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For over 100 years of this unique genre, audio drama and comedy have provided enjoyment, diversion, illumination, insight and escape for listeners, evolving in approach and style as audio practitioners have responded to new ideas and technology with ingenuity, imagination and inspiration.

These awards celebrate the creativity of actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, sound designers and all who work in this vibrant art-form.

The winners were announced on Sunday 1 March 2026 at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at Â鶹Éç Broadcasting House, London.

WINNER: Faith, Hope and Glory, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: The Archers at 75, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: One Hundred and Fifty Days by Oliver Emanuel, producer Kirsty Williams, Â鶹Éç Audio Scotland, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: Kramer versus Kramer by Avery Korman, adapted by Sarah Wooley, producers Gaynor Macfarlane and Carl Prekopp, Â鶹Éç Audio Scotland, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Saint Joan of the Anthropocene adapted by Linda Marshall Griffiths from George Bernard Shaw, producer Nadia Molinari, Â鶹Éç Studios Audio, Â鶹Éç Radio 3

WINNER: Life and Time by James Fritz, producer Tracey Neale, Â鶹Éç Studios Audio, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: Gabrielle Creevy, Astronomers, director John Norton, Â鶹Éç Audio Wales & West, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: Malachi Kirby, The Final Touch, director Celia de Wolff, Pier Productions, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: Buzz: the Man and the Moon by Stephen Kronish, producers John Scott Dryden and Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions & Thoroughbred Studios for iHeart

COMMENDATION: Discretion by Chris Brandon and Davy Banks, producers Claire Broughton and John Wakefield, Hat Trick Productions, Â鶹Éç Radio 4 & Â鶹Éç Sounds

WINNER: Chris Cantrill, Icklewick FM, producers Benjamin Sutton and Laura Shaw, Daddy’s SuperYacht Productions, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: Connor Finch, Life and Time, director Tracey Neale, Â鶹Éç Studios Audio, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Sofia Oxenham, The English Are Coming, director Nicolas Jackson, Afonica, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: Lyra by Joe Barnes and Henry Perryment, producer James Robinson, Â鶹Éç Studios Audio, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: Meet David Sedaris by David Sedaris, producer Steve Doherty, Giddy Goat Productions, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Tough Crowd by Kiri Pritchard-McLean, producer Tashi Radha, executive producer Suzy Grant, Listen, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: The Girl of the Sea of Cortez, sound by Adam Woodhams, producer Nicolas Jackson, Afonica, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: Not Born For a War by Anatolii Neiolov, producer Iryna Korniienko, Radio Kultura, Suspilne, Ukraine

COMMENDATION: The Pack by Monica Helfer, adapted and directed by Elisabeth Weilenmann, producer: HR/ORF/SRF

WINNER: A Tale of Two Trumpets by Sylvia-Anne Parker, producer Kirsty Williams, Â鶹Éç Audio Scotland, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: One Hundred and Fifty Days by Oliver Emanuel, producer Kirsty Williams, Â鶹Éç Audio Scotland, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Life and Time by James Fritz, producer Tracey Neale, Â鶹Éç Studios Audio, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

WINNER: When Maggie Met Larry by Tim Walker, producer Catherine Bailey, Catherine Bailey Productions, Â鶹Éç Radio 4

COMMENDATION: Chicken Burger N Chips by Corey Bovell, producer Bernard P Achampong, Unedited Productions, Â鶹Éç Radio 4