🌍 American vs British · spelling

program vs programme

A planned series of events, a broadcast, or a set of instructions for a computer.

American
program

“Did you catch the new nature program on television last night?”

British
programme

“Did you catch the new nature programme on television last night?”

Good to know

Americans use "program" for all senses, while Britons write "programme" for events and broadcasts but use "program" specifically for computer software. So a British TV listing is a "programme," but the code is a "program."

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