The Skewer creator dominates comedy category

Jon Holmes dominates the comedy category of this year’s Aria Awards celebrating the best in radio and podcasts.

Three of his shows – Radio 4's The Skewer, the podcast Cold Case Crime Cuts, and Absolute Radio's Rockanory – have been nominated. All are made by his company Unusual Productions.

Shows from Rosie Jones, Jamali Maddix and Rhys James are also on the shortlist, which is

• Cold Case Crime Cuts, spoof true crime podcast featuring Jon Holmes and made by Unusual Productions
• Jamali Maddix: Spooky Sh*t, Audible podcast in which he asks comics and celebrities to share their spookiest real-life tales and uncanny experiences. Made by Novel.
• Rhys James: Rhysearch, in which the comedian ‘investigates topics the rest of us are too busy to be bothered with’. Made by  BBC Studios Audio, for Radio 4
• Rockanory. Absolute Radio's first scripted comedy series features Shaun Keaveny reading a story based on unlikely apocryphal rock n'roll legends, written by Jon Holmes in the style of a children’s bedtime story. Made by Unusual Productions.
• Rosie Jones: Box Ticker Too. The comic’s stand-up show about ‘her diversity-ticking boxes’ made by Dabster Productions, for BBC Radio 4
• The Skewer. Jon Holmes’s satirical audio mash-up, made by Unusual Productions, for BBC Radio 4.

Winners of the awards, handed out by The Radio Academy, will be revealed on May 3 at an event at London’s Adelphi Theatre hosted by Radio 2 presenter Rylan.

» Full list of Aria award nominees

Published: 6 Apr 2022