Annual awards
British Podcast Awards Logo
The British Podcast Awards is an annual awards ceremony intended to celebrate outstanding content within the British podcast scene. The British Podcast Awards is owned and operated by Haymarket Media Group , which also owns several media businesses, including Campaign and PRWeek .
Founders Hill and Deegan at the 2018 awards
The British Podcast Awards was cofounded in 2017 by Matt Hill, managing director of production company Rethink Audio, and Matt Deegan, creative director of audio content firm Folder Media. Deegan and Hill assumed control of[clarification needed ] the Australian Podcast Awards in 2020[ 1] and launched the Irish Podcasts Awards in 2021.[ 2] [ 3] [failed verification ]
In 2022 Podcast Awards Ltd, the company that runs the British Podcast Awards, was acquired by Haymarket Media Group. The British Podcast Awards will initially sit within Haymarket Business Media’s marketing communications portfolio, with plans to launch more podcast events internationally in 2023.[ 4]
PodPod, a publication about the craft and business of podcasting launched the previous year,[ 5] was announced as media partner of the British Podcast Awards in 2023, before responsibility for overseeing the awards was transferred to Campaign.[ 6]
Chaired by Helen Zaltzman , the judging panel contained more than 50 independent members representing podcast creators, publishers, the press, listeners and audio industry executives. The awards received over 400 entries, spanning genres including TV, film, sport, comedy, true crime, and current affairs. The award ceremony, hosted by Olly Mann , took place in London in April 2017 with presenters including Edith Bowman , Grace Dent , and James Cooper from My Dad Wrote a Porno .[ 7]
2017 Nominees and Winners [ edit ]
Winners in bold
Listeners Choice Award [ edit ]
Best Branded Content supported by Create [ edit ]
Fathers & Sons - Radio Wolfgang with Mr. Porter
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 Comedy Podcast supported by Podiant [ edit ]
Best Current Affairs Podcast [ edit ]
Best Entertainment Podcast with Maple Street Studios [ edit ]
The Distraction Pieces Podcast - Distraction Pieces Network
A Gay & A Non Gay - 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 Fiction Podcast [ edit ]
Best Interview Podcast supported by ipDTL [ edit ]
Getting Better Acquainted - Dave Pickering
Scientists not the Science - Stuart Higgins
Shoot First Talk Later: The Photoshoot Podcast - Robert Gershinson
What Goes On Here - Sam Walker
Best New Podcast supported by the Radio Independents Group [ edit ]
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
‘Other’ (AKA Most Original Podcast)[ edit ]
Between the Ears - BBC Radio
Mountain - Christopher Sleight
Weird Tales and the Unexplainable - Bob Shoy
Best Radio Podcast supported by UK Radioplayer [ edit ]
Represent supported by Upload Radio [ edit ]
Farmerama - Jo Barratt and Abby Rose
Lunar Poetry Podcasts - David Turner
Melanin Millennials - The ShoutOut Network
Best Review Podcast [ edit ]
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
Smartest Podcast supported by Whistledown Studios [ edit ]
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
Best True Crime Podcast [ edit ]
Body On The Moor - BBC Radio
They Walk Among Us - Benjamin Fitton and Rosanna Fitton
Untold: the Daniel Morgan Murder - Peter Jukes and Deeivya Meir
The second British Podcast Awards saw the 50-strong judging panel, chaired by Nish Kumar , listening to over 1,000 hours of entries, with new categories created to recognise comedy, family and innovation. The 2018 awards were supported by acast , Radioplayer, Twitter , Muddy Knees Media, Podiant, Whistledown, IPDTL, Hindenburg Systems, Create Productions and Audible and Sony Music ’s 4th Floor Creative.
The British Podcast Awards also partnered with The Guardian to create a five-part podcast series podcast to showcase the nominees.[ 8]
The ceremony, hosted by Olly Mann, took place in London in May 2018 and was attended by some of the biggest names in audio, including Simon Mayo , Mark Kermode , Jake Wood , Fi Glover , Josh Widdicombe and Fearne Cotton . The Listeners' Choice Award, won by Kermode and Mayo's Film Review, saw over 110,000 votes cast by the public.[ 9]
2018 Nominees and Winners [ edit ]
Winners in bold
Podcast of the Year [ edit ]
Listeners' Choice Award[ edit ]
Best Branded Content supported by Muddy Knees Media [ edit ]
Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places - Fresh Air Production for Historic England
Parliament Explained -Fresh Air Production, for UK Parliament
The Discovery Adventures - Land Rover
The Penguin Podcast - Somethin' Else for Penguin Random House
Women in Business - NatWest , Pixiu, Acast & ZenithOptimedia
Best Comedy Podcast supported by Podiant [ edit ]
Best Culture Podcast [ edit ]
Literary Friction - Carrie Plitt and Octavia Bright
Soundtracking with Edith Bowman - Edith Bowman
The Invisible College - Cathy FitzGerald BBC Radio 4
The Two Shot Podcast - Thomas Griffin and Craig Parkinson
Writer's Routine - Dan Simpson
Best Current Affairs [ edit ]
Brexitcast - BBC Radio and Music Production
Reasons To Be Cheerful - Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
Stop and Search With Jason Reed - Jason Reed
