The winners of the 2017 British Podcast awards have been announced. The winners were chosen by over fifty independent judges working in podcasting. The British Podcast Awards website has the full list (with links to the winning podcasts.)
audioBoom Podcast of the Year 2017: Fathers & Sons – Radio Wolfgang with Mr. Porter
Listeners’ Choice Awards 2017: Kermode & Mayo’s Film Review – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 5Live
Podcast Champion 2017: Adam Buxton
Best Review:
- Gold: Song by Song – Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay
- Silver: The Penguin Podcast – Somethin’ Else
- Bronze: Soundtracking with Edith Bowman – Edith Bowman
True Crime:
- Gold: They Walk Among Us – Benjamin Fitton and Rosanna Fitton
- Silver: Body on the Moor – BBC Radio
- Bronze: Untold: the Daniel Morgan Murder – Peter Jukes and Deeivya Meir
Branded Content supported by Create:
- Gold: Fathers & Sons – Radio Wolfgang with Mr. Porter
- Silver: Sound Matters – Third Ear/Quincey Sound production for B&O Play
- Bronze: The National Trust Gardens Podcast – Fresh Air Production
Best Comedy supported by Podiant:
- Gold: Beef & Dairy Network Podcast – Benjamin Partridge
- Silver: The Adam Buxton Podcast – Adam Buxton
- Bronze: Do The Right Thing – Fuzz Productions
Fiction:
- Gold: Tracks – BBC Radio
- Silver: Wooden Overcoats – Wooden Overcoats Ltd.
- Bronze: Beef & Dairy Network Podcast – Benjamin Partridge
Smartest supported by Whistledown Studios:
- Gold: Coffee Break Italian – Radio Lingua Network
- Silver: Sciencish – Radio Wolfgang
- Bronze: Sound Matters – Third Ear/Quincey Sound production for B&O Play
Represent supported by Upload Radio:
- Gold: Melanin Millennials – The ShoutOut Network
- Silver: Farmerama – Jo Barratt and Abby Rose
- Bronze: Lunar Poetry Podcasts – David Turner
Best Radio Podcast supported by UK Radioplayer:
- Gold: Short Cuts – Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio
- Silver: 50 Things That Changed The Modern Economy – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World Service
- Bronze: Ollie & Si – Ollie Gallant and Simon Alexander, Quidem Radio
Best New Podcast supported by the Radio Independents Group:
- Gold: The Cinemile – Dave Corkery and Cathy Cullen
- Silver: The Untold – BBC Radio 4
- Bronze: Everyone Else – Eva Krysiak
Sport:
- Gold: Fight Disciples – Fight Disciples
- Silver: Hornet Heaven – Olly Wicken
- Bronze: The Big Interview With Graham Hunter – Neil White
Best Interview supported by ipDTL:
- Gold: Scientists not the Science – Stuart Higgins
- Silver: What Goes On Here – Sam Walker
- Bronze: Getting Better Acquainted – Dave Pickering
Current Affairs:
- Gold: The Inquiry – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World Service
- Silver: The Economist asks – The Economist
- Bronze: Weekly Economics Podcast – New Economics Foundation
International Award:
- Gold: How To Be A Girl – Mario Mack, The Heard
- Silver: Radiolab – WNYC
- Bronze: Homecoming – Gimlet Media
Entertainment with Maple Street Studios:
- Gold: Hip Hop Saved My life with Romesh Ranganathan – audioBoom
- Silver: Probably True – Scott Flashheart Elliot
- Bronze: Soundtracking with Edith Bowman – Edith Bowman
‘Other’ (AKA Most Original Podcast):
- Gold: Between the Ears – BBC Radio
- Silver: Mountain – Christopher Sleight
- Bronze: Weird Tales and the Unexplainable – Bob Shoy