Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes in Struggle For Bafta awards
Both characters are known for their ability to solve riddles and prove their companions wrong but only one of them does it with a sonic screw. Now, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who will go up against each other at next month's Bafta TV awards as the stars of both dramas were nominated for best actor prize. Matt smith, who returned as the Doctor will compete with Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of BBC1's retold version of the Sherlock Holmes story. Doctor Who has previously been named best drama by Bafta, but never has it received a nomination for its lead actor.
The nominations were a double reward for Doctor Who's producer, Steven Moffat who is also one of the creators of Sherlock.The show was also nominated for a best drama with a best supporting actor nomination for Martin freeman, who plays Dr. Watson. Moffat tweeted ''Congrats to Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Matt Smith for their Bafta nominations. Sherlock, with three nominations tied with another BBC drama, The Road To Coronation Street, about the creation of the ITV soap. It is running for best single drama with two of its cast, Jessie Wallace and Lynda Baron, who were both nominated.
Channel 4 drama, Any Human heart also received three nominations including one for its actor, Jim Broadbent but none of them could beat E4's sci-fi hit, Misfits.
BBC1 had the highest number of nominations with 24 followed by channel 4 with 16 and BBC2 with 14. BBC4 had 10 nominations and ITV1 had just 8. Meanwhile, Sky had its highest nominations ever with six across four different channels. The baftas will be shown on BBc1 on 22 May.
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