Big names including French & Saunders, Gary Linker's Goalhanger and Jamie Laing's JamPot Productions are among the nominees for this year's Audio Production Awards.
The ceremony takes place at a gala evening on Thursday 27th November at the BFI Southbank in London with Remel London, broadcaster and founder of The Mainstream on hosting duties.
Goalhanger, who make the industry-dominating Rest Is... slate of podcasts are up for Publisher/Network of the Year alongside Sony Music Entertainment, Rusty Quill, Fix Radio and Fun Kids.
JamPot meanwhile have two producers, Ewan Newbigging-Lister and Jemima Rathbone, up for the Entertainment award alongside producers from BBC Audio, Fix Radio, Persephonica, TBI, and This Paranormal Life.
Elsewhere French and Saunders naturally slot into the Ensemble Cast/Presenting Team category alongside Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins for Audible; Becky and Ben Saer from their eponymous Fertility Spotlight podcast; Zak and Jules from Life After Prison; Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson and Harriet Harman from Electoral Dysfunction; and Rachel, Elaine and Caroline from Power Sisters.
Tickets to the ceremony are available from Audio UK.
The full list of nominees can be found below and the winners will be covered across Podcast Rex following the ceremony.
NOMINEES
Arts and Culture sponsored by the London Podcast Festival
Meg Elliot - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Overcoat Media
Chris Mitchell - Breaking Atoms and Sumit Sharma - Unedited
Meera Kumar - Freelance
Sam Tyler - Freelance
Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart - Modus Arts
Tony Philips - Sea Salt and Mango
Audiobook
Yuki Parmar, Nicola Wall, Robin Morgan-Bentley, Tamsin Collison - Audible
Kate MacDonald - Freelance
Chris Thompson - Penguin Random House
Rosemary O'Dowd - Penguin Random House
Liam Gerrard - Raconteurs Audio LLP
Nicola Alexandrou - The Guardian
Branded Content
Fresh Air
Podcast Team - National Trust
Ollie Guillou - OG Podcasts
Sam Taylor - Prison Radio Association
Natalie Steed - Rhubarb Rhubarb
Ollie Wilson, Kat Hutcheson, Nia Deo, Charlie Murrell, Rahnee Prescod - Sony Music Podcasts
Comedy
Dave Masterman, Michael Dale and Bertie Moores - Audio Always
Lauren Mackay - BBC Scotland
Ed Morrish - Lead Mojo Productions
Ollie Wilson, Charlie Murrell, Nia Deo, Rahnee Prescod - Sony Music Podcasts
Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna - This Paranormal Life
Jon Holmes - unusual
Drama and Fiction
Nicolas Jackson - Afonica
Tracey Neale - BBC Studios
Max Blair, Mark McKibbin - Blackabbey Productions
Hat Trick Productions/Audible
Guy Larsen, Cambria Bailey-Jones, Gabriela Jones and Dan Pugsley - Penny4
Emma Stephens & Bernard P Achampong - Unedited
Entertainment
Helena Webb - BBC Audio
Jack Edwards, Travis Glossop, Demi Bell, Brogan Hubber, Toby Penman - Fix Radio
Ewan Newbigging-Lister - JamPot Productions
Jemima Rathbone - JamPot Productions
Dino Sofos, Caillin McDaid, Will Gibson Smith, Flossie Barrett - Persephonica
Katie Boden - TBI Media
Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna - This Paranormal Life
Factual/Documentary Sponsored by Great Big Story
Laurence Grissell, Rosie Pye, Amica Sciortino Nowlan, Poppy Damon, Daniel Lloyd-Evans,
Louis Nanke-Mannell, Toby Matimong, Volkan Kiziltug - Blanchard House
Chalk & Blade/Audible
Becky Lipscombe and Isobel Cockerell, Coda Story
Bella Soames, Dmg Media
Timur Dzhafarov and Cicely Fell - Falling Tree Productions
Leigh Meyer, Amalie Sortland, Josephine Wheeler, Nicholas Alexander - Novel
History
Joe Dunthorne and Eleanor McDowall - Falling Tree Productions
Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart - Modus Arts
Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes - Project Citizen
Hugh Sheehan - Reduced Listening
Production Team - StoryHunter
Rami Tzabar, Kevin Fong, Andrew Luck-Baker, Kate Arkless Gray, Dave Giles, Christian
