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Awards for radio plays broadcast between Oct 2024 and Oct 2025.
The BBC Audio Drama Awards celebrate the range, originality and quality of audio drama on air and online and give recognition to the creativity of actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work in the genre.
The winners will be announced on Sunday 1 Mar 2026 (please note the date change) in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House London. The winners of the Imison and Tinniswood Awards (judged and administered by the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain) will also be announced at this event.
The Awards are for:
• Best Original Single Drama
• Best Original Series or Serial
• Best Adaptation
• Best Podcast Audio Drama
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Performance
• Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance
• Best Use of Sound
• Best Scripted Comedy (Longform)
• Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show)
• Best European Audio Drama
=shortlisted; # = Finalist.
The finalists will probably be announced in early February, along with those for the Imison and Tinniswood Awards. Finalists will be sent information at that point about invitations to the winners’ ceremony in the BBC Radio Theatre.
The BBC Audio Drama Awards celebrate the range, originality and quality of audio drama and comedy on air and online.
For over a century, radio drama and comedy have provided joy, illumination and escape for millions of listeners. These genres have evolved in method and style as creators have responded with ingenuity and imagination to changes in the world and in technology. In the UK, the BBC remains the biggest champion of this unique art form and it developed these awards to acknowledge the creativity and talent of actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, sound designers and all those who work in audio drama.
The winners will be announced on Sunday 15 Feb 2026 in a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House London. (note the change of date)
The winners of the Imison and Tinniswood Awards (judged and administered by the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain) will also be announced at this ceremony.
Best Original Single Drama
The Final Touch by Roy Williams, producer Celia de Wolff, Pier Productions
John From Hemel by Sid Sagar, producer Hunter Charlton, Ember
One Hundred and Fifty Days by Oliver Emanuel, producer Kirsty Williams, BBC Audio Scotland
Shed by Paolo Chianta, producer Lorna Newman, BBC Studios Audio
Sleaze by Joe von Malachowski & Will Close, producer Anne Isger, BBC Studios Audio
Best Adaptation
Gatsby in Harlem adapted by Roy Williams from F.Scott Fitzgerald, producer Nathan Freeman, Granny Eats Wolf
Kramer versus Kramer by Avery Korman, ad. Sarah Wooley, prod. Gaynor Macfarlane & Carl Prekopp, BBC Audio Scotland
Saint Joan of the Anthropocene, ad. Linda Marshall Griffiths from GB Shaw, producer Nadia Molinari, BBC Studios
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Gary McNair, producer Kirsty Williams, BBC Audio Scotland
War With the Newts by Karel Capek, adapted by Ed Harris, producer Jeremy Mortimer, Reduced Listening
The Yafa Cherry Orchard adapted by Hassan Abdulrazzak from Anton Chekhov, producer Boz Temple-Morris, Holy Mountain
Best Original Series or Serial
Aldrich Kemp and the Rose of Pamir, producer Sarah Tombling, Sweet Talk Productions
Collapsing Orbits by Ed Sellek, producers Eloise Whitmore & Tony Churnside, Naked Productions
The Concierge by Simon Scardifield and Andrew Day, producers Emma Harding and Fay Lomas, BBC Audio Wales & West
Life and Time by James Fritz, producer Tracey Neale, BBC Studios Audio
McLevy in the New World by David Ashton, producer Bruce Young, Absolutely Productions
Mothercover by Fflur Dafydd, producer Fay Lomas, BBC Audio Wales & West
Purple Heart Warriors by Iris Yamashita, producer Catherine Bailey, Catherine Bailey Productions
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, The Fever, directors John Tiffany and Susan Roberts, BBC Audio North
Gabrielle Creevy, Astronomers, director John Norton, BBC Audio Wales & West
Lydia Leonard, Gershwin and Miss Swift, director Tracey Neale, BBC Studios Audio
Jodie McNee, Secrets and Lies: Mona Best and the Beatles, director Carl Prekopp, Essential Productions
Lara Sawalha, The Yafa Cherry Orchard, director Boz Temple-Morris, Holy Mountain
Lydia Wilson, Star, director Abigail le Fleming, BBC Studios Audio
Best Actor
Ncuti Gatwa, Gatsby in Harlem, director Celia de Wolff, Granny Eats Wolf
Aidan Gillen, Faith Healer, directors Jessica Dromgoole and Mary Peate, Hooley Productions
Burn Gorman, Collapsing Orbits, director Tony Churnside, Naked Productions
Derek Jacobi, When Maggie Met Larry, director Richard Clifford, Catherine Bailey Productions
Malachi Kirby, The Final Touch, director Celia de Wolff, Pier Productions
Robin Laing, One Hundred and Fifty Days, director Kirsty Williams, BBC Audio Scotland
Paul Whitehouse, When Alan Met Ray, director Andrew McGibbon, Curtains for Radio
Best Podcast Audio Drama
Buzz: the Man and the Moon by Stephen Kronish, prod. John Scott Dryden, Goldhawk Productions & Thoroughbred Studios for iHeart
