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BBC Audio Drama Awards

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.


BBC Audio Drama Awards
Current: BBC Audio Drama Awards #2024
Excellence in the radio industry, in particular in audio dramas
Annually in late January / early February
BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House
United Kingdom
Meera Syal
January 29, 2012 (2012-01-29)

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.

The awards were first announced with an invitation for entries on 24 October 2011, and the shortlisted nominees revealed on 10 January 2012. 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.

Although 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.

The ceremony took place on 24 March 2024 at salty springs featuring agent jonsey 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Lifetime AchievementGraeme Garden
Outstanding ContributionOliver Emanuel
Best ActorHiran Abeysekera (Dear Harry Kane)Director: Sally Avens (BBC Audio Drama London)Commendation: Lorn Macdonald (Confessions of a Justified Sinner)Director: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland)
Tim McInerny (Benny & Hitch)Director: Tracey Neale (BBC Audio Drama London)
Best ActressRosamund Pike (People Who Knew Me)Director: Daniella Isaacs (Merman)Gabrielle Brooks (Bess Loves Porgy)Director: Michael Buffong (feral inc)
Maxine Peake (The Women of Troy)Director: Nadia Molinari (BBC Audio Drama North)
Best Supporting PerformanceMark Heap (Kafka’s Dick)Directors: Polly Thomas and Dermot Daly (Naked Productions)Sacha Dhawan (Anna Karenina)Director: Nadia Molinari (BBC Audio Drama North)
The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut PerformanceRosalind Eleazar (Hindsight )Director: Gaynor Macfarlane (BBC Scotland)Commendation: Jadie Rose Hobson (Exposure)Director: Anne Isger (BBC Audio Drama London)
Commendation: Dan Parr (The Test Batter Can’t Breathe)Director: Tracey Neale (BBC Audio Drama London)
Best Audio Drama(Single drama)Dear Harry Kane by James FritzProducer: Sally Avens (BBC Audio Drama London)Benny and Hitch by Andrew McCaldonProducers: Neil Varley and Tracey Neale (BBC Audio Drama London)
Eat and Run by Paolo ChiantaProducer: Lorna Newman (BBC Audio Drama North)
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)Trust by Jonathan HallProducer: Gary Brown (BBC Audio Drama North)Commendation: There’s Something I Need to Tell You by John Scott Dryden and Misha KawnelProducer: Emma Hearn (Goldhawk Productions)
Flirties by Jess HamiltonProducer: Jess Hamilton (Audiocraft)
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)Bess Loves Porgy by Edwin DuBose Heyward adapted by Roy WilliamsProducer: Gill Parry (feral inc)Commendation: If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino, adapted by Tim Crouch and Toby JonesProducer: Nadia Molinari (BBC Audio Drama North)
Commendation: Beowulf Retold based on the version by Seamus HeaneyProducer: Pauline Harris (BBC Audio Drama London)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaHamlet Noir by David Chilton, Lucinda Mason Brown, Weronika AndersenProducers: Charlotte Melén, Carl Prekopp and Saskia Black (Almost Tangible)The Dark is Rising by Gareth FryProducers: Catherine Bailey and Tim Bell (Catherine Bailey Productions and Complicité)
The Women of Troy by Sharon HughesProducers: Nadia Molinari (BBC Audio Drama North)
Best Stand-up ComedyAre You a Boy or a Girl? by Sarah Keyworth (additional material: Ruby Clyde)Producer: Georgia Keating (BBC Studios Audio)Commendation: The C Bomb by Janey GodleyProducers: Julia Sutherland and Richard Melvin (Dabster Productions)
OK Computer by Olga Koch and Charlie DinkinProducer: Benjamin Sutton (BBC Studios Audio)
Best Sitcom or Comedy DramaWhere to, Mate? devised by Jo Enright, Peter Slater, Abdullah Afzal, Nina Gilligan, Andy Salthouse, Keith Carter and Jason WingardProducer: Carl Cooper (BBC Studios Audio)Call Jonathan Pie by Tom WalkerProducer: Alison Vernon-Smith (Yada-Yada Audio)
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, adapted by Barunka O’ShaughnessyProducer: Emma Harding (BBC Cymru Wales)
Best European DramaThis Word by Marta RebzdaProducer: Waldemar Modestowicz (Polish Radio Theatre)Faust (I Never Read It) by Noam BrusilovskyProducer: Andrea Oetzmann (SWR Südwestrundfunk with Deutschlandfunk)
The Supervisor by Nis-Momme StockmannProducer: Michael Becker (NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk)
Best Podcast or Online Only Audio DramaBadger and the Blitz by Richard Turley and Darren FrancisProducer: Richard Turley (ROXO)The Salvation by Justin Lockey, Jeffrey Aidoo, and AK BenedictProducers: Jon Hamm and Boz Temple-Morris (Holy Mountain and Free Turn)
Tagged by Brett Neichin and John Scott DrydenProducer: Emma Hearn (Sony Music Entertainment and Goldhawk Productions)
Imison AwardBenny and Hitch by Andrew McCaldonProducers: Neil Varley and Tracey Neale (BBC Audio Drama London)Happy Hour by Liv FowlerProducer: Jelena Budimir (Naked Productions)
In Moderation by Katie BonnaProducer: Sally Avens (BBC Audio Drama London)
Tinniswood AwardCracking by Shôn Dale-JonesProducer: John Norton (BBC Cymru Wales)About a Dog by Huw BrentnallProducer: Fiona McAlpine (Allegra Productions)
Ghosted by Lindsay SharmanDirector: Lindsay Sharman (Long Cat Media)
Scooters, Shooters and Shottas by John R. GordonDirector: Rikki Beadle-Blair (Urban Wolf for Team Angelica/The Art Machine)

