After a fabulous evening of glitz and glamour we're delighted to share with you the 2026 ARIAS winners. Huge congratulations to all our winners and nominees!
UK Radio Station or Radio Network of the Year
Supported by Arqiva
- GOLD: Hits Radio
- SILVER: BBC Radio 2
- BRONZE: Fix Radio
- BBC Radio 1
- BBC Radio 3
- BBC Radio 4
- Greatest Hits Radio
- Jazz FM
Radio Times Moment of the Year
Supported by Radio Times
- GOLD: “Listen love, you're trying ever so hard”, Bloomberg
- SILVER: Scotland V Denmark World Cup Qualifier, BBC Radio Scotland
- BRONZE: Chelsey Ward shares her lived experience of racist abuse in Yorkshire, BBC Radio Sheffield
- BBC Radio 3 Breakfast: 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, BBC Audio for BBC Radio 3
- Comedian Dan Skinner swims with the Blue Tits Chill Swimmers off the Pembrokeshire coast, Think Publishing and Great Western Railway
- I Don't Like Cricket, I Love It, BBC Three Counties Radio
- Live Aid Relived on Greatest Hits Radio
- Sarah Speaks: The Southport Attacks, BBC Radio Merseyside
- The Human Cost: How Tool Theft Pushed One Listener to the Brink of Suicide, Fix Radio
- The King's Music Room, Apple Music
Best Speech Breakfast Show
Supported by RadioPlayer
- GOLD: Joe Sims’ ‘Proper Bristol Breakfast’, BBC Radio Bristol
- SILVER: Good Morning Ulster, BBC Radio Ulster
- BRONZE:Sophie Law, BBC Radio Oxford
- 5 Live Breakfast, BBC Radio 5 Live
- Bloomberg Daybreak Europe, Bloomberg Radio
- The Graham Liver Breakfast Show, BBC Radio Lancashire
Best Speech Entertainment
Supported by TYX Studios
- GOLD Fame Under Fire, BBC Sounds
- SILVER Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball, Persephonica
- BRONZE British Scandal, Audible and Samizdat Audio
- Matt Chorley, BBC Radio 5 Live
- Mistresses with Jameela Jamil & Dr Kate Lister, Audible and Mags Creative
- Out of Doors, BBC Radio Scotland
- NPR Talk, Prison Radio Association
- Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIB, RNIB Connect Radio
- Rylan: How To Be In Love, Mindhouse Productions for BBC Sounds
- The Louis Theroux Podcast, Mindhouse Productions
Best Comedy
Supported by Comedy UK
- GOLD It’s a Fair Cop, BBC Studios Audio for BBC Radio 4
- SILVER The Skewer, Unusual for BBC Radio 4
- BRONZE Shagged, Married, Annoyed, Avalon
- French & Saunders: Titting About, Listen and Audible
- From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast, Baby Cow and Audible
- IM1, Manx Radio
- Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby, DLT Entertainment for BBC Radio 4
- The Jon Richardson Show, Absolute Radio
- The Matt Forde Focus Group, Avalon for BBC Radio 4
- Where There’s A Will There’s A Wake, Sony Music Entertainment
Best Factual Series
Supported by Audio UK
- GOLD My Stalker Moved in Next Door, Hits Radio
- SILVER Pipeline: Left to Die, Daily Mail
- BRONZE The House at Number 48, BBC Radio 4
- Adrift, Blanchard House
- Assume Nothing: Creation of a Teenage Satanist, BBC Sounds
- Missing in the Amazon, The Guardian
- The Spy Who, Audible
- The Smuggler, BBC Radio 4
- The Toxic Waste Scandal, BBC Radio Northampton
Best News
Supported by IRN
- GOLD Hits and Headlines, Hits Radio
- SILVER The Mishal Husain Show, Bloomberg
- BRONZE Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica's Recovery, BBC Radio 1Xtra Newsbeat
