Vectis Radio Radio Academy Nominee

The winners of the 2023 Audio & Radio Industry Awards have been unveiled at the ceremony in London

Hosted by Rylan, with Fleur East and a host of guest award presenters, the winners of Gold, Silver and Bronze were announced in front of a packed audience at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Highlights of the ceremony will be available in The Radio Academy Podcast, from Thursday morning.

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners, and thank you for a fantastic evening celebrating all that’s great about audio and radio.

Best New Presenter, supported by Insanity Group

• GOLD: Zak and Jules - Life After Prison podcast

• SILVER: Harriet Rose - KISS FM UK

• BRONZE: Alyx Holcombe - BBC Introducing Rock on Radio 1

• Nominated: Alex Kapranos - Absolute Radio

• Nominated: Dan Jones - This Is History podcast

• Nominated: Kathy Burke - Where There’s a Will There’s A Wake podcast

• Nominated: Marianna Spring - BBC Sounds and Radio 4

• Nominated: Pria Rai - BBC Newsbeat

• Nominated: Sam Thompson - Hits Radio

Best New Radio Show, supported by Carver PR

• GOLD: Room 5 - BBC Radio 4

• SILVER: Shaun Keaveny's Community Garden Radio

• BRONZE: Patrick Kielty - Banana Stand for BBC Radio 5 Live

• Nominated: The Bald Builders Breakfast - Fix Radio

• Nominated: Breakfast with Rima - BBC Radio Leeds

• Nominated: The Heating and Plumbing Show - Fix Radio

Best News Coverage, supported by Radio News Hub

• GOLD: The Smugglers’ Trail - BBC Audio Documentaries Unit for Radio 4

• SILVER: Stories of Our Times: The British Man Rescuing Ukrainians from Putin’s War - Wireless Studios for The Times

• BRONZE: Sitrep: Inside Ukraine's Capital - BFBS

• Nominated: Good Ship BrewDog - BBC Scotland News

• Nominated: Hits Radio Brand Network UK - Bauer Media Audio News

• Nominated: The Open Secret - Sky News

• Nominated: Sensemaker - Tortoise Media

• Nominated: Slow Newscast - Tortoise Media

• Nominated: Today, The Fall of Boris Johnson - BBC Radio 4

Best Speech Breakfast Show

• GOLD: 5 Live Breakfast - BBC Radio 5 Live

• SILVER: Today - BBC Radio 4

• BRONZE: Good Morning Ulster - BBC Radio Ulster

• Nominated: David Prever's Breakfast Club - BBC Radio Oxford

• Nominated: talkSPORT Breakfast

• Nominated: Times Radio Breakfast with Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell

Best Speech Presenter, supported by Presenterly

• GOLD: Adrian Durham - talkSPORT

• Dan Jones - This is History podcast

• SILVER: Dan Snow - History Hit podcast

• BRONZE: Helena Merriman - BBC Radio 4

• Nominated: Elis James & John Robins - BBC Radio 5 Live

• Nominated: John Pienaar - Times Radio

• Nominated: Manveen Rana - Stories of our Times podcast

• Nominated: Matt Chorley - Times Radio

• Nominated: Nicky Campbell - BBC Radio 5 Live

Best Sports Show

• GOLD: Moment of Truth - Folding Pocket Productions for BBC Sounds

• SILVER: The Big Saturday Football Show - Forth 1 & The Hits Radio Network Scotland

• BRONZE: Fast and Loose - Novel for Wondery

• Nominated: Gameday Exclusive - talkSPORT

• Nominated: The High Performance Podcast

• Nominated: The Lionesses in Stoke - BBC Radio Stoke

• Nominated: The Official Manchester United Podcast - Audio Always for Manchester United

• Nominated: Rugby Breakfast Show - BBC Radio Scotland

• Nominated: White & Jordan – talkSPORT

Best Coverage of an Event

• GOLD: Mental Health Awareness Week - Absolute Radio

• SILVER: The Discovery of Endurance - Dan Snow’s History Hit podcast

• BRONZE: The 2022 UEFA Champions League Final - talkSPORT

• Nominated: The 2022 UEFA Champions League Final - BBC Radio 5 Live

• Nominated: Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 - BBC Radio WM

• Nominated: The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - BBC Radio 5 Live

