Marcus Brigstocke, John Finnemore and sketch duo Trodd en Bratt are among the nominees for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2015, announced today. Their shows, The Brig Society, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme and Well Done You are up against each other for Best Scripted Comedy. In other categories writer Jon Canter has bagged two of the three nominations for his shows Believe It: Victor and I'm A Believer in the Best Scripted Comedy Drama and Morwenna Banks is up for two awards for the same piece, entitled Goodbye.

The awards pay tribute to the cultural importance of audio drama, on air and online, and are intended to give recognition to the actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work in the genre. This year’s winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held on Sunday 1 February 2015 in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House in central London, hosted by Helen Boaden, Director of BBC Radio. The full nominations are below.

Best Original Audio Drama (Single play)

• ·        Everyday Time Machines by Al Smith, produced by Sally Avens for Radio 3
• ·        Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitel by Pejk Malinovski, produced by Pejk Malinovski for Radio 3
• ·        Men Who Sleep in Cars by Michael Symmons Roberts, produced by Susan Roberts for Radio 4

Best Audio Drama (Series or Serial)

• ·        Ambiguous Loss by Michael Butt, produced by Toby Swift for Radio 4
• ·        Holding On To You by D.L. Weller, produced by Nadia Molinari for Radio 4
• ·        The Seventh Test by Ayeesha Menon & John Dryden, produced by John Dryden and Nadir Khan for Radio 4

Best Audio Drama (Adaptation)

• ·        Come to Grief adapted by Hannah Vincent, produced by Gordon House for Radio 4
• ·        Porcelain adapted by Ian Kershaw, produced by Susan Roberts for Radio 4
• ·        The Seventh Test adapted by Ayeesha Menon & John Dryden, produced by John Dryden and Nadir Khan for Radio 4

Best Actor in an Audio Drama

• ·        Andrew Scott in Slipping by Claudine Toutoungi, produced by Liz Webb for Radio 4
• ·        Ian McKellen in Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac, dramatised by Rose Tremain, produced by Gordon House for Radio 4
• ·        Julian Rhind-Tutt in The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde by Nick Stafford, produced by David Hunter for Radio 4

Best Actress in an Audio Drama

• ·        Aisling Loftus in Educator by Hayley Squires, produced by Helen Perry for Radio 3
• ·        Charlotte Riley in Slipping by Claudine Toutoungi, produced by Liz Webb for Radio 4
• ·        Ellie Kendrick in How to Say Goodbye Properly by E V Crowe, produced by Abigail Le Fleming for Radio 4

Best Supporting Actor or Actress in an Audio Drama

• ·        Michelle Terry in Educator by Hayley Squires, produced by Helen Perry for Radio 3
• ·        Sian Phillips in Hide the Moon by Martyn Wade, produced by Marion Nancarrow for Radio 3
• ·        Toby Jones in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, dramatised by Charlotte Jones, produced by Sally Avens for Radio 4

Best Debut Performance

• ·        Alex Jordan in Frankenstein – The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, dramatised by Jonathan Barnes for Big Finish Productions
• ·        Jade Matthew in A Kidnapping written by Andy Mulligan, produced by John Dryden and Nadir Khan for Radio 4
• ·        Sam Hattersley in Magpie by Lee Mattinson, produced by Sharon Sephton for Radio 4

Best Use of Sound in an Audio Drama

• ·        The Boy at the Back by Juan Mayorga, sound design by Steve Bond, produced by Nicolas Jackson for Radio 3
• ·        The Exorcist by W.P.Blatty, dramatised by Robert Forrest, sound design by Gary Newman, produced by Gaynor Macfarlane for Radio 4
• ·        The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, dramatised by Brian Sibley, sound design by Anne Bunting, produced by Gemma Jenkins for Radio 4

Best Scripted Comedy Drama

• ·        Believe It: Victor by Jon Canter, produced by Clive Brill for Radio 4
• ·        I’m a Believer by Jon Canter, produced by Jonquil Panting for Radio 4
• ·        Lunch by Marcy Kahan, produced by Sally Avens for Radio 4

Best Scripted Comedy (Studio Audience)

• ·        The Brig Society by Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, Toby Davies, Nick Doody, Steve Punt and Dan Tetsell, produced by David Tyler for Radio 4
• ·        John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme by John Finnemore, produced by Ed Morrish for Radio 4
• ·        Trodd En Bratt Say ‘Well Done You’ by Ruth Bratt and Lucy Trodd, produced by Ben Worsfield for Radio 4

Best Online or Non-Broadcast Audio drama

• ·        The Child by Sebastian Fitzek for Audible UK
• ·        Hood – The Scribe of Sherwood by Iain Meadows for Spiteful Puppet Entertainment
• ·        Survivors by Matt Fitton for Big Finish Productions

The shortlist for the Imison Award for Best Radio Drama Script by a new writer is:

(Judges: Society of Author’s Broadcasting Committee) 

• ·        How To Say Goodbye Properly by E V Crowe  
• ·        Goodbye by Morwenna Banks  
• ·        The Man In The Lift by Tom Connolly 
• ·        Paris, Nana and Me by Caroline Horton

The shortlist for the Tinniswood Radio Drama Award for Best Radio Drama Script is:

(Judges Sue Teddern, Amanda Whittington and Kate Chapman) 

• ·        Goodbye by Morwenna Banks
• ·        The Good Listener by Fin Kennedy
• ·        Men Who Sleep In Cars by Michael Symmons Roberts