The 38-year-old Benedict Cumberbatch is up for best lead actor for the popular BBC series Sherlock.

It is the third time that he has been nominated for his role as the super detective.

Cumberbatch received a Best Actor Oscar nomination earlier this year for his role as Alan Turing in Morten Tyldum's movie "The Imitation Game."

The BAFTA nominations, announced on Wednesday included three others for the Best actor category.

Toby Jones is recognized for his role in Marvelous.

James Nesbitt also received a leading actor nomination for "The Missing".

In other nominations,

Olivia Colman has been nominated for the fourth consecutive year.

She is up for best female comedy performance for her role as a vicar's wife in Rev.

The 41-year-old won a Bafta last year for Broadchurch and received two awards in 2013.

In the International category, Netflix scored two nominations for "Orange is the New Black" and "House of Cards".

This year's Bafta TV awards will be held in London on May 10.

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