Double nomination for Elis James and John Robins

The shortlists have been announced for this year’s British Podcast Awards.

The comedy category will be contested by:

Elis James and John Robins
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake
Sound Heap
The Skewer
This Paranormal Life
Help I Sexted My Boss

And up for the best entertainment category are:

Elis James and John Robins
Help I Sexted My Boss
Inbetween Man
The Guilty Feminis
The Traitors: Uncloaked 
This Paranormal Life
Vogue & Amber

Elsewhere, Jon Holmes has been shortlisted in the health and wellbeing category for Jon Holmes Says The C Word, about his cancer treatment.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony on Thursday October 2 at Indigo at The O2, London, hosted by Maisie Adam

 
British Podcast Awards 2025 Shortlists

Arts & Culture

Facing the Music - Overcoat Media for BBC Radio 3
Folk on Foot - Potholder Productions Ltd
Intersections: Los Angeles - Rethink Audio Ltd
Sonic Fields – Freelance Sam Tyler
Soul Music - BBC Audio Bristol for BBC Radio 4
The Lost Archives of James Baldwin - Sea Salt and Mango

Best Host(s)
Angela Hartnett and Nick Grimshaw - Cold Glass Productions
Dan Snow - History Hit
David Tennant - Sony Music Entertainment & No Mystery
Femi Oke - Audible
Helen Pidd - The Guardian
Louis Theroux – Mindhouse Productions in collaboration with Spotify
Luke Jones - Audio Always
Zak and Jules - Prison Radio Association

Business

Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey - Restord
Money Talks - The Economist
The Daybreak Europe Podcast - Bloomberg
The Factory Next Door - The Factory Next Door
The Third Angle - 18Sixty Ltd
The Times Tech Podcast - The Times
Wedding Pros Who are Ready to Grow - BeccaPountney.com

Comedy

Elis James and John Robins - Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 Live
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake - Sony Music Entertainment
Sound Heap - Lead Mojo
The Skewer – An Unusual production for BBC Radio 4
This Paranormal Life - R&K Media
Help I Sexted My Boss - Audio Always

Daily

Newscast - BBC News
The Daybreak Europe Podcast - Bloomberg
The Intelligence/The Weekend Intelligence - The Economist
The News Agents - Global
The Story - The Times and The Sunday Times
Today in Focus - The Guardian
Yoto Daily - Yoto

Documentary

Cursed – Audible
Dead Man Running -A BBC Scotland production for BBC Sounds
Intrigue: To Catch a Scorpion –  BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4
Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring - The Citizens
Stalked - BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds and Radio 5 Live
The Trapped - ITN

Education

Fun Kids Science Weekly - Fun Kids
Hold Or Fold - Prison Radio Association
LSE iQ - London School of Economics and Political Science
What's Your Map? with Jerry Brotton - Whistledown Productions

 
Entertainment

Elis James and John Robins - Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 Live
Help I Sexted My Boss - Audio Always
Inbetween Man - Improvise Event Limited
The Guilty Feminist - The Spontaneity Shop Enterprises
The Traitors: Uncloaked - Platform Media/Listen for BBC Sounds
This Paranormal Life - R&K Media
Vogue & Amber - Global

Factual

Babbage - The Economist
Believe in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma - Change Grow Live (ReNew)
Beyond Five Senses - Kinda Studios
In Dark Corners series 2 – BBC Audio Scotland for Radio 4
Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring - The Citizens
The Coming Storm (series 2) - BBC Long Form Audio production for BBC Radio 4.
Waterlands - 18Sixty

Fiction

Broken Veil - Cheese & Pickle Productions
Cold Tapes - Free Turn & Wondery
Limelight: Discretion - Hat Trick Productions for BBC Radio 4
Last Dance - Blackabbey Productions
Limelight: Money Gone - Naked Productions for BBC Radio 4
The Mysterious Affair at Styles – A Poirot Mystery’ - Audible
Limelight: The Skies Are Watching - Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4
This Paranormal Life - R&K Media

Health & Wellbeing

Echoes of Harm - WeissComm Partners
Hack your Body, Heal your Mind - Audible
Inbetween Man - Improvise Event
Jon Holmes Says The C Word –  An unusual production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
My life with dementia - Dementia UK
Why Mums Don't Jump - Helen Ledwick

