Nominations announced for AudioUK’s 2024 Audio Production Awards

The Audio Production Awards short list is out, and nominees include Meera Kumar, Jake Shears, Carys Afoko and Gary Younge, Stak, Rusty Quill and Deborah Ayorinde.

The event, organised by AudioUK, will be held at the BFI, London Southbank, on Wednesday 20th November.

Tickets are available here. tinyurl.com/APAs24-tickets

Full list of Nominees for the Audio Production Awards 2024 below. 

 

Best Audiobook Producer Sponsored by Sue Terry Voices

Alfie Thompson – Penguin Random House

Chris Thompson – Penguin Random House

Kate MacDonald – Penguin Random House

Lily Ridett – Freelance

Rosemary O’Dowd – Penguin Random House

Sophie Ahmed – Audio Always

 

Best Arts & Culture Producer

Arthur Hagues – Prison Radio Association

Geoff Bird – Freelance

Leonie Thomas – Overcoat Media

Lou Mensah – Shade Productions

Sharuna Sagar – BBC

Silas Gray – Eclectivity

 

Best Comedy Producer

Bertie Moores – Audio Always

Ed Morrish – Lead Mojo Productions

Jon Holmes – unusual

Lyndsay Fenner – Mighty Bunny

Matt Tiller – Tillervision

Sasha Bobak – BBC Studios Audio

 

Best Drama and Fiction Producer

Alex Curran – Granny Eats Wolf

Boz Temple-Morris – Holy Mountain

Charlotte Mélen – Almost Tangible

Nicolas Jackson – Afonica

Samuel Robinson – Freelance

Terry Mynott – Moonkarta

 

Best Ensemble Cast

Carys Afoko and Gary Younge – Over the Top, Under the Radar

Nish Kumar and Coco Khan – Pod Save the UK

Sayeeda Warsi and David Baddiel – A Muslim & A Jew Go There

The Ensemble Cast of Green Wing: Resuscitated

William Hanson and Jordan North – Help I Sexted My Boss

Zak and Jules – Life After Prison

 

Best Entertainment Producer

Charlie Murrell – Sony Music Entertainment

David Manero – Listen

Faye Lyons-White – Loftus Media

Helena Webb – BBC Radio 1 / BBC Audio

Josephine McDermott – BBC News

Katie Boden – TBI Media

 

Best Factual/Documentary Producer Sponsored by Great Big Story

Anna Sinfield – Novel

Emma Barnaby – Freelance/Raw TV

Jude Shapiro – Peanut & Crumb

Meera Kumar – Freelance

Ross Sutherland – Falling Tree Productions

Talia Augustidis – Falling Tree Productions

 

Best Lifestyle and Society Producer Sponsored by Everybody Media

Anne McNaught – Boffin Media

Beth Madden – Prison Radio Association

Catherine Carr – Pocket Productions/Whistledown

Lina Prestwood – Scenery Studios and Social Broadcasts

Matt Nielson – Chalk and Blade

Sam Taylor – Prison Radio Association

 

Best Music Producer

James Taylor – Overcoat Media

Matt Tasker – BBC Audio

Ollie Brookes – Prison Radio Association

Rob Littlejohn – Independent

Shreni Yajnik – Listen

Silvia Malnati – Reduced Listening

 

Best Narrator

Deborah Ayorinde – Unedited

Hannah Lavery – Almost Tangible

Jassa Ahluwalia – Bonnier Books UK

Joe Jameson – Freelance

Rebecca LaChance – Almost Tangible

Russ Bain – Actor

 

Best New Producer Sponsored by Amazon Music and Wondery

Cat Gough – Reduced Listening

Jasmine Hill – Listen

Mahsa Chadry – Audio Always

Nadia Medhi – Freelance

Taqwa Sadiq – Freelance and BBC

Verity de Cala – Transmission Roundhouse

 

Best New Voice Sponsored by BBC Sounds

Anouska Lewis – BBC Sounds Audio Lab & Mags Creative

Daisy – RAW for Audible

Jake Shears – Mercury Studios

Petra Barran – Scenery Studios and Social Broadcasts

Lucinda Rouse – Haymarket Media Group & Rethink Audio

Sophiena – Audio Always

 

Best News and Current Affairs Producer

Courtney Yusuf – The Guardian

Edward Drummond – Times Media

James Shield – Freelance/The Times and Sunday Times

Sam Chantarasak – The Times and Sunday Times

Tim Johns – BBC

Will Roe – The Times and Sunday Times

 

