The shortlist for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2019 has been revealed, with Bridget Christie's Utopia and John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme among the programmes in contention for the comedy awards.
And The Wilsons Save the World by Marcus Brigstocke and Sarah Morgan and produced by Julia McKenzie is shortlisted in the Best Original Series or Serial category.
The finalists will be announced on Tuesday 8 January 2019, and the winners will be revealed at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House London on Sunday 3 February 2019.
The BBC Audio Drama Awards celebrate the range, originality and cut-through quality of audio drama on air and online and give recognition to the creativity of actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work in this genre.
See the comedy categories below. For the other categories click here.
Best Scripted Comedy (Longform)
- Ability by Lee Ridley and Katherine Jakeways, producer Jane Berthoud
- Bridget Christie’s Utopia by Bridget Christie, producers Simon Nicholls and Alison Vernon-Smith
- Mae Martin’s Guide to 21st Century Addiction by Mae Martin, producer Alexandra Smith
- Plum House by Ben Cottam and Paul McKenna, producers Sarah Cartwright and Paul Schlesinger
- Robert Newman’s Total Eclipse of Descartes by Rob Newman, producer John Whitehall
- Tim Key’s Late-Night Poetry Programme by Tim Key, producer James Robinson
Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show)
- Agendum by Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris, producer David Tyler
- Dead Ringers by Nev Fountain, Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Ed Amsden, Tom Coles, Sarah Campbell, James Bugg, Max Davis, Sarah Gibbs, Alex Hardy, Laura Major and Lewis Cook, producer Bill Dare
- John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme by John Finnemore, producer Ed Morrish
- Lucy Porter in the Family Way by Lucy Porter, producer Gordon Kennedy
- Newsjack by the great British public, producers Adnan Ahmed and Suzy Grant
- Sketchtopia by Kai Samra, Ling Low, Bilal Zafar, Lizzie Bates, Anna Emerson, Elizabeth Caproni, Sarah Gibbs, Luke Manning and Paul G Raymond, producer Gus Beattie
- Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones by Milton Jones, James Cary and Dan Evans, producer David Tyler
