International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series

Country| United States
Presented by| International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
First award| 2002
Currently held by| Drops of God
France /  Japan (2024)
Website| www.iemmys.tv

The International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) during the International Emmy Awards ceremony. The category is described on the official International Academy website as being open to drama series which are "a dramatic production in which theme, storyline, and main characters are presented under the same title, with the intention to develop beyond a first season."[1] The award was first given in 2002, for the awards covering programmes screened in 2001. From 1979 to 2001, the category Best Drama was presented.

## Rules & regulations

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Under the rules of the International Academy, the prize is awarded to a dramatic production in which the theme, plot and main characters are presented under the same title. The program should fit the minimum format length of a televised half-hour time slot and that it has been broadcast between the eligibility period. If the program is part of an anthology series (i.e. each episode presents a different story and a different set of characters), episodes entering this category should be less than, or equal to, one hour in length. Two episodes must be submitted.[2]

## Winners and nominees

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### 2000s

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Recipients  | Production company/Network | Country

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2002
[3] | Unit One | Rejseholdet | Peter Thorsboe | Danmarks Radio |  Denmark
All Stars | Jean Van de Velde | VARA |  Netherlands
Always Greener | Bevan Lee | Seven Network |  Australia
At Home with the Braithwaites | Sally Wainwright | Yorkshire Television/ITV |  United Kingdom
2003
[4] | Nikolaj og Julie | Adam Price | Danmarks Radio |  Denmark
Waking the Dead | Barbara Machin | BBC One |  United Kingdom
Cuéntame cómo pasó | Miguel Ángel Bernardeau | Grupo Ganga / La 1 |  Spain
MDA | Greg Haddrick, Des Monaghan | ABC |  Australia
2004
[5][6] | Waking the Dead | Barbara Machin | BBC One |  United Kingdom
Krøniken | Stig Thorsbøe | Danmarks Radio |  Denmark
Shameless | Paul Abbott | Channel 4 |  United Kingdom
Schimanski | Edward Berger and Mario Giordano | Colonia Media / WDR |  Germany
2005
[7][8] | The Eagle | Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé | Peter Thorsboe, Mai Brostrom | Danmarks Radio |  Denmark
Spooks | David Wolstencroft | BBC One |  United Kingdom
New Tricks | Nigel McCrery, Roy Mitchell | Wall to Wall / BBC One
The Cadets | Курсанты | Andrey Kavun | Channel One Russia |  Russia
2006
[9] | Life on Mars | Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan, Ashley Pharoah | Kudos / BBC |  United Kingdom
Mandrake | Rubem Fonseca, José Henrique Fonseca | Conspiração Filmes / HBO Brasil |  Brazil
Little Missy | Sinhá Moça | Benedito Ruy Barbosa | TV Globo
Vincent | Stephen Butchard | Granada Television / ITV |  United Kingdom
2007
[10] | The Street | Jimmy McGovern | BBC One / ITV Studios |  United Kingdom
Mandrake | Rubem Fonseca, José Henrique Fonseca | Conspiração Filmes / HBO Brasil |  Brazil
The Killing | Forbrydelsen | Søren Sveistrup | Danmarks Radio |  Denmark
Home Affairs | Roberta Durrant | Penguin Films / SABC |  South Africa
2008
[11] | Life on Mars | Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan, Ashley Pharoah | Kudos / BBC |  United Kingdom
Mandrake | Rubem Fonseca, José Henrique Fonseca | Conspiração Filmes / HBO Brasil |  Brazil
The Killing | Forbrydelsen | Søren Sveistrup | Danmarks Radio |  Denmark
Home Affairs | Roberta Durrant | Penguin Films / SABC |  South Africa
2009
[12][13] | The Protectors | Livvagterne | Peter Thorsboe | Danmarks Radio |  Denmark
Capadocia | Argos Comunicación | HBO Latin America |  Mexico
The Kingdom of the Winds | 바람의 나라 | Choi Wan-kyu, Jin-ok Jeong | Chorokbaem Media / KBS |  South Korea
Sokhulu & Partners | Paw Paw Films | SABC |  South Africa
Spooks | David Wolstencroft | BBC |  United Kingdom

