Screen Time for the Daggers

Just one day after the Crime Writers’ Association announced its shortlists of contenders for three more book-related Dagger Awards, here come several additional categories of Dagger nominees:

The Film Dagger:
• Cold in July
• Dom Hemingway
• Filth
• Prisoners
• Starred Up

The TV Dagger:
• Happy Valley
• Line of Duty, Series 2
• Sherlock, Series 3
• The Bletchley Circle, Series 2
• The Honourable Woman

The International TV Dagger:
• Fargo, Season 1
• Inspector Montalbano, Series 9
• Orange Is the New Black, Season 2
• The Bridge, Series 2
• True Detective, Season 1

The Best Actor Dagger:
• Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock
• Shaun Evans for Endeavour
• Martin Freeman for Fargo and Sherlock
• Matthew McConaughey for True Detective
• Steve Pemberton for Happy Valley

The Best Actress Dagger:
• Brenda Blethyn for Vera
• Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Honourable Woman
• Keeley Hawes for Line of Duty
• Sarah Lancashire for Happy Valley
• Anna Maxwell Martin for Death Comes to Pemberley and
The Bletchley Circle

The Best Supporting Actor Dagger:
• Mark Gatiss for Sherlock
• David Leon for Vera
• James Norton for Happy Valley
• Mandy Patinkin for Homeland
• Billy Bob Thornton for Fargo

The Best Supporting Actress Dagger:
• Amanda Abbington for Sherlock
• Vicky McClure for Line of Duty
• Helen McCrory for Peaky Blinders
• Gina McKee for By Any Means
• Michelle Monaghan for True Detective

Again, the fortunate recipients of these prizes (as well as others) will be declared on the evening of Friday, October 24, during the annual Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards ceremony.

(Hat tip to Euro Crime.)