• Nominated: The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - talkSPORT

• Nominated: Savannah Marshall fight coverage - BBC Radio Tees

• Nominated: The UK Black Pride Time Capsule Podcast - AiAi Studios

The Comedy Award

• GOLD: The Skewer: The Queen - unusual for BBC Radio 4

• SILVER: Nature Table - BBC Studios for Radio 4

• BRONZE: From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast, Series 2 - Baby Cow for Audible

• Nominated: Cool Skool Sketch Show - unusual for KMFM

• Nominated: Frank Skinner - Avalon for Absolute Radio

• Nominated: IM1 The Worst Bits and More - Manx Radio

• Nominated: NonCensored - Lead Mojo Productions

• Nominated: Robin Ince’s Reality Tunnel - BBC Studios for Radio 4

• Nominated: Where There’s A Will There’s A Wake podcast - Sony Music Entertainment 

Best Music Breakfast Show, supported by MusicMaster Scheduling

• GOLD: 1Xtra Breakfast with Nadia Jae - BBC Audio for Radio 1Xtra

• SILVER: Big John at Breakfast - Hallam FM

• BRONZE: Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James - BBC Audio for Radio 1

• Nominated: The Hits Radio Breakfast Show with Fleur East, James & Matt

• Nominated: Steve and Karen's Breakfast Show - Metro Radio

• Nominated: The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show - BBC Audio for Radio 2

Best Music Entertainment Show, supported by PPL and PRS for Music

• GOLD: Craig Charles - Audio Always for BBC Radio 6 Music

• SILVER: My Life - Mighty Mouth Productions for Fun Kids

• BRONZE: Throwback Throwdown - We Are Grape for BBC Sounds

• Garry Spence - Clyde 1 and the Hits Radio Network Scotland

• Hometime with Bush and Richie - Absolute Radio

• Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton - Somethin' Else for BBC Radio 2

Best Specialist Music Show

• GOLD: For the Love of Hip Hop with Romesh Ranganathan - Folded Wing for Radio 2 and BBC Sounds

• SILVER: Night Tracks - BBC Audio for Radio 3

• BRONZE: National Prison Radio's Rock Show - Prison Radio Association

• Nominated: ChillDaBeats with Phil Taggart

• Nominated: Folk on Foot

• Nominated: Free Flow - National Prison Radio

• Nominated: Radio 1's Future Artists With Jack Saunders - Listen for BBC Radio 1

• Nominated: Rocket Hour with Elton John - Apple Music Radio

• Nominated: Selector Radio with Jamz Supernova - Folded Wing for The British Council

Best Music Special

• GOLD: Deep Hidden Meaning Radio with Nile Rodgers - Apple Music Radio

• SILVER: A Career in Music with Harmony Samuels - Cast Iron Radio for BBC Radio 4

• BRONZE: Pass The Mic - Novel for KISS FM

• Nominated: Access All Areas - Scala Radio

• Nominated: Folk on Foot - The Musical Village of Pathhead, Midlothian

• Nominated: Pride Not Prejudice - The Content Works for Greatest Hits Radio

• Nominated: Short Stories: 200 Years of the Royal Academy of Music - Rhubarb Rhubarb

• Nominated: Techno: A Social History - Cup & Nuzzle for BBC Radio 4

• Nominated: Turn it Up: A Short History of Drum & Bass - Cup & Nuzzle for BBC Radio 1 

Best Factual – Single Programme

• GOLD: File on 4: Isobel's Story - BBC Radio 4

• SILVER: Justice for The 97 - BBC Radio Merseyside

• BRONZE: Nightwatch - BBC Scotland Productions for BBC Radio 4

• Nominated: A Finding of Rape - Tortoise Media

• Nominated: The Legacy of Terry Higgins - Audio Always for Virgin Radio Pride

• Nominated: Unoffending Paedophiles: Clinical or criminal? - Media Storm Podcast

• Nominated: Stories of Our Times: The British Man Rescuing Ukrainians from Putin’s War - Wireless Studios for The Times

• Nominated: The Story of the Four Aces - Virgin Radio UK

• Nominated: Trans Truths: Living Authentically - This Is Distorted for Virgin Radio Pride

