{"id":147696,"date":"2025-10-27T11:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/147696\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T11:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:32:10","slug":"audiouk-reveals-nominees-for-this-years-apas-as-ticket-go-on-sale-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/147696\/","title":{"rendered":"AudioUK reveals nominees for this year\u2019s APAs as ticket go on sale \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The nominees for the 2025 APAs, sponsored by Audible, have been announced, marking 15 years of the event.<\/p>\n

The gala ceremony will take place on 27 November at the BFI, South Bank, hosted by broadcaster and founder of The Mainstream, Remel London.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s shortlist features a wide mix of nominees across categories. Publisher or Network of the Year nominees include Resonance FM, Goalhanger, Fix Radio, Sony Music Podcasts, Rusty Quill and Fun Kids. Producer of the Year contenders include Bella Soames, Georgia Arundel, Phoebe McIndoe, Jack Edwards, Andrew Wilkie, Georgina Savage and Jon Holmes.<\/p>\n

The Production Company of the Year category includes Bespoken Media, Falling Tree Productions, Fresh Air Productions, Novel, Prison Radio Association, Reduced Listening and Samizdat Audio.<\/p>\n

Ensemble Cast and New Voice categories feature names such as Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, and political podcast team Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman and Jess Phillips.<\/p>\n

New for this year is the Changemaker Award, recognising projects like Aunt Nell, QueerAF\u2019s Trans+ History Week and the National Trust\u2019s Wild Tales podcast. True Crime nominees include Novel\u2019s Kill List and StoryHunter\u2019s Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley.<\/p>\n

AudioUK continues its partnership with Amazon Music to support the Pay What You Can scheme, ensuring access to the awards remains open to all.<\/p>\n

Chloe Straw, CEO of AudioUK, said the awards reflect \u201ca vibrant, evolving industry,\u201d adding: \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see established media brands nominated alongside newcomers and independents. These awards celebrate the remarkable talent driving UK audio forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets are on sale here<\/a>, with Early Bird prices until 10th November.<\/p>\n

The APAs 2025 Nominees<\/strong><\/p>\n

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INDIVIDUAL OR TEAM OF PRODUCERS WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER:<\/strong><\/p>\n


Arts and Culture sponsored by the London Podcast Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meg Elliot \u2013 BBC Sounds Audio Lab \/ Overcoat Media<\/p>\n

Chris Mitchell \u2013 Breaking Atoms and Sumit Sharma \u2013 Unedited<\/p>\n

Meera Kumar \u2013 Freelance<\/p>\n

Sam Tyler \u2013 Freelance<\/p>\n

Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart \u2013 Modus Arts<\/p>\n

Tony Philips \u2013 Sea Salt and Mango<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Audiobook<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yuki Parmar, Nicola Wall, Robin Morgan-Bentley, Tamsin Collison \u2013 Audible<\/p>\n

Kate MacDonald \u2013 Freelance<\/p>\n

Chris Thompson \u2013 Penguin Random House<\/p>\n

Rosemary O\u2019Dowd \u2013 Penguin Random House<\/p>\n

Liam Gerrard \u2013 Raconteurs Audio LLP<\/p>\n

Nicola Alexandrou \u2013 The Guardian<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Branded Content<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fresh Air
Podcast Team \u2013 National Trust
Ollie Guillou \u2013 OG Podcasts
Sam Taylor \u2013 Prison Radio Association
Natalie Steed \u2013 Rhubarb Rhubarb
Ollie Wilson, Kat Hutcheson, Nia Deo, Charlie Murrell, Rahnee Prescod \u2013 Sony Music Podcasts<\/p>\n

Comedy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave Masterman, Michael Dale and Bertie Moores \u2013 Audio Always
Lauren Mackay \u2013 BBC Scotland<\/p>\n

Ed Morrish \u2013 Lead Mojo Productions<\/p>\n

Ollie Wilson, Charlie Murrell, Nia Deo, Rahnee Prescod \u2013 Sony Music Podcasts<\/p>\n

Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna \u2013 This Paranormal Life<\/p>\n

Jon Holmes \u2013 unusual<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drama and Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicolas Jackson \u2013 Afonica<\/p>\n

Tracey Neale \u2013 BBC Studios<\/p>\n

Max Blair, Mark McKibbin \u2013 Blackabbey Productions<\/p>\n

Hat Trick Productions\/Audible<\/p>\n

Guy Larsen, Cambria Bailey-Jones, Gabriela Jones and Dan Pugsley \u2013 Penny4<\/p>\n

Emma Stephens & Bernard P Achampong \u2013 Unedited<\/p>\n

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Entertainment <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Helena Webb \u2013 BBC Audio<\/p>\n

Jack Edwards, Travis Glossop, Demi Bell, Brogan Hubber, Toby Penman \u2013 Fix Radio<\/p>\n

