Deal or No Deal axed

Deal Or No Deal has been axed by Channel 4 after eleven years on screen and will end this Autumn.

Mirror online can reveal that the channel will announce later today that the big money quiz, fronted by Noel Edmonds , will air for the final time later this year.

Channel 4 boss Jay Hunt has decided to say “no deal” on making future episodes, and the remaining ones that will be screened were filmed back in 2015.

However, bosses have decided to let the show go out on a high and it is understood a ‘Farewell Tour’ will take place with around a dozen new episodes being filmed around the UK at different locations.

I used to watch this religiously, but haven't for a few years. It was great and Noel is as good as ever, but it has had its day.

I wonder how they'll shrink the contestants down. I imagine the production staff will hold the boxes instead.

“To have done 3,000 Deals was pretty amazing. But I do want other challenges in my life.

“Deal or No Deal is definitely not over.

“The Dream Factory, as we used to call it, the studio, has closed, but we’ve taken it on the road.

“And if you think about it, that actually makes it more accessible to our fans than people travelling all the way to Bristol from all over the UK.

“So I would ask the loyal fans of Deal, of which there are still millions, to see this as a new era and a very exciting opportunity.”

“I’ve always wanted to take Deal to the people. So it’s taken a bit of organising and Jay [Hunt] has been brilliant.

“But what we’re now going to do is close the dream factory and take the deal on tour. And we are going to play the game in some extraordinary locations.

“And you’ve been in television long enough that you know it’s one of the best formats ever because it’s 22 boxes, a telephone and me.

“So you can do it anywhere, and that’s what I wanted to do and I pitched the idea to Jay, it must be six months ago, and that’s what we’re going to do.”

“I think this is an exciting new era and I wouldn’t rule out anything in the future. As things stand, doing ten specials is about all the time I can commit.

“I think you know the schedule, for half the year we recorded sometimes four shows a day.

“The last one was 300 shows, and I’ve been doing that for ten years. And that’s a huge output. I think it’s still an industry record.

“I don’t think Anne Robinson got there with Weakest Link. I don’t think any other show has produced so much volume, so was it always going to go on doing that? Clearly no.

“But I’m just so excited because I know we are going to turn up and do some incredible shows in some extraordinary places, and I know our loyal fans will just love it. I think people will flock to see it.

“I think I’ve actually recorded over 150 days of shows, which is quite a few.

“I’m very proud of what’s been achieved and I’m really more excited about what’s coming up.”

Everyone I know who used to watch it, nan's and aunts, are dead. In fact the only people I ever saw watching it were of older age.