Cumberbatch’s Sherlock nominated for TV BAFTA

Benedict Cumberbatch is the leading candidate for the leading actor award for his role in “Sherlock,” according to the list of nominees released on Wednesday by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, or BAFTA.

The award will be presented on May 10, when Cumberbatch will compete with fellow actors Toby Jones for his role in “Marvellous,” James Nesbitt for “The Missing” and Jason Watkins for “The Lost Honor of Christopher Jefferies.”

This is Cumberbatch’s sixth time being nominated for the award, the third for his role in the BBC series “Sherlock,” based on the literary detective Sherlock Holmes, while he was also nominated for the Oscar earlier in the year for his portrayal of Alan Turing in “The Imitation Game.”

“The Missing” series tells the story of a family trip gone awry when the child of a couple get lost in the streets of Paris, while “The Lost Honor of Christopher Jefferies” tells the true story of a retired professor accused of murder.

Meanwhile, the young Georgina Campbell, who stars in a series based on real events where a young woman falls in love with the wrong man, “Murdered by My Boyfriend,” receives her first award nomination.

Campbell will go up for leading actress against Keeley Hawes for her role in “Line of Duty,” Sarah Lancashire for “Happy Valley” and Sheridan Smith for “Cilla.”

The best single drama award nominees are “A Poet in New York,” based on the life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, “Common,” a production on the evolution of a young man in the world of crime, “Marvellous”, about the life of clown Neil Baldwin, and “Murdered by My Boyfriend.”