Ewan Newbigging-Lister \u2013 JamPot Productions<\/p>\n

Jemima Rathbone \u2013 JamPot Productions<\/p>\n

Dino Sofos, Caillin McDaid, Will Gibson Smith, Flossie Barrett \u2013 Persephonica<\/p>\n

Katie Boden \u2013 TBI Media<\/p>\n

Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna \u2013 This Paranormal Life<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Factual\/Documentary Sponsored by Great Big Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laurence Grissell, Rosie Pye, Amica Sciortino Nowlan, Poppy Damon, Daniel Lloyd-Evans, Louis Nanke-Mannell, Toby Matimong, Volkan Kiziltug \u2013 Blanchard House<\/p>\n

Chalk & Blade\/Audible<\/p>\n

Becky Lipscombe and Isobel Cockerell, Coda Story<\/p>\n

Bella Soames, Dmg Media<\/p>\n

Timur Dzhafarov and Cicely Fell \u2013 Falling Tree Productions<\/p>\n

Leigh Meyer, Amalie Sortland, Josephine Wheeler, Nicholas Alexander \u2013 Novel<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joe Dunthorne and Eleanor McDowall \u2013 Falling Tree Productions<\/p>\n

Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart \u2013 Modus Arts<\/p>\n

Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes \u2013 Project Citizen<\/p>\n

Hugh Sheehan \u2013 Reduced Listening<\/p>\n

Production Team \u2013 StoryHunter<\/p>\n

Rami Tzabar, Kevin Fong, Andrew Luck-Baker, Kate Arkless Gray, Dave Giles, Christian Lundberg, Richard Courtice, Jago Lee, Stuart Coxe \u2013 TellTale Industries & Antica Productions<\/p>\n

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Lifestyle and Society <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Max Dickins & Rich Le Gate \u2013 Inbetween Man<\/p>\n

Ollie Brookes, James Wilson, Faye Dunn, Arthur Hagues \u2013 Prison Radio Association<\/p>\n

Hugh Sheehan \u2013 Reduced Listening<\/p>\n

Suzi Dale & Micky Curling \u2013 Story Publishing<\/p>\n

Krishna Murali \u2013 The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast<\/p>\n

Jon Holmes \u2013 unusual<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Little Ears<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laura Hyde \u2013 Chalk & Blade<\/p>\n

Gill Davies, Claire O\u2019Gallagher, Derek Farrell \u2013 GDP\/BBC Scotland Learning<\/p>\n

Cole Stopnik \u2013 Independent Podcaster<\/p>\n

Jack Whitney, Chloe McLaren, James Trusson, Adam Devenney, Kathleen Moroney, Polly Evans, Ravina Bajwa, Georgie Britton \u2013 National History Museum, Forever Audio and Tonies<\/p>\n

Morwenna Rose \u2013 The Book of Arralan<\/p>\n

Krishna Murali \u2013 The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Music Sponsored by Morley Radio<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matthew Bannister and Natalie Steed \u2013 Folk on Foot<\/p>\n

Tom Whalley \u2013 Listen Entertainment<\/p>\n

Lady Unchained, Arthur Hagues, Jamie Lyon \u2013 Prison Radio Association<\/p>\n

Silas Gray \u2013 Reduced Listening<\/p>\n

Matt Healy, Katie Fox, Jojo Jones, Joe Gardner, Rachel Barton, Pete Tong \u2013 We Are Grape Ltd<\/p>\n

Ollie Braddy, Jojo Jones, Matt Healy, Sarah Story \u2013 We Are Grape Ltd<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

News\/Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christopher Pitt, Stephen Carroll, Caroline Hepker, Tiwa Adebayo, James Woolcock \u2013 Bloomberg<\/p>\n

George McDonagh \u2013 Freelance<\/p>\n

Artemis Irvine \u2013 Freelance, Whistledown Productions<\/p>\n

Ruth Abrahams, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes \u2013 Project Citizen<\/p>\n

May Robson \u2013 Reduced Listening<\/p>\n

Edward Drummond \u2013 The Times<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sound Design<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Phoebe McIndoe \u2013 Falling Tree Productions<\/p>\n

Nicholas Alexander \u2013 Novel<\/p>\n

Alice Boyd & Joy Nkoyo \u2013 Peanut & Crumb<\/p>\n

Scout Tzofiya Bolton, Andrew Wilkie, Ellen Orchard, Micky Curling, Phil Maguire \u2013 Prison Radio Association<\/p>\n

Esa Williams \u2013 Raw\/Audible<\/p>\n

Ivan d\u2019Avoine, Derick Armah \u2013 Transmission Roundhouse<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sports <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rob Sillito, Ben Russell and Emma Brydges \u2013 Couch to Coached Running podcast<\/p>\n

Chris Browning-Brant, Christian Hewgill, Katie Osborne, Jamie Smith \u2013 Formula 1<\/p>\n

Sophie Penney and Adonis Pratsides \u2013 Global<\/p>\n

Damien St John & Ant McGinley \u2013 Podomedy<\/p>\n

Andrew Wilkie, Faye Dunn, Phil Maguire, Paula Harriott \u2013 Prison Radio Association<\/p>\n

Ray Paul, Ishtia May, Jerelle Forbes, Heartless Crew (MC Bushkin & DJ Fonti) \u2013 The Playmaker Group<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

True Crime<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rima Ahmed, Luke de Costa and Luke Eldridge \u2013 BBC Sounds<\/p>\n

Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard \u2013 Falling Tree Productions<\/p>\n

Carl Miller, Caroline Thornham, Tom Wright \u2013 Novel<\/p>\n

Andrew Wilkie \u2013 Prison Radio Association<\/p>\n

RAW\/Audible<\/p>\n

Production Team \u2013 StoryHunter<\/p>\n

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INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Narrator<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ella Kenion \u2013 Bonnier Books UK<\/p>\n

Harriet Walter \u2013 HarperCollins Publishers<\/p>\n

Poppy Mae Barrett \u2013 HarperCollins Publishers<\/p>\n

Charlotte Ritchie \u2013 Nosy Crow<\/p>\n

Dan Jones \u2013 Sony Music Podcasts<\/p>\n

Maxim Reston \u2013 White House Sound<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Producer Sponsored by Amazon Music and Wondery<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mia Thornton \u2013 BBC Sounds Audio Lab \/ Reform Radio<\/p>\n

Lorna Reader \u2013 BBC Studios<\/p>\n

Joseph Russell \u2013 Fire Mountain Productions<\/p>\n

Riham Moussa \u2013 Freelance<\/p>\n

Marnie Duke \u2013 Transmission Roundhouse<\/p>\n

Katie Fox \u2013 We Are Grape Ltd<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

New Voice Sponsored by BBC Sounds<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Siddharth Khajuria \u2013 Falling Tree Productions<\/p>\n

Naomi Bloomstein \u2013 Freelance<\/p>\n

Dr. Emma Nagouse \u2013 Lead Mojo Productions<\/p>\n

Ajay Tegala \u2013 National Trust<\/p>\n

Anna Sinfield \u2013 Novel<\/p>\n

Scout Tzofiya Bolton \u2013 Prison Radio Association<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presenter\/Host Sponsored by Everybody Media<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Danny Robins \u2013 Bafflegab Productions\/ Uncanny Media<\/p>\n

Niall Breslin \u2013 Chalk & Blade\/Audible<\/p>\n

Joe Dunthorne \u2013 Falling Tree Productions<\/p>\n

Femi Oke \u2013 RAW\/Audible<\/p>\n

Krishna Murali \u2013 The Fourth Bookmark, Independent Podcast<\/p>\n

Jerry Brotton \u2013 Whistledown Productions<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Producer of the Year Sponsored by Audible<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bella Soames \u2013 Dmg Media<\/p>\n

Phoebe McIndoe \u2013 Falling Tree Productions<\/p>\n

Jack Edwards \u2013 Fix Radio<\/p>\n

Georgia Arundel \u2013 Platform Media<\/p>\n

Andrew Wilkie \u2013 Prison Radio Association<\/p>\n

Georgina Savage \u2013 RAW<\/p>\n

Jon Holmes \u2013 unusual Productions<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

OTHER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ensemble Cast\/Presenting Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mel Giedroyc & Sue Perkins \u2013 Audible\/Hat Trick<\/p>\n

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders \u2013 Audible\/Listen<\/p>\n

Becky and Ben Saer<\/p>\n

Zak and Jules \u2013 Prison Radio Association<\/p>\n

Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman, Jess Phillips \u2013 Sky News<\/p>\n

Rachel, Elaine, Caroline \u2013 Whistledown<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Changemaker Award Sponsored by The Podcast Show<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aunt Nell<\/p>\n

Tommy Kennedy, Claire Offley, Fran Reynolds \u2013 Carousel<\/p>\n

Alia Cassam, Nina Garthwaite, Alan Hall, Axel Kacouti\u00e9, Josie Long, Eleanor McDowall, Andrea Rangecroft and Mike Woolley \u2013 Falling Tree Productions<\/p>\n

QueerAF podcast with Trans+ History Week<\/p>\n

Wild Tales \u2013 National Trust<\/p>\n

Outside In \u2013 Prison Radio Association<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Production Company of the Year Sponsored by Aiir<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bespoken Media<\/p>\n

Falling Tree Productions<\/p>\n

Fresh Air Productions<\/p>\n

Novel<\/p>\n

Prison Radio Association<\/p>\n

Reduced Listening<\/p>\n

Samizdat Audio<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Publisher or Network of the Year Sponsored by BetterHelp<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fix Radio<\/p>\n

Fun Kids<\/p>\n

Goalhanger<\/p>\n

Resonance<\/p>\n

RQ Network<\/p>\n

Sony Music Podcasts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The nominees for the 2025 APAs, sponsored by Audible, have been announced, marking 15 years of the event.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-147696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115445913801746014","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}