The Foreign Desk - Bill Leuty, Joleen Goffin and Andrew Mueller (for Monocle )
Weekly Economics Podcast - New Economics Foundation
Best Entertainment Podcast supported by Sony Music’s 4th Floor Creative[ edit ]
Griefcast - Cariad Lloyd
Nothing To Declare Podcast - Unedited
Probably True - Scott Flashheart
The Butterfly Effect - Jon Ronson
The It's Nice That Podcast - Radio Wolfgang
Best Family Podcast [ edit ]
Dirty Mother Pukka - Mother Pukka
Fun Kids Science Weekly - Fun Kids
Once Upon A Time In Zombieville - Bigmouth Audio for BBC Radio Scotland
The Adoption - The World at One for BBC Radio 4
The Discovery Adventures - Land Rover
Best Fiction Podcast [ edit ]
Blood Culture - Resonance
Five Minute Folklore -Bob Shoy
Imaginary Advice - Ross Sutherland
Once Upon A Time In Zombieville - Bigmouth Audio for BBC Radio 4
The Discovery Adventures - Land Rover
Best Interview Podcast supported by IP:DTL [ edit ]
Adrift with Geoff Lloyd & Annabel Port - Annabel Port and Geoff Lloyd
My First Time - Sam Bonham for VICE
Radio Atlas - Eleanor McDowall
Reasons To Be Cheerful - Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
The Tip Off - Maeve McClenaghan
Most Original Podcast supported by Audible [ edit ]
Once Upon A Time In Zombieville - Bigmouth Audio [for BBC Radio Scotland]
Quake -BBC Radio Drama North
Radio Atlas -Eleanor McDowall
The Discovery Adventures - Land Rover
The Poetry Exchange - Fiona Lesley Bennett, Michael Shaeffer & Ben Hales
Carousel Radio - Davot, Fran, Ewan, Jonny and Sam
I Hear Voices - BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat
Mostly Lit - Alex Reads, Rai, Derek Owusu
Stance Podcast - Chrystal Genesis & Heta Fell
The Backstory - Claire Mutimer and Suzy Coulson
Best Radio Podcast supported by Radioplayer [ edit ]
Smartest Podcast with Whistledown Studios [ edit ]
Blue Planet II: The Podcast - Emily Knight & Becky Ripley for the BBC
Stop and Search With Jason Reed - Jason Reed
That Classical Podcast - Kelly Harlock and Chris Bland
The Allusionist - Helen Zaltzman
The Tip Off - Maeve McClenaghan
Best True Crime Podcast [ edit ]
Beyond Reasonable Doubt? - Wisebuddah for BBC Radio 5 Live
Murder Mile True-Crime Podcast - Michael J Buchanan-Dunne
S'laughter: True Crime Podcast - Lucy and Emma
The Assassination - Owen Bennett-Jones & Neal Razzell for BBC World Service
They Walk Among Us - Rosanna and Benjamin Fitton
Entering its third year, the 2019 British Podcast Awards saw brand new categories, including acast Moment of the Year, Best Sex and Relationships podcast and the Bullseye Award supported by Podiant, alongside returning categories true crime, entertainment, interview, fiction and current affairs. The Bullseye Award honoured the podcasts that produce exceptional listening experiences for niche audiences and those under-represented in other British media.
On 8 April 2019, the nominations for the British Podcast Awards powered by DAX were streamed live on Twitter, with the podcasting stars of No Such Thing As A Fish revealing the top six podcasts nominated in each of the 15 categories.[ 10]
The ceremony, hosted by Cariad Lloyd, took place in May 2019, with guests and presenters including Michael Sheen , Fearne Cotton, Julia Davis , Vicki Pepperdine , Elizabeth Day , Giovanna Fletcher , Alice Levine , Jane Garvey , Hussain Manawer, Katie Piper and Anna Whitehouse. The ceremony was recorded and available to watch on YouTube 48 hours after the event.[ 11]
George The Poet , who entered his Have You Heard George's Podcast? declaring under 5000 listeners per episode, was the stand-out winner of the night, walking away with five awards, including Smartest, Best Arts & Culture, Best Fiction, Best New Podcast and was named Audioboom’s Podcast of the Year. Brexitcast , presented by Laura Kuenssberg , Chris Mason , Katya Adler and Adam Fleming , won the Listeners Choice award with 190,000 public votes cast.[ 12]
2019 Nominees and Winners [ edit ]
Winners in bold
Podcast Of The Year [ edit ]
Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
Listeners' Choice Award[ edit ]
acast Moment of The Year [ edit ]
Best Branded Podcast [ edit ]
Awake at Night - Chalk and Blade and Bethany Bell for the UNHCR
Feminists Don't Wear Pink - Penguin Random House / Scarlett Curtis
Hot Air- Radio Wolfgang
Healthy For Men - The River Group (on behalf of Holland & Barrett )
Meet Me at the Museum - Whistledown Productions for Art Fund
Rough Guide to Everywhere - Alannah Chance for Reduced Listening
Bullseye Award supported by Podiant [ edit ]
Probably True - Scott Flashheart
Ask The Nincompoops - Andy Stanton and Carrie Quinlan , Great Big Owl
Centuries of Sound - James Errington
Somerset House Studios - Somerset House Studios
Farmerama - Jo Barratt, Katie Revell, Abby Rose
BBC Somerset's Cricket Show: Extras - BBC Somerset
Best Arts & Culture[ edit ]
BLANK - with Jim Daly and Giles Paley-Phillips
Excuse The Mess - Ben Corrigan
Folk on Foot - Matthew Bannister
Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day - Elizabeth Day
Stance Podcast - Heta Fell & Chrystal Genesis
Best Comedy Podcast supported by Spotify [ edit ]
Best Current Affairs [ edit ]
Beyond Today - BBC Radio 4
Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
Stance Podcast - Heta Fell & Chrystal Genesis
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry with Eddie Mair - BBC Sounds
