--- title: WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT 2025 AUDIO PRODUCTION AWARDS description: The winners have been crowned at the 2025 Audio Production Awards on a spectacular night at the BFI on London's South Bank. image: https://content.sport-social.co.uk/hubfs/APAsCover.png --- [![Sport Social Podcast Network](https://content.sport-social.co.uk/hubfs/SSPN_August2024%20Theme/SSPN-logo-white-2.svg "Sport Social Podcast Network")](https://sport-social.co.uk) [![Sport Social Podcast Network](https://content.sport-social.co.uk/hubfs/SSPN_August2024%20Theme/SSPN-logo-white-2.svg "Sport Social Podcast Network")](https://sport-social.co.uk) - [For Rights Holders](https://sport-social.co.uk/for-rights-holders/) - [For Podcasters](https://sport-social.co.uk/for-podcasters/) - [For Advertisers](https://sport-social.co.uk/for-advertisers/) - [News](https://content.sport-social.co.uk/blog) - [Academy](https://sport-social.co.uk/academy/) - [About](https://sport-social.co.uk/about/) - [Talk to us](https://sport-social.co.uk/talk-to-us/) [Listen Now](https://app.sport-social.co.uk) [Listen Now](https://app.sport-social.co.uk) ![WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT 2025 AUDIO PRODUCTION AWARDS](https://content.sport-social.co.uk/hubfs/APAsCover.png) # WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT 2025 AUDIO PRODUCTION AWARDS - Home - [Sport Social Podcast Network](https://content.sport-social.co.uk/blog) - WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT 2025 AUDIO PRODUCTION AWARDS [Marley Anderson](https://content.sport-social.co.uk/blog/author/marley-anderson) 11/27/2025 [Award](https://content.sport-social.co.uk/blog/tag/award) [0 Comments](https://content.sport-social.co.uk/blog/winners-announced-at-2025-audio-production-awards#postComment) 4 Minutes The winners have been crowned at the 2025 Audio Production Awards on a spectacular night at the BFI on London's South Bank. The APAs, organised by AudioUK (the body dedicated to advancing the podcast and audio industry), celebrate outstanding achievement in podcasting and audio across a huge range of content including; podcasts, audiobooks, sound design, radio, presenting and more.  This year’s winners include the team at Fix Radio behind *The Bald Builders Breakfast* who won gold in the Entertainment category and newcomers to the APAs, Becky and Ben Saer who won in Ensemble Cast/Presenting Team for their podcast, *Becky and Ben’s Fertility Spotlight*. The highly competitive Drama and Fiction award went to the production team at Penny4 for their work on supernatural thriller podcast *Up in Smoke* and the team at We Are Grape took home the Music category for *Pete Tong's Essential History Of Dance*. Three new categories were introduced for 2025. Wajid Yaseen and Steve Urquhart (Modus Arts) took gold in the hugely popular History category for *Tape Letters Scotland*, a project shining a light on the practice of recording and sending messages on cassette tape by Pakistanis who migrated and settled in the UK between 1960-1980. The team at RAW/Audible won in True Crime for *Cursed,* presented by Femi Oke, who also picked up gold for Presenter/Host. The QueerAF podcast & Trans+ History Week won the Changemaker Award for a 6 part series of mini-documentaries about gender-diverse communities throughout history at a pivotal time.  In the new talent categories, Scout Tzofiya Bolton (Prison Radio Association) won the New Voice title and Mia Thornton (BBC Sounds Audio Lab/Reform Radio) took home the gold for New Producer.  Bella Soames (DMG Media) was crowned Producer of the Year, Prison Radio Association was named Production Company of the Year, and Fix Radio took home Publisher/Network of the Year. The AudioUK Award was presented to the team at Crossed Wires Festival in recognition of their outstanding contribution to championing the UK podcast and audio industry.  > *At AudioUK, we are the industry body dedicated to advancing the podcast and audio industry, by fostering innovation, supporting creators and businesses, and driving both commercial and creative growth. * > > *The APAs exemplify the brilliance of the industry - whether you are a big business or an independent creator, there is a place for you to be celebrated, and to celebrate, together. Congratulations to everyone who entered and to all who won at the APAs this year. Entering can often be the hardest step, and you should all be incredibly proud.