British Podcast Awards 2025: Full list of nominees

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Paul Glynn

Culture reporter

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Comedian Maisie Adam will host this year's awards ceremony in October

You listen to them while you're cooking, cleaning and commuting... now the country's best podcasts from the 12 months are set to be officially recognised.

The British Podcast Awards 2025 nominees were announced on Thursday, with David Tennant, Louis Theroux, Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver all receiving nods, alongside Angela Hartnett and Nick Grimshaw, Elis James and John Robins.

The awards, chaired by Radio 4 Today's Emma Barnett, recognise genres including arts and culture, documentary, comedy, true crime, parenting and health.

The ceremony will take place at the Indigo at London's O2 Arena on Thursday 2 October, hosted by comedian Maisie Adam.

Last year's ceremony saw Michael Mosley's widow accept an award on his behalf, three months after his death, as the doctor was inducted into the event's hall of fame for his podcast Just One Thing.

Here are this year's nominations in full:

Arts and culture

Facing the Music - Overcoat Media for BBC Radio 3Folk on Foot - Potholder Productions LtdIntersections: Los Angeles - Rethink Audio LtdSonic Fields – Freelance Sam TylerSoul Music - BBC Audio Bristol for BBC Radio 4The Lost Archives of James Baldwin - Sea Salt and Mango

Best host(s)

Angela Hartnett and Nick Grimshaw - Cold Glass ProductionsDan Snow - History HitDavid Tennant - Sony Music Entertainment & No MysteryFemi Oke - AudibleHelen Pidd - The GuardianLouis Theroux – Mindhouse Productions in collaboration with SpotifyLuke Jones - Audio AlwaysZak and Jules - Prison Radio Association

Business

Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey - RestordMoney Talks - The EconomistThe Daybreak Europe Podcast - BloombergThe Factory Next Door - The Factory Next DoorThe Third Angle - 18Sixty LtdThe Times Tech Podcast - The TimesWedding Pros Who are Ready to Grow - BeccaPountney.com

Comedy

Elis James and John Robins - Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 LiveWhere There's a Will, There's a Wake - Sony Music EntertainmentSound Heap - Lead MojoThe Skewer – An Unusual production for BBC Radio 4This Paranormal Life - R&K MediaHelp I Sexted My Boss - Audio Always

Daily

Newscast - BBC NewsThe Daybreak Europe Podcast - BloombergThe Intelligence/The Weekend Intelligence - The EconomistThe News Agents - GlobalThe Story - The Times and The Sunday TimesToday in Focus - The GuardianYoto Daily - Yoto

Documentary

Cursed – AudibleDead Man Running - A BBC Scotland production for BBC SoundsIntrigue: To Catch a Scorpion – BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring - The CitizensStalked - BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds and Radio 5 LiveThe Trapped - ITN

Education

Fun Kids Science Weekly - Fun KidsHold Or Fold - Prison Radio AssociationLSE iQ - London School of Economics and Political ScienceWhat's Your Map? with Jerry Brotton - Whistledown Productions

Entertainment

Elis James and John Robins - Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 LiveHelp I Sexted My Boss - Audio AlwaysInbetween Man - Improvise Event LimitedThe Guilty Feminist - The Spontaneity Shop EnterprisesThe Traitors: Uncloaked - Platform Media/Listen for BBC SoundsThis Paranormal Life - R&K MediaVogue & Amber - Global

Factual

Babbage - The EconomistBelieve in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma - Change Grow Live (ReNew)Beyond Five Senses - Kinda StudiosIn Dark Corners series 2 – BBC Audio Scotland for Radio 4Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring - The CitizensThe Coming Storm (series 2) - BBC Long Form Audio production for BBC Radio 4.Waterlands - 18Sixty

Fiction

Broken Veil - Cheese & Pickle ProductionsCOLD TAPES - Free Turn & WonderyLimelight: Discretion - Hat Trick Productions for BBC Radio 4Last Dance - Blackabbey ProductionsLimelight: Money Gone - Naked Productions for BBC Radio 4The Mysterious Affair at Styles – A Poirot Mystery' - AudibleLimelight: The Skies Are Watching - Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4This Paranormal Life - R&K Media

Health and wellbeing

Echoes of Harm - WeissComm PartnersHack your Body, Heal your Mind - AudibleInbetween Man - Improvise EventJon Holmes Says The C Word – An unusual production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC SoundsMy life with dementia - Dementia UKWhy Mums Don't Jump - Helen Ledwick

