Nominations out for British Podcast Awards

The nominees of the first ever British Podcast Awards are out, with the BBC, Quidem, Somethin Else and David Lloyd shortlisted for Best Radio Podcast.

For the rest of the awards, established media organisations such as the BBC, Guardian and Economist are being recognised alongside new groups like the Distraction Pieces Network and Radio Wolfgang, alongside a large number of independent creators.

Matt Hill, co-founder of the awards said, “A huge thank you must go out to our judges who sifted through over 400 entries – and hundreds of hours of listening – to create such a diverse list of podcasts”.

The winners of the awards will be announced at a ceremony at Central St. Martin’s Platform Theatre on Saturday 29th April.

Matt Deegan, co-founder of the awards adds: “As well as the individual category awards, one podcast will also be crowned the audioBoom Podcast of the Year and we will also reveal the winner of the Listener’s Choice Award, with voting still open at britishpodcastawards.com/vote”.

Best Comedy supported by Podiant

● 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 & Dairy Network Podcast – Benjamin Partridge

● Tracks – BBC Radio

● Wooden Overcoats – Wooden Overcoats Ltd

Smartest Podcast supported by Whistledown Studios

● 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

Represent Award for Underserved Audiences

● Farmerama – Jo Barratt and Abby Shlageter

● Lunar Poetry Podcasts – David Turner

● Melanin Millennials – The ShoutOut Network

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

● Untold: the Daniel Morgan Murder – Peter Jukes and Deeivya Meir

Best Branded Content Podcast supported by Create Productions

● Fathers & Sons – Radio Wolfgang

● 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 Radio Podcast supported by UK Radioplayer

● 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 supported by the Radio Independents Group

● 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 supported by ipDTL

● Getting Better Acquainted – Dave Pickering

● Scientists not the Science – Stuart Higgins

● Shoot First Talk Later: The Photoshoot Podcast – Robert Gershinson

● Thinking Differently [Soundcloud] Renegade Inc.

● What Goes On Here – Sam Walker

Best Current Affairs Podcast

● The Economist asks – The Economist

● The New Statesman Podcast – The New Statesman Podcast

● The Inquiry – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World Service

● ShoutOut – ShoutOut Radio

● Weekly Economics Podcast – New Economics Foundation

Best Entertainment Podcast with Maple Street Studios

● The Distraction Pieces Podcast – Distraction Pieces Network

● A Gay & A Non Gay – A Gay & A Non Gay

● Hip Hop Saved My Life with Romesh Ranganathan – audioBoom

● Probably True – Scott Flashheart Elliott

● Soundtracking with Edith Bowman – Edith Bowman

Best Other Podcast

● Between the Ears – BBC Radio

● Mountain – Christopher Sleight

● Weird Tales and the Unexplainable – Bob Shoy