The Tinniswood Award is a British annual award for original radio drama. It is named in memory of

Peter Tinniswood Peter Tinniswood (21 December 1936 – 9 January 2003) was an English radio and TV comedy scriptwriter, and author of a series of popular novels. He was born in Liverpool, but grew up above a dry cleaner's on Eastway in Sale, Cheshire. Early c ...

, who died in 2003, and was established by the

Society of Authors The Society of Authors (SoA) is a United Kingdom trade union for professional writers, illustrators and literary translators, founded in 1884 to protect the rights and further the interests of authors. , it represents over 12,000 members and ass ...

and the

Writers' Guild of Great Britain The Writers' Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), established in 1959, is a trade union for professional writers. It is affiliated with both the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG). History The un ...

; it is sponsored by the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society. The prize is for original radio drama broadcast within the United Kingdom, and is open to stand-alone plays or first episodes of series or serials; entries are submitted by their producer. It is worth £1500. With the establishment of the

BBC Audio Drama Awards The BBC Audio Drama Awards is an awards ceremony created by BBC Radio to recognise excellence in the radio industry, in particular in audio dramas. The inaugural awards were presented in 2012 and the ceremony hosted at the BBC Radio Theatre, Br ...

, the Tinniswood Award has been incorporated into the ceremony.

Eligibility

Any work submitted for the award must be an original piece for radio and may also include the first episode from an original series or serial first transmitted within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over the year before the year of the award and scheduled for transmission to 31 October in the year of the award. The award for each year is presented in January of the following year. 30-minute plays are eligible, provided that they are stand-alone and that characters and situations are original to the writer. Adaptations for radio of pieces originally written for other mediums are not eligible. The entry fee is £50.

Past winners

* 2022: ''Blis-ta'' by Sonya Hale * 2021: '' Tristram Shandy: In Development'' by Christopher Douglas * 2020: ''The Hartlepool Spy'' by Ian Martin * 2019 '' When The Pips Stop'',

Oliver Emanuel Oliver Emanuel (born 1980) is a British playwright and radio dramatist. Early life and education Oliver Emanuel was born in Kent, attended St Gregory's Catholic Comprehensive School in Tunbridge Wells, and studied English and Theatre Studies ...

* 2018 ''Borderland'',

Sarah Woods Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pi ...

* 2017 ''Comment is Free'',

James Fritz James Fritz is a British playwright. Works Stage *2011 - ''Lines'' *2014 - ''Four Minutes Twelve Seconds'' (winning Fritz Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2015) *2015 - ''Ross & Rachel'' *2016 - ''The Fall'' *2017 - ' ...

* 2016 ''Fugue State'', Julian Simpson * 2015 ''Goodbye'',

Morwenna Banks Tamsin Morwenna Banks (born 20 September 1961) is a British comedy actress, writer and producer. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show '' Absolutely'', and wrote, produced, and appeared in the British ensemble film ''The Announcemen ...

* 2014 ''Marathon Tales'',

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and Colin Teevan * (2013 Year changed to reflect date of award, rather than the drama's transmission) * 2012 ''Kafka the Musical'',

Murray Gold Murray Jonathan Gold (born 28 February 1969) is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. He is best known as the musical director and composer of the music for ''Doctor Who'' from 2005, unti ...

* 2011 ''Gerontius'',

Stephen Wyatt Stephen Wyatt, born 4 February 1948 in Beckenham, Kent (now Greater London), is a British writer for theatre, radio and television. Early life and education Wyatt was raised in Ealing, West London. He was educated at Latymer Upper School and ...

* 2010 ''Ivan and the Dogs'',

Hattie Naylor Hattie Naylor is an English playwright. Her 2009 ''Ivan and the Dogs'' won the Tinniswood Award for original radio drama and was nominated in the 2010 Olivier Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre. It has since been developed into a film ...

* 2009 ''Goldfish Girl'', Peter Souter * 2008 ''Memorials to the Missing'',

* 2007 ''Not Talking'', Mike Bartlett and ''To Be A Pilgrim'', Rachel Joyce * 2006 ''Beast'',

Nick Warburton Nick Warburton (born 1947) is a British screenwriter and playwright. He has written stage plays, television and radio scripts for series including ''Doctors'', ''Holby City'' and '' EastEnders''. Career Warburton was a primary school teacher f ...

* 2005 ''Norman'', Mike Stott * 2004 ''Killing Maestros'', Christopher William Hill

References

External links

Official WebsitePress release - 2012 award
British radio awards Radio drama awards Awards established in 2004 2004 establishments in the United Kingdom {{UK-bcast-stub