The List of 2019 Winners
Many congratulations to this year's winners!
The winners of the ±«Óãtv Audio Drama Awards 2019 were announced at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at ±«Óãtv Broadcasting House, London, on the evening of Sunday 3 February 2019.
The ±«Óãtv Audio Drama Awards – presented by the ±«Óãtv together with the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain – celebrate the range, originality and cut-through quality of audio drama on air and online and give recognition to the creativity of actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work in this genre.
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
±«Óãtv Front – ±«Óãtv Radio 4’s epic drama which ran from 2014-2018, marking the centenary of the First World War. Editor – Jessica Dromgoole; Core Writing Team – Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Lucy Catherine, Sarah Daniels, Katie Hims, Shaun McKenna, and Mike Walker.
BEST ORIGINAL SINGLE DRAMA
WINNER: County Lines by Amelia Bullmore, producer/director Mary Peate, ±«Óãtv Radio Drama London, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST ORIGINAL SERIES OR SERIAL
WINNER: The Truth about Hawaii by Oliver Emanuel, producer/director Kirsty Williams, ±«Óãtv Scotland, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST ADAPTATION
WINNER: A Tale of Two Cities: Aleppo and London by Charles Dickens, adapted by Ayeesha Menon, director Polly Thomas, producers Gill Parry and Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
COMMENDATION: Das Kapital by Karl Marx, adapted by Sarah Woods, producer/director James Robinson, ±«Óãtv Cymru Wales, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST ACTRESS
WINNER: Eve Myles, 19 Weeks, director Helen Perry, ±«Óãtv Cymru Wales, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
COMMENDATION: Sydney Wade, D for Dexter, director Mary Ward-Lowery, ±«Óãtv Bristol, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST ACTOR
WINNER: David Threlfall, Spike and the Elfin Oak, director Gemma Jenkins, ±«Óãtv Radio Drama London, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER: Abigail le Fleming, The Effect, ±«Óãtv Radio Drama London, ±«Óãtv Radio 3
COMMENDATION: Steve Bond and Judith Kampfner, Shadowbahn, Corporation for Independent Media, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
WINNER: Daisy Head, Love Henry James: the Golden Bowl, director Nadia Molinari, ±«Óãtv Radio Drama North, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST USE OF SOUND
WINNER: Love Henry James: The Turn of the Screw, sound by Steve Brooke, producer/director Nadia Molinari, ±«Óãtv Radio Drama North, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY (LONGFORM)
WINNER: Rob Newman’s Total Eclipse of Descartes by Rob Newman, producer John Harvey, Hat Trick Productions, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY (SKETCH SHOW)
WINNER: John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme by John Finnemore, producer Ed Morrish, ±«Óãtv Studios, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST PODCAST OR ONLINE AUDIO DRAMA
WINNER: Red Moon written, directed and produced by Robert Valentine, The Wireless Theatre Company
COMMENDATIONS
- ATA Girl by Gemma Page, Victoria Saxton, Helen Goldwyn and Jane Slavin, director Louise Jameson, producer Helen Goldwyn, Big Finish Productions
- Tracks: Strata by Matthew Broughton, producer/director James Robinson, ±«Óãtv Cymru Wales, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
BEST EUROPEAN DRAMA
WINNER: Munch and Munch – Diptych written and directed by Jasna Mesarić, producer Katja Šimunić, HRT Croatian Radio
IMISON AWARD
WINNER: Lulu Raczka for Of a Lifetime, producers Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore, Naked Productions, ±«Óãtv Radio 3
TINNISWOOD AWARD
WINNER: Oliver Emanuel for When the Pips Stop, producer Kirsty Williams, ±«Óãtv Scotland, ±«Óãtv Radio 4
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