Audio Production Awards 2016 – All the winners

All the awards for the Audio Production Awards 2016 have been given out at a ceremony in London.

Stephen Fry was honoured with the Gold award, saying “audio is his life” whilst retired BBC Radio 2 presenter Desmond Carrington was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. Whistledown Productions took home the top Indie of the Year award.

Here are all the winners in full:

BEST COMEDY/ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCER
Gus Beattie (The Comedy Unit)

BEST DRAMA PRODUCER
Boz Temple-Morris (Holy Mountain)

BEST MUSIC PRODUCER
Alannah Chance (Reduced Listening)

NEW VOICE AWARD
Jacob Pollard (Roundhouse Radio)

BEST NEWCOMER
James Shield (Freelance)

BEST NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY/FEATURE MAKER
Christian Spooner (BBC Radio Merseyside)

BEST DOCUMENTARY/FEATURE MAKER
Hana Walker-Brown (Freelance)

BEST SOUND DESIGNER/ENGINEER
Steve Urquhart (Freelance)

BEST STATION SOUND PRODUCER
Chris Ward (Bauer Media)

BEST PODCAST/ ONLINE PRODUCER
James Shield (Freelance)

BEST MULTI-MEDIA PRODUCER
Kate Valentine (Digital Drama)

GRASSROOTS PRODUCTION AWARD
National Prison Radio

BEST READINGS/ AUDIOBOOK PRODUCER
David Roper (Heavy Entertainment)

NARRATOR OF THE YEAR
Daniel Weyman

BEST PRESENTER – SPEECH
Fi Glover (BBC Radio 4)

BEST PRESENTER – MUSIC
Cerys Matthews (BBC Radio 6 Music)

GOLD AWARD
Stephen Fry

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Desmond Carrington (BBC Radio 2)

INDIE OF THE YEAR
Whistledown Productions