More than 250 nominees in over 30 categories have made the shortlist for the British Podcast Awards 2022.
They include Greg James & Bella Mackie; And Then Came Breast Cancer with Victoria Derbyshire; Happy Place with Fearne Cotton; Tan France’s Queer Icons; Ed Gamble & James Acaster and Chris & Rosie Ramsey.
Sweet Bobby has three nominations, while French and Saunders’ Titting About and Jamali Maddix’s Spooky Shit are both up for the Best Comedy Podcast Award. The battle of the daily news podcasts is in full swing as The Guardian’s Today in Focus has 3 nominations and The Times’ Stories Of Our Times is up for both Best Interview Podcast and The Creativity Award.
The judging panel, chaired by Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel, listened to 319 hours of podcasts. With over 1200 entries submitted, these nominations come with prestige.
Created by Matt Deegan and Matt Hill, the British Podcast Awards recently joined forces with Haymarket to take it forward.
The winners will be announced at an awards show on Saturday 23rd July.
FULL LIST OF NOMINEES
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