The HBO series won a number of big awards during last night’s ceremony, with Armstrong also picking up the award for Writing for a Drama Series and Jeremy Strong, who plays Logan’s son Kendall, taking home the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series gong.
The British writer, who worked on comedies Peep Show and Fresh Meat before creating the HBO series, accepted the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.
Succession is centred around one such mogul, Logan Roy (Brian Cox), who controls a large proportion of the US’s media.
Un-thank you to Boris Johnson and his government for doing the same in my country.”