Now in their fifth successful year in partnership with ITV3 and Specsavers, the Crime Thriller Awards (in association with the Crime Writers’ Association) took place on the 18th October. A host of famous faces from TV, Film and Publishing which included Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Penry-Jones and Steven Berkoff gathered on the black carpet for a gala awards ceremony celebrating the very best offences of the year at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
The Winners of the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012 were as follows:
The CWA Gold Dagger – sponsored by Constable & Robinson
The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker)
The John Creasey New Blood Dagger – sponsored by Goldsboro Books
A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam)
The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger – sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)
The Specsaver’s Bestseller Dagger 2012:
Kathy Reichs
The Film Dagger
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)
The TV Dagger
Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The International TV Dagger
The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)
The Best Actress Dagger
Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)
The Best Actor Dagger
Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The crime thriller season on ITV3 this year – Crime Connections – revisited over 30 of Britain’s best known crime thriller television series, as well as featuring interviews with some of the nation’s favourite authors.
