Poppy Jay & Rubina Pabani, have been confirmed as the hosts of this year’s Audio Production Awards ceremony to be held on Wednesday 23rd November. The Awards, sponsored by Audible, will be held at a gala evening at the BFI on London’s South Bank.
The APAs, organized by AudioUK (the trade body which champions and supports independent audio production businesses in the UK), celebrate outstanding achievement in audio production across a huge range of audio content including; podcasts, audiobooks, sound design, radio, presenting and more.
Producer, Sound Designer and Presenter Axel Kacoutié received nominations across three categories, as did Producer Victoria Ferran, nominated for Best Arts & Culture Producer, Best Entertainment Producer and Producer of the Year.
Presenter category nominees include talkSPORT’s Leanne Sanderson for Best New Voice, Claudia Wrinkleman and Rob Beckett for Best Presenter, BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Throwback Party hosts Joel, Keke and DJ Silk for Best Ensemble Cast, and Minnie Driver for Bonnier Books UK for Best Narrator.
Carousel, an organization supporting learning disabled people to fulfill their creative ambitions in the arts, received a first time nomination for the Grassroots Production Award. Newcomer Talia Augustidis for Message Heard received two nominations for Best New Producer and Best New Voice. Plus a new category for 2022, Publisher or Network of the Year, proved “tough competition,” said judges.
Bernard Achampong, Founder of Unedited, Vice Chair of AudioUK and Chair of Judges said:
“This year we received a record breaking number of entries across the 22 categories which reflects the sheer growth, creativity and talent working in this space. It is so encouraging to see, and such an exciting industry to be part of. Our vision is to champion the most outstanding producers whose work we will listen back to in 20 years time and all be proud of. Congratulations to all the nominees, I’m looking forward to raising a glass to the winners of 2022.”
Audio Production Awards 2022 Nominees
Best Arts & Culture Producer
Hannah Dean - Falling Tree Productions Hannah Hufford - BBC Audio Geoff Bird - Freelance Lyndsay Fenner & Victoria Lloyd - Storyglass Steven Rajam - Overcoat Media Victoria Ferran - Just Radio
Best Audiobook Producer
Chris Thompson - Penguin Random House David Beck - Wireless Theatre for Audible Kathleen Moroney - Red Apple Creative for Audible Laura-Leigh Smith - String and Tins for Audible Lily Ridett - Freelance Tanya Hougham - HarperCollins
Best Branded Sound Producer
Adam Venton - Little Monster Media Ali Rezakhani - BBC Sounds Chris Nicoll - WIZZFX Kenny Southavy- Reelworld Luke Berry - BBC Popular Music Station Sound Sam Parker - WIZZFX
Best Drama & Fiction Podcast
Andrew Mark Sewell - B7 Productions Barnaby Eaton-Jones & Ian Haig - Idea Hat Productions Celia de Wolff - Pier Productions Jacqueline Rayner - Big Finish Productions Melanie Harris - Sparklab Productions Nicholas Jackson - Afonica
Best Ensemble Cast
Elis James & John Robins - Audio Always Helen Brown, Terri Sweeney, Emma Goswell & Been Khetani - Effin Hormones Joelah, Keke & DJ Silk - 1Xtra’s Throwback Party Kat Anderson & Natalia Anderson - Expat Immigrant Podcast Kim Davis & Raffaella Coleman - The Scene William Hanson & Jordan North - Audio Always
Best Entertainment Producer
Adem Waterman - Absolute Radio Lorna Skingley - 7digital Lucy Dearlove - Storyglass Meera Kumar - Buddy Ore Olukoga - TBI Media Victoria Ferran - Just Radio
Best Factual Producer Sponsored by In:Quality
Axel Kacoutié - Falling Tree Productions Eva Krysiak - Freelance Joshua Kelly - The Guardian Kate Taylor - Audible Redzi Bernard - Falling Tree Productions Russell Finch - Wondery
Best Lifestyle & Society Producer (New for 2022) Sponsored by BetterHelp
Andrew Gold - Freelance Anouska Tate - Freelance Lina Prestwood - Scenery Studios Sangeeta Pillai - Soul Sutras Selina Ream - Somethin’ Else Sylvie Carlos - Unedited
Best Music Producer
Arthur Hagues - Prison Radio Association Helen Watherhead - Audio Always Jack Howson Kate Callin - Multitrack Keana Bernard - BBC Audio Nate Goodman - We Are Grape
Best Narrator
Andy Serkis - HarperCollins Julie Hesmondhalg - Harper Collins Kristin Atherton - Penguin Random House Minnie Driver - Bonnier Books UK Tom Alexander. HarperCollins Tracy Wiles - Almost Tangible
Find more categories HERE.