BBC Audio Drama Awards 2025

BBC Audio Drama Awards 2025 

The shortlists for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2025 have been announced

Best Original Single Drama

Franz and Felice by Ed Harris, producer Sasha Yevtushenko, BBC Studios Audio London starring Abbie Weinstock

Southall Uprising by Satinder Chohan, producer Nadia Molinari, BBC Studios Audio Salford starring Manjinder Virk and Gavi Singh Chera

The Call by Ron Hutchinson, producer Eoin O’Callaghan, Big Fish Radio

Best Original Series or Serial

Faith, Hope and Glory by Carol Russell, producer Patricia Cumper, BBC Studios Audio London

Life Lines by Al Smith, producer Sally Avens, BBC Studios Audio London, starring Sarah Ridgeway

Best Comedy Performance

Sian Clifford, Time of the Week, producer Ben Walker, DLT Entertainment created and written by Lorna Rose Treen

Tom Walker, Call Jonathan Pie – The American Dream Part 2,

Best Sit Com or Comedy Drama

Call Jonathan Pie – The American Dream Part 2 by Tom Walker

Icklewick FM by Chris Cantrill and Amy Gledhill, producer Benjamin Sutton, Daddy’s Superyacht Productions

Best Stand Up or Sketch Comedy

I Don’t Know What to Say by Laura Smyth

Congratulations to all who have made it to the shortlists. The finalists will be announced in mid-February, along with the Imison and Tinniswood Awards. Finalists will be sent information at that point about invitations to the winners’ ceremony in the BBC Radio Theatre on Sunday 30 March 2025.