Cariad Lloyd, Stuart Goldsmith and John Robins and Elis James are among the comedians nominated for British Podcast Awards in the shortlist announced today.
Lloyd is nominated twice for her Griefcast podcast – in the Best Entertainment supported by Sony Music’s 4th Floor Creative and the Best Interview supported by IP:DTL. Stuart Goldsmith's Comedian's Comedian is also nominated for Best Interview.
John Robins and Elis James are nominated in the Best Radio Podcast supported by Radioplayer category. Russell Brand is also nominated in the same category.
The winners will be announced on May 19
Full nominations below
Best Branded Content supported by Muddy Knees Media
Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places [iTunes] Fresh Air Production for Historic England
Parliament Explained [iTunes] Fresh Air Production, for UK Parliamen
The Discovery Adventures [iTunes] Land Rove
The Penguin Podcast [iTunes] Somethin' Else [for Penguin Random House]
Women in Business [iTunes] NatWest, Pixiu and Acast
Best Comedy Podcast supported by Podiant
A Gay & A NonGay [iTunes] James Barr & Dan Hudson
Babysitting Trevor [iTunes] Dot Dot Dot Productions
Beef And Dairy Network Podcast [iTunes] Ben Partridge
The Political Party With Matt Forde [iTunes] Matt Forde
This Paranormal Life [iTunes] Rory Powers and Kit Grier
Best Culture
Literary Friction [iTunes] Carrie Plitt and Octavia Bright
Soundtracking with Edith Bowman [iTunes] Edith Bowman
The Invisible College [iTunes] Cathy FitzGerald [for BBC Radio 4]
The Two Shot Podcast [iTunes] Thomas Griffin and Craig Parkinson
Writer's Routine [iTunes] Dan Simpson
Best Current Affairs
Brexitcast [iTunes] BBC Radio and Music Production
Reasons To Be Cheerful [iTunes] Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
Stop and Search With Jason Reed [iTunes] Jason Reed
The Foreign Desk [iTunes] Bill Leuty, Joleen Goffin and Andrew Mueller [for Monocle]
Weekly Economics Podcast [iTunes] New Economics Foundation
Best Entertainment supported by Sony Music’s 4th Floor Creative
Griefcast [iTunes] Cariad Lloyd
Nothing To Declare Podcast [iTunes] Unedited
Probably True [iTunes] Scott Flashheart
The Butterfly Effect [iTunes] Jon Ronson [for Audible]
The It's Nice That Podcast [iTunes] Radio Wolfgang
Best Family
Dirty Mother Pukka [iTunes] Mother Pukka
Fun Kids Science Weekly [iTunes] Fun Kids
Once Upon A Time In Zombieville [iTunes] Bigmouth Audio [for BBC Radio Scotland]
The Adoption [iTunes] The World at One [for BBC Radio 4]
The Discovery Adventures [iTunes] Land Rover
Best Fiction
Blood Culture [iTunes] Resonance
Five Minute Folklore [iTunes] Bob Shoy
Imaginary Advice [iTunes] Ross Sutherland
Once Upon A Time In Zombieville [iTunes] Bigmouth Audio [for BBC Radio 4
The Discovery Adventures [iTunes] Land Rover
Best Interview supported by IP:DTL
Griefcast [iTunes] Cariad Lloyd
Homo Sapiens [iTunes] Will Young and Christopher Sweeney
Perfume Pioneers - Life in Scents [iTunes] Jo Barratt
The Allusionist [iTunes] Helen Zaltzman
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast [iTunes] Stuart Goldsmith
Best New Podcast
Adrift with Geoff Lloyd & Annabel Port [iTunes] Annabel Port and Geoff Lloyd
My First Time [iTunes] Sam Bonham [for VICE]
Radio Atlas [iTunes] Eleanor McDowall
Reasons To Be Cheerful [iTunes] Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
The Tip Off [iTunes] Maeve McClenaghan
Most Original supported by Audible
Once Upon A Time In Zombieville [iTunes] Bigmouth Audio [for BBC Radio Scotland]
Quake [iTunes] BBC Radio Drama North
Radio Atlas [iTunes] Eleanor McDowall
The Discovery Adventures [iTunes] Land Rover
The Poetry Exchange [iTunes] Fiona Lesley Bennett, Michael Shaeffer & Ben Hales
The Represent Award supported by Twitter
Carousel Radio [iTunes] Davot, Fran, Ewan, Jonny and Sam
I Hear Voices [iTunes] BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat
Mostly Lit [iTunes] Alex Reads, Rai, Derek Owusu
Stance Podcast [iTunes] Chrystal Genesis & Heta Fell
The Backstory [iTunes] Claire Mutimer and Suzy Coulson
Best Radio Podcast supported by Radioplayer
Elis James & John Robins on Radio X Podcast [iTunes] Radio X
Fun Kids Science Weekly [iTunes] Fun Kids
Russell Brand on Radio X Podcast [iTunes] Radio X
Short Cuts [iTunes} Falling Tree Productions [for BBC Radio 4]
The Listening Service [iTunes} Tom Service and The Listening Service Team [for BBC Radio 3]
Smartest with Whistledown Studios
Blue Planet II: The Podcast [iTunes] Emily Knight & Becky Ripley [for the BBC]
Stop and Search With Jason Reed [iTunes] Jason Reed
That Classical Podcast [iTunes] Kelly Harlock and Chris Bland
The Allusionist [iTunes] Helen Zaltzman
The Tip Off [iTunes] Maeve McClenaghan
Best Sport
Brian Moore's Full Contact [iTunes] Telegraph Media Group
Fight Disciples [iTunes] Fight Disciples
Quickly Kevin, will he score? [iTunes] Chris Scull, Michael Marden & Josh Widdicombe
The Cycling Podcast [iTunes] Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie & Daniel Friebe
Who Are Ya? [iTunes] Ben Cartwright & David Cowlishaw
Best True Crime
Beyond Reasonable Doubt? [iTunes] Wisebuddah [for BBC Radio 5 Live]
Murder Mile True-Crime Podcast [iTunes] Michael J Buchanan-Dunne
S'laughter: True Crime Podcast [iTunes] Lucy and Emma
The Assassination [iTunes] Owen Bennett-Jones & Neal Razzell [for BBC World Service]
They Walk Among Us [iTunes] Rosanna and Benjamin Fitton
