LONDON -- The U.K.'s ITV was the big winner in the 44th annual Golden Rose Awards presented at the Rose d'Or Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, Saturday. Harry Hill was named best male comedy performer for his ITV series, Harry Hill's TV Burp. Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway won as best game show and Anthony McPartin and Declan Donnelly were named best variety show hosts. Aardman's Creature Comforts won as best animation series and Martin Freeman (The Office) won as best sitcom actor for the ITV series Hardware. The U.K.'s Channel 4 picked up awards for Wife Swap as best reality show and Peep Show as best sitcom. Shane Richie was named best male soap actor for the BBC's EastEnders. Germany's Anke Engelke was named best female comedy performer for Ladykracher and Felicitas Wolf best sitcom actress for Berlin, Berlin. France's Benedicte Delmas won as best female soap actor for Saint Tropez, which won as best soap. The 2004 Honorary Golden Rose was presented to John de Mol, chairman and CEO of production company Endemol. It was the first time the international television festival had taken place in Lucerne, having previously been based in Montreux, Switzerland.
- 4/18/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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