Britain's Got Talent

Name: Britain's Got Talent
Genre: Documentary

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The variety format that exported itself to seventy countries, and the theme it kept for its first four series.

Britain's Got Talent kept one opening title sequence, 24 seconds long, across seasons 1–4.

At 24 seconds, it opens well under the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on ITV in 2007, when Thomas & Friends, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and Birds of a Feather were also on the network.

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The opening titles

24s

Fan upload. The uploader states this open ran from 2007 to 2010, the first four series.

2005–ABCDocumentary

The American Strictly, which runs two seasons a year and rebuilds its titles for most of them.

2000–CBSDocumentary

The competition format that rebuilt American primetime, and rebuilds its titles for every location.

2005–FoxDocumentary

Flames, a skull made of a chef's hat, and Gordon Ramsay shouting — the titles tell you exactly what the hour is.

2009–Logo / VH1 / MTVDocumentary

Eighteen seconds that get remade every season — new logo treatment, new track, new set of queens.

2002–Fox / ABCDocumentary

The talent format that ran American primetime for a decade, opening on a spotlight and a logo that spins.

2002–BBC TwoDocumentary

Twenty-one seconds of engine noise and a rock riff — a motoring programme that opens like a trailer for itself.