### 2010s

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Recipients  | Production company/Network | Country

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2010
[14] | The Street | Jimmy McGovern | BBC One |  United Kingdom
The Killing | Forbrydelsen | Søren Sveistrup | Danmarks Radio |  Denmark
Epitafios | Marcelo Slavich, Walter Slavich | Pol-Ka Producciones / HBO |  Argentina
Saka no Ue no Kumo | Hisashi Nozawa | NHK |  Japan
2011
[15][16] | Accused | Jimmy McGovern | BBC One / RSJ Films |  United Kingdom
Spiral | Engrenages | Alexandra Clert, Guy-Patrick Sainderichin | Canal+ |  France
Saka no Ue no Kumo | Hisashi Nozawa | NHK |  Japan
Na Forma da Lei | Antônio Calmon | TV Globo |  Brazil
2012
[17][18] | Braquo | Olivier Marchal | Canal+ |  France
ICAC Investigators | TVB | RTHK |  Hong Kong
The Kitchen Musical | Chee Kong Cheah | The Group Entertainment / AXN Asia |  Singapore
The Slap | Brendan Cowell | Matchbox Pictures / ABC |  Australia
El Líder Social | Pol-ka Producciones | Artear / El Trece |  Argentina
2013
[19][20] | The Returned | Les Revenants | Fabrice Gobert | Canal+ / Haut et Court |  France
Maalaala Mo Kaya | ABS-CBN | ABS-CBN Corporation |  Philippines
Accused | Jimmy McGovern | BBC One / RSJ Films |  United Kingdom
Next in Line | O Brado Retumbante | Euclydes Marinho | TV Globo |  Brazil
2014
[21][22] | Utopia | Dennis Kelly | Kudos / Channel 4 |  United Kingdom
Prófugos | Pablo Illanes, Josefina Fernández | HBO Latin America |  Chile
The Tunnel | Tunnel | Ben Richards, Hans Rosenfeldt | Sky Atlantic / Canal+ / Kudos / Shine France |  France
Yae's Sakura | 八重の桜 / Yae no Sakura | Mutsumi Yamamoto | NHK |  Japan
2015
[23][24] | Spiral | Engrenages | Alexandra Clert | Canal+ / Son et Lumière |  France
Mozu | Eiichirō Hasumi | TBS / Wowow / Robot |  Japan
My Mad Fat Diary | Rae Earl | E4 / Tiger Aspect Productions / Drama Republic |  United Kingdom
Psi | Contardo Calligaris | HBO Brasil |  Brazil
2016
[25][26] | Deutschland 83 | Jorg Winger, Anna Winger | RTL / UFA Fiction |  Germany
19-2 | Adrian Holmes, Jared Keeso | CTV / Sphere Media / Echo Media / Bell Media |  Canada
La casa del mar | Juan Pablo Laplace | OnDirecTV / Cisne Films / Storylab |  Argentina
Waiting for Jasmin | بانتظار الياسمين (مسلسل) | Osama Kokash | ABC Marketing and Distribution |  United Arab Emirates
2017
[27][28] | Mammon | Vegard and Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen | NRK / NRK Drama |  Norway
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | Sumio Omori | NHK |  Japan
Above Justice | Justiça | Manuela Dias | Estúdios Globo / TV Globo |  Brazil
Wanted | Rebecca Gibney | Seven Network / Matchbox Pictures / R&R Productions |  Australia
2018
[29][30] | Money Heist | La casa de papel | Álex Pina, Esther Martinez Lobato | Vancouver / Atresmedia / Antena 3 |  Spain
Urban Myths | Sky Arts | Happy Tramp / Sky UK |  United Kingdom
Inside Edge | Karan Anshuman | Amazon Studios / Excel Entertainment |  India
1 Contra Todos | Thomas Stavros, Gustavo Lipsztein, Breno Silveira | Conspiração Filmes / Fox Brasil |  Brazil
2019
[31][32] | McMafia | Hossein Amini, James Watkins | Cuba Pictures / BBC One |  United Kingdom
Bad Banks | Oliver Kienle | Letterbox Filmproduktion / Iris Productions / ZDF |  Germany
1 Contra Todos | Thomas Stavros, Gustavo Lipsztein, Breno Silveira | Conspiração Filmes / Fox Brasil |  Brazil
Sacred Games | Varun Grover | Phantom Films / Netflix |  India