Lundberg, Richard Courtice, Jago Lee, Stuart Coxe - TellTale Industries & Antica Productions
Lifestyle and Society
Max Dickins & Rich Le Gate - Inbetween Man
Ollie Brookes, James Wilson, Faye Dunn, Arthur Hagues - Prison Radio Association
Hugh Sheehan - Reduced Listening
Suzi Dale & Micky Curling - Story Publishing
Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Jon Holmes - unusual
Little Ears
Laura Hyde - Chalk & Blade
Gill Davies, Claire O'Gallagher, Derek Farrell - GDP/BBC Scotland Learning
Cole Stopnik - Independent Podcaster
Jack Whitney, Chloe McLaren, James Trusson, Adam Devenney, Kathleen Moroney, Polly Evans, Ravina Bajwa, Georgie Britton - National History Museum, Forever Audio and Tonies
Morwenna Rose - The Book of Arralan
Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Music Sponsored by Morley Radio
Matthew Bannister and Natalie Steed - Folk on Foot
Tom Whalley - Listen Entertainment
Lady Unchained, Arthur Hagues, Jamie Lyon - Prison Radio Association
Silas Gray - Reduced Listening
Matt Healy, Katie Fox, Jojo Jones, Joe Gardner, Rachel Barton, Pete Tong - We Are Grape Ltd
Ollie Braddy, Jojo Jones, Matt Healy, Sarah Story - We Are Grape Ltd
News/Politics
Christopher Pitt, Stephen Carroll, Caroline Hepker, Tiwa Adebayo, James Woolcock -
Bloomberg
George McDonagh - Freelance
Artemis Irvine - Freelance, Whistledown Productions
Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes - Project Citizen
May Robson - Reduced Listening
Edward Drummond - The Times
Sound Design
Phoebe McIndoe - Falling Tree Productions
Nicholas Alexander - Novel
Alice Boyd & Joy Nkoyo - Peanut & Crumb
Scout Tzofiya Bolton, Andrew Wilkie, Ellen Orchard, Micky Curling, Phil Maguire - Prison Radio
Association
Esa Williams - Raw/Audible
Ivan d'Avoine, Derick Armah - Transmission Roundhouse
Sports
Rob Sillito, Ben Russell and Emma Brydges - Couch to Coached Running podcast
Chris Browning-Brant, Christian Hewgill, Katie Osborne, Jamie Smith - Formula 1
Sophie Penney and Adonis Pratsides - Global
Damien St John & Ant McGinley - Podomedy
Andrew Wilkie, Faye Dunn, Phil Maguire, Paula Harriott - Prison Radio Association
Ray Paul, Ishtia May, Jerelle Forbes, Heartless Crew (MC Bushkin & DJ Fonti) - The Playmaker Group
True Crime
Rima Ahmed, Luke de Costa and Luke Eldridge - BBC Sounds
Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard - Falling Tree Productions
Carl Miller, Caroline Thornham, Tom Wright - Novel
Andrew Wilkie - Prison Radio Association
RAW/Audible
Production Team - StoryHunter
Narrator
Ella Kenion - Bonnier Books UK
Harriet Walter - HarperCollins Publishers
Poppy Mae Barrett - HarperCollins Publishers
Charlotte Ritchie - Nosy Crow
Dan Jones - Sony Music Podcasts
Maxim Reston - White House Sound
New Producer Sponsored by Amazon Music and Wondery
Mia Thornton - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Reform Radio
Lorna Reader - BBC Studios
Joseph Russell - Fire Mountain Productions
Riham Moussa - Freelance
Marnie Duke - Transmission Roundhouse
Katie Fox - We Are Grape Ltd
New Voice Sponsored by BBC Sounds
Siddharth Khajuria - Falling Tree Productions
Naomi Bloomstein - Freelance
Dr. Emma Nagouse - Lead Mojo Productions
Ajay Tegala - National Trust
Anna Sinfield - Novel
Scout Tzofiya Bolton - Prison Radio Association
Presenter/Host Sponsored by Everybody Media
Danny Robins - Bafflegab Productions/ Uncanny Media
Niall Breslin - Chalk & Blade/Audible
Joe Dunthorne - Falling Tree Productions
Femi Oke - RAW/Audible
Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Jerry Brotton - Whistledown Productions
Producer of the Year Sponsored by Audible
Bella Soames - Dmg Media
Phoebe McIndoe - Falling Tree Productions
Jack Edwards - Fix Radio
Georgia Arundel - Platform Media
Andrew Wilkie - Prison Radio Association
Georgina Savage - RAW
Jon Holmes - unusual Productions
Ensemble Cast/Presenting Team
Mel Giedroyc & Sue Perkins - Audible/Hat Trick
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders - Audible/Listen
Becky and Ben Saer
Zak and Jules - Prison Radio Association
Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman, Jess Phillips - Sky News
Rachel, Elaine, Caroline - Whistledown
The Changemaker Award Sponsored by The Podcast Show
Aunt Nell
Tommy Kennedy, Claire Offley, Fran Reynolds - Carousel
Short Cuts - Falling Tree Productions
QueerAF podcast with Trans+ History Week
Wild Tales - National Trust
Outside In - Prison Radio Association
Production Company of the Year Sponsored by Aiir
Bespoken Media
Falling Tree Productions
Fresh Air
Novel
Prison Radio Association
Reduced Listening
Samizdat Audio
Publisher or Network of the Year Sponsored by BetterHelp
Fix Radio
Fun Kids
Goalhanger
Resonance
RQ Network
Sony Music Podcasts
Arts and Culture sponsored by the London Podcast Festival
Meg Elliot - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Overcoat Media
Chris Mitchell - Breaking Atoms and Sumit Sharma - Unedited
Meera Kumar - Freelance
Sam Tyler - Freelance
Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart - Modus Arts
Tony Philips - Sea Salt and Mango
Audiobook
Yuki Parmar, Nicola Wall, Robin Morgan-Bentley, Tamsin Collison - Audible
Kate MacDonald - Freelance
Chris Thompson - Penguin Random House
Rosemary O'Dowd - Penguin Random House
Liam Gerrard - Raconteurs Audio LLP
Nicola Alexandrou - The Guardian
Branded Content
Fresh Air
Podcast Team - National Trust
Ollie Guillou - OG Podcasts
Sam Taylor - Prison Radio Association
Natalie Steed - Rhubarb Rhubarb
Ollie Wilson, Kat Hutcheson, Nia Deo, Charlie Murrell, Rahnee Prescod - Sony Music Podcasts
Comedy
Dave Masterman, Michael Dale and Bertie Moores - Audio Always
Lauren Mackay - BBC Scotland
Ed Morrish - Lead Mojo Productions
Ollie Wilson, Charlie Murrell, Nia Deo, Rahnee Prescod - Sony Music Podcasts
Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna - This Paranormal Life
Jon Holmes - unusual
Drama and Fiction
Nicolas Jackson - Afonica
Tracey Neale - BBC Studios
Max Blair, Mark McKibbin - Blackabbey Productions
Hat Trick Productions/Audible
Guy Larsen, Cambria Bailey-Jones, Gabriela Jones and Dan Pugsley - Penny4
Emma Stephens & Bernard P Achampong - Unedited
Entertainment
Helena Webb - BBC Audio
Jack Edwards, Travis Glossop, Demi Bell, Brogan Hubber, Toby Penman - Fix Radio
Ewan Newbigging-Lister - JamPot Productions
Jemima Rathbone - JamPot Productions
Dino Sofos, Caillin McDaid, Will Gibson Smith, Flossie Barrett - Persephonica
Katie Boden - TBI Media
Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna - This Paranormal Life
Factual/Documentary Sponsored by Great Big Story
Laurence Grissell, Rosie Pye, Amica Sciortino Nowlan, Poppy Damon, Daniel Lloyd-Evans,
Louis Nanke-Mannell, Toby Matimong, Volkan Kiziltug - Blanchard House
Chalk & Blade/Audible
Becky Lipscombe and Isobel Cockerell, Coda Story
Bella Soames, Dmg Media
Timur Dzhafarov and Cicely Fell - Falling Tree Productions
Leigh Meyer, Amalie Sortland, Josephine Wheeler, Nicholas Alexander - Novel
History
Joe Dunthorne and Eleanor McDowall - Falling Tree Productions
Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart - Modus Arts
Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes - Project Citizen
Hugh Sheehan - Reduced Listening
Production Team - StoryHunter
Rami Tzabar, Kevin Fong, Andrew Luck-Baker, Kate Arkless Gray, Dave Giles, Christian
Lundberg, Richard Courtice, Jago Lee, Stuart Coxe - TellTale Industries & Antica Productions
Lifestyle and Society
Max Dickins & Rich Le Gate - Inbetween Man
Ollie Brookes, James Wilson, Faye Dunn, Arthur Hagues - Prison Radio Association
Hugh Sheehan - Reduced Listening
Suzi Dale & Micky Curling - Story Publishing
Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Jon Holmes - unusual
Little Ears
Laura Hyde - Chalk & Blade
Gill Davies, Claire O'Gallagher, Derek Farrell - GDP/BBC Scotland Learning
Cole Stopnik - Independent Podcaster
Jack Whitney, Chloe McLaren, James Trusson, Adam Devenney, Kathleen Moroney, Polly Evans, Ravina Bajwa, Georgie Britton - National History Museum, Forever Audio and Tonies