The Intelligence - The Economist for Economist Radio
Today in Focus - The Guardian
Best Entertainment Podcast supported by Sony Music’s 4th Floor Creative[ edit ]
Best Family Podcast [ edit ]
Everything Under The Sun - Molly Oldfield
Fun Kids Science Weekly - Fun Kids
Made By Mammas - Create Productions
Ruthie: Me and My Dad - talkRADIO / Wireless Studios
Surrogacy: A Family Frontier - Dustin Lance-Black, Tracy Williams and Jane Andrews for BBC Radio 5 Live
The Long Road to Baby - Sophie Sulehria
Best Fiction Podcast [ edit ]
Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast - Anna Williamson, Create Productions
Declassified - Michael Coates
Homo Sapiens - Will Young and Christopher Sweeney for Banana Stand
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day - Elizabeth Day
Sex Talk - Prison Radio Association
The Modern Mann - Olly Mann for Rethink Audio
A Mile in My Shoes - Empathy Museum and Loftus Media
About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge - Reni Eddo-Lodge/Renay Richardson
Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
No Country for Young Women - BBC Sounds
On The Road - Prison Radio Association
Today in Focus - The Guardian
Best Radio Podcast supported by Radioplayer [ edit ]
Brexit: A Love Story? - World at One for BBC Radio 4
Fun Kids Science Weekly - Fun Kids
Multi Story - BBC Local Radio
ShoutOut Radio - ShoutOut Radio
Tara and George - Audrey Gillan for Falling Tree Productions
The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X - Global
Best Sex & Relationships Podcast[ edit ]
#QueerAF - National Student Pride & Jamie Wareham
Project Pleasure - Anouszka Tate and Frankie Wells
Qmmunity - Alexis Caught, Kevin Morosky, Christania McPherson
The Receipts Podcast - Audrey Akande/Milena Sanchez/Tolani Shoneye
The Sugar Baby Confessionals - Sara-Mae Tuson for Fable Gazers
Unexpected Fluids - BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 1
About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge - Reni Eddo-Lodge & Renay Richardson
Have You Heard George's Podcast? - George The Poet
On The Road - Prison Radio Association
Shedunnit - Caroline Crampton
The Tip Off - Maeve McClenaghan for Acast
The Urbanist - Monocle 24
Case Notes - Classic FM for Global
Dead Man Talking - Peter Sale & Alex Hannaford - DMT Media & Audioboom
Death in Ice Valley - Neil McCarthy/Marit Higraff for BBC World Service/NRK
End Of Days - Ciaran Tracey & Chris Warburton for the BBC
RedHanded - Hannah Maguire & Suruthi Bala for Acast
The Doorstep Murder - Fiona Walker for BBC Scotland .
The 2020 British Podcast Awards, in association with acast, took place digitally due to COVID-19 restrictions in the UK, with awards taken to winner’s doorsteps and a hamper of confetti cannons and treats for all nominees.
The 2020 nominees were chosen from over 1,000 entries, by over 50 judges, including the likes of Annie Mac , Katie Piper and Dustin Lance Black , with 2019 big winner George The Poet overseeing the process as chair of the judges.[ 13] New award categories for 2020 included Best Daily Podcast, Best Live Episode, Best Publisher or Network, Best Wellbeing Podcast and Best Podcast in the Welsh Language.
The ceremony, presented by Clara Amfo and Rhianna Dhillon with presenters including Claudia Winkleman , Louis Theroux , Ian Wright and Mel Giedroyc , was live-streamed on YouTube and watched by 12,000 viewers at home.[ 14] The Listeners Choice Award received over 230,000 votes and was won by Shagged Married Annoyed , presented by Chris and Rosie Ramsey.
2020 Nominees and Winners [ edit ]
Winners in bold
Podcast Of The Year [ edit ]
Listener Choice Award supported by BBC Sounds [ edit ]
Best Arts & Culture Podcast supported by Pod Bible[ edit ]
Best Branded Podcast [ edit ]
#QueerAF - Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride
DeepMind: The Podcast - Whistledown Productions for DeepMind
Meet Me at the Museum - Art Fund
On the Marie Curie Couch - Marie Curie
Penguin Podcast - Somethin' Else
The Rough Guide to Everywhere Aimee White with Reduced Listening
After: Surviving Sexual Assault - Listen Entertainment for BBC Sounds
Strong Manchester Women - Vic Elizabeth Turnbull at MIC Media
The Investor's Guide to China - Fidelity International
The Offensive - Stakhanov
Things Unseen: Entombed - CTVC
This Is Spoke - Penguin Random House UK, Fremantle, BMG.
Best Business Podcast [ edit ]
Doing It For The Kids - Doing It For The Kids
Jazz Shapers sponsored by Mishcon De Reya - Jazz FM for Bauer Media
Money Talks - Economist Radio for The Economist
Squiggly Careers - Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis
Tales Of Silicon Valley - The Times /Wireless Studios
The Northern Power Women Podcast - Northern Power Women for What Goes On Media
Best Comedy Podcast supported by Acast [ edit ]
The Creativity Award [ edit ]
David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast - Global
Fake Heiress - BBC Radio Drama London Sasha, Vicky & Chloe for BBC Radio 4
Mind Canyon - Charlie Kemp & Steve Dawson
The Skewer - Jon Holmes for BBC Radio 4
The Sound of Anger - Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions
Where is My Mind? - Niall Breslin
Best Current Affairs Podcast [ edit ]
Best Daily Podcast supported by Podfollow [ edit ]
