Britain's Got Talent (often shortened to BGT) is a British  
 
television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and  
 
originated from the Got Talent franchise. The show is a Thames  
 
production (formerly Talkback Thames) distributed by  
 
FremantleMedia and is produced in association with Syco TV. The  
 
show is broadcast on ITV and its sister show Britain's Got More  
 
Talent is broadcast on ITV2.