At Europe-wide Lovie Awards

John-Luke Roberts has been named best podcast host at Europe’s top digital awards.

The comedian won his category at the Lovies – beating Louis Theroux into second place – for Sound Heap, a sketch show in which comedians improvise terrible podcasts such as Diary Of A Tiny CEO, Elty Jom’s Celebrity Biffs and Ratathreeillie.

He said: ‘As host of Sound Heap, the podcast of infinite podcasts, I’m technically the host of an infinite number of podcasts, so I may have won because of quantity rather than quality. But hey, a win’s a win.’ 

Launched in 2010, the Lovie Awards are presented by the European arm of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 3,000-strong membership body which also judges The Webby Awards. 

Rosie Holt’s NonCensored– the spoof right-wing talk show she created with fellow comedians Brendan Murphy and  Eshaan Akbar –  won silver in the scripted shows category.

Sound Heap previously won the 2022 BBC Audio Drama Award for best scripted sketch show for its first series. Now in its fourth series, it has featured comedians including Andy Barr, Jonny Donohoe, Alice Fraser, Athena Kugblenu and Lorna Rose Treen.

Published: 9 Nov 2026