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 ''

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'' actor

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. It was televised on

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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

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. 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

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.Allen, Katie (1 September 2009).
CWA and Cactus launch crime season
". ''The Bookseller''. The 2010 and 2011 awards ceremonies were presented by

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. Since 2012,

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has hosted the awards.

2008 awards

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

2009 awards

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

2010 awards

*Host:

2011 awards

*Host:

2012 awards

*Host:

2013 awards

*Host:

2014 ITV Specsavers awards

*Host:

References

ITV Crime Thriller Awards: About the Awards

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(

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). Retrieved 7 October 2008. *Allen, Kate (7 September 2009).
Coben, Cole, Atkinson vie for crime awards
. ''The Bookseller''. Retrieved 7 September 2009. *Flood, Alison (22 October 2009).
British readers vote Harlan Coben their favourite crime writer
. guardian.co.uk (Guardian News & Media). Retrieved 28 October 2009.

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External links

The Crime Thriller Awards
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