And the Nominees Just Keep Coming

Yesterday, the British Crime Writers’ Association made public the names of books and authors shortlisted for its three remaining 2013 Dagger awards. This morning, we offer a longer inventory of films, TV shows, and performers placed in the running for the 2013 Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards. The winners of all these coveted commendations will be announced during a glitzy ceremony to be held on Thursday, October 24, at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. And the new contenders are ...

The Film Dagger:

• Skyfall

• Jack Reacher

• Killing Them Softly

• Looper

• Seven Psychopaths

The TV Dagger:

• Luther

• Top of the Lake

• Broadchurch

• The Fall

• Bletchley Circle

The International TV Dagger:

• Homeland

• Boardwalk Empire

• The Killing 3

• Arne Dahl

The Best Supporting Actor Dagger:

• Paul McGann for A Mother’s Son

• Mandy Patinkin for Homeland

• Andrew Buchan for Broadchurch

• Warren Brown for Luther

• Roger Allam for Endeavour

The Best Supporting Actress Dagger:

• Pauline Quirke for Broadchurch

• Amelia Bullmore for Scott & Bailey

• Holly Hunter for Top of the Lake

• Jodie Whittaker for Broadchurch

• Ruth Wilson for Luther

The Best Actor Dagger:

• Damien Lewis for Homeland

• David Tennant for Broadchurch

• Idris Elba for Luther

• Jason Isaacs for Case Histories

• Paddy Considine for The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane

The Best Actress Dagger:

• Sofie Grabol for The Killing 3

• Olivia Colman for Broadchurch

• Claire Danes for Homeland

• Gillian Anderson for The Fall

• Lesley Sharp for Scott & Bailey

Footage from the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards presentations is scheduled to be broadcast by Britain’s ITV 3 on October 29, beginning at 9 p.m.

(Hat tip to Shotsmag Confidential.)