NEW YORK- British TV productions and artists won five International Emmy
Awards Monday, including two for the BBC crime anthology "Accused."

"Accused" received the Emmy for best drama series at the 39th Annual
International Emmy Awards ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel, and British
actor Christopher Eccleston won the best actor award for his role in an episode
of "Accused."

Britain's Julie Walters was chosen best actress for the TV film "Mo," in
which she portrayed the late Mo Mowlam, an unorthodox British politician.

The other British winners were both for shows centered on teenagers in
unusual circumstances. "The World's Strictest Parents" won the Emmy for
non-scripted entertainment, and "Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne" won in the
arts programming category.

Lady Gaga presented the honorary International Emmy Founders Award to her
"favorite producer", Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer of "American Idol"
and "So You Think You Can Dance?"

The award in the TV Movie/Mini-Series category went to Sweden's "Millennium."
Portugal's "Lacos de Sangue" ("Blood Ties") won the telenovela category.

The best documentary went to Canada's "Life with Murder" and the award for
best comedy went to the Belgian hidden camera show "Benidorm Bastards." Chile's
"Con Que Suenas?" ("What Is Your Dream?") was the winner in the children and
young people category.

Forty nominees from a record 20 countries competed in 10 categories for
International Emmys, honouring excellence in television programming outside the
US.

The awards are sponsored by the International Academy of Television Arts
& Sciences, which includes media and entertainment figures from more than 50
countries and 500 companies.