ARIA Awards 2025 Nominees List: Full Categories & Finalists

Best Commercial Partnership Award

• Dead River – Audio Always for Pogust Goodhead​
• Empowering Young Lives – KISS and KFC​
• Fun Kids Teacher of the Year with Collection Pot – Fun Kids​
• Hold or Fold with GambleAware – Prison Radio Association​
• The Mid.Point: Sweaty Betty Special – Spiritland Productions​
• Scottish Island Adventures – The Big Light​

Best Event Coverage Award

• BBC Proms 2024 – BBC Radio 3​
• Coldplay go Orange for Luton – BBC Three Counties Radio​
• Coverage of the Paralympics – RNIB Connect Radio​
• Forest are Magic – Forest Focus​
• Isle of Man TT Races: The TT Podcast – Audio Always​
• Magic Celebrates Diwali – Magic Radio​
• Radio 1’s Pedal Power for Red Nose Day – BBC Radio 1​
• Superscoreboard at EURO 2024 – Clyde 1​
• Sycamore Gap: One Year On – National Trust​

Best Drama or Fiction Award

• 1984 – Audible​
• Central Intelligence – Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4​
• Life & Time – BBC Radio 4​
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles: A Poirot Mystery – Audible​
• One Hundred and Fifty Days – BBC Audio Scotland for BBC Radio 4​
• Ruthie Henshall Sees Dead People – Magic Radio​
• The Skies Are Watching – Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4​
• UNSINKABLE – Datura Studios and North Atlantic Ridge in association with B7 Media and AudioMarvels​
• Zeroes – BBC Studios Audio for Audible​

Best Comedy Award (Show or Presenter)

• Christmas Dinner with Kurupt FM – Prison Radio Association​
• Green Wing: Resuscitated – Audible​
• Help I Sexted My Boss – Audio Always​
• IM1: 60 Years and Counting, Sadly… – Manx Radio​
• Mark Steel’s in Town – BBC Radio 4​
• The Menagerie – Radio M29​
• The Skewer – Unusual Productions for BBC Radio 4​
• Time of The Week – DLT Entertainment for BBC Radio 4​
• Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake – Sony Music Entertainment

Best Factual Series Award (continued)

• Grenfell: Building a Tower – BBC Studios Audio for BBC Sounds
• Hard to Read – Reduced Listening for BBC Sounds
• Lives Less Ordinary – BBC World Service
• Manhunt: The Waltham Forest Killer – BBC Studios Audio for BBC Sounds
• Ukraine War Diaries – Sky News StoryCast
• Whose Reality Is It Anyway? – Tortoise Media

Best Health or Wellbeing Show

• All The Small Things – BBC Radio 4
• Ellie & Anna Have Issues – BBC Radio 1
• Fertility Foundations – Fertility Help Hub
• Full Disclosure with James O’Brien: Mental Health Specials – Global
• James and Clair’s 2.0 – BBC Radio Scotland
• Open Mind with Frankie Bridge – Spirit Studios for Boots
• Open Up – BBC Asian Network
• The Therapy Crouch – Stak
• What’s The Craic? – U105

Best New Podcast

• A Very British Cult – BBC Studios for BBC Sounds
• Blossoms: Pubcast – Made in Manchester for Global Player
• Call Jonathan Pie – Boffola Pictures & Audio Always
• Daughter of a Cult – Novel for Global
• The Footballer’s Football Podcast – BBC Radio 5 Live
• Hooked on Freddie – Blanchard House
• Human Error – Tortoise Media
• Meltdown – Folding Pocket
• Terribly Famous – Wondery

Best Music Breakfast Show

• Ben Burrell at Breakfast – Absolute Radio Classic Rock
• The Boogie & Arlene Breakfast Show – Forth 1
• The Chris Evans Breakfast Show – Virgin Radio
• Dean McCullough & Vicky Hawkesworth – BBC Radio 1
• Fleur East’s Hits Radio Breakfast – Hits Radio
• Greg James – The Radio 1 Breakfast Show – BBC Radio 1
• KISS Breakfast with Jordan & Perri – KISS
• Sam & Danni at Breakfast – Capital South Wales
• Zoe Ball Breakfast Show – BBC Radio 2

Best Music Entertainment Show

• Arielle Free – BBC Radio 1
• BBC Introducing Rock – BBC Radio 1
• Jamz Supernova on 6Music – BBC Radio 6 Music
• Jazz FM Breakfast with Nigel Williams – Jazz FM
• Jordan & Perri’s Friday Night Hits – KISS
• Munya and Filly – BBC Sounds
• Rickie, Melvin and Charlie – BBC Radio 1
• Tom Ravenscroft – BBC Radio 6 Music
• The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show – BBC Radio 2

Best Podcast

• A Very British Cult – BBC Studios for BBC Sounds
• Call Jonathan Pie – Boffola Pictures & Audio Always
• Daughter of a Cult – Novel for Global
• Hooked on Freddie – Blanchard House
• Meltdown – Folding Pocket
• Terribly Famous – Wondery
• The Skewer – Unusual Productions for BBC Radio 4
• Ukraine War Diaries – Sky News StoryCast
• Whose Reality Is It Anyway? – Tortoise Media

Best Presenter

• Anita Rani – BBC Radio 4
• Clive Anderson – BBC Radio 4
• Dan Walker – Classic FM
• Edith Bowman – BBC Radio Scotland
• Greg James – BBC Radio 1
• James O’Brien – LBC
• Lauren Laverne – BBC Radio 6 Music
• Rylan Clark – BBC Radio 2
• Vick Hope – BBC Radio 1

Best Speech Presenter

• Amol Rajan – BBC Radio 4
• Emma Barnett – BBC Radio 4
• James O’Brien – LBC
• Nicky Campbell – BBC Radio 5 Live
• Sheila Fogarty – LBC
• Stephen Nolan – BBC Radio 5 Live
• Tom Swarbrick – LBC

Best Specialist Music Show

• BBC Introducing with Gemma Bradley – BBC Radio Ulster
• Cerys Matthews – BBC Radio 6 Music
• Craig Charles: The Trunk of Funk – BBC Radio 6 Music
• Jamz Supernova – BBC Radio 6 Music
• Jools Holland – BBC Radio 2
• Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation – BBC Radio 2