The 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Lifetime AchievementMartin Jarvis
Outstanding ContributionRadio Drama Company, 1923–2023
Best ActorAnton Lesser (One Five Seven Years)Director: Nicolas Jackson (Afonica for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds)Alfred Enoch (Darkness)Director: Nadia Molinari (BBC Audio Drama North)
Toby Jones (The Miser)Director: Emma Harding (BBC Cymru Wales)
Best ActressMary Murray (The Pride of Parnell Street)Director: Jim Culleton (BBC Audio Drama London for BBC Radio 3)Ruth Everett (Spice)Director: Toby Swift (BBC Audio Drama London)
Danielle Vitalis (Faith, Hope and Glory)Director: Anastasia Osei-Kuffour (BBC Audio Drama London)
Best Supporting PerformanceMatthew Gravelle (Fault Lines: Blood)Director: Gary Brown (BBC Audio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)Conleth Hill (Dead Hand)Director: Michael Shannon (BBC Northern Ireland)
Commendation: Josie Lawrence (Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!)Director: David Tyler (Pozzitive)
The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut PerformanceGareth Elis (Tremolo)Director: Zoe Waterman (Illumine Theatre)Natalie Davis (The War after the War)Director: Johnny Vegas (Woolyback Productions)
Evie Hargreaves (Miss Nobody)Director: Pauline Harris (BBC Audio Drama North)
Best Audio Drama(Single drama)End of Transmission by Anita SullivanProducer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk for BBC Radio 4)Daughter by TestamentProducer: Gary Brown (BBC Audio Drama North)
Solomon Browne by Callum MitchellProducer: James Robinson (BBC Cymru Wales)
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)Exemplar by Ben Ringham, Max Ringham and Dan RebellatoProducers: Jade Lewis and Polly Thomas (Reduced Listening for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds)Song of the Reed by Steve WatersProducer: Boz Temple-Morris (Holy Mountain)
This Thing of Darkness by Lucia Haynes, Eileen Horne and Anita VettesseProducers: Gaynor Macfarlane and Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland)
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)Brick Lane by Monica Ali adapted by Tanika GuptaProducer: Anne Isger (BBC Audio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)Commendation: Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin, adapted by Simon ScardifieldProducers: Marc Beeby and Emma Harding, David Hunter and Gemma Jenkins (BBC Audio Drama London)
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell adapted by Lin CoghlanProducer: Sally Avens (BBC Audio Drama London)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaTown is by the Sea by Ross FlightProducers: Eleanor Turney, George Warren, Patrick Eakin Young (Soundworlds)Commendation: Ariel and Winter Trees by Jon NichollsProducer: Charlotte Melén (Almost Tangible)
Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alison Craig, Anne Bunting, Keith Graham and Caleb KnightleyProducers: Marc Beeby and Emma Harding, David Hunter and Gemma Jenkins (BBC Audio Drama London)
Best Scripted Comedy(Longform)Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian by Ken ChengProducer: Rajiv Karia (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)The Downing Street Doppelganger by Jim PoyserProducer: Gary Brown (BBC Audio Drama North)
Tudur Owen: United Nations of Anglesey by Tudur OwenProducer: Richard Morris (BBC Studios)
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 DareProducer: Bill Dare (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)The Skewer by Jon Holmes, Tony Churnside and The Skewer Contributing TeamProducer: Jon Holmes (Unusual Productions)
Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! by Milton Jones, James Cary and Dan EvansProducer: David Tyler (Pozzitive)
Best European DramaThe Sixties by Ema Stere, adapted and directed by Mihnea ChelaruProducer: Oana Cristea Grigorescu (Radio Romania)Burning by Sudabeh Mohafez, adapted by Matěj SamecProducer: Lenka Veverková (CZR Czech Radio)
Let Me Tell You by Marta RebzdaProducer: Beata Jankowska (Polskie Radio)
Best Podcast or Online Only Audio DramaThe System by Ben LewisProducer: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds)Acid Dream by Tim PriceProducer: James Robinson (BBC Radio Wales)
Work by Joana NastariProducers: Ellen Spence, Eleanor Turney, George Warren, Patrick Eakin Young (Soundworlds)
Imison AwardMaking of a Monster by Connor AllenProducer: Emma Harding (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)Knock of the Ban Sithe by Kenny BoyleProducer: Bruce Young (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4)
The A-Z of Things: M is for Mussels by Lara BarbierProducer: Becky Ripley (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 3)
Tinniswood AwardEnd of Transmission by Anita SullivanProducer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk Productions for BBC Radio 4)A Close Approximation of You by Oliver EmanuelProducer: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4)
Waterloo Station by Katie HimsProducer: Mary Peate (BBC Audio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Strings by Linda Marshall Griffiths Producer: Nadia Molinari ( BBC Audio Drama North for BBC Radio 3)

The 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Lifetime AchievementMiriam Margolyes
Outstanding ContributionSioned Wiliam, Commissioning Editor, Comedy, BBC Radio 4
Best ActorEdmund Davies (The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles)Director: Pauline Harris (BBC Audio Drama North)Simon Russell Beale (Folk)Director: Sue Roberts (BBC Audio Drama North)
Giles Terera (The Meaning of Zong)Director: Tom Morris (Jonx Productions)
Best ActressJuliet Aubrey (Dead Weather)Director: Nicolas Jackson (Afonica)Commendation: Jasmine Hyde (Little Blue Lines)Director: Gemma Jenkins (BBC Audio Drama London)
Amanda Lawrence (Folk)Director: Sue Roberts (BBC Audio Drama North)
Best Supporting PerformanceClaire Price (Dead Weather)Director: Nicolas Jackson (Afonica)Paul Chahidi (Rodgers and Hart and Hammerstein)Director: Abigail le Fleming (BBC Audio Drama London)
Joanne Whalley (Sweeney Todd and String of Pearls)Director: Rosalind Ayres (Jarvis & Ayres Productions)
The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut PerformanceSaran Morgan (Release)Director: John Norton (BBC Cymru Wales)Ray Castleton (Cornerstone)Director: Gemma Jenkins (BBC Audio Drama London)
Jacoba Williams (Precious Little Thing)Director: Anastasia Osei-Kuffour (Talawa / Feral inc)
Best Audio Drama(Single drama)Dead Weather by Hattie NaylorProducer: Nicolas Jackson (Afonica)Life is a Radio in the Dark by Will EnoProducer: Sally Avens (BBC Audio Drama London)
You & Me by Dan RebellatoProducer: Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore (Naked Productions)
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)Life Lines by Al SmithProducer: Sally Avens (BBC Audio Drama London)London Particular by Nick PerryProducer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Audio Drama London)
Commendation: The System by Ben LewisProducer: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland)
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Ayeesha MenonProducers: Nadir Khan & Ayeesha Menon (Goldhawk Productions)Mr Waring of the BBC by Freddie Phillips, adapted from various sourcesProducer: Gemma Jenkins (BBC Audio Drama London)
The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence, adapted by Linda Marshall GriffithsProducer: Nadia Molinari (BBC Audio Drama North)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaThe Meaning of Zong by Jon Nicholls, Jonquil Panting, Giles TereraProducer: Jonquil Panting (Jonx Productions)Creation of the Birds by Sami El-EnanyProducer: Sami El-Enany (Falling Tree)
Commendation: U.ME: the Musical by Steve LevineProducers: Lewis Borg-Cardona and Steve Levine (Magnum Opus Broadcasting)
Best Scripted Comedy(Longform)Mortal by Bridget ChristieProducer: Carl Cooper (BBC Studios)God Squad by Jack Chisnall and Barney FishwickProducer: David Tyler (Pozzitive)
OK Computer by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin with additional material by Rajiv KariaProducer: Benjamin Sutton (BBC Studios)
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)Drop the Dead Panda by Evelyn Mok, Ken Cheng, Amille Jampa-Ngoen, Vivian Xie, Joanne Lao and Bruce TangProducer: Sam Michell (BBC Studios)
Emergency Broadcast by Gemma ArrowsmithProducer: Victoria Lloyd (BBC Studios)
Best European DramaThe Lion by Martin Algus, adapted by Andres NoormetsProducer: Andres Noormets (ERR Estonian Public Broadcasting)Down by Law by Mila ČuljakProducer: Katja Šimunić (HRT Croatian Radio)
Nutshell by Ian McEwan, adapted by Eva BlechováProducer: Klará Novotná (CZR Czech Radio)
Best Podcast or Online Only Audio DramaPassenger List (series 2) by John Scott Dryden, Lauren Shippen, Meghan Fitzmartin, Janina Matthewson, Sarah Lot and Mark Henry PhillipsProducers: John Scott Dryden and Emma Hearn (Goldhawk Productions, PRX Radiotopia)Blis-ta by Sonya HaleProducer: Mimi Findlay (Clean Break for Spotify)
The Cipher by Brett Neichin and Janina MatthewsonProducers: John Scott Dryden and Emma Hearn (Goldhawk Productions)
Imison AwardThe Lemonade Lads by Faebian AveriesProducer: James Robinson (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio)The Chronicles of Wild Hollow by Harvey Badger, Angus Maxwell and Christian PowleslandProducer: Shouting is Funny for Spotify
Welcome to Medpatch by Kev CoreProducer: Gary Brown (BBC Radio 4)
Yellow Lips by Katie RedfordProducer: Tracey Neale (Radio 4)
Tinniswood AwardBlis-ta by Sonya HaleProducer: Mimi Findlay (Clean Break for Spotify)Life is a Radio in the Dark by Will EnoProducer: Sally Avens (BBC Audio Drama London / BBC Radio 3)
The Piper by Vickie Donoghue & Natalie MitchellProducers: Kate Rowland and Russell Finch (Somethin' Else / BBC Sounds)

