British media awards
The Crime Thriller Awards is a British awards ceremony dedicated to crime thriller fiction. The inaugural event was held on 3 October 2008 at the Grosvenor Hotel, hosted by comedian and Jonathan Creek actor Alan Davies . It was televised on ITV3 on 6 October, produced by Cactus TV .[ 1] The ceremony was preceded by seven weeks of crime-thriller-related programming on ITV3.
In 2009, the awards were merged with the Daggers, the awards presented by the Crime Writers' Association . A second "crime thriller season" was broadcast over six weeks on ITV3 before the awards were presented on 21 October. The 2009 ceremony was sponsored by the high street optician chain Specsavers .[ 2]
The 2010 and 2011 awards ceremonies were presented by Marcus Brigstocke . Since 2012, Bradley Walsh has hosted the awards.
Host: Alan Davies
Ceremony date: 3 October 2008
Broadcast date: 6 October 2008
2008 awards[ 3]
Film of the Year
ITV3 Writer's Award for Classic TV Drama (public vote)
TV Crime Drama
International TV Crime Drama
Best Actress
Best Actor
Author of the Year
International Author of the Year
Breakthrough Author of the Year
The International Crime Writing Hall of Fame
Host: Alan Davies
Ceremony date: 21 October 2009
Broadcast date: 27 October 2009
2009 awards
Film of the Year
ITV3 Writer's Award for Favourite Crime Genre Author (public vote)
TV Crime Drama
International TV Crime Drama
Best Actress
Best Actor
Gold Dagger
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
The International Crime Writing Hall of Fame
2010 awards
The CWA Gold Dagger
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
A Loyal Spy (Simon Conway )
The CW John Creasey Memorial (New Blood) Dagger
Film of the Year
The TV Dagger
The International TV Dagger
The Best Actress Dagger
The Best Actor Dagger
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
The People's Detective Dagger
2011 awards
The Film Dagger
The People's Bestseller Dagger
The TV Dagger
The International TV Dagger
The Best Actress Dagger
The Best Actor Dagger
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
The CW John Creasey Memorial (New Blood) Dagger
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
The CWA Gold Dagger
2012 awards[ 4] [ 5]
The Film Dagger
Best Detective Duo (public vote)
The TV Dagger
The International TV Dagger
The Best Actress Dagger
The Best Actor Dagger
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
The CWA Gold Dagger
The John Creasey New Blood Dagger
A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam)
Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne (Headline)
What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright (Canongate)
Good People by Ewart Hutton (Blue Door)
The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
The Specsavers Bestseller Dagger
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)
2013 awards[ 6]
The Film Dagger
ITV3 Crime Thriller Living Legends
The TV Dagger
The International TV Dagger
The Best Actress Dagger
The Best Actor Dagger
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (Best Thriller)
The CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger (Best New Crime Writer)
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs (Transworld)
Derek B. Miller for Norwegian by Night (Faber and Faber)
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm MacKay (Mantle)
Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford (Bloomsbury)
Something You Are by Hanna Jameson (Head of Zeus)
The CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger (Best Crime Novel)
ITV3 Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read
Dead Lions by Mick Herron (Soho Press)
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm MacKay (Mantle)
2014 ITV Specsavers awards [ edit ]
2014 awards[ 7]
The Film Dagger
ITV3 Crime Thriller Living Legends
The TV Dagger
The International TV Dagger
The Best Actress Dagger
The Best Actor Dagger
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (Best Thriller)
The CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger (Best New Crime Writer)
Ray Celestin for The Axeman’s Jazz (Mantle)
The CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger (Best Crime Novel)
ITV3 Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash (Doubleday/Transworld)