MONTE CARLO – HBO's Sex and the City and Six Feet Under walked away with Golden Nymphs for outstanding producer of the year in the categories of comedy and drama, respectively, at a gala awards ceremony closing the 44th Monte Carlo TV Festival Saturday.

Despite the strong showing for HBO, the UK dominated the awards ceremony, taking nine of the 26 Golden Nymphs handed out, including format awards picked up by Celador's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and RDF's Wife Swap. Canuck outfit Distraction picked up an award for its format for Love Bugs. ...

In drama, Shameless won outstanding European Producer of the year, its star Anne-Marie Duff the actress nod and Russia's Yevgeny Mironov picked up outstanding actor for The Idiot. ...