Due 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Outstanding ContributionThe 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 ActorDavid Threlfall (Happiness!)Director: Gemma Jenkins (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)Robin Laing (This Thing of Darkness)Directors: Gaynor Macfarlane and Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland)
Matthew Needham (Othello)Director: Emma Harding (BBC Radio Drama London)
Best ActressMaggie Steed (Suffer Little Children)Director: Jessica Dromgoole (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)Shauna Macdonald (This Thing of Darkness)Directors: Gaynor Macfarlane and Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland)
Marcia Warren (24 Kildare Road)Director: Mary Peate (BBC Radio Drama London)
Best Debut PerformanceJordan Nash (Oliver: Lagos to London)Director: Michael Buffong (Feral inc. for BBC Radio 4)Dan Krikler (Unicorns, Almost)Director: John Retallack (The Story of Books)
Valentine Olukoga (Half of a Yellow Sun)Director: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North)
Best Audio Drama(Single drama)Magnitsky the Musical by Robert Hudson and Johnny FlynnProducer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3)Eight Point Nine Nine by James FritzProducer: Becky Ripley (BBC Bristol)
Commendation: The Likes of Us by Roy WilliamsProducer: Mary Peate (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3)
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)Broken English by Shelagh StephensonProducer: Eoin O’Callaghan (Big Fish Radio Productions for BBC Radio 4)24 Kildare Road by Katie HimsProducer: Mary Peate (BBC Radio Drama London)
Body Horror by Lucy CatherineProducer: Toby Swift (BBC Radio Drama London)
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)The Voyage of the St. Louis by Daniel Kehlmann, adapted by Tom StoppardProducer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)Grossman's War: Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, adapted by Jonathan Myerson & Mike WalkerProducer: Jonquil Panting (BBC Cymru Wales)
Oliver: Lagos to London based on Charles Dickens, adapted by Ayeesha MenonProducer Gill Parry (Feral inc.)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaThe Grey Man and Other Lost Legends, sound by Steve BondProducers: Joby Waldman and Steve Bond (Reduced Listening for BBC Radio 4)Commendation: Cane, sound by Nigel LewisProducer: John Norton (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)
Over and Out (Murmurs episode 1), sound by Catherine RobinsonProducers: James Robinson, John Norton, Helen Perry and David Devereux (BBC Cymru Wales)
Best Scripted Comedy(Longform)The Musical Life of Boudicca... by Dan Kiss and Dave CribbProducers: Dave Cribb and Tom Price (The Rubber Chicken for BBC Radio Wales)Alone by Moray HunterProducer: Gordon Kennedy (Absolutely Productions)
Tristram Shandy: In Development by Christopher DouglasProducer: Gary Brown (BBC Radio Drama North)
Best Scripted Comedy(Sketch show)The Skewer by Jon HolmesProducer: Jon Holmes (Unusual Productions for BBC Radio 4)Agendum by Jason Hazeley and Joel MorrisProducer: David Tyler (Pozzitive)
The Lenny Henry Show by Tasha Dhanraj, Max Davis, Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, Nathan Roberts, Athena Kugblenu, Michael Odewale and Kim FullerProducer: Sam Michell (Douglas Road Productions and Tiger Aspect)
Best European DramaEarthquake by Janko Polić KamovProducer: Katja Šimunić (HRT Croatian Radio)Holidays from Suicide: a Fantastic Journey with Iggy Pop by Birgit Kempker and Anatol AtonalProducers: Birgit Kempker and Anatol Atonal (SRF, Switzerland)
In Winter by Magda Woitzuck, Ida Schön, Hanno Millesi, Mark von Schlegell, Ann Cotten, Puneh AnsariProducers: Christian Lerch and Philip Scheiner (ORF, Austria)
Best Podcast or Online Only Audio DramaUnwell: a Midwestern Gothic Mystery by Jim McDoniel, Jessica Best, Jessica Wright Buha and Bilal DardaiProducers: Jeffrey Nils Gardner and Eleanor Hyde (HartLife NFP)Murmurs by Janina Matthewson, Beth Crane, Tom Crowley, Greer Ellison, Eno Mfon, Jesse Schwenk, Chris Sugden, Jen Sugden, and Robert ValentineProducers: James Robinson, John Norton, Helen Perry and David Devereux (BBC Cymru Wales)
Tribulation by Adam JahnkeProducer: Greg Cooler (ListenUp Audio)
The Year of Reinvention AwardLockdown Theatre FestivalProducers: Bertie Carvel, Jeremy Mortimer, Steve Bond, Jack Howson and Joby Waldman (Reduced Listening for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4)Commendation: ConnectionsProducer: Polly Thomas (Naked Productions for BBC Radio 4)
Commendation: The PlagueProducer: Turan Ali (Bona Broadcasting for BBC Radio 4)
Imison AwardMaynard by Fraser AyresProducer: Mel Harris (BBC Radio 4)Scoop McDoolie by Isaac FisherProducer: Naala Vanslembrouck (Apple Podcasts)
LoveSick by Ella SkolimowskiProducer: Julius Beltrame (Apple Podcasts)
Tinniswood AwardTristram Shandy: In Development by Christopher DouglasProducer: Gary Brown (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)Just the Three of Us by Becky PrestwichProducer: Pauline Harris (BBC Radio 4)
This Thing of Darkness (episode 7) by Anita Vettesse with Eileen HorneProducer: Gaynor Macfarlane and Kirsty Williams (BBC Radio 4)
Shrapnel by Isabel WrightProducer: Gaynor Macfarlane (BBC Radio 4)

