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The List of 2019 Winners

Many congratulations to this year's winners!

The winners of the 91热爆 Audio Drama Awards 2019 were announced at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at 91热爆 Broadcasting House, London, on the evening of Sunday 3 February 2019.

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.

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
91热爆 Front – 91热爆 Radio 4’s epic drama which ran from 2014-2018, marking the centenary of the First World War. Editor – Jessica Dromgoole; Core Writing Team – Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Lucy Catherine, Sarah Daniels, Katie Hims, Shaun McKenna, and Mike Walker.

91热爆 Front

BEST ORIGINAL SINGLE DRAMA

WINNER: County Lines by Amelia Bullmore, producer/director Mary Peate, 91热爆 Radio Drama London, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST ORIGINAL SERIES OR SERIAL

WINNER: The Truth about Hawaii by Oliver Emanuel, producer/director Kirsty Williams, 91热爆 Scotland, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST ADAPTATION

WINNER: A Tale of Two Cities: Aleppo and London by Charles Dickens, adapted by Ayeesha Menon, director Polly Thomas, producers Gill Parry and Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions, 91热爆 Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Das Kapital by Karl Marx, adapted by Sarah Woods, producer/director James Robinson, 91热爆 Cymru Wales, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST ACTRESS

Best Actor: David Threlfall

WINNER: Eve Myles, 19 Weeks, director Helen Perry, 91热爆 Cymru Wales, 91热爆 Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Sydney Wade, D for Dexter, director Mary Ward-Lowery, 91热爆 Bristol, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST ACTOR

WINNER: David Threlfall, Spike and the Elfin Oak, director Gemma Jenkins, 91热爆 Radio Drama London, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER: Abigail le Fleming, The Effect, 91热爆 Radio Drama London, 91热爆 Radio 3

COMMENDATION: Steve Bond and Judith Kampfner, Shadowbahn, Corporation for Independent Media, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE

WINNER: Daisy Head, Love Henry James: the Golden Bowl, director Nadia Molinari, 91热爆 Radio Drama North, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST USE OF SOUND

WINNER: Love Henry James: The Turn of the Screw, sound by Steve Brooke, producer/director Nadia Molinari, 91热爆 Radio Drama North, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY (LONGFORM)

Love Henry James

WINNER: Rob Newman’s Total Eclipse of Descartes by Rob Newman, producer John Harvey, Hat Trick Productions, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY (SKETCH SHOW)

WINNER: John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme by John Finnemore, producer Ed Morrish, 91热爆 Studios, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST PODCAST OR ONLINE AUDIO DRAMA

WINNER: Red Moon written, directed and produced by Robert Valentine, The Wireless Theatre Company

COMMENDATIONS

  • ATA Girl by Gemma Page, Victoria Saxton, Helen Goldwyn and Jane Slavin, director Louise Jameson, producer Helen Goldwyn, Big Finish Productions
  • Tracks: Strata by Matthew Broughton, producer/director James Robinson, 91热爆 Cymru Wales, 91热爆 Radio 4

BEST EUROPEAN DRAMA

WINNER: Munch and Munch – Diptych written and directed by Jasna Mesari膰, producer Katja Šimuni膰, HRT Croatian Radio

IMISON AWARD

WINNER: Lulu Raczka for Of a Lifetime, producers Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore, Naked Productions, 91热爆 Radio 3

TINNISWOOD AWARD

WINNER: Oliver Emanuel for When the Pips Stop, producer Kirsty Williams, 91热爆 Scotland, 91热爆 Radio 4

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