With this year’s event taking place virtually and the competition in its fourth year – some of the podcast shows nominated for the British Podcast awards includes programmes created by the under 35s.
As the mainstream radio continues to be fragmented, over seven million people are increasingly turning to podcasts each week in the UK, which could mean the need for more engaging discussions and the opportunity to form opinions independently, and hear about a wide-variety of current issues free from bias.
The British Podcast Awards (BPA) together with Acast – a global audio on-demand marketplace – will be celebrating the nation’s best podcast creators via a LIVE stream award show on 11th July.
Nominees were announced virtually during a special broadcast on the BPA website by British film and TV critic Rhianna Dhillon and the shortlist were drawn by over 50 judges, led by British spoken-word artist George The Poet who was the BPA last year’s big winner with five awards.
Here is the full list of the 2020 British Podcast Awards nominations:
Best Arts & Culture Podcast supported by Pod Bible
Best Pick – The Spontaneity Shop
Classical Fix – BBC Radio 3 Production for BBC Radio 3
Rule of Three – Great Big Owl
Selfridges Hot Air presents State of the Arts – Radio Wolfgang
Somerset House – Somerset House
Song by Song – Sam Pay and Martin Zaltz Austwick for Stripped Media Network
Best Branded Podcast
#QueerAF – Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride
DeepMind: The Podcast – Whistledown Productions for DeepMind
Meet Me at the Museum – Art Fund
On the Marie Curie Couch – Marie Curie
Penguin Podcast – Somethin’ Else
The Rough Guide to Everywhere – Aimee White with Reduced Listening
Best Business Podcast
Doing It For The Kids – Doing It For The Kids
Jazz Shapers sponsored by Mishcon De Reya – Jazz FM for Bauer Media
Money Talks – Economist Radio for The Economist
Squiggly Careers – Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis
Tales Of Silicon Valley – The Times/Wireless Studios
The Northern Power Women Podcast – Northern Power Women for What Goes On Media
Best Comedy Podcast supported by Acast
Brian & Roger – Great Big Owl
Dear Joan and Jericha – Julia Davis & Vicki Pepperdine
Josh Berry’s Fake News – Union JACK Radio
Kurupt FM – Audible UK
Mind Canyon – Charlie Kemp & Steve Dawson
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster – Plosive Productions
Best Current Affairs Podcast
Full Disclosure with James O’Brien – Global Original for Global
Stance Podcast – Chrystal Genesis
The Intelligence – Economist Radio for The Economist
The Tortoise Podcast – Tortoise Media
The Week Junior Show – Fun Kids and The Week Junior
Today in Focus – The Guardian
Best Daily Podcast supported by Podfollow
Beyond Today – Beyond Today team for BBC Sounds
Love Island: The Morning After – Kem & Arielle for ITV
The Globalist – Monocle 24
The Rob Auton Daily Podcast – Plosive Productions
The Santa Daily – Fun Kids
Today in Focus – The Guardian
Best Family Podcast
Ask The Nincompoops – Great Big Owl
Breaking Mum & Dad – Anna Williamson
David Walliams’ Marvellous Musical Podcast – Global
Diddy Pod – Ciaran Murtagh, Andrew Barnett Jones, Steve Ryde for CBBC / BBC Radio
The Intended Parent – Fran and Kreena
The Trap Door – Sophie Black
Best Fiction
Brian & Roger – Great Big Owl
Coexistence – Coex Studios
Fall of the Shah – Steve Waters for BBC World Service
Hag – Thomas Curry, Harriet Poland, Tom Killian for Audible UK
Mockery Manor – Laurence Owen & Lindsay Sharman
Passenger List – Goldhawk Productions/Radiotopia
Best Interview
Trust Issues: The Infected Blood Scandal – Rachel Botsman
Declassified – Michael Coates
Homo Sapiens – Homo Sapiens
How To Kill An Hour – Marcus Bronzy for Podcast Studio London
Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner – Somethin’ Else
Today in Focus – The Guardian
Acast Moment Of The Year
#QueerAF – Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride
Happy Place – Fearne Cotton
No Such Thing As A Fish – No Such Thing As A Fish
RHLSTP – Sky Potato, Go Faster Stripe & Fuzz Productions
Tunnel 29 – Helena MerrimanBBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds
Ways to Change the World – Channel 4 News
Smartest Podcast supported by Rethink Audio
Food Actually – Chalk & Blade / Pushkin Industries for Luminary Media
Power Corrupts – Brian Klaas
Tales Of Silicon Valley – The Times/Wireless Studios