The 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Outstanding ContributionThe Amazing Maya Angelou, dramatised by Patricia Cumper, Janice Okoh and Winsome PinnockProducer/Director: Pauline Harris (BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)
Best ActorStephen Dillane (Sea Longing)Director: Jo McInnes (Sweet Talk for BBC Radio 3)Sule Rimi (I Am Kanye West)Director: John Norton (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)
Stanley Townsend (The Macefield Plot)Director: David Hunter (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Best ActressRebecca Front (Love in Recovery)Director: Ben Worsfield (King Bert for BBC Radio 4)Katherine Kelly (A Badge)Director: Tony Pitts (Savvy Productions for BBC Radio 4)
Lydia Wilson (Black Water: An American Story)Director: Gaynor Macfarlane (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4)
Best Debut PerformanceGeorge Kent (A Kestrel for a Knave)Director: Fiona McAlpine (Goldhawk Essential for BBC Radio 4)Nadia Clifford (Good News Stories)Director: Mary Peate (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Sade Malone (Torn)Director: Gary Brown (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)
Best DirectorMary Ward-Lowery (Talk to Me: H. P. Lovecraft)(BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4)Mair Bosworth (Deaf Republic)(BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4)
Nicolas Jackson and Steve Bond (Savages)(Afonica for BBC Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Single drama)Sea Longing by Elizabeth KutiProducer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk for BBC Radio 3)The Invisible by Linda Marshall GriffithsProducer: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 3)
Torn by Eve SteeleProducer: Gary Brown (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)Life Lines by Al SmithProducer: Sally Avens (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)D for Dexter by Amanda WhittingtonProducer: Mary Ward-Lowery (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4)
Undercover Mumbai (series 3) by Ayeesha MenonProducers: John Scott Dryden and Nadir Khan (Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)Black Water: An American Story by Joyce Carol Oates, adapted by Sarah WooleyProducer: Gaynor Macfarlane (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4)Body Tourists by Jane RogersProducer: Clive Brill (Brill Productions for BBC Radio 4)
Orlando by Virginia Woolf, adapted by Caroline Bird, Amanda Dalton, Zena Edwards, Hannah Silva and Karen McCarthy WoolfProducer: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 3)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaThe Invisible, sound by Steve Brooke with Sharon HughesProducer: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 3)An Angel in Miami, sound by Steve BondProducers: Joby Waldman and Steve Bond (Reduced Listening for BBC Radio 4)
Hello Caller, sound by Michael Harrison and Alison CrawfordProducer: Alison Crawford (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy(Longform)Wangsplaining by Phil WangProducer: Matt Stronge (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)Mark Steel's in Town: "The Forest of Dean" by Mark Steel and Pete SinclairProducer: Carl Cooper (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)
Phil Ellis is Trying by Phil Ellis and Fraser SteeleProducer: Sam Michell (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy(Sketch show)Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar by Alexei SayleProducer: Joe Nunnery (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)Kevin Eldon Will See You Now by Kevin Eldon with Jason Hazeley and Joel MorrisProducer: David Tyler (Pozzitive for BBC Radio 4)
Terry Alderton's Whole Half Hour by Terry Alderton and Richard Melvin with Julia Sutherland, Paul Tonkinson, Steven Dick and Bobby DavroProducers: Al Lorraine and Richard Melvin (Dabster Productions for BBC Radio 4)
Best European DramaBuzz Suppression – Recording Strictly off the Record by Ulrich BassengeProducers: Ulrich Bassenge, Martina Müller-Wallraff and Anina Barandun (WDR, Germany and SRF, Switzerland)The Invisible by Jaroslav Havlíček, adapted by Marie Nováková and Renata VenclováProducer: Renata Venclová (CZR Czech Radio)
The Lesson by Manu BarcelóProducer: Miguel Deza (resonar.org and cuonda.com)
Best Podcast or Online Only Audio DramaPassenger List by John Scott Dryden, Lauren Shippen and Mark Henry PhillipsProducer: Emma Hearn (Goldhawk Productions / Radiotopia)Forest 404 by Timothy X AtackProducer: Becky Ripley (BBC Bristol for BBC Sounds)
The Ordinary Epic by Brandon M. CroseProducer: Jordan Stillman (Crose to Home Productions)
Imison AwardBathwater by Vicky FosterProducer: Sue Roberts (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)The Beatboxer by TestamentProducer: Gary Brown (BBC Radio 4)
Commendation: By God's Mercy by Colette VictorProducer: David Hunter (BBC World Service)
Tinniswood AwardThe Hartlepool Spy by Ian Martin Producer: Sam Ward (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)Death of a Matriarch by Tanika GuptaProducer: Polly Thomas (BBC Radio 3)
Commendation: Home Front: A Fragile Peace by Katie HimsProducer: Jessica Dromgoole (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)

The 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Outstanding ContributionHome Front (BBC Radio 4). Editor: Jessica DromgooleCore Writers: Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Lucy Catherine, Sarah Daniels, Katie Hims, Shaun McKenna, and Mike Walker
Best ActorDavid Threlfall (Spike and the Elfin Oak)Director: Gemma Jenkins (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)Liam Brennan (Five Days Which Changed Everything)Director: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4)
Jasper Britton (A Month of Maureen – Three Journeys)Director: Marion Nancarrow (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Best ActressEve Myles (19 Weeks)Director: Helen Perry (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)Sudha Bhuchar (My Son the Doctor)Director: Jonquil Panting (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Commendation: Sydney Wade (D for Dexter)Director: Mary Ward-Lowery (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4)
Best Debut PerformanceDaisy Head (Love Henry James: The Golden Bowl)Directors: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)Karlo Diaz (The Beast)Directors: Nicolas Jackson and Steve Bond (Afonica for BBC Radio 4)
Georgia Scholes (Billy Homeless Dies at the End)Director: Boz Temple-Morris (Holy Mountain for BBC Radio 4)
Best DirectorAbigail le Fleming (The Effect)(BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3)Commendation: Steve Bond and Judith Kampfner (Shadowbahn)(Corporation For Independent Media for BBC Radio 4)
Peter Kavanagh (The Wild Duck)(BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3)
Best Audio Drama(Single drama)County Lines by Amelia BullmoreProducer/Director: Mary Peate (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)19 Weeks by Emily SteelProducer/Director: Helen Perry (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)
The Chosen One by Avi GarviProducers: Nadir Khan and John Dryden (Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)The Truth about Hawaii by Oliver EmanuelProducer/Director: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4)Stone by Martin Jameson, Richard Monks, Cath Staincliffe, Alex Ganley and Vivienne HarveyProducers/Directors: Nadia Molinari and Gary Brown (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)
Tommies by Avin ShahProducers: David Hunter, Jonquil Panting and Jonathan Ruffle (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)A Tale of Two Cities: Aleppo and London by Charles Dickens, adapted by Ayeesha MenonProducers: Gill Parry and Emma Hearn (Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4)Commendation: Das Kapital by Karl Marx, adapted by Sarah WoodsProducer/Director: James Robinson (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)
Love Henry James: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, adapted by Linda Marshall GriffithsProducer/Director: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaLove Henry James: The Turn of the Screw, sound by Steve Brooke and John BentonProducer/Director: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)The Beast, sound by Steve BondProducers/Directors: Nicolas Jackson and Steve Bond (Afonica for BBC Radio 4)
Unmade Movies: Dennis Potter's The White Hotel, sound by Wilfredo AcostaProducers: Laurence Bowen and Peter Ettedgui (Dancing Ledge for BBC Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy(Longform)Rob Newman's Total Eclipse of Descartes by Rob NewmanProducer: John Harvey (Hat Trick Productions for BBC Radio 4)Bridget Christie's Utopia by Bridget ChristieProducers: Simon Nicholls and Alison Vernon-Smith (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)
Tim Key's Late-Night Poetry Programme by Tim KeyProducer: James Robinson (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy(Sketch show)John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme by John FinnemoreProducer: Ed Morrish (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)Agendum by Jason Hazeley and Joel MorrisProducer: David Tyler (Pozzitive for BBC Radio 4)
Dead Ringers by Nev Fountain, Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden, Tom Coles, Sarah Campbell, James Bugg, Max Davis, Sara Gibbs, Alex Hardy, Laura Major and Lewis CookProducer: Bill Dare (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)
Best European DramaMunch and Munch – Diptych by Jasna MesarićProducer: Katja Šimunić (HRT Croatian Radio)The Confession by Fyodor Dostoevsky, adapted by Doina PappProducer/Director: Ilinca Stihi (Radio Romania)
Wrapped by Tracy MartinProducer/Director: Kevin Reynolds (RTÉ)
Best Podcast or Online Only Audio DramaRed Moon by Robert ValentineProducer: Robert Valentine (The Wireless Theatre Company)Commendation: ATA Girl by Gemma Page, Victoria Saxton, Helen Goldwyn and Jane SlavinProducer: Helen Goldwyn (Big Finish Productions)
Commendation: Tracks: Strata by Matthew BroughtonProducer/Director: James Robinson (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)
Imison AwardOf A Lifetime by Lulu RaczkaProducers: Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore (Naked Productions for BBC Radio 3)Spike and the Elfin Oak by Ian Billings Producer: Gemma Jenkins (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Double Bubble by Carl CattermoleProducer: Andrew Wilkie (National Prison Radio)
Tinniswood AwardWhen the Pips Stop by Oliver EmanuelProducer: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4)Playing Dead by Vivienne HarveyProducer: Nadia Molinari (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)
Holbein's Skull by Martyn WadeProducer: Tracey Neale (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)