Beyond Today - Beyond Today team for BBC Sounds
Love Island: The Morning After - Kem & Arielle for ITV
The Globalist - Monocle 24
The Rob Auton Daily Podcast - Plosive Productions
The Santa Daily - Fun Kids
Today in Focus - The Guardian
Best Entertainment Podcast [ edit ]
Best Family Podcast [ edit ]
Ask The Nincompoops - Great Big Owl
Breaking Mum & Dad - Anna Williamson
David Walliams ' Marvellous Musical Podcast - Global
Diddy Pod - Ciaran Murtagh, Andrew Barnett Jones, Steve Ryde for CBBC / BBC Radio
The Intended Parent - Fran and Kreena
The Trap Door - Sophie Black
Brian & Roger - Great Big Owl
Coexistence - Coex Studios
Fall of the Shah - Steve Waters for BBC World Service
Hag - Thomas Curry, Harriet Poland, Tom Killian for Audible UK
Mockery Manor - Laurence Owen & Lindsay Sharman
Passenger List Goldhawk Productions/Radiotopia
Trust Issues: The Infected Blood Scandal - Rachel Botsman
Declassified - Michael Coates
Homo Sapiens - Homo Sapiens
How To Kill An Hour - Marcus Bronzy for Podcast Studio London
Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner - Somethin' Else
Today in Focus - The Guardian
Best Live Episode supported by Latitude [ edit ]
Best Network or Publisher supported by 4DC [ edit ]
Best New Podcast supported by Factory Studios [ edit ]
Accentricity - Sadie Ryan
Masala Podcast - Sangeeta Pillai for Soul Sutras
Shagged Married Annoyed - Chris and Rosie Ramsey for Avalon Television Ltd
The IMO Podcast - Chris & Michelle for The IMO project
The Last Bohemians - House of Hutch
The Log Books - Adam Smith, Tash Walker and Shivani Dave
Best Sex & Relationships Podcast[ edit ]
#QueerAF - Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride
Lights On - Amaliah
Brown Girls Do It Too - BBC Asian Network
F**ks Given - ComeCurious & Studio71 UK
Masala Podcast - Sangeeta Pillai for Soul Sutras
The Breakup Monologues - Rosie Wilby
Food Actually - Chalk & Blade / Pushkin Industries for Luminary Media
Power Corrupts - Brian Klaas
Tales Of Silicon Valley - The Times /Wireless Studios
The Listening Service - Radio 3 Production for BBC Radio 3
The Sound of Anger - Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions
The Tip Off - Maeve McClenaghan
Best Sport Podcast supported by Audioboom [ edit ]
COPA90 Football Inside Out - FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 - We Are Grape for COPA90
The Beautiful Brain - Hana Walker-Brown for Audible UK
The Cycling Podcast - Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe
The Exs and Os Podcast - Exs and Os
The Game Changers - Fearless Women
The Totally Football Show - Muddy Knees Media for Totally Football Network
The Spotlight Award [ edit ]
Deliciously Ella - Deliciously Ella for Mags Creative
Elis James and John Robins - Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 Live
Happy Mum Happy Baby - Giovanna Fletcher
My Dad Wrote A Porno - Jamie, James, Alice & Rocky
Table Manners with Jessie Ware - Jessie Ware
The Guilty Feminist - The Spontaneity Shop
Best True Crime Podcast [ edit ]
Paradise - Dan Maudsley for 5 Live & BBC Sounds
The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17 - Novel
The Hurricane Tapes - Steve Crossman & Joel Hammer for BBC World Service
The Last Days of August - Jon Ronson , Lina Misitzis for Audible UK
The Missing Cryptoqueen - Georgia Catt & Jamie Bartlett for BBC Sounds
Unheard: The Fred and Rose West Tapes - Somethin' Else
Best Podcast In The Welsh Language [ edit ]
Dwy Iaith, Un Ymennydd - Elis James produced by Alpha for BBC Cymru
Siarad Secs - Astud for BBC Cymru
Yr Haclediad - Bryn Salisbury, Iestyn Lloyd, Sioned Mills
Best Wellbeing Podcast [ edit ]
Declassified - Michael Coates
GABA - Adam Martin
Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts - BBC 5 Live
No Really, I'm Fine - Reach Plc
Rainbow Dads - Richard and Nicholas
The Sound of Anger - Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions
In 2021 the British Podcast Awards, now in its fifth year and powered by Amazon Music , announced new categories, including Best Lockdown Podcast, Best Documentary Podcast and The International Award for overseas podcasts, suggested by the readers of the Great British Podcasts email newsletter.
The awards took place at an open-air London venue in July 2021 to reflect the COVID-19 restrictions on large indoor gatherings. Hosted by Jordan North , William Hanson and Poppy Jay, guest presenters included Fearne Cotton, Jessie Ware , Oti Mabuse , My Dad Wrote A Porno, Vick Hope , Dr Rangan Chatterjee , No Such Thing As A Fish and Deborah Frances-White .
Stolen Goodbyes won Best Lockdown podcast, which tells the stories of those who died from Covid-19 without having the chance to say goodbye. Best New podcast went to Field Recordings, a podcast transporting listeners to the great outdoors whilst being confined to their own homes.
The only award voted for by the public, the Listeners’ Choice Award saw over 140,000 votes cast. The top spot this year was won by true crime podcast Redhanded podcast, with Podcast Champion awarded to Fearne Cotton to recognise her work in the mental health and wellbeing space. VENT Documentaries, a podcast that shares the formative experiences of young people in the London borough of Brent picked up three awards – Smartest Podcast, Best Documentary and Podcast of the Year.
