BAFTA Nominees Announced

Set to take place next month, on May 10th, the nominees for the House of Fraser BAFTA TV awards were announced today. No surprises to see the likes of James Nesbitt and Sherlock himself, Benedict Cumberbatch up for the Leading Actor award. Rather surprising to see the X-Factor without a nomination, perhaps Mr Cowell has been upsetting people again.

But even more surprising is the omission of BBC 2 drama, The Fall, starring Gillian Anderson, acclaimed TV period drama Downton Abbey and BBC 1’s Last Tango in Halifax. You have to wonder who actually compiles these lists really.  Anyhow the event will be hosted by Graham Norton…again.

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

Entertainment Performance
Ant & Dec – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Leigh Francis – Celebrity Juice
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
Claudia Winkleman – Strictly Come Dancing

Female Performance In A Comedy Programme
Olivia Colman – Rev
Tamsin Greig – Episodes
Jessica Hynes – W1A
Catherine Tate – Catherine Tate’s Nan

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

Single Drama
A Poet In New York
Common
Marvellous
Murdered By My Boyfriend

Mini-Series
Cilla
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
Our World War
Prey

Drama Series
Happy Valley
Line of Duty
The Missing
Peaky Blinders

Soap & Continuing Drama
Casualty
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Hollyoaks