2014 British Academy Television Awards

60th British Academy Television Awards
60th British Academy Television Awards
Date	18 May 2014
Site	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Hosted by	Graham Norton
Highlights
Best Comedy Series	A League of Their Own
Best Drama	Broadchurch
Best Actor	Sean Harris ; Southcliffe
Best Actress	Olivia Colman ; Broadchurch
Best Comedy Performance	Katherine Parkinson ; The IT Crowd ; Richard Ayoade ; The IT Crowd;
Most awards	Broadchurch (3)
Most nominations	Broadchurch / The IT Crowd / Southcliffe (4)
Television coverage
Channel	BBC One
Duration	2 hours 5 minutes
Ratings	5.18 million
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Last updated October 28, 2025

The 60th British Academy Television Awards nominations were announced on 7 April 2014.^[1]^[2] The awards ceremony sponsored by Arqiva was held on 18 May 2014 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Winners and nominations

Winners are listed first and emboldened.^[6]

Best Actor	Best Actress
*Sean Harris – Southcliffe* as Stephen Morton (Channel 4)** Jamie Dornan – The Fall as Paul Spector (BBC Two) Luke Newberry – In the Flesh as Kieren Walker (BBC Three) Dominic West – Burton & Taylor as Richard Burton (BBC Four)	*Olivia Colman – Broadchurch* as DS Ellie Miller (ITV)** Helena Bonham Carter – Burton & Taylor as Elizabeth Taylor (BBC Four) Kerrie Hayes – The Mill as Esther Price (Channel 4) Maxine Peake – The Village as Grace Middleton (BBC One)
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*David Bradley – Broadchurch* as Jack Marshall (ITV)** Jerome Flynn – Ripper Street as Detective Bennet Drake (BBC One) Nico Mirallegro – The Village as Joe Middleton (BBC One) Rory Kinnear – Southcliffe as David Whitehead (Channel 4)	*Sarah Lancashire – Last Tango in Halifax* as Caroline Dawson (BBC One)** Shirley Henderson – Southcliffe as Claire Salter (Channel 4) Claire Rushbrook – My Mad Fat Diary as Linda Earl-Bouchtat (E4) Nicola Walker – Last Tango in Halifax as Gillian Buttershaw (BBC One)
Best Male Comedy Performance	Best Female Comedy Performance
*Richard Ayoade – The IT Crowd* as Maurice Moss (Channel 4)** Mathew Baynton – The Wrong Mans as Sam Pinkett (BBC Two) James Corden – The Wrong Mans as Phil Bourne (BBC Two) Chris O'Dowd – The IT Crowd as Roy Trenneman (Channel 4)	*Katherine Parkinson – The IT Crowd* as Jen Barber (Channel 4)** Frances de la Tour – Vicious as Violet Crosby (ITV) Kerry Howard – Him & Her: The Wedding as Laura Parker (BBC Three) Doon Mackichan – Plebs as Flavia (ITV2)
Best Entertainment Performance	Best Single Drama
*Ant & Dec – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway* (ITV)** Charlie Brooker – 10 O'Clock Live (Channel 4) Sarah Millican – The Sarah Millican Television Programme (BBC Two) Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)	Complicit (Channel 4) An Adventure in Space and Time (BBC Two) Black Mirror : "Be Right Back" (Channel 4) The Wipers Times (BBC Two)
Best Mini-Series	Best Drama Series
In The Flesh (BBC Three) The Fall (BBC Two) The Great Train Robbery (BBC One) Southcliffe (Channel 4)	Broadchurch (ITV) My Mad Fat Diary (E4) Top of the Lake (BBC Two) The Village (BBC One)
Best Soap and Continuing Drama	Best International Programme
Coronation Street (ITV) Casualty (BBC One) EastEnders (BBC One) Holby City (BBC One)	Breaking Bad (AMC/Netflix) Borgen (DR1/BBC Four) House of Cards (Netflix) The Returned (Canal +/Channel 4)
Best Factual Series or Strand	Best Specialist Factual
Bedlam (Channel 4) Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4) Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day (BBC Two) The Route Masters: Running London's Roads (BBC Two)	David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (Sky 3D) Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (BBC Two) Richard III: The King in the Car Park (Channel 4) The Story of the Jews (BBC Two)
Best Single Documentary	Best Feature
The Murder Trial (Channel 4) 28 Up South Africa (ITV) The Day Kennedy Died (ITV) The Unspeakable Crime: Rape (BBC One)	Long Lost Family (ITV) The Choir: Sing While You Work (BBC Two) Grand Designs (Channel 4) The Great British Bake Off (BBC Two)
Best Reality and Constructed Factual	Best Current Affairs
Gogglebox (Channel 4) The Big Reunion (ITV2) Dragons' Den (BBC Two) The Undateables (Channel 4)	Syria: Across the Lines (Dispatches) (Channel 4) The Cruel Cut (BBC One) The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs (Dispatches) (Channel 4) North Korea: Life Inside The Secret State (Dispatches) (Channel 4)
Best News Coverage	Best Sport and Live Events
ITV News at Ten : "Woolwich Attacks" (ITV) Channel 4 News : "Egypt Military Coup" (Channel 4) BBC North West Tonight : "The Dale Cregan Verdict" (BBC One/BBC North West) ITV News Granada Reports : "The Lee Rigby Trial" (ITV/ITV Granada)	The Ashes 2013 – "1st Test, Day 5" (Sky Sports) Bollywood Carmen Live (BBC Three) Glastonbury 2013 (BBC) Wimbledon Men's Final (BBC One/BBC Sport)
Best Entertainment Programme	Best Scripted Comedy
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV) Derren Brown: The Great Art Robbery (Channel 4) Dynamo: Magician Impossible (Watch) Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)	Him & Her: The Wedding (BBC Three) Count Arthur Strong (BBC Two) The IT Crowd (Channel 4) Toast of London (Channel 4)
Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme	Radio Times Audience Award
A League of Their Own (Sky One) The Graham Norton Show (BBC One) The Revolution Will Be Televised (BBC Three) Would I Lie to You? (BBC One)	Doctor Who : "The Day of the Doctor" (BBC One) Breaking Bad (AMC/Netflix) Broadchurch (ITV) Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4) Gogglebox (Channel 4) The Great British Bake Off (BBC Two)
BAFTA Fellowship Award	BAFTA Special Award
Julie Walters	Cilla Black

