The 39th Emmy International ceremony took place in New York, an award given to the best television programs created outside the United States. Five of the ten prizes went to the UK.

The international “branch” of the famous American television award has existed since 1969. The winners are determined by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which includes representatives from approximately 400 television companies from 70 countries.

The prize in the category “Best Performance by an Actress” went to Julia Walters for her leading role in the biopic dedicated to the lady politician Mo Mowlam (British Channel 4), and the role played by Christopher Ecclestone in the series “Accused” was recognized as the best performance by an actor. This series, dedicated to the fate of prisoners awaiting trial, also received a prize in the “Drama Series” category.

Two more British television products produced by Twenty Twenty Television were awarded in two non-fiction categories: a series of documentary programs “Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne”, dedicated to the Glyndebourne Opera Festival, and a reality show “The Strictest Parents in the World” "(The Word`s Strictest Parents), in which teenagers are temporarily sent to live in families with strict rules. Be that as it may, five awards is not a record for British television, which once received eight international Emmys at once.

The best documentary film was awarded to Life with a Murder from the Canadian company CTV, a story about the drama of a family in which a son is accused of murdering his own sister. The Swedish adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s detective novel “Millennium” won in the “Best TV Movie/Series” category, and the best humorous program was the Belgian comedy series “Basterds of Benidorm,” which uses the theme of hidden camera gags, which is fertile for TV humor. In addition, Emmy International also has an exotic Telenovela nomination, dedicated to television series from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. The Portuguese series “Blood Ties” won it.

During the ceremony, which was hosted by actor Jason Priestley (once star of the TV series Beverly Hills 90210), two special prizes were also awarded. One went to Indian media mogul Subhash Chandra, founder of the first satellite TV channel broadcasting in Hindi. The second went to Nigel Lythgow, producer of popular American television shows, and Lady Gaga came to present him with the award.

Britain wins Emmy International