--- description: As the nominees are announced, British shows "Southcliffe" and "The IT Crowd" dominate while nods go to popular International dramas title: "Breaking Bad" and "House of Cards" are among the BAFTA TV International nominees image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _House of Cards_ and _Breaking Bad_ Among BAFTA TV Nominees by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2014 11:59 AM CUT by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2014 11:59 AM CUT This year’s BAFTA Television nominations [have been announced](http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/bafta-tv-nominees-include-broadchurch-breaking-bad-house-of-cards/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=twitter "undefined") with nods to plenty of fan favorites. Channel 4 miniseries _Southcliffe_ — about a series of shootings in a small British town — and comedy series _The IT Crowd_ — which stars Chris O’Dowd of _Bridesmaids_ fame — scored the most nominations with a total of four each. High-profile nods also went to Dominic West and Helena Bonham-Carter, who were nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress for their roles as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the BBC Four television movie _Burton and Taylor._ The International category could face the stiffest competition of all, with American dramas _Breaking Bad_ and _House of Cards_ earning nominations along with popular Danish political drama _Borgen_ and French supernatural drama _The Returned_. The British Academy of Film and Television Awards ceremony will take place at London’s Theatre Royal on May 18. \[[Deadline](http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/bafta-tv-nominees-include-broadchurch-breaking-bad-house-of-cards/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=twitter "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/51498/house-of-cards-breaking-bad-bafta-nominees/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/51498/house-of-cards-breaking-bad-bafta-nominees/"},"headline":"House of Cards and Breaking Bad Among BAFTA TV Nominees","datePublished":"2014-04-07T11:59:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:09:54.091Z","description":"British shows Southcliffe and The IT Crowd dominate while nods go to popular International dramas","url":"https://time.com/51498/house-of-cards-breaking-bad-bafta-nominees/","keywords":["Television","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/51498/house-of-cards-breaking-bad-bafta-nominees/","name":"House of Cards and Breaking Bad Among BAFTA TV Nominees"}}]}] ```