* > > *Thank you to our lead sponsor, Audible; to our Pay What You Can scheme partners, Amazon Music; and to all our excellent media partners and category sponsors. Thank you to the AudioUK Board and executive. But most of all, thank you to the amazing team behind these awards, led by the indefatigable Katie Banham. If you see them, buy them a drink.* > > *The opportunity in this industry is like nothing I have seen before, it is there for the taking, so act quickly, and act well.* > > Chloe Straw, CEO of AudioUK The full list of winners is as follows: **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 **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 **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 **Arts and Culture Sponsored by** [**London Podcast Festival**](https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/magazine/features/london-podcast-festival-2025/) **GOLD - Chris Mitchell - Breaking Atoms and Sumit Sharma - Unedited** SILVER - Tony Phillips and Axel Kacoutié - Sea Salt and Mango BRONZE - Sam Tyler - Freelance **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 **New Voice sponsored by**[**BBC Sounds**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds) **GOLD - Scout Tzofiya Bolton - Prison Radio Association** SILVER - Dr. Emma Nagouse - Lead Mojo Productions BRONZE - Naomi Bloomstein - Freelance **Comedy** **GOLD - Jon Holmes - unusual** SILVER - Ollie Wilson, Charlie Murrell, Nia Deo, Rahnee Prescod - Sony Music Podcasts BRONZE - Lauren Mackay - BBC Scotland **Audiobook** **GOLD - Kate MacDonald - Freelance** SILVER - Rosemary O’Dowd - Penguin Random House BRONZE - Liam Gerrard - Raconteurs Audio **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 **Factual/Documentary sponsored by** [**Great Big Story**](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajXeitgFL-rb5-gXI-aG8Q) **GOLD - Bella Soames - DMG Media** SILVER - Chalk & Blade/ Audible BRONZE - Timur Dzhafarov and Cicely Fell - Falling Tree Productions **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 **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 **Music sponsored by** [**Morley Radio**](https://morleyradio.co.uk/) **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 **Changemaker Award sponsored by** [**The Podcast Show**](https://www.thepodcastshowlondon.com/) **GOLD - QueerAF podcast with Trans+ History Week** SILVER - Wild Tales - National Trust BRONZE - Tommy Kennedy, Claire Offley and Fran Reynolds - Carousel **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 **Presenter/Host sponsored by** [**Everybody Media**](https://everybody-media.com/) **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 **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 **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 **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 **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 **New Producer sponsored by** [**Amazon Music**](https://music.amazon.co.uk/?ref_=dmm_acq_mrn_c_br_z_p456-kw73-cr576218-c) **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 **Producer of the Year sponsored by** [**Audible**](https://www.audible.co.uk/) **GOLD - Bella Soames - DMG Media ** SILVER - Andrew Wilkie - Prison Radio Association BRONZE - Jack Edwards- Fix Radio **AudioUK Award** Crossed Wires Festival **Production Company of the Year sponsored by** [**Aiir**](https://audio.co/) **GOLD - Prison Radio Association ** SILVER - Bespoken Media BRONZE - Falling Tree Productions **Publisher or Network of the Year sponsored by** [**BetterHelp**](https://www.betterhelp.com/get-started/?go=true&utm_source=AdWords&utm_medium=Search_PPC_c&utm_term=betterhelp_e&utm_content=128279754183&network=g&placement=&target=&matchtype=e&utm_campaign=15228626133&ad_type=text&adposition=&kwd_id=kwd-300752210814&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=15228626133&gbraid=0AAAAADqBHiaT0nAKeE4-AaT33Wn_Gd1dZ&gclid=CjwKCAiA8vXIBhAtEiwAf3B-g093tdGjC1IgHhpD_kv5KEt95YtnLPUSRCjPbvOXqufZURDhmvCqsBoCXi0QAvD_BwE¬_found=1&gor=start) **GOLD - Fix Radio ** SILVER - Resonance BRONZE - Goalhanger A huge congratulations to all the winners and nominees, we're already looking forward to next year's event!   --- #### Tag: [Award](https://content.sport-social.co.uk/blog/tag/award) #### Share: - 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