[SuperSajuuk]

I think offering the swap is fine and has been pretty much always been part of the format, although was only guaranteed with the jackpot in play at the end.

The Banker should be free to make jokey calls at appropriate times as well.

‘The Bankers Gamble’ or whatever they called it in the end is a good format point and should be in the shows arsenal but should be used sparingly.

I agree things like the offer button and Box 23 just complicate the game and don’t really add much. So anything like shouldn’t be brought back although the smaller twists in for example Christmas specials where contestants pick presents for an extra few grand are fine.

I completely agree here. Box 23/Offer button was dumb nonsense and I'd never want to see those back in the game, but the Swap/Banker's Gamble rarely appeared in gameplay and added an important jeopardy to the end game. As linked above, Alice became the second jackpot winner thanks to the Banker's Gamble, and it was only ever used when someone had dealt with a respectable amount of money and where extreme value differences existed on the board (eg 1p and jackpot prize).

The swap was usually just a random chance by the Banker, to see if he could get you to leave with virtually nothing by swapping unnecessarily, but when it became part of the format that "if you have the jackpot at the end, you always get the right to Swap if you want to", it made for a gripping end game because it became a 50/50 if they would win big or the Banker would win, and it also pushed the player to decide if their destiny lay with their randomly chosen box or the box out on the wings that they left to the end.

And as you say, the Banker should be free to call whenever if he just wants to get inside the persons' head, or to make jokes about what players are saying. I do hope that he develops those kind of things over time, rather than being procedural about his calls though.