33rd International Emmy Awards
| 33rd International Emmy Awards | |
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| Location |
New York Hilton Hotel New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Hosted by | Graham Norton |
| Highlights | |
| Founders Award | Oprah Winfrey |
The 33rd International Emmy Awards took place on November 21, 2005, at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, United States and hosted by Irish comedian Graham Norton.
37 programs from 10 countries were nominated in nine categories for the 33rd International Emmy Awards, Russia for the first time disputed the award in the drama series category, Latin America compete, Argentina, Brazil and Chile. The nominees were selected over six months, by 500 judges representing 35 countries.
Denmark which has won the best drama prize three out of the past four years, received Emmys in both the drama and miniseries categories for crime drama The Eagle, and miniseries Young Andersen, about storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.
Canadian series The Newsroom beat BBC show Little Britain, among others, to the comedy award while Canada's Dark Oracle won in the children and young people category.
Long-running BBC Two series Top Gear won the Emmy for best non-scripted entertainment, and documentary Holocaust – A Musical Memorial Film from Auschwitz scooped a best arts programming award for BBC.
In the performance category – a recent addition to the awards – Thierry Frémont won the best actor award for French TV show Dans la tête du tueur, beating Little Britain's David Walliams and Rhys Ifans, who played Peter Cook in Not Only But Always.
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