Recently updated on November 4th, 2025 at 10:06 am
Podcast stars and industry innovators: AudioUK reveals 2025 nominations, as the APAs celebrate 15 years
Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Sony Music Podcasts, Goalhanger, The Guardian, National Trust, the BBC, and Jamie Laing’s JamPot Productions Among Stars Nominated for 2025 audio & podcast awards held at the BFI in London
Hosted by Remel London
The nominees for AudioUK’s 2025 APAs, sponsored by Audible, have been revealed, and it’s a star-studded lineup. From comedy legends to rising talent, behind the scenes to in front of the mic, the APAs celebrate excellence right across the podcast and audio industry. This year, the awards mark a milestone: 15 years of celebrating the industry.
The awards will take place at a gala evening on 27th November at the BFI, London’s South Bank, with tickets available here. Remel London, Broadcaster & Founder of The Mainstream will host the ceremony.
Key Nominees:
- Publisher / Network of the Year (sponsored by BetterHelp) – an eclectic list including previous winners Resonance FM; industry titans Goalhanger (the network behind The Rest Is… series); tradespeople focused Fix Radio; Sony Music Podcasts (home to The Binge and Elizabeth Day’s How To Fail); horror specialists Rusty Quill; and the ever-popular Fun Kids.
- Producer of the Year (sponsored by Audible): Bella Soames (DMG Media), Georgia Arundel (Platform Media), Phoebe McIndoe (Falling Tree Productions), Jack Edwards (Fix Radio), Andrew Wilkie (PRA), Georgina Savage (RAW), Jon Holmes (unusual).
- Production Company of the Year (sponsored by Aiir): Bespoken Media, Falling Tree Productions, Fresh Air Productions, Novel, Prison Radio Association, Reduced Listening, Samizdat Audio.
Nominees in the Ensemble Cast/Presenting Team and New Voice categories (sponsored by BBC Sounds) include newcomer Scout Tzofiya Bolton (The Ballad of Scout and the Alcohol Tag), Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins (Mel and Sue Should Know By Now), Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders (French & Saunders Titting About), and Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman, and Jess Phillips (Electoral Dysfunction).
For 2025, several new categories have been introduced. The Changemaker Award, sponsored by The Podcast Show, features nominees like Aunt Nell for promoting marginalized voices, QueerAF with Trans+ History Week, and the National Trust for their Wild Tales podcast, which brings diverse audiences to nature storytelling.
The team from Novel, the production house behind the narrative podcast chart topper: Kill List, are nominated in the True Crime category, alongside StoryHunter, who are nominated in the same category for Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley. The Little Ears category returns, this year judged for the first time by kids, with nominees including Laura Hyde at Chalk & Blade, Krishna Murali, The Fourth Bookmark, and a collaboration between the Natural History Museum, Forever Audio, and Tonies.
The prestigious AudioUK award, which recognises industry excellence, is not announced until awards night, with previous winners including Annie Mac, Goalhanger’s Nicole Logan, Reform Radio and UKAN.
The APAs celebrate not just what’s heard, but the creativity, innovation, and talent behind every mic, script, and piece of sound design, as well as industry impact and contribution to growth. From industry veterans to exciting newcomers, the 2025 awards highlight the people shaping the future of podcasting and audio.
Amazon Music and AudioUK enter the fourth year of their partnership on the Pay What You Can scheme, removing financial barriers for entering and attending the awards
Chloe Straw, CEO of AudioUK, said:
“Being able to shine a spotlight on this brilliant industry is an incredible privilege for AudioUK. It’s exciting to see established media brands including Bloomberg, The Times, Audible, Goalhanger and Sony Music nominated alongside creators, newcomers, and independent businesses including Unedited, Bespoken, Falling Tree, Aunt Nell, and Reform Radio. The awards are an opportunity to bring everyone together, to celebrate this remarkable industry that we’ve built.
The APAs this year mark a milestone of 15 years celebrating the podcast and audio industry, which feels more vibrant than ever – growing, evolving, and innovating. Huge thanks to all the judges, teams and sponsors behind the awards, we couldn’t do it without your support and excellence.”
Event Information
AudioUK’s 2025 APAs will be held at the BFI, London Southbank, on Thursday 27th November. We’re thrilled to announce that the host of this year’s ceremony is Remel London, Broadcaster and Founder of The Mainstream.
Remel said:
I’m so excited to be hosting the APAs. As a radio and podcasting enthusiast myself I’m so excited to be a part of a ceremony that celebrates new and existing talent in the podcasting and audio production world!
Early bird rates for AudioUK members are £70+VAT and £80+VAT for non-members and are available until 10th November 2025. After that they rise to £80+VAT for members and £90+VAT for non-members.
