The BBC Audio Drama Awards is an awards ceremony created by BBC Radio to recognise excellence in the radio industry, in particular in audio dramas. The inaugural awards were presented in 2012 and the ceremony hosted at the BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House where it has remained ever since.[1]
| BBC Audio Drama Awards | |
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| Current: BBC Audio Drama Awards #2024 | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in the radio industry, in particular in audio dramas |
| Date | Annually in late January / early February |
| Location | BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Hosted by | Meera Syal |
| First awarded | January 29, 2012 |
The awards were first announced with an invitation for entries on 24 October 2011,[2] and the shortlisted nominees revealed on 10 January 2012.[3] The inaugural ceremony took place on 29 January 2012 and proved hugely successful. Prior to this, there was no official awards ceremony to recognise audio dramas; the Sony Radio Academy Awards mainly encompassed radio shows and presenters while the Richard Imison Award (for best original script by a new writer) and Tinniswood Award (for best audio drama script of the year) were awarded separately. The Imison and Tinniswood Awards are now incorporated into the Audio Drama Awards, the former administered by the Society of Authors and the latter by both the Society of Authors and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.[4]
Nominations and judges
editAlthough nominations are dominated by the BBC's in-house arts-oriented stations, particularly BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, entries are open to all makers of audio drama world-wide.
The judges include personalities from both the radio, acting and theatre industry and the literary world. Notable judges have included British dramatist Nell Leyshon, American novelist Stephen Wright, performance historian Viv Gardner, English actor Robert Bathurst, long-time producer and Director-General of the BBC Lord Hall, comedian Alexei Sayle, actress Imogen Stubbs and Royal Shakespeare Company associate director Rupert Goold.
Winners
edit2024
editThe ceremony took place on 24 March 2024 at the BBC Radio Theatre and covered audio dramas broadcast between 1 October 2022 and 31 October 2023 or first uploaded / published / released for free listening online during the same period.[5][6][7]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[8][9][10] |
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| Lifetime Achievement | Graeme Garden | – |
| Outstanding Contribution | Oliver Emanuel | |
| Best Actor | Hiran Abeysekera (Dear Harry Kane) Director: Sally Avens (BBC Audio Drama London) |
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| Best Actress | Rosamund Pike (People Who Knew Me) Director: Daniella Isaacs (Merman) |
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| Best Supporting Performance |
Mark Heap (Kafka’s Dick) |
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| The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance | Rosalind Eleazar (Hindsight ) Director: Gaynor Macfarlane (BBC Scotland) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single drama) |
Dear Harry Kane by James Fritz Producer: Sally Avens (BBC Audio Drama London) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
Trust by Jonathan Hall Producer: Gary Brown (BBC Audio Drama North) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
Bess Loves Porgy by Edwin DuBose Heyward adapted by Roy Williams Producer: Gill Parry ((feral inc) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | Hamlet Noir by David Chilton, Lucinda Mason Brown, Weronika Andersen Producers: Charlotte Melén, Carl Prekopp and Saskia Black (Almost Tangible) |
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| Best Stand-up Comedy | Are You a Boy or a Girl? by Sarah Keyworth (additional material: Ruby Clyde) Producer: Georgia Keating (BBC Studios Audio) |
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| Best Sitcom or Comedy Drama | Where to, Mate? devised by Jo Enright, Peter Slater, Abdullah Afzal, Nina Gilligan, Andy Salthouse, Keith Carter and Jason Wingard Producer: Carl Cooper (BBC Studios Audio) |
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| Best European Drama | This Word by Marta Rebzda Producer: Waldemar Modestowicz (Polish Radio Theatre) |
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| Best Podcast or Online Only Audio Drama | Badger and the Blitz by Richard Turley and Darren Francis Producer: Richard Turley (ROXO) |
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| Imison Award | Benny and Hitch by Andrew McCaldon Producers: Neil Varley and Tracey Neale (BBC Audio Drama London) |
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| Tinniswood Award | Cracking by Shôn Dale-Jones Producer: John Norton (BBC Cymru Wales) |
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2023
editThe ceremony took place on 19 March 2023 and covered audio dramas broadcast between 1 October 2021 and 31 October 2022 or first uploaded / published / released for free listening online during the same period. 2023 marked the centenary of the audio and radio drama genre at the BBC.[11][12][13][14]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[15][16][17] |