2021 Nominees and Winners [ edit ]
Winners in bold
Podcast Of The Year supported by Sony Music [ edit ]
* VENT Documentaries
BBC Sounds Listeners' Choice Award[ edit ]
* Redhanded Podcast
Spotify Podcast Champion [ edit ]
* Fearne Cotton
Best Arts & Culture Podcast supported by Create Podcasts[ edit ]
Best Branded Podcast supported by Acast Creative [ edit ]
Bare Naked Politics
Benlunar
Out of Home
SomeFamilies
The Confidence Fighter
The SwimOut Podcast
Best Business Podcast supported by Wondery [ edit ]
Doing It For The Kids
How To Own The Room
Money Maze Podcast
The Diary of a CEO
The Voiceover Social
We Built This city: Greater Manchester
Best Comedy Podcast supported by Stitcher [ edit ]
The Creativity Award [ edit ]
Futile Attempts (At Surviving Tomorrow)
Interconnected Voices
James Acaster's Perfect Sounds
Probably True
The Power of Sound
Tracks: Abyss
Best Current Affairs Podcast [ edit ]
Best Daily Podcast supported by Spotify [ edit ]
Hometown: A Killing
Ida Schuster's Old School
My Mother's Murder
Peter 2.0
The Secrets In Us
VENT Documentaries
Best Entertainment Podcast supported by Amazon Music [ edit ]
Best Family Podcast [ edit ]
Best Fiction Podcast [ edit ]
Cassie and Corey
DEM TIMES
Lem N Ginge: The Princess of Kakos
Once Upon A Time in Zombieville
The Harrowing
This Thing of Darkness
The International Award [ edit ]
Best Interview Podcast supported by Pod Bible [ edit ]
Dead Honest
Future Prison
Masala Podcast
The Student Sessions
Today in Focus
Ways to Change the World
Best Lockdown Podcast supported by Amazon Music [ edit ]
BBC Your Work, Your Money
Folk on Foot: Front Room Festivals
Mandemic
Phone A Friend with George Ezra
Stolen Goodbyes
The Mentor
acast Moment Of The Year [ edit ]
The Divorce Club
Happy Place
Sandman
Ways to Change the World
Where Is George Gibney?
Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding?
Best Network or Publisher [ edit ]
Field Recordings
Growing up with Gal-Dem
Hunting Ghislaine
Maddie's Sound Explorers
Prison Bag
VENT Documentaries
Best Radio Podcast supported by DTS AutoStage [ edit ]
Danny Wallace ’s Important Broadcast Podcast
Fun Kids' Story Explorers
Homeschool History
Slide Into My Podcast
The Sista Collective
The Skewer
Smartest Podcast supported by podfollow [ edit ]
Maddie's Sound Explorers
Peter 2.0
Stories of Scotland
The Secret Life of Prisons
VENT Documentaries
Windrush Stories
A Winning Mindset: Lessons From the Paralympics
Coming In From The Cold: The History Of Black Footballers In The English Game
F1: Beyond The Grid
Fight Disciples
GIANT - A Spotify Original
The High Performance Podcast
The Spotlight Award [ edit ]
Best True Crime Podcast [ edit ]
Best Wellbeing Podcast [ edit ]
Best Podcast In The Welsh Language [ edit ]
Clear
Dewr
Gwrachod He die
Nawr yw'r Awr
Y Corridor Ansicrwydd
Y Diflaniad
More than 250 nominees in over 30 categories made the shortlist for the British Podcast Awards 2022. The judging panel, chaired by Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel , listened to 319 hours of podcasts from over 1,200 entries. Elis James and John Robins hosted the event, alongside Pandora Sykes, Jamie Laing , My Dad Wrote a Porno, Idris and Sabrina Elba, Poppy Jay, Jon Sopel, RedHanded, The Receipts’ Tolani Shoneye and Dr Rupy.
The Podcast Champion was awarded to the BBC podcast You, Me and the Big C. The award honoured the work of the late Dame Deborah James , Rachel Bland , Lauren Mahon and their entire team, whose podcast has contributed to public awareness and perception of cancer and cancer treatment.
BBC World Service podcast Dear Daughter won Best Family Podcast and the prestigious Podcast of the Year award. Dear Daughter hears letters written to daughters from around the world, which are often described by listeners as inspiring, poignant and funny.
The only award voted for by the public, The Listeners’ Choice Award, was won by the true-crime podcast RedHanded for a second time.
2022 Nominees and Winners [ edit ]
Winners in bold
Podcast of the Year supported by Audible [ edit ]
Dear Daughter – BBC World Service
Listeners' Choice Award supported by Acast+[ edit ]
+44 Podcast with Zeze Millz and Sideman – So Incredible for Amazon Music
Chinese Chippy Girl
Coiled – Leanne Alie & Sylvie Carlos
Happy Place – Fearne Cotton
Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai, Soul Sutras
Shagged Married Annoyed – Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sweet Bobby – Tortoise Media
The Intelligence – The Economist
The Missing – What’s The Story Sound & Podimo for Amazon Music
Things Fell Apart – BBC Audio for BBC Radio 4
Best Arts & Culture Podcast Supported by PodBible[ edit ]
+44 Podcast with Zeze Millz and Sideman – So Incredible for Amazon Music
Activity Quest – Fun Kids
Beauty Fix – BBC Audio for BBC Sounds
FT Weekend – Financial Times
Have you Heard George’s Podcast? – BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds – BBC Sounds
Legends Fall In The Making – BBC Studio’s Factual Podcast Unit for 1Xtra
LPO Offstage – Tandem Production for the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Short History of… – Noiser
Talk Art – Russell Tovey and Robert Diament
Best Branded Content Podcast [ edit ]
Behind The Rings – Fresh Air Production & Audi UK
Forced to Flee – UNHCR
Lives on the Lines – Fresh Air Production & Greater Anglia Trains
LSE IQ – The LSE iQ Team
Puppy Podcast (Pets at Home) – John Brown for Pets at Home
Red Bull Basement Sessions – Red Bull
The Global Safety Podcast – Fresh Air Production & Lloyds Register Foundation
The Radio Times Podcast – Somethin’ Else for Immediate Media
You’re on Mute – Black Business Institute & 4DC
Youth Rising by NCS – Somethin’ Else for NCS
Best Business Podcast Supported by Subly [ edit ]
Being Freelance – Steve Folland
Money Clinic – Financial Times
Money Talks – The Economist
Ninetwentynine – Listen for Fiverr
Off The Agenda – Sir Charles Bowman & Edwin Danso
