The Radio Academy ARIAS 2024, the UK's leading audio and radio awards that celebrate outstanding shows and the creative teams behind them, takes place on Tuesday 7th May at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
The hosts taking the stage this year are award-winning comedian and the brand new presenter of BBC Radio 2's Saturday morning show, Romesh Ranganathan, plus award-winning broadcaster and co-host of the chart-topping podcasts My Dad Wrote A Porno and British Scandal, Alice Levine.
They will be joined by a mix of award presenters including the likes of Jamie Laing, Marvin Humes, Nish Kumar and Coco Khan, Alex Scott MBE, Greg James, Nicole Appleton, Vick Hope, Trevor Nelson, Jane Garvey and Fi Glover and more.
Celebrating the best in audio and radio, there are 27 awards to be won in categories including Best New Presenter, Best Music Breakfast Show, Best New Podcast and the popular Moment of the Year Award voted by the public in partnership with the Radio Times.
Nominees include Kathy Burke, Jamz Supernova, Nish Kumar and Coco Khan, Rob Burrow, Hannah Fry, Mary Mandefield, Zoe Ball and many more. Full nominees list can be found below.
Created by The Radio Academy, a charity dedicated to supporting people in audio and radio, The ARIAS is an inspiring evening that is committed to shining a light on audio's thriving community.
Radio trailblazer Annie Nightingale MBE, CBE to be honoured with The Pioneer Award posthumously.
Broadcasting pioneer Annie Nightingale, who passed away on 11th January 2024, paved the way for so many, from new underrepresented dance music artists to some of the greatest broadcasters of today.
In 1970, Annie became the first female DJ on BBC Radio 1, where she stayed for over 54 years winning a Guinness World Record for having the longest career as a female radio presenter in the world. Annie was best known for her Radio 1 Sunday Request Show which ran for 12 years, which led to her presenting The Chill Out Zone slot from the mid 1990's.
Over the years, she built strong relationships with some of the greatest pop icons including The Beatles and David Bowie. In 2021, 'The Annie Nightingale Scholarship' was created, in which she would celebrate and elevate talented women and non-binary people in the electronic music scene.
During the ARIAS 2024 ceremony, BBC Radio 6 Music's presenter Lauren Laverne and BBC Radio 1's electronic music show host, Martha, will take to the stage to posthumously present this award to Annie, who was such a passionate advocate of all music, but particularly the underground.
Annie is the third-ever recipient of The Pioneer Award, with Tony Blackburn awarded last year.
Audio industry to pay tribute to the late broadcasting icon Steve Wright, MBE at The ARIAS 2024.
Steve Wright passed away in February 2024 after being a staple in the lives of millions of listeners for decades.
Steve was a leader in the UK radio industry for decades. He joined BBC Radio 1 in 1980 where he regularly presented Top of the Pops and then hosted the Radio 1 Breakfast Show from 1994-1995.
In 1996, Steve joined BBC Radio 2 to host the popular Steve Wright's Saturday Show and iconic Sunday Love Songs. From 1999 he recreated his Steve Wright in The Afternoon show for listeners during the week which he continued to present up until 2023 after becoming the presenter of the long-running Pick of the Pops programme.
This year at The ARIAS, the industry will be joining together to pay tribute to the broadcasting great, featuring colleagues and well-known names who have been inspired by his tremendous career over the years.
Full List of Nominees
Best New Presenter
Ali Ali - Prison Radio Association
Anthony Delaney and Madeleine Pelling, After Dark - History Hit
Caroline Steel - BBC Science Radio Unit
LalalaLetMeExplain - It's Not You, It's Them...But It Might Be You - Sony Music Entertainment
Mary Mandefield, Noted - Persephonica & The News Movement
Rob Burrow - BBC Radio Leeds
Sam & Danni - BBC Radio 1
Shebahn Aherne - talkSPORT
Tuftii - Shaun Keaveny's Community Garden Radio
Best New Radio Show
Best Medicine - BBC Radio 4
Classical Connections with Alexis Ffrench - Apple Music Radio
Takeover Tuesdays - Prison Radio Association
Tim's Listening Party - Absolute Radio
Uncharted with Hannah Fry - BBC Radio 4
Unexpected Elements - BBC World Service
Best New Podcast
It’s Not You, It’s Them... But It Might Be You with LalalaLetMeExplain - Sony Music Entertainment
Near Death - BFBS
Noted - Persephonica & The News Movement