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| Lifetime Achievement | Martin Jarvis | – |
| Outstanding Contribution | Radio Drama Company, 1923–2023 | – |
| Best Actor | Anton Lesser (One Five Seven Years) Director: Nicolas Jackson (Afonica for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds) |
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| Best Actress | Mary Murray (The Pride of Parnell Street) Director: Jim Culleton (BBC Audio Drama London for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Supporting Performance |
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| The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance | Gareth Elis (Tremolo) Director: Zoe Waterman (Illumine Theatre) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single drama) |
End of Transmission by Anita Sullivan Producer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
Exemplar by Ben Ringham, Max Ringham and Dan Rebellato Producers: Jade Lewis and Polly Thomas (Reduced Listening for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
Brick Lane by Monica Ali adapted by Tanika Gupta Producer: Anne Isger (BBC Audio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | Town is by the Sea by Ross Flight Producers: Eleanor Turney, George Warren, Patrick Eakin Young (Soundworlds) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Longform) |
Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian by Ken Cheng Producer: Rajiv Karia (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch show) |
Please Use Other Door by Kat Butterfield, Dan Audritt, Sophie Dickson, Laura Major, Rob Darke, Alex Nash, Sam South, Ed Amsden, Tom Coles, Cody Dahler, Toby Williams, Ed Tew, Anna Goodman, Imogen Andrews, Matt Harrison, Carwyn Blayney, Natasha Dhanraj, Alice Etches, Nathalie Antonia, Chris Ryman, Simon Alcock, Leigh Douglas, Chazz Redhead, Paul F Taylor, Jo Wiggins, Cameron Loxdale, Lewis Cook, Owen Petty, Tom Oxenham, Rebecca Heitlinger and Bill Dare Producer: Bill Dare (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best European Drama | The Sixties by Ema Stere, adapted and directed by Mihnea Chelaru Producer: Oana Cristea Grigorescu (Radio Romania) |
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| Best Podcast or Online Only Audio Drama | The System by Ben Lewis Producer: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds) |
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| Imison Award | Making of a Monster by Connor Allen Producer: Emma Harding (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Tinniswood Award | End of Transmission by Anita Sullivan Producer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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2022
editThe ceremony took place on 25 March 2022 and covered audio dramas broadcast between 1 October 2020 and 31 October 2021 or first uploaded / published / released for free listening online during the same period. 2022 marked the return as an in-person event after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, it also saw the return of the Best Supporting Performance and Lifetime Achievement awards after an absence of three years.[18]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[19] |
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| Lifetime Achievement | Miriam Margolyes | – |
| Outstanding Contribution | Sioned Wiliam, Commissioning Editor, Comedy, BBC Radio 4 | – |
| Best Actor | Edmund Davies (The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles) Director: Pauline Harris (BBC Audio Drama North) |
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| Best Actress | Juliet Aubrey (Dead Weather) Director: Nicolas Jackson (Afonica) |
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| Best Supporting Performance | Claire Price (Dead Weather) Director: Nicolas Jackson (Afonica) |
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| The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance | Saran Morgan (Release) Director: John Norton (BBC Cymru Wales) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single drama) |
Dead Weather by Hattie Naylor Producer: Nicolas Jackson (Afonica) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
Life Lines by Al Smith Producer: Sally Avens (BBC Audio Drama London) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Ayeesha Menon Producers: Nadir Khan & Ayeesha Menon (Goldhawk Productions) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | The Meaning of Zong by Jon Nicholls, Jonquil Panting, Giles Terera Producer: Jonquil Panting (Jonx Productions) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Longform) |
Mortal by Bridget Christie Producer: Carl Cooper (BBC Studios) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch show) |
Sound Heap by John-Luke Roberts, with Amy Gledhill & Chris Cantrill, Cariad Lloyd, Charlie George, Deborah Frances-White, Gareth Gwynn, Katherine Parkinson, Katy Brand, Ken Cheng, Kieran Hodgson, Paddy Gervers, Ruth Bratt, Sooz Kempner, Tom Allen, Tom Neenan, Toussaint Douglass, Saima Ferdows Producer: Ed Morrish (Lead Mojo) |
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| Best European Drama | The Lion by Martin Algus, adapted by Andres Noormets Producer: Andres Noormets (ERR Estonian Public Broadcasting) |
