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The winners of the 11th ´óÏó´«Ã½ Audio Drama Awards 2022 were announced at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Broadcasting House, at 7pm on Friday 25 March, 2022.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Audio Drama Awards – presented by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ together with the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain – celebrate the range, originality and cut-through quality of audio drama on air and online and give recognition to the creativity of actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work in this genre.

Lifetime Achievement
Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Outstanding Contribution
Sioned Wiliam, Commissioning Editor, Comedy, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4

Best Actor
Edmund Davies, The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles, director Pauline Harris, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Audio Drama North

Best Actress
Juliet Aubrey, Dead Weather, director Nicolas Jackson, Afonica

Jasmine Hyde, Little Blue Lines, director Gemma Jenkins, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Audio Drama London - COMMENDATION

Best Supporting Performance
Claire Price, Dead Weather, director Nicolas Jackson, Afonica

The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance
Saran Morgan, Release, director John Norton, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Cymru Wales

Best Adaptation
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Ayeesha Menon, producers Nadir Khan and Ayeesha Menon, Goldhawk Productions

The Jungle Book

Best Original Single Drama
Dead Weather by Hattie Naylor, producer Nicolas Jackson, Afonica

Best Original Series or Serial
Life Lines by Al Smith, producer Sally Avens, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Audio Drama London

The System by Ben Lewis, producer Kirsty Williams, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland – COMMENDATION

Best Scripted Comedy (Longform)
Bridget Christie: Mortal by Bridget Christie, producer Carl Cooper, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Studios

Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show)
Sound Heap by John-Luke Roberts, with Cariad Lloyd, Charlie George, Deborah Frances-White, Gareth Gwynn, Katherine Parkinson, Katy Brand, Ken Cheng, Kieran Hodgson, Paddy Gervers, Ruth Bratt, Saima Ferdows, Sooz Kempner, Amy Gledhill & Chris Cantrill, Tom Allen, Tom Neenan and Toussaint Douglass, producer Ed Morrish, Lead Mojo

Best Use of Sound
The Meaning of Zong, sound by Jon Nicholls, Jonquil Panting, Giles Terera, producer Jonquil Panting, Jonx Productions

U.ME: the Musical, sound by Steve Levine, producers Lewis Borg-Cardona and Steve Levine, Magnum Opus Broadcasting – COMMENDATION

Best European Drama
The Lion by Martin Algus, adapted by Andres Noormets, producer Andres Noormets, ERR Estonian Public Broadcasting

Best Podcast Audio Drama
Passenger List Series 2 by John Scott Dryden., Lauren Shipman, Meghan Fitzmartin, Janina Matthewson, Sarah Lotz, Mark Henry Phillips, producers John Scott Dryden and Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions and PRX/Radiotopia

IMISON AWARD 2022
The Lemonade Lads by Faebian Averies, producer James Robinson, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Cymru Wales for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4

TINNISWOOD AWARD 2022
Blis-ta by Sonya Hale, producer Mimi Findlay, Clean Break for Spotify