Great British Tv Win at the Emmys

Its official, British Tv shows are rocking the world. The new Emmy Awards prove that Hollywood adore its British imports with the success of awards for some great Tv shows and dramas. An Emmy award is an American Television production award which is considered the equivalent to the film Academy Awards and the music Grammy Awards.

The Emmy Awards recognizes excellence within discrete sectors of Tv. The awards are administered by three organisations: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences which is for primetime Tv, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences which focuses on daytime, sports, news and documentary shows and finally the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences which is international.

Downton Abbey

Many British Tv actors, writers and directors were celebrating their success at this prestigious award ceremony. Downton Abbey which returned last night with the first part of the second series, took four awards in total. It won best miniseries, best director, and best actress for Maggie Smith. Maggie was not there to pick up the award herself but some cast members were there together with her co-stars Elizabeth McGovern, who plays the Countess of Grantham, and Michelle Dockery who plays Lady Mary Crawley. The show also won awards for the writing by Julian Fellowes. Fellowes said: 'This is admittedly a David and Goliath story, except in this case Goliath was wonderful, some astonishing shows that we were up against, and it seems perfectly astonishing that we've won.' He also added: 'None of us know what's going to be a hit, we make these shows, we hope for the best, but we don't know why sometimes it comes right and this evening is such a marvellous moment in all our lives because this evening it came right.' The duration drama has been a necessary success on the Us network Pbs.

Further Downton Abbeys popularity was highlighted when Itv's online player crashed due to high inquire from internet viewers. Unfortunately thousands of viewers were left disappointed as the player only managed to showed three adverts on loop instead of the favorite programme.

The Emmy Awards which was held at Nokia Theatre L.A. On September 18, 2011 in Los Angeles, California also saw Kate Winslet win her first Emmy award for playing Mildred Pierce in the Great Depression. The talented actress who was dressed in a glamorous red gown gave an emotional expectance speech and dedicated the award to her mum saying "It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mum and I will never stop needing mine, so thanks mum, thank you so much,"

There was a minuscule bit of disappointment for some British actors and actresses as Hugh Laurie lost out wining an award to Kyle Chandler of Friday Night Lights. Also sadly Scottish stars Kelly MacDonald, of Boardwalk Empire, and Alan Cumming, of The Good Wife, also went away empty-handed.

Great British Tv Win at the Emmys

British show "Downton Abbey" get 11 Emmy nods CCTV News

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On the heels of the second season premiere of the hit British show "Downton Abbey," the cast is on a high after the series received a whopping 11 Emmy nominations in the US. The show's nominations include Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Supporting Actress. The show also received nods in the directing, cinematography, art direction and sound editing categories. The Primetime Emmy Awards will air in mid-September. Information provided by cctv.com Thank you www.cctv.com To watch CCTV News 24 live news feed click here: english.cntv.cn www.youtube.com

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Hollywood Move Over, Great British Tv Is Tops!

Great Britain is called Great Britain because it is just that, Great! Britain has a gorgeous and diverse countryside with gorgeous changing seasons. Great Britain has long since abandoned its "stiff upper lip" and are much more of an open-minded, flexible, well educated "go-getters". For proof you only have to look at our 100 Nobel Prize winners which is a sure testament to the achievements of some of Britain's best scientists, writers, economists and peace-makers.

When it comes to entertainment and the arts you can't beat Britain. We have a great history for creating the very best music, think the Beatles. Britain is truly a nation of drama lovers and don't forget this is the country that brought you Shakespeare. Britain hosts some of the best and most discrete theatres in the whole world. London's westend houses 40 theatres showing all of the top glitzy musicals.

Downton Abbey

Some of the best Tv shows are written and created in the Uk. Some of the top Tv shows are getting serious considerable acclaim recently. Downton Abbey is a duration drama set in the early 1900's. The series is produced by the British media firm Carnival Films for the Itv network. The show is gaining in popularity all the time and is a great success in the Usa. Very recently it has won 6 Emmys for its writing by Julian Fellowes, directing by Brian Percival, acting by Maggie Smith, Cinematography by David Katznelson and Costumesby Susannah Buxton.

Another popular British show is Inspector Morse which has been running since 1987. Since it began there have been 33 episodes and the main character is portrayed by the great British actor John Thaw. Morse is a fictional character who is a senior criminal investigation agency officer with the Thames Valley Police in Oxford. The show won a whole of Tv awards since it first aired. John Thaw won best actor in 1990 and 1993 at the Baftas. He also won most popular actor in 1998 at the National Television Awards. In 1991 and 1992 the show won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for best traditional drama series. In 1992 the show won a Bafta Tv award for the best drama series and also in 1993. With plentifulness of other nominations it just goes to show that this detective drama is a capability British Tv show.

Midsomer Murders is someone else British television detective drama which is based on books written by Caroline Graham. The lead character is acted by the great John Nettles. You may remember him in Bergerac. Most of the show is centred on the working and house life of a country policeman Tom Barnaby. Neil Dudgeon has now stepped into John Nettles' shoes in a brand new series of Midsomer Murders which continues this Autumn 2011.

So there you go, some reasons why Great Britain is Great. If you don't believe me why not take a visit and see what Great Britain has to offer.

Hollywood Move Over, Great British Tv Is Tops!