### 2020s

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Recipients  | Production company/Network | Country

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2020
[33][34] | Delhi Crime | Richie Mehta | Golden Karavan / Ivanhoe Productions / FilmKaravan / Poor Man's Productions / Netflix |  India
Charité | Dorothee Schön | UFA Fiction / Das Erste |  Germany
Criminal: UK | George Kay, Jim Field Smith | Idiotlamp Productions / Netflix |  United Kingdom
El jardín de bronce | Gustavo Malajovich, Marcos Osorio Vidal | HBO / Pol-ka Producciones |  Argentina
2021
[35] | Tehran | Moshe Zonder | Donna and Paper Plane Productions / Kan 11 |  Israel
Aarya | Ram Madhvani, Sandeep Modi | Endemol / Hotstar |  India
El presidente | Armando Bó | Gaumont / Amazon Studios |  Chile
There She Goes | Shaun Pye | Merman Television / BBC Two |  United Kingdom
2022
[36] | Vigil | Tom Edge | World Productions / BBC One |  United Kingdom
Lupin | George Kay, François Uzan | Netflix / Gaumont Television |  France
Reyka | Rohan Dickson | tpf london / Quizzical / Serena Cullen Productions / M-Net / Fremantle / Heromotives |  South Africa
Narcos: Mexico | Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro | Netflix / Gaumont |  Mexico
2023
[37][38] | The Empress | Die Kaiserin | Katharina Eyssen | Sommerhaus Serien |  Germany
Extraordinary Attorney Woo | 이상한 변호사 우영우 / Isanghan Byeonhosa U-yeong-u | Moon Ji-won | AStory / KT Studio Genie |  South Korea
Yosi, the Regretful Spy | Iosi, el espía arrepentido | Daniel Burman | Oficina Burman / Amazon |  Argentina /  Uruguay
The Devil's Hour | Tom Moran | Hartswood Films / Amazon |  United Kingdom
2024
[39] | Drops of God | 神の雫 / Les Gouttes de Dieu | Dang Tran | Legendary Entertainment / Les Productions Dynamic / 22H22 / Adline Entertainment / France Télévisions / Hulu |  France /  Japan
The Newsreader | Michael Lucas | Werner Film Productions / Australian Broadcasting Corporation / eOne |  Australia
The Night Manager | Sandeep Modi | Disney+ Hotstar / Banijay Asia / Ink Factory |  India
Yosi, the Regretful Spy | Iosí, el espía arrepentido | Daniel Burman | Amazon MGM Studios |  Argentina /  Uruguay

## Multiple nominations

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TV series
Nominations  | TV series

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3 | The Killing
2 | Waking the Dead
Life on Mars
The Street
Mandrake
Home Affairs
Spooks
Accused
Spiral
1 Contra Todos
Saka no Ue no Kumo

Country
Nominations  | Country

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20 |  United Kingdom
10 |  Brazil
8 |  Denmark
5 |  Japan
4 |  Argentina
Australia
France
India
3 |  Germany
South Africa
2 |  Spain

## Multiple wins

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TV series
Wins  | TV series

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2 | The Street
Life on Mars

Country
Wins  | Country

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8 |  United Kingdom
4 |  Denmark
4 |  France

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International Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series

* Rejseholdet (2002)
* Nikolaj og Julie (2003)
* Waking the Dead (2004)
* The Eagle (2005)
* Life on Mars (2006)
* The Street (2007)
* Life on Mars (2008)
* The Protectors (2009)
* The Street (2010)
* Accused (2011)
* Braquo (2012)
* The Returned (2013)
* Utopia (2014)
* Spiral (2015)
* Deutschland 83 (2016)
* Mammon (2017)
* Money Heist (2018)
* McMafia (2019)
* Delhi Crime (2020)
* Tehran (2021)
* Vigil (2022)
* The Empress (2023)
* Drops of God (2024)

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