Brain Box was a live, interactive quiz show, showing in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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 and the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 on UTV

UTV

UTV is a television channel based in the UK region of Northern Ireland. The channel is the Channel 3 or Independent Television licensee for Northern Ireland and is operated by UTV Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of UTV Media.- Terrestrial :* Analogue: Normally tuned to 3 * Freeview : 3...

, and in Scotland

Scotland

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 on STV, airing every night, beginning after midnight.

The quiz show launched on UTV in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on Monday 3 August 2009, and on STV in Scotland just over a year later, on Thursday 19 August 2010.
The show began airing on TV3 in the Republic of Ireland on 9 September 2010, just 7 months after the axing of the controversial Play TV. The channel ceased transmission of the programme just a week later, without explanation.

Brain Box is a commercial presentation, by NetPlay TV - in association with Challenge Jackpot

Challenge Jackpot

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. Although broadcast only in Scotland and Ireland, the show was actually produced at Teddington Studios (also previously used by Quiz Call

Quiz Call

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).

Reception

The Belfast Telegraph's Gail Walker said that "UTV's Brainbox (possibly the worst, most cynical local programme ever made) is an appallingly fascinating thing" and filled with "brushwood-rolling silent airtime" and that its only agenda was "to keep callers phoning in"..

End of series 1

On Tuesday 8 February, Presenter David Johnson announced BrainBox would end it's series on 12/02/2011.