British television productions won a string of International Emmy awards in New York last night, picking up seven top honours.

A controversial British drama about the fictional assassination of US President George W Bush has been applauded following its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada.

Kevin Costner has waded into the debate about controversial new movie Death of A President, insisting British director Gabriel Range failed to consider how George W Bush's family would react to scenes of the US President being assassinated.