Mad Men, House of Cards, Transparent and Game of Thrones lead Emmy nominations

Mad Men, the political thriller House of Cards and the transgender comedy Transparent have taken the top nominations for the Emmy Awards.

The hit fantasy series Game of Thrones leads the nominations - it has been shortlisted in 24 categories.

The BBC's Wolf Hall has also been nominated for Outstanding Limited Series.

Downton Abbey earned a nomination in the Outstanding Drama Series category at the 67th annual Primetime Emmy awards.

Downton became the most nominated non-US show in Emmy history after just two seasons. After five seasons, the show has now gained 50 Emmy nominations and 13 wins.

Others nominated in the category include Better Call Saul, Game of Thrones, Homeland, House of Cards, Mad Men and Orange Is The New Black.

Downton picked up two further nominations, for supporting actor (Jim Carter) and supporting actress (Joanne Froggatt).

Wolf Hall will face competition from American Crime, American Horror Story, Oliver Kitteride, and another BBC show, The Honourable Woman.

Mark Rylance got a nomination in the category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie.

Full list of nominations:

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Better Call Saul

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Homeland

House of Cards

Mad Men

Orange Is The New Black

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Louie

Modern Family

Parks and Recreation

Silicon Valley

Transparent

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Veep

ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Kyle Chandler, Bloodline

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Claire Danes, Homeland

Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder

Taraji P. Henson, Empire

Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Robin Wright, House of Cards

ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

Louis C.K., Louie

Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth

William H. Macy, Shameless

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer