British Podcast Award nominees announced

The best podcasts of the last 12 months have been named, with the unveiling of the shortlists in the 2022 British Podcast Awards.

More than 1,200 entries were submitted for more than 30 categories.

Up for the comedy category are:

• Cold Case Crime Cuts, a spoof true crime podcast fronted by Jon Holmes
• Come Into My Kitchen an improvised cookery podcast from comedians Ralph Jones and Daniel Nils Roberts
• Drunk Women Solving Crime with Hannah George, Taylor Glenn and Catie Wilkins
• Jamali Maddix: Spooky Shit
• My Dad Wrote a Porno
• The Skewer, Jon Holmes’ satirical audio mash-up show for Radio 4
• The Staff Room Podcast, in which teachers share classroom stories with comedian Harry Stachini
• This is Gay with Kirk Flash
• This Paranormal Life from Rory Powers & Kit Grier Mulvenna
• Titting About with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders

Several comedians also feature in the shortlist for the best entertainment podcast and best live podcast:

Best Entertainment Podcast

• British Scandal
• Desert Island Dicks in which James Deacon interviews comedians about their least favourite people and things
• Elis James and John Robins’s Radio 5 Live podcast
• Feast is Feast with Big Zuu
• Nul Points, a Eurovision fan podcast with Martyn Williams and Laura Cress
• Pressed: BBC Sounds podcast with influencers Mariam Musa and Adeola Patronne 
• Shagged, Married, Annoyed with Chris & Rosie Ramsey
• The Down Low, in which Bernie Abambi and Ess discuss music, politics, and general celebrity foolishness
• You’re Dead to Me, Radio 4’s light-hearted history podcast with Greg Jenner 

Best Live Podcast

• Bad People with Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen 
• Cabinet Of Jazz hosted by Marcus Brigstocke
• Drunk Women Solving Crime
• Girls On Film Podcast - Anna Smith and Hedda Archbold
• Nobody Panic with Tessa Coates and Stevie Martin
• Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
• Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown
• The Empire Film Podcast
• The Guilty Feminist hosted by Deborah Frances-White
• The Moon Under Water in which  John Robins and Robin Allender invite guests to create their perfect pubs.

Across other categories, The Skewer is up for best radio podcast; Chris & Rosie Ramsey’s Shagged Married Annoyed is up for best podcast moment; and James Acaster's Perfect Sounds  is in the running for best arts and culture podcast.

And Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster is up for the Spotlight Award, for podcasts with sizeable audiences bringing the medium into the mainstream.

Winners will be announced on July 29 and the full list of nominees across all categories is on the official website.

Published: 21 Jun 2022