Prizes for television writing were also handed out, with Breaking Bad winning best drama series.
The popular drama series, also written by Prebble was broadcast on ITV2 between 2007 and 2011.
First, the acclaimed awards favorite loses the best drama series Emmy to "Homeland, " ending its streak.
They will compete against US drama series Homeland and The Great British Bake Off in a public vote.
Twelve years later, CBS's "Suspense" and "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, " the last nighttime radio drama series, were canceled.
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In the five years prior to the writer's strike, viewership for Emmy-winning drama series declined 12% the following season.
It was a hit with critics and audiences alike, and won an international Emmy award for best drama series.
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Weiner also claimed the Emmy for best drama series writing with Erin Levy.
The show's prizes included best actress for Claire Danes and outstanding drama series.
Vanessa Whitburn, the editor of BBC Radio 4 drama series The Archers, is retiring from her role after 22 years.
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The Los Angeles writers' strike has shuttered late-night talk shows and will almost certainly set back a few drama series.
And it was not the lure of lucre that secured her services for the BBC Radio 4 drama series, V.
In 1971, Gilmore was cast as the shrewd and determined shipping boss James Onedin in the BBC's ambitious drama series.
Margo Martindale, who portrays Mags Bennett in FX Networks "Justified, " won the Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama series.
So, too, the role he plays in the popular drama series, Packed to the Rafters, where he burnishes his "ordinary Australian" credentials.
In fact, during the five years prior to the writers strike, viewership for Emmy-winning drama series actually fell 12% the following season.
The BBC said it was the most successful new drama series on the channel since 2001, when the current ratings system began.
BBC3's Being Human won the Writers' Guild award for TV drama series, while Hollyoaks writer Nick Leather won best continuing TV drama.
Homeland won the prestigious award for best drama series, while its female star Claire Danes won best actress in a drama series.
Julianna Margulies, star of the CBS drama "The Good Wife, " carried home the Emmy for best lead actress in a drama series.
Homeland's Lewis will vie with fellow Brits Andrew Lincoln of The Walking Dead and The Americans star Matthew Rhys for best actor in a drama series.
Parade's End also features in the best drama series category, where it will compete with Last Tango in Halifax, Line of Duty and Sherlock.
The cause was a televised drama series, replete with scenes from the royal baths and the harem, which chronicled Suleiman's military and sexual exploits.
And Phyllis Logan, speaking for the cast of "Downton Abbey" when they won outstanding ensemble cast in a drama series, crowed, "Shut the front windows!"
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The most unusual acceptance speech may have been delivered by Peter Dinklage when he was given the Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama series.
The Showtime thriller's British star Damian Lewis lost out to Bryan Cranston, who was named best actor in a drama series for AMC's crime drama Breaking Bad.
It had led to the Scottish broadcaster dropping several ITV drama series, including episodes of Midsomer Murders and the first series of the acclaimed period drama Downton Abbey.
The Academy Award-winner and former star of the medical drama series ER was admitted to the hospital with his girlfriend Sarah Larson, who broke a foot in the accident.
All 13-episodes of the drama series's first season will be available to Netflix members in territories where Netflix is available - North America, the UK, Ireland, Latin America and Scandinavia.
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This is a lot more complex than just ordering a new crime drama series, or situation comedy, and foisting it on a market with only a handful of channel options.
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