British Podcast Awards

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The British Podcast Awards were established in 2017 to reward and reflect the burgeoning podcast productions in Great Britain. The awards combine selections by an industry panel with public vote awards such as the Listeners Choice award.^[1] In 2021, readers of the weekly Great British Podcasts email will create the shortlist for the new Best International podcast.^[2]

2017[]

More than 50 independent judges from the audio and media industry supported the British Podcast Awards. Chaired by Helen Zaltzman, the judges included Miranda Sawyer. Hosted by Olly Mann presenters on the night included Edith Bowman, Grace Dent and James Cooper from My Dad Wrote a Porno.^[3]

Winners and Nominees[]

Winners in bold

Listeners Choice Award[]

• Kermode and Mayo's Film Review

Podcast Champion[]

• Adam Buxton

Podcast of the Year[]

• Fathers And Sons - Radio Wolfgang with Mr. Porter

Best Review Podcast[]

• The Penguin Podcast - Somethin' Else
• Song by Song - Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay
• Soundtracking with Edith Bowman - Edith Bowman
• Spoiler - Joe Shmo
• SRSLY - The SRSLY Podcast from the New Statesman

Best True Crime Podcast[]

• Body On The Moor - BBC Radio
• They Walk Among Us - Benjamin Fitton and Rosanna Fitton
• Untold: the Daniel Morgan Murder - Peter Jukes and Deeivya Meir

Best Branded Content[]

• Fathers & Sons - Radio Wolfgang with Mr. Porter
• Glyndebourne podcast - Katherine Godfrey, Whistledown Productions
• Mountain - Christopher Sleight
• The National Trust Gardens Podcast - Fresh Air Production
• Sound Matters - Third Ear/Quincey Sound production for B&O Play

Best Comedy Podcast[]

• The Adam Buxton Podcast - Adam Buxton
• Beef & Dairy Network Podcast - Benjamin Partridge
• Do The Right Thing -Fuzz Productions
• Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - Fuzz Productions
• The Scummy Mummies Podcast - Scummy Mummies

Best Fiction Podcast[]

• Beef And Dairy Network Podcast - Benjamin Partridge
• Tracks - BBC Radio
• Wooden Overcoats - Wooden Overcoats Ltd

Smartest Podcast[]

• Chips With Everything - The Guardian
• Coffee Break Italian - Radio Lingua Network
• The National Trust Gardens Podcast - Fresh Air Production
• Scienceish - Radio Wolfgang
• Sound Matters - Third Ear/Quincey Sound production for B&O Play

Best Radio Podcast[]

• 50 Things That Changed The Modern Economy - BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World Service
• Ollie & Si - Ollie Gallant and Simon Alexander, Quidem Radio
• Kermode and Mayo's Film Review - Somethin' Else for BBC Radio
• Radiomoments Conversations - David Lloyd Media Services
• Short Cuts - Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio

Best New Podcast[]

• The Cinemile - Dave Corkery and Cathy Cullen
• Everyone Else - Eva Krysiak
• Say Why To Drugs - Distraction Pieces Network
• Soundtracking with Edith Bowman - Edith Bowman
• The Untold - BBC Radio 4

Best Sport Podcast[]

• The Big Interview With Graham Hunter - Neil White
• The Cycling Podcast - Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe
• Fight Disciples - Fight Disciples
• Hornet Heaven - Olly Wicken
• How2Wrestling - Podcrabs

Best Interview Podcast[]

• Getting Better Acquainted - Dave Pickering
• Scientists not the Science - Stuart Higgins
• Shoot First Talk Later: The Photoshoot Podcast - Robert Gershinson
• What Goes On Here - Sam Walker

Best Current Affairs Podcast[]

• The Economist asks - The Economist
• The New Statesman Podcast - New Statesman
• The Inquiry - BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World Service
• ShoutOut - ShoutOut Radio
• Weekly Economics Podcast - New Economics Foundation

Best Entertainment Podcast[]

• The Distraction Pieces Podcast - Distraction Pieces Network
• A Gay & A Non Gay - Gay & A Non Gay
• Hip Hop Saved My Life with Romesh Ranganathan - AudioBoom
• Probably True - Scott Flashheart Elliott
• Soundtracking with Edith Bowman Edith Bowman

‘Other’ (AKA Most Original Podcast)[]

