The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognise excellence in television produced outside of the United States as well as US – primetime programming produced 50 percent or more in languages other than English.

The award was presented at a ceremony in New York on Monday evening. The man that devised and produces the show Tim Van Aelst took the prize on behalf of the ‘Wat als? ’team that had travelled to New York with him for the ceremony.

In ‘Wat als?’ the actors Bruno Vanden Broecke, Ben Segers, Koen De Graeve, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Günther Lesage, Nico Sturm, Ruth Beeckmans and Sara De Bosschere perform in a series of sketches in which everyday situation become absurd under the premise of “what if…”

The shows second series premièred on 2BE in February last year. Since then it has won numerous prizes, including a Rose d’Or, for the production company that make it, Shelter.

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