The winners of the first ever BBC Audio Drama Awards were announced on Sunday 29 January 2012.
The awards aim to celebrate and recognise the cultural importance of audio drama, on air and online, and to give recognition to the actors, writers, producers, sound designers, and others who work in the genre.
The winners were announced on Sunday 29 January at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House. The awards were presented by actor and fellow nominee, David Tennant.
In conjunction with the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, the Imison and Tinniswood Awards were also announced and presented by playwright and Guild President, David Edgar.
Pictured: Host David Tennant with Johnny Vegas
The Winners
The Society of Authors' Imison Award
Best Radio Drama Script (broadcast in 2010 by a new writer)
Winner: Amazing Grace by Michelle Lipton
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 Writers' Guild Tinniswood Award
Best Radio Drama Script (broadcast in 2010)
Winner: Gerontius by Stephen Wyatt
Special Commendation: Sarah and Ken by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Judges: Robert Bathurst, Paul Donovan, Nell Leyshon
You can hear some of the BBC shortlisted audio dramas again on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra between Monday 30 January and Friday 10 February.
Radio 4
Gerontius - Wednesday 8 February, 14:15
4Extra
Setting a Glass - Wednesday 8 February, 11:15
Atching Tan - Thursday 9 February, 11:15
The Barber and the Ark – Friday 10 February, 11:15
Best Audio Drama
Winner: Lost Property – The Year My Mother Went Missing by Katie Hims
Producer: Jessica Dromgoole, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Judges: Lord Hall, Razia Iqbal, Sarah Sands
Best Actor in an Audio Drama
Winner: David Tennant for Kafka: The Musical written by former Imison Award winner, Murray Gold
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 3
Judges: Ian Brown, Lisa Campbell, Dame Harriet Walter CBE
Best Actress in an Audio Drama
Winner: Rosie Cavaliero, Lost Property: A Telegram From The Queen by Katie Hims
Producer: Jessica Dromgoole, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Judges: Michael Billington, Kate Harwood, Robin Lustig
Best Supporting Actor/Actress in an Audio Drama
Winner: Andrew Scott, Referee by Nick Perry
Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Judges: Daniel Evans, Gillian Reynolds, Imogen Stubbs
Best Scripted Comedy Drama
Winner: Floating by Hugh Hughes
Producer: James Robinson, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Judges: Andrew Davies, Christopher William Hill, Miranda Sawyer
Best Online Only Audio Drama
Winner: Rock by Tim Fountain
Producer: Iain Mackness, Made in Manchester for The Independent Online
Judges: Nicolas Kent, Julie Myerson, Jane Thynne
Best Adaptation
Winner: The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley
Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4
Judges: Viv Gardner, Maxine Peak, Fiammetta Rocco
Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama
Winner: Bad Memories by Julian Simpson
Producer: Karen Rose, Sweet Talk Productions for Radio 4
Judges: Kevin Brew, John Hardy, Elisabeth Mahoney
Innovation Award
Winner: The Unfortunates adapted by Graham White
Producer: Mary Peate, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 3
Judges: Susannah Clapp, Rupert Goold, Stephen Wright
The Shortlists
The BBC Audio Drama Awards shortlist for each category is:
Best Audio Drama:
(Judges: Lord Hall, Razia Iqbal, Sarah Sands)
- A Shoebox Of Snow by Julie Mayhew (Producer: Justine Potter, Red Production Company for Radio 4)
- Lost Property – The Year My Mother Went Missing by Katie Hims (Producer: Jessica Dromgoole, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4)
- The First Domino by Jonathan Cash (Producer: Frank Stirling, Unique Broadcasting Company for Radio 3)
Best Actor in an Audio Drama:
(Judges: Ian Brown, Lisa Campbell, Dame Harriet Walter CBE)
