The nominations for the 60th BAFTA Television Awards have been revealed.

After keeping audiences gripped throughout its six captivating episodes, the ITV crime drama Broadchurch leads the way with eight nods, including two for cast members Olivia Colman and David Bradley.

Having won two BAFTAs in drama and comedy last year, Colman will be targetting a hat-trick of wins for her powerful performance as DS Miller in Leading Actress, while Bradley is shortlisted in the Supporting Actor field. Bizarrely, co-star David Tennant missed out on a Leading Actor nom despite stellar praise for his role as DI Alec Hardy.

Broadchurch also competes in a Drama Series line-up that is contested by the E4 dramedy My Mad Fat Diary and BBC duo Top of the Lake and The Village.

Despite picking up multiple nominations in the technical fields, the hit BBC gangster drama Peaky Blinders was completely ignored in the major categories!

The crime theme continues to dominate elsewhere as BBC’s The Fall faces off against the Channel 4 drama Southcliffe in the Miniseries line-up.

For their deadly roles in The Fall and Southcliffe respectively, male stars Jamie Dornan and Sean Harris go head-to-head in Leading Actor alongside last year’s winner Dominic West, who is acknowledged for his portrayal of celebrated actor Richard Burton in the factual drama Burton & Taylor.

Co-star Helena Bonham Carter is also recognised for her portrayal of fellow acting great Elizabeth Taylor in Leading Actress, with her category completed by Maxine Peake (The Village) and Liverpudlian newcomer Kerrie Hayes (The Mill).

Meanwhile, Last Tango in Halifax co-stars Sarah Lancashire and Nicola Walker go head-to-head in the Supporting Actress line-up alongside Shirley Henderson (Southcliffe) and Claire Rushbrook (My Mad Fat Diary).

Over in the comedy fields, the swansong series of Channel 4’s hit sitcom The IT Crowd receives four major noms with the final episode in contention for the coveted Scripted Comedy prize alongside Count Arthur Strong, Him & Her: The Wedding and Toast of London.

Additionally, male stars Richard Ayoade and Chris O’Dowd go head-to-head in the Male Comedy Performance line-up for their roles as hapless computer nerds Maurice and Roy, while co-star Katherine Parkinson is acknowledged in Female Comedy Performance for playing Jen.

The other high-profile actors to receive BAFTA love are Jerome Flynn (Ripper Street), Rory Kinnear (Southcliffe), Frances de la Tour (Vicious), Kerry Howard (Him & Her: The Wedding), Matthew Baynton (The Wrong Mans), and James Corden (The Wrong Mans).

Elsewhere, the final series of Breaking Bad is up for two awards, including the International gong while multiple programmes are in contention for honours including An Adventure in Space and Time, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Coronation Street, David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive, Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor, EastEnders, Educating Yorkshire, Gogglebox, The Great British Bake Off, A League of Their Own and Strictly Come Dancing.

This year’s ceremony will take place at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London on Sunday 18 May with Graham Norton on hosting duties again.

Coincidentally, the Irish presenter also has the extra advantage of being recognised for the Entertainment Performance category!

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Jamie Dornan, THE FALL
Sean Harris, SOUTHCLIFFE
Luke Newberry, IN THE FLESH
Dominic West, BURTON & TAYLOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Shirley Henderson, SOUTHCLIFFE
Sarah Lancashire, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX
Claire Rushbrook, MY MAD FAT DIARY
Nicola Walker, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
David Bradley, BROADCHURCH
Jerome Flynn, RIPPER STREET
Rory Kinnear, SOUTHCLIFFE
Nico Mirallegro, THE VILLAGE

BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY
COUNT ARTHUR STRONG
HIM & HER: THE WEDDING
THE IT CROWD
TOAST OF LONDON

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Frances de la Tour, VICIOUS
Kerry Howard, HIM & HER: THE WEDDING
Doon Mackichan, PLEBS
Katherine Parkinson, THE IT CROWD

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME
Richard Ayoade, THE IT CROWD
Matthew Baynton, THE WRONG MANS
James Corden, THE WRONG MANS
Chris O’Dowd, THE IT CROWD

BEST SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
CASUALTY
CORONATION STREET
EASTENDERS
HOLBY CITY

BEST INTERNATIONAL
BORGEN
BREAKING BAD
HOUSE OF CARDS
THE RETURNED

BEST COMEDY AND COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
THE REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED
WOULD I LIE TO YOU?

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY
DERREN BROWN: THE GREAT ART ROBBERY
DYNAMO: MAGICIAN IMPOSSIBLE
STRICTLY COME DANCING

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Ant & Dec, ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY
Charlie Brooker, 10 O’CLOCK LIVE
Sarah Millican, THE SARAH MILLICAN TELEVISION PROGRAMME
Graham Norton, THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW

BEST FACTUAL SERIES
BEDLAM
EDUCATING YORKSHIRE
KEEPING BRITAIN ALIVE: THE NHS IN A DAY
THE ROUTE MASTERS: RUNNING LONDON’S ROADS

BEST SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
THE DAY KENNEDY DIED
THE MURDER TRIAL
28 UP SOUTH AFRICA
THE UNSPEAKABLE CRIME: RAPE

BEST FEATURES
THE CHOIR: SING WHILE YOU WORK
GRAND DESIGNS
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF
LONG LOST FAMILY

BEST REALITY AND CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
THE BIG REUNION
DRAGONS’ DEN
GOGGLEBOX
THE UNDATEABLES

BEST SPECIALIST FACTUAL
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ALIVE
MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
RICHARD III: THE KING IN THE CAR PARK
THE STORY OF THE JEWS

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS
THE CRUEL CUT
THE HUNT FOR BRITAIN’S SEX GANGS (DISPATCHES)
NORTH KOREA: LIFE INSIDE THE SECRET STATE (DISPATCHES)
SYRIA: ACROSS THE LINES (DISPATCHES)

BEST NEWS COVERAGE
BBC NORTH WEST TONIGHT: THE DALE CREGAN VERDICT
CHANNEL 4 NEWS: EGYPT MILITARY COUP
ITV NEWS AT TEN: WOOLWICH ATTACKS
ITV NEWS GRANADA REPORTS: THE LEE RIGBY TRIAL

BEST SPORT & LIVE EVENT
THE ASHES 2013
BOLLYWOOD CARMEN LIVE
GLASTONBURY 2013
WIMBLEDON MEN’S FINAL

RADIO TIMES AUDIENCE AWARD (VOTED FOR BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC)
BREAKING BAD
BROADCHURCH
DOCTOR WHO: THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR
EDUCATING YORKSHIRE
GOGGLEBOX
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF

Additionally, the full list of BAFTA craft nominations can be found here: https://awards.bafta.org/award/2014/tvcraft