22nd International Emmy Awards 22nd International Emmy Awards The 22nd International Emmy Awards took place on November 21, 1994, Sir Peter Ustinov hosted the ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, United States. The BBC was the big winner at the ceremony of the 1994 Emmy Awards International, with five awards—more than any broadcaster has won in a single year. The Comedy shows "Absolutely Fabulous", starring Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders, shared the award for best popular arts with "Red Dwarf", starring Craig Charles and Chris Barrie. Other winners were David Jason's film, "The Bullion Boys", Sir David Attenborough's "Life in the
British sitcom consciously avoids traditional situation comedy themes and storylines to branch out into more unusual topics or narrative methods. "Blackadder" (1983–1989) and "Yes Minister" (1980–1988, 2013) moved what is often a domestic or workplace genre into the corridors of power. A later development was the mockumentary in such series as "The Office" (2001–2003). The first British television sitcom was "Pinwright's Progress", broadcast by the BBC from 1946 to 1947, but the form did not take off until the transfer of "Hancock's Half Hour" from BBC radio in 1956. Hancock biographer John Fisher dates the first use of the term 'situation comedy'