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| Best Podcast or Online Only Audio Drama | Passenger List (series 2) by John Scott Dryden, Lauren Shippen, Meghan Fitzmartin, Janina Matthewson, Sarah Lot and Mark Henry Phillips Producers: John Scott Dryden and Emma Hearn (Goldhawk Productions, PRX Radiotopia) |
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| Imison Award | The Lemonade Lads by Faebian Averies Producer: James Robinson (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio) |
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| Tinniswood Award | Blis-ta by Sonya Hale Producer: Mimi Findlay (Clean Break for Spotify) |
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2021
editDue to the COVID-19 pandemic the ceremony was held virtually taking place on 26 March 2021 and covering audio dramas first broadcast between 1 October 2019 and 31 October 2020 – or first uploaded / published for free listening online during the same period. With the restrictions having also impacted programme-making a one-off The Year of Reinvention Award replaced the Best Director Award. For the third year in succession no awards for Lifetime Achievement or Best Supporting Performance were bestowed this year.[20]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[21] |
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| Outstanding Contribution | The studio managers, technicians, sound engineers and designers, R&D engineers and all technical staff working on BBC-produced and independent audio drama and comedy productions | – |
| Best Actor | David Threlfall (Happiness!) Director: Gemma Jenkins (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Actress | Maggie Steed (Suffer Little Children) Director: Jessica Dromgoole (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Debut Performance | Jordan Nash (Oliver: Lagos to London) Director: Michael Buffong (Feral inc. for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single drama) |
Magnitsky the Musical by Robert Hudson and Johnny Flynn Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
Broken English by Shelagh Stephenson Producer: Eoin O’Callaghan (Big Fish Radio Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
The Voyage of the St. Louis by Daniel Kehlmann, adapted by Tom Stoppard Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | The Grey Man and Other Lost Legends, sound by Steve Bond Producers: Joby Waldman and Steve Bond (Reduced Listening for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Longform) |
The Musical Life of Boudicca... by Dan Kiss and Dave Cribb Producers: Dave Cribb and Tom Price (The Rubber Chicken for BBC Radio Wales) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch show) |
The Skewer by Jon Holmes Producer: Jon Holmes (Unusual Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best European Drama | Earthquake by Janko Polić Kamov Producer: Katja Šimunić (HRT Croatian Radio) |
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| Best Podcast or Online Only Audio Drama | Unwell: a Midwestern Gothic Mystery by Jim McDoniel, Jessica Best, Jessica Wright Buha and Bilal Dardai Producers: Jeffrey Nils Gardner and Eleanor Hyde (HartLife NFP) |
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| The Year of Reinvention Award | Lockdown Theatre Festival Producers: Bertie Carvel, Jeremy Mortimer, Steve Bond, Jack Howson and Joby Waldman (Reduced Listening for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4) |
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| Imison Award | Maynard by Fraser Ayres Producer: Mel Harris (BBC Radio 4) |
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| Tinniswood Award | Tristram Shandy: In Development by Christopher Douglas Producer: Gary Brown (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4) |
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2020
editThe ceremony took place on 2 February 2020 and covers audio dramas first broadcast between 1 October 2018 and 31 October 2019 – or first uploaded / published for free listening online during the same period. For the second year in succession no awards for Lifetime Achievement or Best Supporting Performance were bestowed this year.[22]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[23] |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Contribution | The Amazing Maya Angelou, dramatised by Patricia Cumper, Janice Okoh and Winsome Pinnock Producer/Director: Pauline Harris (BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Actor | Stephen Dillane (Sea Longing) Director: Jo McInnes (Sweet Talk for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Actress | Rebecca Front (Love in Recovery) Director: Ben Worsfield (King Bert for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Debut Performance | George Kent (A Kestrel for a Knave) Director: Fiona McAlpine (Goldhawk Essential for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Director | Mary Ward-Lowery (Talk to Me: H. P. Lovecraft) (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single drama) |
Sea Longing by Elizabeth Kuti Producer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
Life Lines by Al Smith Producer: Sally Avens (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
