Click here to edit title

Acting on the radio is challenging, inspiring, delicate and always a privilege.

2012 BBC AUDIO AWARD WINNERS

Best Audio Drama - Presenter Johnny Vegas pictured with David
A big thank you to Justine Potter, producer of A Shoebox full of Snow, Best Drama nominee, for all of the audio clips.
-3:51

Nominee's: The First Domino by Jonathan Cash - Producer: Frank Stirling, Unique Broadcasting Company for Radio 3 and A Shoebox Of Snow by Julie Mayhew, Producer: Justine Potter, Red Production Company for Radio 4


Winner: Lost Property – The Year My Mother Went Missing by Katie Hims - Producer: Jessica Dromgoole, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4


Judges: Lord Hall of Birkenhead, Chief Executive, Royal Opera House, Razia Iqbal - Journalist, BBC News, Sarah Sands - Deputy Editor, Evening Standard

Best Actor - Audio Drama - Presenter - Tim Davie, Director, BBC A&M
-1:43
Nominee's: Damian Lewis, for Giovanni’s Room dramatised by Neil Bartlett - Producer: Turan Ali, Bona Broadcasting for Radio 3 and Rory Kinnear, for Flare Path by Terence Rattigan - Producer: Jeremy Herrin, Catherine Bailey Productions Ltd for Radio 3

Special Commendation: Tom Riley, for Henry’s Demons by Patrick and Henry Cockburn, Producer: Karen Rose, Sweet Talk Productions for Radio 4

Winner: David Tennant for Kafka: The Musical by Murray Gold - Producer: Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 3

Judges: Ian Brown - Artistic Director, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Lisa Campbell - Editor, Broadcast, Dame Harriet Walter CBE

Best Actress in an Audio Drama - Presenter - Don Warrington


Nominee's: June Whitfield, for A Monstrous Vitality by Andy Merriman - Producer: David Hunter, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4 and Candis Nergaard,for Atching Tan by Dan Allum - Producer: Charlotte Riches, BBC Audio Drama North for Radio 4


Winner: Rosie Cavaliero, for Lost Property: A Telegram From The Queen by Katie Hims - Producer: Jessica Dromgoole, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4


Judges: Michael Billington - Theatre Critic, The Guardian, Kate Harwood - Controller, Series and Serials TV Drama, Robin Lustig - Journalist, BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4


Best Supporting Actor/Actress in an Audio Drama

Presenter-
June Whitfield, pictured with David
-1:11
Nominee's: Carl Prekopp,  for The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley - Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4 and  Rupert Penry-Jones,  for Flare Path by Terence Rattigan - Producer: Jeremy Herrin, Catherine Bailey Productions Ltd for Radio 3

Winner: Andrew Scott, for Referee by Nick Perry - Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4, seen here with June and David


Judges: Daniel Evans - Artistic Director, Sheffield Crucible, Gillian Reynolds - Radio Critic, The Daily Telegraph, Imogen Stubbs - Actress and Playwright

Best Adaptation - Presenter -  Nina Wadia

Nominee's: Alone In Berlin dramatised by Shelagh Stephenson - Producer: Eoin O’Callaghan, BBC Northern Ireland for Radio 4 and Five Days In May by Matthew Solon - Producer: John Dryden, Goldhawk Productions for Radio 4 


Winner: The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley, seen left with his award - Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4

Judges: Viv Gardner - Professor of Theatre Studies, Manchester, Maxine Peak - Actress, Fiammetta Rocco - Editor of Books and Arts, The Economist
Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama

Presenter - Bertie Carval, seen here with David

Nominee's: The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley - Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4 and Can You Hear Me? by Margaret Wilkinson - Producer: Nadia Molinari, BBC Audio Drama North for Radio 4


-0:52
Winner: Bad Memories by Julian Simpson

Producer: Karen Rose, Sweet Talk Productions for Radio 4
Judges: Kevin Brew - Producer, RTE, John Hardy - Composer, Elisabeth Mahoney - Radio Critic, The Guardian
Best Scripted Comedy Drama

Presenter - Richard Wilson, seen here with David - more pics here.
Nominee's: Cabin Pressure by John Finnemore - Producer: David Tyler, Pozzitive for Radio 4 and  Ed Reardon's Week by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds  - Producer: Dawn Ellis, BBC Radio Comedy for Radio 4

Winner: Floating by Hugh Hughes - Producer: James Robinson, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4


Judges: Andrew Davies - British Author and Screenwriter, Christopher William Hill - Radio Dramatist and Playwright, Miranda Sawyer - Radio Critic, The Observer

Best Online Only Audio Drama -  Presenter - Julie Myerson
-1:19

The other nominee was Wild Hackney - Producer: Francesca Panetta and Russell Finch for Hackney Podcast (commissioned by Folly for a Flyover, part of Create London 2011)


Winner -  Rock by Tim Fountain - Producer: Iain Mackness, Made in Manchester for The Independent Online


Judges: Nicolas Kent - Artistic Director, Tricycle Theatre, Julie Myerson - Author and Critic, Jane Thynne - Radio Critic, The Independent

Tim was nice enough to put up a video of his acceptance speech here.

Innovation Award - Presenter -  Niamh Cusack


Nominee's were: Blue Eyed Boy by Helen Cross - Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery, BBC Bristol for Radio 4 and Wild Hackney - Producer: Francesca Panetta and Russell Finch for Hackney Podcast (commissioned by Folly for a Flyover, part of Create London 2011)


Winner - The Unfortunates adapted by Graham White - Producer: Mary Peate, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 3


Judges: Susannah Clapp - Theatre Critic, The Observer, Rupert Goold - Artistic Director, Headlong Theatre and Associate Director, RSC, Stephen Wright - Head of Drama, BBC Northern Ireland

The Imison Award - Presenter - Guild President, David Edgar


Nominee's were: Atching Tan – A Tober of Loki Nogo by Dan Allum, The Pursuit by Matt Hartley, The Barber and the Ark by Marcia Layne


Winner - Amazing Grace by Michelle Lipton.


Judges: Society of Author’s Broadcasting Committee: Alison Joseph, Mike Bartlett, Lucy Caldwell, Nazrin Choudhury, Christopher William Hill, Karen Liebreich, Sue Limb, Karl Sabbagh, Colin Teevan and John Taylor

The Tinniswood Award - Presenter- Guild President, David Edgar


Nominee's - The Climb by Andrea Earl, Setting a Glass by Nick Warburton


Winner - Gerontius by Stephen Wyatt 


Special commendation: Sarah and Ken by Rebecca Lenkiewicz


Judges: Robert Bathurst, Paul Donovan, Nell Leyshon

Oops! This site has expired.

If you are the site owner, please renew your premium subscription or contact support.