I was busy today and only saw the finalist being offered the trade for £2950. The jackpot counter was level with the front edge and hard against the left side in section 1. He refused the trade and, as usual, Ben said "let's see what you would have done" or whatever he does say. We then saw Ben actually press the release button for the first counter, not the contestant. We didn't see who pressed the second time but the jackpot counter tipped over the edge.
Of course Ben said you should have gambled. Of course that's rubbish if he didn't actually release the counters himself, anything could have happened if he had.