Black Water: An American Story by Joyce Carol Oates, adapted by Sarah Wooley Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | The Invisible, sound by Steve Brooke with Sharon Hughes Producer: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Longform) |
Wangsplaining by Phil Wang Producer: Matt Stronge (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch show) |
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar by Alexei Sayle Producer: Joe Nunnery (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best European Drama | Buzz Suppression – Recording Strictly off the Record by Ulrich Bassenge Producers: Ulrich Bassenge, Martina Müller-Wallraff and Anina Barandun (WDR, Germany and SRF, Switzerland) |
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| Best Podcast or Online Only Audio Drama | Passenger List by John Scott Dryden, Lauren Shippen and Mark Henry Phillips Producer: Emma Hearn (Goldhawk Productions / Radiotopia) |
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| Imison Award | Bathwater by Vicky Foster Producer: Sue Roberts (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Tinniswood Award | The Hartlepool Spy by Ian Martin Producer: Sam Ward (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4) |
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2019
editThe ceremony took place on 3 February 2019 and covers audio dramas first broadcast between 1 October 2017 and 31 October 2018 – or first uploaded / published for free listening online during the same period. 2019 was the year when an award for Best Director was introduced as was one for Best European Drama. No awards for Lifetime Achievement or Best Supporting Performance were bestowed in this year.[24]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[25] |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Contribution | Home Front (BBC Radio 4). Editor: Jessica Dromgoole Core Writers: Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Lucy Catherine, Sarah Daniels, Katie Hims, Shaun McKenna, and Mike Walker |
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| Best Actor | David Threlfall (Spike and the Elfin Oak) Director: Gemma Jenkins (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Actress | Eve Myles (19 Weeks) Director: Helen Perry (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Debut Performance | Daisy Head (Love Henry James: The Golden Bowl) Directors: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Director | Abigail le Fleming (The Effect) (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single drama) |
County Lines by Amelia Bullmore Producer/Director: Mary Peate (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
The Truth about Hawaii by Oliver Emanuel Producer/Director: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
A Tale of Two Cities: Aleppo and London by Charles Dickens, adapted by Ayeesha Menon Producers: Gill Parry and Emma Hearn (Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | Love Henry James: The Turn of the Screw, sound by Steve Brooke and John Benton Producer/Director: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Longform) |
Rob Newman's Total Eclipse of Descartes by Rob Newman Producer: John Harvey (Hat Trick Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch show) |
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme by John Finnemore Producer: Ed Morrish (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best European Drama | Munch and Munch – Diptych by Jasna Mesarić Producer: Katja Šimunić (HRT Croatian Radio) |
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| Best Podcast or Online Only Audio Drama | Red Moon by Robert Valentine Producer: Robert Valentine (The Wireless Theatre Company) |
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| Imison Award | Of A Lifetime by Lulu Raczka Producers: Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore (Naked Productions for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Tinniswood Award | When the Pips Stop by Oliver Emanuel Producer: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4) |
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2018
editThe ceremony took place on 28 January 2018 and covers audio dramas first broadcast in English in the UK between 1 October 2016 and 31 October 2017 – or first uploaded / published for free listening online in the UK during the same period. In 2018 the two awards for comedy were changed to become Best Scripted Comedy (Longform) and Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch show).[26]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[27] |
|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement | Siân Phillips | – |
| Outstanding Contribution | Ayeesha Menon and Midnight's Children | – |
| Best Actor | Nikesh Patel (Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie), adapted by Ayeesha Menon Producers: Tracey Neale and Emma Harding (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Actress | Christine Bottomley (Solitary) Producers: Nicolas Jackson and Steve Bond (Afonica for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Supporting Performance | Rupert Evans (Long Day's Journey into Night) Producer: Celia de Wolff (Pier Productions for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Debut Performance | Sabrina Sandhu (Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims) Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single drama) |