Social Minds – Social Chain
Tales from the Tannoy – Sayer Hamilton
The Little Questions – Apella Advisors
The REALWORK Podcast with Fleur Emery – Realwork
We Built This City – Roland Dransfield PR
Best Comedy Podcast Supported by Amazon Music [ edit ]
Cold Case Crime Cuts – unusual
Come Into My Kitchen – Ralph Jones and Daniel Nils Roberts
Drunk Women Solving Crime – Hannah George, Taylor Glenn and Catie Wilkins
Jamali Maddix: Spooky Shit – Novel for Audible
My Dad Wrote a Porno – Team Porno
The Skewer – unusual
The Staff Room Podcast – Harry Stachini
This is Gay – Kirk Flash
This Paranormal Life – Rory Powers & Kit Grier Mulvenna
Titting About – Listen for Audible
Best Current Affairs Podcast [ edit ]
Death by Conspiracy? – BBC Radio 4 for BBC Sounds
File on 4 – Long Form Audio Salford for BBC Radio 4
Media Storm – The House of the Guilty Feminist
The Big Steal – GML and Fresh Air Production
The Foreign Desk – Monocle 24
The Intelligence – The Economist
The Slow Newscast – Tortoise Media
The Week Junior Show – Fun Kids & The Week Junior
Today in Focus – The Guardian
Westminster Insider – Whistledown Productions for POLITICO Europe
COP26 Daily – The Big Light Podcast Network
Dan Snow’s History Hit – History Hit
Everyday Positivity – Kate Cocker for Volley
Shot & Chaser – Somethin’ Else for Spotify
The Intelligence – The Economist
The Monocle Daily – Monocle 24
The Santa Daily – Fun Kids & Devaweb
The Teamsheet – Audio Always for Spotify
Today in Focus – The Guardian
Wake Up Wind Down – Niall Breslin for Spotify
Best Documentary Podcast [ edit ]
Bias Diagnosis – Whistledown Productions for Audible
Brixton: Flames on the Frontline – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC Radio 5 Live
Freshwater, from Today in Focus – The Guardian
Harsh Reality – Novel for Wondery
Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – George the Poet for BBC Sounds & BBC Radio 5 Live
I’m Not a Monster – BBC News Longform Audio for BBC Radio 5 Live
Lecker: A Food Podcast – Lucy Dearlove for Lecker Kitchens
Sweet Bobby – Tortoise Media
The Coming Storm – BBC Radio 4
We Were Always Here – Broccoli Productions
Best Entertainment Podcast Supported by Create Podcasts [ edit ]
British Scandal – Wondery
Decode – Reduced Listening for Spotify
Desert Island Dicks – James Deacon
Elis James and John Robins – Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 Live
Feast is Feast with Big Zuu – Global
Nul Points – Martyn Williams & Laura Cress
Pressed – BBC Studios TalentWorks & Unheard Network for BBC Sounds
Shagged, Married, Annoyed – Chris & Rosie Ramsey
The Down Low – Ess & Bernie
You’re Dead to Me – The Athletic UK for BBC Radio 4
Best Family Podcast [ edit ]
Armchair Adventures – Made By Mortals
Bedtime Stories from Dreams – Audio Always for Dreams
Bottle Ship Adventures – Charly Conquest & Ben Mullins for Bedtime FM
The Confidence Fighter – Myrtle Mitchell
Dadvengers Podcast – Nigel Clarke & The London Podcast Company
Dear Daughter – BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
Koko Sleep – Sleep With Sleepiest
Mother of All Solutions – Laura Broderick
Operation Ouch – Listen for Maverick TV
Super Great Kids’ Stories – Wardour Studio
Best Fiction Podcast [ edit ]
Atlantic: A Scottish Story – Noisemaker & The Big Light
Earth Eclipsed – The Lunar Company for Apollo Podcasts
Fully Amplified – Futures Theatre
Ignite Climate Shorts – Fierce Green Productions
King Frank and the Knights of the Eco Quest – Soundscape Productions for Fun Kids
Soundworlds – Patrick Eakin Young
The Ballad of Anne & Mary – Long Cat Media
The Magnus Archives – Rusty Quill
The Silt Verses – Eskew Productions
Wooden Overcoats
Best Interview Podcast Supported by Podfollow [ edit ]
A Gay and a Non Gay – James Barr and Dan Hudson
Chinese Chippy Girl
Coupledom with Idris and Sabrina Elba – Audible
Distraction Pieces: Where’s Your Head At? – Scroobius Pip
Full Disclosure with James O’Brien – Global
Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai, Soul Sutras
Stories Of Our Times – The Times
Tales From The Tannoy – Sayer Hamilton
The Secret Life Of Prisons – Prison Radio Association
We Are Black Journos
Bad People – BBC Audio Science for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
Cabinet Of Jazz – Loftus Media for Jazz FM
Drunk Women Solving Crime – Hannah George, Taylor Glenn and Catie Wilkins
Girls On Film Podcast – Anna Smith and Hedda Archbold
Nobody Panic – Plosive Podcasts
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster – Plosive Podcasts
Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown – Pappy’s
The Empire Film Podcast – Bauer Media
The Guilty Feminist – Deborah Frances-White
The Moon Under Water – Audio Always
Call Me Mother – Novel
Decode – Reduced Listening for Spotify
Ignite Climate Shorts – Fierce Green Productions
MUBI Podcast – MUBI, Inc
Off The Beaten Jack – Jack Boswell
Outcast UK - Graeme Smith
Promenade – The Shift Podcast Network
Teach Me a Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie – Banana Stand for BBC Sounds
The Way We Are with Munroe Bergdorf – Mags Creative for Spotify
Yours Sincerely with Jess Phillips – Audio Always
A Wish For Afghanistan – BBC World Service
Homeschool History – The Athletic UK for BBC Radio 4
Legends Fall In The Making – BBC Studio’s Factual Podcast Unit for 1Xtra
Our Journey – Miranda Rae & Sound Women South West
Room 5 – Helena Merriman for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds
Skin Tings – Bauer Media
The Great Post Office Trial – Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4
The Santa Daily – Fun Kids & Devaweb
The Skewer – unusual
Uncanny – Uncanny Media and Bafflegab Productions for BBC Radio 4
Best Sex & Relationships Podcast[ edit ]
A Gay and A NonGay – James Barr and Dan Hudson
Assume Nothing: Rape Trial – BBC Northern Ireland
F**ks Given – Crowd Network
Homo Sapiens – Spirit Studios
