The BBC Audio Drama Awards are given out every year to the best audio drama in various categories. See below for the list of Award Winners and Finalists (with links to each). (This list is obviously very late, but the 2019 ones are currently being decided, and it reminded me I'd never finished off this last of the audio awards I was looking into.)
Original Audio Drama (Single Play)
Winner - The Red by Marcus Brigstocke
- My Review
Finalist - Dangerous Visions: Culture by Al Smith
Finalist - The Music Lesson by Hannah Silva
Shortlist - Foxes by Padraic Walsh
Shortlist - Jayne Lake by Matthew Graham
Shortlist - Solitary by Hannah Silva
Audio Drama (Series or Serial)
Winner - Black Eyed Girls by Katie Hims
Finalist - Dangerous Visions: Resistance by Val McDermid
Finalist - Home Front by Sarah Daniels and Katie Hims
Shortlist - Lifeafter by Mac Rogers
Shortlist - The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles by Esther Wilson
Shortlist - Tumanbay by Mike Walker, Ayeesha Menon & Andy Mulligan
Audio Drama (Adaptation)
Winner - A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Finalist - Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Finalist - Terrible Beauty by Gerald Doyle
Shortlist - Crime Down Under: Prime Cut by Alan Carter
Shortlist - Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot
Shortlist - Kafka’s Metamorphosis
Shortlist - Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Shortlist - Unmade Movies: Hammer Horror’s The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula
Actor
Winner - Nikesh Patel in Midnight’s Children
Finalist - Paapa Essiedu in Wide Open Spaces
Finalist - John Hurt in The Invisible Man, Chapter 1
- Amazon UK
Shortlist - James D’Arcy in The Dark Earth and the Light Sky
Shortlist - Adam Nagaitis in The Archivist
Shortlist - Joe Sims in Oliver Park: The Easter Riot
Actress
Winner - Christine Bottomley in Solitary
Finalist - Anastasia Hille in Long Day’s Journey into Night
Finalist - Julia McKenzie in John Finnemore’s Double Acts ‘Mercy Dash’
- My Review
- Amazon UK
Shortlist - Shauna Macdonald in Falling
Shortlist - Gina McKee in The Mother
Shortlist - Maxine Peake in The Thrill of Love
Shortlist - Sian Phillips in The Things We Never Said
Shortlist - Alison Steadman in Our Hylda
Supporting Actor/Actress
Winner - Rupert Evans in Long Day’s Journey into Night
Finalist - Roger Allam in The Government Inspector
Finalist - Amelia Bullmore in The Beard
Shortlist - Henry Goodman in The Birthday Party
Shortlist - Samuel James in War of the Worlds
Shortlist - Sian Phillips in Pygmalion
Debut Performance
Winner - Sabrina Sandhu in Black Eyed Girls
Finalist - Andrew Leung in Crime Down Under: Prime Cut
Finalist - Kate Phillips in Gudrun's Saga
- Amazon UK
Shortlist - Michelle Keegan in On Kosovo Field
Shortlist - Will Merrick in Tolkien in Love
Shortlist - Georgie Morrell in Jayne Lake
Shortlist - Ruby Ashbourne Serkis in In Here
Use of Sound
Winner - War of the Worlds
Finalist - Kafka’s Metamorphosis
Finalist - Midnight’s Children
Shortlist - Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot
Shortlist - Lifeafter
Shortlist - Manfred
Scripted Comedy (Longform)
Winner - Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy: A Day in October by Sarah Kendall
- My Review
- Amazon UK
Finalist - Liam Williams: Ladhood by Liam Williams
- Amazon UK
Finalist - The Penny Dreadfuls: Le Carré on Spying by David Reed
Shortlist - Ankle Tag by Gareth Gwynn & Benjamin Partridge
- My Review
Shortlist - A Charles Paris Mystery: The Cinderella Killer by Simon Brett
- Amazon UK
Shortlist - John Finnemore's Double Acts 'Penguin Diplomacy' by John Finnemore
- My Review
- Amazon UK
Shortlist - Mr Muzak by Richie Webb
Shortlist - Parental Guidance by Max Davis
Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show)
Winner - It's Jocelyn by Multiple
Finalist - The Absolutely Radio Show by Multiple
Finalist - Harry and Paul Present: The Gentlemen's Club by Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse
Shortlist - The Brig Society by Multiple
- Amazon UK
Shortlist - Dead Ringers by Multiple
Shortlist - Desolation Jests by David Renwick
Online or Podcast Audio Drama
Winner - Rathband: A Digital Tragedy by Christopher Hogg
Finalist - Can't Get You Out of My Head by Charlotte Bogard McLeod
Finalist - Inside Donald Trump by Andy Hamilton
Shortlist - Blood Culture by Philip Connolly, Lance Dann & David Wigram
Shortlist - King Lear by William Shakespeare
- Amazon UK
Shortlist - The Prisoner - I Met a Man Today by Nicholas Briggs
- Amazon UK