Best actor in a drama television series: Simon Baker ("The Guardian"), James Gandolfini ("The Sopranos"), Peter Krause ("Six Feet Under"), Martin Sheen ("The West Wing") and Kiefer Sutherland ("24").

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Millar said that he has encountered proposals for social media interaction with drama series, where an audience vote would determine plot twists and denouements, essentially turning television drama into a "Choose Your Own Adventure"-style experience.

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Prizes for television writing were also handed out, with Breaking Bad winning best drama series.

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It was a good night for British talent in the television categories, which saw ITV1 period drama Downton Abbey named best mini-series.

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But the two television series that really secured Portmeirion's place in the popular British imagination were 1960s sci-fi drama The Prisoner (with the village making an eerily jovial setting for the Kafkaesque story), and the more recent Cold Feet, the romantic comedy series whose final episode in 2003 turned Portmeirion into a popular wedding venue overnight.

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