History

Assume Nothing: Killer Dust - BBC NI for BBC Radio 4
Sing it Pink - Aunt Nell
The Guernsey Deportees - OG Podcasts
The History Podcast - The Brighton Bomb - Walk on Air Films for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
The Spy Who - Wondery
Titanic: Ship of Dreams - Noiser
Weird in the Wade - Weird in the Wade

Impact

A Slice of Bread and Butter - The Bread and Butter Thing
Movers & Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson’s - RCJ Media
Oceans: Life Under Water - Crowd Network
On the Side of Humanity - Amnesty International
QueerAF - QueerAF CIC
The Culture Colonel - BFBS
Shadow 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 Podcasts
OUTCAST WORLD - 7th Planet Media Services
The Hidden 20% - The Hidden 20%
The Louis Theroux Podcast - Mindhouse Productions in collaboration with Spotify
The News Agents - Special episode: Inside the murky world of Facebook - Global
Widowed AF - W Widowed AF

Kids

Checkpoint Kids Bedtime Stories - Magdoos Media
Evie Asks... How Are You? - Audio Always
The Conversation's Curious Kids - The Conversation UK
The Hey Duggee Pupcast - Chalk and Blade for Cbeebies and BBC Sounds
The Reading Cafe - The Reading Cafe
Yoto Daily - Yoto

Lifestyle

Beyond Five Senses - Kinda Studios
Brown Girls Do It Too: Big Boy Energy - A BBC Radio 5 Live commission for BBC Sounds
DNA Trail: The Promise – BBC Local Audio for BBC Sounds
Life After Prison - Prison Radio Association
Melting Pot – BBC Audio North for BBC Sounds Audio Lab
Not Even Water – BBC Asian Network
This Is Powerful - Sound & Bones

Network or Publisher

BBC World Service
Fun Kids
Global
History Hit
Prison Radio Association
Sony Music Entertainment
Wondery

New Podcast

Because the Boss Belongs to Us - Molten Heart
Hold Or Fold - Prison Radio Association
Inbetween Man - Improvise Event
Journeys with Grace - Journeys with Grace
RadioTherapy - RadioTherapy
Strangers on a Bench - The Pleasant Trees
Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris - RobWords

News & Current Affairs

Business Daily - BBC News
Intrigue: To Catch a Scorpion –  BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4
Newscast - BBC News
Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring - The Citizens
The BelTel - Mediahuis UK
The 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 Service
Happy Mum Happy Baby - Pixiu Productions
How To Feed with Charlotte Stirling-Reed - Pod60
Momfessions - Mind Mommy Coaching
Secret Mum Club with Sophiena - Audio Always
Still Parents Podcast - Lily Mae Foundation
The Apple & The Tree - DMG Podcasts
Two New Mums - Venny

Rising Star 

Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty - BBC News and BBC Sounds
Clodagh Stenson - BBC Local for BBC Sounds
Marnie Duke - Transmission Roundhouse
Mia Thornton – BBC Audio Labs
Toni Tone - Audio Always

Sex & Relationships

A Gay and a NonGay - A Gay And A Nongay
All Out with Jon Dean - GIMME VIDEO
Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 - A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab
Sex in Space - String Theory
The Affair... with Anna Williamson - Curve Mesia
The Divorce Podcast - E-Negotiation

Sport

F1 Explains - Formula 1
For The Love Of Rugby - Crowd Network
How To Be Superhuman - Podcast Discovery
Paula's Marathon Run Club - Viral Tribe Entertainment
The Game - The Times and Sunday Times
The Sports Agents - Global
The Upshot - Footwork Media

True Crime

Beyond Suspision - Audible
Cocaine Inc. - The Times and The Sunday Times
Dead Man Running – A BBC Scotland production for BBC Sounds
Intrigue: To Catch a Scorpion –  BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4
Kill List - Wondery
Assume Nothing: Murder at the Stables - BBC NI
Shadow World: Thief at the British Museum –  - BBC News Long Form Audio Production for BBC Radio 4
Stalked - BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds and 5 Live

Video Innovation

Access All: Disability News and Mental Health – BBC
Help I Sexted My Boss - Audio Always
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley – StoryHunter for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
Miss Me? – A Persephonica production for BBC Sounds
Radio Atlas - Radio Atlas
Staying Relevant - Staying Relevant Productions

Welsh Language

Lleisiau Cymru: 1 Mewn 2 - BBC Radio Cymru
Sgwrsio - Sgwrsio
Siarad Siop efo Mari a Meilir - Meilir Rhys Williams
Yr Hen Iaith - Podlediad Yr Hen Iaith
 

Published: 24 Jul 2025