People Who Knew Me - Merman Television for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
Philippa Gregory's Normal Women - News UK Broadcasting
Seven: Rob Burrow - BBC Radio Leeds
Springleaf - Mighty Bunny
Believe in People podcast - ReNew
The Crossbow Killer - Overcoat Media for BBC Radio Wales
Best Speech Presenter
Dan Snow - History Hit
Hugo Rifkind - Times Radio
Jack Boswell - Flanuer Productions
Jane Garvey and Fi Glover - Times Radio
Jeremy Vine - BBC Radio 2
Josh Baker - BBC Radio 5 Live
Marianna Spring - BBC Radio 4
Matt Chorley - Times Radio
Zak and Jules: Life After Prison - Prison Radio Association
Best Speech Breakfast Show
5 Live Breakfast - BBC Radio 5 Live
Good Morning Ulster - BBC Radio Ulster
Matt Bailey at Breakfast - BBC Radio Newcastle
Radio 4 Today - BBC Radio 4
talkSPORT Breakfast - talkSPORT
Times Radio Breakfast - Times Radio
Best News Coverage
I Am Not Nicholas - BBC Studios for Audible
Israel-Hamas War Coverage - Times Radio
Pod Save the UK - Reduced Listening / Crooked Media
Russell Brand Investigation - Times Radio
Shiny Bob: The Devil’s Advocate - BBC Scotland News
Stories of Our Times - The Times and The Sunday Times
The Shamima Begum Story: I’m Not A Monster Series 2 - BBC Radio 5 Live
The Slow Newscast - Tortoise Media
Today in Focus - The Guardian
Best Sports Coverage
Everton: Nothing Will Be The Same - BBC Studios
Fight Disciples
Fight Night - talkSPORT
GameDay - talkSPORT
Kick Off - talkSPORT
Men In Blazers: Early Kick Off - Footwork Media
Sportsworld - BBC World Service
The Hillsborough Miracle - BBC Radio Sheffield
The Upshot Podcast - Footwork Media
Best Coverage of an Event
BBC Radio 2 In The Park 2023 - BBC Radio 2
Clyde 1 – The First 50 Years - Clyde 1
The Great North Run - Metro Radio
The Isle of Wight Festival 2023 - Absolute Radio / Magic Radio / Hits Radio / Greatest Hits Radio
The Ryder Cup - BBC Radio 5 Live
Windrush 75 - Spiritland Productions for BBC Radio 2
The Comedy Award
Forth at the Fringe - Forth 1
Help I Sexted My Boss - Audio Always
IM1: A NEW HOPE - LIVE! - Manx Radio
Laura Smyth: I Don't Know What To Say - BBC Studios
Springleaf - Mighty Bunny
Tell Teresa - Moondog Productions for BBC Radio Ulster
The Frank Skinner Show - Absolute Radio
The Skewer - unusual for BBC Radio 4
Where There's a Will, There's a Wake - Sony Music
Best Music Breakfast Show
Boogie in the Morning - Forth 1
Lauren Laverne - BBC Radio 6 Music
Pulse 1 Breakfast with Mylo and Rosie - Pulse 1
Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James - BBC Radio 1
The Chris Evans Breakfast Show - Virgin Radio UK
The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show - BBC Radio 2
Best Music Entertainment Show
Craig Charles - BBC 6 Music
Essential Classics - BBC Radio 3
Free Flow - Prison Radio Association
National Prison Radio’s Rock Show - Prison Radio Association
Penny Smith - Scala Radio
Scott Mills - BBC Radio 2
Best Specialist Music Show
Classical Connections Radio with Alexis Ffrench - Apple Music Radio
Folk on Foot
Free Flow - Prison Radio Association
Jamz Supernova on 6 - BBC 6 Music
Romesh Ranganathan: For the Love of Hip Hop - Folded Wing for BBC Radio 2
The Front Porch with Baylen Leonard – Absolute Radio Country
Travelling Folk - BBC Radio Scotland
Best Music Special
21st Century Folk - 7digital Creative for BBC Radio 2
Angeline Morrison in North Cornwall - Folk on Foot
Change Your Tune - Podcart for The Bach Choir
Download20 - Planet Rock
How The UK Changed Hip Hop Forever - BBC Audio
Legend, The Joni Mitchell Story - BBC Audio Wales and West of England
The Beatles Legacy - Red & Blue - Greatest Hits Radio
Vergil - Naked Productions for Audible
Wham! Making it Big in China - Absolute Radio
Best Factual – Single Programme
Children Locked Away: Britain's Modern Bedlam - Tortoise Media
File on 4 - Jon Holmes, Generation Shame - BBC Radio 4
File On 4 - Catastrophe at the Academy - BBC Radio 4
Inside an Autistic Mind - Boffin Media for BBC News World Service
Near Death: From Saving Lives to Taking my Own - BFBS
Play On - How Football Returned to War-Torn Ukraine - talkSPORT
Section 28: The Anti-Gay Law That Sparked a Movement, Betwixt the Sheets - History Hit
The Last Voyage - National Trust Podcast
The Only Gay in the Village - This is Distorted for Virgin Radio
Best Factual – Series
Heirs of Enslavement - Persephonica
I Am Not Nicholas - BBC Studios for Audible
Partygate: The Inside Story - ITV News
Poison - The Times
Stolen Hearts - Wondery