Discretion by Chris Brandon and Davy Banks, producers Claire Broughton and John Wakefield, Hat Trick Productions
Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend – the Live Show written and produced by Robert Valentine, Big Finish Productions
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, adapted by Anna Lea, producer Claire Broughton, Hat Trick Productions
Project Bläckfisk written & produced by Dominic Stephenson and Rebecca Crossland, Cipher Atlas Productions
Up in Smoke written & produced by Guy Larson and Cambria Bailey-Jones, Penny4
Best Comedy Performance
Joe Barnes, Lyra, director James Robinson, BBC Studios Audio
Chris Cantrill, Icklewick FM, producers Benjamin Sutton and Laura Shaw, Daddy’s SuperYacht Productions
Jon Culshaw, Churchill’s Bust, producer Richard Clemmow, Perfectly Normal
Tom Machell, Tom and Lauren Are Going OOT!, producers Maria Caruana Galizia and Zahra Zomorrodian, Candle and Bell
Angharad Phillips, All Change at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliogogogoch, director Fay Lomas, BBC Audio Wales & West
Michael Spicer, Michael Spicer: No Room, producer Matt Tiller, Tillervision
The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance
Levi Brown, Brat Farrar, director Gemma Jenkins, BBC Studios Audio
Connor Finch, Life and Time, director Tracey Neale, BBC Studios Audio
Lorne McFadyen, Moorgate, director Liz Anstee, CPL Productions
Safia Oakley-Green, Saint Joan of the Anthropocene, director Nadia Molinari, BBC Studios Audio
Sofia Oxenham, The English Are Coming, director Nicolas Jackson, Afonica
Alyth Ross, Four Gammons and a Unicorn, director David Tyler, Pozzitive
Séamus McLean Ross, Schism, director Finn den Hertog, BBC Audio Scotland
Best Sit Com or Comedy Drama
The Abergele Files by Matt Leys and Martin Trenaman, producer Steve Doherty, Giddy Goat Productions
Call Jonathan Pie by Tom Walker with Daniel Abelson, producer Alison Vernon-Smith, Yada-Yada Audio Productions
Churchill’s Bust by David Morley, producer Richard Clemmow, Perfectly Normal
Crybabies Presents… Yours, Fatally by Michael Clarke, James Gault and Ed Jones, producer Benjamin Sutton, Boffola Pictures
Icklewick FM by Chris Cantrill and Amy Gledhill, producer Benjamin Sutton, Daddy’s Superyacht Productions
Lyra by Joe Barnes and Henry Perryment, producer James Robinson, BBC Studios Audio
Parish Matters by Michael McCullagh and Phil Taggert, producer Keith Martin, Fabel Productions
Best Stand Up or Sketch Comedy
Alexei Sayle’s Imaginary Sandwich Bar by Alexei Sayle & Tim Sutton, producer Richard Morris, BBC Studios Audio
Glenn Moore’s Almanac by Glenn Moore, producer David Tyler, Pozzitive
It’s a Fair Cop by Alfie Moore, producer Carl Cooper, BBC Studios Audio
The Lively Life of Lindsey Santoro by Lindsey Santoro, producer Sasha Bobak, BBC Studios Audio
Meet David Sedaris by David Sedaris, producer Steve Doherty, Giddy Goat Productions
Sarah Mills’ Bad Bod Squad by Sarah Mills, producers Gordon Kennedy and Sarah Mills
Tough Crowd by Kiri Pritchard-McLean, producer Suzy Grant, Listen
Best Use of Sound
The Bolt, sound by Catherine Robinson, producer John Norton, BBC Audio Wales & West
Gatsby in Harlem, sound by Andreina Gomez Casanova and Axel Cacoutié, producer Nathan Freeman, Granny Eats Wolf
The Girl of the Sea of Cortez, sound by Adam Woodhams, producer Nicolas Jackson, Afonica
Secrets and Lies: Mona Best and the Beatles, sound by Lucinda Mason Brown, David Chilton and Alisdair McGregor, prod. Lucinda Mason Brown and Stewart Richards, Essential Productions
The Skewer, sound by Tony Churnside, producer Jon Holmes, Unusual Productions
Zeroes, sound by Peregrine Andrews and Kurt Martinez, producer James Robinson, BBC Studios Audio
Best European Drama
The End of the West written and directed by Lars Werner, producer Klara-Noemi Keitel, RBB Germany
Macbeth by Mathilda von Essen and Axel Wingqvist after William Shakespeare, producers Marie Wennersten and Louise Jacobson, SR Sweden
Not Born For a War by Anatolii Neiolov, producer Irina Korniienko, Radio Kultura, Suspilne, Ukraine
The Pack by Monica Helfer, adapted and directed by Elisabeth Weilenmann, producer Wolfram Höll, ORF Austria
Roller Coaster Kiss written and directed by Ilinca Stihi, producer Oana Cristea Grigorescu, Radio Romania
Twenty-Four by Vaiva Granite, producers Vakare Leonaviciene and Kriste Save, LRT Lithuania
The BBC Audio Drama Awards cover audio dramas first broadcast in English in the UK between 1 October 2024 and 31 October 2025 or first uploaded/published/released for free listening online in the UK during the same period. Productions may be entered from anywhere in the world subject to these criteria. In addition, the Best European Audio Drama welcomes dramas in other languages than English.
Entries are welcome from all makers of audio drama, and are not restricted to BBC broadcasts. Each programme producer can enter up to four categories (one entry only per category). The audio drama has to be submitted exactly as broadcast or uploaded. There is no entry fee.
The Imison Award is administered by the Society of Authors and the Tinniswood Award by the Society Of Authors and the Writers’ Guild. I am expecting shortlists for these awards probably early-Feb.
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