Life of Bi: A Slippery History of Bisexuality – Ell Potter and Mary Higgins
Millennial Love – The Independent
The Divorce Social with Samantha Baines – Samantha Baines
The Meaningful Life with Andrew G. Marshall – Andrew G. Marshall
The Receipts – Audrey, Tolani, Milena for Spotify
The Sexual Wellness Sessions – Kate Moyle
A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand: Addicted To Food – Loftus Media
Decode – Reduced Listening for Spotify
Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – George the Poet for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
Lecker: A Food Podcast – Lucy Dearlove for Lecker Kitchens
Stephen Fry’s Edwardian Secrets – Stephen Fry and Testbed Productions for Audible
Tan France’s Queer Icons – 7digital for Audible
Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie – Banana Stand for BBC Sounds
The Tip Off – Maeve McClenaghan & Studio To Be
The Unfiltered History Tour – VICE World News
Year 21 – BBC News Northern Ireland
F1: Beyond the Grid – Audioboom Studios for Formula 1
Fight of the Century:Ali v Frazier – TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
Following On – talkSPORT
Football Ramble Presents – Stak
Mark Andrews My Love Letter to Wrestling – BBC Wales for BBC Sounds
Race F1 Podcast – The Race Media for The Athletic
Tailenders – TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
The Fake Paralympians – BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
The Official Manchester United Podcast – Audio Always for Manchester United FC
The Teamsheet – Audio Always for Spotify
Best True Crime Podcast [ edit ]
American Vigilante – Crowd Network
Bad Cops – BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
Battersea Poltergeist – Uncanny Media and Bafflegab Productions for BBC Radio 4
Seventeen Years: The Andrew Malkinson story – Stories of our times, The Times
Sweet Bobby – Tortoise Media
The Catch – Message Heard for Audible
The Lazarus Heist – BBC World Service
The Northern Bank Job – BBC Northern Ireland for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds
Who Killed Emma – BBC Scotland Podcasts
Wild Crimes for the Natural History Museum – Whistledown Productions for the Natural History Museum
Chattin’ Shit to Save the Planet
Common Threads – Ruth MacGilp and Alice Cruickshank
Get Birding – Peanut & Crumb
Great Green Questions – Mags Creative
Ignite Climate Shorts – Fierce Green Productions
The Long Time Academy – Headspace, The Long Time Project & Scenery Studios
Ocean Matters – Fresh Air Production & The Bertarelli Foundation
The Climate Question – BBC Long for Audio for BBC World Service
The SpaceShip Earth Podcast – Dan Burgess
Which? Investigates – Which?
Best Wellbeing Podcast [ edit ]
Built to Thrive – Listen for Amazon Music
Declassified – Michael Coates
Effin’ Hormones – Helen, Emma, Terri and Beena
Happy Place – Fearne Cotton
Homo Sapiens – Spirit Studios
Manatomy – Danny Wallace, Phil Hilton & Joe Attewell
Self Care Club – Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman
The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast – Kate Moryoussef
The Merry Menopause Bookclub Podcast – Jo Fuller
Yours Sincerely, Jess Phillips – Audio Always
Cwîns efo Mari a Meilir
Gwrachod Heddiw
Probcast
Sgwrsio
Siarad Secs
Best Network or Publisher [ edit ]
Audio Always
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC World Service
Financial Times
Fun Kids
History Hit
Mags Creative
Noiser
Stak
The Athletic
The Creativity Award supported by Audible [ edit ]
A Life More Wild – 18Sixty for Canopy & Stars
Assume Nothing: Rape Trial – BBC Northern Ireland
Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – George the Poet for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
Neutrinowatch – Martin Zaltz Austwick and Jeff Emtman
Operation Ouch! The Podcast of Everything – Listen for Maverick TV
Soundworlds – Patrick Eakin Young
Stories of our times – The Times
The Bias Diagnosis – Whistledown Productions for Audible
The Flock – A Ton Of Feathers
The Rez – Rezilience
Adelicious
Fresh Air Production
Message Heard Sales Team
Best Marketing Campaign [ edit ]
Anthems
Exactly. with Florence Given
Sweet Bobby
Best Commercial Campaign [ edit ]
Money Talks (Acast Creative & Klarna)
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour (Fun Kids)
BBC Sounds Rising Star [ edit ]
Amy Richards
Cara McGoogan
DJ Flight
Ella Saltmarshe
Georgie Ma
Kirk Flash
Marianna Spring
Meera Kumar
Michael Safi
Shivani Dave
The Spotlight Award [ edit ]
Bad Women – Pushkin Industries
British Scandal – Wondery
Fairy Meadow – BBC Audio Bristol and BBC News for BBC Radio 4
Newscast – BBC News
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster – Plosive Podcasts
Real Dictators – Noiser
Rose & Rosie: Parental Guidance – BBC Studios Audio for Spotify
Short History Of… – Noiser
The Foreign Desk – Monocle 24
The High Performance Podcast – Jake Humphrey
And Then Came Breast Cancer – Future Dreams & 6Foot6 Productions
Getting Emotional – Bex Lindsay
History Storytime – Sophie, Eleanor and Mark
Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future – Jimmy McLoughin OBE
Locked Up Living – Naomi Murphy & David Jones
Making Conversations Count – Podknows Productions & Wendy Ann Harris
Song by Song – Sam Pay and Martin Austwick
Talk Twenties – Gaby Mendes
The Proper Mental Podcast – Tom Davies
Ysbeidiau Heulog – Llwyd Owen & Leigh Jones
Entries opened in January 2023 for the seventh British Podcast Awards which returned in September that year, in partnership with PodPod.[ 15]
The 2023 ceremony took place in central London and was attended by around 500 figures from the podcasting industry. The event was hosted by Zoe Lyons and Stephen Bailey , comedians and co-hosts of the Let's Talk About the Husband podcast. Partners for the event included BBC Sounds, Global, Audible, Amazon Music and Wondery , and Nomono, with each sponsoring a different category.
