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Benedict Cumberbatch is in the running to pick up a TV Bafta for his performance as the master detective Sherlock Holmes.

The star, who lost out on a Best Actor Oscar earlier this year, is nominated for the best actor award alongside Toby Jones for Marvellous, James Nesbitt for The Missing and Jason Watkins for The Lost Honour Of Christopher Jefferies.

The actresses nominated are Line Of Duty star Keely Hawes, Sheridan Smith for Cilla, Sarah Lancashire for Happy Valley and Georgina Campbell who starred in Murdered By My Boyfriend.

It is Cumberbatch's third nomination for his performance in the hit show.

BBC dramas dominate with Happy Valley, Marvellous, The Missing and Line Of Duty all leading the way with three nods.

Welsh stars were snubbed by the awards despite storming performances from the likes of Aneurin Barnard as Bobby Willis in Cilla and Alexandra Roach as Becky in Utopia.

The 27 year-old Ogmore Vale actor wasn't too disappointed though as he tweeted out his thanks for Bafta for the Cilla nomination in he mini-series category.

Doctor Who also failed to get any nominations despite the first series starring Peter Capaldi being well received.

However the Andrew Davies penned A Poet in New York received a nomination in the Single Drama category - the Dylan Thomas drama screened as part of the Welsh poet's centenary celebrations last year.

Watch: The story behind A Poet in New York

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Lancashire's co-star in Happy Valley, James Norton, is nominated for the supporting actor award and the show itself is in the running for best drama.

Toby Jones's co-star in Marvellous, Gemma Jones, was nominated for best supporting actress - her first nod since 1977.

Ken Stott's role in The Missing sees him nominated for best supporting actor, alongside Adeel Akhtar from Channel 4's Utopia and Stephen Rea for The Honourable Woman.

Line Of Duty's Vicky McClure is nominated for best supporting actress alongside Amanda Redman for ITV's Tommy Cooper biopic and Charlotte Spencer for E4's Glue.

Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkleman is nominated for best entertainment performance alongside chatshow host Graham Norton, Ant and Dec and Celebrity Juice's Leigh Francis.

This year's ceremony is at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London on Sunday May 10.

The nominations were announced at Bafta's central London headquarters by actors Freddie Fox and Sherlock star Amanda Abbington.

Full list of nominees:

Leading Actress

Georgina Campbell

Keeley Hawes

Sheridan Smith

Sarah Lancashire

Leading Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch

Toby Jones

James Nesbitt

Jason Watkins

Entertainment Performance

Ant and Dec

Graham Norton

Leigh Francis

Claudia Winkleman

Entertainment Programme

Saturday Night Takeaway

Strictly Come Dancing

The Voice

Dynamo: Magician Impossible

Reality and Constructed Factual

The Apprentice

I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

The Island

The Undateables

Specialist Factual

Conquest of the Skies 3D

Grayson Perry: Who Are You?

The Great War: The People’s Story

Our Gay Wedding: The Musical

Factual Series

15,000 Kids and Counting

Educating the East End

Life and Death Row

Protecting Our Parents

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme

Olivia Colman

Jessica Hynes

Tamsin Greig

Catherine Tate

Male Performance in a Comedy Programme

Matt Berry

Hugh Bonneville

Tom Hollander

Brendan O’Carroll

Mini Series

Cilla

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

Our World War

Prey

International

The Good Wife

Orange Is The New Black

House Of Cards

True Detective