The nominees for the 2015 BAFTA TV Awards were announced today, with two actors receiving their respective fifth and sixth BAFTA nominations, and four dramas receiving three nominations each.
Actors Freddie Fox (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and Amanda Abbington (Mr Selfridge) announced the nominations for the 2015 BAFTA TV Awards at a press conference earlier today, and it looks to be a tight race in every category.
Oscar® nominee, Primetime Emmy® winner, Britannia Awards British Artist of the Year (2013), and now six-time BAFTA nominee Benedict Cumberbatch is up for his third BAFTA TV award for his role as the iconic Sherlock Holmes, while five-time BAFTA nominee and three-time winner Olivia Colman goes for her fourth win in as many years for playing vicar’s wife Alex Smallbone in the hit comedy, Rev.
Happy Valley, Marvellous, The Missing, and Line Of Duty lead the pack with the most nominations (three each), followed by Cilla, The Graham Norton Show, The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jefferies, Murdered By My Boyfriend, Rev., and W1A with two each.
Nominees in select categories are below. For the complete list, visit the BAFTA website.
LEADING ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock – BBC One/PBS
Toby Jones, Marvellous – BBC Two
James Nesbitt, The Missing – BBC One/Starz
Jason Watkins, The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jefferies – ITV
LEADING ACTRESS
Georgina Campbell, Murdered By My Boyfriend – BBC Three
Keeley Hawes, Line Of Duty – BBC Two/Hulu
Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley – BBC One/Netflix
Sheridan Smith, Cilla – ITV
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Adeel Akhtar, Utopia – Channel 4
James Norton, Happy Valley – BBC One/Netflix
Stephen Rea, The Honourable Woman – BBC Two/SundanceTV
Ken Stott, The Missing – BBC One/Starz
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gemma Jones, Marvellous – BBC Two
Vicky McClure, Line Of Duty – BBC Two/Hulu
Amanda Redman, Tommy Cooper: Not like That, Like This – ITV
Charlotte Spencer, Glue – E4
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
Olivia Colman, Rev. – BBC Two/Hulu
Tamsin Greig, Episodes – BBC Two/Showtime
Jessica Hynes, W1A – BBC Two/Public TV Stations
Catherine Tate, Catherine Tate’s Nan – BBC One
MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAM
Matt Berry, Toast Of London – Channel 4
Hugh Bonneville, W1A – BBC Two/Public TV Stations
Tom Hollander, Rev. – BBC Two/Hulu
Brendan O’Carroll, Mrs Brown’s Boys: Christmas Special – BBC One
SINGLE DRAMA
A Poet In New York – BBC Two/BBC America
Common – BBC One
Marvellous – BBC Two
Murdered By My Boyfriend – BBC Three
MINI-SERIES
Cilla – ITV
The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jeffries – ITV
Our World War – BBC Three
Prey – ITV
DRAMA SERIES
Happy Valley – BBC One/Netflix
Line Of Duty – BBC Two/Hulu
The Missing – BBC One/Starz
Peaky Blinders – BBC Two/Netflix
INTERNATIONAL
The Good Wife – CBS/More4
House Of Cards – Netflix
Orange Is The New Black – Netflix
True Detective – HBO/Sky Atlantic
SCRIPTED COMEDY
Detectorists – BBC Four
Harry & Paul’s Story Of The Twos – BBC Two
Moone Boy – Sky 1/Hulu
The Wrong Mans – BBC Two/Hulu
RADIO TIMES AUDIENCE AWARD (voted for by members of the public)
Cilla
Eastenders
Game Of Thrones
The Great British Bake Off
The Missing
Sherlock
Strictly Come Dancing
Other nominees that have screened in the US include The Great War: The People’s Story (Specialist Factual category) and The Great British Bake-Off (Features).
Graham Norton will do hosting duties for the House of Fraser British Academy Television Awards ceremony, which will be held at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, on Sunday, 10 May 2015.
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