ITV3 Dagger Nominations

Hot on the heels of the Crime Writers’ Association announement of the shortlisted contenders for three more book-related Dagger Awards, here come several additional categories of ITV3 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

The recipients of these prizes will be declared alongside the Gold, Steel and John Creasey Daggers on the evening of Friday, October 24, during the annual Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards ceremony. And, as usual, SHOTS will be there covering the evening.

Now, just for fun (and we do not have any insight to this) here's my predictions (and I've been useless in the past):

The Film Dagger: Cold in July
The TV Dagger: Sherlock (series 3)
The International TV Dagger: True Detective
The Best Actor Dagger: Martin Freeman for Fargo and Sherlock
The Best Actress Dagger: Brenda Blethyn for Vera
The Best Supporting Actor Dagger: Mark Gatiss for Sherlock
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger: Helen McCrory for Peaky Blinders
Let's see how wrong I am ...