The 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).

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Lifetime AchievementSiân Phillips
Outstanding ContributionAyeesha Menon and Midnight's Children
Best ActorNikesh Patel (Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie), adapted by Ayeesha MenonProducers: Tracey Neale and Emma Harding (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)Commendation: John Hurt (The Invisible Man: chapter 1)(Big Finish Productions)
Paapa Essiedu (Wide Open Spaces)Producer: Charlotte Riches (BBC North for BBC Radio 4)
Best ActressChristine Bottomley (Solitary)Producers: Nicolas Jackson and Steve Bond (Afonica for BBC Radio 3)Anastasia Hille (Long Day's Journey into Night)Producer: Celia de Wolff (Pier Productions for BBC Radio 3)
Julia McKenzie (John Finnemore's Double Acts: "Mercy Dash")Producer: David Tyler (Pozzitive for BBC Radio 4)
Best Supporting PerformanceRupert Evans (Long Day's Journey into Night)Producer: Celia de Wolff (Pier Productions for BBC Radio 3)Roger Allam (The Government Inspector)Director: Jeremy Herrin (Catherine Bailey Ltd for BBC Radio 3)
Amelia Bullmore (The Beard)Producer: Alison Crawford (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4)
Best Debut PerformanceSabrina Sandhu (Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims)Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)Andrew Leung (Prime Cut)Producer: Helen Perry (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)
Kate Phillips (Gudrun’s Saga)Producers: Gemma Jenkins and Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Single drama)The Red by Marcus BrigstockeProducer: Caroline Raphael (Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4)Commendation: Dangerous Visions: Culture by Al SmithProducer: Sally Avens (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
The Music Lesson by Hannah SilvaProducer: Melanie Harris (Sparklab Productions for BBC Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)Black Eyed Girls by Katie HimsProducer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)Dangerous Visions: Resistance by Val McDermidProducer: Sue Roberts (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 4)
Home Front by Katie Hims & Sarah DanielsProducer: Jessica Dromgoole (BBC Radio Drama Birmingham for BBC Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessProducer: Gary Brown (BBC Radio Drama North for BBC Radio 3)Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, adapted by Ayeesha MenonProducers: Tracey Neale and Emma Harding (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Terrible Beauty by Gerald Doyle, adapted by Bernard ClarkeProducer: Bernard Clarke (RTÉ lyric fm)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaThe War of the Worlds, sound by Cal Knightley, Mike Etherden, Alison CraigProducer: Marc Beeby (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)Commendation: Dangerous Visions: Kafka's Metamorphosis, sound by Nigel LewisProducer: James Robinson (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)
Commendation: Midnight's Children, sound by Peter Ringrose, Anne Bunting and Jenni BurnettProducers: Tracey Neale and Emma Harding (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy(Longform)Australian Trilogy by Sarah KendallProducer: Carl Cooper (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)Commendation: Ladhood by Liam WilliamsProducer: Joseph Nunnery (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)
The Penny Dreadfuls Present: Le Carré on Spying by David ReedProducer: Julia McKenzie (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy(Sketch show)It’s Jocelyn by Jocelyn Jee Esien, Liam Beirn, Laura Major, Tom Coles, Ed Amsden and Sarah CampbellProducer: Suzy Grant (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 4)The Absolutely Radio Show by Morwenna Banks, Peter Baikie, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John SparkesProducer: Gordon Kennedy & Gus Beattie (Absolutely Gusman Production for BBC Radio 4)
Harry & Paul Present: The Gentlemen's Club by Harry Enfield & Paul WhitehouseProducer: Sam Bryant (BBC Studios for BBC Radio 2)
Best Podcast or Online Only Audio DramaRathband: A Digital Tragedy by Christopher HoggProducers: Jeremy Mortimer and John Wakefield (5th Quarter)Can't Get You Out of My Head by Charlotte Bogard MacleodProducer: David Hunter (BBC Online)
Inside Donald Trump by Andy HamiltonProducers: Claire Broughton and Andy Hamilton (Hat Trick Productions for Unbound)
Imison AwardThe Book of Yehudit by Adam UsdenProducer: Charlotte Riches (BBC North for BBC Radio 4)Wide Open Spaces by Jane WainwrightProducer: Charlotte Riches (BBC North for BBC Radio 4)
Tinniswood AwardBorderland by Sarah WoodsProducer: James Robinson (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)Commendation: Double Acts: "Penguin Diplomacy" by John FinnemoreProducer: David Tyler (Pozzitive for BBC Radio 4)
Jenny Lomas by David EldridgeProducer: Sally Avens ( BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3)

