The American television industry awards spin-off nominations have been announced and, once again, features a fine array of British talent but this time we have a better chance of nabbing something because it is for "excellence in international television programming" rather than just what is aired in the US.

Yes, the International Emmys are due to be announced on Monday 21st November and amongst those boring dramas and factual programmes that we're not interested in sees Little Britain receiving two nods; one for the show itself and one for David Walliams for Best Performance By An Actor. Walliams goes head-to-head against Rhys Ifans for his depiction of Peter Cook in Channel Four's Not Only But Always.

Catherine Tate is up for a Best Performance By An Actress for The Best Bits of Catherine Tate and Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat TV Special is up for best Non-Scripted Entertainment and is up against Top Gear.

The full list of nominees (which excludes Ricky Gervais) can be found at http://www.iemmys.tv