• Between the Ears - BBC Radio
• Mountain - Christopher Sleight
• Weird Tales and the Unexplainable - Bob Shoy^[4][5]

2018[]

To sample the nominees a five-part series podcast was created with The Guardian.^[6]

Winners in bold

Listeners' Choice Award 2018[]

• Kermode and Mayo's Film Review - Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 5Live

Podcast Champion 2018[]

• Helen Zaltzman

Podcast of the Year 2018[]

• Griefcast - Cariad Lloyd

Best Branded Content[]

• Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places - Fresh Air Production for Historic England
• Parliament Explained  -Fresh Air Production, for UK Parliament
• The Discovery Adventures - Land Rover
• The Penguin Podcast - Somethin' Else for Penguin Random House
• Women in Business - NatWest, Pixiu, Acast & ZenithOptimedia

Best Comedy Podcast[]

• A Gay & A NonGay - James Barr & Dan Hudson
• Babysitting Trevor  - Dot Dot Dot Productions
• Beef And Dairy Network Podcast - Benjamin Partridge
• The Political Party With Matt Forde - Matt Forde
• This Paranormal Life - Rory Powers and Kit Grier

Best Culture Podcast[]

• Literary Friction  - Carrie Plitt and Octavia Bright
• Soundtracking with Edith Bowman - Edith Bowman
• The Invisible College - Cathy FitzGerald BBC Radio 4
• The Two Shot Podcast - Thomas Griffin and Craig Parkinson
• Writer's Routine - Dan Simpson

Best Entertainment Podcast[]

• Griefcast  - Cariad Lloyd
• Nothing To Declare Podcast  - Unedited
• Probably True - Scott Flashheart
• The Butterfly Effect - Jon Ronson
• The It's Nice That Podcast - Radio Wolfgang

Best Family Podcast[]

• Dirty Mother Pukka - Mother Pukka
• Fun Kids Science Weekly - Fun Kids
• Once Upon A Time In Zombieville - Bigmouth Audio for BBC Radio Scotland
• The Adoption - The World at One for BBC Radio 4
• The Discovery Adventures  - Land Rover

Best Fiction Podcast[]

• Blood Culture - Resonance
• Five Minute Folklore -Bob Shoy
• Imaginary Advice - Ross Sutherland
• Once Upon A Time In Zombieville - Bigmouth Audio for BBC Radio 4
• The Discovery Adventures - Land Rover

Best Interview Podcast[]

• Griefcast - Cariad Lloyd
• Homo Sapiens  - Will Young and Christopher Sweeney
• Perfume Pioneers - Jo Barratt [for Somerset House]
• The Allusionist - Helen Zaltzman
• The Comedian's Comedian Podcast  - Stuart Goldsmith

Best New Podcast[]

• Adrift with Geoff Lloyd & Annabel Port  - Annabel Port and Geoff Lloyd
• My First Time - Sam Bonham for VICE
• Radio Atlas - Eleanor McDowall
• Reasons To Be Cheerful - Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
• The Tip Off  - Maeve McClenaghan

Most Original Podcast[]

• Once Upon A Time In Zombieville  - Bigmouth Audio [for BBC Radio Scotland]
• Quake -BBC Radio Drama North
• Radio Atlas  -Eleanor McDowall
• The Discovery Adventures  - Land Rover
• The Poetry Exchange - Fiona Lesley Bennett, Michael Shaeffer & Ben Hales

The Represent Award[]

• Carousel Radio - Davot, Fran, Ewan, Jonny and Sam
• I Hear Voices - BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat
• Mostly Lit - Alex Reads, Rai, Derek Owusu
• Stance Podcast - Chrystal Genesis & Heta Fell
• The Backstory - Claire Mutimer and Suzy Coulson

Best Radio Podcast[]

• Elis James & John Robins on Radio X Podcast - Radio X
• Fun Kids Science Weekly - Fun Kids
• Russell Brand on Radio X Podcast - Radio X
• Short Cuts - Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4
• The Listening Service - Tom Service and The Listening Service Team for BBC Radio 3

Smartest Podcast[]

• Blue Planet II: The Podcast  - Emily Knight & Becky Ripley for the BBC
• Stop and Search With Jason Reed  - Jason Reed
• That Classical Podcast - Kelly Harlock and Chris Bland
• The Allusionist - Helen Zaltzman
• The Tip Off - Maeve McClenaghan

