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The 大象传媒 Audio Drama Awards celebrate the range, originality and cut-through quality of audio drama and comedy on air and online.

For over 100 years, audio drama and comedy have provided pleasure, illumination and escape for millions of listeners, evolving in approach and style as audio creators have responded to the world and to new technology with ingenuity, imagination and inspiration. In the UK, the 大象传媒 remains the biggest champion of the genre and established these awards to celebrate the creativity of actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, sound designers and all who work in this unique art-form.

Here is the 2025 shortlist of entries

Best Original Single Drama

• Franz and Felice by Ed Harris, producer Sasha Yevtushenko, 大象传媒 Studios Audio London
• Nearly Light by Kit Withington, producer Polly Thomas, Naked Productions
• Southall Uprising by Satinder Chohan, producer Nadia Molinari, 大象传媒 Studios Audio Salford
• The Call by Ron Hutchinson, producer Eoin O’Callaghan, Big Fish Radio
• The Invitation by Katherine Chandler, producer John Norton, 大象传媒 Audio Wales & West
• Turning Point: Mae West by Tracy-Ann Oberman, producer Liz Anstee, CPL Productions

Best Adaptation

• Antigone by Jean Anouilh, adapted & produced by Pauline Harris, 大象传媒 Studios Audio London
• Dog in the Manger by Lope de Vega, adapted by David Johnston, producer John Norton, 大象传媒 Audio Wales & West
• Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier, adapted by Katie Hims, producer Sally Avens, 大象传媒 Studios Audio London
• Love and Information by Caryl Churchill, producer Jessica Dromgoole, Hooley Productions
• Song From Far Away by Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel, adapted by Simon Stephens, producer Polly Thomas, Thomas Carter Projects
• Tam O’Shanter by Robert Burns, adapted by Gary McNair, producer Kirsty Williams, 大象传媒 Audio Scotland

Best Original Series or Serial

• Central Intelligence by Greg Haddrick, producers John Scott Dryden and Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions
• Cobalt by Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell, producer John Norton, 大象传媒 Audio Wales & West
• English Rose by Helen Cross, producer Mary Ward-Lowery, 大象传媒 Audio Wales & West
• Faith, Hope and Glory by Carol Russell, producer Patricia Cumper, 大象传媒 Studios Audio London
• Life Lines by Al Smith, producer Sally Avens, 大象传媒 Studios Audio London
• Money Gone by Ed Sellek, producer Eloise Whitmore, Naked Productions

Best Actor

• Sean Bean, Antigone, director Pauline Harris, 大象传媒 Studios Audio London
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Unsinkable, directors Misha Crosby and John Mawson, Datura Studios & North Atlantic Ridge with B7 Media & Audiomarvels
• Ed Harris, Central Intelligence, director John Scott Dryden, Goldhawk Productions
• Wil Johnson, Talawa Stories: Babydyke, director Tian Brown-Sampson, Talawa Theatre Company
• Rory Kinnear, Ivanov, director Toby Swift, 大象传媒 Studios Audio London
• Will Young, Song From Far Away, director Polly Thomas, Thomas Carter Projects

Best Actress

• Cecilia Appiah, Oleanna, director Gary Brown, 大象传媒 Studios Audio Salford
• Michelle Fairley, Hello, I Appear to Have Killed My Husband, director Kirsty Williams, 大象传媒 Audio Scotland
• Mared Jarman, Tether, director Fay Lomas, 大象传媒 Audio Wales & West
• Rosy McEwen, Antigone, director Pauline Harris, 大象传媒 Studios Audio London
• Kate O’Flynn, Spores, director Nicolas Jackson, Afonica
• Danusia Samal, The Missed Lives of Max & Judy, director Jonathan Mitchell, Goldhawk Productions

Best Comedy Performance

• Rosie Cavaliero, The Train at Platform 4, producer James Robinson, 大象传媒 Studios Audio
• Sian Clifford, Time of the Week, producer Ben Walker, DLT Entertainment
• Miles Jupp, Our Man in Havana, director Tracey Neale, 大象传媒 Studios Audio London
• Colin McFarlane, The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty, producer Darren Smith, DLT Entertainment
• Heath McIvor, Randy Feltface’s Destruction Manual, producer David Tyler, Pozzitive
• Frank Skinner, Do Gooders, producer Jules Lom, Avalon
• Tom Walker, Call Jonathan Pie – The American Dream Part 2, producer Alison Vernon-Smith, Yada-Yada Audio Productions