Terri White: Finding Britain's Ghost Children - BBC Radio 5 Live
The Shamima Begum Story: I’m Not A Monster Series 2 - BBC Radio 5 Live
Time To Listen - Absolute Radio
White Smoke: America’s Chemsex Killer - Whistledown Productions
Best Drama
A Proposal For Resisting Darkness - Prison Radio Association
Badger and the Blitz - ROXO for FunKids
Below - Audible
David Copperfield - Audible
Hamlet Noir - Almost Tangible for BBC Radio 3
Sherlock & Co - Goalhanger
The Sisters - Goldhawk Productions for Realm FM, in Association with Lights Out
The Venice Conundrum - Allegra Productions for BBC Radio 4
We Should Definitely Have More Dancing - BBC Audio Drama North
Best Audiobook or Reading
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon - Orion Publishing
Begin Again: How We Got Here and Where We Might Go – Our Human Story. So Far. - HarperCollins Publishers
Finding Seaglass - Almost Tangible and National Theatre of Scotland for BBC Radio 4
Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection - 750 mph for Audible Studios
Open Throat - BBC Audio Wales and the West of England
Rave New World - Bonnier Books UK
Sisters Under the Rising Sun - Bonnier Books UK
What We Fear Most by Dr Ben Cave - BBC Radio 4
Best Station Sound
Absolute Radio
BBC Asian Network
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1Xtra
Greatest Hits Radio - Ken Bruce
talkSPORT
Best Commercial Partnership
A Place To Call Home - Audio Always
Change Your Tune - Podcart for The Bach Choir
Detect Cancer Early - Be the Early Bird - Bauer Media and the Scottish Government
Free Flow with Shannon Trust - Prison Radio Association
The Dave Berry Breakfast Show with Wickes - Absolute Radio
Today with tonies - Mags Creative
Best Local Show
Boogie in the Morning - Forth 1
Bowie @ Breakfast - Clyde 1
Footprints Podcast - Bathscape
Game Night - BBC Radio Leicester
Off the Beaten Jack - Flaneur Productions
Pulse 1 Breakfast with Mylo & Rosie - Pulse 1
Real life stories from Rye - Ryecast
The Graham Liver Breakfast Show - BBC Radio Lancashire
We Are Notts - BBC Radio Nottingham
The Impact Award
Cash for Kids Day: Cash for Kids - Bauer Media
Different: Nicky Campbell - BBC Radio 5 Live and Audio Always
Football Untold - Bauer Media Audio
Navigating How...from the Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Mags Creative
Seven: Rob Burrow - BBC Radio Leeds
Seventeen Years: The Andrew Malkinson Story - The Sunday Times and Stories of our Times
Stoma Swimmer - BBC Radio Newcastle
The HIV Podcast - Thames Valley Positive Support
The Second Victim: Daisy's Story - RAW for Audible
The Creative Innovation Award
Dan Snow’s Story of England - History Hit
Hamlet Noir - Almost Tangible for BBC Radio 3
My Dream Dinner Party - Series 5 - Tuning Fork for BBC Radio 4
National Prison Radio's Rock Show - Prison Radio Association
Seven: Rob Burrow - BBC Radio Leeds
Takeover Tuesdays - Prison Radio Association
The Hits Radio Breakfast Show with AI Fleur East, James & Matt - Hits Radio
The Smart 7 - Daft Doris
A Place To Call Home - Audio Always
The Grassroots Award
300 Seconds Podcast - Ocean Youth Radio
Class Divide Podcast
Kids Live at 5 - Cheshire's Mix56
Life After Prison - Prison Radio Association
Make a Blanket and Set a World Record - BBC Radio Derby
Our Earth Week - Community Radio Environment Network
Three Ways to Save a Life - BBC Radio Manchester
Transmission Roundhouse Podcast Academy
Windrush 75 - BBC Radio Sheffield
Community Station of the Year
ALL FM
Bro Radio
Radio Platfform
RNIB Connect Radio
Somer Valley FM
Vectis Radio
The John Myers Award Station of the Year Award
BBC Radio Leeds
BBC Radio Manchester
Clyde 1
Forth 1
BBC Radio Ulster
Reform Radio
UK Station or Network of the Year
BBC Asian Network
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 6 Music
Fun Kids
Kiss UK
talkSPORT
Radio Times Moment of the Year (voted by the public)
"Have you ever told a lie?" - BBC Radio Nottingham
John Robins reveals his struggles with alcohol addiction and his journey of recovery - BBC Radio 5 Live
Adrian Edmondson remembers Rik Mayall - BBC Radio 4
Isabel Oakeshott's Hancock hang-up - Times Radio
Jennie Longdon reveals the impact OCD has on her daily life - Absolute Radio
Ken Bruce joins Greatest Hits Radio - Greatest Hits Radio
Letters to the Lionesses - talkSPORT
Luton Town are promoted to the Premier League - BBC 3 Counties
Nicky Campbell speaks to the daughter of his abuser - BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
Rob Burrow carried over the finish line - BBC Radio Leeds
