The ARIAS Hosts announced!

Clara Amfo and Gok Wan MBE to host the awards

Dick and Dom to host the red carpet

Award presenters including Nick Grimshaw, Greg James, Jane Moore, Melvin Odoom and Cherry Healey

Recognised as the most prestigious event in the UK audio calendar, the ARIAS celebrates exceptional broadcasting talent, original storytelling and creative excellence across the entire audio industry.

The hosts taking the stage this year are iconic and award-winning broadcaster from BBC Radio 1 to the BAFTA’s to Glastonbury, Clara Amfo, plus beloved broadcaster, DJ and co-host of Magic Radio's Breakfast Show, Gok Wan MBE. Hosting the red carpet will be the iconic and much-loved broadcasting and DJ duo Dick and Dom. Join them as they capture and interview the winners straight from the stage on the night.

Now in its ninth year, the ARIAS has grown into a major industry moment that brings together talent from across the audio world. The event shines a spotlight on creative excellence across the sector and showcases the breadth and brilliance of UK audio. There are 21 awards to be won in categories including Best New Presenter, Best Music Breakfast Radio Show, UK Audio Brand of the Year and the popular Moment of the Year Award voted by the public in partnership with the Radio Times.

Nominees include Jools Holland, Scott Mills, Nadia Jae, Alexis Ffrench, Gemma Atkinson and Mike Toolan, Ruthie Henshall and many more. The full list of nominees can be found below.

Created by The Radio Academy, a charity dedicated to supporting people in audio and radio, The ARIAS is an inspiring evening that is committed to shining a light on audio's thriving community.

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Best Commercial Partnership Award

Dead River – Audio Always for Pogust Goodhead
Empowering Young Lives – KISS and KFC
Fun Kids Teacher of the Year with Collection Pot – Fun Kids
Hold or Fold with GambleAware – Prison Radio Association
The Mid.Point: Sweaty Betty Special – Spiritland Productions
Scottish Island Adventures – The Big Light

Best Event Coverage Award

BBC Proms 2024 – BBC Radio 3
Coldplay go Orange for Luton – BBC Three Counties Radio
Coverage of the Paralympics – RNIB Connect Radio
Forest are Magic – Forest Focus
Isle of Man TT Races: The TT Podcast – Audio Always
Magic Celebrates Diwali – Magic Radio
Radio 1’s Pedal Power for Red Nose Day – BBC Radio 1
Superscoreboard at EURO 2024 – Clyde 1
Sycamore Gap: One Year On – National Trust

Best Drama or Fiction Award
Sponsored by Audible

1984 – Granny Eats Wolf for Audible
Central Intelligence – Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4
Life & Time – BBC Radio 4
The Mysterious Affair at Styles: A Poirot Mystery – Hat Trick for Audible
One Hundred and Fifty Days – BBC Audio Scotland for BBC Radio 4
Ruthie Henshall Sees Dead People – Magic Radio
The Skies Are Watching – Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4
UNSINKABLE – Datura Studios and North Atlantic Ridge in association with B7 Media and AudioMarvels
Zeroes – BBC Studios Audio for Audible

Best Comedy Award 

Christmas Dinner with Kurupt FM – Prison Radio Association
Green Wing: Resuscitated – Audible
Help I Sexted My Boss – Audio Always
IM1: 60 Years and Counting, Sadly… – Manx Radio
Mark Steel’s in Town – BBC Radio 4
The Menagerie – Radio M29
The Skewer – Unusual Productions for BBC Radio 4
Time of The Week – DLT Entertainment for BBC Radio 4
Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake – Sony Music Entertainment

Best Factual Series Award

Band Aid at 40 – Gimme Sugar Productions for Virgin Radio
County Lines – Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4
Grenfell: Building a Disaster – BBC Radio 4
Intrigue: To Catch a Scorpion – BBC Radio 4
Ken Bruce on Drums – Jazz FM
Kill List – Novel and Wondery
The Pitcairn Trial – Audio Always
The Trapped – ITN / ITV News
The Story of No. 1: Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – 100 Best Albums Radio, Apple Music

Best Factual Single Episode Award

Between the Ears: Henry Mancini – BBC Radio 3
Black Box – The Guardian
The Daily T: The Grenfell inquiry that ‘delayed justice’ – The Telegraph
Deep Hidden Meaning: will.i.am – Apple Music Radio
Degraded by Deepfakes: File on 4 Investigates – BBC Radio 4
Esther Ghey & Jaxon Feeley: Reclaiming influence – Virgin Radio Pridecast
NATO75: An Alliance Rescue – BFBS
Our Whole Life is a Secret – BBC Radio 4
The Weekend Intelligence: A Portrait of the Proud Boys – The Economist

Best Music Award 

Annie Nightingale: A Life in Music – We Are Grape for BBC Radio 1
Radio 1’s Dance Party with Danny Howard – BBC Radio 1
Classical Connections Radio with Alexis Ffrench – Apple Music Radio
The Dance Music Archive with Andi Durrant – This is Distorted for KISSTORY
The Eras Podcast, hosted by Abbie McCarthy – Good Karma
Free Flow – Prison Radio Association
Folk on Foot – Matthew Bannister
Indie Forever – We are Grape for BBC Radio 6 Music
Phil Taggart’s ChillDaBeats – Slack Panda Productions

Best Music Breakfast Radio Show

The Bald Builders Breakfast – Fix Radio
Boogie in the Morning – Forth 1
Bowie@Breakfast – Clyde 1
Breakfast – BBC Radio 3
Breakfast with Greg James – BBC Radio 1
Breakfast with Nadia Jae – BBC Radio 1Xtra

