Box Clever
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| Box Clever | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by | Emlyn Hughes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 31 October 1986 – 8 May 1987 |
Box Clever was a 1980s UK television game show presented by Emlyn Hughes. The programme was part of BBC Television's new daytime service and was broadcast on Friday afternoons at 3.25pm. The programme lasted for just one series.
Format
Two families, consisting of three family members, played a strategic board game with the moves dependant on correct answers to a wide variety of questions put by Dr Sue Kingsman of Trinity College, Oxford. The winners of the board game go on to play a computer game for prizes.[1] The prize consisted of record and book tokens and the winning family then took on a new family until they were beaten.
References
External links
- Box Clever at UKGameshows.com
- Box Clever at the Internet Movie Database
- The first edition of Box Clever which includes a full descritpion of the format of the quiz
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