Box Clever

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Box Clever
GenreGame show
Presented byEmlyn Hughes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release31 October 1986 (1986-10-31) –
8 May 1987 (1987-05-08)

Box Clever was a television game show from the United Kingdom which was presented, by Emlyn Hughes. The programme was part of the new new daytime service by BBC Television and was broadcast on Friday afternoons at 3.25pm. The programme lasted for just one series. The programme lasted for just one series which aired from October 1986 to May 1987.[1]

Format[]

Two families, consisting of three family members played any strategic board game with the moves dependent on correct answers to one wide variety of questions put by Dr. Sue Kingsman of Trinity College, Oxford. The winners of the board game go on to play one computer game, for prizes.[2] The prize consisted of record and book tokens, and the winning family then took on a new family until they were beaten.

The series was won by The Chiappino Family from Southampton, and as there was never any second series commissioned they are the reigning champions since May 1987. Mark, the youngest Chiappino is now a regular on BBC One’s Claimed and Shamed.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Box Clever". tvcream.co.uk. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  2. ^ "BBC One London (31 October 1986)". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 31 October 1986. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ^ "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.

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