Winners announced for the 2024 Audio Production Awards (scroll down for results and more pictures)

The Awards, sponsored by Audible, were held at a gala event on Wednesday 20th November at the BFI on London’s South Bank. Josh Smith (host of the Reign Podcast and author of Great Chat), and Yasmin Evans (radio and TV broadcaster) were this year’s hosts.

The APAs, organised by AudioUK (the trade body providing business support and growth to professionals making podcasts, radio and audiobooks), celebrate outstanding achievement in audio production across a huge range of audio content including; podcasts, audiobooks, sound design, radio, presenting and more.

This year’s winners include Charlie Murrell (Sony Music Entertainment), who won gold for Best Entertainment Producer and repeat winners Zak and Jules who won in the Best Ensemble Cast category for their podcast Life After Prison. The highly competitive Best Factual/Documentary Producer award went to Jude Shapiro (Peanut and Crumb) for her work on the podcast How Much Can You Say? about gang warfare in North London.

The Sustainability and Climate Award went to Peanut and Crumb for their podcast, Get Birding, with a mission to increase nature accessibility. Audio newcomer Daisy, was awarded Best New Voice who told her powerful story in RAW for Audible podcast The Second Victim: Daisy’s Story and Taqwa Sadiq (Freelance and BBC) took home the gold for Best New Producer.

Meera Kumar was crowned Producer of the Year, Almost Tangible was named Production Company of the Year, and Resonance won Publisher or Network of the Year for the third year in a row. The AudioUK Award was presented to Nicole Logan for her outstanding work and contribution to the UK audio industry.

Chloe Straw, Managing Director of AudioUK, said:

“The audio industry stands at a pivotal moment in its history, with the diversification of content, and resulting opportunity, at an all time high. Audio now means numerous things: podcasts, radio, audiobooks, visualised, audio only, self-published, commissioned, subscriptions, live shows, always on, narrative, branded, drama, gaming. The list goes on…

Judging so many different types of content alongside each other can be a tricky task, and I’d like to say thank you to this year’s judges for all of the expertise that they showed, and time that they spent, in judging these awards.

Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners at AudioUK’s 2024 Audio Production Awards. Our aim is to run an awards that celebrate the people who work across all areas of the industry. The talent we have continues to delight and astound, and I can’t wait to see what all of our winners do in the future.

Thank you to our headline sponsor Audible, who work with us every year to put the awards on, to Amazon Music and Wondery for partnering with us on the Pay What You Can Scheme, and to the Entry Level Audio Network, who partnered with us on the pre-show mixer, for people who are new to the industry or who were coming alone.

Thank you to the team behind the awards – all of the excellent judges; Chair of Judges Megan Bradshaw; EDI consultant Yassine Senghor; Lead Producer Katie Banham and Producer Naomi Oiku – the amount of work that goes into these awards to enable the celebration of the industry is huge, and should not be underestimated.

Thank you to all of our category sponsors, BBC Sounds, Everybody Media, Great Big Story, Morley Radio, Sue Terry Voices and The Podcast Show and our drinks reception sponsor BetterHelp. And thank you to our media partners: Biscuit Jim, Cheerful Earful, Community Media Association, Content Is Queen, Creative Mentor Network, Earworm, Falling Tree Productions, North Media Talent, Phonic Content, Pineapple Audio Production, Pod Bible, PodcastingToday, Podcast Rex, podfollow, Podium.me, Podnews, Podmasters, Podomedy, Pod School, Podspike, RadioToday, ReelWorld, Rusty Quill, Sounds Profitable, Soundtruism, Student Radio Association, Sport Social Podcast Network, The Podcast Host, The Radio Academy, Wisebuddah and WIZZFX. Community Media Association, Content Is Queen, Creative Mentor Network, Disruptive Talent Group, Earworm, North Media Talent, Pineapple Audio Production, Pod Bible, Podfollow, Podium.me, Podnews, Podomedy, PodPod, Pospike, RadioToday, Reel2Media, SRA, Sport Social Podcast Network, The Radio Academy and WIZZFX. Partnerships are so important in the growth of the audio industry, and it has been a pleasure working with you all.”

