The nominees for the 2014 TV Choice Awards have been revealed, and BBC's Sherlock and ITV's Downton Abbey are among the shows to receive nods in the top categories.

They will compete alongside Waterloo Road and Call the Midwife for Best Drama Series, while Benedict Cumberbatch and Allen Leech are up against David Tennant (The Escape Artist) and Bradley Walsh (Law & Order: UK) for the Best Actor gong.

The Best Actress nominees are Laurie Brett (Waterloo Road), Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey), Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley) and Judy Parfitt (Call the Midwife).

The Best International Show category will be hotly contested, with The Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, Modern Family and The Walking Dead picking up nominations.

Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks will battle it out for Best Soap.



The TV Choice Awards 2014, hosted by David Mitchell, will take place on September 8.

Check out the full list of nominees for the 2014 TV Choice Awards below.



Best International Show

The Big Bang Theory (E4)

Game of Thrones (Sky Atlantic)

Modern Family (Sky 1)

The Walking Dead (FOX)



Best New Drama

Happy Valley (BBC1)

The Crimson Field (BBC1)

The Musketeers (BBC1)

The Widower (ITV)



Best Drama Series

Call the Midwife (BBC1)

Downton Abbey (ITV)

Sherlock (BBC1)

Waterloo Road (BBC1)



Best Factual Entertainment & Lifestyle Show

Educating Yorkshire (C4)

One Born Every Minute (C4)

The Call Centre (BBC3)

The Supervet (C4)



Best Entertainment Show

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)

Celebrity Juice (ITV2)

Gogglebox (C4)

The Graham Norton Show (BBC1)



Best Food Show

Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking (C4)

Mary Berry Cooks (BBC2)

Saturday Kitchen (BBC1)

The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure (BBC2)



Best Reality Show

24 Hours in A&E (C4)

Big Brother/Celebrity Big Brother (C5)

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (ITV)

Made in Chelsea (E4)



Best Comedy

Bad Education (BBC3)

Benidorm (ITV)

Birds of a Feather (ITV)

Derek (C4)



Best Talent Show

Britain's Got Talent (ITV)

Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1)

The Great British Bake Off (BBC2)

The X Factor (ITV)



Best Daytime Show

Pointless (BBC1)

The Jeremy Kyle Show (ITV)

The Paul O'Grady Show (ITV)

This Morning (ITV)



Best Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock

Allen Leech, Downton Abbey

David Tennant, The Escape Artist

Bradley Walsh, Law & Order: UK



Best Actress

Laurie Brett, Waterloo Road

Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley

Judy Parfitt, Call the Midwife



Best Soap Actor

Danny Dyer as Mick Carter, EastEnders

David Neilson as Roy Cropper, Coronation Street

Kieron Richardson as Ste Hay, Hollyoaks

Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale, EastEnders



Best Soap Actress

Lindsey Coulson as Carol Jackson, EastEnders

Julie Hesmondhalgh as Hayley Cropper, Coronation Street

Michelle Keegan as Tina McIntyre, Coronation Street

Nikki Sanderson as Maxine Minniver, Hollyoaks



Best Soap Newcomer

Maddy Hill as Nancy Carter, EastEnders

Michael Parr as Ross Barton, Emmerdale

Kirsty-Leigh Porter as Leela Lomax, Hollyoaks

Sam Strike as Johnny Carter, EastEnders



Best Soap Storyline

Hayley's cancer, Coronation Street

Killer Cameron/The Woolpack siege, Emmerdale

Maxine and Patrick's domestic abuse, Hollyoaks

Who killed Lucy Beale?, EastEnders



Best Soap

Coronation Street (ITV)

EastEnders (BBC1)

Emmerdale (ITV)

Hollyoaks (C4)