- Assisted dying, the debate beyond the bill, The Economist
- Electoral Dysfunction, Sky News
- From Glory to Horror: The Liverpool Title Parade, Hits Radio Liverpool
- Sitrep, BFBS
- Teen Summit, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Bitesize
- The Bicester Fire, BBC Radio Oxford
- The Smuggler, BBC Radio 4
- Today in Focus, The Guardian
- Trump100, Sky News
Best Event Coverage
Supported by Aiir
- GOLD Train Tracks, Tandem Productions for BBC Radio 3
- SILVER The Shipping Forecast Day, BBC Radio 4
- BRONZE Live Aid Relived, Greatest Hits Radio
- BBC Proms 2025, BBC Audio for BBC Radio 3
- Donald Trump's State Visit - Electoral Dysfunction and Trump100, Sky News
- The King's Trust Carol Concert, Magic Classical
- The Oasis Reunion, Absolute Radio
- Tool Theft Rally, Fix Radio
- Vernon Kay At The Oasis Homecoming Concert, BBC Audio for BBC Radio 2
Best Commercial Partnership
Supported by Rayo
- GOLD How To Fail, Dove and Sony Music Podcasts
- SILVER Comedians Chatting Cancer, Cancer Research UK and Acast
- BRONZE Wickes and Bauer Media Audio UK
- Christmas saved for 318,767 children thanks to B&M, Cash for Kids and Hits Radio
- The Citroën Apprentice Driving Force, Fix Radio and Citroën
- Staying Relevant in Vegas with Avios, Acast and Staying Relevant Productions
- The 'Altogether Different' Start to the Day with KISS Breakfast and Channel 4
Best Technical Innovation
Supported by Xperi
- GOLD The 2005 Ashes: Settling the Score, BBC Radio 5 Live
- SILVER The Wargame, Sky News and Tortoise
- BRONZE Train Tracks, Tandem Productions for BBC Radio 3
- Illuminated: The Organ Symphony, Loftus Media for BBC Radio 4
- Radio Essentials PrepPad®, Essentials Digital Media Ltd
- Voice Notes Suck
John Myers Local Radio Station of the Year 2025
Supported by RCS
- GOLD: BBC Radio Merseyside
- SILVER: Clyde 1
- BRONZE: Forth 1
- BBC Radio Manchester
- BBC Radio Sheffield
- BBC Radio Ulster
- Lyca Radio
- Original 106
UK Audio Brand of the Year
Supported by Carver PR
- GOLD BBC Sounds
- SILVER Rayo
- BRONZE Audio Always Originals
- Apple Music Radio
- Sony Music Podcasts
Special Recognition
- Trevor Nelson
Best New Presenter
Supported by Spotify
- GOLD Beth Ditto, BBC Audio for BBC 6Music and BBC Sounds
- SILVER Georgie Styles, Smoke Trail and Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio and BBC Sounds Audio Lab
- BRONZE Hugh Sheehan, BBC Sounds Audio Lab
- Anna Sinfield, Novel
- Becky and Ben Saer, Becky & Ben’s Fertility Spotlight
- Gok Wan, Magic Radio
- James Chandler and George Butler, AI Haven’t a Clue
- Louise Wener, Absolute Radio
- Mia Thornton, BBC Sounds Audio Lab
- Roxie Nafousi: Rise with Roxie, Bauer Media Audio UK
- Siva Gold, BCFM
- Hattie Hasan and Steph Leese: Tradeswomen Together, Fix Radio
Best Music Breakfast Show
Supported by TM Studios
- GOLD Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James, BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1
- SILVER The Bald Builders Breakfast, Fix Radio
- BRONZE Boogie in the Morning, Forth 1
- 1Xtra Breakfast with Nadia Jae, BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Breakfast, BBC Audio North for BBC Radio 3
- Bowie at Breakfast, Clyde 1
- Magic Radio Breakfast with Gok Wan and Harriet Scott
