Christopher Eccleston and Julie Walters garnered the main acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys, including two for the BBC crime anthology Accused.
Accused, written and created by Jimmy McGovern, received the Emmy for best drama series at the 39th Annual International Emmy Awards ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel. The anthology tells the stories of people accused of crimes as they sit in holding cells beneath the courtroom awaiting the verdict in their trials.
The ceremony kicked off with a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga, wearing a tattooed-thigh-revealing, floor-length black gown and oversize sunglasses. She...
Accused, written and created by Jimmy McGovern, received the Emmy for best drama series at the 39th Annual International Emmy Awards ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel. The anthology tells the stories of people accused of crimes as they sit in holding cells beneath the courtroom awaiting the verdict in their trials.
The ceremony kicked off with a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga, wearing a tattooed-thigh-revealing, floor-length black gown and oversize sunglasses. She...
- 11/22/2011
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside TV
My latest film, “Life with Murder,” explores the relationship between couple Brian and Leslie Jenkins and their 20-year-old son Mason after he is convicted of murdering his 18-year-old sister Jennifer. Mason continues to protest his innocence, and his parents are suddenly confronted with what may be the most excruciating dilemma any parent has to face in life: whether to break with Mason, virtually obliterating their family in the process (there are no other children) or to accept back into the family the alleged murderer of their adored daughter, a sweetheart by all accounts. It is a dilemma that is almost biblical.
I have long been fascinated with the personal relationships of criminals, a subject widely explored in fiction but rarely in documentaries. Films and TV programs such as “The Sopranos,” “The Godfather” and “Crime and Punishment” all explore criminals’ relationships to their loved ones. Many of my documentaries do the same,...
I have long been fascinated with the personal relationships of criminals, a subject widely explored in fiction but rarely in documentaries. Films and TV programs such as “The Sopranos,” “The Godfather” and “Crime and Punishment” all explore criminals’ relationships to their loved ones. Many of my documentaries do the same,...
- 6/24/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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