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Genre plays and series have made the shortlist for next year’s BBC Audio Drama Awards.

The awards celebrate the creativity of actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, sound designers and all who work in this vibrant art-form. The winners will be announced on Sunday 24 March 2024 in a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House London.

Nominated are:

Best Adaptation:

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, adapted by Robert Macfarlane and Simon McBurney, producer Catherine Bailey, Catherine Bailey Productions and Complicite

Best Use of Sound:

The Dark is Rising, sound by Gareth Fry, producer Catherine Bailey, Catherine Bailey Productions and Complicité
Slow Air, sound by Alisdair McGregor and Eloise Whitmore, producer Polly Thomas, Naked Productions

Best Podcast Audio Drama:

The Haunter of the Dark – The Lovecraft Investigations by Julian Simpson, producer Sarah Tombling, Sweet Talk Productions

Pilgrim creator Sebastian Baczkiewicz is nominated for both The 5000 and The Tomb for Best Original Series or Serial, while Harland’s Lucy Catherine’s Voices at the End of the World is up for Best Original Single Drama and Best Use of Sound