Denmark, Slovak Republic and South Africa picked up their first ever nominations as the 2002 International Emmy Awards contenders were announced on Monday by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Aside from the traditional seven categories of arts programming, children and young people, documentary, drama series, TV movies/mini-series, news coverage and popular arts there will be two special achievement awards. Katsuji Ebisawa, president of NHK Japan Broadcasting, will receive this year's Directorate Emmy Award while the Founder's Emmy Award will go to Sir Howard Stringer, chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation of America.

Amid a heavy presence from the UK and several entries from France and Germany, Argentina's Caiga Quien Caiga picked up its third nomination in the popular arts category. Emmy co-chairman Larry Gershman said in a statement: "The International TV Academy's core mission is to encourage and promote quality global programming from around the world. It is most satisfying to have this year's nominees, that represents the best of international television, coming from many diverse countries of the world."

FULL LIST OF 2002 INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD NOMINEES

DRAMA SERIES

Unit One - Episodes 20 and 25

Danish Broadcasting Corporation TV-Drama

(Denmark)

All Stars

Vara Broadcasting Organisation/M&B 3 Film Productions

(Netherlands)

Always Greener - Series 1, episodes 1 and 3

A Seven Network Australia Production

(Australia)

At Home With The Braithwaites - Episodes 1 and 6

Yorkshire Television

(United Kingdom)

TV MOVIES/MINISERIES

Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman (The Manns - Novel Of A Century)

Bavaria Film in cooperation with WDR/BR/NDR/Arte/ORF/SRG/SFDRS

(Germany)

Sunday

Gaslight Productions in association with Box TV for Channel 4

(UK)

The Enclave

Vara Broadcasting Organisation/All Yours Film Production

(Netherlands)

Perfect Strangers - Episodes 1 & 2

A Talkback Production for BBC2

(UK)

DOCUMENTARY

Offspring

Produced by Barna-Alper Productions in association with CBC Television

(Canada)

Decision at Age 18 - Israeli Youths Refuse To Fight

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

(Japan)

City Slickers: A Tale Of Two African Penguins

A Penguin Pictures/Off The Fence Production for NHK/Animal Planet US/ZDF in association with Channel 5/France 3/La Cinquieme/RTBF (Television Belge0

(South Africa)

Nicholas Winton - The Power Of Good

WIP/Trigon Productions/Czech Television/Slovak Television

(Slovak Republic)

ARTS PROGRAMMING

Lost

NPS/ID&DTV/Scapino Ballet Rotterdam

(Netherlands)

Dracula - Pages From A Virgin's Diary

Vonnie Von Helmolt Film in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

(Canada)

The Tragedy Of Hamlet

Arte France/Agat Films & CIE/NHK/BBC Worldwide

(France)

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

An Isis Production in co-production with Eagle Rock Entertainment plc

(UK)

POPULAR ARTS

Ladykracher - Episode 2 "Mein Freund"

Ladykracher TV Produktions GMBH in co-operation with Brainpool TV

(Germany)

Caiga Quien Caiga

Cuatro Carezas S.A.

(Argentina)

The Kumars at No 42 Show - Show 1 "Grant & Parkinson"

Hat Trick for BBC

(UK)

Faking It

An RDF Media production for Channel 4

(UK)

NEWS COVERAGE

Attack On America

ITN for ITV

(UK)

RTL - Aktuell "Terror Against America"

RTL Television

(Germany)

September 11

Globo TV

(Brazil)

Ten O' Clock News - Fall Of Kabul

BBC News

(UK)

CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Being Eve - Episodes 1 and 3

A South Pacific Pictures production

(UK)

Harold Peeble

France 3/Storimages

(France)

Stig Of The Dump - Episodes 1 and 3

CBBC/Childsplay Productions

(UK)

Trickboxx

Der Kinderkanal ARD/ZDF and Metropolitan

(Germany)