Deal or No Deal: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Deal or No Deal? That's the £250,000 question (if the contestant is lucky) posed by presenter Noel Edmonds.

There are 22 players, each of whom holds one of 22 sealed boxes, each containing a different amount of money, ranging from 1p to £250,000. One contestant is chosen to play the game and he or she opens the other 21 boxes by choosing one at a time. When a box is opened, the value contained in that box is taken off the board and cannot be won. At the end of each round (a maximum of six), the contestant is made an offer by the Banker to buy the contestant's case. If the player accepts the offer, he or she wins that amount. If the offer is declined, the contestant continues choosing boxes in the subsequent rounds.

The game ends when the contestant accepts the Banker's offer or ends up with just one box remaining (in addition to the contestant's box). At that point, the contestant must choose between their box or the other box. The contestant wins the amount in the chosen box.

Series details

• Title: Deal or No Deal
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2005-10-31
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-12-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7991
• TVDB ID: 242741

Cast and credited roles

• Noel Edmonds — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-10-31; final listed air date 2006-07-22.
• Season 2: premiered 2006-08-28; final listed air date 2007-07-13.
• Season 3: premiered 2007-08-13; final listed air date 2008-07-25.
• Season 4: premiered 2008-08-25; final listed air date 2009-07-24.
• Season 5: premiered 2009-08-24; final listed air date 2010-07-25.
• Season 6: premiered 2010-08-23; final listed air date 2011-07-29.
• Season 7: premiered 2011-08-15; final listed air date 2012-08-12.
• Season 8: premiered 2012-08-13; final listed air date 2013-08-11.
• Season 9: premiered 2013-08-12; final listed air date 2014-08-08.
• Season 10: premiered 2014-08-10; final listed air date 2015-07-08.
• Season 11: premiered 2015-09-21; final listed air date 2016-04-06; episode order: 134.
• Season 12: premiered 2016-10-17; final listed air date 2016-12-23; episode order: 56.

Source and licence

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