Bill Nighy wins best host at British Podcast Awards
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Actor Bill Nighy’s reinvention as an agony uncle has earned him the award for best host at the British Podcast Awards, beating names such as Louis Theroux, Katherine Ryan and Lily Allen.
Nighy, 76, known for films including Love Actually, Living and the Underworld franchise, has now found success with what award organisers called his “irresistibly endearing series” Ill-Advised.
Billed as “a podcast for people who don’t get out much and can’t handle it when they do”, the show sees Nighy dole out wry advice to listeners, and muse about life, music and books.
Other winners at the 10th annual British Podcast Awards on Thursday included Pete Wicks, Sophie and Jamie Laing, Peter Crouch and Alan Carr.
Image source, Getty ImagesPete Wicks’ Man Made picked up two awards – best interview podcast and best health & wellbeing podcast.
Actor Sean Bean’s birdwatching series Get Birding also won two prizes – best lifestyle podcast and best video innovation.
The Prison Radio Association’s series about problem gambling, Hold or Fold, won the overall top prize for best podcast, and the award for best factual podcast.
Fans voted Hard Launch with Dan & Phil, hosted by the YouTube veterans, as the winner of the Listeners’ Choice award.
British Podcast Awards gold winners
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Best host – Bill Nighy; Eyepod Studios
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Podcast of the year – Hold or Fold; Prison Radio Association
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Listeners’ choice – Hard Launch with Dan & Phil; Studio 71
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Best arts & culture podcast – Legend: The Bruce Springsteen Story; BBC Audio Wales and West of England
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Best business podcast – The Factory Next Door; The Factory Next Door
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Best comedy podcast – When The Cops Say No, We Say Yes; A Step Too Far Productions
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Best daily podcast – The Intelligence; The Economist
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Best documentary podcast – The Birth Keepers; The Guardian
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Best education podcast – Talking Rubbish; The Rubbish Collective
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Best entertainment podcast – NewlyParents; JamPot Productions
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Best factual podcast – Hold or Fold; Prison Radio Association
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Best fiction podcast – Project Bläckfisk; Cipher Atlas Productions
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Best food & drink podcast – Bottoms Up! With Alan Carr & Lee Peart; Platform Media
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Best health & wellbeing podcast – Pete Wicks’ Man Made; Bauer Media
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Best history podcast – The House at Number 48; BBC Long Form Audio
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Best impact podcast – SEND in the Spotlight; BBC Audio
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Best interview podcast – Pete Wicks’ Man Made; Bauer Media
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Best kids podcast – Audiomoves in Space; Peut-Être Theatre
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Best lifestyle podcast – Get Birding; Peanut & Crumb
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Best network/publisher – BBC World Service
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Best new podcast – Do I Detect A Problem?; Sync Clap Limited
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Best news, politics & current affairs podcast – The Wargame; Sky News and Tortoise
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Best parenting podcast – ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast; ADHD Women’s Wellbeing
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Rising star award – Georgie Styles
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Best sex & relationships podcast – Atonement: The John Paulk Story; Goldhawk and Platform Media
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Specialist award – The Dementia Perspective; OG Podcasts
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Best sport podcast – That Peter Crouch Podcast; Marvellous
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Spotlight award – Dish from Waitrose with Nick Grimshaw & Angela Hartnett; Cold Glass Productions
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Best true crime podcast – Coining It; Free Turn
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Best video innovation – Get Birding; Peanut & Crumb
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Best Welsh language podcast – Hanes Mawr Cymru; Terrier Productions
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Published3 October 2025
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Published26 September 2024
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