Winners announced for the APAs from AudioUK 2025
Above: Sheffield’s Crossed Wires Festival were presented with the AudioUK Award
The Awards, sponsored by Audible, were held at a gala event on Thursday 27th November at the BFI on London’s South Bank. Remel London, Broadcaster and Founder of the Mainstream was this year’s host.
The APAs, organised by AudioUK (the body dedicated to advancing the podcast and audio industry), celebrate outstanding achievement in podcasting and audio across a huge range of content including; podcasts, audiobooks, sound design, radio, presenting and more.
This year’s winners include the team at Fix Radio behind The Bald Builders Breakfast who won gold in the Entertainment category and newcomers to the APAs, Becky and Ben Saer who won in Ensemble Cast/Presenting Team for their podcast, Becky and Ben’s Fertility Spotlight. The highly competitive Drama and Fiction award went to the production team at Penny4 for their work on supernatural thriller podcast Up in Smoke and the team at We Are Grape took home the Music category for Pete Tong’s Essential History Of Dance.
Three new categories were introduced for 2025. Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart (Modus Arts) took gold in the hugely popular History category for Tape Letters Scotland, a project shining a light on the practice of recording and sending messages on cassette tape by Pakistanis who migrated and settled in the UK between 1960-1980. The team at RAW/Audible won in True Crime for Cursed, presented by Femi Oke, who also picked up gold for Presenter/Host. The QueerAF podcast & Trans+ History Week won the Changemaker Award for a 6 part series of mini-documentaries about gender-diverse communities throughout history at a pivotal time.
In the new talent categories, Scout Tzofiya Bolton (Prison Radio Association) won the New Voice title and Mia Thornton (BBC Sounds Audio Lab/Reform Radio) took home the gold for New Producer.
Bella Soames (DMG Media) was crowned Producer of the Year, Prison Radio Association was named Production Company of the Year, and Fix Radio took home Publisher/Network of the Year. The AudioUK Award was presented to the team at Crossed Wires Festival in recognition of their outstanding contribution to championing the UK podcast and audio industry.
Chloe Straw, CEO of AudioUK, said: “At AudioUK, we are the industry body dedicated to advancing the podcast and audio industry, by fostering innovation, supporting creators and businesses, and driving both commercial and creative growth.
The APAs exemplify the brilliance of the industry - whether you are a big business or an independent creator, there is a place for you to be celebrated, and to celebrate, together. Congratulations to everyone who entered and to all who won at the APAs this year. Entering can often be the hardest step, and you should all be incredibly proud.
Thank you to our lead sponsor, Audible; to our Pay What You Can scheme partners, Amazon Music; and to all our excellent media partners and category sponsors. Thank you to the AudioUK Board and executive. But most of all, thank you to the amazing team behind these awards, led by the indefatigable Katie Banham. If you see them, buy them a drink.
The opportunity in this industry is like nothing I have seen before, it is there for the taking, so act quickly, and act well.”
