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2020 ARIAS

The ARIAS 2020

The 2020 Ceremony took place at The London Palladium, with live performances from Marisha Wallace, Ward Thomas, The Lightning Seeds, Another Sky and Ayanna Witter-Johnson.

Winners and Nominees

The GOLD Awards

  • talkSPORT - recognising 20 years of broadcasting and their commitment to diversity and representation in sport in the last year
  • Jazz FM - recognising 30 years of broadcasting and their contribution to the genre of Jazz music
  • Tay FM - recognising 40 years of broadcasting and their contribution to the community of Tayside and Fife.

Best New Presenter, supported by Big Red Talent

  • GOLD - Raj & Pilar, on BBC Radio 1's The Reality Tea, by Fresh Air Productions
  • SILVER - Jacob Hawley, on Jacob Hawley: On Drugs, BBC Sounds
  • BRONZE - Tyler West, on Kiss FM
  • Nominated - Anushka Asthana, on Today in Focus, by The Guardian
  • Nominated - Kenny Allstar, on BBC Radio 1Xtra, by Somethin' Else
  • Nominated - Simon Jordan, on talkSPORT

Best New Show, supported by mGage

  • GOLD - Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James, BBC Radio 1
  • SILVER - The Next Episode, BBC News
  • BRONZE - Politix & Chill, BBC Sussex
  • Nominated - The Hang with Gregory Porter, Cup and Nuzzle
  • Nominated - Through the Decades, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated - Today in Focus, The Guardian

Best News Coverage, supported by sip.audio

  • GOLD - Myles Bonnar - A-Game Exposé, BBC The Social and BBC News Scotland
  • SILVER - Cops on the Front Line, BBC Radio Manchester
  • BRONZE - Anatomy of a Stabbing, PM on BBC Radio 4
  • Nominated - The JACK News Team, Jackfm Oxfordshire
  • Nominated - Today in Focus, The Guardian
  • Nominated - Valley of Tears, Q Radio

Best Speech Breakfast Show, supported by Broadcast Bionics

  • GOLD - Toby Foster at Breakfast, BBC Radio Sheffield
  • SILVER - Annabel Amos at Breakfast, BBC Radio Northampton
  • BRONZE - 5 Live Breakfast, BBC Radio 5 live
  • Nominated - Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, talkSPORT
  • Nominated - Good Morning Ulster, BBC Radio Ulster
  • Nominated - Julia Hartley-Brewer Breakfast Show, talkRADIO

Best Speech Presenter

  • GOLD - Emma Barnett, on BBC Radio 5 live
  • SILVER - Mike Sweeney, on BBC Radio Manchester
  • BRONZE - Frank Skinner, on Absolute Radio
  • Nominated - Iain Lee, on talkRADIO
  • Nominated - Mark Patterson, on BBC Radio Foyle
  • Nominated - Matthew Wright, on talkRADIO

Best Sports Show

  • GOLD - Super G: How Geraint won the Yellow Jersey, BBC Radio Wales
  • SILVER - That Peter Crouch Podcast, BBC Radio 5 live
  • BRONZE - Tailenders, TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 live
  • Nominated - Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, talkSPORT
  • Nominated - Drive with Adrian Durham and Darren Gough, talkSPORT
  • Nominated - The Jim White Show, talkSPORT

Best Coverage of an Event, supported by RadioToday

  • GOLD - Mental Health Awareness Week, Absolute Radio
  • SILVER - Cricket World Cup Final, BBC Radio 5 live
  • BRONZE - Great North Run, Metro Radio
  • Nominated - Bloody Sunday: The Decisions Live, BBC Radio Foyle
  • Nominated - England Cricket Winter Tours, talkSPORT
  • Nominated - The Duke, The Duchess and the Royal Dolls, BBC Sussex

Funniest Show

  • GOLD - Elis James and John Robins, Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 live
  • SILVER - James Veitch’s Contractual Obligation, BBC Radio 4
  • BRONZE - Shagged Married Annoyed, Avalon Television Ltd
  • Nominated - Kurupt FM, Audible
  • Nominated - ReincarNathan, Talkback for BBC Radio 4
  • Nominated - The Dave Berry Breakfast Show, Absolute Radio

Best Music Breakfast Show, supported by Carver PR

  • GOLD - The 1Xtra Breakfast Show with Dotty, BBC Radio 1Xtra
  • SILVER - Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James, BBC Radio 1
  • BRONZE - The Dave Berry Breakfast Show, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated - Big John @ Breakfast, Hallam FM
  • Nominated - KISS Breakfast with Tom & Daisy, Kiss FM
  • Nominated - The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, BBC Radio 2

 

Best Music Presenter, supported by PPL and PRS for Music

  • GOLD - Mistajam, on BBC Radio 1Xtra
  • SILVER - Abbie McCarthy, on BBC Music Introducing
  • BRONZE - Edith Bowman, on Soundtracking a podcast by Ebow Productions
  • Nominated - Kate Molleson, on BBC Radio 3
  • Nominated - Olivia Jones, on Total Access
  • Nominated - Nigel Williams, on Jazz FM

Best Specialist Music Show, supported by Big Star Business Management

  • GOLD - This Classical Life, BBC Radio 3
  • SILVER - Absolute Radio Stories, Absolute Radio
  • BRONZE - Gilles Peterson, Somethin Else for BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Nominated - Bobby Friction, BBC Asian Network
  • Nominated - Soundtracking with Edith Bowman, a podcast by Ebow Productions
  • Nominated - The Ty Bentli Show, Country Hits Radio

