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The winners of the 10th 91Èȱ¬ Audio Drama Awards 2021 were announced by Front Row presenter John Wilson at a ceremony staged virtually via Zoom and the 91Èȱ¬'s own virtual audience system at 7pm on Friday 26 March, 2021.

The 91Èȱ¬ Audio Drama Awards – presented by the 91Èȱ¬ together with the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain – celebrate the range, originality and cut-through quality of audio drama on air and online and give recognition to the creativity of actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work in this genre.

Best Actor
David Threlfall, Happiness!, director Gemma Jenkins, 91Èȱ¬ Audio Drama London, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

Best Actress
Maggie Steed, Suffer Little Children, director Jessica Dromgoole, 91Èȱ¬ Audio Drama London, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

Best Adaptation
The Voyage of the St Louis by Daniel Kehlmann, adapted by Tom Stoppard, producer Sasha Yevtushenko, 91Èȱ¬ Audio Drama London, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

Best Debut Performance
Jordan Nash, Oliver: Lagos to London, director Michael Buffong, feral inc, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

Best European Drama
Earthquake by Janko Polić Kamov, producer Katja Šimunić, HRT Croatian Radio

Best Original Series or Serial
Broken English by Shelagh Stephenson, producer Eoin O’Callaghan, Big Fish Productions, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

Best Original Single Drama
Magnitsky the Musical by Robert Hudson and Johnny Flynn, producer Sasha Yevtushenko, 91Èȱ¬ Audio Drama London, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3
Commendation – The Likes of Us by Roy Williams, producer Mary Peate, 91Èȱ¬ Audio Drama London, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3

Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama
Unwell: a Midwestern Gothic Mystery, producers Jeffrey Nils Gardner and Eleanor Hyde, HartLife NFP

Best Scripted Comedy (Longform)
The Musical Life of Boudicca… by Dan Kiss and Dave Cribb, producers Dave Cribb and Tom Price, The Rubber Chicken, 91Èȱ¬ Radio Wales

Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show)
The Skewer, creator and producer Jon Holmes, Unusual Productions, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

Best Use of Sound
The Grey Man and Other Lost Legends, sound by Steve Bond, producers Joby Waldman and Steve Bond, Reduced Listening, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4
Commendation – Cane, sound by Nigel Lewis, producer John Norton, 91Èȱ¬ Cymru Wales, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

The Year of Reinvention
Lockdown Theatre Festival, producers Bertie Carvel, Jeremy Mortimer, Steve Bond, Jack Howson and Joby Waldman, Reduced Listening, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 & 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4
Commendations – Connections, producer Polly Thomas, Naked Productions, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4; The Plague, producer Turan Ali, Bona Broadcasting, 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
The studio managers, technicians, sound engineers and designers, R&D engineers and all technical staff working on 91Èȱ¬-produced and independent audio drama and comedy productions in the pandemic year.

IMISON AWARD 2021
Fraser Ayres, for Maynard, produced by Mel Harris for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

TINNISWOOD AWARD 2021
Christopher Douglas for Tristram Shandy: In Development, produced by Gary Brown for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4