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Announced today, the Â鶹Éç with network partners HBO and PBS, received three nominations for The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognized Little Dorrit and Into The Storm as contenders in the category for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and recognized the outstanding work of Kenneth Branagh in Wallander: One Step Behind in the category for Best Performance by an Actor In a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. Wallander: One Step Behind was co-produced by Kenneth Branagh's production company with Yellow Bird and Left Bank Pictures, in which Â鶹Éç Worldwide has a 25% equity stake. All three nominated dramas were commissioned by Jane Tranter then Head of Fiction, Â鶹Éç, now Executive Vice President, Programming & Production, Â鶹Éç Worldwide Productions in Los Angeles.

The Â鶹Éç’s adaptation of Charles Dickens' much-loved tale, Little Dorrit has already won a total of seven 2009 Emmy Awards, including Best Mini-Series, more than any other program this year. Into the Storm, the biographical film about Winston Churchill and his days in office during World War II has also had an amazing year, racking up 14 Emmy Award nominations and two wins. Wallander: One Step Behind's Kenneth Branagh was also recently nominated for an Emmy Award for his work playing Swedish police detective Kurt Wallander.

Jane Tranter, Executive Vice President, Â鶹Éç Worldwide Productions, comments, "We are so very proud of each of these productions and are honored to be recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press. The talented teams behind Little Dorrit, Wallander and Into the Storm worked tirelessly to deliver a level of quality programming that is honest, unique and engaging."

The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations are as follows:

Best mini-series or motion picture made for television

LITTLE DORRIT (PBS)
Masterpiece/Â鶹Éç Co-production

INTO THE STORM (HBO)
Scott Free and Rainmark Films Production in association with the Â鶹Éç and HBO

Best performance by an actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television

KENNETH BRANAGH - WALLANDER: ONE STEP BEHIND

NOTES TO EDITORS
About Â鶹Éç Worldwide Productions
Â鶹Éç Worldwide is the main commercial arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of British Broadcasting Corporation (Â鶹Éç). In the U.S., Â鶹Éç Worldwide Productions, one of Â鶹Éç Worldwide’s seven core businesses, is based in Los Angeles. It is responsible for the smash hit Dancing with the Stars and develops scripted and non-scripted projects for U.S. cable and broadcast networks. Â鶹Éç Worldwide Productions recently wrapped the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars for ABC.

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