- Nick Grimshaw, BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music
Best Music Entertainment
Supported by PPL & PRS For Music
- GOLD Romesh Ranganathan, TBI Media for BBC Radio 2
- SILVER Tyler West, KISS
- BRONZE Justin Dealey, BBC Three Counties Radio
- ChillDaBeats with Phil Taggart, Slack Panda Productions
- Garry Spence, Clyde 1
- Haroon Rashid, BBC Audio for BBC Asian Network
- Hometime with Bush and Richie, Absolute Radio
- Oh Gatekeeper with Joe Talbot, Slack Panda Productions
- Remi Burgz, BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Shaun Keaveny's Community Garden Radio, Burning Bright Productions
Best Music
Supported by High Left Music
- GOLD 21st Century Folk, Pomona Audio for BBC Radio 2
- SILVER Radio 1's New Music Show with Jack Saunders, BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1
- BRONZE So Hear Me Out, Reduced Listening for Southbank Centre
- 20th Century Radicals, Reduced Listening for BBC Radio 3
- The Dance Music Archive with Andi Durrant, KISSTORY
- Elton John’s Rocket Hour, Apple Music Radio
- Facing The Music, Overcoat Media for BBC Radio 3
- Folk on Foot, Matthew Bannister
- Freshly Squeezed: A New Music Podcast, Jim Salveson
- Q Year’s Day, Jazz FM
Best Factual Single Episode
Supported by Dolby
- GOLD Locked Up, BBC Radio 4
- SILVER Lost in Lullabies, Sound and Bones for BBC Radio 4
- BRONZE Pete Wicks' Man Made - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Bauer Media Audio UK
- Coldplay: Off The Record, Hits Radio
- In Pieces, Reduced Listening for BBC Radio 4
- No Contact, when adult children estrange, The Economist
- Paul Simon's Political Storm, Peanut & Crumb for BBC Radio 4
- The Last Boat, The Economist
- The Pop Legacy of Quincy Jones, Jazz FM and Greatest Hits Radio
Best Drama or Fiction
Supported by Audible
- GOLD Four Gammons and a Unicorn, Pozzitive for BBC Radio 4
- SILVER Behind the Scenes at the Museum, BBC Studios Audio for BBC Radio 4
- BRONZE Shirley’s Party, Hooley Productions for BBC Radio 4
- Doctor Who - Hooklight, Big Finish Productions
- Lyra, BBC Studios Audio for BBC Radio 4
- Ranger Rae And The Wildlifers, Fun Kids for National Trust
- Shorts, Ben Burrell
Best Sports
Supported by Transmission Roundhouse
- GOLD The Ryder Cup, BBC Radio 5 Live
- SILVER Total Sport Merseyside, BBC Radio Merseyside
- BRONZE Not by the Playbook, BBC World Service
- F1 Explains, Formula 1 and Audioboom
- Fighting Talk, World’s End for BBC Radio 5 Live
- The Fast And The Curious
- The Women in Sport Podcast
Best Sonic Branding
Supported by Beats Bakery
- GOLD Superscoreboard, Clyde 1
- SILVER BBC Radio 2
- BRONZE BBC Asian Network
- Absolute Radio
- BBC Radio 1
- BBC Radio 6 Music
- Live Aid Relived, Greatest Hits Radio
- Magic Radio
Best Social Impact
Supported by BBC Sounds
- GOLD Criminally Queer, Reduced Listening for BBC Sounds Audio Lab
- SILVER Pipeline: Left to Die, Daily Mail
- BRONZE Stop a Stroke, BBC Radio Manchester
- Bantam of The Opera, BBC Radio Leeds
- Black Girls and Sport: A Break-up Story, Women in Sport
- Fix Radio on mental health
- Fun Kids Windrush
- Kids Live at 5, Cheshire’s MIX56
- Life After Prison, Prison Radio Association
- Lost Souls, Hits Radio
- The Grave Robbers, BBC Studios Audio for BBC Radio 4
- The Scars, Story Publishing