Best Audiobook Producer sponsored by Sue Terry Voices

GOLD – Kate MacDonald – Penguin Random House

SILVER – Sophie Ahmed – Audio Always

BRONZE – Alfie Thompson – Penguin Random House

Nominees

Chris Thompson – Penguin Random House

Lily Ridett – Freelance for Penguin Random House

Rosemary O’Dowd – Penguin Random House

Best Arts and Culture Producer 

GOLD – Arthur Hagues – Prison Radio Association

SILVER – Leonie Thomas – Overcoat Media

BRONZE – Sharuna Sagar – BBC

Nominees

Geoff Bird – Freelance

Silas Gray – Eclectivity

Lou Mensah – Shade Media

Best Sonic Branding Producer

GOLD – Em Roberts – Kerrang! Radio and Planet Rock Station Sound

SILVER – Adam Venton – Little Monster Media

BRONZE – Sam Parker – WIZZFX

Nominees

Gordon Lundy – Absolute Radio

James Stodd – Greatest Hits Radio

Matt Barnard – Bauer Media Group

Best Entertainment Producer

GOLD – Charlie Murrell – Sony Music Entertainment

SILVER – Katie Boden – TBI Media

BRONZE – Helena Webb – BBC Radio 1/BBC Audio

Nominees
Faye Lyons-White – Loftus Media

David Manero – Listen

Josephine McDermott – BBC

Best Comedy Producer

GOLD – Jon Holmes – unusual

SILVER – Sasha Bobak – BBC Studios Audio

BRONZE – Bertie Moores – Audio Always

Nominees

Ed Morrish – Lead Mojo Productions

Lyndsay Fenner – Mighty Bunny

Matt Tiller – Tillervision

Best Lifestyle and Society Producer sponsored by Everybody Media

GOLD – Catherine Carr – Pocket Productions/Whistledown

SILVER – Matt Nielson – Chalk and Blade

BRONZE – Beth Madden – Prison Radio Association

Nominees

Anne McNaught – Boffin Media

Lina Prestwood – Scenery Studios and Social Broadcasts

Sam Taylor – Prison Radio Association

Best Drama & Fiction Producer

GOLD – Nathan Freeman – Audible

SILVER – Terry Mynott – Moonkarta

BRONZE – Charlotte Melén – Almost Tangible

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Samuel Robinson – Freelance 

Nominees

Boz Temple-Morris – Holy Mountain

Nicolas Jackson – Afonica

Best Ensemble Cast

GOLD – Zak and Jules – Life After Prison

SILVER – The Ensemble Cast of Green Wing: Resuscitated

BRONZE – Carys Afoko and Gary Younge – Over the Top, Under the Radar

Nominees

Nish Kumar and Coco Khan – Pod Save the UK

Sayeeda Warsi and David Baddiel – A Muslim & A Jew Go There

William Hanson and Jordan North – Help I Sexted My Boss

Best Factual/Documentary Producer sponsored by Great Big Story

GOLD – Jude Shapiro – Peanut & Crumb

SILVER – Anna Sinfield – Novel

BRONZE – Emma Barnaby – Freelance/Raw TV

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Talia Augustidis – Falling Tree Productions