Best Sport Podcast[]

• Brian Moore's Full Contact - Telegraph Media Group
• Fight Disciples - Fight Disciples
• Quickly Kevin, Will He Score? - , & Josh Widdicombe
• The Cycling Podcast - Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie &
• Who Are Ya? - Ben Cartwright & David Cowlishaw

Best True Crime Podcast[]

• Beyond Reasonable Doubt?  - Wisebuddah for BBC Radio 5 Live
• Murder Mile True-Crime Podcast - Michael J Buchanan-Dunne
• S'laughter: True Crime Podcast - Lucy and Emma
• The Assassination - Owen Bennett-Jones & Neal Razzell for BBC World Service
• They Walk Among Us - Rosanna and Benjamin Fitton^[7][8]

2019[]

Podcast Of The Year[]

• Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet

Podcast champion[]

• My Dad Wrote A Porno

Listeners choice award[]

• Brexitcast

Moment of The Year[]

• Dear Joan and Jericha - Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine, A Hush Ho/Pepperdine Productions/Dot Dot Dot Co-Pro
• Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
• My Dad Wrote A Porno - Jamie, James, Alice and Rocky
• Over The Bridge Podcast - Bill-al, Kway-ku, Patrick & Tom
• Ways to Change the World, with Krishnan Guru-Murthy - Channel 4 News/ITN
• You, Me and the Big C - BBC Radio 5 Live

Best Branded Podcast[]

• Awake at Night - Chalk and Blade and Bethany Bell for the UNHCR
• Feminists Don't Wear Pink - Penguin Random House / Scarlett Curtis
• Hot Air - Radio Wolfgang
• Healthy For Men - The River Group (on behalf of Holland & Barrett)
• Meet Me at the Museum - Whistledown Productions for Art Fund
• Rough Guide to Everywhere - Alannah Chance for Reduced Listening

Bullseye Award[]

• Probably True - Scott Flashheart
• Ask The Nincompoops - Andy Stanton and Carrie Quinlan, Great Big Owl
• Centuries of Sound - James Errington
• Somerset House Studios - Somerset House Studios
• Farmerama - Jo Barratt, Katie Revell, Abby Rose
• BBC Somerset's Cricket Show: Extras - BBC Somerset

Best Arts & Culture[]

• BLANK - with Jim Daly and
• Excuse The Mess - Ben Corrigan
• Folk on Foot - Matthew Bannister
• Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
• How To Fail With Elizabeth Day - Elizabeth Day
• Stance Podcast - Heta Fell & Chrystal Genesis

Best Comedy Podcast[]

• Beef And Dairy Network Podcast - Benjamin Partridge for Maximum Fun
• Birthday Girls' House Party - Whistledown Productions for BBC Sounds
• Dear Joan and Jericha - Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine, A Hush Ho/Pepperdine Productions/Dot Dot Dot Co-Pro
• The All New Angelos and Barry Podcast - Alex Lowe and Dan Skinner for Great Big Owl
• The Guilty Feminist - Deborah Frances-White
• The Horne Section Podcast - Pixiu for Deezer Originals

Best Current Affairs[]

• Beyond Today - BBC Radio 4
• Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
• Stance Podcast - Heta Fell & Chrystal Genesis
• The Grenfell Tower Inquiry with Eddie Mair - BBC Sounds
• The Intelligence - The Economist for Economist Radio
• Today in Focus - The Guardian

Best Entertainment Podcast[]

• Blood on the Tracks - Shooting Sharks Productions for BBC Sounds
• Desert Island Dicks - Desert Island Dicks Podcast
• Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster - Plosive Productions
• Private Parts - Jamie Laing & Francis Boulle for Spirit Media
• Spark True Stories - Elle Scott
• This Paranormal Life - Rory Powers & Kit Grier

Best Family Podcast[]

• Everything Under The Sun - Molly Oldfield
• Fun Kids Science Weekly - Fun Kids
• Made By Mammas  - Create Productions
• Ruthie: Me and My Dad - talkRADIO / Wireless Studios
• Surrogacy: A Family Frontier - Dustin Lance-Black, Tracy Williams and Jane Andrews for BBC Radio 5 Live
• The Long Road to Baby - Sophie Sulehria

Best Fiction Podcast[]