Best Presenter/Host, presented in honour of David Knowles

Craig Charles – Audio Always

Dan Snow – History Hit

Jake Harris – Yoto

Jon Holmes – Freelance

Josie Long – Falling Tree Productions

Justin Dealey – BBC Three Counties Radio

 

Best Sonic Branding Producer

Adam Venton – Little Monster Media

Emily Roberts – Kerrang! Radio and Planet Rock Station Sound

Gordon Lundy – Absolute Radio

James Stodd – Greatest Hits Radio

Matt Barnard – Bauer Media Group

Sam Parker – WIZZFX

 

Best Sound Design Producer

Amber Devereux – Tin Can Audio

David Chilton – Almost Tangible

Martin Austwick – Freelance

Nathan Freeman – Granny Eats Wolf

Tess Davidson – Freelance

Tony Churnside – Freelance

 

Best Sports Producer

Finn Ranson – Stak

Ilona Toller – Whistledown Productions

Jack Winstanley – IMG

Joe Aldridge – IMG

Justin Dealey – BBC Three Counties Radio

Lochlainn Harte – Freelance

 

Grassroots Production Award Sponsored by Morley Radio

Carousel Radio

Lou Mensah – Shade Podcast

Prison Radio Association – Life After Prison

Prison Radio Association – Outside In

Rosa Schling – On the Record and Hannah Kemp-Welch – Freelance

University of Manchester / Imperial College London – Let’s Talk About Cough

 

Little Ears Producer

Alice Homewood – Mags Creative

Becky Green – Audio Always

Eloise Stevens – Freelance

Jake Harris – Yoto

Lance Dann – Resilience Ltd

Lucy Wroe – Small Wardour Ltd

 

Producer of the Year Sponsored by The Podcast Show

Charlotte Mélen – Almost Tangible

Ed Morrish – Lead Mojo Productions

Jon Holmes – unusual

Leonie Thomas – Overcoat Media

Meera Kumar – Freelance

Talia Augustidis – Falling Tree Productions

 

Production Company of the Year Sponsored by Audible

Almost Tangible

Blanchard House

Novel

Overcoat Media

Unedited

Whistledown Productions

 

Publisher or Network of the Year

BBC Asian Network

Black Library

Resonance

Rusty Quill Ltd

Sky News

Stak

 

The Sustainability and Climate Award

Audio Always

Ben Weaver Hincks – Restord

Eleanor McDowall – Falling Tree Productions

Get Birding – Peanut & Crumb

James Miller and Bella Lack – Freelance

Robin Markwell and Tracey Williams – BBC Audio

 

Quotes

Chloe Straw, Managing Director of AudioUK, said: “The breadth of talent in the UK continues to fill me with joy each year. AudioUK’s Audio Production Awards provide a space to celebrate talent in a way that no other awards ceremony offers – spotlighting the producers behind some of the most creative and meticulously produced stories and shows in the world. And of course there remains an opportunity to celebrate those in front of the mic, with our hotly contested presenter and narrator categories. Congratulations to all of the nominees, and thank you to all the judges who share their time and expertise in order to judge these awards.

“I’d like to thank the Audio Production Awards team – Katie Banham and Naomi Oiku, without whom there would be no awards – make sure you get them a drink at the ceremony. Thank you to Megan Bradshaw, our Chair of Judges, for her wise guidance and words. To our EDI consultant Yassine Senghor, who provides unconscious bias training and guidance as part of the judging process. And thank you to the Steering Team, Kellie While and Leona Fensome.

“To our lead sponsor Audible, their support enables us to put the awards on every year, and to celebrate the people who make the audio industry. Thank you to Amazon Music and Wondery, our Pay What You Can Scheme partners, if you are unable to access the awards due to finances, please get in touch for free or discounted tickets. And thank you to our category sponsors, BBC Sounds, Everybody Media, Great Big Story, Morley Radio, Sue Terry Voices and The Podcast Show and our drinks reception sponsor BetterHelp”.

Megan Bradshaw, Head of Podcasts, Europe, Australia and New Zealand at Amazon Music and Chair of Judges said: “It was an honour to act as 2024 Chair of Judges for the APAs: the Awards recognise the best in audio production, and we actively ask our judges to consider the talent that most shines this year, against the context of the cultures we operate in, and the diverse audiences we as an industry aim to serve (and aspire to reflect). Many congratulations to all the nominees – see you on the 20th November at one of London’s iconic arts venues – the BFI.”