Best Factual - Single Programme, supported by Times Radio

  • GOLD - Kane Walker: Life and Death On The Streets, BBC WM
  • SILVER - Being Gerry Adams, Juniper for BBC Radio 4
  • BRONZE - A Sense of Quietness, Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4
  • Nominated - Little Volcanoes, White Stiletto Productions for BBC Radio 4
  • Nominated - The Gig That Changed The World, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated - The Listening Room, Prison Radio Association

Best Factual - Series, supported by The Audio Content Fund

  • GOLD - Ladder to Nowhere, Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4
  • SILVER - Surrogacy: A Family Frontier, BBC Radio 5 live
  • BRONZE - The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17, by Novel
  • Nominated - Absolute Radio Stories, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated - Blood Territory, 7 Digital for Audible
  • Nominated - Breakdown, BBC Radio Ulster for Radio 4

Best Independent Podcast, supported by Audible

  • GOLD - Passenger List, Goldhawk Productions / Radiotopia
  • SILVER - The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17, by Novel
  • BRONZE - My Dad Wrote A Porno, Medium Maze
  • Nominated - Conflicted, Message Heard
  • Nominated - Folk on Foot, Matthew Bannister
  • Nominated - The Secret Life of Prisons, Prison Radio Association

Best Fictional Storytelling, supported by AudioUK

  • GOLD - Forest 404, BBC Radio 4
  • SILVER - A View From A Hill, Bafflegab Productions for Audible
  • BRONZE - First Do No Harm, BBC Radio 4
  • Nominated - Alien III, Audible
  • Nominated - Macbeth, Almost Tangible
  • Nominated - ReincarNathan, Talkback for BBC Radio 4

Best Station Sound, supported by Raft Music

  • GOLD - Radio 1 Station Sound, BBC Popular Music Station Sound
  • SILVER - Project Baxter on 6 Music, BBC Popular Music Station Sound
  • BRONZE - The Absolute Radio Network
  • Nominated - Kiss FM
  • Nominated - Radio 2 Station Sound, BBC Popular Music Station Sound
  • Nominated - Scala Radio Launch Package

Best Commercial Promotion

  • GOLD - Samaritans, talkSPORT
  • SILVER - The Hometime Fish And Chip Tour 2019 with Maldon Salt, Absolute Radio
  • BRONZE - Women of Steel, The Wave and Swansea Sound
  • Nominated - Absolute Radio Queen
  • Nominated - The Dave Berry Breakfast Show with Wickes, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated - Unfold Japan: Asahi Super Dry Beer, Worldwide FM

Best Marketing Campaign

  • GOLD - Radio 1 Breakfast #MakeThisGreg, BBC Radio 1
  • SILVER - England’s Winter Tours of Sri Lanka and the West Indies, talkSPORT
  • BRONZE - Absolute Radio 10, Absolute Radio
  • Nominated - Boyzone Tour, Magic Radio
  • Nominated - New Voices, BBC Local Radio
  • Nominated - Our biggest ever Cake and a Cuppa, BBC Radio York

Best Community Programming, supported by Sharpstream

  • GOLD - National Prison Radio, Prison Radio Association
  • SILVER - Chris Evans with Reverend Ruth Scott, Virgin
  • BRONZE - Samaritans, talkSPORT
  • Nominated - The Sista Collective, BBC Radio 5 live
  • Nominated - The Stephen Nolan Show, BBC Radio Ulster
  • Nominated - You, Me & The Big C, BBC Radio 5 live

Best Local Radio Show, supported by RCS

  • GOLD - Boogie in the Morning, Forth 1
  • SILVER - Allison Ferns, BBC Surrey & BBC Sussex
  • BRONZE - Justin Dealey, BBC Three Counties Radio
  • Nominated - Pulse 1 Breakfast with Mylo & Rosie, Pulse 1
  • Nominated - Stephen Nolan, BBC Radio Ulster
  • Nominated - Trev and Rich JACK's Morning Glory, JACK FM Oxfordshire

The John Myers Award for Local Station of the Year, supported by Aim

  • GOLD - BBC Hereford & Worcester
  • SILVER - Stray FM
  • BRONZE - BBC Radio Sheffield
  • Nominated - BBC Radio Ulster
  • Nominated - Metro Radio
  • Nominated - Wycombe Sound 106.6fm

National Station or Network, supported by Arqiva

  • GOLD - BBC Radio 2
  • SILVER - The Absolute Radio Network
  • BRONZE - BBC Radio 1Xtra
  • Nominated - BBC Radio 2 Beatles
  • Nominated - Planet Rock
  • Nominated - Union JACK Radio

Radio Times Moment of The Year

As voted for by readers of Radio Times

  • GOLD - Overdosing man calls Iain Lee, talkRADIO
  • SILVER - England Win the Cricket World Cup, BBC Test Match Special
  • BRONZE - Live from the helicopter crash site, BBC Radio Leicester
  • Nominated - Boris Johnson: "I paint buses", talkRADIO
  • Nominated - Chris Evans returns to Virgin, Virgin Radio
  • Nominated - Father Joe Gormley on Lyra McKee’s Death, BBC Radio Foyle
  • Nominated - Matthew Sweet interviews Naomi Wolf, BBC Radio 3
  • Nominated - Mental Health Minute 2019 by Radiocentre and TBI Media, across UK Radio
  • Nominated - Rory Stewart makes up a stat on Emma Barnett, BBC Radio 5 live
  • Nominated - Zoe Ball takes over at breakfast, BBC Radio 2

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