Adam Buxton gets Podcast Champion award
- Adam Buxton has been crowned Podcast Champion at the first British Podcast Awards
- Benjamin Partridge's Beef And Dairy Network Podcast was named Best Comedy Podcast
- Hip Hop Saved My Life With Romesh Ranganathan was awarded Best Entertainment Podcast
Adam Buxton has been crowned Podcast Champion at the first British Podcast Awards.
The award recognises the person that has "done the most to help and develop podcasts in 2016."
The Adam Buxton Podcast was launched in 2015 and sees the comedy star chat to various people who work in entertainment. The episodes are also punctuated by memorable musical jingles made by the host.
Recent guests have included US podcasting star Marc Maron, author Zadie Smith and comic actor Steve Coogan.
Notable episodes include an Adam & Joe reunion show, and an episode in which Buxton's friend Louis Theroux discusses his encounters with Jimmy Savile.
Meanwhile, in the Best Comedy Podcast category, Beef And Dairy Network Podcast was given the Gold award. The show, devised by Benjamin Partridge, is a spoof magazine-format show for "those involved or just interested in the production of beef animals and dairy herds."
The award follows on from Radio 4 acquiring the repeat rights for the programme, with episodes currently being broadcast on Wednesday nights.
Also nominated in the category were The Adam Buxton Podcast, The Scummy Mummies Podcast and BCG hosted shows Do The Right Thing and Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.
Buxton's show was awarded the Silver prize, with Danielle Ward's Do The Right Thing taking the Bronze.
Beef And Dairy Network Podcast also picked up a Bronze award in the Best Fiction Podcast category, with undertaker sitcom Wooden Overcoats taking the Silver.
Elsewhere in the awards, Romesh Ranganathan's Hip Hop Saved My Life was named Best Entertainment Podcast.
Documentary series Fathers And Sons was named Podcast of the Year and Kermode and Mayo's Film Review picked up the most votes in the Listeners' Choice Award category.
The awards were presented at a ceremony last night in London. To find out more visit britishpodcastawards.com