BBC Brit

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BBC Brit
BBC Brit.svg
BBC Brit logo
Country United Kingdom
Broadcast area Poland
Nordics
Africa
Australia
St Helena
Singapore
Malaysia
Faroe Islands
Programming
Language(s)Various
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Ownership
Owner BBC Studios
Sister channels BBC Earth
BBC HD
BBC Entertainment
BBC Lifestyle
BBC First
BBC News (international)
CBeebies
History
Launched1 February 2015;9 years ago (2015-02-01) (Poland)
13 April 2015;9 years ago (2015-04-13) (Nordics)
1 September 2015;8 years ago (2015-09-01) (Africa)
1 November 2019;4 years ago (2019-11-01) (Australia)
Replaced BBC Entertainment
ClosedApril 17, 2023;12 months ago (2023-04-17) (Nordics)
Replaced by BBC Nordic (Nordics)
Links
Website
Availability
Terrestrial
RiksTV
(Norway)
Channel 11
Televarpið
(Faroe Islands)
Channel 7/channel 24 (IPTV)
Boxer
(Sweden)
Channel 18
Fetch TV (Australia)Channel 132

BBC Brit is an entertainment subscription television channel featuring factual entertainment programming. The channel is wholly owned and operated by BBC Studios. Originally set to roll out internationally in 2014, [1] it was later announced it would launch in 2015, [2] starting in Poland. [3]

Contents

History

In October 2013, the BBC announced that in 2014, they would roll out three new brands – BBC Earth, BBC First, and BBC Brit, with BBC Brit to be dedicated to entertainment programming. [1] It was later announced that the content would largely be factual entertainment, featuring the BBC series Top Gear with the possibility for increases in local adaptions of the series. Other series are to include Room 101 and Mock the Week . [4] [5] It was also announced that roughly 50 hours, or roughly 5 series, of new content would be ordered for the new channel. [6]

International roll-out

Poland

BBC Brit premiered in Poland on 1 February 2015, replacing BBC Entertainment. [3]

Nordic countries

BBC Brit replaced BBC Entertainment in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland on 13 April 2015. [7] [8] It was replaced by BBC Nordic on 17 April 2023. [9]

Africa

The channel launched on DStv in Africa replacing BBC Entertainment on 1 September 2015. [10]

Australia

BBC Brit and BBC Earth launched in Australia on 1 November 2019, through IPTV streaming service Fetch TV. [11] Unlike other versions of the channel, this one is a video on demand service with selected programming accessible through the TV guide.

Singapore

The channel's content is offered exclusively on BBC Player Singapore (a local version of the BBC iPlayer service). [12]

Malaysia

The channel's content is offered exclusively on BBC Player Malaysia (a local version of the BBC iPlayer service), which requires a valid unifi TV subscription to access it. [13] In October 2021, BBC Brit contents have been available as SVOD contents on subscription TV provider Astro. [14]

Programmes

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