The British Academy of Film & Television Arts announced the 2014 nominees for its TV awards. Now that many of the shows are familiar to American audiences through BBC America, Sundance and other sources, there are more well-known programs among the nominees on this side of the Atlantic. Also, for the first time, a program from a streaming site - House of Cards - earned a nomination.
The Kevin Spacey-starring political drama from Netflix is one of four nominees in the International category. The others are AMC’s Breaking Bad, Borgen from Denmark and The Returned from France.
Top of the Lake, which stars Elisabeth Moss and aired on Sundance in the U.S., was nominated for Drama Series. Its competition includes Broadchurch (which is getting a U.S. remake), The Village and My Mad Fat Diary.
The top Situation Comedy nominees are Him & Her: The Wedding, The IT Crowd, Toast of London and Count Arthur Strong.
All three of the main stars of The IT Crowd - Chris O’Dowd, Richard Ayoade and Katherine Parkinson - earned Comedy acting nods.
The nominees in the Best Actor - Drama category are Dominic West (Burton and Taylor); Luke Newberry (In The Flesh); Sean Harris (Southcliffe); and Jamie Dornan (The Fall). The nominees for Best Actress - Drama are Helena Bonham Carter (Burton and Taylor); Kerrie Hayes (The Mill); Maxine Peake (The Village); and Olivia Colman (Broadchurch).
You can check out the rest of the nominees here. The awards are scheduled for May 18.