Programmes broadcast by BBC Radio 4 have picked up 8 of the 11 prizes at the corporation’s first ever Audio Drama Awards.
‘Lost Property – The Year My Mother Went Missing’ was named Best Audio Drama, while the top actor and actress awards went to David Tennant and Rosie Cavaliero.
Radio 3 scooped two prizes – for Best Actor (Tennant in ‘Kafka: The Musical’) and the Innovation Award (for ‘The Unfortunates’.
Although the awards were open to non-BBC dramas, the shortlists were dominated by BBC commissions. The only non-BBC winner was a drama created by radio indie Made In Manchester for The Independent Online about Rock Hudson, called ‘Rock’.
The winners were announced last night (Sunday) in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House. Some of the award-winning and shortlisted entries will be aired over the next fortnight on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra.
BBC Audio Drama Award winners 2012
Best Audio Drama:
Lost Property – The Year My Mother Went Missing by Katie Hims
Producer: Jessica Dromgoole, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Best Actor in an Audio Drama:
David Tennant, Kafka: The Musical by Murray Gold
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 3
Best Actress in an Audio Drama:
Rosie Cavaliero, Lost Property: A Telegram From The Queen by Katie Hims
Producer: Jessica Dromgoole, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Best Supporting Actor/Actress in an Audio Drama:
Andrew Scott, Referee by Nick Perry
Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Best Scripted Comedy Drama:
Floating by Hugh Hughes
Producer: James Robinson, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Best Online Only Audio Drama:
Rock by Tim Fountain
Producer: Iain Mackness, Made in Manchester for The Independent Online
Best Adaptation:
The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley
Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama:
Bad Memories by Julian Simpson
Producer: Karen Rose, Sweet Talk Productions for Radio 4
Innovation Award:
The Unfortunates adapted by Graham White
Producer: Mary Peate, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 3
The Imison Award for Best Radio Drama Script broadcast in 2010 by a new writer:
Amazing Grace by Michelle Lipton (aired on BBC Radio 4)
The Tinniswood Award for Best Radio Drama Script broadcast in 2010:
Gerontius by Stephen Wyatt (aired on BBC Radio 4)
Posted on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 12:05 am by RadioToday UK