Judges from 2023’s British Podcast Awards received over 1,000 submissions across 22 categories. The Podcast of The Year award was chosen by the judges from the Gold winners and went to BBC Radio Wales’ A Positive Life: HIV from Terrence Higgins to Today on the stories of people in the UK with HIV over the last 40 years.[ 16] The podcast also won Best Factual Podcast.
The Listener’s Choice Award, which received over 232,000 votes from podcast fans, went to true crime podcast RedHanded for the third consecutive year. Podcast Champion – which honours a podcast that has changed the landscape of the medium and made a real impact – went to Vogue Williams and Joanne McNally for their hit podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me.
2023 Nominees and Winners [ edit ]
Winners in bold
Podcast of the Year [ edit ]
A Positive Life: HIV from Terrence Higgins to Today [ 17]
Listeners' Choice Award[ edit ]
My Therapist Ghosted Me [ 16]
Best Arts & Culture Podcast[ edit ]
Classical Fix
Firecrotch & Normcore: a Succession Podcast
Folk on Foot
Inside the World of Ralph & Katie
Time & Again
Who Robs a Banksy?
Best Business Podcast [ edit ]
Behind the Money
Carolina Herrera Presents: Walk Tall
How to Own the Room
Money Talks
Rethink Moments with Rachel Botsman
The Big Green Money Show
The Third Angle
Best Climate Podcast [ edit ]
As the Season Turns
Blossom Trees and Burnt-Out Cars
Buried
Burn Wild
The Conversation Weekly
Waterlands
Best Comedy Podcast [ edit ]
Bang On It
Elis James and John Robins
From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2)
Sports Horn
The Skewer
French & Saunders: Titting About, Series 3
Best Documentary Podcast [ edit ]
A Very British Cult
Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot
Burn Wild
Call Bethel
I’m Not a Monster Series 2: The Shamima Begum Story
Pig Iron
Best Entertainment Podcast [ edit ]
British Scandal
Elis James and John Robins
Eureka!
Help I Sexted My Boss
NearlyWeds
RHLSTP with Richard Herring
Three Little Words
French & Saunders: Titting About, Series 3
Best Factual Podcast [ edit ]
A Positive Life: HIV from Terrence Higgins to Today
Babbage
Gangster: The Story of John Palmer
Life After Prison
Partygate: The Inside Story
You, Me and the Big C
Best Fiction Podcast [ edit ]
Eliza: A Robot Story
Oliver Twist
One Five Seven Years
The Electricity of Every Living Thing
The System – Series 2 (or how to save the world in 5 easy steps)
Wooden Overcoats
Best History Podcast [ edit ]
British Scandal
Dan Snow’s History Hit
National Trust Podcast
Short History Of…
Sounds Of Black Britain
Audiomoves at the zoo
Dragonfly Tales
Everything Under the Sun
In The Beginning
My Life
Super Great Kids’ Stories
The Rez
Best News & Current Affairs Podcast[ edit ]
1Xtra TALKS with Richie Brave
I’m Not a Monster Series 2: The Shamima Begum Story
Partygate: The Inside Story
Putin
The News Agents
The Tavistock: Inside the gender clinic
Today in Focus
Best Parenting Podcast [ edit ]
Dad Still Standing
Dadvengers Podcast
Dirty Mother Pukka
My First Five Years
The SENDcast
Truth Be Told: Adoption Stories
Best Sex & Relationships Podcast[ edit ]
1Xtra TALKS with Richie Brave
Brown Girls Do It Too
Later Dater
Pressed
Rainbow Dads Series 2
The Breakup Monologues
The Divorce Social
Footballers Football Podcast
Kammy and Ben’s Proper Football Podcast
Powerplay: The House of Sepp Blatter
Snookered
Sports Horn
The Tennis Podcast
Best True Crime Podcast [ edit ]
Can I tell you a secret?
I’m Not a Monster Series 2: The Shamima Begum Story
Love, Janessa
Please Protect Abraham
Vishal
Who Killed Daphne?
Best Wellbeing Podcast [ edit ]
Declassified
Fierce Minds Kind Hearts
Go Love Yourself
Persevering: Grief As Told By Young People
Stopping to Notice
The Rest Room
Time & Again
Dan Snow’s History Hit
FT News Briefing
Sky News Daily
Stories of our times
The News Agents
Today in Focus
Today In History with The Retrospectors
Best Interview Podcast [ edit ]
Different – Jenny Pearson
Girls On Film
Life Changing
Masala Podcast
RHLSTP with Richard Herring
Where’s Home Really?
Best Network or Publisher [ edit ]
BBC World Service
BFBS
Economist Podcasts
Financial Times Audio
History Hit
Noiser Network
28ish Days Later
Black Earth Podcast
Lights Out
The Rabbit Hole Detectives
Ukrainecast
Where Are You Going?
Best Welsh Language Podcast [ edit ]
Cwîns efo Mari a Meilir Probcast
Sgorio
Sgwrsio
Yr Hen Iaith
Life After Prison
Masala Podcast
Persevering: Grief As Told By Young People
Rainbow Dads Series 2
The Rest Room
The Shelina Show
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Partygate: The Inside Story
That Peter Crouch Podcast
The News Agents
Ukrainecast
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake
Chanté Joseph
Dr Kate Lister
Hannah Ajala
Jordan Schwarzenberger
Sam Tyler
Talia Augustidis