Reduced Listening wins top award at the 2022 Audio Production Awards

Reduced Listening was named Production Company of the Year at the 2022 Audio Production Awards at a ceremony in London on Wednesday evening.

Other winners this year include Lina Prestwood, who won gold for Best Lifestyle & Society Producer and The Sustainability Award for her work The Long Time Academy at Scenery Studios.

Axel Kacoutié also won two awards including Best Factual Producer and Best Sound Design Producer for his work at Falling Tree Productions.

Producer of the Year was won by Steve Urquhart and audio newcomer Lianne Sanderson was crowned Best New Voice for her work at talkSPORT.

The special AudioUK Award was presented to Lily Ames for the UK Audio Network (UKAN), a growing community of audio producers, commissioners and creators, distributing work opportunities via a shared email list.

Here’s the full list of winners:

 

Best Arts & Culture Producer

GOLD – Geoff Bird – Freelance

SILVER – Steven Rajam – Overcoat Media

BRONZE – Lyndsay Fenner & Victoria Lloyd – Storyglass

Nominees

Hannah Dean – Falling Tree Productions

Hannah Hufford – BBC Audio

Victoria Ferran – Just Radio

 

Best News & Current Affairs Producer

GOLD – James Shield – The Times and The Sunday Times

SILVER – Taryn Siegel – The Times and The Sunday Times

BRONZE – Ruth Abrahams – Freelance / The Guardian

Nominees

Ant Adeane – Freelance

Daniel Rosney – BBC Newsbeat

Edward Drummond – The Times and The Sunday Times

 

Best Entertainment Producer

GOLD – Meera Kumar – Freelance

SILVER – Adem Waterman – Absolute Radio

BRONZE – Lorna Skingley – 7digital

Nominees

Lucy Dearlove – Storyglass

Ore Olukoga – TBI Media

Victoria Ferran – Just Radio

 

Best New Producer

GOLD – Redzi Bernard – Falling Tree Productions

SILVER – Julian Maclurg – Freelance

BRONZE – Pippa Smith – Novel

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Talia Augustidis – Message Heard

Nominees

Charlotte North – Whistledown

Rufaro Faith Mazarura – Audio Always

 

Best Presenter 

GOLD – Danny Robins – Bafflegab Productions

SILVER – John Sweeney – Chalk and Blade

BRONZE – Claudia Winkleman – TBI Media

Nominees

Axel Kacoutié – Falling Tree Productions

Elis James and John Robins – Audio Always

Rob Beckett – TBI Media

 

Best Factual Producer 

GOLD – Axel Kacoutié

SILVER – Joshua Kelly – The Guardian

BRONZE – Eva Krysiak – Freelance

Nominees

Kate Taylor – Audible

Redzi Bernard – Falling Tree Productions

Russell Finch – Wondery

 

Best Sports Producer

GOLD – Chessie Bent – TBI Media

SILVER – Olly Clink – talkSPORT

BRONZE – Joel Grove – Guardian News and Media

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Isabel Minter – talkSPORT

Nominees

Adonis Pratsides – The Athletic

Christian Hewgill – BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat

 

Gethin Thomas Award for Best Comedy Producer

GOLD – Matt Thomas – Audio Always

SILVER – Gus Beattie – Gusman Productions

BRONZE – David Tyler – Pozzitive

Nominees

Ed Morrish – Lead Mojo Productions

Gwyn Rhys Davies – BBC Studios

Kurt Brookes – Made In Manchester

 

Best Music Producer

GOLD – Arthur Hagues – Prison Radio Association

SILVER – Jack Howson

BRONZE – Katie Callin – Reduced Listening

Nominees

Helen Weatherhead – Audio Always

Keana Bernard – BBC Audio

Nate Goodman – We Are Grape

 

