TV Choice Awards 2014 shortlist: Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant do battle
The actors score Best Actor nominations for Sherlock and The Escape Artist
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Your support makes all the difference.Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant are going head to head for the Best Actor accolade at this year’s TV Choice Awards.
The two leading actors are competing following acclaimed roles in BBC detective drama Sherlock and three-part thriller The Escape Artist respectively, with Allen Leech and Bradley Walsh also shortlisted.
In the Best Actress category, Call the Midwife’s Judy Parfitt is up against Downton Abbey’s Joanne Froggatt, while Coronation Street and EastEnders are the top contenders for Best Soap.
Doing battle for Best Drama Series are Sherlock, Waterloo Road, Call the Midwife and Downton Abbey, with The Crimson Field, The Musketeers, The Widower and Happy Valley recognised in the Best New Drama section.
The TV Choice Awards also bestow a prize on Best International Show which this year sees hit fantasy series Game of Thrones and post-apocalyptic drama The Walking Dead nominated.
The Best Entertainment Show category will see Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway fight Googlebox and Celebrity Juice for an award, while The Great British Bake Off, Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor are up for Best Talent Show.
The 18th annual ceremony, hosted by comedian David Mitchell is set to take place in London on Monday 8 September. The final winners are decided by the viewing public, who can vote for their favourite talent online.
Shortlist 2014 in full
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 Drama Series
Call the Midwife
Downton Abbey
Sherlock
Waterloo Road
Best New Drama
Happy Valley
The Crimson Field
The Musketeers
The Widower
Best Entertainment Show
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Celebrity Juice
Gogglebox
The Graham Norton Show
Best Reality Show
24 Hours in A&E
Big Brother/Celebrity Big Brother
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Made in Chelsea
Best Comedy
Bad Education
Benidorm
Birds of a Feather
Derek
Best Talent Show
Britain's Got Talent
Strictly Come Dancing
The Great British Bake Off
The X Factor
Best International Show
The Big Bang Theory
Game of Thrones
Modern Family
The Walking Dead
Best Factual Entertainment & Lifestyle Show
Educating Yorkshire
One Born Every Minute
The Call Centre
The Supervet
Best Daytime Show
Pointless
The Jeremy Kyle Show
The Paul O'Grady Show
This Morning
Best Food Show
Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking
Mary Berry Cooks
Saturday Kitchen
The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure
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
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
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