Box Clever
| Box Clever | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Cecil Miller Patricia Owtram Robert Richardson |
| Presented by | Emlyn Hughes |
| Starring | Dr. Sue Kingsman |
| Theme music composer | Robert Lockhart |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 31 October 1986 – 8 May 1987 |
Box Clever is a British game show that aired from 31 October 1986[1] to 8 May 1987[2] and was hosted by Emlyn Hughes.
Format
Two families consisting of three members played a strategic board game with the moves dependent on correct answers to a wide variety of questions put by Dr. Sue Kingsman of Trinity College, Oxford. The winners then went on to play a computer game for prizes. The prize consisted of record and book tokens, and the winning family then took on new opponents until they were beaten.
Winner
The programme only aired for a single series, which was won by the Chiappino family from Southampton.[3]
References
- ^ "BOX CLEVER". Getty Images. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "BOX CLEVER". Getty Images. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "The first edition of Box Clever, which includes the full description, of the format of the quiz". youtube.com. 2 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
External links
- Box Clever at IMDb