A night to remember as Acast shows win big at the British Podcast Awards
VENT Documentaries crowned Podcast Of The Year, plus 39 other winners
Last weekend was all about one huge event that had the entire nation gripped. That’s right, after weeks of anticipation and nail-biting drama, Saturday saw the return of the British Podcast Awards — and, once again, shows from the Acast network brought it home.
Our podcasts scooped 15 of the 30 Gold awards on offer, and 40 of the total 84 awards that were up for grabs — one more than the monster haul achieved by our incredible podcasters this time last year.
VENT Documentaries, which also won the Best Documentary Podcast and Smartest Podcast awards, was crowned Podcast Of The Year. The show — created by the team at VICE UK to tell powerful stories of young people in London — becomes the fourth Acast podcast in a row to receive this ceremony’s most coveted gong.
And, in three categories — The Listeners’ Choice, Best Lockdown Podcast, and Best True Crime — Acast shows took home all three Gold, Silver and Bronze awards.
Gold winners from the Acast network this year included Some Families, Who Killed CJ Davis?, Stars In Your Ears, The Intelligence by The Economist, and BBC podcasts Where Is George Gibney? and Grounded With Louis Theroux — all chosen by a panel of podcasting experts, alongside votes cast by listeners.
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Here’s a full rundown of all the Acast winners from Saturday night, with the category — or categories — they won in brackets:
- VENT Documentaries (GOLD: Podcast Of The Year, GOLD: Best Documentary Podcast, GOLD: Smartest Podcast)
- The Intelligence, by The Economist (GOLD: Best Daily Podcast, SILVER: Best Current Affairs Podcast)
- Where Is Georgy Gibney? (GOLD: Moment Of The Year)
- Some Families (GOLD: Bullseye Award)
- Stars In Your Ears (GOLD: Best Entertainment)
- This Thing Of Darkness (GOLD: Best Fiction)
- Grounded With Louis Theroux (GOLD: Spotlight Award)
- The Skewer (GOLD: Best Radio Podcast)
- Stolen Goodbyes (GOLD: Best Lockdown Podcast)
- Who Killed CJ Davis? (GOLD: Best True Crime)
- RedHanded (GOLD: The Listeners’ Choice)
- Cassie and Corey (SILVER: Best Fiction, BRONZE: Best Wellbeing Podcast)
- Sh**ged Married Annoyed (SILVER: The Listeners’ Choice)
- Grilling (SILVER: Best Branded Podcast)
- SeanceCast (SILVER: Best Comedy Podcast)
- Homeschool History (SILVER: Best Radio Podcast)
- Your Work, Your Money (SILVER: Best Lockdown Podcast)
- Peter 2.0 (SILVER: Smartest Podcast)
- The High Performance Podcast (SILVER: Best Sports Podcast)
- Hometown: A Killing (SILVER: Best True Crime)
- My Mother’s Murder (SILVER: Best Documentary Podcast)
- Football Weekly by the Guardian (BRONZE: The Listeners’ Choice)
- Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding? (BRONZE: Moment Of The Year)
- Table Manners With Jessie Ware (BRONZE: Best Branded Podcast)
- Out Of Home (BRONZE: Bullseye Award)
- Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat (BRONZE: Best Comedy Podcast)
- A Gay And A NonGay (BRONZE: Best Entertainment)
- World Wise Web (BRONZE: Best Family Podcast)
- Today In Focus by the Guardian (BRONZE: Best Interview)
- Growing up with gal-dem (BRONZE: Best New Podcast)
- Brown Girls Do It Too (BRONZE: Best Sex & Relationships Podcast)
- Mandemic (BRONZE: Best Lockdown Podcast)
- Hope High (BRONZE: Best True Crime)
To read more about why these shows are the best in the business, head to the British Podcast Awards website here. And, if you missed the ceremony, you can watch the entire stream back on its YouTube channel here.
