Britain Wins Big

The British were once again big winners at the Intl. Emmy Awards, nabbing six of nine programming awards at the 34th edition held Monday in Gotham.

Brits retained their command in a year when other countries' entries, from Brazil as well as from continental Europe, showed considerable style and competitiveness.

The BBC bested another British entry from Granada and two from Brazil to take the top nod for drama with its time-traveling cop show "Life on Mars"; the Beeb also beat out strong rivals in the comedy category with its "Borat"-like spoof on British culture and political correctness, "Little Britain."

Thanks to Variety