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Bill Nighy wins best host at British Podcast Awards

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O'Grady, S. (2026, October 2). Bill Nighy wins best host at British Podcast Awards. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/bill-nighy-jamie-laing-british-podcast-awards-louis-theroux-the-o2-b1299256.html

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At the British Podcast Awards, Bill Nighy won best host for his work with Eyepod Studios. Other notable winners include Alan Carr and Lee Peart's "Bottoms Up!" which took home the award for best food & drink podcast, and Sean Bean’s “Get Birding,” which won both the lifestyle category and an innovation in video podcasting. The overall podcast of the year went to “Hold or Fold” by the Prison Radio Association, focusing on people affected by gambling harm.

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At the recent British Podcast Awards, actor Bill Nighy was named best host for his work with Eyepod Studios. The overall podcast of the year award went to Hold or Fold, produced by the Prison Radio Association and addressing issues related to gambling harm. Other notable winners included comedian Alan Carr who took home the best food & drink podcast prize for "Bottoms Up!" with co-host Lee Peart, while Pete Wicks’s Man Made won awards in both health & wellbeing and interview categories. Additionally, Sean Bean's Get Birding podcast earned accolades for lifestyle content and video innovation.

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Other winners included comedian Alan Carr who won best food & drink podcast for Bottoms Up! with his co-host Lee Peart. asserted

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Pete Wicks’s Man Made took home two awards, winning best health & wellbeing podcast and best interview podcast. asserted

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Hold or fold, a podcast for people who has “suffered from gambling-related harm” took home the podcast of the year award. asserted

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Full list of winners from the British Podcast Awards: – Best host – Bill Nighy; Eyepod Studios – Podcast of the year – Hold or Fold; Prison Radio Association – Listeners’ choice – Hard Launch with Dan & Phil; Studio 71 – Best arts & culture podcast – Legend: The Bruce Springsteen Story; BBC Audio Wales and West of England – Best business podcast – The Factory Next Door; The Factory Next Door – Best comedy podcast – When The Cops Say No, We Say Yes; A Step Too Far Productions – Best daily podcast – The Intelligence; The Economist – Best documentary podcast – The Birth Keepers; The Guardian – Best education podcast – Talking Rubbish; The Rubbish Collective – Best entertainment podcast – NewlyParents; JamPot Productions – Best factual podcast – Hold or Fold; Prison Radio Association – Best fiction podcast – Project Bläckfisk; Cipher Atlas Productions – Best food & drink podcast – Bottoms Up! With Alan Carr & Lee Peart; Platform Media – Best health & wellbeing podcast – Pete Wicks’ Man Made; Bauer Media – Best history podcast – The House at Number 48; BBC Long Form Audio – Best impact podcast – SEND in the Spotlight; BBC Audio – Best interview podcast – Pete Wicks’ Man Made; Bauer Media – Best kids podcast – Audiomoves in Space; Peut-Être Theatre – Best lifestyle podcast – Get Birding; Peanut & Crumb – Best network/publisher – BBC World Service – Best new podcast – Do I Detect A Problem?; Sync Clap Limited – Best news, politics & current affairs podcast – The Wargame; Sky News and Tortoise – Best parenting podcast – ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast; ADHD Women’s Wellbeing – Rising star award – Georgie Styles – Best sex & relationships podcast – Atonement: The John Paulk Story; Goldhawk and Platform Media – Specialist award – The Dementia Perspective; OG Podcasts – Best sport podcast – That Peter Crouch Podcast; Marvellous – Spotlight award – Dish from Waitrose with Nick Grimshaw & Angela Hartnett; Cold Glass Productions Read More – Best true crime podcast – Coining It; Free Turn – Best video innovation – Get Birding; Peanut & Crumb – Best Welsh language podcast – Hanes Mawr Cymru; Terrier Productions asserted

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