2014 British Academy Television Awards


The 60th British Academy Television Awards nominations were announced on 7 April 2014. The awards ceremony sponsored by Arqiva was held on 18 May 2014 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.

Winners and nominations

Winners are listed first and emboldened.
Best ActorBest Actress

  • Olivia ColmanBroadchurch as DS Ellie Miller
  • * Helena Bonham CarterBurton & Taylor as Elizabeth Taylor
  • * Kerrie HayesThe Mill as Esther Price
  • * Maxine PeakeThe Village as Grace Middleton
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • David BradleyBroadchurch as Jack Marshall
  • * Jerome FlynnRipper Street as Detective Bennet Drake
  • * Nico MirallegroThe Village as Joe Middleton
  • * Rory KinnearSouthcliffe as David Whitehead
  • Sarah LancashireLast Tango in Halifax as Caroline Dawson
  • * Shirley HendersonSouthcliffe as Claire Salter
  • * Claire RushbrookMy Mad Fat Diary as Linda Earl-Bouchtat
  • * Nicola WalkerLast Tango in Halifax as Gillian Buttershaw
  • Best Male Comedy PerformanceBest Female Comedy Performance
  • Richard AyoadeThe IT Crowd as Maurice Moss
  • * Matthew BayntonThe Wrong Mans as Sam Pinkett
  • * James CordenThe Wrong Mans as Phil Bourne
  • * Chris O'DowdThe IT Crowd as Roy Trenneman
  • Katherine ParkinsonThe IT Crowd as Jen Barber
  • * Frances de la TourVicious as Violet Crosby
  • * Kerry HowardHim & Her: The Wedding as Laura Parker
  • * Doon MackichanPlebs as Flavia
  • Best Entertainment PerformanceBest Single Drama
  • Ant & DecAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
  • * Charlie Brooker10 O'Clock Live
  • * Sarah MillicanThe Sarah Millican Television Programme
  • * Graham NortonThe Graham Norton Show
  • Complicit
  • * An Adventure in Space and Time
  • * Black Mirror : "Be Right Back"
  • * The Wipers Times
  • Best Mini-SeriesBest Drama Series
  • In The Flesh
  • * The Fall
  • * The Great Train Robbery
  • * Southcliffe
  • Broadchurch
  • * My Mad Fat Diary
  • * Top of the Lake
  • * The Village
  • Best Soap and Continuing DramaBest International Programme
  • Coronation Street
  • * Casualty
  • * Eastenders
  • * Holby City
  • Breaking Bad
  • * Borgen
  • * House of Cards
  • * The Returned
  • Best Factual Series or StrandBest Specialist Factual
  • Bedlam
  • * Educating Yorkshire
  • * Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day
  • * '
  • 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 Single DocumentaryBest Feature
  • The Murder Trial
  • * 28 Up South Africa
  • * The Day Kennedy Died
  • * The Unspeakable Crime: Rape
  • Long Lost Family
  • * '
  • * Grand Designs
  • * The Great British Bake Off
  • Best Reality and Constructed FactualBest Current Affairs
  • Gogglebox
  • * The Big Reunion
  • * Dragon's Den
  • * The Undateables
  • Syria: Across the Lines
  • * The Cruel Cut
  • * The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs
  • * North Korea: Life Inside The Secret State
  • Best News CoverageBest Sport and Live Events
  • ITV News at Ten: "Woolwich Attacks"
  • * Channel 4 News: "Egypt Military Coup"
  • * BBC North West Tonight: "The Dale Cregan Verdict"
  • * ITV News Granada Reports: "The Lee Rigby Trial"
  • The Ashes 2013 – "1st Test, Day 5"
  • * Bollywood Carmen Live
  • * Glastonbury 2013
  • * Wimbledon Men's Final
  • Best Entertainment ProgrammeBest Scripted Comedy
  • Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
  • * Derren Brown: The Great Art Robbery
  • * '
  • * Strictly Come Dancing
  • Him & Her: The Wedding
  • * Count Arthur Strong
  • * The IT Crowd
  • * Toast of London
  • Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment ProgrammeRadio Times Audience Award
  • A League of Their Own
  • * The Graham Norton Show
  • * The Revolution Will Be Televised
  • * Would I Lie to You?
  • Doctor Who : "The Day of the Doctor"
  • * Breaking Bad
  • * Broadchurch
  • * Educating Yorkshire
  • * Gogglebox
  • * The Great British Bake Off
  • BAFTA Fellowship AwardBAFTA Special Award
  • Julie Walters
  • Cilla Black
  • Programmes with multiple nominations

    lead the most nominations for any network with 28, 9 ahead of BBC One who had 19. Channel 4's The IT Crowd and Southcliffe as well as ITV's Broadchurch lead the nominations for programming with four nods each.
    NominationsProgramme
    4Broadchurch
    4Southcliffe
    4The IT Crowd
    3Dispatches
    3The Village
    2Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
    2Breaking Bad
    2Burton & Taylor
    2Educating Yorkshire
    2The Fall
    2Gogglebox
    2The Graham Norton Show
    2The Great British Bake Off
    2Him & Her: The Wedding
    2In The Flesh
    2Last Tango in Halifax
    2My Mad Fat Diary
    2The Wrong Mans

    NominationsNetwork
    28Channel 4
    19BBC One
    17BBC Two
    13ITV
    6BBC Three
    3BBC Four
    3Netflix
    2AMC
    2E4
    2ITV2

    Most major wins

    WinsShow
    3Broadchurch
    2Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
    2The IT Crowd
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    WinsNetwork
    8Channel 4
    8ITV
    2BBC One
    2BBC Three

    In Memoriam