Tickets are on sale at: tinyurl.com/APAs25-tickets
The Pay What You Can Scheme, supported by Amazon Music and Wondery, is available again for freelancers and individuals who would otherwise find the cost of a ticket a barrier to attending. A limited number of tickets are available, email hello@audioproductionawards.co.uk for further information on accessing a free or discounted ticket.
This year, AudioUK has again teamed up with The Entry Level Audio Network to hold a pre-Awards ceremony mixer for people who do not know many others in the audio industry, are attending alone, or who find larger events challenging. For more details and to sign up, please go to: ELAN pre-mixer tickets.
Full list of Nominees for the APAs 2025 below.
The APAs 2025 Nominees
INDIVIDUAL OR TEAM OF PRODUCERS WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER:
Arts and Culture sponsored by the London Podcast Festival
Meg Elliot – BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Overcoat Media
Chris Mitchell – Breaking Atoms and Sumit Sharma – Unedited
Meera Kumar – Freelance
Sam Tyler – Freelance
Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart – Modus Arts
Tony Phillips – Sea Salt and Mango
Audiobook
Nicola Wall, Oliver Grant, Yuki Parmar – Audible
Kate MacDonald – Freelance
Chris Thompson – Penguin Random House
Rosemary O’Dowd – Penguin Random House
Liam Gerrard – Raconteurs Audio LLP
Nicola Alexandrou – The Guardian
Branded Content
Fresh Air
Podcast Team – National Trust
Ollie Guillou – OG Podcasts & The Guernsey Alzheimer’s Association
Sam Taylor – Prison Radio Association
Natalie Steed – Rhubarb Rhubarb
Ollie Wilson, Kat Hutcheson, Nia Deo, Charlie Murrell, Rahnee Prescod – Sony Music Podcasts
Comedy
Dave Masterman, Michael Dale and Bertie Moores – Audio Always
Lauren Mackay – BBC Scotland
Ed Morrish – Lead Mojo Productions
Ollie Wilson, Charlie Murrell, Nia Deo, Rahnee Prescod – Sony Music Podcasts
Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna – This Paranormal Life
Jon Holmes – unusual
Drama and Fiction
Nicolas Jackson – Afonica
Tracey Neale – BBC Studios
Max Blair, Mark McKibbin – Blackabbey Productions
Hat Trick Productions/Audible
Guy Larsen, Cambria Bailey-Jones, Gabriela Jones and Dan Pugsley – Penny4
Emma Stephens & Bernard P Achampong – Unedited
Entertainment
Helena Webb – BBC Audio
Jack Edwards, Travis Glossop, Demi Bell, Brogan Hubber, Toby Penman – Fix Radio
Ewan Newbigging-Lister – JamPot Productions
Jemima Rathbone – JamPot Productions
Dino Sofos, Caillin McDaid, Will Gibson Smith, Flossie Barrett – Persephonica
Katie Boden – TBI Media
Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna – This Paranormal Life
Factual/Documentary Sponsored by Great Big Story
Laurence Grissell, Rosie Pye, Amica Sciortino Nowlan, Poppy Damon, Daniel Lloyd-Evans, Louis Nanke-Mannell, Toby Matimong, Volkan Kiziltug – Blanchard House
Chalk & Blade/Audible
Becky Lipscombe and Isobel Cockerell, Coda Story
Bella Soames, Dmg Media
Timur Dzhafarov and Cicely Fell – Falling Tree Productions
Leigh Meyer, Amalie Sortland, Josephine Wheeler, Nicholas Alexander – Novel
History
Joe Dunthorne and Eleanor McDowall – Falling Tree Productions
Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart – Modus Arts
Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes – Project Citizen
Hugh Sheehan – Reduced Listening
Production Team – StoryHunter
Rami Tzabar, Kevin Fong, Andrew Luck-Baker, Kate Arkless Gray, Dave Giles, Christian Lundberg, Richard Courtice, Jago Lee, Stuart Coxe – TellTale Industries & Antica Productions
Lifestyle and Society
Max Dickins & Rich Le Gate – Inbetween Man
Ollie Brookes, James Wilson, Faye Dunn, Arthur Hagues – Prison Radio Association
Hugh Sheehan – Reduced Listening
Suzi Dale & Micky Curling – Story Publishing
Krishna Murali – The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Laura Grimshaw and Jon Holmes – unusual
Little Ears
Laura Hyde – Chalk & Blade
Gill Davies, Claire O’Gallagher, Derek Farrell – GDP/BBC Scotland Learning
Cole Stopnik – Independent Podcaster
Jack Whitney, Chloe McLaren, James Trusson, Adam Devenney, Kathleen Moroney, Polly Evans, Ravina Bajwa, Georgie Britton – National History Museum, Forever Audio and Tonies
