Celebrating Audio's Finest
2025 Winners
INDIVIDUAL OR TEAM OF PRODUCERS WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER
ARTS & CULTURE Sponsored by the London Podcast Festival
GOLD - Chris Mitchell - Breaking Atoms and Sumit Sharma - Unedited
SILVER - Tony Phillips and Axel Kacoutié - Sea Salt and Mango
BRONZE - Sam Tyler - Freelance
Nominees
Meg Elliot - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Overcoat Media
Meera Kumar - Freelance
Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart - Modus Arts
AUDIOBOOK
GOLD - Kate MacDonald - Freelance
SILVER - Rosemary O’Dowd - Penguin Random House
BRONZE - Liam Gerrard - Raconteurs Audio
Nominees
Nicola Wall, Oliver Grant and Yuki Parmar - Audible
Chris Thompson - Penguin Random House
Nicola Alexandrou - The Guardian
BRANDED CONTENT
GOLD - Natalie Steed - Rhubarb Rhubarb
SILVER - Sam Taylor - Prison Radio Association
BRONZE - Podcast Team - National Trust
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Ollie Guillou - OG Podcasts & The Guernsey Alzheimer's Association
Nominees
Fresh Air
Ollie Wilson, Kat Hutcheson, Nia Deo, Charlie Murrell, Rahnee Prescod - Sony Music Podcasts
COMEDY
GOLD - Jon Holmes - unusual
SILVER - Ollie Wilson, Charlie Murrell, Nia Deo, Rahnee Prescod - Sony Music Podcasts
BRONZE - Lauren Mackay - BBC Scotland
Nominees
Dave Masterman, Michael Dale and Bertie Moores - Audio Always
Ed Morrish - Lead Mojo Productions
Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna - This Paranormal Life
DRAMA & FICTION
GOLD - Guy Larsen, Cambria Bailey-Jones, Gabriela Jones and Dan Pugsley - Penny4
SILVER - Emma Stephens & Bernard P Achampong - Unedited
BRONZE - Nicolas Jackson - Afonica
Nominees
Tracey Neale - BBC Studios
Max Blair and Mark McKibbin - Blackabbey Productions
Hat Trick Productions / Audible
ENTERTAINMENT
GOLD - Jack Edwards, Travis Glossop, Demi Bell, Brogan Hubber and Toby Penman - Fix Radio
SILVER - Ewan Newbigging-Lister - JamPot Productions
BRONZE - Katie Boden - TBI Media
Nominees
Helena Webb - BBC Audio
Jemima Rathbone - JamPot Productions
Dino Sofos, Caillin McDaid, Will Gibson Smith and Flossie Barrett - Persephonica
Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna - This Paranormal Life
FACTUAL / DOCUMENTARY Sponsored by Great Big Story
GOLD - Bella Soames - DMG Media
SILVER - Chalk & Blade/ Audible
BRONZE - Timur Dzhafarov and Cicely Fell - Falling Tree Productions
Nominees
Blanchard House Becky Lipscombe and Isobel Cockerell, Coda Story
Leigh Meyer, Amalie Sortland, Josephine Wheeler and Nicholas Alexander - Novel
HISTORY
GOLD - Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart - Modus Arts
SILVER - Joe Dunthorne and Eleanor McDowall - Falling Tree Productions
BRONZE - Hugh Sheehan - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Reduced Listening
Nominees
Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes - Project Citizen
Production Team - StoryHunter
TellTale Industries and Antica Productions
LIFESTYLE & SOCIETY
GOLD - Suzi Dale & Micky Curling - Story Publishing
SILVER - Laura Grimshaw and Jon Holmes - unusual
BRONZE - Hugh Sheehan - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Reduced Listening
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Nominees
Rich Le Gate - Inbetween Man
Ollie Brookes, James Wilson, Faye Dunn and Arthur Hagues - Prison Radio Association
LITTLE EARS
GOLD - Cole Stopnik - Independent Podcaster
SILVER - Laura Hyde - Chalk & Blade
BRONZE - Jack Whitney, Chloe McLaren, James Trusson, Adam Devenney, Kathleen Moroney, Polly Evans, Ravina Bajwa and Georgie Britton - Natural History Museum, Forever Audio and Tonies
Nominees
Gill Davies, Claire O'Gallagher and Derek Farrell - GDP/BBC Scotland Learning
Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Morwenna Rose - The Book of Arralan
MUSIC sponsored by Morley Radio
GOLD - Matt Healy, Katie Fox, Jojo Jones, Joe Gardner, Rachel Barton and Pete Tong - We Are Grape
SILVER - Lady Unchained and Arthur Hagues - Prison Radio Association
BRONZE - Silas Gray - Reduced Listening
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Tom Whalley - Freelance
Nominees
Matthew Bannister and Natalie Steed - Folk on Foot
Ollie Braddy. Jojo Jones, Matt Healy and Sarah Story - We Are Grape
NEWS / POLITICS
