British Podcast Awards – Nominees 2023
The judges have been a-judging, find out what the best shows of the year are and listen to them.
9:25 AM GMT+1 on July 25, 2023

The British Podcast Awards, powered by PodPod, take place at the end of September 2023, but who's been nominated for these prestigious awards? Well, take a look below at all of the categories, and remember you can still vote in the Listeners' Choice for your favourite show too!
Best Arts & Culture Podcast
Classical Fix - BBC Radio 3
Firecrotch & Normcore: A Succession Podcast
Folk on Foot
Inside the World of Ralph & Katie - Audio Always
Time & Again - Beautiful Strangers
Who Robs A Banksy? - Podimo & Message Heard
Best Business Podcast
Behind the Money - The Financial Times
Carolina Herrera Presents: Walk Tall - Mags Creative
How to Own the Room - Feast Collective
Money Talks - Economist Radio
Rethink Moments with Rachel Botsman - Rethink Audio
The Big Green Money Show - Candex Solutions for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
The Third Angle - 18Sixty Podcasts
The Climate Award
As the Season Turns - Ffern
Blossom Trees and Burnt-Out Cars - BBC Sounds
Buried - Smoke Trail Productions
Burn Wild - BBC
The Conversation Weekly - The Conversation Trust
Waterlands - 18Sixty Podcasts
Best Comedy Podcast
Bang On It - BBC Studios Audio
Elis James and John Robins - Audio Always for the BBC
From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2) - Audible
Sports Horn - Stak
The Skewer - unusual for the BBC
Titting About – Series 3 - Listen for Audible
Best Daily Podcast
Dan Snow's History Hit - History Hit
FT News Briefing - Financial Times
Sky News Daily - Sky News
Stories of our times - News UK
The News Agents - Persephonica & Global
Today in Focus - The Guardian
Today In History with The Retrospectors - Rethink Audio
Best Documentary Podcast
A Very British Cult - BBC News
Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot - BBC Studios Audio
Burn Wild - BBC
Call Bethel - The Telegraph
I'm Not a Monster S2: The Shamima Begum Story - BBC
Pig Iron - Tortoise Media
Best Entertainment Podcast
British Scandal - Wondery
Elis James and John Robins - Audio Always
Eureka! - Stak
Help I Sexted My Boss - Audio Always
NearlyWeds - JamPot
RHLSTP with Richard Herring - Go Faster Stripe, Sky Potato & Fuzz Productions
Three Little Words - Wondery
Titting About - Listen for Audible
Best Factual Podcast
A Positive Life: HIV from Terrence Higgins to Today - Overcoat Media
Babbage - Economist Radio
Gangster: The Story of John Palmer - BBC
Life After Prison - Prison Radio Association
Partygate: The Inside Story - ITV News
You, Me and the Big C - BBC Sounds
Best Fiction Podcast
Eliza: A Robot Story - Crowd Network
Oliver Twist - Audible
One Five Seven Years - Afonica
(find it in the Limelight feed)
The Electricity of Every Living Thing - Whistledown Productions for Audible
The System (or how to save the world in 5 easy steps) - BBC Scotland
(find it in the Limelight feed)
Wooden Overcoats
Best History Podcast
British Scandal - Wondery
Dan Snow's History Hit - History Hit
National Trust Podcast - National Trust
Short History Of - Noiser
Sounds Of Black Britain - Unedited
Best Interview
Different - Audio Always for the BBC
Girls On Film
Life Changing - BBC
Masala Podcast - Soul Sutras
RHLSTP with Richard Herring - Go Faster Stripe, Sky Potato & Fuzz Productions
Where's Home Really? - Podimo & Listen
Best Kids Podcast
Audiomoves at the zoo - Peut-Être Theatre
Dragonfly Tales
Everything Under the Sun
In The Beginning - Social Broadcasts for Fun Kids
My Life - Mighty Mouth for Fun Kids
Super Great Kids' Stories - Wardour Studios
The Rez - Rezilience
Best New Podcast
28ish Days Later - Listen for the BBC
Black Earth Podcast
Lights Out - Falling Tree Productions
The Rabbit Hole Detectives - Folding Pocket
Ukrainecast - BBC News Podcasts
Where Are You Going? - Loftus Media
Best News & Current Affairs
1Xtra TALKS with Richie Brave - Unedited
I'm Not a Monster S2: The Shamima Begum Story - BBC
Partygate: The Inside Story - ITV News
Putin - BBC
The News Agents - Persephonica & Global
The Tavistock: Inside the gender clinic - Tortoise Media
Today in Focus - The Guardian
Best Parenting Podcast
Dad Still Standing - Factory Originals
Dadvengers Podcast - Dadvengers
Dirty Mother Pukka - Global
My First Five Years - Purposeful Podcasts
The SENDcast - B Squared
Truth Be Told: Adoption Stories - Bengo Media
Best Sex & Relationships Podcast
1Xtra TALKS with Richie Brave - Unedited
Brown Girls Do It Too - BBC Audio
Later Dater - Aurra Studios
Pressed - BBC Studios Audio
Rainbow Dads
The Breakup Monologues
The Divorce Social - Samantha Baines
Best Sports Podcast
Footballers Football Podcast - Whats The Story Sounds
Kammy and Ben's Proper Football Podcast - Folding Pocket
Powerplay: The House of Sepp Blatter - Whistledown Productions
Snookered - BBC Scotland
Sports Horn - Stak
The Tennis Podcast - The Tennis Podcast
Best True Crime Podcast
Can I tell you a secret? - The Guardian
I'm Not a Monster S2: The Shamima Begum Story - BBC
Love, Janessa - BBC World Service
Please Protect Abraham - Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4
Vishal - BBC Studios
Who Killed Daphne? - Wondery
Best Wellbeing Podcast
Declassified
Fierce Minds Kind Hearts - Pixiu
Go Love Yourself - Crowd Network
Persevering: Grief As Told By Young People - Let's Talk About Loss
Stopping to Notice - Fresh Air Production
The Rest Room
Time & Again - Beautiful Strangers
Best Welsh Language Podcast
Cwîns efo Mari a Meilir - Meilir Rhys Williams
Probcast - Boom Cymru
Sgorio - Rondo Media
Sgwrsio
Yr Hen Iaith
The Specialist Award
Life After Prison - Prison Radio Association
Masala Podcast - Soul Sutras
Persevering: Grief As Told By Young People - Let's Talk About Loss
Rainbow Dads
The Rest Room
The Shelina Show - Global
The Spotlight Award
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster - Plosive
Partygate: The Inside Story - ITV News
That Peter Crouch Podcast - TON
The News Agents - Persephonica & Global
Ukrainecast - BBC News Podcasts
Where There's a Will, There's a Wake - Sony Music Entertainment
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