The APAs, sponsored by Audible, revealed the winners at a gala event this evening at the BFI on London’s South Bank.
Remel London, Broadcaster and Founder of the Mainstream was this year’s host.
Organised by AudioUK, the APAs recognise excellence across podcasting and audio, covering podcasts, audiobooks, sound design, radio, presenting and more.
Among this year’s winners were the team at Fix Radio behind The Bald Builders Breakfast, who took gold in the Entertainment category, and newcomers Becky and Ben Saer, who won Ensemble Cast/Presenting Team for Becky and Ben’s Fertility Spotlight.
The Drama and Fiction award went to Penny4 for supernatural thriller Up in Smoke, while We Are Grape won the Music category for Pete Tong’s Essential History Of Dance.
Three new categories were introduced for 2025.
Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart of Modus Arts won the History category with Tape Letters Scotland, a project documenting the cassette-tape messages shared by Pakistani migrants who settled in the UK between 1960 and 1980.
RAW/Audible won True Crime for Cursed, presented by Femi Oke, who also collected gold in Presenter/Host.
The QueerAF Podcast & Trans+ History Week won the Changemaker Award for its six-part mini-documentary series exploring gender-diverse communities throughout history.
In the new-talent categories, Scout Tzofiya Bolton from the Prison Radio Association won New Voice, while Mia Thornton from BBC Sounds Audio Lab and Reform Radio took gold for New Producer.
Bella Soames of DMG Media was named Producer of the Year, Prison Radio Association won Production Company of the Year, and Fix Radio was named Publisher/Network of the Year.
The AudioUK Award went to Crossed Wires Festival for championing the UK podcast and audio sector.
AudioUK CEO Chloe Straw praised the breadth of creators recognised this year and highlighted the importance of celebrating both established and emerging talent.
She thanked Audible as lead sponsor, Amazon Music for supporting the Pay What You Can scheme, industry partners, sponsors, the AudioUK Board and executive, and the team behind the awards led by Katie Banham.
She added that the opportunity within the industry is greater than ever and encouraged creators to take advantage of it.
The APAs from AudioUK
Winners 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
GOLD – Scout Tzofiya Bolton – Prison Radio Association
SILVER – Dr. Emma Nagouse – Lead Mojo Productions
BRONZE – Naomi Bloomstein – Freelance
Nominees
Siddharth Khajuria – Falling Tree Productions
Ajay 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 – Novel
Alice 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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