Nominees

Meera Kumar – Freelance

Ross Sutherland – Falling Tree Productions

Best Music Producer

GOLD – James Taylor – Overcoat Media

SILVER – Silvia Malnati – Reduced Listening

BRONZE – Rob Littlejohn – Independent

Nominees

Matt Tasker – BBC Audio

Ollie Brookes – Prison Radio Association

Shreni Yajnik – Listen

Little Ears Producer

GOLD – Eloise Stevens – Freelance

SILVER – Lucy Wroe – Small Wardour

BRONZE – Jake Harris – Yoto

Nominees

Alice Homewood – Mags Creative

Becky Green – Audio Always

Lance Dann – Rezilience

Best Narrator

GOLD – Jassa Ahluwalia – Bonnier Books UK

SILVER – Hannah Lavery – Almost Tangible and National Theatre of Scotland

BRONZE – Deborah Ayorinde – Unedited

Nominees

Joe Jameson – Various

Rebecca LaChance – Almost Tangible

Russ Bain – W.F. Howes

Best News and Current Affairs Producer

GOLD – Sam Chantarasak – The Times and The Sunday Times

SILVER – Courtney Yusuf – The Guardian

BRONZE – Will Roe – The Times and The Sunday Times

Nominees

Edward Drummond – The Times and The Sunday Times

James Shield – Freelance/The Times and The Sunday Times

Tim Johns – BBC Radio 2

Best Present/erHost

GOLD – Jake Harris – Yoto

SILVER – Craig Charles – Audio Always

BRONZE – Josie Long – Falling Tree Productions

Nominees

Dan Snow – History Hit

Jon Holmes – Freelance

Justin Dealey – BBC Three Counties Radio

Best New Producer sponsored by Amazon Music and Wondery

GOLD – Taqwa Sadiq – Freelance and BBC

SILVER – Nadia Mehdi – Freelance

BRONZE – Cat Gough – Reduced Listening

Nominees

Jasmine Hill – Listen

Masha Chadry – Audio Always

Verity de Cala – Transmission Roundhouse

Best Sound Design Producer 

GOLD – Martin Austwick – Freelance

SILVER – Amber Devereux – Tin Can Audio

BRONZE – Tony Churnside – Freelance

Nominees

David Chilton – Almost Tangible

Olga Reed – Audible

Tess Davidson – Freelance

Best New Voice sponsored by BBC Sounds

GOLD – Daisy – RAW for Audible

SILVER – Sophiena – Audio Always

BRONZE – Anouska Lewis – BBC Sounds Audio Lab & Mags Creative

Nominees
Jake Shears – Queer the Music

Lucinda Rouse – Third Sector & Rethink Audio

Petra Barran – Scenery Studios and Social Broadcasts

Best Sports Producer

GOLD – Lochlainn Harte – Freelance

SILVER – Joe Aldridge – IMG

BRONZE – Jack Winstanley – IMG

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Finn Ranson – Stak

Nominees

Ilona Toller – Whistledown Productions

Justin Dealey – BBC Three Counties Radio

AudioUK Award

Nicole Logan

Grassroots Production Award sponsored by Morley Radio

GOLD – University of Manchester/Imperial College London – Let’s Talk About Cough

SILVER – Rosa Schling and Hannah Kemp-Welch – Childcare Voices

BRONZE – Carousel Radio

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Lou Mensah – Shade Media

Nominees

Prison Radio Association – Life After Prison

Prison Radio Association – Outside In

The Sustainability and Climate Award

GOLD – Peanut & Crumb – Get Birding 

SILVER – Eleanor McDowall – Lights Out: Dust

BRONZE – Audio Always

Nominees

Ben Weaver-Hincks and Tom Previte – Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey

James Miller and Bella Lack – Here’s The Plan

Robin Markwell and Tracey Williams – Lego Overboard

Producer of the Year sponsored by The Podcast Show

GOLD – Meera Kumar – Freelance

SILVER – Jon Holmes – unusual

BRONZE – Talia Augustidis – Falling Tree Productions

Nominees

Charlotte Melén – Almost Tangible

Ed Morrish – Lead Mojo Productions

Leonie Thomas – Overcoat Media/Whistledown Productions

Publisher or Network of the Year 

GOLD – Resonance 

SILVER – Stak

BRONZE – Rusty Quill

Nominees

BBC Asian Network

Black Library

Sky News

Production Company of the Year sponsored by Audible

GOLD – Almost Tangible 

SILVER – Overcoat Media

BRONZE – Unedited

Nominees

Blanchard House

Novel

Whistledown Productions