Academy
award
nominee
Benedict
Cumberbatch
just
landed
a
BAFTA
TV
nod.
Newly
wed
Cumberbatch
and
Olivia
Colman
are
among
the
nominees
for
this
year's
Bafta
TV
awards,
with
the
latter
cited
for
the
fourth
consecutive
year.
Cumberbatch,
38,
is
up
for
best
lead
actor
for
"Sherlock",
the
third
time
he
has
been
nominated
for
the
role.
Colman
is
up
for
best
female
comedy
performance
for
her
role
as
a
vicar's
wife
in
"Rev",
reported
BBC
online.
The
41-year-old
actress
won
a
Bafta
last
year
for
"Broadchurch" and
received
two
awards
in
2013.
Sarah
Lancashire,
recognised
last
year
for
"Last
Tango
in
Halifax",
is
also
nominated
again,
this
time
in
the
lead
actress
category
for
"Happy
Valley".
James
Norton
is
also
nominated
for
his
work
in
the
Yorkshire-based
crime
drama,
in
the
best
supporting
actor
category.
Cumberbatch's
competition
includes
Toby
Jones,
nominated
for
his
portrayal
of
a
man
with
learning
difficulties
in
"Marvellous",
and
James
Nesbitt,
shortlisted
for
his
work
in
"The
Missing".
Lancashire
is
up
against
"Line
of
Duty" star
Keeley
Hawes,
Georgina
Campbell
-
nominated
for
the
first
time
for
"Murdered
by
My
Boyfriend"
-
and
Sheridan
Smith,
recognised
for
her
role
as
the
young
Cilla
Black
in
"Cilla".
"Cilla"
is
also
up
for
best
mini-series
alongside
fellow
ITV
productions
"Prey"
and
"The
Lost
Honour
of
Christopher
Jefferies".
"Happy
Valley",
"Line
of
Duty"
and
"The
Missing"
are
included
in
the
best
drama
series
category,
as
is
"Peaky
Blinders".
"Murdered
by
My
Boyfriend"
and
"Marvellous"
are
nominated
for
the
single
drama
award,
alongside
"Common"
and
"A
Poet
in
New
York".
Tom
Hollander
is
up
for
best
male
comedy
performance
in
"Rev"
Matt
Berry,
Hugh
Bonneville
and
Brendan
O'Carroll
are
also
included
in
the
category.
Colman's
fellow
nominees
in
the
female
comedy
performance
category
include
Jessica
Hynes
and
Tamsin
Greig.
Bafta's
international
award,
meanwhile,
sees
"House
of
Cards"
and
"Orange
is
the
New
Black"
nominated
alongside
"The
Good
Wife"
and
"True
Detective".
The
Bafta
TV
awards
will
be
held
at
the
Theatre
Royal
Drury
Lane
in
London
on
May
10,
hosted
by
Graham
Norton.