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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Audio Drama Awards finalists revealed including David Threlfall, Eve Myles, Sudha Bhuchar and Tim Key

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Audio Drama Awards has confirmed the 2019 finalists, including a Best Actor nomination for David Threlfall (Shameless/Hot Fuzz) as Spike Milligan in Radio 4’s Spike and the Elfin Oak; Eve Myles and Sudha Bhuchar for Best Actress for their roles in 19 Weeks and My Son The Doctor (respectively); and a Best Scripted Comedy (Longform) nomination for Tim Key’s Late-Night Poetry Programme.

Published: 8 January 2019

Elsewhere, World War I drama Tommies is nominated for Best Original Series or Serial, and the conspiracy-thriller Tracks is amongst contenders for Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama. Irish broadcaster RTÉ’s comedy play, Wrapped, is nominated for Best European Drama - one of two new categories for 2019, the other being Best Director.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Broadcasting House, London on the evening of Sunday 3 February 2019, presented by Tracy-Ann Oberman.

The Audio Drama Awards recognise the cultural significance, range and originality of audio drama, on air as well as online, and credit the creativity of the actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work within the field. The awards highlight the popularity of audio drama, with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ - the biggest commissioner on a global level - best placed to celebrate the medium.

Each category is judged by a team of industry experts including Ruth Jones, Indira Varma, Paul Schlesinger, Nina Wadia, Neil Dudgeon, Danny Sapani and Arthur Darvill. In its eight-year history, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Audio Drama Awards has presented trophies to leading lights including Dame Sian Phillips, John Hurt, Neil Gaiman, Sir Ian McKellen, Monica Dolan, Danny Sapani and The Archers.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Audio Drama Awards cover audio dramas first broadcast in English in the UK between 1 October 2017 and 31 October 2018 - or first uploaded/published for free listening online from the UK during the same period.

Entries were welcome from all makers of audio drama, and were not restricted to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ broadcasts. Each programme producer could enter up to four categories (one entry only per category). The audio drama had to be submitted exactly as broadcast or uploaded. There was no entry fee.

The Imison Award is administered by the Society of Authors and the Tinniswood Award by the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild.

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Best Original Single Drama

  • 19 Weeks by Emily Steel, produced/directed by Helen Perry for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • The Chosen One written and directed by Avi Garvi, produced by Nadir Khan and John Dryden, Goldhawk Productions for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • County Lines by Amelia Bullmore, produced/directed by Mary Peate for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Best Original Series or Serial

  • Stone by Martin Jameson, Richard Monks, Cath Staincliffe, Alex Ganley, Vivienne Harvey, produced/directed by Nadia Molinari and Gary Brown for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Tommies by Avin Shah, directed by Jonquil Panting, produced by David Hunter, Jonquil Panting and Jonathan Ruffle for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • The Truth about Hawaii by Oliver Emanuel, produced/directed by Kirsty Williams for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Best Adaptation

  • Das Kapital by Karl Marx, adapted by Sarah Woods, produced/directed by James Robinson for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Love Henry James: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, adapted by Linda Marshall Griffiths, produced/directed by Nadia Molinari for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • A Tale of Two Cities: Aleppo and London by Charles Dickens, adapted by Ayeesha Menon, directed by Polly Thomas, produced by Gill Parry and Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Best Actor

  • Liam Brennan, Five Days Which Changed Everything, directed by Kirsty Williams for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Jasper Britton, A Month of Maureen – Three Journeys, directed by Marion Nancarrow for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • David Threlfall, Spike and the Elfin Oak, directed by Gemma Jenkins for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Best Actress

  • Sudha Bhuchar, My Son the Doctor, directed by Jonquil Panting for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Eve Myles, 19 Weeks, directed by Helen Perry for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sydney Wade, D for Dexter, directed by Mary Ward-Lowery for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Best Director

  • Steve Bond and Judith Kampfner, Shadowbahn, a Corporation for Independent Media production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Abigail le Fleming, The Effect, for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Peter Kavanagh, The Wild Duck, for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

Best Debut Performance

  • Karlo Diaz, The Beast, directed by Nicolas Jackson and Steve Bond, an Afonica production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Daisy Head, Love Henry James: the Golden Bowl, directed by Nadia Molinari for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Georgia Scholes, Billy Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔless Dies at the End, directed by Boz Temple-Morris, a Holy Mountain production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Best Use of Sound

  • The Beast, sound by Steve Bond, produced/directed by Nicolas Jackson and Steve Bond, an Afonica production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Love Henry James: the Turn of the Screw, sound by Steve Brooke and John Benton, produced/directed by Nadia Molinari for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Unmade Movies: Dennis Potter’s The White Hotel, sound by Wilfredo Acosta, directed by Jon Amiel, produced by Laurence Bowen and Peter Ettedgui, a Dancing Ledge production by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Best Scripted Comedy (Longform)

  • Bridget Christie’s Utopia by Bridget Christie, produced by Simon Nicholls and Alison Vernon-Smith, a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Rob Newman’s Total Eclipse of Descartes by Rob Newman, produced by John Whitehall, Hat Trick Productions for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Tim Key’s Late-Night Poetry Programme by Tim Key, produced by James Robinson for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show)

  • Agendum by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris, produced by David Tyler, a Pozzitive production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Dead Ringers by Nev Fountain, Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden, Tom Coles, Sarah Campbell, James Bugg, Max Davis, Sarah Gibbs, Alex Hardy, Laura Major and Lewis Cook, produced by Bill Dare, a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme by John Finnemore, produced by Ed Morrish, a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama

  • ATA Girl by Gemma Page, Victoria Saxton, Helen Goldwyn and Jane Slavin, directed by Louise Jameson, produced by Helen Goldwyn, Big Finish Productions
  • Red Moon written, directed and produced by Robert Valentine, The Wireless Theatre Company
  • Tracks: Strata by Matthew Broughton, produced/directed by James Robinson for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Best European Drama

  • The Confession by Fyodor Dostoevsky, adapted by Doina Papp, produced/directed by Ilinca Stihi, Radio Romania
  • Munch and Munch - Diptych written and directed by Jasna Mesarić, produced by Katja Šimunić, HRT Croatian Radio
  • Wrapped by Tracy Martin, produced/directed by Kevin Reynolds, RTÉ Ireland

Imison Award Finalists

  • Ian Billings for Spike and the Elfin Oak, produced by Gemma Jenkins for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Carl Cattermole for Double Bubble, produced by Andrew Wilkie, National Prison Radio
  • Lulu Raczka for Of a Lifetime, produced by Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore, Naked Productions for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

Tinniswood Award Finalists

  • Oliver Emanuel for When the Pips Stop, produced by Kirsty Williams for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Vivienne Harvey for Playing Dead, produced by Nadia Molinari for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Martyn Wade for Holbein’s Skull, produced by Tracey Neale for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4