Triple
triumph for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ at 30th International Emmy Awards
The
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has won three prestigious International Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
The
awards, presented last night, honour excellence in international
television programming.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½grown
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ programmes picked up three of the seven awards.
The
winners included ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Affairs Editor John Simpson and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ cameraman
Joe Phua's report for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News on the fall of Kabul.
Comedy
success, The Kumars at Number 42, shared the top award for best
Popular Arts.
And
CÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Stig
of The Dump series proved a hit with the Emmy judges as well as
younger viewers, reaping the top award in the Children and Young
People category.
The
Sunday teatime ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE series, based on Clive King's novel, starred
Geoffrey Palmer, Phyllida Law, Johnny Vegas and Lisa Coleman.
Also
nominated was ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO's Perfect Strangers, Stephen Poliakoff's darkly
comic tale starring Sir Michael Gambon.
Jana
Bennett, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Director of Television, said: "I'm delighted that
these programmes have been honoured in such prestigious awards.
It
is a credit to all involved.
"This
demonstrates the wide range of quality UK production from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½;
from powerful coverage of international events to ground-breaking
new comedy and original children's drama."
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