ITV3's
six-week Crime Thriller Season
The first ever televised ITV3 Crime Thriller
Awards, which celebrats crime and thriller fiction from film, TV and books.
Focusing on the greatest crime and thriller films and TV drama of the year –
along with the actors who brought the characters to life.
There will be six weeks of the greatest of crime dramas. Each week will begin
with a specially commissioned documentary profiling the six best crime writers
working today. The six authors who have been chosen are Colin Dexter,
Ian Rankin, PD James, Lynda La Plante, Val McDermid and Ruth
Rendell.
The series focuses on each of the six authors nominated for the ITV3 Writer’s
Award for Classic TV Drama
18th August
- First documentary launches featuring Ian Rankin followed
by a week of 'Rebus' episodes.
Each documentary over the next 6 weeks includes a feature and run-through of
the 3 key new title shortlists including pack shots of every title.
25th August - 2nd Documentary
featuring Val McDermid followed by a week of the best 'Wire
In The Blood' TV eposodes.
On-air promotion for public vote on the classic drama category commences urging
people instore to vote.
1st September - 3rd Documentary
featuring Colin Dexter followed by a week of 'Inspector
Morse' TV episodes.
8th September - 4th Documentary
featuring PD James followed by a week of the best 'Dalgleish'
TV episodes.
15th September - 5th Documentary
featuring Ruth Rendell followed by a week of the best 'Inspector
Wexford' TV episodes.
22nd September - Final documentary
featuring Lynda LaPlante followed by a week of the best 'Prime
Suspect' TV episodes.
3rd October - ITV3 Crime Thriller
Awards Event at Grosvenor House.
6th October - Transmission
date for Awards programme.
The documentaries will feature great names from the world of crime writing, including Martina Cole, Peter James, Mark Billingham and Peter Robinson. Well known authors such as Jeffrey Archer, Irvine Welsh and Giles Brandreth also have their say.
ITV3
Award for Classic TV Crime Drama.
Viewers of ITV3 will then be able to vote
beging in August between these authors to select the author who
will win the first
The
ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards
The event will be held 3rd October at London’s Grosvenor Hotel. The awards
ceremony will celebrate the best of British and International crime thriller
novels.
6th October - Transmission date for Awards programme.
Author
of the Year
Lee Child Bad
Luck and Trouble (Bantam)
Robert Harris The
Ghost (Hutchinson)
Peter James Not
Dead Enough (Pan)
Ian Rankin Exit
Music (Orion)
.
International Author of the Year
Jeffery Deaver The
Sleeping Doll (Hodder & Stoughton)
Stieg Larsson The
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Quercus) Review
by Bob Cornwell
Karin Slaughter Skin
Privilege (Arrow)
PJ Tracy Snow
Blind (Penguin)
Other awards will include the Breakthrough Award for a new author of note.
Breakthrough Author Award
Chelsea Cain Heartsick
(Pan) Review
by Martin Edwards
Stuart MacBride Broken
Skin (Harper)
Michael Robotham Shatter
(Sphere) Review
by Chris High
Anne Zouroudi The
Messenger of Athens (Bloomsbury)
ITV3 Crime Thriller Season & Crime Thriller Awards
are commissioned by Claire Zolkwer, Commissioning
Editor, Entertainment on behalf of Emma Tennant, Controller of ITV3 and CITV.
The Executive Producer is Amanda Ross and the series is Produced by Gareth Jones.
