The List of 2019 Winners
Many congratulations to this year's winners!
The winners of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Drama Awards 2019 were announced at a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Broadcasting House, London, on the evening of Sunday 3 February 2019.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Drama Awards – presented by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ together with the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain – 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.
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Front – ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4’s epic drama which ran from 2014-2018, marking the centenary of the First World War. Editor – Jessica Dromgoole; Core Writing Team – Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Lucy Catherine, Sarah Daniels, Katie Hims, Shaun McKenna, and Mike Walker.

BEST ORIGINAL SINGLE DRAMA
WINNER: County Lines by Amelia Bullmore, producer/director Mary Peate, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama London, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST ORIGINAL SERIES OR SERIAL
WINNER: The Truth about Hawaii by Oliver Emanuel, producer/director Kirsty Williams, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST ADAPTATION
WINNER: A Tale of Two Cities: Aleppo and London by Charles Dickens, adapted by Ayeesha Menon, director Polly Thomas, producers Gill Parry and Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
COMMENDATION: Das Kapital by Karl Marx, adapted by Sarah Woods, producer/director James Robinson, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cymru Wales, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST ACTRESS

WINNER: Eve Myles, 19 Weeks, director Helen Perry, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cymru Wales, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
COMMENDATION: Sydney Wade, D for Dexter, director Mary Ward-Lowery, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Bristol, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST ACTOR
WINNER: David Threlfall, Spike and the Elfin Oak, director Gemma Jenkins, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama London, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER: Abigail le Fleming, The Effect, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama London, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
COMMENDATION: Steve Bond and Judith Kampfner, Shadowbahn, Corporation for Independent Media, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
WINNER: Daisy Head, Love Henry James: the Golden Bowl, director Nadia Molinari, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama North, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST USE OF SOUND
WINNER: Love Henry James: The Turn of the Screw, sound by Steve Brooke, producer/director Nadia Molinari, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama North, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY (LONGFORM)

WINNER: Rob Newman’s Total Eclipse of Descartes by Rob Newman, producer John Harvey, Hat Trick Productions, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY (SKETCH SHOW)
WINNER: John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme by John Finnemore, producer Ed Morrish, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST PODCAST OR ONLINE AUDIO DRAMA
WINNER: Red Moon written, directed and produced by Robert Valentine, The Wireless Theatre Company
COMMENDATIONS
- ATA Girl by Gemma Page, Victoria Saxton, Helen Goldwyn and Jane Slavin, director Louise Jameson, producer Helen Goldwyn, Big Finish Productions
- Tracks: Strata by Matthew Broughton, producer/director James Robinson, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cymru Wales, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
BEST EUROPEAN DRAMA
WINNER: Munch and Munch – Diptych written and directed by Jasna Mesarić, producer Katja Šimunić, HRT Croatian Radio
IMISON AWARD
WINNER: Lulu Raczka for Of a Lifetime, producers Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore, Naked Productions, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
TINNISWOOD AWARD
WINNER: Oliver Emanuel for When the Pips Stop, producer Kirsty Williams, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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