• Calais 2037 - New Time Productions Limited
• Double Bubble - Prison Radio Association
• Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
• The Amelia Project - Philip Thorn & Oystein Brager for Imploding Fictions
• The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - Julian Simpson, Sweet Talk Productions for BBC Radio 4
• The Offensive -

Best Interview[]

• Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast - Anna Williamson, Create Productions
• Declassified - Michael Coates
• Homo Sapiens - Will Young and Christopher Sweeney for Banana Stand
• How To Fail With Elizabeth Day - Elizabeth Day
• Sex Talk - Prison Radio Association
• The Modern Mann - Olly Mann for Rethink Audio

Best New Podcast[]

• A Mile in My Shoes - Empathy Museum and Loftus Media
• About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge - Reni Eddo-Lodge/Renay Richardson
• Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
• No Country for Young Women - BBC Sounds
• On The Road - Prison Radio Association
• Today in Focus - The Guardian

Spotlight Award[]

• Fortunately...with Fi and Jane - BBC Radio 4
• George Ezra & Friends - George Ezra
• Happy Mum, Happy Baby - Giovanna Fletcher for Pixiu
• Happy Place - Fearne Cotton
• Katie Piper's Extraordinary People - Katie Piper for Somethin' Else
• That Peter Crouch Podcast - 5live for BBC Sounds

Best Sex & Relationships Podcast[]

• #QueerAF - National Student Pride & Jamie Wareham
• Project Pleasure - Anouszka Tate and Frankie Wells
• Qmmunity  - Alexis Caught, Kevin Morosky, Christania McPherson
• The Receipts Podcast - Audrey Akande/Milena Sanchez/Tolani Shoneye
• The Sugar Baby Confessionals - Sara-Mae Tuson for Fable Gazers
• Unexpected Fluids - BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 1

Best Radio Podcast[]

• Brexit: A Love Story? - World at One for BBC Radio 4
• Fun Kids Science Weekly - Fun Kids
• Multi Story - BBC Local Radio
• ShoutOut Radio - ShoutOut Radio
• Tara and George - Audrey Gillan for Falling Tree Productions
• The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X  - Global

Smartest Podcast[]

• About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge - Reni Eddo-Lodge & Renay Richardson
• Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
• On The Road - Prison Radio Association
• Shedunnit - Caroline Crampton
• The Tip Off - for Acast
• The Urbanist - Monocle 24

Best Sport[]

• F1: Beyond The Grid - Formula 1 for Audioboom
• LS11 - Darren Harper and Ryan Wilson for Proper Sport
• The BBC's LGBT Sport Podcast - Jack Murley for BBC Radio Jersey
• The Big Interview with Graham Hunter - BackPage Media
• The Cycling Podcast Féminin - The Cycling Podcast
• The Totally Football Show with James Richardson - Muddy Knees Media for the Totally Football Network

Best True Crime[]

• Case Notes - Classic FM for Global
• Dead Man Talking - Peter Sale & Alex Hannaford - DMT Media & Audioboom
• Death in Ice Valley - Neil McCarthy/Marit Higraff for BBC World Service/NRK
• End Of Days - Ciaran Tracey & Chris Warburton for the BBC
• RedHanded - Hannah Maguire & Suruthi Bala for Acast
• The Doorstep Murder - Fiona Walker for BBC Scotland.^[9][10]

2020[]

The chair of judges in 2020 was George The Poet.^[11] Judges included Miranda Sawyer and Pete Donaldson.

Nominees and winners[]

Winners in bold.

Podcast Of The Year[]

Podcast Champion[]

Listener Choice Award[]

• Shagged Married Annoyed

Best Arts & Culture Podcast[]

• Best Pick - The Spontaneity Shop
• Classical Fix - BBC Radio 3
• Rule of Three - Great Big Owl
• Selfridges Hot Air presents State of the Arts - Radio Wolfgang
• Somerset House - Somerset House
• Song by Song - Sam Pay and Martin Zaltz Austwick for Stripped Media Network

Best Branded Podcast[]

• #QueerAF - Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride
• DeepMind: The Podcast - Whistledown Productions for DeepMind
• Meet Me at the Museum - Art Fund
• On the Marie Curie Couch - Marie Curie
• Penguin Podcast - Somethin' Else
• The Rough Guide to Everywhere Aimee White with Reduced Listening