Morwenna Rose – The Book of Arralan
Krishna Murali – The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Music Sponsored by Morley Radio
Matthew Bannister and Natalie Steed – Folk on Foot
Tom Whalley – Listen Entertainment
Lady Unchained, Arthur Hagues, Jamie Lyon – Prison Radio Association
Silas Gray – Reduced Listening
Matt Healy, Katie Fox, Jojo Jones, Joe Gardner, Rachel Barton, Pete Tong – We Are Grape Ltd
Ollie Braddy, Jojo Jones, Matt Healy, Sarah Story – We Are Grape Ltd
News/Politics
Christopher Pitt, Stephen Carroll, Caroline Hepker, Tiwa Adebayo, James Woolcock – Bloomberg
George McDonagh – Freelance
Artemis Irvine – Freelance, Whistledown Productions
Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes – Project Citizen
May Robson – Reduced Listening
Edward Drummond – The Times
Sound Design
Phoebe McIndoe – Falling Tree Productions
Nicholas Alexander – Novel
Alice Boyd & Joy Nkoyo – Peanut & Crumb
Scout Tzofiya Bolton, Andrew Wilkie, Ellen Orchard, Micky Curling, Phil Maguire – Prison Radio Association
Esa Williams – Raw/Audible
Ivan d’Avoine, Derick Armah – Transmission Roundhouse
Sports
Rob Sillito, Ben Russell and Emma Brydges – Couch to Coached Running podcast
Chris Browning-Brant, Christian Hewgill, Katie Osborne, Jamie Smith – Formula 1
Sophie Penney and Adonis Pratsides – Global
Damien St John & Ant McGinley – Podomedy
Andrew Wilkie, Faye Dunn, Phil Maguire, Paula Harriott – Prison Radio Association
Ray Paul, Ishtia May, Jerelle Forbes, Heartless Crew (MC Bushkin & DJ Fonti) – The Playmaker Group
True Crime
Rima Ahmed, Luke de Costa and Luke Eldridge – BBC Sounds
Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard – Falling Tree Productions
Carl Miller, Caroline Thornham, Tom Wright – Novel
Andrew Wilkie – Prison Radio Association
RAW/Audible
Production Team – StoryHunter
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:
Narrator
Ella Kenion – Bonnier Books UK
Harriet Walter – HarperCollins Publishers
Poppy Mae Barrett – HarperCollins Publishers
Charlotte Ritchie – Nosy Crow
Dan Jones – Sony Music Podcasts
Maxim Reston – White House Sound
New Producer Sponsored by Amazon Music and Wondery
Mia Thornton – BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Reform Radio
Lorna Reader – BBC Studios
Joseph Russell – Fire Mountain Productions
Riham Moussa – Freelance
Marnie Duke – Transmission Roundhouse
Katie Fox – We Are Grape Ltd
New Voice Sponsored by BBC Sounds
Siddharth Khajuria – Falling Tree Productions
Naomi Bloomstein – Freelance
Dr. Emma Nagouse – Lead Mojo Productions
Ajay Tegala – National Trust
Anna Sinfield – Novel
Scout Tzofiya Bolton – Prison Radio Association
Presenter/Host Sponsored by Everybody Media
Danny Robins – Bafflegab Productions/ Uncanny Media
Niall Breslin – Chalk & Blade/Audible
Joe Dunthorne – Falling Tree Productions
Femi Oke – RAW/Audible
Krishna Murali – The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Jerry Brotton – Whistledown Productions
Producer of the Year Sponsored by Audible
Bella Soames – Dmg Media
Phoebe McIndoe – Falling Tree Productions
Jack Edwards – Fix Radio
Georgia Arundell – Platform Media
Andrew Wilkie – Prison Radio Association
Georgina Savage – RAW
Jon Holmes – unusual Productions
OTHER:
Ensemble Cast/Presenting Team
Mel Giedroyc & Sue Perkins – Audible/Hat Trick
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders – Audible/Listen
Becky and Ben Saer
Zak and Jules – Prison Radio Association
Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman, Jess Phillips – Sky News
Rachel, Elaine, Caroline – Whistledown
The Changemaker Award Sponsored by The Podcast Show
Aunt Nell
Tommy Kennedy, Claire Offley, Fran Reynolds – Carousel
Short Cuts – Falling Tree Productions
QueerAF podcast with Trans+ History Week
Wild Tales – National Trust
Outside In – Prison Radio Association
Production Company of the Year Sponsored by Aiir
Bespoken Media
Falling Tree Productions
Fresh Air
Novel
Prison Radio Association
Reduced Listening
Samizdat Audio
Publisher or Network of the Year Sponsored by BetterHelp
Fix Radio
Fun Kids
Goalhanger
Resonance
RQ Network
Sony Music Podcasts