has the £10


Not a great start winnings wise for the new series, but a couple of 'interesting' features in the first show with Noel taking the contestant outside the studio and the previous offers captions. We will have to watch tomorrow to see if there are any other subtle changes.

Deal or No Deal returns Mon 28th August for New series

Deal or No Deal returns to our screens again on Monday 28th August. The show starts slightly earlier for the first show on Monday at 16:10 (4:10pm), but then slips back into it's regular timeslot for the rest of the week at 16:15 (4:15pm), finishing off the week on Saturday at 17:50 (5:50pm).

However, the following week beginning Mon 4th September the show moves to a new timeslot of 16:45 (4:45pm) this is due to Paul o'Grady's illness which means he is unable to start the new run of his live show.

Noel makes return to BBC 1

Noel Edmonds is to make a return to BBC 1 by presenting a one-off live national lottery special, the show is a two-part 90-minute special. Below is the full press release issued by the BBC earlier today announcing Noel's return.

BBC PRESS RELEASE - BBC Press Office
Noel Edmonds makes his return to BBC ONE on Saturday 23 September as the host of National Lottery Day – nearly 12 years after he presented the first ever Lottery show on the channel.

The show is a two-part 90-minute extravaganza celebrating the Good Causes the National Lottery has supported over the last 12 years.

The National Lottery – Everyone's A Winner is a one-off exciting game show played live on the night, with celebrity guests playing alongside contestants in the studio, at home and at Lottery-funded locations around the country for a chance to win big prizes.

The show will also reveal the winners of the National Lottery Awards, which celebrate the inspirational work of Lottery-funded projects, and cover some of the special National Lottery Day events taking place around the country.

Noel Edmonds said: "I relish the opportunity of once again hosting a major live TV event for the BBC, and look forward to developing exciting new programme ideas compatible with my long-term commitment to Deal or No Deal."

Peter Fincham, Controller, BBC ONE, added: "Noel is a presenter of immense talent and it is great to have him back on BBC ONE - this marks the beginning of a new chapter between Noel and the channel, we hope he will present more innovative live TV specials."

Since it began in 1994, the National Lottery has raised £18.6bn for Good Causes, with more than 240,000 grants awarded.

Mally Welburn's Biography

Ex-contestant Mally Welburn has written his first book of a trilogy detailing his life, this biographical account tells the story of a boy who survived a childhood of neglect and abuse. Mally is a well-known West Hull character who last year won £54,000 on Deal Or No Deal

Mally has written a brief outline of his biography below

Well over 3 years ago when I was at the lowest point of my life when I thought I had lost everything business wise, I sat in a derelict building, lost everything, living in there really made me think what's it all about and what and were are you going, what road do you take and what went wrong, and were are you from and whys it all go wrong.

So you sit at an out of date computer and with one finger start tapping away well I started with, were am I from. Am one of 8 lads also am a twin, they say my father should of breed rabbits in the end he did, also my mother could not cope with the loss of her only daughter in a fire at the age of 2, Susan would have been the 3rd oldest, well you can imagine what life must of being like in the 50's your mother and father trying for that other child to be a girl, even when mother was expecting twins you would of thought one of them would have been a girl.
Well no first of the twins was me Mally and that was over 48 years ago, and to this day my father as never once put his arms round me or give me that support he did my twin the only thing I got off him were severe beatings, and also witness the beatings he gave to my loving mother.

It all started when he would come home from sea as a deep-sea trawler man, my father was a big big man he was feared by most grown men and when he said drink that half a bottle of rum from an early age 7 if not you got a clout and when you got that clout of me dad you soon got the bounce back ability (of the walls then stand up straight and stop frowning what's frowning when your 7 years of age well mother could not cope and I followed my other 5 brothers in to children's homes, approve schools, borstal, detention centres, and finally prison all through alcohol yes booze, who do you blame?

Well I have been down them wrong roads all through fighting when in drink, well at the age of forty I decided to do something about my life and I stopped drinking that was over 8 years ago now.

I started a business with a £1 in my pocket and in my book will tell you all the brick walls I've faced in business, people you thought you could trust, one minute your up the next your down, there is always someone out there trying to have yer pants down, then you go for big brother you get to the very last stages. I tell you all about that in me book, but the most life changing thing that happened to me was when I got the call to say your on Deal or No Deal Mally, well the rest as they say is £54 grand I tell you all about deal or no deal and all the great people along the way, I also was a fisherman for 15 years of my life. The book will tell you how this outcast as fought adversity and I mean adversity to the point I was living among the rats.

I hope the book can inspire others because believe I don't like blowing my own trumpet this is not a book I want to climb to the top of the mountain and shout about, it speaks for its self and others do the speaking for you. It is the fastest selling book in the history of browns book shop in hull please check it out.

It could not of being possible without the win on deal or no deal, I have paid for it all myself and I give a £1 to NSPCC FROM every book sold through my website with the help of Paul and John not forgetting Lisa,so we can help others hopefully don't have to suffer like I did.

Am sorry if I've gone on a bit but I hope you get the chance to read it then you can give me your comments like hundreds have up to now and its not being out 3 weeks.

Visit Mally's website here

You can also order a copy of his book from his website

where £2 from every order goes to NSPCC

Your opportunity to own something very special

As promised in the last game report, this blog (to be exact administrator rights to this blog) are now being sold on ebay. Proceeds from the sale will go to a range of cancer charities.

So what do you get for your money? Dond is the most popular game show on UK TV, the blog receives 1000s of visitors per day when the series is being broadcast, and even during its break time we have been witnessing 100s of people coming to the site each day and spending long periods reading through its pages.

DONDUK has opened up a new genre of web site; fans watch the program and then immediately go to the blog to see what someone else made of it, in just the same way as football supporters read match reports on games they have just attended.

But DONDUK is much more than just a straight summary of the game; some of the game reports here have had me crying with laughter, while others leave me speechless at the cruelty of fate. And then there are the additional submissions covering an enormous range of items, such as photos of contestants in the hotel, and of course the most popular page in the blog - DOND and the Art of War.

So there you are, you have the chance to own and direct one of the most popular blogs on the internet, can you really let it pass? Go to the ebay page and make a bid, you know you want to.