(uniquement en anglais) 

BBC programmes scooped the lion's share of awards in New York on Monday at the International Emmies, which also honoured TF1's Patrick Le Lay and former US Vice-President Al Gore.

British TV shows or performers won in seven out of eight categories for which they had been nominated, and six of those wins went to the BBC.

Stephen Fry, who the best documentary award for The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, said after the ceremony: "We're lucky to have this institution, the BBC."

The BBC drama series The Street won the best drama series category and a joint best actor award for Jim Broadbent.  Little Britain Abroad was chosen as best comedy.

One of the only non-British winners in the programming competitions was French actress Muriel Robin, who starred in a drama called The Poisoner which was co-produced by RTBF of Belgium.

It is also worth mentioning that for the first time in the history of the Emmies, an award was given to a Polish production, “The Magic Tree” -  a  series produced by Telewizja Polska SA (TVP). The production was chosen as the best programming for Children & Young People.

The International Emmy Directorate Award for 2007 was presented to Patrick Le Lay, Chairman of TF1, "for guiding the growth of the TF1 brand from a traditional commercial television broadcasters to a multimedia organization that is a pioneer in many of the emerging new digital platforms".

The International Emmy Founders Award went to Al Gore for his role in launching Current TV, a nonfiction network for young people based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism, and for his efforts on climate change.

For more information and photos: www.iemmys.tv