The 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Lifetime AchievementBill Nighy
Outstanding ContributionThe Archers
Best ActorDanny Sapani (A Raisin in the Sun)Director: Pauline Harris (BBC North for BBC Radio 3)Robert Lindsay (A Play for the Heart)
Timothy Watson (The Archers)
Best ActressChristine Bottomley (The Sky is Wider)Director: Nadia Molinari (BBC North for BBC Radio 4)Pippa Haywood (Tess in Winter)
Louiza Patikas (The Archers)
Best Supporting PerformanceValene Kane (The Stroma Sessions)Producers: Nicolas Jackson & Steve Bond (Afonica for BBC Radio 3)Ralph Ineson (Black Dog)
Joe Sims (Life Lines)
Best Debut PerformanceLee Rufford (The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner)Director: Carl Prekopp (Goldhawk Essential for BBC Radio 4)Christina Ritter (North)
Katie West (Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit)
Best Audio Drama(Single drama)The Sky is Wider by Linda Marshall GriffithsProducer: Nadia Molinari (BBC North for BBC Radio 4)Comment is Free by James FritzProducer: Becky Ripley (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4)
Commendation: Jump Blue by Hannah SilvaProducers: Nicolas Jackson and Steve Bond
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)Life Lines by Al SmithProducer: Sally Avens (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)The Archers: "Helen’s trial week" by Tim StimpsonEditor: Sean O'Connor (BBC Radio 4)
Tracks by Matthew BroughtonProducers: James Robinson, Helen Perry and Abigail le Fleming
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)Blood, Sex and Money (episode 9) by Émile Zola, adapted by Oliver Emanuel, Martin Jameson, Lavinia Murray and Dan RebellatoProducers: Gary Brown, Pauline Harris, Nadia Molinari, Polly Thomas, Kirsty Williams (BBC North, BBC Scotland & Sparklab Productions for BBC Radio 4)Going Solo by Roald Dahl, adapted by Lucy CatherineProducer: Helen Perry
True West by Sam Shepard, adapted by John PeacockProducer: Celia de Wolff
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaTracks (episode 1), sound by Nigel LewisProducers: James Robinson, Helen Perry and Abigail le Fleming (BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)Mary Rose, sound by Laura Moody, Peter Ringrose, Ross Burman and Alison CraigProducer: Abigail le Fleming (BBC Radio 3)
The Sky is Wider, sound by Steve BrookeProducer: Nadia Molinari (BBC North for BBC Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy DramaSecret Kebabs by Christine EntwisleProducer: Kirsty Williams (BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4)Guilt Trip by Felicity Montagu, Olivia Nixon and Katherine JakewaysProducer: Jane Berthoud (BBC Radio 4)
Commendation: The Strange Vanishing of Julian Quark by Tom WainwrightProducer: Sasha Yevtushenko
Best Scripted Comedy(Studio Audience)Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopedia of Evolution by Rob NewmanProducer: Jonathan Harvey (Hat Trick Productions for BBC Radio 4)Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality by Mae MartinProducer: Alex Smith (BBC Radio 4)
Mark Steel's in Town: "Stockport" by Mark SteelProducer: Carl Cooper (BBC Radio 4)
Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio dramaDoctor Who: Absent Friends by John DorneyProducer: David Richardson (Big Finish Productions)Baker's End: The King of Cats by Paul Magrs(Bafflegab Productions)
Torchwood: More Than This by Guy AdamsProducer: James Goss (Big Finish Productions)
Imison AwardComment is Free by James FritzProducer: Rebecca Ripley (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4)Community Service by Jonny O’Neill
The Virtues of Oblivion by James Meek
Tinniswood AwardComment is Free by James FritzProducer: Rebecca Ripley (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4)A History of Paper by Oliver Emanuel
The Stroma Sessions by Timothy X Atack

The 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Lifetime AchievementJune Whitfield
Outstanding ContributionJohn Hurt
Best ActorAlfred Molina (A View from the Bridge)(Jarvis & Ayres Productions for BBC Radio 3)Anton Lesser (Vampyre Man)
Nico Mirallegro (Orpheus and Eurydice)
Best ActressMonica Dolan (Vincent in Brixton)(BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4)Eve Myles (Frank and the Bear)
Sue Johnston (Love in Recovery)
Best Supporting PerformanceSusan Wokoma (Three Strong Women)(BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 4)Billy Kennedy (Home Front)
Mark Strong (Unmade Movies: Harold Pinter’s Victory)
Best Debut PerformanceKaren Bartke (My Name is...)(BBC Scotland for BBC Radio 4)Eleanor Tomlinson (Dead Girls Tell No Tales)
Richard Hawley (Monster)
Best Audio Drama(Single play)Cuttin’ It by Charlene JamesProducer: Jessica Brown (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)Dream of White Horses by Linda Marshall GriffithsProducer: Nadia Molinari
Monster by Tony PittsProducer: Sally Harrison
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)Children in Need: D for Dexter by Amanda WhittingtonProducer: Mary Ward-Lowery (BBC Bristol for BBC Radio 4)A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, dramatized by Ayeesha Menon & Kewel KarimProducer: John Dryden
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, dramatized by Timberlake WertenbakerProducer: Celia de Wolff
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, dramatized by Lucy CatherineProducer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3)Between the Ears: Mr Rainbow by Franz Kafka, dramatized by Sebastian BaczkiewiczProducer: Joby Waldman (BBC Radio 3)
King Charles III by Mike BartlettProducer: Toby Swift
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaFugue State, sound by Julian Simpson and David ThomasProducer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk Productions for BBC Radio 4)Mayday Mayday, composed by Aaron MayProducer: Becky Ripley
Fright Night: Ring, sound by Catherine RobinsonProducer: James Robinson
Best Scripted Comedy DramaIn and Out of the Kitchen by Justin EdwardsProducer: Sam Michell (BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4)Cabin Pressure – Finale ("Zurich") by John FinnemoreProducer: David Tyler (BBC Radio 4)
The Dad Who Fell to Earth by Toby HadokeProducer: Charlotte Riches
Best Scripted Comedy(Studio Audience)Reluctant Persuaders (Episode 3) by Edward RowettProducer: Gordon Kennedy (Absolutely Productions for BBC Radio 4)Dead Ringers by Bill Dare, Jim Farthing, Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson and Lewis MacLeod (BBC Radio 4)
The Penny Dreadfuls Present: Macbeth Rebothered by David Reed with Humphrey Ker
Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio dramaThe Kindness of Time by Deirdre Burton and Tom DavisProducer: Rosie Boulton (Monty Funk Productions)Hood: King's Command by Iain MeadowsProducer: Iain Meadows (Spiteful Puppet)
The Omega Factor: The Old Gods by Phil MulryneProducer: David Richardson (Big Finish Productions)
Imison Award30 Eggs by Eoin O'Connor
(BBC Northern Ireland for BBC Radio 4)A Thing Inside a Thing Inside a Thing by Iain AJ Ross
The Churchill Barriers by Emma Spurgin Hussey
Tinniswood AwardFugue State by Julian SimpsonProducer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk Productions for BBC Radio 4)Far Side of the Moore by Sean Grundy
Vampyre Man by Joseph O'Connor

