<P> The show 's format was devised by X Factor creator and Sony Music executive , Simon Cowell , who was involved in the creation of other Got Talent programmes across several different countries . To showcase his idea , a pilot episode was filmed in September 2005 , with the judging panel consisting of Cowel , then - This Morning presenter Fern Britton , and tabloid journalist Piers Morgan ; the pilot was not broadcast on television until it was shown as part of a documentary series entitled The Talent Show Story in January 2012 . </P>
<P> The show 's format was devised by X Factor creator and Sony Music executive , Simon Cowell , who was involved in the creation of other Got Talent programmes across several different countries . To showcase his idea , a pilot episode was filmed in September 2005 , with the judging panel consisting of Cowel , then - This Morning presenter Fern Britton , and tabloid journalist Piers Morgan ; the pilot was not broadcast on television until it was shown as part of a documentary series entitled The Talent Show Story in January 2012 . </P>
who came up with britain 's got talent
who came up with britain 's got talent
Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell