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Brit Floyd

Brit Floyd, a Liverpool-formed (2011, pre-history 2010 as The British Pink Floyd Show) British Pink Floyd tribute band led by Damian Darlington, ex-The Australian Pink Floyd Show; over 1,500 shows in 40+ countries with lasers, circular screen and inflatables.

Brit Hume

Brit Hume (born 1943), Fox News chief political analyst since 1996, former ABC chief White House correspondent and founding anchor of Special Report; later senior analyst commenting on elections and polling.

Brit Marling

Brit Marling (born 1982, Chicago) is an American actress, screenwriter, and producer known for co-writing, producing, and starring in Another Earth and Sound of My Voice, both 2011 Sundance premieres, and for co-creating The OA and A Murder at the End of the World with Zal Batmanglij.

Brit milah (בְּרִית מִילָה)

Brit milah, also known as a bris, is the Jewish ritual circumcision of male infants, performed on the eighth day after birth as a sign of God's covenant with Abraham.

Brit Pack (actors)

The Brit Pack is an informal label for young British actors who found attention in Hollywood, first applied in 1987 to Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, and others.

Brit Pettersen

Brit Pettersen (Tofte), Norwegian cross-country skier born 1961 in Lillehammer; Olympic relay gold Sarajevo 1984, relay bronze 1980, 10 km bronze 1984; World Cup runner-up 1982-83; Holmenkollen medal 1986.

Brit Sandaune

Brit Sandaune, born 1972 in Skatval, Norway, is a former footballer with 120 national-team caps and 9 goals, Olympic gold 2000 and bronze 1996, and 15 trophies with Trondheims-Ørn.

BRIT School

The BRIT School (London School for Performing Arts & Technology) is a state-funded Croydon secondary school for ages 14–19, opened 1991, BRIT Trust-sponsored, audition-based entry, Ofsted Outstanding 2024, over 10,000 alumni.

Brita Hazelius

Brita Hazelius (later Johansson), 1909-1975, Swedish breaststroke swimmer for IFK Falun; set 200 m and 400 m breaststroke world records in 1926 (3:19.1) and placed sixth in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.

Britain First

Britain First: far-right, anti-Muslim UK political party founded 2011 by ex-BNP members Jim Dowson and Paul Golding; known for mosque invasions, Christian patrols, the 2017 Trump retweets, and re-registration with the Electoral Commission in 2021.

Britain Hart

Britain Hart (Britain Beltran Hart), American bare knuckle boxer in BKFC's Strawweight division; first and only woman to hold the BKFC strawweight title, four defenses, 11-3 record, beat Paige VanZant at KnuckleMania 2021.

Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent (BGT) is ITV's open-to-all-acts talent show judged by Cowell, Holden, Dixon and Tonioli, hosted by Ant & Dec, with a Golden Buzzer, £250,000 prize and Royal Variety slot; 2026 winner Hawkstone Farmers Choir.

Britain's Got Talent series 17

Britain's Got Talent series 17 (2024), the ITV talent competition's 17th season, aired 20 April to 2 June 2024; singer Sydnie Christmas won with 27.2% of the final vote, beating magician Jack Rhodes and earning £250,000 plus a Royal Variety Performance slot.

Britain's Got Talent series 18

Britain's Got Talent series 18 (2025): the eighteenth ITV season of the Got Talent format, aired 22 February to 31 May 2025 with judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli and guest judge KSI; magician Harry Moulding won £250,000 and a Royal Variety Performance slot.

Britain's Got Talent series 19

Britain's Got Talent series 19 (2026), ITV1 talent show, 21 Feb to 30 May 2026; KSI replaced Bruno Tonioli as judge; won by The Hawkstone Farmers Choir with 28.72% of the final vote.

Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918 to 1939

Britain's imperial air routes of 1918 to 1939 were long-distance civil aviation services linking Britain with its Empire, run by Imperial Airways and culminating in the Empire Air Mail Scheme.

Britains (toy soldiers)

Britains is a British toy company, founded by the Britain family of London, known for hollow-cast lead toy soldiers introduced in 1893 and for the 54 mm industry-standard scale.

Britani Bateman

Britani Bateman is an American real estate developer, actress, and singer, a "friend of" on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City from Season 5, known for the Jared Osmond romance and her cabaret show What About Me?.

BriTANicK

BriTANicK, also BriTANick, is the American sketch-comedy duo of Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher from Atlanta, YouTube and CollegeHumor veterans, SNL and Always Sunny writers, and 2026 directors of Pizza Movie.

Britannia

Britannia is the female personification of Britain, from Roman coins of Hadrian (c.119) to modern 50p pieces, Bank of England notes since 1694, and the name of the royal yacht and the Roman Britain journal.

Britannia (TV series)

Britannia is a 2018-2021 historical fantasy TV series created by Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth, and James Richardson for Sky Atlantic and Amazon, set during Rome's AD 43 invasion of Britain; three seasons, 27 episodes, starring David Morrissey and Kelly Reilly.

Britannia Bridge

Britannia Bridge (Welsh: Pont Britannia) crosses the Menai Strait between Wales and Anglesey. Designed by Robert Stephenson as a tubular railway bridge, it opened in 1850.

Britannia Industries

Britannia Industries Limited, founded 1892 in Kolkata, is a Wadia Group Indian FMCG food company selling biscuits, bread, cakes, rusk, and dairy in over 80 countries, with over one-third of the Indian biscuit market.

Britannia Inferior

Britannia Inferior, Latin for Lower Britain, was a Roman province covering northern England and the Midlands, created by Septimius Severus around 213 and governed from Eboracum, modern York.

Britannia Oil and Gas Field

Britannia is a giant gas-condensate field in the UK central North Sea, about 210 km northeast of Aberdeen, discovered in 1975, producing since 1998, and now operated by Harbour Energy.

Britannia Royal Naval College

Britannia Royal Naval College, also known as BRNC Dartmouth, is the Royal Navy's initial officer training establishment at Dartmouth, Devon, training officers there since 1863.

Britannia Superior

Britannia Superior (Upper Britain), Roman province of southern Britain created around AD 197 by Septimius Severus after defeating Clodius Albinus; capital Londinium, territory covering Wales, southern England and East Anglia, counterpart of Britannia Inferior at York.

Britannica.com

Britannica.com, also known as Encyclopædia Britannica Online, is the website of the Encyclopædia Britannica, an encyclopedia first published in Edinburgh in 1768, with Britannica Online launching in 1994.

Britannicus

Britannicus (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, 41–55 CE), son of Emperor Claudius and Messalina, was the displaced Julio-Claudian heir poisoned by Nero at a banquet the night before his 14th birthday.

BritAsia TV

BritAsia TV is a Birmingham-based British Asian music and entertainment channel launched on Sky Digital in 2008, airing Bhangra, Punjabi pop, and Bollywood, and running the BritAsia TV Music Awards.