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Audio Academy Festival 2026: Courtrooms and Clickbait: Reporting Fame Under Fire

Some TikToks about the Diddy trial passed 20 million views, and some of what they claimed was never heard in court. Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty (Presenter at the BBC) tells Jane Mulkerrins (Associate Editor at The Times Magazine) how Fame Under Fire, Gold winner for Best Speech Entertainment at the 2026 ARIAS, fights back by being “loud...

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Audio Academy Festival 2026: It’s a Fair Cop: The Interrogation

The first stand-up gig by Alfie Moore (Comedian and Broadcaster) was a dare from his wife. Now police training centres as far away as Canada buy his Radio 4 show to train their officers. He tells Jon Harvey (Comedian, Writer and Broadcaster) how It’s a Fair Cop went from a Portakabin at the Edinburgh Fringe...

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Audio Academy Festival 2026: Moment of the Year: Mishal Husain and Louisa Lewis with Elizabeth Day

“Listen love, you’re trying ever so hard.” Nigel Farage’s line to Mishal Husain (Bloomberg) was voted the Radio Times Moment of the Year at the ARIAS. Mishal and Louisa Lewis (Executive Producer at Bloomberg) tell Elizabeth Day (Host of How To Fail) what was going on behind it. They cover building an interview around three...

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Audio Academy Festival 2026: How Hits Radio Became Station of the Year 2026

Hits Radio was given five minutes with Chris Martin (Coldplay). They charmed him into 20, then turned it into a Sunday special. Paul Gerrard (Content Director at Hits Radio) and Steph Hill (Head of Content at Hits Radio) tell Matt Deegan (Partner at Folder Media) how moments like that helped win UK Station of the...

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Audio Academy Festival 2026: My Stalker Moved In Next Door: Victoria Glover

Victoria Glover (Hits Radio) recorded almost every sound in her ARIAS Gold-winning series herself, from door slams to the hum of the television downstairs, so listeners would hear her story as she lived it. My Stalker Moved In Next Door is her own account of being cyberstalked by a stranger, and of the system that...

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Radio Festival 2025: Goalhanger

In the world of the blockbuster podcast, Goalhanger creates hits with the same flair that its co-founder, Gary Lineker, scored goals. But what makes the company so successful? And what was the secret behind it becoming Audio Brand of the Year at the ARIAS? Hugo Rifkind finds out....

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Radio Festival 2025: Dead River

Dead River is a powerful documentary podcast telling the story of Brazil’s Mariana dam collapse – one of the world’s worst environmental disasters. It was produced by Audio Always in partnership with Pogust Goodhead, the law firm representing hundreds of thousands of victims. Paul Fernley, Business Development Director at Audio Always who helped shape the...

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Radio Festival 2025: Kevin Duala

Kevin Duala, Ben Anderson, and Jessica Robbins chat to host Sangita Myska....

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Radio Festival 2025: ARIA Gold winner for Best Comedy – The Skewer with Jon Holmes

Jon Holmes has just recorded the latest episode of ‘The Skewer’ for BBC Radio 4. Tom Price will ask him how he makes award winning satire from a relentless news cycle. A must for news junkies and anyone who likes a laugh. Find out how Jon makes his unique brand of audio magic....

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Best New Presenters 2022 – ARIA Winners in Focus

Three of the UK’s freshest voices come together to discuss their careers so far.

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Decode – ARIA Winner in Focus

The award-winning production team discuss the podcast that deconstructs British albums.

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BARS – ARIA Winner in Focus

How the music therapy show for prisoners came about, and how the team made the show.

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Adele Roberts – ARIA Winner in Focus

The Radio 1 DJ talks about her return to work after dealing with a life changing illness.

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The Battersea Poltergeist – ARIA Winner in Focus

Creator Danny Robins talks about how he mixed true crime, drama, documentary and ghosts.

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Folk on Foot – ARIA Winner in Focus

The Folk on Foot team share the joys of creating beautiful audio in spectacular locations.

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Clyde 1 – ARIA Winner in Focus

How to create content that pushes the boundaries of local commercial radio and wins awards.

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Emma Barnett – ARIA Winner in Focus

Harriet Scott sits down with the Woman’s Hour host to delve deeper into the power of radio.

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talkSPORT’s Euro 2020 – ARIA Winner in Focus

How talkSPORT won Gold. A look behind the scenes at how the station covered Euro 2020.

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The Long Time Academy – ARIA Winner in Focus

How do you use the power of audio to help listeners become good ancestors?

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The Skewer – ARIA Winner in Focus

Creator Jon Holmes talks about creating this remarkable show with a community of angry citizens.

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BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Station Sound – ARIA Winner in Focus

Fresh from their 5th successive gold ARIA win, the Station Sound team offer their top 3 tips.

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Hits Radio: Station of the Year

Looking back at 2021 with the bosses, hosts and team from the ARIAS Station of the Year.

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How to Win the ARIAS

What are the judges looking for in the awards, and how do you make your submission stand out?

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Magic Radio: How to be Station of the Year

Looking back at an ARIA-award winning 2020, with the station bosses and some of the team.

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