You, Me and The Big C and Griefcast Win Top Awards at the UK Arias
updated on Oct 19, 2018
Podcasts tackling grief and cancer take top awards at the UK Aria Awards
Last night saw podcasts You, Me and the Big C and Griefcast, winning gold awards at the Audio and Radio Industry Awards (Arias).
The awards are said to be 'the Oscars of UK radio and audio' and recognise talented individuals across the sector in the UK. The Arias offer 20 awards, acknowledging podcasts, presenters, community programming, storytelling and sound.
You, Me and The Big C, the Radio 5 Live podcast, took the gold award for the Best New Show. The show, which started earlier this year, was founded by Rachael Bland and presented by Rachael, Deborah James and Lauren Mahon - all of whom have personal experince of cancer.
Rachael died in September, but not before the podcast had reached number one in the iTunes charts and helped thousands of people. The podcast has opened up the conversation around living - and dying - with cancer and is currently in it's second season, with Deborah James and Lauren Mahon promising to take the show forward, at Rachael's insistence.
Griefcast, a podcast created by comedian Cariad Lloyd, scooped Best Podcast. Griefcast, now in its third series, features conversations between Caraid and others in the comedy industry, speaking about lost loved ones, death and grief. Conversations are often as funny as they are heartbreaking and the podcast has recieved wide acclaim including at the British Podcast Awards. Guests include Sarah Pascoe, Jayde Adams, Eshaan Akbar and Emily Dean.
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