The winners of the British Podcast Awards are...

Welcome to a special edition of this newsletter, as we unveil all of the winners of the biggest podcasting night in the country!

That’s right. It’s the British Podcast Awards 2022 (powered by Audible).

More than 100 independent judges whittled down the entries to make ten nominations in nearly all of the main categories, which we unveiled in a newsletter just over a month ago. Here are all of the GOLD, SILVER and BRONZE winners in each category. Just click on each podcast to listen to their entry.

And special congratulations to RedHanded, who won the Listeners’ Choice award (supported by Acast+). This was the only award chosen by the general public and specifically, readers of this very newsletter! Well done.

The British Podcast Awards Winners Are…

Podcast of the Year (supported by Audible)

Dear Daughter, BBC World Service

Listeners’ Choice (supported by Acast+)

RedHanded

Moment of the Year (supported by Audio UK)

GOLD: Coiled, Leanne Alie
SILVER: Chinese Chippy Girl, Georgie Ma
BRONZE: Masala Podcast, Sangeeta Pillai and Orbis The Studio

Best Arts and Culture (supported by Pod Bible)

GOLD: James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds, BBC Audio for BBC Sounds
SILVER: Legends Fall In The Making, BBC Studio’s Factual Podcast Unit
BRONZE: Beauty Fix – BBC Audio for BBC Sounds

Best Business Podcast (supported by Subly)

GOLD: Money Talks, The Economist
SILVER: Ninetwentynine, Listen for Fiverr
BRONZE: Money Clinic, Financial Times

Best Comedy Podcast (supported by Amazon Music)

GOLD: Jamali Maddix: Spooky Shit, Novel for Audible
SILVER: This Is Gay, Kirk Flash
BRONZE: Cold Case Crime Cuts, unusual

Best Current Affairs Podcast

GOLD: Media Storm, The House of the Guilty Feminist
SILVER: The Intelligence, The Economist
BRONZE: The Slow Newscast, Tortoise Media

Best Daily Podcast

GOLD: Everyday Positivity, Kate Cocker for Volley
SILVER: COP26 Daily, The Big Light Podcast Network
BRONZE: Today in Focus, The Guardian

Best Documentary Podcast

GOLD: Bias Diagnosis, Whistledown Productions for Audible
SILVER: Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera, Novel for Wondery
BRONZE: Have You Heard George’s Podcast?, George the Poet for BBC Sounds & BBC Radio 5 Live

Best Entertainment Podcast (supported by Create Podcasts)

GOLD: Decode, Reduced Listening for Spotify
SILVER: Feast Is Feast with Big Zuu, Global
BRONZE: Shagged Married Annoyed, Chris and Rosie Ramsey

Best Family Podcast

GOLD: Dear Daughter, BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
SILVER: Super Great Kids’ Stories, Wardour Studios
BRONZE: Armchair Adventures, Made By Mortals

Best Fiction Podcast

GOLD: Soundworlds, Patrick Eakin Young
SILVER: Fully Amplified, Futures Theatre
BRONZE: Atlantic: A Scottish Story, Noisemaker & The Big Light

Best Interview (supported by Podfollow)

GOLD: Stories of our Times, The Times
SILVER: Tales from the Tannoy, Sayer Hamilton
BRONZE: Masala Podcast, Sangeeta Pillai and Orbis The Studio

Best Live Podcast

GOLD: The Empire Film Podcast, Chris Hewitt, James Dyer & Helen O’Hara
SILVER: Nobody Panic, Plosive, Tessa Coates and Stevie Martin
BRONZE: The Guilty Feminist, Deborah Frances-White

Best New Podcast

GOLD: Outcast UK, Graeme Smith
SILVER: Decode, Reduced Listening for Spotify
BRONZE: Ignite Climate Shorts, Fierce Green Productions

Best Sex and Relationships Podcast

GOLD: Assume Nothing: Rape Trial, BBC Northern Ireland
SILVER: A Gay and A NonGay, James Barr, Dan Hudson and Talia Krianes
BRONZE: The Divorce Social with Samantha Baines, Samantha Baines

Smartest Podcast

This award celebrates podcasts that have been explaining a complex issue in an accessible and entertaining way.