Best Audiobook Producer

GOLD – Laura-Leigh Smith – String and Tins for Audible

SILVER – Chris Thompson – Penguin Random House

BRONZE – David Beck – Wireless Theatre for Audible

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Lily Ridett – Freelance

Nominees

Kathleen Moroney – Red Apple Creative for Audible

Tanya Hougham – HarperCollins Publishers

Best Narrator

GOLD – Tracy Wiles – Almost Tangible

SILVER – Julie Hesmondhalgh – HarperCollins

BRONZE – Tom Alexander – HarperCollins

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Minnie Driver – Bonnier Books UK

Nominees

Andy Serkis – HarperCollins

Kristin Atherton – Penguin Random House

Best Lifestyle & Society Producer (NEW) 

GOLD – Lina Prestwood – Scenery Studios

SILVER – Sangeeta Pillai – Soul Sutras

BRONZE – Andrew Gold – On the Edge with Andrew Gold

Nominees

Anouszka Tate – Freelance

Selina Ream – Somethin’ Else

Sylvie Carlos – Unedited

Best Ensemble Cast

GOLD – Joelah, Keke & DJ Silk – 1Xtra’s Throwback Party

SILVER – Kat Anderson & Natalia Anderson – Expat Immigrant Podcast

BRONZE – Helen Brown, Terri Sweeney, Emma Goswell & Beena Khetani – Effin Hormones

Nominees

Elis James &. John Robins – Audio Always

Kim Davis & Raffaella Coleman – The Scene

William Hanson & Jordan North – Audio Always

Best New Voice 

GOLD – Lianne Sanderson – talkSPORT

SILVER – Cara McGoogan – The Telegraph

BRONZE – Talia Augustidis – Message Heard

Nominees

Afrodeutsche – Reform Radio

Lily Baldwin – Audible

Peter Waring – Whistledown

 

Best Branded Sound Producer

GOLD – Luke Berry – BBC Popular Music Station Sound

SILVER – Adam Venton – Little Monster Media

BRONZE – Chris Nicoll – WIZZFX

Nominees

Ali Rezakhani – BBC Sounds

Kenny Southavy – ReelWorld

Sam Parker – WIZZFX

Best Sound Design Producer

GOLD – Axel Kacoutié – Freelance

SILVER – Benbrick

BRONZE – Kit Milsom – Mags Creative

Nominees

Hannah Dean – Falling Tree Productions

John Wakefield – Audible

Steve Urquhart – Freelance

 

Best Drama & Fiction Producer

GOLD – Andrew Mark Sewell – B7 Media

SILVER – Barnaby Eaton-Jones & Ian Haig – Idea Hat Productions

BRONZE – Melanie Harris – Sparklab Productions

Nominees

Celia de Wolff – Pier Productions

Jacqueline Rayner – Big Finish Productions

Nicolas Jackson – Afonica

AudioUK Award

UK Audio Network (UKAN)

 

Grassroots Production Awards 

GOLD – Carousel

SILVER – Vic Elizabeth Turnbull – MIC Media

BRONZE – Modus Arts – Tape Letters

Nominees

Boz Temple-Morris & Fin Kennedy – The Waves

Miranda Rae – Afrikan Queens

Steve Urquhart – Doing Bird

 

The Sustainability Award (NEW)

GOLD – The Long Time Academy – Scenery Studios

SILVER – Lucia Scazzocchio – Wild Eye

BRONZE – Resonance FM

Nominees

Jo Kennedy & Cathy Shaw – Nature Tripping

Loftus Media – Funghi: The New Frontier

Reform Radio

Producer of the Year (NEW)

GOLD – Steve Urquhart – Freelance

SILVER – Hana Walker-Brown – Broccoli Productions / Freelance

BRONZE – Jon Holmes – unusual

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Jack Howson

Nominees

Hannah Dean – Falling Tree Productions

Victoria Ferran – Just Radio

 

Publisher or Network of the Year (NEW)

GOLD – Resonance FM

SILVER – Mags Creative

BRONZE – Fun Kids

Nominees

Crowd Network

Sky News

talkSPORT

Production Company of the Year 

GOLD – Reduced Listening

SILVER – Unedited

BRONZE – Whistledown

Nominees

Holy Mountain

TBI Media

We Are Grape