The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance

• Bel Odawa, A Grain of Wheat, director David Morley, Perfectly Normal Productions
• Nicole Miners, Camlann, producer Amber Devereux, Tin Can Audio
• Emma Leah Golding, Almonds and Raisins, directors Jessica Mitic and Gary Brown, 大象传媒 Studios Audio Salford
• Unique Spencer, Talawa Stories: The Master’s House, director malakai sargeant, Talawa Theatre Company
• Mae Munuo, Tribe of Two, director Jesse Fox, Afonica
• Christian Brighty, The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty, producer Darren Smith, DLT Entertainment

Best Sit Com or Comedy Drama

• Call Jonathan Pie – The American Dream Part 2 by Tom Walker with Daniel Abelson and Will Franken, producer Alison Vernon-Smith, Yada-Yada Audio Productions
• Crybabies Presents….Bagbeard by Michael Clarke, James Gault and Ed Jones, producer Joe Nunnery, Boffola Pictures
• Do Gooders by Garrett Millerick, producer Jules Lom, Avalon
• Green Wing: Resuscitated by Victoria Pile, Robert Harley, James Henry, Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling, producer Ed Morrish, Novel
• Icklewick FM by Chris Cantrill and Amy Gledhill, producer Benjamin Sutton, Daddy’s Superyacht Productions
• Rum Punch by Travis Jay, producer Daisy Knight, Avalon

Best Stand Up or Sketch Comedy

• Geoff Norcott’s Working Men’s Club by Geoff Norcott, producer Ed Morrish, Pier Productions
• I Don’t Know What to Say by Laura Smyth, producer Sasha Bobak, 大象传媒 Studios Audio
• It’s a Fair Cop by Alfie Moore, producer James Robinson, 大象传媒 Studios Audio
• Janey Godley: the C Bomb Series 2 by Janey Godley with Ashley Storrie, producer Richard Melvin, Dabster Productions
• Mark Steel’s in Town by Mark Steel and Pete Sinclair, producer Carl Cooper, 大象传媒 Studios Audio
• Munya Chawawa’s Election Doom Scroll by Munya Chawawa, Matthew Crosby, James Farmer and Joe McArdle, producers Jo Maney and Ben Wicks, Expectation TV
• What’s the Story, Ashley Storrie by Ashley Storrie, producer Julia Sutherland, Dabster Productions

Best Use of Sound

• From Morning to Midnight, sound by Jon Nicholls, producer Saskia Black, Almost Tangible
• Money Gone, sound by Eloise Whitmore, producer Tony Churnside, Naked Productions
• Restless Dreams, sound by Eloise Whitmore, producer Eloise Whitmore, Naked Productions
• Song From Far Away, sound by Jon Nicholls and John Merriman, producer Polly Thomas, Thomas Carter Projects
• The Missed Lives of Max and Judy, sound by Jonathan Mitchell, producer Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions
• The Skewer, sound by Jon Holmes and Tony Churnside, producer Jon Holmes, Unusual Productions

Best Podcast Audio Drama

• Central Intelligence by Greg Haddrick, producers John Scott Dryden and Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions
• Doctor Who – the Eleventh Doctor Chronicles by Georgia Cook, Max Kashevsky and Alfie Shaw, producer Alfie Shaw, Big Finish Productions
• In a Manner of Speaking by Tony Green, producer Clare Bedford, Springline Productions
• Misper, written and produced by Lew Bradley
• The Skies Are Watching written and produced by Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto, Goldhawk Productions

Best European Drama

• Mini Pig by Urmas Vadi, producer Tiina Vilu, ERR Estonian Public Broadcasting
• Night Flights by Philippe Verkinderen, producer Grietkin Deroo, Minds Meet & VRT Max Belgium
• Pale Hours by Manuela Tomic, producer Elisabeth Zimmermann, ORF Austria
• The Fall of Lapinville by Benjamin Abitan, producer Chloé Asous-Plunian, Arte Radio, France
• The Sister of Job by Marta Rebzda, producer Beata Jankowska, Polish Radio Theatre
• You Didn’t Bargain With Dolores by Tucké Royale, producer Juliane Schmidt, RBB Radio Berlin Brandenburg, Germany

Congratulations to all who have made it to the shortlists. The finalists will be announced in mid-February, along with the Imison and Tinniswood Awards. Finalists will be sent information at that point about invitations to the winners’ ceremony in the 大象传媒 Radio Theatre on Sunday 30 March 2025.