Maths-In-A-Box

Maths-In-A-Box
Format	Children's
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer(s)	Morton Surguy
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC1
Original airing	1980
Chronology
Related shows	Written by Alex Glasgow

Maths-In-A-Box was a Children's BBC show, combining elements of Mathematics and problem solving.

The plot involved a girl Tracey Dixon (Melissa Wilks) and her friend and neighbour Paul (Clark Flanagan) who meet alien visitor Powka (Eugene Geasley) from the planet Scooter. He travels in a ship that resembles a small cube, mistaken for board game dice. By reciting the magic words ‘Tiki tiki tox, out of the box’, Powka is able to leave his ship and grow to the size of a normal man. Paul and Tracey are able to shrink down and accompany Powka back into the box by reciting the magic words.

Paul and Tracy spend the series teaching Powka basic number techniques, geometry and measurements. The series cast the children as teachers and Powka, the adult figure, as the pupil. The mathematical concepts are all based on real-life examples and there are fun subplots involving Powka being visible only to children not adults.

Episode guide

#	Title	Broadcast
1	Strange Visitor	15 Jan 1980
2	Down on the Farm	22 Jan 1980
3	The Big Cover Up	29 Jan 1980
4	At the Seaside	5 Feb 1980
5	Winning and Losing	12 Feb 1980
6	A Long Story	26 Feb 1980
7	Racing and Pacing	4 Mar 1980
8	Weight-Watchers	11 Mar 1980
9	Plum Crazy	18 Mar 1980
10	Evens and Odds and Ends	25 Mar 1980

External links

• Maths-In-A-Box at the Internet Movie Database
• Maths-In-A-Box at Broadcastforschools.co.uk

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