Full list of Winners for the APAs 2025
Entertainment
GOLD - Jack Edwards, Travis Glossop, Demi Bell, Brogan Hubber and Toby Penman - Fix Radio
SILVER - Ewan Newbigging-Lister - JamPot Productions
BRONZE - Katie Boden - TBI Media
Nominees
Helena Webb - BBC Audio
Jemima Rathbone - JamPot Productions
Dino Sofos, Caillin McDaid, Will Gibson Smith and Flossie Barrett - Persephonica
Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna - This Paranormal Life
Branded Content
GOLD - Natalie Steed - Rhubarb Rhubarb
SILVER - Sam Taylor - Prison Radio Association
BRONZE - Podcast Team - National Trust
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Ollie Guillou - OG Podcasts & The Guernsey Alzheimer’s Association
Nominees
Fresh Air
Ollie Wilson, Kat Hutcheson, Nia Deo, Charlie Murrell, Rahnee Prescod - Sony Music Podcasts
Little Ears
GOLD - Cole Stopnik - Independent Podcaster
SILVER - Laura Hyde - Chalk & Blade
BRONZE - Jack Whitney, Chloe McLaren, James Trusson, Adam Devenney, Kathleen Moroney, Polly Evans, Ravina Bajwa and Georgie Britton - Natural History Museum, Forever Audio and Tonies
Nominees
Gill Davies, Claire O’Gallagher and Derek Farrell - GDP/BBC Scotland Learning
Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Morwenna Rose - The Book of Arralan
Arts and Culture Sponsored by London Podcast Festival
GOLD - Chris Mitchell - Breaking Atoms and Sumit Sharma - Unedited
SILVER - Tony Phillips and Axel Kacoutié - Sea Salt and Mango
BRONZE - Sam Tyler - Freelance
Nominees
Meg Elliot - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Overcoat Media
Meera Kumar - Freelance
Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart - Modus Arts
Lifestyle and Society
GOLD - Suzi Dale & Micky Curling - Story Publishing
SILVER - Laura Grimshaw and Jon Holmes - unusual
BRONZE - Hugh Sheehan - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Reduced Listening
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
Nominees
Rich Le Gate - Inbetween Man
Ollie Brookes, James Wilson, Faye Dunn and Arthur Hagues - Prison Radio Association
_New Voice sponsored by [BBC Sounds**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds)
GOLD - Scout Tzofiya Bolton - Prison Radio Association
SILVER - Dr. Emma Nagouse - Lead Mojo Productions
BRONZE - Naomi Bloomstein - Freelance
Nominees
Siddharth Khajuria - Falling Tree ProductionsAjay Tegala - National Trust
Anna Sinfield - Novel
Comedy
GOLD - Jon Holmes - unusual
SILVER - Ollie Wilson, Charlie Murrell, Nia Deo, Rahnee Prescod - Sony Music Podcasts
BRONZE - Lauren Mackay - BBC Scotland
Nominees
Dave Masterman, Michael Dale and Bertie Moores - Audio Always
Ed Morrish - Lead Mojo Productions
Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna - This Paranormal Life
Audiobook
GOLD - Kate MacDonald - Freelance
SILVER - Rosemary O’Dowd - Penguin Random House
BRONZE - Liam Gerrard - Raconteurs Audio
_Nominees_Nicola Wall, Oliver Grant and Yuki Parmar - Audible
Chris Thompson - Penguin Random House
Nicola Alexandrou - The Guardian
Drama and Fiction
GOLD - Guy Larsen, Cambria Bailey-Jones, Gabriela Jones and Dan Pugsley - Penny4
SILVER - Emma Stephens & Bernard P Achampong - Unedited
BRONZE - Nicolas Jackson - Afonica
_Nominees Tracey Neale - BBC Studios
Max Blair and Mark McKibbin - Blackabbey Productions
Hat Trick Productions / Audible
Factual/Documentary sponsored by Great Big Story
GOLD - Bella Soames - DMG Media
SILVER - Chalk & Blade/ Audible
BRONZE - Timur Dzhafarov and Cicely Fell - Falling Tree Productions
Nominees
Blanchard House
Becky Lipscombe and Isobel Cockerell, Coda Story
Leigh Meyer, Amalie Sortland, Josephine Wheeler and Nicholas Alexander - Novel
History
GOLD - Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart - Modus Arts
SILVER - Joe Dunthorne and Eleanor McDowall - Falling Tree Productions