GOLD - Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes - Project Citizen
SILVER - Christopher Pitt, Stephen Carroll, Caroline Hepker, Tiwa Adebayo and James Woolcock - Bloomberg
BRONZE - Edward Drummond - The Times
Nominees
George McDonagh - Freelance
Artemis Irvine - Freelance, Whistledown Productions
May Robson - Reduced Listening
SOUND DESIGN
GOLD - Scout Tzofiya Bolton, Andrew Wilkie, Ellen Orchard, Micky Curling and Phil Maguire - Prison Radio Association
SILVER - Phoebe McIndoe - Falling Tree Productions
BRONZE - Esa Williams - RAW/Audible
Nominees
Nicholas Alexander - NovelAlice Boyd and Joy Nkoyo - Peanut & Crumb
Ivan d'Avoine, Derick Armah - Transmission Roundhouse
SPORTS
GOLD - Andrew Wilkie, Faye Dunn, Phil Maguire and Paula Harriott - Prison Radio Association
SILVER - Chris Browning-Brant, Christian Hewgill, Katie Osborne and Jamie Smith - Formula 1
BRONZE - Sophie Penney and Adonis Pratsides - Global
Nominees
Rob Sillito , Ben Russell and Emma Brydges - Couch to Coached Running podcast
Damien St John and Ant McGinley - Podomedy
Ray Paul, Ishtia May, Jerelle Forbes and Heartless Crew (MC Bushkin & DJ Fonti) - The Playmaker Group
TRUE CRIME
GOLD - RAW/Audible
SILVER - Rima Ahmed, Luke de Costa and Luke Eldridge - BBC Sounds
BRONZE - Carl Miller, Caroline Thornham and Tom Wright - Novel
Nominees
Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard - Falling Tree Productions
Andrew Wilkie - Prison Radio Association
Production Team - StoryHunter
INDIVIDUAL
NARRATOR
GOLD - Charlotte Ritchie - Nosy Crow
SILVER - Ella Kenion - Bonnier Books UK
BRONZE - Poppy Mae Barrett - HarperCollins Publishers
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Maxim Reston - White House Sound/Hodder & Stoughton
Nominees
Harriet Walter - HarperCollins Publishers
Dan Jones - Sony Music Podcasts
NEW PRODUCER sponsored by Amazon Music
GOLD - Mia Thornton - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Reform Radio
SILVER - Marnie Duke - Transmission Roundhouse
BRONZE - Katie Fox - We Are Grape
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Riham Moussa - Freelance
Nominees
Lorna Reader - BBC Studios
Joseph Russell - Fire Mountain Productions
NEW VOICE sponsored by BBC Sounds
GOLD - Scout Tzofiya Bolton - Prison Radio Association
SILVER - Dr. Emma Nagouse - Lead Mojo Productions
BRONZE - Naomi Bloomstein - Freelance
Nominees
Siddharth Khajuria - Falling Tree Productions Ajay Tegala - National Trust
Anna Sinfield - Novel
PRESENTER/HOST sponsored by Everybody Media
GOLD - Femi Oke - RAW/Audible
SILVER - Joe Dunthorne - Falling Tree Productions
BRONZE - Jerry Brotton - Whistledown Productions
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Nominees
Danny Robins - Bafflegab Productions/ Uncanny Media
Niall Breslin - Chalk & Blade/Audible
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR sponsored by Audible
GOLD - Bella Soames - DMG Media
SILVER - Andrew Wilkie - Prison Radio Association
BRONZE - Jack Edwards- Fix Radio
Nominees
Phoebe McIndoe - Falling Tree Productions
Georgia Arundell - Platform Media
Georgina Savage - RAW
Jon Holmes - unusual
GROUP OR ORGANISATION
ENSEMBLE CAST / PRESENTING TEAM
GOLD - Becky and Ben Saer
SILVER - Zak and Jules - Prison Radio Association
BRONZE - Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman and Jess Phillips - Sky News
Nominees
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins - Audible/Hat Trick
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders - Audible/Listen
Rachel, Elaine and Caroline - Whistledown
CHANGEMAKER AWARD sponsored by The Podcast Show
GOLD - QueerAF podcast with Trans+ History Week
SILVER - Wild Tales - National Trust
BRONZE - Tommy Kennedy, Claire Offley and Fran Reynolds - Carousel
Nominees
Tash Walker and Adam Zmith - Aunt Nell
Short Cuts - Falling Tree Productions
Outside In - Prison Radio Association
PUBLISHER OR NETWORK OF THE YEAR sponsored by BetterHelp
GOLD - Fix Radio
SILVER - Resonance
BRONZE - Goalhanger
Nominees
Fun Kids
RQ Network
Sony Music Podcasts
PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR sponsored by Audio.co from Aiir GOLD - Prison Radio Association
GOLD - Prison Radio Association
SILVER - Bespoken Media
BRONZE - Falling Tree Productions
Nominees
Fresh Air
Novel
Reduced Listening
Samizdat Audio