Best Factual – Series, supported by The Podcast Show London

• GOLD: In Dark Corners - BBC Scotland Productions for Radio 4

• SILVER: Who Killed Daphne? - Wondery

• BRONZE: Assume Nothing: The Last Request - BBC Radio Ulster and Radio 4

• Nominated: Disaster Trolls - BBC Radio 4

• Nominated: Last Man Standing - Wireless Studios for The Times

• Nominated: The Secret History of Flight 149 - Crowd Network

• Nominated: Sonic Landscapes of Colour - Somin Somatic with BBC Radio Devon

• Nominated: Ukraine War Diaries - Sky News

• Nominated: Women of Country - Audio Always for Absolute Radio Country

Best New Podcast, supported by Audible

• GOLD: Colouring In Britain - BBC Sounds Audio Lab

• SILVER: Go Love Yourself - Crowd Network

• BRONZE: Off The Beaten Jack - Jack Boswell

• Nominated: Betwixt the Sheets - History Hit

• Nominated: Good Ship BrewDog - BBC Scotland News

• Nominated: Life After Prison - Prison Radio Association

• Nominated: The Men's Room - talkSPORT

• Nominated: Ukrainecast - BBC News for BBC Sounds

• Nominated: Waterlands - 18Sixty for the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

Best Drama

• GOLD: Dear Harry Kane - BBC Audio Drama London for Radio 4

• SILVER: Algorithms - RooksNest for Audible

• BRONZE: The Rez - Rezilience and Gen Z Media

• Nominated: Dingus - Mike Cooter for Resonance FM

• Nominated: Hilda - Forever Audio

• Nominated: In the Beginning... - Social Broadcasts for Fun Kids

• Nominated: Love Across the Ages - Naked Productions for BBC Radio 4

• Nominated: The Nox - Coex Studios for Audible

• Nominated: Our Friends in the North 1964 - Sparklab Productions for BBC Radio 4

Best Audiobook or Reading

• GOLD: A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney - Coronet Books

• SILVER: This Is Not A Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan - BBC Audio Books for Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

• BRONZE: Voices in the Valley by Andrew Michael Hurley - BBC Audio Books for Radio 4

• Nominated: Meanwhile Back On Earth by Oliver Jeffers - HarperCollins Publishers

• Nominated: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - BBC Audio for Radio 4

• Nominated: The Woman In Black by Susan Hill - Granny Eats Wolf for Audible

Best Station Sound

• GOLD: BBC Radio 1Xtra - BBC Popular Music Station Sound

• SILVER: Fix Radio - Devaweb & Fix Radio

• BRONZE: The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on talkSPORT - Wireless Creative

• Nominated: BBC Radio 1 - BBC Popular Music Station Sound

• Nominated: BBC Radio 6 Music - BBC Popular Music Station Sound

• Nominated: Clyde 1 Superscoreboard

Best Commercial Partnership, supported by AudioExperts

• GOLD: Magic Radio Breakfast with On the Beach

• SILVER: Free Flow sponsored by Shannon Trust - National Prison Radio

• BRONZE: The Thursday Team Talk with Macmillan Cancer Support – talkSPORT

• Nominated: A Life More Wild - 18Sixty for Canopy & Stars

• Nominated: How We’re Wired - Fresh Air, for The Bertarelli Foundation

• Nominated: Living With Feeling - Rhubarb Rhubarb for The Centre for the History of the Emotions, Queen Mary University London