Programmes with multiple nominations

Channel 4 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.

Programmes that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Programme
4	Broadchurch
	Southcliffe
	The IT Crowd
3	Dispatches
3	The Village
2	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
	Breaking Bad
	Burton & Taylor
	Educating Yorkshire
	The Fall
	Gogglebox
	The Graham Norton Show
	The Great British Bake Off
	Him & Her: The Wedding
	In The Flesh
	Last Tango in Halifax
	My Mad Fat Diary
	The Wrong Mans

Networks that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Network
28	Channel 4
19	BBC One
17	BBC Two
13	ITV
6	BBC Three
3	BBC Four
3	Netflix
2	AMC
	E4
	ITV2

Most major wins

Shows that received multiple awards
Wins	Show
3	Broadchurch
2	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
	The IT Crowd

Wins by Network
Wins	Network
8	Channel 4
8	ITV
2	BBC One
2	BBC Three

References

↑ Harris, Jamie (7 April 2014). "BAFTA Television Awards 2014: This year's nominees in full". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
↑ "IT Crowd and Southcliffe lead Bafta TV nominations". BBC News. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
↑ "Julie Walters To Receive BAFTA Fellowship". BAFTA. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
↑ "2014 winners and nominees". BBC. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
↑ "TV Baftas 2014: as it happened". Daily Telegraph. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
↑ "BAFTA Television Awards 2014: All the winners". Digital Spy. 18 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

External links

Official site at BAFTA.org

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[1] Harris, Jamie (7 April 2014). "BAFTA Television Awards 2014: This year's nominees in full". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

[2] "IT Crowd and Southcliffe lead Bafta TV nominations". BBC News. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

[3] "Julie Walters To Receive BAFTA Fellowship". BAFTA. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

[4] "2014 winners and nominees". BBC. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[5] "TV Baftas 2014: as it happened". Daily Telegraph. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[6] "BAFTA Television Awards 2014: All the winners". Digital Spy. 18 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

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2014 British Academy Television Awards

Contents

Winners and nominations

Programmes with multiple nominations

Most major wins

In Memoriam

See also

References

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