Best Business Podcast[]

• Doing It For The Kids - Doing It For The Kids
• Jazz Shapers sponsored by Mishcon De Reya - Jazz FM for Bauer Media
• Money Talks - Economist Radio for The Economist
• Squiggly Careers - Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis
• Tales Of Silicon Valley - The Times/Wireless Studios
• The Northern Power Women Podcast - Northern Power Women for What Goes On Media

Best Comedy Podcast[]

• Brian & Roger - Great Big Owl
• Dear Joan and Jericha - Julia Davis & Vicki Pepperdine
• Josh Berry's Fake News - Union JACK Radio
• Kurupt FM - Audible UK
• Mind Canyon - Charlie Kemp & Steve Dawson
• Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster - Plosive Productions

Best Current Affairs Podcast[]

• Full Disclosure with James O'Brien - Global Original for Global
• Stance Podcast - Chrystal Genesis
• The Intelligence - Economist Radio for The Economist
• The Tortoise Podcast - Tortoise Media
• The Week Junior Show - Fun Kids and The Week Junior
• Today in Focus - The Guardian

Best Daily Podcast[]

• Beyond Today - Beyond Today team for BBC Sounds
• Love Island: The Morning After - Kem & Arielle for ITV
• The Globalist - Monocle 24
• The Rob Auton Daily Podcast - Plosive Productions
• The Santa Daily - Fun Kids
• Today in Focus - The Guardian

Best Family Podcast[]

• Ask The Nincompoops - Great Big Owl
• Breaking Mum & Dad - Anna Williamson
• David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast - Global
• Diddy Pod - Ciaran Murtagh, Andrew Barnett Jones, Steve Ryde for CBBC / BBC Radio
• The Intended Parent - Fran and Kreena
• The Trap Door - Sophie Black

Best Fiction[]

• Brian & Roger - Great Big Owl
• Coexistence - Coex Studios
• Fall of the Shah - Steve Waters for BBC World Service
• Hag - Thomas Curry, Harriet Poland, Tom Killian for Audible UK
• Mockery Manor - Laurence Owen & Lindsay Sharman
• Passenger List Goldhawk Productions/Radiotopia

Best Interview[]

• Trust Issues: The Infected Blood Scandal - Rachel Botsman
• Declassified - Michael Coates
• Homo Sapiens - Homo Sapiens
• How To Kill An Hour - Marcus Bronzy for Podcast Studio London
• Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner - Somethin' Else
• Today in Focus - The Guardian

Moment Of The Year[]

• #QueerAF - Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride
• Happy Place - Fearne Cotton
• No Such Thing As A Fish - No Such Thing As A Fish
• RHLSTP - Sky Potato, Go Faster Stripe & Fuzz Productions
• Tunnel 29 - Helena Merriman BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds
• Ways to Change the World - Channel 4 News

Smartest Podcast[]

• Food Actually - Chalk & Blade / Pushkin Industries for Luminary Media
• Power Corrupts - Brian Klaas
• Tales Of Silicon Valley - The Times/Wireless Studios
• The Listening Service - Radio 3 Production for BBC Radio 3
• The Sound of Anger - Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions
• The Tip Off - Maeve McClenaghan

Best Radio Podcast[]

• Ellie and Anna Have Issues -Ellie & Anna for Global
• Kermode and Mayo's Film Review - Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 5
• The Chris Moyles Show On Radio X Podcast - Chris Moyles for Global
• The Santa Daily - Fun Kids
• The Skewer - Jon Holmes for BBC Radio 4
• Tunnel 29 - Helena Merriman for BBC Radio 4

Best Live Episode[]

• Blood on the Tracks - Shooting Shark
• Can We Just Ask - Can Anyone Be An Activist? - Annie Clarke & Will Clempner
• Nobody Panic - Plosive Productions
• Tailenders - TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live
• Tape Notes - Tape Notes
• The Empire Film Podcast - Empire for Bauer Media

Best Network or Publisher[]

• The Athletic
• BBC World Service
• The Guardian
• Mags Creative
• Somethin' Else
• Studio 71

Best Wellbeing Podcast[]

• Declassified - Michael Coates
• GABA - Adam Martin
• Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts - BBC 5 Live
• No Really, I'm Fine - Reach Plc
• Rainbow Dads - Richard and Nicholas
• The Sound of Anger - Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions

Best New Podcast[]

• Accentricity - Sadie Ryan
• Masala Podcast - Sangeeta Pillai for Soul Sutras
• Shagged Married Annoyed - Chris and Rosie Ramsey for Avalon Television Ltd
• The IMO Podcast - Chris & Michelle for The IMO project
• The Last Bohemians - House of Hutch
• The Log Books - Adam Smith, Tash Walker and Shivani Dave

Best Sport Podcast[]

• COPA90 Football Inside Out - FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 - We Are Grape for COPA90
• The Beautiful Brain - Hana Walker-Brown for Audible UK
• The Cycling Podcast - Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe
• The Exs and Os Podcast - Exs and Os
• The Game Changers - Fearless Women
• The Totally Football Show - Muddy Knees Media for Totally Football Network

Best Entertainment Podcast[]

• George Ezra & Friends - 4th Floor Creative
• Help I Sexted My Boss - William Hanson and Jordan NorthAudio Always
• No Country For Young Women - Radio 1 and 1Xtra Production BBC Sounds
• Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster - Plosive Productions
• Sam Walker's Desert Diaries - Sam Walker
• Something Rhymes with Purple - Somethin' Else

Best Sex & Relationships Podcast[]

• #QueerAF - Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride
• Lights On - Amaliah
• Brown Girls Do It Too - BBC Asian Network
• F**ks Given - ComeCurious & Studio71 UK
• Masala Podcast - Sangeeta Pillai for Soul Sutras
• The Breakup Monologues - Rosie Wilby

Best True Crime Podcast[]

• Paradise - Dan Maudsley for 5 Live & BBC Sounds
• The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17 - Novel
• The Hurricane Tapes - Steve Crossman & Joel Hammer for BBC World Service
• The Last Days of August - Jon Ronson, Lina Misitzis for Audible UK
• The Missing Cryptoqueen - Georgia Catt & Jamie Bartlett for BBC Sounds
• Unheard: The Fred and Rose West Tapes - Somethin' Else

Best Podcast In The Welsh Language[]

• Dwy Iaith, Un Ymennydd - Elis James produced by Alpha for BBC Cymru
• Siarad Secs - Astud for BBC Cymru
• Yr Haclediad - Bryn Salisbury, Iestyn Lloyd, Sioned Mills

The Creativity Award[]

• David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast - Global
• Fake Heiress - BBC Radio Drama London Sasha, Vicky & Chloe for BBC Radio 4
• Mind Canyon - Charlie Kemp & Steve Dawson
• The Skewer - Jon Holmes for BBC Radio 4
• The Sound of Anger - Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions
• Where is My Mind? - Niall Breslin

The Spotlight Award[]

• Deliciously Ella - Deliciously Ella for Mags Creative
• Elis James and John Robins - Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 Live
• Happy Mum Happy Baby - Giovanna Fletcher
• My Dad Wrote A Porno - Jamie, James, Alice & Rocky
• Table Manners with Jessie Ware - Jessie Ware
• The Guilty Feminist - The Spontaneity Shop

The Bullseye Award[]

• After: Surviving Sexual Assault - Listen Entertainment for BBC Sounds
• Strong Manchester Women - Vic Elizabeth Turnbull at MIC Media
• The Investor's Guide to China - Fidelity International
• The Offensive - Stakhanov
• Things Unseen: Entombed - CTVC
• This Is Spoke - Penguin Random House UK, Fremantle, BMG.^[12][13]

2021[]

Nominees. Winners in bold

Podcast Of The Year[]

• VENT Documentaries

Gold Award[]

• Answer Me This!

Listeners Choice Award[]

• Red Handed Podcast

Best Arts & Culture Podcast[]

• Happy Place
• Real Dictators
• Shade Podcast
• The Empire Film Podcast
• The Secret Life of Songs
• Transmissions: The Definitive Story Of Joy Division And New Order

Best Interview Podcast[]

• Dead Honest
• Future Prison
• Masala Podcast
• The Student Sessions
• Today in Focus
• Ways to Change the World

Best Branded Podcast[]

• Gardening with the RHS
• Grilling
• Military Wives: The Official Film Podcast
• Table Manners with Jessie Ware
• The Crown Podcast
• The Midpoint

Best Business Podcast[]

