BBC Audio Drama Awards
The BBC Audio Drama Awards is an awards ceremony created by BBC Radio to recognise excellence in the radio industry, in particular in audio dramas. The first awards were presented in 2012 and the ceremony has been located at BBC Radio's home Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House.
The awards were announced in October 2011 and first opened to nominations. The first ceremony proved hugely successful. Prior to this, there was no official awards ceremony to recognise audio dramas; the Sony Radio Academy Awards mainly encompassed radio shows and presenters while the Richard Imison Award and Tinniswood Award were awarded separately. The Imison and Tinniswood Awards are now incorporated into the Audio Drama Awards.
Nominations and Judges
Although nominations are dominated by the BBC's in-house arts-oriented stations, namely Radio 3 and Radio 4, entries are open to other radio stations.The judges included personalities in the radio, acting and theatre industry and literary world such as British dramatist Nell Leyshon, American novelist Stephen Wright, performance historian Viv Gardner, English actor Robert Bathurst, long-time BBC producer and Director-General Lord Hall, comedian Alexei Sayle, actress Imogen Stubbs and Royal Shakespeare Company associate director Rupert Goold.
Winners
2012
The inaugural ceremony took place on 29 January 2012 and covers audio dramas broadcast between 1 October 2010 and 30 September 2011. It was hosted by actor David Tennant.| Award | Winner | Other Nominees |
| Best Audio Drama Presented by Johnny Vegas | Lost Property – The Year My Mother Went Missing by Katie Hims Producer: Jessica Dromgoole | A Shoebox Of Snow by Julie Mayhew The First Domino by Jonathan Cash Producer: Frank Stirling |
| Best Actor Presented by Tim Davie | David Tennant by Murray Gold | Damian Lewis Giovanni's Room dramatised by Neil Bartlett Rory Kinnear Flare Path by Terence Rattigan Special Commendation: Tom Riley Henry's Demons by Patrick and Henry Cockburn |
| Best Actress Presented by Don Warrington | Rosie Cavaliero Lost Property: A Telegram from the Queen by Katie Hims | Candis Nergaard Atching Tan by Dan Allum June Whitfield A Montrous Vitality by Andy Merriman |
| Best Supporting Actor/Actress Presented by June Whitfield | Andrew Scott Referee by Nick Perry | Carl Prekopp The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley Rupert Penry-Jones Flare Path by Terence Rattigan |
| Best Scripted Comedy Drama Presented by Richard Wilson | Floating by Hugh Hughes Producer: James Robinson | Cabin Pressure by John Finnemore Producer: Dawn Ellis Ed Reardon's Week by Christopher Douglas Producer: Dawn Ellis |
| Best Online Only Audio Drama Presented by Julie Myerson | Rock by Tim Fountain Producer: Iain Mackness | Wild Hackney Producer: Francesca Panetta |
| Best Adaptation Presented by Nina Wadia | The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer | Alone in Berlin dramatised by Shelagh Stephenson Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan Five Days in May by Matthew Solon Producer: John Dryden |
| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama Presented by Bertie Carvel | Bad Memories by Julian Simpson Producer: Karen Rose | Can You Hear Me? by Margaret Wilkinson Producer: Nadia Molinari The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer |
| Innovation Award Presented by Niamh Cusack | The Unfortunates adapted by Graham White Producer: Mary Peate | Blue Eyed Boy by Helen Cross Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery Wild Hackney Producer: Francesca Panetta |
| Imison Award Presented by David Edgar | Amazing Grace by Michelle Lipton | Atching Tan by Dan Allum The Pursuit by Matt Hartley The Barber and the Ark by Marcia Layne |
| Tinniswood Award Presented by David Edgar | by Stephen Wyatt | The Climb by Andrea Earl Sarah and Ken by Rebecca Lenkiewicz Setting a Glass by Nick Warburton |
2013
The ceremony took place on 27 January 2013 and covers audio dramas broadcast between 1 October 2011 and 31 October 2012. The Best Audio Drama Award was split into two - Single Play and Serial - and the Best Supporting Actor/Actress Award was also split into separate awards. It was hosted by David Tennant.| Award | Winner | Other Nominees |
| Best Actor Presented by Penelope Wilton | Andrew Scott Betrayal by Harold Pinter | Henry Goodman Ulysses by James Joyce, dramatised by Robin Brooks Richard Johnson Tennyson and Edison by David Pownall |
| Best Actress Presented by Stephen Tompkinson | Michelle Fairley The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, dramatised by Donna Franceschild | Lorraine Ashbourne Seven Scenes by Nicola Baldwin Fenella Woolgar An American Rose by Charlotte Jones |
| Best Supporting Actor Presented by Maxine Peake | David Troughton Singles and Doublets by Martyn Wade | David Crellin Craven by Amelia Bullmore Carl Prekopp Pilgrim by Sebastian Baczkiewicz |
| Best Supporting Actress Presented by Stephen Mangan | Vicky McClure Kicking the Air by Christine Murphy | Niamh Cusack The Man with Wings by Rachel Joyce Gillian Kearney Songs and Lamentations by Michael Symmons Roberts |
| Best Audio Drama Presented by Lenny Henry | On It by Tony Pitts Producer: Sally Harrison | Betrayal by Harold Pinter Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig, dramatised by Peter Flannery Producer: Melanie Harris |
| Best Audio Drama Presented by Patricia Cumper | The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll, abridged by Helen Meller Producer: Polly Thomas | Pink Mist by Owen Sheers Producer: Tim Dee The Mumbai Chuzzlewits dramatised by Ayeesha Menon Producer: John Dryden |
| Best Adaptation Presented by Nick Dear | A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, dramatised by Tanika Gupta Producer: Nadia Molinari | The Mumbai Chuzzlewits dramatised by Ayeesha Menon Producer: John Dryden Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig, dramatised by Peter Flannery Producer: Melanie Harris |
| Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama Presented by Siân Phillips | The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, dramatised by John Fletcher Producer: Marc Beeby | Use it or Lose It by Peter Blegvad Producer: Iain Chambers The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, dramatised by Jane Rogers Producer: Nadia Molinari |
| Best Scripted Comedy Presented by Nicholas Parsons | Believe It! by Jon Canter Producer: Clive Brill | Alice's Wunderland by Alice Lowe Producer: Sam Bryant I, Regress by Matt Berry Producer: Sam Bryant |
| Best Online Only Audio Drama Presented by Joseph Millson | Above and Below by Daniel Macnaughton Producer: Daniel Macnaughton | The Minister of Chance by Dan Freeman Producer: Dan Freeman Varanasi by Silva Semerciyan Producer: Graham Pountney |
| Imison Award Presented by Andrew Davies | by Csaba Székely | The Day We Caught the Train by Nick Payne The Takeover by Paul Sellar |
| Tinniswood Award Presented by Andrew Davies | by Murray Gold | Angarrack by Christopher William Hill Like Minded People by David Eldridge |
2014
The ceremony took place on 26 January 2014 and covers audio dramas broadcast between 1 October 2012 and 31 October 2013. It was hosted by Lenny Henry.Best Original Audio Drama - Billions by Ed Harris, produced by Jonquil Panting, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Best Audio Drama - An Angel At My Table, written by Janet Frame, adapted by Anita Sullivan, produced by Karen Rose, Sweet Talk for Radio 4