GLEE, MAD MEN, et al. Nominated for 2011 BAFTA Awards

The 2011 BAFTA Awards nominees have just been announced, and this year, GLEE, MAD MEN, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, and THE KILLING are in the runnning for best International show. Winners will be announced at the May 22 ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel May 22.

With an expert industry membership of nearly 6500 individuals, globally, BAFTA focuses attention on the highest achievements of films, video games and television programmes shown in the UK each year in order to motivate and inspire those who make them, and to educate and develop the taste of those who watch them.The promotion of  excellence extends far beyond Awards ceremonies. As a charitable organisation, the Academy plays an equally powerful role at our headquarters at 195 Piccadilly, across our nations and regions, in cinemas, schools and communities in the UK and US.

For a full list of nominations, click here. The main nominations are as follows:

Leading actor
Jim Broadbent - Any Human Heart (Channel 4)
Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock (BBC1)
Daniel Rigby - Eric and Ernie (BBC4)
Matt Smith - Doctor Who (BBC1)

Leading actress
Anna Maxwell Martin - South Riding (BBC1)
Vicky McClure - This Is England '86 (Channel 4)
Natalie Press - Five Daughters (BBC1)
Juliet Stevenson - Accused (BBC1)

Supporting actor
Brendan Coyle - Downton Abbey (ITV1)
Martin Freeman - Sherlock (BBC1)
Johnny Harris - This Is England '86 (Channel 4)
Robert Sheehan - Misfits (E4)

Supporting actress
Gillian Anderson - Any Human Heart (Channel 4)
Lynda Baron - The Road to Coronation Street (BBC4)
Lauren Socha - Misfits (E4)
Jessie Wallace - The Road to Coronation Street (BBC4)

Drama series
Being Human - Rob Pursey, Philip Trethowan, Toby Whithouse, Colin Teague (BBC3/Touchpaper Television)
Downton Abbey - Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge, Nigel Marchant (ITV1/Carnival Films)
Misfits - Murray Ferguson, Petra Fried, Howard Overman, Kate Crowe (E4/Clerkenwell Films)
Sherlock - Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Sue Vertue, Beryl Vertue (BBC1/Hartswood Films)

International
Boardwalk Empire - Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, Tim Van Patten, Howard Korder (Sky Atlantic/HBO)
Glee - Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk (E4/Twentieth Century Fox)
The Killing - Soren Sveistrup, Piv Bernth, Birger Larsen, Sophie Grabol (BBC4/DR/ZDF Enterprises)
Mad Men - Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher, Jennifer Getzinger (BBC4/Lionsgate Television)

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