The Creative Innovation Award, supported by All In Media

• GOLD: Fun Kids Mission Transmission

• SILVER: Soundworlds

• BRONZE: Radio 1’s Murder Mystery - BBC Audio for Radio 1

• Nominated: Absolute Radio Natalie

• Nominated: National Prison Radio's Rock Show - Prison Radio Association

• Nominated: Radio 3's Soundscape of a Century - BBC Audio for Radio 3

• Nominated: Room 5 - BBC Radio 4

• Nominated: Stories of the Stalked - Ventureland for Audible

• Nominated: The Woman in Black - Granny Eats Wolf for Audible 

The Grassroots Award, supported by BBC Sounds

• GOLD: United Against Knife Crime - BBC Radio Merseyside

• SILVER: Life After Prison podcast - Prison Radio Association

• BRONZE: Ocean Youth Radio

• Nominated: The Big Baton Challenge - BBC Radio Leeds

• Nominated: Chaos at Calverton Lights - BBC Radio Nottingham

• Nominated: Cost of Living Clinics - BBC Radio Oxford

• Nominated: Footprints Podcast - Bathscape

• Nominated: Surviving Society Presents: Material Crimes

• Nominated: What The Pox? - Martin Joseph & Jamie Wareham for QueerAF

The Impact Award, supported by Wickes

• GOLD: You, Me, and the Big C - BBC Radio 5 Live

• SILVER: In Dark Corners - BBC Scotland Productions for Radio 4

• BRONZE: Justice for Joseph - Hits Radio Manchester

• Nominated: The Cruelty: A Child Unclaimed - BBC Scotland Productions for Radio Scotland and BBC Sounds

• Nominated: The High Performance Podcast

• Nominated: Hits Radio Pride: Faith, Sex & Me - Loftus Media

• Nominated: Looking for Esther - That Old Chestnut Productions and Big Light, for Spotify

• Nominated: National Prison Radio

• Nominated: Power Lines: From Ukraine to the World - Message Heard for The Kyiv Independent

Best Local Show, supported by RCS

• GOLD: Pulse 1 Breakfast with Mylo & Rosie

• SILVER: Justin Dealey - BBC Three Counties Radio

• BRONZE: The Big Saturday Football Show - Forth 1 & The Hits Radio Network Scotland

• Nominated: Footprints Podcast - Bathscape

• Nominated: Gary Philipson - BBC Radio Tees

• Nominated: The Graham Liver Breakfast Show - BBC Radio Lancashire

• Nominated: Hits at Breakfast with JD and Roisin - Free Radio

• Nominated: Ryecast - Real Life Stories From Rye

• Nominated: The Very Best of Pete Price

The 2022 Special Award, following the death of HM The Queen

• GOLD: Daily News Reportage - James Bryant & Jonny Dymond, for BBC News

• SILVER: The Skewer: The Queen - unusual for BBC Radio 4

• BRONZE: The Second Elizabethan Age - Tortoise Media

• Nominated: All The Queen's Horses - talkSPORT

• Nominated: BBC Network Radio

• Nominated: BBC Newsbeat

• Nominated: The Final Journey of Queen Elizabeth II - Bauer Media Audio UK News Team

• Nominated: FT Weekend - Financial Times

• Nominated: Sitrep: King Charles III, Commander in Chief - BFBS

Community Station of the Year, supported by Markettiers

• GOLD: Vectis Radio - The Isle of Wight

• SILVER: Bro Radio - The Vale of Glamorgan

• BRONZE: Pride Radio - North East of England

• Nominated: Alfred - Shaftesbury

• Nominated: Shine Radio - Petersfield

• Nominated: Wycombe Sound - High Wycombe

The John Myers Station of the Year, supported by News Broadcasting

• GOLD: Clyde 1

• SILVER: BBC Radio Merseyside

• BRONZE: BBC Radio Ulster

• Nominated: BBC Radio Northampton

• Nominated: Forth 1

• Nominated: Wave 105

UK Station or Network of the Year, supported by Arqiva

• GOLD: BBC Radio 4

• SILVER: talkSPORT

• BRONZE: BBC Radio 6 Music

• Nominated: BBC Radio 1

• Nominated: Fun Kids

• Nominated: Times Radio

Radio Times Moment of the Year

• GOLD: Tony Livesey won’t say goodbye to Dame Deborah James on BBC Radio 5 Live

• SILVER: Fun Kids’ Mission Transmission

• BRONZE: Liz Truss BBC Local Radio interviews

• Nominated: Boris Johnson resigns, on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4

• Nominated: Brenda Edwards sings to her late son Jamal on his birthday, on BBC Three Counties Radio

• Nominated: England win EURO 2022, on talkSPORT

• Nominated: Kate Moss on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4

• Nominated: Nicky Campbell talks about childhood abuse, on BBC Radio 5 Live

• Nominated: Scotland vs Ukraine show opener, on Clyde 1

• Nominated: The Resignation of Nimco Ali, on Times Radio