The Red by Marcus Brigstocke Producer: Caroline Raphael (Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Producer: Gary Brown (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | The War of the Worlds, sound by Cal Knightley, Mike Etherden, Alison Craig Producer: Marc Beeby (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Longform) |
Australian Trilogy by Sarah Kendall Producer: Carl Cooper (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch show) |
It’s Jocelyn by Jocelyn Jee Esien, Liam Beirn, Laura Major, Tom Coles, Ed Amsden and Sarah Campbell Producer: Suzy Grant (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Podcast or Online Only Audio Drama | Rathband: A Digital Tragedy by Christopher Hogg Producers: Jeremy Mortimer and John Wakefield (5th Quarter) |
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| Imison Award | The Book of Yehudit by Adam Usden Producer: Charlotte Riches (BBC North for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Tinniswood Award | Borderland by Sarah Woods Producer: James Robinson (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4) |
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2017
editThe ceremony took place on 29 January 2017 and covers audio dramas first broadcast in English in the UK between 1 October 2015 and 31 October 2016 – or first uploaded / published for free listening online in the UK during the same period.[28]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[29] |
|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement | Bill Nighy | – |
| Outstanding Contribution | The Archers | – |
| Best Actor | Danny Sapani (A Raisin in the Sun) Director: Pauline Harris (BBC North for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Actress | Christine Bottomley (The Sky is Wider) Director: Nadia Molinari (BBC North for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Supporting Performance | Valene Kane (The Stroma Sessions) Producers: Nicolas Jackson & Steve Bond (Afonica for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Debut Performance | Lee Rufford (The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner) Director: Carl Prekopp (Goldhawk Essential for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single drama) |
The Sky is Wider by Linda Marshall Griffiths Producer: Nadia Molinari (BBC North for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
Life Lines by Al Smith Producer: Sally Avens (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
Blood, Sex and Money (episode 9) by Émile Zola, adapted by Oliver Emanuel, Martin Jameson, Lavinia Murray and Dan Rebellato Producers: Gary Brown, Pauline Harris, Nadia Molinari, Polly Thomas, Kirsty Williams (BBC North, BBC Scotland & Sparklab Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | Tracks (episode 1), sound by Nigel Lewis Producers: James Robinson, Helen Perry and Abigail le Fleming (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy Drama | Secret Kebabs by Christine Entwisle Producer: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Studio Audience) |
Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopedia of Evolution by Rob Newman Producer: Jonathan Harvey (Hat Trick Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio drama | Doctor Who: Absent Friends by John Dorney Producer: David Richardson (Big Finish Productions) |
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| Imison Award | Comment is Free by James Fritz Producer: Rebecca Ripley (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Tinniswood Award | Comment is Free by James Fritz Producer: Rebecca Ripley (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4) |
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2016
editThe ceremony took place on 31 January 2016 and covers audio dramas first broadcast in English in the UK between 1 October 2014 and 31 October 2015 – or first uploaded / published for free listening online in the UK during the same period.[30]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[31] |
|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement | June Whitfield | – |
| Outstanding Contribution | John Hurt | – |
| Best Actor | Alfred Molina (A View from the Bridge) (Jarvis & Ayres Productions for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Actress | Monica Dolan (Vincent in Brixton) (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Supporting Performance | Susan Wokoma (Three Strong Women) (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Debut Performance | Karen Bartke (My Name is...) (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single play) |
Cuttin’ It by Charlene James Producer: Jessica Brown (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
Children in Need: D for Dexter by Amanda Whittington Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, dramatized by Lucy Catherine Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | Fugue State, sound by Julian Simpson and David Thomas Producer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy Drama | In and Out of the Kitchen by Justin Edwards Producer: Sam Michell (BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Studio Audience) |
