Comedians up for BBC Audio Drama Awards 2024

Shortlists announced

A number of comedians have been nominated for next year’s BBC Audio Drama Awards.

Janey Godley, Maisie Adam, Olga Koch, Rob Newman, Sarah Keyworth and Daliso Chaponda are all vying for the best stand-up accolade.

Call Jonathan Pie – pictured – is up for two awards, best sitcom or comedy drama and best actor for Tom Walker, the man behind the angry phone-in host.

The full shortlist for sitcom or comedy drama is:

Call Jonathan Pie by Tom Walker, producer Alison Vernon-Smith, Yada-Yada Audio
Kat Sadler’s Screen Time by Kat Sadler and Cameron Loxdale, producer Gwyn Rhys Davies, BBC Studios Audio
Michael Spicer: Before Next Door by Michael Spicer, producer Matt Tiller, Starstruck Media
Mockery Manor by Lindsay Sharman, producer Laurence Owen, Long Cat Media
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, adapted by Barunka O’Shaughnessy, producer Emma Harding, BBC Cymru Wales
Where to, Mate? devised by Jo Enright, Peter Slater, Abdullah Afzal, Nina Gilligan, Andy Salthouse, Keith Carter, Jason Wingard, producer Carl Cooper, BBC Studios Audio

And for best stand-up:

Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere by Daliso Chaponda, additional material Meryl O’Rourke, producer Carl Cooper, BBC Studios Audio
Janey Godley: The C Bomb by Janey Godley, producers Julia Sutherland and Richard Melvin, Dabster Productions
Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game by Maisie Adam, producer Georgia Keating, BBC Studios Audio
Olga Koch: OK Computer by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin, producer Benjamin Sutton, BBC Studios Audio
Rob Newman On Air by Rob Newman, producer Eloise Whitmore, Naked Productions
Sarah Keyworth: Are You a Boy Or A Girl? by Sarah Keyworth, additional material Ruby Clyde, producer James Robinson, BBC Studios Audio