Nominees announced for the British Podcast Awards 2022
More than 250 nominees in over 30 categories have made the shortlist for the British Podcast Awards 2022.
They include Greg James & Bella Mackie; And Then Came Breast Cancer with Victoria Derbyshire; Happy Place with Fearne Cotton; Tan France’s Queer Icons; Ed Gamble & James Acaster and Chris & Rosie Ramsey.
Sweet Bobby has three nominations, while French and Saunders’ Titting About and Jamali Maddix’s Spooky Shit are both up for the Best Comedy Podcast Award. The battle of the daily news podcasts is in full swing as The Guardian’s Today in Focus has 3 nominations and The Times’ Stories Of Our Times is up for both Best Interview Podcast and The Creativity Award.
The judging panel, chaired by Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel, listened to 319 hours of podcasts. With over 1200 entries submitted, these nominations come with prestige.
Created by Matt Deegan and Matt Hill, the British Podcast Awards recently joined forces with Haymarket to take it forward.
The winners will be announced at an awards show on Saturday 23rd July.
FULL LIST OF NOMINEES
Moment of the Year
+44 Podcast with Zeze Millz and Sideman – So Incredible for Amazon Music
Chinese Chippy Girl
Coiled – Leanne Alie & Sylvie Carlos
Happy Place – Fearne Cotton
Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai, Soul Sutras
Shagged Married Annoyed – Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sweet Bobby – Tortoise Media
The Intelligence – The Economist
The Missing – What’s The Story Sound & Podimo for Amazon Music
Things Fell Apart – BBC Audio for BBC Radio 4
Best Arts & Culture Podcast
Supported by PodBible
+44 Podcast with Zeze Millz and Sideman – So Incredible for Amazon Music
Activity Quest – Fun Kids
Beauty Fix – BBC Audio for BBC Sounds
FT Weekend – Financial Times
Have you Heard George’s Podcast? – BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds – BBC Sounds
Legends Fall In The Making – BBC Studio’s Factual Podcast Unit for 1Xtra
LPO Offstage – Tandem Production for the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Short History of… – Noiser
Talk Art – Russell Tovey and Robert Diament
Best Branded Content Podcast
Behind The Rings – Fresh Air Production & Audi UK
Forced to Flee – UNHCR
Lives on the Lines – Fresh Air Production & Greater Anglia Trains
LSE IQ – The LSE iQ Team
Puppy Podcast (Pets at Home) – John Brown for Pets at Home
Red Bull Basement Sessions – Red Bull
The Global Safety Podcast – Fresh Air Production & Lloyds Register Foundation
The Radio Times Podcast – Somethin’ Else for Immediate Media
You’re on Mute – Black Business Institute & 4DC
Youth Rising by NCS – Somethin’ Else for NCS
Best Business Podcast
Supported by Subly
Being Freelance – Steve Folland
Money Clinic – Financial Times
Money Talks – The Economist
Ninetwentynine – Listen for Fiverr
Off The Agenda – Sir Charles Bowman & Edwin Danso
Social Minds – Social Chain
Tales from the Tannoy – Sayer Hamilton
The Little Questions – Apella Advisors
The REALWORK Podcast with Fleur Emery – Realwork
We Built This City – Roland Dransfield PR
Best Comedy Podcast
Supported by Amazon Music
Cold Case Crime Cuts – unusual
Come Into My Kitchen – Ralph Jones and Daniel Nils Roberts
Drunk Women Solving Crime – Hannah George, Taylor Glenn and Catie Wilkins
Jamali Maddix: Spooky Shit – Novel for Audible
My Dad Wrote a Porno – Team Porno
The Skewer – unusual
The Staff Room Podcast – Harry Stachini
This is Gay – Kirk Flash
This Paranormal Life – Rory Powers & Kit Grier Mulvenna
Titting About – Listen for Audible
Best Current Affairs Podcast
Death by Conspiracy? – BBC Radio 4 for BBC Sounds
File on 4 – Long Form Audio Salford for BBC Radio 4
Media Storm – The House of the Guilty Feminist
The Big Steal – GML and Fresh Air Production
The Foreign Desk – Monocle 24
The Intelligence – The Economist
The Slow Newscast – Tortoise Media
The Week Junior Show – Fun Kids & The Week Junior
Today in Focus – The Guardian
Westminster Insider – Whistledown Productions for POLITICO Europe
Best Daily Podcast
COP26 Daily – The Big Light Podcast Network
Dan Snow’s History Hit – History Hit
Everyday Positivity – Kate Cocker for Volley
Shot & Chaser – Somethin’ Else for Spotify
The Intelligence – The Economist
The Monocle Daily – Monocle 24
The Santa Daily – Fun Kids & Devaweb
The Teamsheet – Audio Always for Spotify
Today in Focus – The Guardian
Wake Up Wind Down – Niall Breslin for Spotify
Best Documentary Podcast
Bias Diagnosis – Whistledown Productions for Audible
Brixton: Flames on the Frontline – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC Radio 5 Live
Freshwater, from Today in Focus – The Guardian
Harsh Reality – Novel for Wondery
Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – George the Poet for BBC Sounds & BBC Radio 5 Live
I’m Not a Monster – BBC News Longform Audio for BBC Radio 5 Live
Lecker: A Food Podcast – Lucy Dearlove for Lecker Kitchens
Sweet Bobby – Tortoise Media
The Coming Storm – BBC Radio 4
We Were Always Here – Broccoli Productions
Best Entertainment Podcast
Supported by Create Podcasts
British Scandal – Wondery
Decode – Reduced Listening for Spotify
Desert Island Dicks – James Deacon
Elis James and John Robins – Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 Live
Feast is Feast with Big Zuu – Global
Nul Points – Martyn Williams & Laura Cress
Pressed – BBC Studios TalentWorks & Unheard Network for BBC Sounds
Shagged, Married, Annoyed – Chris & Rosie Ramsey
The Down Low – Ess & Bernie
You’re Dead to Me – The Athletic UK for BBC Radio 4
Best Family Podcast
Armchair Adventures – Made By Mortals
Bedtime Stories from Dreams – Audio Always for Dreams
Bottle Ship Adventures – Charly Conquest & Ben Mullins for Bedtime FM
The Confidence Fighter – Myrtle Mitchell
Dadvengers Podcast – Nigel Clarke & The London Podcast Company
Dear Daughter – BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
Koko Sleep – Sleep With Sleepiest
Mother of All Solutions – Laura Broderick
Operation Ouch – Listen for Maverick TV
Super Great Kids’ Stories – Wardour Studio
Best Fiction Podcast
Atlantic: A Scottish Story – Noisemaker & The Big Light
Earth Eclipsed – The Lunar Company for Apollo Podcasts
Fully Amplified – Futures Theatre
Ignite Climate Shorts – Fierce Green Productions
King Frank and the Knights of the Eco Quest – Soundscape Productions for Fun Kids
Soundworlds – Patrick Eakin Young
The Ballad of Anne & Mary – Long Cat Media
The Magnus Archives – Rusty Quill
The Silt Verses – Eskew Productions
Wooden Overcoats
Best Interview Podcast
Supported by Podfollow
A Gay and a Non Gay – James Barr and Dan Hudson
Chinese Chippy Girl
Coupledom with Idris and Sabrina Elba – Audible
Distraction Pieces: Where’s Your Head At? – Scroobius Pip
Full Disclosure with James O’Brien – Global
Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai, Soul Sutras
Stories Of Our Times – The Times
Tales From The Tannoy – Sayer Hamilton
The Secret Life Of Prisons – Prison Radio Association
We Are Black Journos
Best Live Podcast
Bad People – BBC Audio Science for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
Cabinet Of Jazz – Loftus Media for Jazz FM
Drunk Women Solving Crime – “Hannah George, Taylor
Glenn and Catie Wilkins”
Girls On Film Podcast – Anna Smith and Hedda Archbold
Nobody Panic – Plosive Podcasts
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster – Plosive Podcasts
Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown – Pappy’s
The Empire Film Podcast – Bauer Media
The Guilty Feminist – Deborah Frances-White
The Moon Under Water – Audio Always
Best New Podcast
Call Me Mother – Novel
Decode – Reduced Listening for Spotify
Ignite Climate Shorts – Fierce Green Productions
MUBI Podcast – MUBI, Inc
Off The Beaten Jack – Jack Boswell
Outcast UK
Promenade – The Shift Podcast Network
Teach Me a Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie – Banana Stand for BBC Sounds
The Way We Are with Munroe Bergdorf – Mags Creative for Spotify
Yours Sincerely with Jess Phillips – Audio Always
Best Radio Podcast
A Wish For Afghanistan – BBC World Service
Homeschool History – The Athletic UK for BBC Radio 4
Legends Fall In The Making – BBC Studio’s Factual Podcast Unit for 1Xtra
Our Journey – Miranda Rae & Sound Women South West
Room 5 – Helena Merriman for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds
Skin Tings – Bauer Media
The Great Post Office Trial – Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4
The Santa Daily – Fun Kids & Devaweb
The Skewer – unusual
Uncanny – Uncanny Media and Bafflegab Productions for BBC Radio 4
Best Sex & Relationships Podcast
A Gay and A NonGay – James Barr and Dan Hudson
Assume Nothing: Rape Trial – BBC Northern Ireland
F**ks Given – Crowd Network
Homo Sapiens – Spirit Studios
Life of Bi: A Slippery History of Bisexuality – Ell Potter and Mary Higgins
Millennial Love – The Independent
The Divorce Social with Samantha Baines – Samantha Baines
The Meaningful Life with Andrew G. Marshall – Andrew G. Marshall
The Receipts – Audrey, Tolani, Milena for Spotify
The Sexual Wellness Sessions – Kate Moyle
Smartest Podcast
A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand: Addicted To Food – Loftus Media
Decode – Reduced Listening for Spotify
Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – George the Poet for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
Lecker: A Food Podcast – Lucy Dearlove for Lecker Kitchens