The 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Lifetime AchievementStanley Baxter
Outstanding ContributionNeil Gaiman
Best ActorIan McKellen (Eugénie Grandet) by Honoré de Balzac, dramatised by Rose TremainProducer: Gordon House (BBC Radio 4)Andrew Scott (Slipping) by Claudine ToutoungiProducer: Liz Webb (Radio 4)
Julian Rhind-Tutt (The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde) by Nick StaffordProducer: David Hunter (Radio 4)
Best ActressAisling Loftus (Educator) by Hayley SquiresProducer: Helen Perry (BBC Radio 3)Charlotte Riley (Slipping) by Claudine ToutoungiProducer: Liz Webb (Radio 4)
Ellie Kendrick (How to Say Goodbye Properly) by E. V. CroweProducer: Abigail Le Fleming (Radio 4)
Best Supporting PerformanceMichelle Terry (Educator) by Hayley SquiresProducer: Helen Perry (Radio 3)Siân Phillips (Hide The Moon) by Martyn WadeProducer: Marion Nancarrow (Radio 3)
Toby Jones (Pride and Prejudice) by Jane Austen, dramatised by Charlotte JonesProducer: Sally Avens (Radio 4)
Best Debut PerformanceJade Matthew (A Kidnapping) by Andy MulliganProducers: John Dryden and Nadir Khan (Radio 4)Alex Jordan (Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus) by Mary Shelley, dramatised by Jonathan BarnesProducer: Scott Handcock (Big Finish Productions)
Sam Hattersley (Magpie) by Lee MattinsonProducer: Sharon Sephton (Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Single play)Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitel by Pejk MalinovskiProducer: Pejk Malinovski (Radio 3)Everyday Time Machines by Al SmithProducer: Sally Avens (Radio 3)
Men Who Sleep in Cars by Michael Symmons RobertsProducer: Susan Roberts (Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)Ambiguous Loss by Michael ButtProducer: Toby Swift (Radio 4)Holding On To You by D. L. WellerProducer: Nadia Molinari (Radio 4)
The Seventh Test by Ayeesha Menon & John DrydenProducers: John Dryden and Nadir Khan (Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)Come to Grief adapted by Hannah VincentProducer: Gordon House (Radio 4)Porcelain adapted by Ian KershawProducer: Susan Roberts (Radio 4)
The Seventh Test adapted by Ayeesha Menon & John DrydenProducer: John Dryden and Nadir Khan (Radio 4)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaThe Boy at the Back by Juan Mayorga, sound design by Steve BondProducer: Nicolas Jackson (Radio 3)The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, dramatised by Robert Forrest, sound design by Gary NewmanProducer: Gaynor Macfarlane (Radio 4)
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, dramatised by Brian Sibley, sound design by Anne BuntingProducer: Gemma Jenkins (Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy DramaLunch by Marcy KahanProducer: Sally Avens (Radio 4)Believe It: Victor by Jon CanterProducer: Clive Brill (Radio 4)
I'm a Believer by Jon CanterProducer: Jonquil Panting (Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy(Studio Audience)John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme by John FinnemoreProducer: Ed Morrish (Radio 4)The Brig Society by Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, Toby Davies, Nick Doody, Steve Punt and Dan TetsellProducer: David Tyler (Radio 4)
Trodd En Bratt Say ‘Well Done You’ by Ruth Bratt and Lucy TroddProducer: Ben Worsfield (Radio 4)
Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio dramaHood: The Scribe of Sherwood by Iain MeadowsProducer: Iain Meadows (Spiteful Puppet)The Child by Sebastian Fitzek(Audible UK)
Survivors by Matt FittonProducer: David Richardson (Big Finish Productions)
Imison AwardHow To Say Goodbye Properly by E. V. CroweGoodbye by Morwenna Banks
The Man in the Lift by Tom Connolly
Paris, Nana and Me by Caroline Horton
Tinniswood AwardGoodbye by Morwenna BanksThe Good Listener by Fin Kennedy
Men Who Sleep in Cars by Michael Symmons Roberts

The 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Lifetime AchievementJune Spencer
Outstanding ContributionClaire Grove
Best ActorLee Ross (King David)Producer: Mary Peate (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3)Simon Russell Beale (Copenhagen)Producer: Emma Harding (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 3)
Joseph Millson (The Real George Orwell: Jura)Producer: Jeremy Mortimer (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Best ActressChristine Bottomley (My Boy)Producer: Polly Thomas (Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 4)Carly Bawden (The Colour of Milk)Producer: Susan Roberts (BBC Radio Drama Salford for BBC Radio 4)
Marcia Warren (Tony and Rose)Producer: Celia de Wolff (Pier Productions for Radio 4)
Best Supporting ActorShaun Dooley (The Gothic Imagination: Frankenstein)Producer: Marc Beeby (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4)Geoffrey Bretton (Imaginary Boys)Producer: Scott Handcock (BBC Radio Drama Cymru/Wales for Radio 4)
David Rasche (Warrior Class)Producer: Judith Kampfner (Corporation For Independent Media for Radio 4)
Best Supporting ActressClaire Rushbrook (King David)Producer: Mary Peate (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 3)Lia Williams (FindthePerfectPartner4u.com)Producer: Gordon House (Goldhawk Essential for Radio 4)
Lacey Turner (The One About the Social Worker)Producer: Jonquil Panting (BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Single play)Billions by Ed HarrisProducer: Jonquil Panting (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4)The Gestapo Minutes by Adam GanzProducer: Catherine Bailey (Catherine Bailey Productions for Radio 4)
The Sleeper by Michael Symmons RobertsProducer: Susan Roberts (BBC Radio Drama Salford for Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)An Angel at My Table by Janet Frame, adapted by Anita SullivanProducer: Karen Rose (Sweet Talk for Radio 4)The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles by Esther WilsonProducer: Pauline Harris (BBC Radio Drama Salford for Radio 4)
Takes Two to Tandem by Lavinia MurrayProducer: Sharon Sephton (BBC Radio Drama Salford for Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)Sword of Honour by Evelyn Waugh, dramatised by Jeremy FrontProducer: Sally Avens (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4)The Aeneid by Virgil, dramatised by Hattie NaylorProducer: Kate McAll (BBC Cymru Wales for Radio 4)
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Neil BrandProducer: Ann McKay (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaHe Died with His Eyes Open; sound design by Caleb KnightleyProducer: Sasha Yevtushenko (BBC Radio Drama London for Radio 4)Forever MankindProducers: Judith Kampfner and Jonathan Mitchell (Corporation For Independent Media for Radio 4)
Saturday Night & Sunday Morning; sound design by David ChiltonProducer: Lucinda Mason Brown (Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy DramaLove and Sweets 3: Grand Canyon by Richard MarshProducer: Ben Worsfield (Lucky Giant for Radio 4)Cabin Pressure by John FinnemoreProducer: David Tyler (Pozzitive for BBC Radio 4)
Best Scripted Comedy(Studio Audience)Sketchorama: Absolutely Special by Peter Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John SparkesProducer: Gus Beattie (The Comedy Unit for BBC Radio 4)Cabin Pressure by John FinnemoreProducer: David Tyler (Pozzitive for BBC Radio 4)
Love and Sweets 2: The Perfect Match by Richard MarshProducer: Ben Worsfield (Lucky Giant for Radio 4)
Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio dramaDoctor Who: Dark Eyes by Nicholas BriggsProducer: Martin Montague (Big Finish Productions)Hood: Noble Secrets by Iain MeadowsProducer: Iain Meadows (Spiteful Puppet)
Trimble written by Ed GreenwoodProducer: John Wakefield (University Radio York)
Imison AwardThe Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman by Joseph Wilde with Tim Van EykenFresh Berries by Catherine Johnson
Hangdog by Cat Jones
Tinniswood AwardMarathon Tales by Colin Teevan and Hannah SilvaCommendation: Once Upon A Time There Was A Beatrix by Lavinia Murray
Dusty Won’t Play by Annie Caulfield
Imo & Ben by Mark Ravenhill