• Doing It For The Kids
• How To Own The Room
• Money Maze Podcast
• The Diary of a CEO
• The Voiceover Social
• We Built This city: Greater Manchester

Best Comedy Podcast[]

• Beef And Dairy Network
• Dear Joan and Jericha
• Hidden Ireland
• Kurupt FM
• Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat
• SeanceCast

Best Current Affairs Podcast[]

• Interconnected Voices
• Stories Of Our Times
• The Intelligence
• The Oxfordshire News Podcast
• Today in Focus
• Your Broccoli Weekly

Best Daily Podcast[]

• Anthems
• Stories Of Our Times
• The Intelligence
• The Santa Daily
• Today in Focus
• Wake Up, Wind Down

Best Family Podcast[]

• Bottle Ship Adventures
• Fun Kids Science Weekly
• History Story Time
• Homeschool History
• Maddie's Sound Explorers
• World Wise Web

Best Fiction Podcast[]

• Cassie and Corey
• DEM TIMES
• Lem N Ginge: The Princess of Kakos
• Once Upon A Time in Zombieville
• The Harrowing
• This Thing of Darkness

Best Documentary[]

• Hometown: A Killing
• Ida Schuster's Old School
• My Mother's Murder
• Peter 2.0
• The Secrets In Us
• VENT Documentaries

Moment Of The Year[]

• The Divorce Club
• Happy Place
• Sandman
• Ways to Change the World
• Where Is George Gibney?
• Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding?

Smartest Podcast[]

• Maddie's Sound Explorers
• Peter 2.0
• Stories of Scotland
• The Secret Life of Prisons
• VENT Documentaries
• Windrush Stories

Best Radio Podcast[]

• Danny Wallace’s Important Broadcast Podcast
• Fun Kids' Story Explorers
• Homeschool History
• Slide Into My Podcast
• The Sista Collective
• The Skewer

Best Lockdown Podcast[]

• BBC Your Work, Your Money
• Folk on Foot: Front Room Festivals
• Mandemic
• Phone A Friend with George Ezra
• Stolen Goodbyes
• The Mentor

Best Network or Publisher[]

• The Athletic
• BBC World Service
• Economist Radio
• Fun Kids
• Plosive Productions
• Stakhanov

Best Wellbeing Podcast[]

• Cassie & Corey
• Discovering Dementia
• How Did We Get Here?
• How Do You Cope? with Elis and John
• Talk Twenties Podcast
• The YUNGBLUD Podcast

Best New Podcast[]

• Field Recordings
• Growing up with Gal-Dem
• Hunting Ghislaine
• Maddie's Sound Explorers
• Prison Bag
• VENT Documentaries

Best Sport Podcast[]

• A Winning Mindset: Lessons From the Paralympics
• Coming In From The Cold: The History Of Black Footballers In The English Game
• F1: Beyond The Grid
• Fight Disciples
• GIANT - A Spotify Original
• The High Performance Podcast

Best Entertainment Podcast[]

• 6 Degrees From Jamie and Spencer
• A Gay and a NonGay
• James Acaster's Perfect Sounds
• No Ideas Just Vibes
• Stars In Your Ears
• Table Manners with Jessie Ware

Best True Crime Podcast[]

• Hometown: A Killing
• Hope High
• Hunting Ghislaine
• The Missing
• Where Is George Gibney?
• Who Killed CJ Davis?

Best Podcast In The Welsh Language[]

• Clear
• Dewr
• Gwrachod He die
• Nawr yw'r Awr
• Y Corridor Ansicrwydd
• Y Diflaniad

The Creativity Award[]

• Futile Attempts (At Surviving Tomorrow)
• Interconnected Voices
• James Acaster's Perfect Sounds
• Probably True
• The Power of Sound
• Tracks: Abyss

The Spotlight Award[]

• Alan Partridge - From the Oasthouse
• French & Saunders: Titting About
• Grounded with Louis Theroux
• Happy Mum Happy Baby
• The Isolation Tapes
• The YUNGBLUD Podcast

The Bullseye Award[]

• Bare Naked Politics
• Benlunar
• Out of Home
• SomeFamilies
• The Confidence Fighter
• The SwimOut Podcast

The International Award[]

• Bunga Bunga
• Floodlines
• How's Work? by Esther Perel
• Revisionist History
• The Daily
• The Joe Rogan Experience^[14]

References[]