BRONZE - Hugh Sheehan - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Reduced Listening
Nominees
Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes - Project Citizen
Production Team - StoryHunter
TellTale Industries and Antica Productions
Sound Design
GOLD - Scout Tzofiya Bolton, Andrew Wilkie, Ellen Orchard, Micky Curling and Phil Maguire - Prison Radio Association
SILVER - Phoebe McIndoe - Falling Tree Productions
BRONZE - Esa Williams - RAW/Audible
Nominees
Nicholas Alexander - NovelAlice Boyd and Joy Nkoyo - Peanut & Crumb
Ivan d’Avoine, Derick Armah - Transmission Roundhouse
Music sponsored by Morley Radio
GOLD - Matt Healy, Katie Fox, Jojo Jones, Joe Gardner, Rachel Barton and Pete Tong - We Are Grape
SILVER - Lady Unchained and Arthur Hagues - Prison Radio Association
BRONZE - Silas Gray - Reduced Listening
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Tom Whalley - Freelance
Nominees
Matthew Bannister and Natalie Steed - Folk on Foot
Ollie Braddy. Jojo Jones, Matt Healy and Sarah Story - We Are Grape
Changemaker Award sponsored by The Podcast Show
GOLD - QueerAF podcast with Trans+ History Week
SILVER - Wild Tales - National Trust
BRONZE - Tommy Kennedy, Claire Offley and Fran Reynolds - Carousel
_Nominees_Tash Walker and Adam Zmith - Aunt Nell
Short Cuts - Falling Tree Productions
Outside In - Prison Radio Association
Narrator
GOLD - Charlotte Ritchie - Nosy Crow
SILVER - Ella Kenion - Bonnier Books UK
BRONZE - Poppy Mae Barrett - HarperCollins Publishers
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Maxim Reston - White House Sound/Hodder & Stoughton
Nominees
Harriet Walter - HarperCollins Publishers
Dan Jones - Sony Music Podcasts
Presenter/Host sponsored by Everybody Media
GOLD - Femi Oke - RAW/Audible
SILVER - Joe Dunthorne - Falling Tree Productions
BRONZE - Jerry Brotton - Whistledown Productions
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Krishna Murali - The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast
_Nominees_Danny Robins - Bafflegab Productions/ Uncanny Media
Niall Breslin - Chalk & Blade/Audible
News/Politics
GOLD - Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes - Project Citizen
SILVER - Christopher Pitt, Stephen Carroll, Caroline Hepker, Tiwa Adebayo and James Woolcock - Bloomberg
BRONZE - Edward Drummond - The Times
_Nominees_George McDonagh - Freelance
Artemis Irvine - Freelance, Whistledown Productions
May Robson - Reduced Listening
Sports
GOLD - Andrew Wilkie, Faye Dunn, Phil Maguire and Paula Harriott - Prison Radio Association
SILVER - Chris Browning-Brant, Christian Hewgill, Katie Osborne and Jamie Smith - Formula 1
BRONZE - Sophie Penney and Adonis Pratsides - Global
Nominees
Rob Sillito , Ben Russell and Emma Brydges - Couch to Coached Running podcast
Damien St John and Ant McGinley - Podomedy
Ray Paul, Ishtia May, Jerelle Forbes and Heartless Crew (MC Bushkin & DJ Fonti) - The Playmaker Group
True Crime
GOLD - RAW/Audible
SILVER - Rima Ahmed, Luke de Costa and Luke Eldridge - BBC Sounds
BRONZE - Carl Miller, Caroline Thornham and Tom Wright - Novel
Nominees
Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard - Falling Tree Productions
Andrew Wilkie - Prison Radio Association
Production Team - StoryHunter
Ensemble Cast/Presenting Team
GOLD - Becky and Ben Saer
SILVER - Zak and Jules - Prison Radio Association
BRONZE - Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman and Jess Phillips - Sky News
Nominees
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins - Audible/Hat Trick
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders - Audible/Listen
Rachel, Elaine and Caroline - Whistledown
New Producer sponsored by Amazon Music
GOLD - Mia Thornton - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Reform Radio
SILVER - Marnie Duke - Transmission Roundhouse
