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The Spoken Word Awards : 2003 Results

Category: Abridged Classic Fiction

Title: Lord Edgware Dies

Author: Agatha Christie

Performer: Michael Cochrean

Publisher: Macmillan AudioBooks

Award: Gold


Title: Oliver Twist

Author: Charles Dickins

Performer: Anton Lesser

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Award: Silver


Title: At Bertram's Hotel

Author: Agatha Christie

Performer: David Timson

Publisher: Macmillan AudioBooks

Award: Bronze

Category: Abridged Modern Fiction

Title: Unless

Author: Carol Shields

Performer: Lorelei King

Publisher: HarperCollins

Award: Gold


Title: Life of Pi

Author: Yann Martel

Performer: Kerry Shale

Publisher: HarperCollins

Award: Silver


Title: I Don't Know How She Does It

Author: Allison Pearson

Performer: Samantha Bond

Publisher: Random House Audio

Award: Bronze

Category: Abridgement

Title: Life of Pi

Author: Yann Martell

Performer: Kerry Shale

Publisher: HarperCollins

Award: Gold


Title: Churchill

Author: Roy Jenkins

Performer: John Sessions

Publisher: Macmillan AudioBooks

Award: Silver


Title: A History of Britain Volume 3

Author: Simon Schama

Performer: Timothy West

Publisher: BBC Radio Collection

Award: Bronze

Category: Biography

Title: A Moment Towards The End Of The Play

Author: Timothy West

Performer: Timothy West

Publisher: Chivers AudioBooks

Award: Gold


Title: Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self

Author: Claire Tomalin

Performer: Jill Balcon

Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks

Award: Silver


Title: The Road To Nab End

Author: William Woodruff

Performer: Sam Kelly

Publisher: Chivers Audio Books

Award: Bronze

Category: Children: Over 6

Title: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

Author: Mark Haddon

Performer: Ben Tibber, Jan Francis, Oliver Chris, Karen Craig, Guy Henry

Publisher: Random House Audio

Award: Gold


Title: His Dark Materials - Trilogy

Author: Phillip Pullman

Performer: full cast

Publisher: BBC Radio Collection

Award: Silver


Title: Feather Boy

Author: Nicky Singer

Performer: Philip Franks

Publisher: Chivers Children's Audio Books

Award: Bronze

Category: Children: 6 and Under

Title: Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb

Author: Francesca Simon

Performer: Miranda Richardson

Publisher: Orion Audio Books

Award: Joint Gold


Title: Room on the Broom

Author: Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

Performer: Josie Lawrence

Publisher: Macmillan AudioBooks

Award: Joint Gold


Title: Monkey Puzzle

Author: Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

Performer: Imelda Staunton

Publisher: Macmillan AudioBooks

Award: Silver


Title: Beware Of The Storybook Wolves

Author: Lauren Child

Performer: Hugh Laurie

Publisher: Hodder Children's Audiobooks

Award: Bronze

Category: Comedy / Humour

Title: I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Anniversary Special

Performer: H Lyttelton, T Brooke-Taylor, B Cryer, G Garden, W Rushton & Guests

Publisher: BBC Radio Collection

Award: Gold


Title: Live At The Top Of The Tower

Author: Peter Kay

Performer: Peter Kay

Publisher: Sound Entertainment Ltd

Award: Silver


Title: One Hit Wonderland

Author: Tony Hawks

Performer: Tony Hawks

Publisher: Random House Audio

Award: Bronze

Category: Drama

Title: Doctor Who: Death Comes To Time

Author: Colin Meek

Performer: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Stephen Fry, John Sessions & full cast

Publisher: BBC Radio Collection

Award: Joint Gold


Title: The Old Curiosity Shop

Author: Charles Dickens

Performer: Julia McKenzie, Anna Massey, Sandi Toksvig, Phil Daniels & cast

Publisher: BBC Radio Collection

Award: Joint Gold


Title: Blithe Spirit

Author: Noel Coward

Performer: Corin Redgrave, Kika Markham, Joanna Lumley, Thelma Ruby & cast

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Award: Joint Silver


Title: Hedda Gabler

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Performer: Juliet Stevenson, Michael Maloney, Philip Voss, Emma Fielding & cast

Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks

Award: Joint Silver

Category: Non-Fiction

Title: Sahara

Author: Michael Palin

Performer: Michael Palin

Publisher: Chivers Audio Books

Award: Gold


Title: Stupid White Men

Author: Michael Moore

Performer: Michael Moore

Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks

Award: Silver


Title: One Hit Wonderland

Author: Tony Hawks

Performer: Tony Hawks

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Award: Joint Bronze


Title: The Lost Kind of France

Author: Deborah Cadbury

Performer: Hannah Gordon

Publisher: HarperCollins AudioBooks

Award: Joint Bronze

Category: Poetry

Title: Poems for Refugees

Author: Various

Performer: Various, foreword by Martin Jarvis

Publisher: CSA Telltapes (now CSA Word)

Award: Gold


Title: The Curse Of The Vampire's Socks

Author: Terry Jones

Performer: Terry Jones

Publisher: Orion AudioBooks

Award: Silver


Title: Nation's Favourite Children's Poems

Author: Various

Performer: Samantha Bond, Eleanor Bron, Bernard Cribbins, Michael Maloney

Publisher: BBC Radio Collection

Award: Bronze

Category: Production

Title: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

Author: Mark Haddon

Performer: B Tibber, J Francis, O Chris, K Craig, G Henry

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Award: Gold


Title: Room On The Broom

Author: Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

Performer: Josie Lawrence

Publisher: Macmillan AudioBooks

Award: Silver


Title: Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb

Author: Francesca Simon

Performer: Miranda Richardson

Publisher: Orion AudioBooks

Award: Bronze

Category: Crime and Thriller

Title: Strip Jack

Author: Ian Rankin

Performer: James MAcpherson

Publisher: Orion AudioBooks

Award: Gold


Title: The Last Kashmiri Rose

Author: Barbara Cleverly

Performer: Terry Wale

Publisher: Soundings Audio Books

Award: Silver


Title: Presumption of Death

Author: Jill Paton Walsh & Dorothy L Sayers

Performer: Edward Petherbridge

Publisher: Chivers Audio Books

Award: Bronze

Category: Unabridged Classic Fiction

Title: A Month in the Country

Author: J L Carr

Performer: Nick Rawlinson

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Award: Gold


Title: And The There Were None

Author: Agatha Christie

Performer: Hugh Fraser

Publisher: HarperCollins

Award: Joint Silver


Title: The Graduate

Author: Charles Webb

Performer: William Hope

Publisher: Chivers Audio Books

Award: Joint Silver


Title: Embers

Author: Sandor Marai

Performer: Paul Schofield

Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks

Award: Joint Bronze


Title: Zorba the Greek

Author: Nikos Kazantzakis

Performer: Stephen Thorne

Publisher: Chivers Audio Books

Award: Joint Bronze

Category: Unabridged Modern Fiction

Title: Spies

Author: Michael Frayn

Performer: Martin Jarvis

Publisher: Chivers Audiobooks

Award: Gold


Title: Atonement

Author: Ian McEwan

Performer: Carole Boyd

Publisher: Chivers Audiobooks

Award: Joint Silver


Title: The Hours

Author: Michael Cunningham

Performer: Patricia Hodge

Publisher: HarperCollins

Award: Joint Silver


Title: Beggar's Banquet Part 1

Author: Ian Rankin

Performer: James Macpherson

Publisher: Orion Audiobooks

Award: Bronze

Category: Spoken Word Audio of the Year

Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Author: Mark Haddon

Performer: B Tibber, J Francis, O Chris, K Craig, G Henry

Publisher: Random House Audio Books

Category: Spoken Word Publisher of the Year

Macmillan Audio Books

Category: Female Performer of the Year

Patricia Hodge

Category: Male Performer of the Year

Kerry Shale

Award: Joint Winner


Michael Palin

Award: Joint Winner

Category: Listen to Books Customer Choice Award

Title: Trowel and Error

Author: Alan Titchmarsh

Category: Radio Times Reader's Choice Award

Title: I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Anniversary Special

Performer: H Lyttelton, T Brooke-Taylor, B Cryer, G Garden, W Rushton & Guests

Publisher: BBC Radio Collection