Nominations for the Bafta TV awards revealed

Find out who made the list this year!

Published 8th Apr 2015

Nominations for the 2015 Bafta TV awards have been revealed this morning.

Leading the charge this year are Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, with the latter given the nod for the fourth consecutive year.

Cumberbatch, who was Oscar-nominated for his role in The Imitation Game, is up for best lead actor in Sherlock – the third time he has been nominated for the role.

The 38-year-old has never won the award and faces competition from Toby Jones (Marvellous), James Nesbitt (The Missing) and Jason Watkins (The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries).

Colman is up for best comedy performance for her role as a vicar’s wife in British sitcom ‘Rev’. She will be fighting it out for the gong alongside against Tamsin Greig (Episodes), Jessica Hynes (W1A) and Catherine Tate (Catherine Tate’s Nan).

The 41-year-old also picked up a Bafta last year for Broadchurch and also won two awards in 2013.

The leading actresses nominated for an award include Line Of Duty star Keely Hawes, Sheridan Smith for Cilla, Sarah Lancashire for Happy Valley and Georgina Campbell who starred in Murdered By My Boyfriend.

The 2015 Bafta TV Awards will be held at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London on 10th May.

Here are the Bafta TV Awards nominations in the key acting categories:

Leading actor Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock Toby Jones - Marvellous James Nesbitt - The Missing Jason Watkins - The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

Leading actress Georgina Campbell - Murdered by My Boyfriend Keeley Hawes - Line of Duty Sarah Lancashire - Happy Valley Sheridan Smith - Cilla

Supporting actor Adeel Akhtar – Utopia James Norton - Happy Valley Stephen Rea - The Honourable Woman Ken Stott - The Missing

Supporting actress Gemma Jones - Marvellous Vicky McClure - Line of Duty Amanda Redman - Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This Charlotte Spencer - Glue

Male performance in a comedy programme Matt Berry - Toast of London Hugh Bonneville - W1A Tom Hollander – Rev Brendan O'Carroll - Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special

Female performance in a comedy programme Olivia Colman – Rev Tamsin Greig – Episodes Jessica Hynes - W1A Catherine Tate - Catherine Tate's Nan

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