- Damian Lewis, Giovanni’s Room dramatised by Neil Bartlett (Producer: Turan Ali, Bona Broadcasting for Radio 3)
- David Tennant, Kafka: The Musical by Murray Gold (Producer: Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 3)
- Rory Kinnear, Flare Path by Terence Rattigan (Producer: Jeremy Herrin, Catherine Bailey Productions Ltd for Radio 3)
- *Special Commendation* Tom Riley, Henry’s Demons by Patrick and Henry Cockburn (Producer: Karen Rose, Sweet Talk Productions for Radio 4)
Best Actress in an Audio Drama:
(Judges: Michael Billington, Kate Harwood, Robin Lustig)
- Candis Nergaard, Atching Tan by Dan Allum (Producer: Charlotte Riches, BBC Audio Drama North for Radio 4)
- June Whitfield, A Montrous Vitality by Andy Merriman (Producer: David Hunter, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4)
- Rosie Cavaliero, Lost Property: A Telegram From The Queen by Katie Hims (Producer: Jessica Dromgoole, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4)
Best Supporting Actor/Actress in an Audio Drama:
(Judges: Daniel Evans, Gillian Reynolds, Imogen Stubbs)
- Andrew Scott, Referee by Nick Perry (Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4)
- Carl Prekopp, The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley (Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4)
- Rupert Penry-Jones, Flare Path by Terence Rattigan (Producer: Jeremy Herrin, Catherine Bailey Productions Ltd for Radio 3)
Best Scripted Comedy Drama:
(Judges: Andrew Davies, Christopher William Hill, Miranda Sawyer)
- Cabin Pressure by John Finnemore (Producer: David Tyler, Pozzitive for Radio 4)
- Ed Reardon’s Week by Christopher Douglas (Producer: Dawn Ellis, BBC Radio Comedy for Radio 4)
- Floating by Hugh Hughes (Producer: James Robinson, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4)
Best Online Only Audio Drama:
(Judges: Nicolas Kent, Julie Myerson, Jane Thynne)
- Rock by Tim Fountain (Producer: Iain Mackness, Made in Manchester for The Independent Online)
- Wild Hackney (Producer: Francesca Panetta for Hackney Podcast)
Best Adaptation:
(Judges: Viv Gardner, Maxine Peak, Fiammetta Rocco)
- Alone In Berlin dramatised by Shelagh Stephenson (Producer: Eoin O’Callaghan, BBC Northern Ireland for Radio 4)
- Five Days In May by Matthew Solon (Producer: John Dryden, Goldhawk Productions for Radio 4)
- The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley (Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4)
Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama:
(Judges: Kevin Brew, John Hardy, Elisabeth Mahoney)
- Bad Memories by Julian Simpson (Producer: Karen Rose, Sweet Talk Productions for Radio 4)
- Can You Hear Me? by Margaret Wilkinson (Producer: Nadia Molinari, BBC Audio Drama North for Radio 4)
- The History of Titus Groan dramatised by Brian Sibley (Producers: David Hunter, Gemma Jenkins and Jeremy Mortimer, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 4)
Innovation Award:
(Judges: Susannah Clapp, Rupert Goold, Stephen Wright)
- Blue Eyed Boy by Helen Cross (Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery, BBC Bristol for Radio 4)
- The Unfortunates adapted by Graham White (Producer: Mary Peate, BBC Radio Drama for Radio 3)
- Wild Hackney (Producer: Francesca Panetta for Hackney Podcast)
The Society of Authors' shortlist for the Imison Award for Best Radio Drama Script broadcast in 2010 by a new writer is:
- Atching Tan by Dan Allum
- The Pursuit by Matt Hartley
- The Barber and the Ark by Marcia Layne
- Amazing Grace by Michelle Lipton
(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 Writers' Guild Tinniswood Award shortlist for Best Radio Drama Script broadcast in 2010 is:
- The Climb by Andrea Earl
- Sarah and Ken by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- Setting a Glass by Nick Warburton
- Gerontius by Stephen Wyatt
(Judges: Robert Bathurst, Paul Donovan, Nell Leyshon).
The BBC Audio Drama Awards | The Imison Award | The Tinniswood Award
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