Brit shows scoop Emmys

British television has won a solid vote of approval , taking six out of seven prizes at the 32nd International Emmy Awards.

From reality TV to serious drama, the Brits beat off competition from rivals around the world.

Hosted by Graham Norton in New York, and with more than 500 judges from 38 countries, the contest attracted entrants from Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, South Africa and Chile, among others. In the drama category, the BBC1 hit Waking The Dead collected a gong thanks to gripping episodes about a high-street massacre and a man who undergoes repressed memory therapy to recall being abused as a child.

The Channel Four show Brat Camp, which followed the lives of six badly behaved teenagers at a so-called reform camp in America, collected the best non-scripted entertainment award, while another C4 programme, The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, took the documentary prize.

The moving documentary followed 36-year-old John Kennedy in his final years of life as he succumbed to skin cancer.

The BBC2 programme George Orwell: A Life in Pictures collected the arts programming award for its portrayal of the great author.

ITV's Henry VIII triumphed in the TV movie/mini-series category.

The children and young people award went to the Channel Four programme The Illustrated Mum, which brought to the screen Jacqueline Wilson's story about two girls and their relationship with their alcoholic mother.

The only non-British winner was Germany, with the award for comedy going to Studio Hamburg's Berlin, Berlin.