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The Spoken Word Awards : 2005 Results

Category: Abridged Contemporary Fiction

Title: The Ninth Life of Louis Drax

Author: Liz Jensen

Performer: Andrew Sachs, Ben Tibber

Publisher: BBC

Award: Gold


Title: The Food of Love

Author: Anthony Capella

Performer: Kerry Shale

Publisher: Time Warner

Award: Silver


Title: The Sunday Philosophy Club

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Performer: Phyllis Logan

Publisher: Time Warner

Award: Bronze


Category: Abridged Fiction

Title: The Odyssey

Author: Homer

Performer: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman and full cast

Publisher: BBC

Award: Gold


Title: Flashman

Author: George MacDonald Fraser

Performer: Rupert Penry-Jones

Publisher: HarperCollins

Award: Silver


Title: Italian Fever

Author: Valerie Martin

Performer: Francine Brody

Publisher: Orion

Award: Bronze


Category: Unabridged Contemporary Fiction

Title: The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Performer: Hugh Laurie

Publisher: Time Warner

Award: Gold


Title: One Hundred Shades of White

Author: Preethi Nair

Performer: Aileen Gonsalves

Publisher: Isis

Award: Silver


Title: Pompeii

Author: Robert Harris

Performer: Stephen Pacey

Publisher: Chivers

Award: Bronze


Category: Comedy / Humour

Title: Little Britain: The Complete Radio Series 1

Author: Matt Lucas and David Walliams

Performer: Matt Lucas and David Walliams

Publisher: BBC

Award: Gold


Title: Just a Classic Minute Vol 1

Author:

Performer: Cast recording

Publisher: BBC Radio

Award: Silver


Title: I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Clue

Author:

Performer: Cast recording

Publisher: BBC

Award: Bronze


Category: Children's 6 and Under Contemporary

Title: The Snail and the Whale

Author: Julia Donaldson & Alex Scheffler

Performer: Imelda Staunton

Publisher: Macmillan

Award: Gold


Title: Albert le Blanc

Author: Nick Butterworth

Performer: Davic Jason

Publisher: HarperCollins

Award: Silver


Title: The Tale of Jack Frost

Author: David Melling

Performer: High Laurie

Publisher: Hodder Childrens

Award: Bronze


Category: Children's Over 6 Contemporary

Title: The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow

Author: Kaye Umansky

Performer: Rik Mayall

Publisher: Chivers Children's

Award: Gold


Title: Wolf Brother: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Author: Michelle Paver

Performer: Ian McKellen

Publisher: Orion

Award: Silver


Title: The Story of Classical Music

Author: Darren Henley

Performer: Aled Jones

Publisher: Naxos

Award: Bronze


Category: Children's Fiction

Title: Playtime Rhymes

Author: Sally Gardner

Performer: Angela Dijksman & Heather Chivers

Publisher: Orion

Award: Gold


Title: War Horse

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Performer: Michael Morpurgo

Publisher: Chivers Children's

Award: Silver


Title: The Last Batttle: The Chronicles of Narnia

Author: C.S. Lewis

Performer: Patrick Stewart

Publisher: HarperCollins

Award: Bronze


Category: Non-Fiction

Title: Wartime: Britain 1939 - 1945

Author: Juliet Gardiner

Performer: Fiona Shaw

Publisher: Headline

Award: Gold


Title: Himalaya

Author: Michael Palin

Performer: Michael Palin

Publisher: BBC

Award: Silver


Title: Maggie: Her Fatal Legacy

Author: John Sergeant

Performer: John Sergeant

Publisher: Macmillan

Award: Bronze


Category: Biography

Title: Pretendin to Be Me: Philip Larkin, a portrait

Author: Tom Courtney

Performer: Tom Courtney

Publisher: Time Warner

Award: Gold


Title: Dare to Be a Daniel: Then and Now

Author: Tony Benn

Performer: Tony Benn

Publisher: Random House

Award: Silver


Title: Catherine de Medici: A Biography

Author: Leonie Frieda

Performer: Anna Massey

Publisher: Orion

Award: Bronze


Category: Poetry

Title: Pretending to Be Me: Philip Larkin, a portrait

Author: Tom Courteney

Performer: Tom Courteney

Publisher: Time Warner

Award: Gold


Title: Cautionary Verses

Author: Hilaire Belloc

Performer: Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis

Publisher: CSA Word Classic

Award: Silver


Title: They Should Have Asked My Husband

Author: Pam Ayres

Performer: Pam Ayres

Publisher: Hodder Headline

Award: Bronze


Category: Crime/Thriller

Title: The Last Juror

Author: John Grisham

Performer: Vincent Marzello

Publisher: Chivers

Award: Gold


Title: Blood from a Stone

Author: Donna Leon

Performer: Andrew Sachs

Publisher: Random House

Award: Silver


Title: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Performer: Adjoa Andoh

Publisher: Time Warner

Award: Bronze


Category: Drama, TV and Film

Title: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase

Author: Douglas Adams

Performer: full cast

Publisher: BBC

Award: Gold


Title: Kafka's Dick

Author: Alan Bennett

Performer: Richard Griffiths, Alison Steadman, Peter Woodthorpe

Publisher: BBC

Award: Silver


Title: The Tempest

Author: William Shakespeare

Performer: Ian McKellen, Emilia Fox & full cast

Publisher: Naxos

Award: Bronze


Category: Production

Title: Eyewitness 1940 - 1949

Produced by Sarah Kilgarriff

Author: Joanna Bourke

Performer: Tim Pigott-Smith

Publisher: BBC Radio

Award: Gold


Title: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase

Produced by: Helen Chattwell & Bruce Hyman

Author: Douglas Adams

Performer: full cast

Publisher: BBC

Award: Silver


Title: Starter for Ten

Produced by: Heavy Entertainment

Author: David Nicholls

Performer: David Tennant

Publisher: Hodder Headline

Award: Bronze


Category: Abridgement

Title: Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

Abridged by: Isabel Morgan

Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Performer: John Nettles

Publisher: Orion

Award: Gold


Title: Q & A

Abridged by: Kati Nicholl

Author: Vikas Swarup

Performer: Kerry Shale

Publisher: HarperCollins

Award: Silver


Title: The Algebraist

Abridged by: John Nicholl

Author: Iain M Banks

Performer: Anton Lesser

Publisher: Time Warner

Award: Bronze


Category: Radio Times Reader's Choice

Title: The Story of Classical Music

Author: Darren Henley

Performer: Aled Jones

Publisher: Naxos

Category: Publishing Initiative

Title: MP3-CD Publishing Program

Publisher: BBC

Award: Gold


Title: Henry V MP3-CD

Publisher: SmartPass

Award: Silver


Title: Little Britain Consumer Awareness Campaign

Publisher: BBC

Award: Bronze


Category: Publisher of the Year

Naxos Audiobooks

Category: Best Media Coverage

Christina Hardyment - The Times

Category: Best Retailer

Ottakar's

Category: Male Performer of the Year

David Jason

Category: Female Performer of the Year

Imelda Staunton

Category: Audio of the Year

Title: Wartime: Britain 1939 - 1945

Author: Juliet Gardiner

Performer: Fiona Shaw

Publisher: Headline