The 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Best ActorPresented by Penelope WiltonAndrew ScottBetrayal by Harold Pinter (BBC Scotland, BBC Radio 4)Henry GoodmanUlysses by James Joyce, dramatised by Robin Brooks (Radio 4)
Richard JohnsonTennyson and Edison by David Pownall (Radio 3)
Best ActressPresented by Stephen TompkinsonMichelle FairleyThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, dramatised by Donna Franceschild (BBC Scotland, Radio 4)Lorraine AshbourneSeven Scenes by Nicola Baldwin (Radio 3)
Fenella WoolgarAn American Rose by Charlotte Jones (Radio 4)
Best Supporting ActorPresented by Maxine PeakeDavid TroughtonSingles and Doublets by Martyn Wade (BBC Radio 3)David CrellinCraven by Amelia Bullmore (Radio 4)
Carl PrekoppPilgrim by Sebastian Baczkiewicz (Radio 4)
Best Supporting ActressPresented by Stephen ManganVicky McClureKicking the Air by Christine Murphy (BBC Northern Ireland, Radio 4)Niamh CusackThe Man with Wings by Rachel Joyce (Radio 4)
Gillian KearneySongs and Lamentations by Michael Symmons Roberts (BBC North, Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Single play)Presented by Lenny HenryOn It by Tony PittsProducer: Sally Harrison (Radio 4)Betrayal by Harold PinterProducer: Gaynor Macfarlane (BBC Scotland, Radio 4)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig, dramatised by Peter FlanneryProducer: Melanie Harris (Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Series or Serial)Presented by Patricia CumperThe Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll, abridged by Helen MellerProducer: Polly Thomas (Radio 4)Pink Mist by Owen SheersProducer: Tim Dee (BBC Bristol, Radio 4)
The Mumbai Chuzzlewits dramatised by Ayeesha Menon (from Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens)Producer: John Dryden (Radio 4)
Best Audio Drama(Adaptation)Presented by Nick DearA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, dramatised by Tanika GuptaProducer: Nadia Molinari (BBC North, Radio 3)The Mumbai Chuzzlewits dramatised by Ayeesha Menon (from Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens)Producer: John Dryden (Radio 4)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig, dramatised by Peter FlanneryProducer: Melanie Harris (Radio 4)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaPresented by Siân PhillipsThe Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, dramatised by John FletcherProducer: Marc Beeby (Radio 4)Use it or Lose It by Peter BlegvadProducer: Iain Chambers (Radio 3)
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, dramatised by Jane RogersProducer: Nadia Molinari (BBC North, Radio 4)
Best Scripted ComedyPresented by Nicholas ParsonsBelieve It! by Jon CanterProducer: Clive Brill (Radio 4)Alice's Wunderland by Alice LoweProducer: Sam Bryant (Radio 4)
I, Regress by Matt BerryProducer: Sam Bryant (Radio 4)
Best Online Only Audio DramaPresented by Joseph MillsonAbove and Below by Daniel MacnaughtonProducer: Daniel Macnaughton (Aboveandbelowseries.co.uk)The Minister of Chance by Dan FreemanProducer: Dan Freeman (Radio Static for ministerofchance.com)
Varanasi by Silva SemerciyanProducer: Graham Pountney (Screentest Productions for varanasi.theradioplay.com)
Imison Award (2012)Presented by Andrew DaviesDo You Like Banana, Comrades? by Csaba Székely (Radio 4)The Day We Caught the Train by Nick Payne
The Takeover by Paul Sellar
Tinniswood Award (2012)Presented by Andrew DaviesKafka the Musical by Murray Gold (Radio 3)Angarrack by Christopher William Hill (Radio 4)
Like Minded People by David Eldridge (Radio 4)

The 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.

AwardWinnerOther finalists
Best Audio DramaPresented by Johnny VegasLost Property – The Year My Mother Went Missing by Katie HimsProducer: Jessica Dromgoole (BBC Radio 4)A Shoebox of Snow by Julie Mayhew(Producer: Justine Potter (Radio 4)
The First Domino by Jonathan CashProducer: Frank Stirling (Radio 3)
Best ActorPresented by Tim DavieDavid TennantKafka the Musical by Murray Gold (BBC Radio 3)Damian LewisGiovanni's Room dramatised by Neil Bartlett (Radio 3)
Rory KinnearFlare Path by Terence Rattigan (Radio 3)
Commendation: Tom RileyHenry's Demons by Patrick and Henry Cockburn (Radio 4)
Best ActressPresented by Don WarringtonRosie CavalieroLost Property: A Telegram from the Queen by Katie Hims (Radio 4)Candis NergaardAtching Tan by Dan Allum (Radio 4)
June WhitfieldA Montrous Vitality by Andy Merriman (Radio 4)
Best Supporting Actor/ActressPresented by June WhitfieldAndrew ScottReferee by Nick Perry (Radio 4)Carl PrekoppThe History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley (Radio 4)
Rupert Penry-JonesFlare Path by Terence Rattigan (Radio 3)
Best Scripted Comedy DramaPresented by Richard WilsonFloating by Hugh HughesProducer: James Robinson (Radio 4)Cabin Pressure by John FinnemoreProducer: Dawn Ellis (Radio 4)
Ed Reardon's Week by Christopher DouglasProducer: Dawn Ellis (Radio 4)
Best Online Only Audio DramaPresented by Julie MyersonRock by Tim FountainProducer: Iain Mackness (The Independent Online)Wild HackneyProducer: Francesca Panetta (Hackney Podcast)
Best AdaptationPresented by Nina WadiaThe History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian SibleyProducers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer (Radio 4)Alone in Berlin dramatised by Shelagh StephensonProducer: Eoin O'Callaghan (BBC Northern Ireland, Radio 4)
Five Days in May by Matthew SolonProducer: John Dryden (Radio 4)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio DramaPresented by Bertie CarvelBad Memories by Julian SimpsonProducer: Karen Rose (Radio 4)Can You Hear Me? by Margaret WilkinsonProducer: Nadia Molinari (Radio 4)
The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian SibleyProducers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer (Radio 4)
Innovation AwardPresented by Niamh CusackThe Unfortunates adapted by Graham WhiteProducer: Mary Peate (Radio 3)Blue Eyed Boy by Helen CrossProducer: Mary Ward-Lowery (BBC Bristol, Radio 4)
Wild HackneyProducer: Francesca Panetta (Hackney Podcast)
Imison Award (2010)Presented by David EdgarAmazing Grace by Michelle Lipton (Radio 4)Atching Tan by Dan Allum (Radio 4)
The Pursuit by Matt Hartley
The Barber and the Ark by Marcia Layne
Tinniswood Award (2010)Presented by David EdgarGerontius by Stephen Wyatt (Radio 4)The Climb by Andrea Earl (Radio 4)
Sarah and Ken by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Radio 3)
Setting a Glass by Nick Warburton (Radio 4)
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