APAs 2020 - Details of Awards Nominations 1. Best Arts Producer Anishka Sharma - Whistledown Productions Benbrick - 'Have You Heard George's Podcast?', George The Poet Ltd Cathy FitzGerald - White Stiletto Productions Claire Crofton - Freelance Steven Rajam - Freelance Victoria Ferran - Just Radio Ltd 2. Best Music Producer Benbrick - 'Have You Heard George's Podcast?', Benbrick Music / George The Poet Ltd Emma Louise Amanshia - '1Xtra Rap Show', BBC Jesse Howard - Somethin' Else Nathan Goodman - We Are Grape Rich Attley - TBI Media Victoria Ferran - Just Radio 3. Best Factual Producer *Sponsored by the Audio Content Fund* Cherry Wilson & Duncan Middleton - 'The Story of Joy Morgan' - BBC Newsbeat Dan Hardoon - Whistledown Emma Weatherill - 'Nut Jobs', Audible Originals Jessica Beck - 'World At One', BBC Radio 4 Max O'Brien - 'The Bellingcat Podcast', Novel Peter Sale - Freelance Best News and Current Affairs Producer Asya Fouks - 'Stories of our Times', The Times James Shield - The Times & The Sunday Times Jessica Beck - 'World At One', BBC Radio 4 Josh Kelly - 'Today in Focus', The Guardian Robert Nicholson - Whistledown Productions Tim Johns - BBC Audio 4. Best Sports Producer Abi Paterson - Muddy Knees Media Ben Mundy - BBC Newsbeat Ed Morrish - Freelance Megan Hill-Smith - Mags Creative Steve Hankey - Whistledown Productions 5. Best Entertainment Producer Adem Waterman - Absolute Radio Geoff Jein - TBI Media Jacob Rickard - BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1 Katie Boden - Somethin' Else Laurence Bassett - Somethin' Else Gareth Evans - 'Pop Detectives', EighteenSixty 6. Gethin Thomas Award for Best Comedy Producer Adnan Ahmed - BBC Studios Audio Ben Walker - Fuzz Productions / Storyglass Ed Morrish - Freelance Jon Holmes - 'The Skewer', unusual Marc McElroy - 'What Happens In Ulster', BBC Radio Ulster Simon Nicholls - Freelance 7. Best Live Event/Outside Broadcast Producer Ben Walker - 'Dermot's Saturday Breakfast Festival Season', Ora Et Labora Kat Harbourne - 'The Naked Podcast', BBC Radio Sheffield Mark Carter - Surrey Day 2020, BBC Radio Surrey Trevor Dann - 'Virtual Strawberry Fair', Cambridge 105 Radio 8. Best Podcast Producer Anishka Sharma - Whistledown Productions Benbrick - 'Have You Heard George's Podcast?', George The Poet Ltd Cherry Wilson & Duncan Middleton - 'The Story of Joy Morgan' - BBC Newsbeat Kat Harbourne - 'The Naked Podcast', BBC Radio Sheffield Max O'Brien - 'The Bellingcat Podcast', Novel Rayhan Rahman - 'Brown Girls Do It Too', BBC Asian Network 9. Best Drama Producer Ben Walker - Storyglass Celia De Wolff - Pier Productions Ltd Roshan Singh - 'Temujin: An Audio Drama’ 10. Best Audiobook/Readings Producer Eilidh McCreadie - BBC Scotland Lily Ridett - Freelance Lisa Hollinshead - Audiobook Productions Nathan Osgood - HarperCollins Publishers Roy McMillan - Penguin Random House Tanya Hougham - HarperCollins Publishers 11. Best New Producer Bridey Addison-Child - Transmission Roundhouse Courtney Yusuf - The Guardian Emma Barnaby - Whistledown Productions Jessica Beck - 'World at One', BBC Radio 4 Louisa Adams - Prison Radio Association Thomas Curry - Novel 12. Best Station Sound Producer Adam Venton - Little Monster Media Ali Rezakhani - BBC Sounds Chris Nicoll - WIZZFX Gordon Lundy - Absolute Radio 40s Mark Jeeves - Scala Radio Sam Wickens - BBC 13. Best Sound Designer Benbrick - 'Have You Heard George's Podcast?', George The Poet Ltd Eloise Whitmore - 'Tunnel 29', Naked Productions Jon Holmes - The Skewer, unusual Mark Pittam - TBI Media Rich Evans - Syncbox Post Steve Bond - Freelance 14. Grassroots Production Award Prison Radio Association New Writing North Gusman Productions Multitrack The Log Books Vent Podcasts 15. Audio Performer of the Year Carl Prekopp - 'The Little Match Girl', Almost Tangible Cherylee Houston - 'Tinsel Girl', Penguin Random House Ciaran Hinds - 'Imaginary Fred', HarperCollins Publishers Glenda Jackson - 'Blood, Sex & Money', Penguin Random House Kristin Atherton - 'Howls Moving Castle', HarperCollins Publishers Yuriri Naka - 'The Phonebox at the Edge of the World', Bonnier Books UK 16. Best Presenter – Speech Anushka Asthana - 'Today in Focus', The Guardian George The Poet - 'Have You Heard George's Podcast?', George The Poet Ltd Elinor Hamilton - 'Tales from the Tannoy', Tadah Media Elis James & John Robins - Audio Always Hilary Ineomo-Marcus - Prison Radio Association Laura Whitmore - TBI Media 17. Best Presenter – Music Brad Paisley - TBI Media Guy Bellamy - Great Music Stories Radio Lauren Laverne - BBC Radio 6 Music Mark Kermode - Scala Radio Snoochie Shy - TBI Media 18. New Voice Award Anthony Olanipekun - Prison Radio Association Brenda Birungi - Prison Radio Association Elinor Hamilton - 'Tales from the Tannoy', Tadah Media Izzy Lee-Poulton - Transmission Roundhouse Jacob Hawley - BBC Studios 19. Production Company of the Year Fresh Air Productions Listen Entertainment Mags Creative Prison Radio Association TBI Media Whistledown Productions 20. Life in Lockdown Award Aoife Allen - 'Brixton's Got Talent', HMP Brixton Ben Green & Abi Paterson - 'Homeschool History', Muddy Knees Media Cathy FitzGerald - 'Life on Lockdown', White Stiletto Productions Izzy Lee-Poulton & Bridey Addison-Child - 'When Someone Great Is Gone', Transmission Roundhouse Reduced Listening - 'Lockdown Theatre Festival' TBI Media & Absolute Radio - 'Absolute 40s’ .