Stephen Fry’s Edwardian Secrets – Stephen Fry and Testbed Productions for Audible
Tan France’s Queer Icons – 7digital for Audible
Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie – Banana Stand for BBC Sounds
The Tip Off – Maeve McClenaghan & Studio To Be
The Unfiltered History Tour – VICE World News
Year 21 – BBC News Northern Ireland
Best Sport Podcast
F1: Beyond the Grid – Audioboom Studios for Formula 1
Fight of the Century:Ali v Frazier – TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
Following On – talkSPORT
Football Ramble Presents – Stak
Mark Andrews My Love Letter to Wrestling – BBC Wales for BBC Sounds
Race F1 Podcast – The Race Media for The Athletic
Tailenders – TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
The Fake Paralympians – BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
The Official Manchester United Podcast – Audio Always for Manchester United FC
The Teamsheet – Audio Always for Spotify
Best True Crime Podcast
American Vigilante – Crowd Network
Bad Cops – BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
Battersea Poltergeist – Uncanny Media and Bafflegab Productions for BBC Radio 4
Seventeen Years: The Andrew Malkinson story – Stories of our times, The Times
Sweet Bobby – Tortoise Media
The Catch – Message Heard for Audible
The Lazarus Heist – BBC World service
The Northern Bank Job – BBC Northern Ireland for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds
Who Killed Emma – BBC Scotland Podcasts
Wild Crimes for the Natural History Museum – Whistledown Productions for the Natural History Museum
The Climate Award
Chattin’ Shit to Save the Planet
Common Threads – Ruth MacGilp and Alice Cruickshank
Get Birding – Peanut & Crumb
Great Green Questions – Mags Creative
Ignite Climate Shorts – Fierce Green Productions
The Long Time Academy – Headspace, The Long Time Project & Scenery Studios
Ocean Matters – Fresh Air Production & The Bertarelli Foundation
The Climate Question – BBC Long for Audio for BBC World Service
The SpaceShip Earth Podcast – Dan Burgess
Which? Investigates – Which?
Best Wellbeing Podcast
Built to Thrive – Listen for Amazon Music
Declassified – Michael Coates
Effin’ Hormones – Helen, Emma, Terri and Beena
Happy Place – Fearne Cotton
Homo Sapiens – Spirit Studios
Manatomy – Danny Wallace, Phil Hilton & Joe Attewell
Self Care Club – Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman
The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast – Kate Moryoussef
The Merry Menopause Bookclub Podcast – Jo Fuller
Yours Sincerely, Jess Phillips – Audio Always
Best Welsh Podcast
Cwîns efo Mari a Meilir
Gwrachod Heddiw
Probcast
Sgwrsio
Siarad Secs
Best Network or Publisher
Audio Always
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC World Service
Financial Times
Fun Kids
History Hit
Mags Creative
Noiser
Stak
The Athletic
The Creativity Award
A Life More Wild – 18Sixty for Canopy & Stars
Assume Nothing: Rape Trial – BBC Northern Ireland
Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – George the Poet for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
Neutrinowatch – Martin Zaltz Austwick and Jeff Emtman
Operation Ouch! The Podcast of Everything – Listen for Maverick TV
Soundworlds – Patrick Eakin Young
Stories of our times – The Times
The Bias Diagnosis – Whistledown Productions for Audible
The Flock – A Ton Of Feathers
The Rez – Rezilience
Best Sales Team
Adelicious
Fresh Air Production
Message Heard Sales Team
Best Marketing Campaign
Anthems
Exactly. with Florence Given
Sweet Bobby
Best Commercial Campaign
Money Talks (Acast Creative & Klarna)
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour (Fun Kids)
BBC Sounds Rising Star
Amy Richards
Cara McGoogan
DJ Flight
Ella Saltmarshe
Georgie Ma
Kirk Flash
Marianna Spring
Meera Kumar
Michael Safi
Shivani Dave
The Spotlight Award
Bad Women – Pushkin Industries
British Scandal – Wondery
Fairy Meadow – BBC Audio Bristol and BBC News for BBC Radio 4
Newscast – BBC News
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster – Plosive Podcasts
Real Dictators – Noiser
Rose & Rosie: Parental Guidance – BBC Studios Audio for Spotify
Short History Of… – Noiser
The Foreign Desk – Monocle 24
The High Performance Podcast – Jake Humphrey
The Bullseye Award
And Then Came Breast Cancer – Future Dreams & 6Foot6 Productions
Getting Emotional – Bex Lindsay
History Storytime – Sophie, Eleanor and Mark
Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future – Jimmy McLoughin OBE
Locked Up Living – Naomi Murphy & David Jones
Making Conversations Count – Podknows Productions
Song by Song – Sam Pay and Martin Austwick
Talk Twenties – Gaby Mendes
The Proper Mental Podcast – Tom Davies
Ysbeidiau Heulog – Llwyd Owen & Leigh Jones