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.
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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