The List of 2020 Winners and Commendations
Many congratulations to this year's winners!
The winners of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Audio Drama Awards 2020 were announced at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Broadcasting House, London, on the evening of Sunday 2 February 2020.
The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Audio Drama Awards – presented by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ together with the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain – celebrate the range, originality and cut-through quality of audio drama on air and online and give recognition to the creativity of actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work in this genre.
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Listen to the winners
Some of the winning audio from this year's awards
Best Original Single Drama
Sea Longing by Elizabeth Kuti, producer Karen Rose, director Jo McInnes, Sweet Talk, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3
Best Original Series or Serial
Life Lines by Al Smith, producer Sally Avens, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio Drama London, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
Best Adaptation
Black Water: An American Story by Joyce Carol Oates, adapted by Sarah Wooley, producer Gaynor Macfarlane, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scotland, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
Best Actor
Stephen Dillane, Sea Longing, director Jo McInnes, Sweet Talk, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3
Best Actress
Rebecca Front, Love in Recovery, director Ben Worsfield, King Bert, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
Best Director
Mary Ward-Lowery, Talk to Me: HP Lovecraft, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Bristol, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
Best Debut Performance
George Kent, A Kestrel for a Knave, director Fiona McAlpine, Goldhawk Essential, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
Best Use of Sound
The Invisible, sound by Steve Brooke with Sharon Hughes, producer Nadia Molinari, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio Drama North, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3
Best Scripted Comedy (Longform)
Phil Wang: Wangsplaining by Phil Wang, producer Matt Stronge, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Studios, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show)
Alexei Sayle’s Imaginary Sandwich Bar by Alexei Sayle, producer Joe Nunnery, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Studios, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4
Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama
Passenger List created by John Scott Dryden, Lauren Shippen and Mark Henry Phillips, Goldhawk Productions, Radiotopia
Best European Drama
Buzz Suppression – Recording Strictly off the Record by Ulrich Bassenge, producers Ulrich Bassenge, Martina Müller-Wallraff and Anina Barandun, WDR (Germany) and SRF (Switzerland)
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
The Amazing Maya Angelou
Dramatised by Patricia Cumper, Janice Okoh and Winsome Pinnock, starring Adjoa Andoh and Pippa Bennett-Warner, produced and directed by Pauline Harris, concept by Helen Perry, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Cymru Wales and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio Drama North, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4.
IMISON AWARD
Bathwater, by Vicky Foster. Sue Roberts (producer) for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4 (Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio Drama North)
COMMENDATION: By God’s Mercy, by Colette Victor. David Hunter (producer) for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service (Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio Drama London)
TINNISWOOD AWARD
The Hartlepool Spy, by Ian Martin. Sam Ward (producer) for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4 (Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Studios)
COMMENDATION: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Front – A Fragile Peace, by Katie Hims. Jessica Dromgoole (producer) for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4 (Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio Drama London)
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