Crime Thriller 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 House Hotel, hosted by comedian and Jonathan Creek actor Alan Davies. It was televised on ITV3 on 6 October, produced by Cactus TV. 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.
The 2010 and 2011 awards ceremonies were presented by Marcus Brigstocke. Since 2012, Bradley Walsh has hosted the awards.

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2008 awards

Host: Alan Davies
Ceremony date: 3 October 2008
Broadcast date: 6 October 2008

Film of the Year	ITV3 Writer's Award for Classic TV Drama
The Bourne Ultimatum *The Dark Knight *Gone Baby Gone *No Country for Old Men	Colin Dexter P. D. James Lynda La Plante Val McDermid Ian Rankin *Ruth Rendell
TV Crime Drama	International TV Crime Drama
Criminal Justice *Spooks *Ashes to Ashes *He Kills Coppers *The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency *Wire in the Blood	The Wire *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation *CSI: Miami *Dexter *Numb3rs *Shark
Best Actress	Best Actor
Hermione Norris Keeley Hawes Amanda Redman Kelly Reilly Jill Scott	Rupert Penry-Jones * Philip Glenister * James Nesbitt * Dominic West * Ben Whishaw
Author of the Year	International Author of the Year
Ian Rankin * Lee Child * Robert Harris * Peter James	Stieg Larsson * Jeffery Deaver * Karin Slaughter * P. J. Tracy
Breakthrough Author of the Year	The International Crime Writing Hall of Fame
Stuart MacBride Chelsea Cain Michael Robotham *Anne Zouroudi	Arthur Conan Doyle Agatha Christie P. D. James

2009 awards

Host: Alan Davies
Ceremony date: 21 October 2009
Broadcast date: 27 October 2009

Film of the Year	ITV3 Writer's Award for Favourite Crime Genre Author
Gran Torino *Changeling *Public Enemies *Quantum of Solace *State of Play	Harlan Coben Martina Cole Dick Francis Nicci French Alexander McCall Smith
TV Crime Drama	International TV Crime Drama
Red Riding *Ashes to Ashes *A Place of Execution *Spooks *Wallander	The Wire *Dexter *The Mentalist *Wallander
Best Actress	Best Actor
Juliet Stevenson Emilia Fox Keeley Hawes *Hermione Norris	Dominic West Kenneth Branagh Philip Glenister Tom Hardy Paddy Considine
Gold Dagger	Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
William Brodrick Kate Atkinson Mark Billingham Lawrence Block Matthew Hall *Gene Kerrigan	John Hart Michael Connelly Gillian Flynn Charlie Newton Daniel Silva Olen Steinhauer Andrew Williams
John Creasey Dagger	The International Crime Writing Hall of Fame
Johan Theorin David Fuller James Green Rod Madocks Robert Rotenberg *Dan Waddell	Colin Dexter Lynda La Plante Val McDermid Ian Rankin

2010 awards

Host: Marcus Brigstocke

2011 awards

Host: Marcus Brigstocke

2012 awards

Host: Bradley Walsh

The Film Dagger	Best Detective Duo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy *Drive *The Dark Knight Rises *The Guard	DI Robbie Lewis and DS James Hathaway – Lewis DCI Alan Banks and DS Annie Cabbot – DCI Banks* DC Anna Travis and DCS James Langton – Above Suspicion* DC Jane Scott and DC Rachel Bailey – Scott & Bailey* DI Joseph Chandler and DS Ray Miles – Whitechapel* DCI Vera Stanhope and DS Joe Ashworth – Vera*
The TV Dagger	The International TV Dagger
Sherlock *Appropriate Adult *Line of Duty *Whitechapel *Wallander	The Bridge *Boardwalk Empire (season 2) *Dexter (season 6) *Homeland *The Killing II
The Best Actress Dagger	The Best Actor Dagger
Claire Danes for Homeland Brenda Blethyn for Vera* Sofie Gråbøl for The Killing II* Sofia Helin for The Bridge* Maxine Peake for Silk*	Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock Kenneth Branagh for Wallander* Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire* Damian Lewis for Homeland* Dominic West for Appropriate Adult*
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger	The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire Frances Barber for Silk* Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife* Sarah Smart for Wallander* Una Stubbs for Sherlock*	Martin Freeman for Sherlock Alun Armstrong for Garrow's Law* Alan Cumming for The Good Wife* Phil Davis for Silk* and Whitechapel Laurence Fox for Lewis*
The CWA Gold Dagger	The John Creasey New Blood Dagger
The Rage by Gene Kerrigan *Bereft by Chris Womersley *Vengeance in Mind by N. J. Cooper *The Flight by M. R. Hall	A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash *Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne *What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright *Good People by Ewart Hutton
The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger	The Specsavers Bestseller Dagger
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming *Dare Me by Megan Abbott *Reamde by Neal Stephenson *The Fear Index by Robert Harris	Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs *Birthdays for the Dead by Stuart MacBride *The Bat by Jo Nesbø *The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves *The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

2013 awards

Host: Bradley Walsh

The Film Dagger	ITV3 Crime Thriller Living Legends
Skyfall *Jack Reacher *Killing Them Softly *Looper *Seven Psychopaths	Martina Cole Wilbur Smith Harlan Coben Patricia Cornwell Frederick Forsyth Nicci French
The TV Dagger	The International TV Dagger
Broadchurch *The Bletchley Circle *The Fall *Luther *Top of the Lake	The Killing III *Arne Dahl *Boardwalk Empire (season 3) *Homeland
The Best Actress Dagger	The Best Actor Dagger
Olivia Colman for Broadchurch Gillian Anderson for The Fall* Claire Danes for Homeland* Sofie Gråbøl for The Killing III* Lesley Sharp for Scott & Bailey*	David Tennant for Broadchurch Paddy Considine for The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder In Angel Lane* Idris Elba for Luther* Jason Isaacs for Case Histories* Damian Lewis for Homeland*
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger	The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
Amelia Bullmore for Scott & Bailey Holly Hunter for Top of the Lake* Pauline Quirke for Broadchurch* Jodie Whittaker for Broadchurch* Ruth Wilson for Luther*	Andrew Buchan for Broadchurch Roger Allam for Endeavour* Warren Brown for Luther* Paul McGann for A Mother's Son* Mandy Patinkin for Homeland*
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger	The CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs *Capital Punishment by Robert Wilson *Ratlines by Stuart Neville *The Sentinel by Mark Oldfield	Derek B. Miller for Norwegian by Night *The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm MacKay *Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford *Something You Are by Hanna Jameson
The CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger	ITV3 Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read
Dead Lions by Mick Herron *Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman *Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer *The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes	The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm MacKay *Bryant & May and the Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler *City of Devils by Diana Bretherick *Dare Me by Megan Abbott *The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylor *Trust Your Eyes by Linwood Barclay

2014 ITV Specsavers awards

Host: Bradley Walsh

The Film Dagger	ITV3 Crime Thriller Living Legends
Cold in July	Denise Mina Robert Harris Midsomer Murders
The TV Dagger	The International TV Dagger
Happy Valley	True Detective
The Best Actress Dagger	The Best Actor Dagger
Keeley Hawes for Line of Duty	Matthew McConaughey for True Detective
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger	The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
Amanda Abbington for Sherlock	James Norton for Happy Valley
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger	The CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris	Ray Celestin for The Axeman’s Jazz
The CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger	ITV3 Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash	Entry Island by Peter May