Box Clever

Box Clever
GenreGame show
Created byCecil Miller
Patricia Owtram
Robert Richardson
Presented byEmlyn Hughes
StarringDr. Sue Kingsman
Theme music composerRobert Lockhart
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes24
Production
Running time25 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release31 October 1986 (1986-10-31) –
8 May 1987 (1987-05-08)

Box Clever is a British game show that aired from 31 October 1986[1] to 8 May 1987[2] and is 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.

References

  1. ^ "BOX CLEVER". Getty Images. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  2. ^ "BOX CLEVER". Getty Images. Retrieved 23 December 2025.