British Podcast Awards 2025: Full list of nominees from David Tennant to Lily Allen
Last year's ceremony saw Michael Mosley's widow accept an award on his behalf, three months after his death, as the doctor was inducted into the event's hall of fame for his podcast Just One Thing.Here are this year's nominations in full:
Arts and culture
Facing the Music - Overcoat Media for BBC Radio 3Folk on Foot - Potholder Productions LtdIntersections: Los Angeles - Rethink Audio LtdSonic Fields – Freelance Sam TylerSoul Music - BBC Audio Bristol for BBC Radio 4The Lost Archives of James Baldwin - Sea Salt and Mango
Best host(s)
Angela Hartnett and Nick Grimshaw - Cold Glass ProductionsDan Snow - History HitDavid Tennant - Sony Music Entertainment & No MysteryFemi Oke - AudibleHelen Pidd - The GuardianLouis Theroux – Mindhouse Productions in collaboration with SpotifyLuke Jones - Audio AlwaysZak and Jules - Prison Radio Association
Business
Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey - RestordMoney Talks - The EconomistThe Daybreak Europe Podcast - BloombergThe Factory Next Door - The Factory Next DoorThe Third Angle - 18Sixty LtdThe Times Tech Podcast - The TimesWedding Pros Who are Ready to Grow - BeccaPountney.com
Comedy
Elis James and John Robins - Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 LiveWhere There's a Will, There's a Wake - Sony Music EntertainmentSound Heap - Lead MojoThe Skewer – An Unusual production for BBC Radio 4This Paranormal Life - R&K MediaHelp I Sexted My Boss - Audio Always
Daily
Newscast - BBC NewsThe Daybreak Europe Podcast - BloombergThe Intelligence/The Weekend Intelligence - The EconomistThe News Agents - GlobalThe Story - The Times and The Sunday TimesToday in Focus - The GuardianYoto Daily - Yoto
Documentary
Cursed – AudibleDead Man Running - A BBC Scotland production for BBC SoundsIntrigue: To Catch a Scorpion – BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring - The CitizensStalked - BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds and Radio 5 LiveThe Trapped - ITN
Education
Fun Kids Science Weekly - Fun KidsHold Or Fold - Prison Radio AssociationLSE iQ - London School of Economics and Political ScienceWhat's Your Map? with Jerry Brotton - Whistledown Productions
Entertainment
Elis James and John Robins - Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 LiveHelp I Sexted My Boss - Audio AlwaysInbetween Man - Improvise Event LimitedThe Guilty Feminist - The Spontaneity Shop EnterprisesThe Traitors: Uncloaked - Platform Media/Listen for BBC SoundsThis Paranormal Life - R&K MediaVogue & Amber - Global
Factual
Babbage - The EconomistBelieve in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma - Change Grow Live (ReNew)Beyond Five Senses - Kinda StudiosIn Dark Corners series 2 – BBC Audio Scotland for Radio 4Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring - The CitizensThe Coming Storm (series 2) - BBC Long Form Audio production for BBC Radio 4.Waterlands - 18Sixty
Fiction
Broken Veil - Cheese & Pickle ProductionsCOLD TAPES - Free Turn & WonderyLimelight: Discretion - Hat Trick Productions for BBC Radio 4Last Dance - Blackabbey ProductionsLimelight: Money Gone - Naked Productions for BBC Radio 4The Mysterious Affair at Styles – A Poirot Mystery' - AudibleLimelight: The Skies Are Watching - Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4This Paranormal Life - R&K Media
Health and wellbeing
Echoes of Harm - WeissComm PartnersHack your Body, Heal your Mind - AudibleInbetween Man - Improvise EventJon Holmes Says The C Word – An unusual production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC SoundsMy life with dementia - Dementia UKWhy Mums Don't Jump - Helen Ledwick
History
Assume Nothing: Killer Dust - BBC NI for BBC Radio 4Sing it Pink - Aunt NellThe Guernsey Deportees - OG PodcastsThe History Podcast - The Brighton Bomb - Walk on Air Films for BBC Radio 4 and BBC SoundsThe Spy Who - WonderyTitanic: Ship of Dreams - NoiserWeird in the Wade - Weird in the Wade
Impact
A Slice of Bread and Butter - The Bread and Butter ThingMovers & Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's - RCJ MediaOceans: Life Under Water - Crowd NetworkOn the Side of Humanity - Amnesty InternationalQueerAF - QueerAF CICThe Culture Colonel - BFBSShadow World: The Willpower Detectives – BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4
