John Oliver was the big British winner at last night’s Emmys Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Birmingham-born comedian John Oliver last night joined the tiny band of Britons who have won an Emmy for hosting a variety show, a category traditionally dominated by American late night talk show giants. When he collected the outstanding variety talk series award for his cult programme, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the 39-year-old became the first winner since 1997 who was not David Letterman, Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert. That year the award went to the sketch show Tracey Takes On…, a vehicle for Tracey Ullman, the most recent of a select group of British winners that also…

Source: The Times September 19, 2016 05:26 UTC