The List of 2020 Winners and Commendations
Many congratulations to this year's winners!
The winners of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Drama Awards 2020 were announced at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Broadcasting House, London, on the evening of Sunday 2 February 2020.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Drama Awards – presented by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
Best Original Series or Serial
Life Lines by Al Smith, producer Sally Avens, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama London, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
Best Adaptation
Black Water: An American Story by Joyce Carol Oates, adapted by Sarah Wooley, producer Gaynor Macfarlane, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
Best Actor
Stephen Dillane, Sea Longing, director Jo McInnes, Sweet Talk, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
Best Actress
Rebecca Front, Love in Recovery, director Ben Worsfield, King Bert, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
Best Director
Mary Ward-Lowery, Talk to Me: HP Lovecraft, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Bristol, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
Best Debut Performance

George Kent, A Kestrel for a Knave, director Fiona McAlpine, Goldhawk Essential, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
Best Use of Sound
The Invisible, sound by Steve Brooke with Sharon Hughes, producer Nadia Molinari, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama North, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
Best Scripted Comedy (Longform)
Phil Wang: Wangsplaining by Phil Wang, producer Matt Stronge, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show)
Alexei Sayle’s Imaginary Sandwich Bar by Alexei Sayle, producer Joe Nunnery, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cymru Wales and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama North, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
IMISON AWARD
Bathwater, by Vicky Foster. Sue Roberts (producer) for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama North)
COMMENDATION: By God’s Mercy, by Colette Victor. David Hunter (producer) for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama London)
TINNISWOOD AWARD
The Hartlepool Spy, by Ian Martin. Sam Ward (producer) for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios)
COMMENDATION: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Front – A Fragile Peace, by Katie Hims. Jessica Dromgoole (producer) for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama London)

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