BRONZE - Katie Fox - We Are Grape
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Riham Moussa - Freelance
Nominees
Lorna Reader - BBC Studios
Joseph Russell - Fire Mountain Productions
Producer of the Year sponsored by Audible
GOLD - Bella Soames - DMG Media
SILVER - Andrew Wilkie - Prison Radio Association
BRONZE - Jack Edwards- Fix Radio
Nominees
Phoebe McIndoe - Falling Tree Productions
Georgia Arundell - Platform Media
Georgina Savage - RAW
Jon Holmes - unusual
AudioUK Award
Crossed Wires Festival
Production Company of the Year sponsored by Aiir
GOLD - Prison Radio Association
SILVER - Bespoken Media
BRONZE - Falling Tree Productions
Nominees
Fresh Air
Novel
Reduced Listening
Samizdat Audio
Publisher or Network of the Year sponsored by BetterHelp
GOLD - Fix Radio
SILVER - Resonance
BRONZE - Goalhanger
Nominees
Fun Kids
RQ Network
Sony Music Podcasts
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More about the winners and their work
Below is the list of programmes included in all winning entries:
Entertainment: Jack Edwards, Travis Glossop, Demi Bell, Brogan Hubber and Toby Penman - Fix Radio
Branded Content: Natalie Steed - Rhubarb Rhubarb
Little Ears: Cole Stopnik - Independent Podcaster
Lasting Legends - Greek Myths Surround Us
Arts and Culture: Chris Mitchell - Breaking Atoms and Sumit Sharma - Unedited
Elements: Searching for MF DOOM
Lifestyle and Society: Suzi Dale & Micky Curling - Story Publishing
New Voice: Scout Tzofiya Bolton - Prison Radio Association
The Ballad of Scout and the Alcohol Tag_, The Rock Show - National Prison Radio
Comedy: Jon Holmes - unusual
Audiobook: Kate MacDonald - Freelance
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman, Atonement by Ian McEwan, Your Superpower by Tasha Ghouri, MILF (Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery) by Paloma Faith, Marvellous Messages by Rose Ayling-Ellis
Drama and Fiction: Guy Larsen, Cambria Bailey-Jones, Gabriela Jones and Dan Pugsley - Penny4
Factual/Documentary: Bella Soames - Dmg Media
History: Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart - Modus Arts
Sound Design: Scout Tzofiya Bolton, Andrew Wilkie, Ellen Orchard, Micky Curling and Phil Maguire - Prison Radio Association
The Ballad of Scout and the Alcohol Tag
Music: Matt Healy, Katie Fox, Jojo Jones, Joe Gardner, Rachel Barton and Pete Tong - We Are Grape
Pete Tong’s Essential History of Dance
Changemaker Award: QueerAF podcast with Trans+ History Week
QueerAF with Trans+ History Week
Narrator: Charlotte Ritchie - Nosy Crow
Mallory Vayle and the Curse of the Maggoty Skull by Martin Howard
Presenter/Host: Femi Oke - RAW/Audible
News/Politics: Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes - Project Citizen
Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring
Sports: Andrew Wilkie, Faye Dunn, Phil Maguire and Paula Harriott - Prison Radio Association
The HMP Brixton Half-Marathon - Secret Life of Prisons
True Crime: RAW/Audible
Ensemble Cast/Presenting Team: Becky and Ben Saer
New Producer: Mia Thornton - BBC Sounds Audio Lab / Reform Radio
Instrumental: Black British Trailblazers
Producer of the Year: Bella Soames - Dmg Media
Pipeline, From Bomb to Ballot: The History of Sinn Fein
Production Company of the Year: Prison Radio Association
Christmas on National Prison Radio with Kurupt FM, The Ballad of Scout and the Alcohol Tag_, Hold or Fold_, The Secret Life of Prisons, Behind the Crime, NPR Talk, Life After Prison Podcast, National Prison Radio’s the Rock Show with Scout
Publisher or Network of the Year: Fix Radio
About The APAs from AudioUK
The APAs from AudioUK was first held in 2010 under the name Radio Production Awards/RPAs, and became the APAs in 2016. The awards recognise both on and off-air talent.
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