Today's story from the Advertiser's archives sees us go back 10 years to the tale of a Luss farmer's appearance on one of the most famous shows on British TV.

Here's how we reported on Mark Wylie's Deal Or No Deal appearance in the Advertiser of January 14, 2010...

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IT’S the show that has the nation cursing the banker and screaming the words “deal” or “no deal” at the television.

And now there is even more reason for those butterflies in the stomach with local man Mark Wylie attempting to win the evasive £250,000 jackpot.

Currently gracing our screens on Channel Four’s addictive Deal or No Deal, Mark’s fortunes will be revealed in the show on January 26.

The farmer from Luss is keeping tight lipped about his time with presenter Noel Edmonds and said: “My children don’t even know how much money I win.

“Only my wife knows how I got on!

“So everyone will have to watch on the 26th.”

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Filmed in October, Mark travelled to Bristol for a 16 day period to film the shows.

Staying in a five star hotel and spa, with a chauffeur transporting him to and from the studio every day, it is no surprise Mark did not mind waiting 20 episodes for his turn to play the popular game.

After applying for the show in January, Mark forgot all about it until he received an unexpected phone-call from producers in June.

He was invited along with 600 others to the northern auditions in Newcastle and eventually whittled down to the final fifty.

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Mark said: “It was like the X Factor process or something, I thought I had a one in a million chance of getting through and I was just happy with the experience.”

There are 22 boxes, each containing a value between 1p and £250,000 and as the boxes are selected the banker offers the contestant a pay-out based on the remaining values.

The contestant can then choose to deal or whether not to deal.

And while the identity of the banker remains a mystery, Mark enjoyed getting to know host Noel Edmonds: “He really is a genuine friend to you, he wants you to win as much as you can, but still likes to take the mickey.

“The banker, on the other hand tries to make life as difficult as possible.”