British Podcast Awards – Nominees 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

Listen on BBC Sounds

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

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Sports Horn - Stak

The Skewer - unusual for the BBC

Titting About – Series 3 - Listen for Audible

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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

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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

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One Five Seven Years - Afonica

(find it in the Limelight feed)

The Electricity of Every Living Thing - Whistledown Productions for Audible

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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