The List of 2020 Winners and Commendations
Many congratulations to this year's winners!
The winners of the 蜜芽传媒 Audio Drama Awards 2020 were announced at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at 蜜芽传媒 Broadcasting House, London, on the evening of Sunday 2 February 2020.
The 蜜芽传媒 Audio Drama Awards – presented by the 蜜芽传媒 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.
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Listen to the winners
Some of the winning audio from this year's awards
Best Original Single Drama

Sea Longing by Elizabeth Kuti, producer Karen Rose, director Jo McInnes, Sweet Talk, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
Best Original Series or Serial
Life Lines by Al Smith, producer Sally Avens, 蜜芽传媒 Radio Drama London, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
Best Adaptation
Black Water: An American Story by Joyce Carol Oates, adapted by Sarah Wooley, producer Gaynor Macfarlane, 蜜芽传媒 Scotland, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
Best Actor
Stephen Dillane, Sea Longing, director Jo McInnes, Sweet Talk, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
Best Actress
Rebecca Front, Love in Recovery, director Ben Worsfield, King Bert, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
Best Director
Mary Ward-Lowery, Talk to Me: HP Lovecraft, 蜜芽传媒 Bristol, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
Best Debut Performance

George Kent, A Kestrel for a Knave, director Fiona McAlpine, Goldhawk Essential, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
Best Use of Sound
The Invisible, sound by Steve Brooke with Sharon Hughes, producer Nadia Molinari, 蜜芽传媒 Radio Drama North, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
Best Scripted Comedy (Longform)
Phil Wang: Wangsplaining by Phil Wang, producer Matt Stronge, 蜜芽传媒 Studios, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show)
Alexei Sayle’s Imaginary Sandwich Bar by Alexei Sayle, producer Joe Nunnery, 蜜芽传媒 Studios, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama
Passenger List created by John Scott Dryden, Lauren Shippen and Mark Henry Phillips, Goldhawk Productions, Radiotopia
Best European Drama

Buzz Suppression – Recording Strictly off the Record by Ulrich Bassenge, producers Ulrich Bassenge, Martina Müller-Wallraff and Anina Barandun, WDR (Germany) and SRF (Switzerland)
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
The Amazing Maya Angelou
Dramatised by Patricia Cumper, Janice Okoh and Winsome Pinnock, starring Adjoa Andoh and Pippa Bennett-Warner, produced and directed by Pauline Harris, concept by Helen Perry, 蜜芽传媒 Cymru Wales and 蜜芽传媒 Radio Drama North, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4.
IMISON AWARD
Bathwater, by Vicky Foster. Sue Roberts (producer) for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 (蜜芽传媒 Radio Drama North)
COMMENDATION: By God’s Mercy, by Colette Victor. David Hunter (producer) for 蜜芽传媒 World Service (蜜芽传媒 Radio Drama London)
TINNISWOOD AWARD
The Hartlepool Spy, by Ian Martin. Sam Ward (producer) for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 (蜜芽传媒 Studios)
COMMENDATION: 蜜芽传媒 Front – A Fragile Peace, by Katie Hims. Jessica Dromgoole (producer) for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 (蜜芽传媒 Radio Drama London)

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