Last night there were some noticeable British triumphs at the Tony Awards.

The two Best Director awards - for musicals and for plays - were both won by British directors: Terry Johnson for LA CAGE AUX FOLLES and Michael Grandage for RED.

The two lead performance awards for musicals were both won by British actors: Douglas Hodge for LA CAGE AUX FOLLES and Catherine Zeta-Jones for A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. Eddie Redmayne won the Best Supporting Actor award (drama) for RED.

The award for Best Musical Revival went LA CAGE AUX FOLLES which originated at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

In the technical awards Christopher Oram won Best Designer, Neil Austin won Best Lighting and Adam Cork won Best Sound, all for RED.

The Donmar Warehouse's production of RED won the award for Best Play and a special Lifetime Achievement award was given to Alan Ayckbourn.

Eleven awards and the best the BBC news could do to report this was a small segment on the early evening London news which was then dropped from the main evening broadcast.

It makes one despair, especially over the breathless squarking over "how we did" at the Academy Awards.