<Ul> <Li> 2007 </Li> <Li> ▶ </Li> </Ul> <P> Series One of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2007, from 9 June to 17 June on ITV . The success of America's Got Talent helped to revive production of a British version of the show, after initial development for the programme was suspended when its originally planned host, Paul O'Grady, became involved in an argument with ITV and later defected to another channel . The judges chosen for the series were Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell; both Morgan and Cowell had been original choices during the original plans for the programme before O'Grady's departure . The hosts selected for the series were Ant & Dec, while a spin - off show on ITV2, entitled Britain's Got More Talent would be hosted by Stephen Mulhern . </P> <P> The first series was won by opera singer Paul Potts . During its broadcast, the series averaged around 8.4 million viewers . </P> <P> After Simon Cowell pitched to ITV his plans for a televised talent competition, production was green - lighted for a full series after a pilot episode was created in mid-2005 . A dispute between Paul O'Grady, the original choice as host for the programme, and the broadcaster, led to filming being suspended, with production not resuming until after the success of the first series of America's Got Talent . When it did resume, production staff focused on a schedule of ten episodes to begin with for the first series of Britain's Got Talent, with major auditions for potential acts held within the cities of Manchester, Birmingham, London and Cardiff . The initial choices for judges changed to begin with following O'Grady's decision to switch broadcasters, with it eventually finalised on Cowell, Piers Morgan, and Amanda Holden . </P>

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