Morwenna Rose - The Book of Arralan
Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Music Sponsored by Morley Radio
Matthew Bannister and Natalie Steed - Folk on Foot
Tom Whalley - Listen Entertainment
Lady Unchained, Arthur Hagues, Jamie Lyon - Prison Radio Association
Silas Gray - Reduced Listening
Matt Healy, Katie Fox, Jojo Jones, Joe Gardner, Rachel Barton, Pete Tong - We Are Grape Ltd
Ollie Braddy, Jojo Jones, Matt Healy, Sarah Story - We Are Grape Ltd
News/Politics
Christopher Pitt, Stephen Carroll, Caroline Hepker, Tiwa Adebayo, James Woolcock -
Bloomberg
George McDonagh - Freelance
Artemis Irvine - Freelance, Whistledown Productions
Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes - Project Citizen
May Robson - Reduced Listening
Edward Drummond - The Times
Sound Design
Phoebe McIndoe - Falling Tree Productions
Nicholas Alexander - Novel
Alice Boyd & Joy Nkoyo - Peanut & Crumb
Scout Tzofiya Bolton, Andrew Wilkie, Ellen Orchard, Micky Curling, Phil Maguire - Prison Radio
Association
Esa Williams - Raw/Audible
Ivan d'Avoine, Derick Armah - Transmission Roundhouse
Sports
Rob Sillito, Ben Russell and Emma Brydges - Couch to Coached Running podcast
Chris Browning-Brant, Christian Hewgill, Katie Osborne, Jamie Smith - Formula 1
Sophie Penney and Adonis Pratsides - Global
Damien St John & Ant McGinley - Podomedy
Andrew Wilkie, Faye Dunn, Phil Maguire, Paula Harriott - Prison Radio Association
Ray Paul, Ishtia May, Jerelle Forbes, Heartless Crew (MC Bushkin & DJ Fonti) - The Playmaker Group
True Crime
Rima Ahmed, Luke de Costa and Luke Eldridge - BBC Sounds
Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard - Falling Tree Productions
Carl Miller, Caroline Thornham, Tom Wright - Novel
Andrew Wilkie - Prison Radio Association
RAW/Audible
Production Team - StoryHunter
Narrator
Ella Kenion - Bonnier Books UK
Harriet Walter - HarperCollins Publishers
Poppy Mae Barrett - HarperCollins Publishers
Charlotte Ritchie - Nosy Crow
Dan Jones - Sony Music Podcasts
Maxim Reston - White House Sound
New Producer Sponsored by Amazon Music and Wondery
Mia Thornton - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Reform Radio
Lorna Reader - BBC Studios
Joseph Russell - Fire Mountain Productions
Riham Moussa - Freelance
Marnie Duke - Transmission Roundhouse
Katie Fox - We Are Grape Ltd
New Voice Sponsored by BBC Sounds
Siddharth Khajuria - Falling Tree Productions
Naomi Bloomstein - Freelance
Dr. Emma Nagouse - Lead Mojo Productions
Ajay Tegala - National Trust
Anna Sinfield - Novel
Scout Tzofiya Bolton - Prison Radio Association
Presenter/Host Sponsored by Everybody Media
Danny Robins - Bafflegab Productions/ Uncanny Media
Niall Breslin - Chalk & Blade/Audible
Joe Dunthorne - Falling Tree Productions
Femi Oke - RAW/Audible
Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Jerry Brotton - Whistledown Productions
Producer of the Year Sponsored by Audible
Bella Soames - Dmg Media
Phoebe McIndoe - Falling Tree Productions
Jack Edwards - Fix Radio
Georgia Arundel - Platform Media
Andrew Wilkie - Prison Radio Association
Georgina Savage - RAW
Jon Holmes - unusual Productions
Ensemble Cast/Presenting Team
Mel Giedroyc & Sue Perkins - Audible/Hat Trick
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders - Audible/Listen
Becky and Ben Saer
Zak and Jules - Prison Radio Association
Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman, Jess Phillips - Sky News
Rachel, Elaine, Caroline - Whistledown
The Changemaker Award Sponsored by The Podcast Show
Aunt Nell
Tommy Kennedy, Claire Offley, Fran Reynolds - Carousel
Short Cuts - Falling Tree Productions
QueerAF podcast with Trans+ History Week
Wild Tales - National Trust
Outside In - Prison Radio Association
Production Company of the Year Sponsored by Aiir
Bespoken Media
Falling Tree Productions
Fresh Air
Novel
Prison Radio Association
Reduced Listening
Samizdat Audio
Publisher or Network of the Year Sponsored by BetterHelp
Fix Radio
Fun Kids
Goalhanger
Resonance
RQ Network
Sony Music Podcasts