GOLD: Decode, Reduced Listening for Spotify
SILVER: Have You Heard George’s Podcast?, George the Poet for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
BRONZE: The Unfiltered History Tour, VICE World News

Best Sport Podcast

GOLD: The Fake Paralympians, BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
SILVER: Football Ramble Presents, Stak
BRONZE: Fight Of The Century – Ali v Frazier, TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds

Best True Crime Podcast (supported by Wondery)

GOLD: The Catch, Message Heard for Audible
SILVER: Wild Crimes for National History Museum, Whistledown Productions for the Natural History Museum
BRONZE: The Northern Bank Job, BBC Northern Ireland for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

The Climate Award

This award celebrates podcasts that have highlighted the climate emergency, and explained the issue in a helpful or creative way. This podcast celebrates podcasts and their teams making a difference.

GOLD: Get Birding, Peanut & Crumb
SILVER: The Long Time Academy, Headspace, The Long Time Project and Headspace Studios
BRONZE: Chattin’ Shit To Save The Planet, Chattin’ Shit & Acast Creative for Virgin Media O2

Best Wellbeing Podcast (supported by Audible)

GOLD: Effin’ Hormones, Helen, Emma, Terri and Beena
SILVER: Manatomy, Danny Wallace, Phil Hilton and Joe Attewell
BRONZE: Declassified, Michael Coates, Des Fraser and Nathan Jones

Best Podcast in the Welsh Language

GOLD: Gwrachod Heddiw, Mari Elen Jones
SILVER: Siarad Secs, Astud Media for BBC Sounds
BRONZE: Cwîns efo Mari a Meilir, Mari Beard & Meilir Rhys Williams

Best Radio Podcast

This category celebrates the podcasts that have also been entirely or partially broadcast on radio.

GOLD: Our Journey, Miranda Rae and Sound Women South West
SILVER: A Wish for Afghanistan, BBC Long Form Audio
BRONZE: The Great Post Office Trial, Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

Best Branded Podcast

GOLD: Forced To Flee, UNHCR
SILVER: Youth Rising by NCS, Somethin’ Else for NCS
BRONZE: Lives on the Line, Fresh Air Production & Greater Anglia Trains

Best Network or Publisher

GOLD: Mags Creative
SILVER: Stak
BRONZE: BBC Radio 5 Live

The Creativity Award (supported by Audible)

This special category celebrates the podcasts that wowed the judges with original and distinctive storytelling, performance, editing, sound design and more.

GOLD: Have You Heard George’s Podcast?, George the Poet for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
SILVER: Soundworlds, Patrick Eakin Young
BRONZE: Operation Ouch! The Podcast of Everything, Maverick Television & Listen

Rising Star (supported by BBC Sounds)

This podcast celebrates individuals who have under two year’s experience in podcasting, but have already made noticeable and exciting contributions. These are great people to look out for in the years ahead.

GOLD: Kirk Flash
SILVER: Meera Kumar
BRONZE: DJ Flight

The Spotlight Award

This is a podcast with a sizable audience that is helping to bring new audiences into the podcasting world.

GOLD: British Scandal, Wondery
SILVER: Fairy Meadow, BBC Audio Bristol and BBC News for Radio 4
BRONZE: Rose & Rosie: Parental Guidance, BBC Studios Audio for Spotify

The Bullseye Award

This podcast celebrates niche but vital podcasts, or podcasts that are still underrepresented in other British media.

GOLD: And Then Came Breast Cancer, Future Dreams and Factory Originals Productions
SILVER: Getting Emotional, Bex Lindsay
BRONZE: History Storytime, Sophie, Eleanor and their Daddy