The Listening Service – Radio 3 Production for BBC Radio 3
The Sound of Anger – Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions
The Tip Off – Maeve McClenaghan
Best Radio Podcast supported by Radioplayer
Ellie and Anna Have Issues – Ellie & Anna for Globa
Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 5
The Chris Moyles Show On Radio X Podcast – Chris Moyles for Global
The Santa Daily – Fun Kids
The Skewer – Jon Holmes for BBC Radio 4
Tunnel 29 – Helena Merriman for BBC Radio 4
Best Live Episode supported by Latitude Festival
Blood on the Tracks – Shooting Shark
Can We Just Ask – Can Anyone Be An Activist? – Annie Clarke & Will Clempner
Nobody Panic – Plosive Productions
Tailenders – TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live
Tape Notes – Tape Notes
The Empire Film Podcast – Empire for Bauer Media
Best Network or Publisher supported by 4DC
The Athletic
BBC World Service
The Guardian
Somethin’ Else
Studio 71
Best Wellbeing Podcast
Declassified – Michael Coates
GABA – Adam Martin
Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts – BBC 5 Live
No Really, I’m Fine – Reach Plc
Rainbow Dads – Richard and Nicholas
The Sound of Anger – Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions
Best New Podcast supported by Factory
Accentricity – Sadie Ryan
Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai for Soul Sutras
Shagged Married Annoyed – Chris and Rosie Ramsey for Avalon Television Ltd
The IMO Podcast – Chris & Michelle for The IMO project
The Last Bohemians – House of Hutch
The Log Books – Adam Smith, Tash Walker and Shivani Dave
Best Sport Podcast supported by Audioboom
COPA90 Football Inside Out – FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 – We Are Grape for COPA90
The Beautiful Brain – Hana Walker-Brown for Audible UK
The Cycling Podcast – Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe
The Exs and Os Podcast – Exs and Os
The Game Changers – Promote PR
The Totally Football Show – Muddy Knees Media for Totally Football Network
Best Entertainment Podcast supported by Sony Music’s 4th Floor Creative
George Ezra & Friends – 4th Floor Creative
Help I Sexted My Boss – William Hanson and Jordan NorthAudio Always
No Country For Young Women – Radio 1 and 1Xtra ProductionBBC Sounds
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster – Plosive Productions
Sam Walker’s Desert Diaries – Sam Walker
Something Rhymes with Purple – Somethin’ Else
Best Sex & Relationships Podcast
#QueerAF – Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride
Amaliah – Amaliah
Brown Girls Do It Too – BBC Asian Network
F**ks Given – ComeCurious & Studio71 UK
Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai for Soul Sutras
The Breakup Monologues – Rosie Wilby
Best True Crime Podcast
Paradise – Dan Maudsley for 5 Live & BBC Sounds
The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17 – Novel
The Hurricane Tapes – Steve Crossman & Joel Hammer for BBC World Service
The Last Days of August – Jon Ronson, Lina Misitzis for Audible UK
The Missing Cryptoqueen – Georgia Catt & Jamie Bartlett for BBC Sounds
Unheard: The Fred and Rose West Tapes – Somethin’ Else
Best Podcast In The Welsh Language
Dwy Iaith, Un Ymennydd – Elis James, produced by Alpha for BBC Cymru
Siarad Secs Astud for BBC Cymru
Yr Haclediad – Bryn Salisbury, Lestyn Lloyd, Sioned Mills
The Creativity Award supported by Audible
David Walliams’ Marvellous Musical Podcast – Global
Fake Heiress – BBC Radio Drama London – Sasha, Vicky & Chloe for BBC Radio 4
Mind Canyon – Charlie Kemp & Steve Dawson
The Skewer – Jon Holmes for BBC Radio 4
The Sound of Anger – Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions
Where is My Mind? – Niall Breslin
The Spotlight Award supported by DAX
Deliciously Ella – Deliciously Ella for Mags Creative
Elis James and John Robins – Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 Live
Happy Mum Happy Baby – Giovanna Fletcher
My Dad Wrote A Porno – Jamie, James, Alice & Rocky
Table Manners with Jessie Ware – Jessie Ware
The Guilty Feminist – The Spontaneity Shop
The Bullseye Award supported by Blue Microphones
After: Surviving Sexual Assault – BBC Sounds
Strong Manchester Women – Vic Elizabeth Turnbull at MIC Media
The Investor’s Guide to China – Fidelity International
The Offensive – Stakhanov
Things Unseen: Entombed – CTVC
This Is Spoke – Penguin Random House UK, Fremantle, BMG
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