Reluctant Persuaders (Episode 3) by Edward Rowett Producer: Gordon Kennedy (Absolutely Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio drama | The Kindness of Time by Deirdre Burton and Tom Davis Producer: Rosie Boulton (Monty Funk Productions) |
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| Imison Award | 30 Eggs by Eoin O'Connor
(BBC Northern Ireland for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Tinniswood Award | Fugue State by Julian Simpson Producer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk Productions for BBC Radio 4) |
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2015
editThe ceremony took place on 1 February 2015 and covers audio dramas first broadcast in English in the UK between 1 October 2013 and 31 October 2014 – or first uploaded / published for free listening online in the UK during the same period. 2015 saw the two Best Supporting Performance awards merged once again into a single category covering both male and female performers, but introduced a new category; Best Debut Performance.[32]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[33] |
|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement | Stanley Baxter | – |
| Outstanding Contribution | Neil Gaiman | – |
| Best Actor | Ian McKellen (Eugénie Grandet) by Honoré de Balzac, dramatised by Rose Tremain Producer: Gordon House (BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Actress | Aisling Loftus (Educator) by Hayley Squires Producer: Helen Perry (BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Supporting Performance | Michelle Terry (Educator) by Hayley Squires Producer: Helen Perry (Radio 3) |
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| Best Debut Performance | Jade Matthew (A Kidnapping) by Andy Mulligan Producers: John Dryden and Nadir Khan (Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single play) |
Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitel by Pejk Malinovski Producer: Pejk Malinovski (Radio 3) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
Ambiguous Loss by Michael Butt Producer: Toby Swift (Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
Come to Grief adapted by Hannah Vincent Producer: Gordon House (Radio 4) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | The Boy at the Back by Juan Mayorga, sound design by Steve Bond Producer: Nicolas Jackson (Radio 3) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy Drama | Lunch by Marcy Kahan Producer: Sally Avens (Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Studio Audience) |
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme by John Finnemore Producer: Ed Morrish (Radio 4) |
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| Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio drama | Hood: The Scribe of Sherwood by Iain Meadows Producer: Iain Meadows (Spiteful Puppet) |
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| Imison Award | How To Say Goodbye Properly by E. V. Crowe |
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| Tinniswood Award | Goodbye by Morwenna Banks |
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2014
editThe ceremony took place on 26 January 2014 and covers audio dramas broadcast between 1 October 2012 and 31 October 2013 or first uploaded / published for free listening online in the UK during the same period. The award for Best Scripted Comedy was split into two (Best Scripted Comedy Drama and Best Scripted Comedy – Studio Audience) and two new awards were introduced; the Lifetime Achievement award and the Outstanding Contribution award.[34]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[35] |
|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement | June Spencer | – |
| Outstanding Contribution | Claire Grove | – |
| Best Actor | Lee Ross (King David) Producer: Mary Peate (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Actress | Christine Bottomley (My Boy) Producer: Polly Thomas (Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Supporting Actor | Shaun Dooley (The Gothic Imagination: Frankenstein) Producer: Marc Beeby (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4) |
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| Best Supporting Actress | Claire Rushbrook (King David) Producer: Mary Peate (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 3) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single play) |
Billions by Ed Harris Producer: Jonquil Panting (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) |
An Angel at My Table by Janet Frame, adapted by Anita Sullivan Producer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk for Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) |
Sword of Honour by Evelyn Waugh, dramatised by Jeremy Front Producer: Sally Avens (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama | He Died with His Eyes Open; sound design by Caleb Knightley Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy Drama | Love and Sweets 3: Grand Canyon by Richard Marsh Producer: Ben Worsfield (Lucky Giant for Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy (Studio Audience) |
Sketchorama: Absolutely Special by Peter Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John Sparkes Producer: Gus Beattie (The Comedy Unit for BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio drama | Doctor Who: Dark Eyes by Nicholas Briggs Producer: Martin Montague (Big Finish Productions) |
