Update: Unfortunately David Tennant, Death And The Queen and Carmilla didn't make the finals.

The finalists of the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2017 are to be revealed today,

David Tennant has been nominated for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jimmy Porter in Look Back In Anger which aired on BBC Radio 4 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of John Osborne’s classic play.

The Doctor Who Big Finish audio adventure , Death And The Queen, which starred David Tennant and Catherine Tate as the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble is nominated for Best Online/Non-Broadcast, as is Audible's Carmilla which also starred David as Dr Hesselius.

The Doctor Who Big Finish audio adventure , Death And The Queen, which starred David Tennant and Catherine Tate as the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble is nominated for Best Online/Non-Broadcast, as is Audible's Carmilla which also starred David as Dr Hesselius.

Each category is judged by a team of industry experts including actress Alison Steadman, journalist Baz Bamigboye, and producer Piers Plowright.

Each category is judged by a team of industry experts including actress Alison Steadman, journalist Baz Bamigboye, and producer Piers Plowright.

The awards recognise the cultural significance, range and originality of audio drama, on air as well as online, and credit the creativity of the actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work within the field.

The awards recognise the cultural significance, range and originality of audio drama, on air as well as online, and credit the creativity of the actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work within the field.

The full list of nominees are as follows:



Best Single Drama

A Play for the Heart by Nick Warburton, producer Marion Nancarrow

Bright Spark by Eve Davies, producer Gary Brown

Comment is Free by James Fritz, producer Becky Ripley

Jump Blue by Hannah Silva, producers Nicolas Jackson & Steve Bond

The Rage by Clare Lizziemore, producer Jonquil Panting

The Sky is Wider by Linda Marshall Griffiths, producer Nadia Molinari



Best Audio Drama (Series)

The Archers (Helen’s trial week) by Tim Stimpson, editor Sean O’Connor

Keeping the Wolf Out by Philip Palmer, producer Toby Swift

Life Lines by Al Smith, producer Sally Avens

Pilgrim by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, producers Jessica Dromgoole & Marc Beeby

School Drama by Andy Mulligan, producers John Dryden & Emma Hearn

Tracks by Matthew Broughton, producers James Robinson, Helen Perry & Abigail le Fleming



Best Adaptation

Emile Zola: Blood, Sex and Money adapted by Oliver Emanuel, Martin Jameson, Lavinia Murray & Dan Rebellato, producers Gary Brown, Pauline Harris, Nadia Molinari, Polly Thomas, Kirsty Williams

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, adapted & directed by Howard Davies, producer Chris Wallis

Miss Julie by Strindberg, adapted & produced by Roger James Elsgood

Roald Dahl: Going Solo adapted by Lucy Catherine, producer Helen Perry

The 56, verbatim edited & adapted by Matt Woodhead & Gemma Wilson, producer Toby Swift

True West by Sam Shepard, adapted by John Peacock, producer Celia de Wolff

Unmade Movies: Hitchcock’s The Blind Man by Alfred Hitchcock & Ernest Lehman, adapted by Mark Gatiss, producers Laurence Bowen & Peter Ettedgui



Best Actor

Danny Sapani, A Raisin in the Sun

David Tennant, Look Back in Anger

Lars Mikkelsen, Miss Julie

Paul Hilton, Pilgrim

Robert Lindsay, A Play for the Heart

Stephen Rea, De Profundis

Timothy Watson, The Archers



Best Actress

Christine Bottomley, The Sky is Wider

Fiona Shaw, Jump Blue

Glenda Jackson, Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola

Hattie Morahan, The Life and Loves of a She Devil

Louiza Patikas, The Archers

Pippa Haywood, Tess in Winter

Romola Garai, Tracks



Best Supporting Actor/Actress

Anton Lesser, Home Front

Bill Paterson, King Lear

Clare Corbett, KEEPING THE WOLF OUT

Joe Sims, Life Lines

Joseph Kloska, Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Ralph Ineson, Black Dog

Valene Kane, The Stroma Sessions



Debut Performance from an actor or actress

Christina Ritter, North

Daisy Tompkinson, My Brilliant Friend

Izobel Ward, Just a Girl

Katie West, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Laura Elsworthy, The Skriker

Lee Rufford, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner



Use of Sound

Comment is Free, sound by Iain Hunter, producer Becky Ripley

Jane Eyre, sound by Caleb Knightley, producer Tracey Neale

Mary Rose, sound by Peter Ringrose, Ross Burman, Alison Craig, producer Abigail le Fleming

The Hunting of the Snark, sound by Steve Brooke, producer Charlotte Riches

The Sky is Wider, sound by Steve Brooke, producer Nadia Molinari

Tracks, sound by Nigel Lewis, producers James Robinson, Helen Perry & Abigail le Fleming



Scripted Comedy

Couples by Julia Davis & Mark Wootton, producer Ashle Blaker

DOT: The Mystery at St. Horribly-Vulture’s School for Boys by Ed Harris, producer Jessica Mitic

Guilt Trip by Felicity Montagu, Olivia Nixon & Katherine Jakeways, producer Jane Berthoud

Lewis Macleod’s Wired News by John McGlade, Gabby Hutchison-Crouch, Neil Bratchpiece, Dale Shaw, Richard Cray, Steven Dick, Stuart Docherty, Stephen Holford, Kieron Nicholson, John Sheerman, Dan Sweryt, Stephen Mawhinney, Stu Cooper, producer Rab Christie

Love in Recovery by Pete Jackson, producer Ben Worsfield

Secret Kebabs by Christine Entwisle, producer Kirsty Williams

The Strange Vanishing of Julian Quark by Tom Wainwright, producer Sasha Yevtushenko



Comedy with a Live Audience

Josh Howie’s Losing It by Josh Howie, producer Ashley Blaker

Mae Martin’s Guide to 21st Century Sexuality by Mae Martin, producer Alex Smith

Mark Steel’s in Town: Stockport by Mark Steel, producer Carl Cooper

Penny Dreadfuls Presents: Homer’s Odyssey by David Reed, Humphrey Ker & Thom Tuck, producer Julia McKenzie

Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia of Evolution by Rob Newman, producer Jonathan Harvey

Tom Wrigglesworth’s Hang Ups by Tom Wrigglesworth, James Kettle & Miles Jupp, producer Richard Morris

The Pin by Alex Owen & Ben Ashenden, producer Sam Bryant



Best Online/non Broadcast

Alien – Out of the Shadows, Audible UK

Baker’s End: The King of Cats, Bafflegab Productions

Carmilla, Audible UK

Doctor Who: Absent Friends, Big Finish Productions

Doctor Who: Death and the Queen, Big Finish Productions

Torchwood: More Than This, Big Finish Productions





Following today's announcement, the winners will be announced in a ceremony at the BBC Radio theatre on 29th January.