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
ITV3 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9pm, replacing Plus (Granada). ITV3 is the sixth-largest UK television channel by ...
on 6 October, produced by
Cactus TV
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.
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
The Crime Writers' Association (CWA) is a specialist authors’ organisation in the United Kingdom, most notable for its Dagger awards for the best crime writing of the year, and the Diamond Dagger awarded to an author for lifetime achievement. T ...
. 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.
[Allen, Katie (1 September 2009).]
CWA and Cactus launch crime season
". ''The Bookseller''.
The 2010 and 2011 awards ceremonies were presented by
Marcus Brigstocke. Since 2012,
Bradley Walsh 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:
Marcus Brigstocke
2011 awards
*Host:
Marcus Brigstocke
2012 awards
*Host:
Bradley Walsh
2013 awards
*Host:
Bradley Walsh
2014 ITV Specsavers awards
*Host:
Bradley Walsh
References
ITV Crime Thriller Awards: About the Awards itv.com
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(
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
ITV plc is listed on the ...
). 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.
Notes
External links
The Crime Thriller Awards(Official website)
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2008 British television series debuts
2008 establishments in the United Kingdom
Awards established in 2008
British television awards
Crime Writers' Association awards
ITV (TV network) original programming
Mystery and detective fiction awards