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| Imison Award | The Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman by Joseph Wilde with Tim Van Eyken |
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| Tinniswood Award | Marathon Tales by Colin Teevan and Hannah Silva |
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2013
editThe ceremony took place on 27 January 2013 and covered audio dramas broadcast between 1 October 2011 and 30 September 2012 or first uploaded / published for free listening online in the UK during the same period. The award for Best Audio Drama Award was split into two (Single Play and Serial) as was the award for Best Supporting Performance (Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress). The Innovation award was retired.[36]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[37] |
|---|---|---|
| Best Actor Presented by Penelope Wilton |
Andrew Scott Betrayal by Harold Pinter (BBC Scotland, BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Actress Presented by Stephen Tompkinson |
Michelle Fairley The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, dramatised by Donna Franceschild (BBC Scotland, Radio 4) |
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| Best Supporting Actor Presented by Maxine Peake |
David Troughton Singles and Doublets by Martyn Wade (BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Supporting Actress Presented by Stephen Mangan |
Vicky McClure Kicking the Air by Christine Murphy (BBC Northern Ireland, Radio 4) |
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| Best Audio Drama (Single play) Presented by Lenny Henry |
On It by Tony Pitts Producer: Sally Harrison (Radio 4) |
|
| Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial) Presented by Patricia Cumper |
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll, abridged by Helen Meller Producer: Polly Thomas (Radio 4) |
|
| Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) Presented by Nick Dear |
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, dramatised by Tanika Gupta Producer: Nadia Molinari (BBC North, Radio 3) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama Presented by Siân Phillips |
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, dramatised by John Fletcher Producer: Marc Beeby (Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy Presented by Nicholas Parsons |
Believe It! by Jon Canter Producer: Clive Brill (Radio 4) |
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| Best Online Only Audio Drama Presented by Joseph Millson |
Above and Below by Daniel Macnaughton Producer: Daniel Macnaughton (Aboveandbelowseries.co.uk) |
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| Imison Award (2012) Presented by Andrew Davies |
Do You Like Banana, Comrades? by Csaba Székely (Radio 4) |
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| Tinniswood Award (2012) Presented by Andrew Davies |
Kafka the Musical by Murray Gold (Radio 3) |
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2012
editThe inaugural ceremony took place on 29 January 2012 and covered audio dramas broadcast between 1 October 2010 and 30 September 2011 or first uploaded / published for free listening online in the UK during the same period.[1]
| Award | Winner | Other finalists[3] |
|---|---|---|
| Best Audio Drama Presented by Johnny Vegas |
Lost Property – The Year My Mother Went Missing by Katie Hims Producer: Jessica Dromgoole (BBC Radio 4) |
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| Best Actor Presented by Tim Davie |
David Tennant Kafka the Musical by Murray Gold (BBC Radio 3) |
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| Best Actress Presented by Don Warrington |
Rosie Cavaliero Lost Property: A Telegram from the Queen by Katie Hims (Radio 4) |
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| Best Supporting Actor/Actress Presented by June Whitfield |
Andrew Scott Referee by Nick Perry (Radio 4) |
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| Best Scripted Comedy Drama Presented by Richard Wilson |
Floating by Hugh Hughes Producer: James Robinson (Radio 4) |
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| Best Online Only Audio Drama Presented by Julie Myerson |
Rock by Tim Fountain Producer: Iain Mackness (The Independent Online) |
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| Best Adaptation Presented by Nina Wadia |
The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer (Radio 4) |
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| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama Presented by Bertie Carvel |
Bad Memories by Julian Simpson Producer: Karen Rose (Radio 4) |
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| Innovation Award Presented by Niamh Cusack |
The Unfortunates adapted by Graham White Producer: Mary Peate (Radio 3) |
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| Imison Award (2010) Presented by David Edgar |
Amazing Grace by Michelle Lipton (Radio 4) |
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| Tinniswood Award (2010) Presented by David Edgar |
Gerontius by Stephen Wyatt (Radio 4) |
|
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