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The List of 2020 Winners and Commendations

Many congratulations to this year's winners!

The winners of the 91热爆 Audio Drama Awards 2020 were announced at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at 91热爆 Broadcasting House, London, on the evening of Sunday 2 February 2020.

The 91热爆 Audio Drama Awards – presented by the 91热爆 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 Original Single Drama

The cast of Love in Recovery

Sea Longing by Elizabeth Kuti, producer Karen Rose, director Jo McInnes, Sweet Talk, 91热爆 Radio 3

Best Original Series or Serial

Life Lines by Al Smith, producer Sally Avens, 91热爆 Radio Drama London, 91热爆 Radio 4

Best Adaptation

Black Water: An American Story by Joyce Carol Oates, adapted by Sarah Wooley, producer Gaynor Macfarlane, 91热爆 Scotland, 91热爆 Radio 4

Best Actor

Stephen Dillane, Sea Longing, director Jo McInnes, Sweet Talk, 91热爆 Radio 3

Best Actress

Rebecca Front, Love in Recovery, director Ben Worsfield, King Bert, 91热爆 Radio 4

Best Director

Mary Ward-Lowery, Talk to Me: HP Lovecraft, 91热爆 Bristol, 91热爆 Radio 4

Best Debut Performance

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar

George Kent, A Kestrel for a Knave, director Fiona McAlpine, Goldhawk Essential, 91热爆 Radio 4

Best Use of Sound

The Invisible, sound by Steve Brooke with Sharon Hughes, producer Nadia Molinari, 91热爆 Radio Drama North, 91热爆 Radio 3

Best Scripted Comedy (Longform)

Phil Wang: Wangsplaining by Phil Wang, producer Matt Stronge, 91热爆 Studios, 91热爆 Radio 4

Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show)

Alexei Sayle’s Imaginary Sandwich Bar by Alexei Sayle, producer Joe Nunnery, 91热爆 Studios, 91热爆 Radio 4

Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama

Passenger List created by John Scott Dryden, Lauren Shippen and Mark Henry Phillips, Goldhawk Productions, Radiotopia

Best European Drama

Buzz Suppression – Recording Strictly off the Record by Ulrich Bassenge, producers Ulrich Bassenge, Martina Müller-Wallraff and Anina Barandun, WDR (Germany) and SRF (Switzerland)

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION

The Amazing Maya Angelou

Dramatised by Patricia Cumper, Janice Okoh and Winsome Pinnock, starring Adjoa Andoh and Pippa Bennett-Warner, produced and directed by Pauline Harris, concept by Helen Perry, 91热爆 Cymru Wales and 91热爆 Radio Drama North, 91热爆 Radio 4.

IMISON AWARD

Bathwater, by Vicky Foster. Sue Roberts (producer) for 91热爆 Radio 4 (91热爆 Radio Drama North)

COMMENDATION: By God’s Mercy, by Colette Victor. David Hunter (producer) for 91热爆 World Service (91热爆 Radio Drama London)

TINNISWOOD AWARD

The Hartlepool Spy, by Ian Martin. Sam Ward (producer) for 91热爆 Radio 4 (91热爆 Studios)

COMMENDATION: 91热爆 Front – A Fragile Peace, by Katie Hims. Jessica Dromgoole (producer) for 91热爆 Radio 4 (91热爆 Radio Drama London)


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