Best Music Entertainment Award 
Sponsored by PPL & PRS for Music

Barry Island Discs: Gavin & Stacey’s Big Songs Send Off – BBC Radio Wales
The Cavern Podcast – The Cavern Club
Earlier… with Jools Holland – BBC Radio 3
Gemma Atkinson & Mike Toolan – Hits Radio
Haroon Rashid – BBC Asian Network
Hometime with Bush and Richie – Absolute Radio
Ruthie Henshall Sees Dead People – Magic Radio
Scott Mills – BBC Radio 2
The Simon Mayo Drivetime Show – Greatest Hits Radio

Best New Presenter
Sponsored by News Broadcasting

Beth Wallace – Forth 1
Bronwen Lewis – BBC Radio Wales
Chance Litchfield – Fix Radio
Emma Nagouse – Muses: An Ampersand Podcast
Helen Pidd – The Guardian
May Robson – BBC Sounds Audio Lab
Niall Breslin - The Madman’s Hotel, Chalk & Blade and Big Face Productions for Audible
Phoebe McIndoe – Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4
Scout Tzofiya Bolton – Prison Radio Association

Best News or Current Affairs Award
Sponsored by markettiers

90 Seconds to Midnight – Daily Mail
The 2024 ‘Genny Lex’ – KISS
Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump – Times Radio
The Boys Are Not Alright – Audio Always for BBC Radio 4
Electoral Dysfunction – Sky News
Intrigue: To Catch a Scorpion – BBC Radio 4
Pod Save The UK – Reduced Listening and Crooked Media
Sitrep – BFBS
Southport – BBC Radio Merseyside

Best Sonic Branding Award

BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Clyde 1 Superscoreboard
Fix Radio
Greatest Hits Radio 60s

Best Speech Breakfast Radio Show Award
Sponsored by Radio News Hub

5 Live Breakfast – BBC Radio 5 Live
The Graham Liver Breakfast Show – BBC Radio Lancashire
The Kevin Duala Breakfast Show – BBC Radio Merseyside
talkSPORT Breakfast – talkSPORT
Times Radio Breakfast – Times Radio
Today – BBC Radio 4

Best Speech Entertainment Award 
Sponsored by Carver PR

Believe In People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma – ReNew
British Scandal – Wondery & Samizdat Audio
Elis James and John Robins – Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 Live
Help I Sexted My Boss – Audio Always
Jon Holmes Says The C-Word – Unusual Productions for BBC Radio 4
Josie Long – Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4
The Louis Theroux Podcast – Mindhouse Productions
Matt Chorley – BBC Radio 5 Live
Overnights With Martin Kelner – talkSPORT

Best Sports Award 

The Big Scottish Football Show – Forth 1
From Extinction to Promotion – BBC Radio Derby Sport
Gameday – talkSPORT
Guardian Football Weekly – The Guardian
Men in Blazers: Early Kick Off – Men in Blazers and Footwork Media for Wondery
P1 with Matt & Tommy – Stak
Premier League Sunday – BBC Radio 5 Live
Test Match Special – BBC Radio 5 Live
White & Jordan – talkSPORT

The Creative or Technical Innovation Award
Sponsored by AIM / Xperi

6 Music’s Way with Words – Audio Always for BBC Radio 6 Music
The Ballad of Scout and the Alcohol Tag – Prison Radio Association for BBC Radio 4
Fun Kids Space Station – Fun Kids
Fun Kids Time Machine – Fun Kids
The Gossip Gays: Who Killed Danny Beard? – Audio Always
Help I Sexted My Boss, in cinemas – Audio Always
Lowlines – Social Broadcasts and Scenery Studios
OUTCAST UK with Graeme Smith – 7^th Planet for Virgin Radio Pride
Sleep Tracks – Peanut & Crumb for BBC Radio 3 Unwind

The Social Impact Award
Sponsored by BBC Sounds

Assume Nothing – Femicide: Eight Steps to Stop a Murder – BBC Radio Ulster
Black History Month: Raising The Next Generation – Hits Radio
Clare’s Law: A Decade of Saving Lives – Hits Radio
The Culture Colonel – BFBS
Intrigue: To Catch a Scorpion – BBC Radio 4
Life After Prison – Prison Radio Association
The Madman’s Hotel – Chalk & Blade and Big Face Productions for Audible
The Quiet Place – BBC Radio 5 Live
The Quilt – Aunt Nell

John Myers Local Radio Station of the Year
Sponsored by RCS

BBC Radio Cornwall
BBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Derby
Forth 1
Clyde 1
Portsmouth’s Express FM

UK Audio Brand of the Year

Apple Music Radio
BBC Sounds
Goalhanger
Rayo – Bauer Media Audio UK
Tortoise Media
Yoto

UK Radio Station or Radio Network of the Year
Sponsored by Arqiva

BBC Asian Network
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 5 Live
Fun Kids
Greatest Hits Radio
talkSPORT

Radio Times Moment of the Year

A listener unexpectedly calls Cristo Foufas’ final show to thank him for saving his life – TALK
BBC Radio 4’s Today: Mishal Husain and James Cleverly – BBC News
Coldplay go Orange for Luton – BBC 3 Counties Radio
Dan Noble speaks out about the far-right riots across the UK – Absolute Radio
Frank off the Radio – The Frank Skinner Project, Avalon
‘I want my mum to die’ – Stuart George on BBC Radio Stoke
Johnnie Walker’s Final Show on Sounds of the 70’s – Listen for BBC Radio 2
Marjorie Taylor Greene blames media for Trump assassination attempt – Times Radio
Radio 4’s PM - Laura Trott Interview – BBC Radio 4
Sunday Love Songs Remembering Steve Wright – BBC Radio 2