History

Assume Nothing: Killer Dust - BBC NI for BBC Radio 4Sing it Pink - Aunt NellThe Guernsey Deportees - OG PodcastsThe History Podcast - The Brighton Bomb - Walk on Air Films for BBC Radio 4 and BBC SoundsThe Spy Who - WonderyTitanic: Ship of Dreams - NoiserWeird in the Wade - Weird in the Wade

Impact

A Slice of Bread and Butter - The Bread and Butter ThingMovers & Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's - RCJ MediaOceans: Life Under Water - Crowd NetworkOn the Side of Humanity - Amnesty InternationalQueerAF - QueerAF CICThe Culture Colonel - BFBSShadow World: The Willpower Detectives – BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4

Interview

Believe in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma - Change Grow Live (ReNew)Everything I Know About Me – DMG PodcastsOUTCAST WORLD - 7th Planet Media ServicesThe Hidden 20% - The Hidden 20%The Louis Theroux Podcast - Mindhouse Productions in collaboration with SpotifyThe News Agents - Special episode: Inside the murky world of Facebook - GlobalWidowed AF - WIDOWED AF

Kids

Checkpoint Kids Bedtime Stories - Magdoos MediaEvie Asks... How Are You? - Audio AlwaysThe Conversation's Curious Kids - The Conversation UKThe Hey Duggee Pupcast - Chalk and Blade for Cbeebies and BBC SoundsThe Reading Cafe - The Reading CafeYoto Daily - Yoto

Lifestyle

Beyond Five Senses - Kinda StudiosBrown Girls Do It Too: Big Boy Energy - A BBC Radio 5 Live commission for BBC SoundsDNA Trail: The Promise – BBC Local Audio for BBC SoundsLife After Prison - Prison Radio AssociationMelting Pot – BBC Audio North for BBC Sounds Audio LabNot Even Water – BBC Asian NetworkThis Is Powerful - Sound & Bones

Network or publisher

BBC World ServiceFun KidsGlobalHistory HitPrison Radio AssociationSony Music EntertainmentWondery

New podcast

Because the Boss Belongs to Us - Molten HeartHold Or Fold - Prison Radio AssociationInbetween Man - Improvise EventJourneys with Grace - Journeys with GraceRadioTherapy - RadioTherapyStrangers on a Bench - The Pleasant TreesWords Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris - RobWords

News and current affairs

Business Daily - BBC NewsIntrigue: To Catch a Scorpion – BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4Newscast - BBC NewsSergei & the Westminster Spy Ring - The CitizensThe BelTel - Mediahuis UKThe Coming Storm (series 2) – BBC Long Form Audio production for BBC Radio 4.Who Killed Emma? – BBC Scotland for BBC Sounds

Parenting

Dear Daughter - BBC World ServiceHappy Mum Happy Baby - Pixiu ProductionsHow To Feed with Charlotte Stirling-Reed - Pod60Momfessions - Mind Mommy CoachingSecret Mum Club with Sophiena - Audio AlwaysStill Parents Podcast - Lily Mae FoundationThe Apple & The Tree - DMG PodcastsTwo New Mums - Venny

Rising Star

Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty - BBC News and BBC SoundsClodagh Stenson - BBC Local for BBC SoundsMarnie Duke - Transmission RoundhouseMia Thornton – BBC Audio LabsToni Tone - Audio Always

Sex and relationships

A Gay And A Nongay - A Gay And A NongayAll Out with Jon Dean - GIMME VIDEOCriminally Queer: The Bolton 7 - A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds Audio LabSex in Space - String TheoryThe Affair... with Anna Williamson - Curve MesiaThe Divorce Podcast - E-Negotiation

Sport

F1 Explains - Formula 1For The Love Of Rugby - Crowd NetworkHow To Be Superhuman - Podcast DiscoveryPaula's Marathon Run Club - Viral Tribe EntertainmentThe Game - The Times and Sunday TimesThe Sports Agents - GlobalThe Upshot - Footwork Media

True crime

Beyond Suspision - AudibleCocaine Inc. - The Times and The Sunday TimesDead Man Running – A BBC Scotland production for BBC SoundsIntrigue: To Catch a Scorpion – BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Radio 4Kill List - WonderyAssume Nothing: Murder at the Stables - BBC NIShadow World: Thief at the British Museum – - BBC News Long Form Audio Production for BBC Radio 4Stalked - BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds and 5 Live

Video Innovation

Access All: Disability News and Mental Health – BBCHelp I Sexted My Boss - Audio AlwaysLady Killers with Lucy Worsley – StoryHunter for BBC Radio 4 and BBC SoundsMiss Me? – A Persephonica production for BBC SoundsRadio Atlas - Radio AtlasStaying Relevant - Staying Relevant Productions