BBC Brit

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]

BBC Brit

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
Launched	1 February 2015; 10 years ago (2015-02-01) (Poland) 13 April 2015; 10 years ago (2015-04-13) (Nordics) 1 September 2015; 9 years ago (2015-09-01) (Africa) 1 November 2019; 5 years ago (2019-11-01) (Australia)
Replaced	BBC Entertainment
Closed	April 17, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-04-17) (Nordics)
Replaced by	BBC Nordic (Nordics)
Links
Website	BBC Brit Africa BBC Brit Australia BBC Brit Poland
Availability
Terrestrial
Televarpið (Faroe Islands)	Channel 7/channel 24 (IPTV)
Fetch TV (Australia)	Channel 132
DStv (Africa)	Channel 120

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

Main article: List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC