TAKE YOUR PICK

(1955-1968/1992-1999) Format: Contestants had to successfully survive several rounds for the chance to win a key to a mystery numbered box. The choice was to take the money or the prize in the box.

TAKE Your Pick made its TV debut in 1955 and was the first British game show to offer a cash prize. It ran for 13 years with original presenter Michael Mills and was then revived by Des O’Connor in the 1990s.

It gave viewers the Yes-No round, where contestants had to answer questions without saying yes or no – offenders were sent off to the sound of a loud gong ringing in their ears – and the show also offered the final

winners the chance to trade their cash for what was in the box. The contents of the box could range from booby prizes like a piece of dried fruit to a new car. Presenter and singer Des O’Connor leaning on those tempting boxes