Interview
Believe in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma - Change Grow Live (ReNew)Everything I Know About Me – DMG PodcastsOUTCAST WORLD - 7th Planet Media ServicesThe Hidden 20% - The Hidden 20%The Louis Theroux Podcast - Mindhouse Productions in collaboration with SpotifyThe News Agents - Special episode: Inside the murky world of Facebook - GlobalWidowed AF - WIDOWED AF
Kids
Checkpoint Kids Bedtime Stories - Magdoos MediaEvie Asks... How Are You? - Audio AlwaysThe Conversation's Curious Kids - The Conversation UKThe Hey Duggee Pupcast - Chalk and Blade for Cbeebies and BBC SoundsThe Reading Cafe - The Reading CafeYoto Daily - Yoto
Lifestyle
Beyond Five Senses - Kinda StudiosBrown Girls Do It Too: Big Boy Energy - A BBC Radio 5 Live commission for BBC SoundsDNA Trail: The Promise – BBC Local Audio for BBC SoundsLife After Prison - Prison Radio AssociationMelting Pot – BBC Audio North for BBC Sounds Audio LabNot Even Water – BBC Asian NetworkThis Is Powerful - Sound & Bones
Network or publisher
BBC World ServiceFun KidsGlobalHistory HitPrison Radio AssociationSony Music EntertainmentWondery
New podcast
Because the Boss Belongs to Us - Molten HeartHold Or Fold - Prison Radio AssociationInbetween Man - Improvise EventJourneys with Grace - Journeys with GraceRadioTherapy - RadioTherapyStrangers on a Bench - The Pleasant TreesWords Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris - RobWords
News and current affairs
Business Daily - BBC NewsIntrigue: To Catch a Scorpion – BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4Newscast - BBC NewsSergei & the Westminster Spy Ring - The CitizensThe BelTel - Mediahuis UKThe Coming Storm (series 2) – BBC Long Form Audio production for BBC Radio 4.Who Killed Emma? – BBC Scotland for BBC Sounds
Parenting
Dear Daughter - BBC World ServiceHappy Mum Happy Baby - Pixiu ProductionsHow To Feed with Charlotte Stirling-Reed - Pod60Momfessions - Mind Mommy CoachingSecret Mum Club with Sophiena - Audio AlwaysStill Parents Podcast - Lily Mae FoundationThe Apple & The Tree - DMG PodcastsTwo New Mums - Venny
Rising Star
Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty - BBC News and BBC SoundsClodagh Stenson - BBC Local for BBC SoundsMarnie Duke - Transmission RoundhouseMia Thornton – BBC Audio LabsToni Tone - Audio Always
Sex and relationships
A Gay And A Nongay - A Gay And A NongayAll Out with Jon Dean - GIMME VIDEOCriminally Queer: The Bolton 7 - A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds Audio LabSex in Space - String TheoryThe Affair... with Anna Williamson - Curve MesiaThe Divorce Podcast - E-Negotiation
Sport
F1 Explains - Formula 1For The Love Of Rugby - Crowd NetworkHow To Be Superhuman - Podcast DiscoveryPaula's Marathon Run Club - Viral Tribe EntertainmentThe Game - The Times and Sunday TimesThe Sports Agents - GlobalThe Upshot - Footwork Media
True crime
Beyond Suspision - AudibleCocaine Inc. - The Times and The Sunday TimesDead Man Running – A BBC Scotland production for BBC SoundsIntrigue: To Catch a Scorpion – BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4Kill List - WonderyAssume Nothing: Murder at the Stables - BBC NIShadow World: Thief at the British Museum – - BBC News Long Form Audio Production for BBC Radio 4Stalked - BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds and 5 Live
Video Innovation
Access All: Disability News and Mental Health – BBCHelp I Sexted My Boss - Audio AlwaysLady Killers with Lucy Worsley – StoryHunter for BBC Radio 4 and BBC SoundsMiss Me? – A Persephonica production for BBC SoundsRadio Atlas - Radio AtlasStaying Relevant - Staying Relevant Productions
Welsh language
Lleisiau Cymru: 1 Mewn 2 - BBC Radio CymruSgwrsio - SgwrsioSiarad Siop efo Mari a Meilir - Meilir Rhys WilliamsYr Hen Iaith - Podlediad Yr Hen Iaith
Voting for the Listeners' Choice award opened on Thursday, with the public invited to take part until Friday 29 August.The nominees for this year's spotlight and specialist awards will be revealed soon, organisers said.
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