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Audio Drama Awards 2026 – The Winners

For over 100 years of this unique genre, audio drama and comedy have provided enjoyment, diversion, illumination, insight and escape for listeners, evolving in approach and style as audio practitioners have responded to new ideas and technology with ingenuity, imagination and inspiration.

These awards celebrate the creativity of actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, sound designers and all who work in this vibrant art-form.

The winners were announced on Sunday 1 March 2026 at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at 91¸£ÀûÉç Broadcasting House, London.

Outstanding Contribution

WINNER: Faith, Hope and Glory, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

Special Award

WINNER: The Archers at 75, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

A Tribute to Tom Stoppard

Best Original Single Drama

WINNER: One Hundred and Fifty Days by Oliver Emanuel, producer Kirsty Williams, 91¸£ÀûÉç Audio Scotland, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

Best Adaptation

WINNER: Kramer versus Kramer by Avery Korman, adapted by Sarah Wooley, producers Gaynor Macfarlane and Carl Prekopp, 91¸£ÀûÉç Audio Scotland, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Saint Joan of the Anthropocene adapted by Linda Marshall Griffiths from George Bernard Shaw, producer Nadia Molinari, 91¸£ÀûÉç Studios Audio, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 3

Best Original Series or Serial

WINNER: Life and Time by James Fritz, producer Tracey Neale, 91¸£ÀûÉç Studios Audio, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

Best Actress

WINNER: Gabrielle Creevy, Astronomers, director John Norton, 91¸£ÀûÉç Audio Wales & West, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

Best Actor

WINNER: Malachi Kirby, The Final Touch, director Celia de Wolff, Pier Productions, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

Best Podcast Audio Drama

WINNER: Buzz: the Man and the Moon by Stephen Kronish, producers John Scott Dryden and Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions & Thoroughbred Studios for iHeart

COMMENDATION: Discretion by Chris Brandon and Davy Banks, producers Claire Broughton and John Wakefield, Hat Trick Productions, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4 & 91¸£ÀûÉç Sounds

Best Comedy Performance

WINNER: Chris Cantrill, Icklewick FM, producers Benjamin Sutton and Laura Shaw, Daddy’s SuperYacht Productions, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance

WINNER: Connor Finch, Life and Time, director Tracey Neale, 91¸£ÀûÉç Studios Audio, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Sofia Oxenham, The English Are Coming, director Nicolas Jackson, Afonica, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

Best Sitcom or Comedy Drama

WINNER: Lyra by Joe Barnes and Henry Perryment, producer James Robinson, 91¸£ÀûÉç Studios Audio, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

Best Stand Up or Sketch Comedy

WINNER: Meet David Sedaris by David Sedaris, producer Steve Doherty, Giddy Goat Productions, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Tough Crowd by Kiri Pritchard-McLean, producer Tashi Radha, executive producer Suzy Grant, Listen, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

Best Use of Sound

WINNER: The Girl of the Sea of Cortez, sound by Adam Woodhams, producer Nicolas Jackson, Afonica, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

Best European Drama

WINNER: Not Born For a War by Anatolii Neiolov, producer Iryna Korniienko, Radio Kultura, Suspilne, Ukraine

COMMENDATION: The Pack by Monica Helfer, adapted and directed by Elisabeth Weilenmann, producer: HR/ORF/SRF

IMISON AWARD

WINNER: A Tale of Two Trumpets by Sylvia-Anne Parker, producer Kirsty Williams, 91¸£ÀûÉç Audio Scotland, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

TINNISWOOD AWARD

WINNER: One Hundred and Fifty Days by Oliver Emanuel, producer Kirsty Williams, 91¸£ÀûÉç Audio Scotland, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Life and Time by James Fritz, producer Tracey Neale, 91¸£ÀûÉç Studios Audio, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

Radio Times Readers’ Drama Award

WINNER: When Maggie Met Larry by Tim Walker, producer Catherine Bailey, Catherine Bailey Productions, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Chicken Burger N Chips by Corey Bovell, producer Bernard P Achampong, Unedited Productions, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4