BAFTA TV Nominations Announced! The Missing Gets The Most Nods For 2015

The BAFTA Television Award nominations for 2015 have finally been announced, including the usual entertainment favourites, some easily predictable names and a few surprises along the way that represent the very best of British television.

We're never tired of hearing his name at awards ceremonies; 'Sherlock' star Benedict Cumberbatch is once again nominated for his exceptional performance as the modern-day sleuth on a show that the public has also put up to receive the Radio Times Audience Award. More Leading Actor nominations feature Toby Jones in 'Marvellous', which is also in the Single Drama category and Best Supporting Actress with Gemma Jones.

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The show with the most nominations is, however, 'The Missing' starring James Nesbitt. The gripping child kidnap drama will stand for not only Best Leading Actor, but also Best Supporting Actor with Ken Stott, Best Drama Series and the Radio Times Award. Jason Watkins is also up for Leading Actor with Best Mini-Series nominee 'The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies'.

Counter-terrorism drama 'Line of Duty' is another one for the Drama Series category, with star Keeley Hawes nominated for Best Leading Actress and Vicky McClure for Supporting Actress, as well as 'Happy Valley' with Sarah Lancashire and Supporting Actor James Norton. Finally for the Leading Actress category are 'Murdered by My Boyfriend' star Georgina Campbell and Sheridan Smith in 'Cilla'.

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Once again up for Entertainment Programme And Performance is 'Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' while 'Casualty', 'Coronation Street', 'Hollyoaks' and 'Eastenders' as usual fill the Soap list. The latter was also nominated for the Audience Award, alongside 'Game Of Thrones', 'The Great British Bake Off' and 'Strictly Come Dancing'. International nominations go to 'The Good Wife', 'House Of Cards', 'Orange Is The New Black' and 'True Detective'.

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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 And Dec - Ant And 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

International:
The Good Wife
House Of Cards
Orange Is The New Black
True Detective

Factual Series:
15,000 Kids And Counting
Educating The East End
Life And Death Row
Protecting Our Parents

Specialist Factual:
David Attenborough's Conquest Of The Skies
Grayson Perry: Who Are You?
The Great War: The People's Story
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical

Single Documentary:
Baby P: The Untold Story
Children Of Syria
The Miners Strike And Me
The Paedophile Hunter Dan Reed

Features:
George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
Grand Designs
The Great British Bake Off
Long Lost Family

Reality & Constructed Factual:
The Apprentice
I'm A Celebrity. Get Me Out Of Here!
The Island With Bear Grylls
The Undateables

Current Affairs:
Children On The Frontline (Dispatches)
Ebola Frontline (Panorama)
Inside Kenya's Death Squads (Al Jazeera Investigates)
Terror At The Mall (This World)

News Coverage:
Bbc News At Ten
Channel 4 News - Inside Gaza: Children Under Fire
Itv News At Ten: Iraq Crisis
Sky News Live At Five: Ebola

Sport & Live Event:
2014 Fa Cup Semi Final Hull City V Sheffield United
Monty Python (Mostly) Live: One Down, Five To Go
Tour De France, 2014, Stage 1
Ww1 Remembered - From The Battlefield & Westminster Abbey

Entertainment Programme:
Ant And Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Dynamo: Magician Impossible
Strictly Come Dancing
The Voice

Comedy And Comedy Entertainment Programme:
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
The Graham Norton Show
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Would I Lie To You

Scripted Comedy:
Detectorists
Harry & Paul's Story Of The Twos
Moone Boy
The Wrong Mans

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