Screen Rivals

With just a week left before the presentations of this year’s Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards, the contenders in the film and television categories have been announced. Those nominees are …

The Film Dagger:
• District 9 (Sony Pictures)
• Inception (Warner Bros.)
• Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Momentum Pictures)

The TV Dagger:
• Ashes to Ashes, Series 3 (Kudos)
• Luther (BBC)
• Sherlock (BBC)
• Wallander, Series 2 (Left Bank Pictures)

The International TV Dagger:
• Damages, Season 3 (Sony Pictures)
• The Good Wife, Season 1 (CBS)
• Wallander, Series 2 (Yellow Bird Films)

The Best Actress Dagger:
• Glenn Close (Damages)
• Hermione Norris (Spooks)
• Keeley Hawes (Ashes to Ashes and Identity)
• Maxine Peake (Criminal Justice)
• Sue Johnston (Waking the Dead)

The Best Actor Dagger:
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
• Idris Elba (Luther)
• Kenneth Branagh (Wallander)
• Philip Glenister (Ashes to Ashes)

The Best Supporting Actor Dagger:
• Laurence Fox (Lewis)
• Matthew Macfadyen (Criminal Justice)
• Rupert Graves (Sherlock)
• Tom Hiddleston (Wallander)

The Best Supporting Actress Dagger:
• Dervla Kirwan (The Silence)
• Gina McKee (The Silence)
• Saskia Reeves (Luther)
• Sophie Okonedo (Criminal Justice)

The winners in these and other categories will be declared next Friday, October 8, during a ceremony in London. That event will then be broadcast via Britain’s ITV3 on Tuesday, October 12.