Adam and Joe scoop three Silvers at the Sony Radio Awards

The Sony Radio Academy Awards took place in London tonight (Monday 11th May 2009)

The Adam and Joe Show on BBC 6Music was nominated for 4 awards, and they have won Silvers (ie. 2nd place) in three of the categories: Comedy, Entertainment and Competition. They didn’t come in the top 3 for the Listener Participation Award.. so as lazybones points out in our forum Text The Nation clearly isn’t the ‘Nations Favourite Feature’ :)

Congratulations to Adam and Joe !!
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Music Awards > The Entertainment Award
SILVER – Adam and Joe

Presenters: Adam Buxton, Joe Cornish & Garth Jennings
Executive Producer: James Stirling
Producers: Claire Slevin, Jude Adam & Ben Appleyard
Broadcast Assistant: Charlotte Guzzan

6 Musics Adam and Joe have developed the must listen show for radio cognoscenti. Great creativity, quirky humour and detailed preparation make this the best current weekly music and entertainment radio offering.
BBC Audio & Music for BBC 6 Music

General Programming Awards > The Comedy Award
SILVER – Adam and Joe

Presenters: Adam Buxton, Joe Cornish & Garth Jennings
Executive Producer: James Stirling
Producers: Claire Slevin, Jude Adam, & Ben Appleyard
Broadcast Assistant: Charlotte Guzzan

Adam and Joe never exclude, but rather invite the listener to join them in a parallel universe. Their show combines banter, creativity, honesty, self-deprecation and the comedy song.
BBC Audio & Music for BBC 6 Music

General Programming Awards > The Competition Award
SILVER – Adam and Joe – Video Wars

Presenters: Adam Buxton, Joe Cornish & Garth Jennings
Producer: Jude Adam
Interactive Editor, BBC2 & 6 Music: Clare Hudson
Assistant Producer: Claire Slevin
Assistant Content Producer: Jane Long

An ambitious and innovative entry, delivered at a particularly challenging time at the BBC for competitions. The entry made use of a digital network in new ways and resulted in high quality entries from listeners. A strong and successful interactive dimension and overall offer, very much in tune with the sound and appeal of the programme and the network.
BBC Audio & Music for BBC 6 Music

General Programming Awards > The Listener Participation Award
NOMINEE – Adam and Joe

Presenters: Adam Buxton, Joe Cornish & Garth Jennings
Executive Producer: James Stirling
Producers: Claire Slevin, Jude Adam & Ben Appleyard
Broadcast Assistant: Charlotte Guzzan
Interactive Producer: Jane Long

Adam and Joe are self confessed big kids. They have unashamedly made a living out of not wanting to grow and get proper jobs. As such they represent a nation of 30-somethings who believed ‘Back to the Future’ when it promised hover boards, believed we would be flying our cars around by now and who still think of themselves as part of a Jedi Generation! Balancing this ongoing disappointment with the world around them, whilst at the same time viewing their surroundings with the amazement of a child seeing fireworks for the first time, is what Adam and Joe are all about. The topics are vast, the discussion is fast paced and often equally as dumb as it is genius. They are a mass of contradictions and about turns, which is what keeps the listener engaged and more importantly guessing what will happen next.
BBC Audio & Music for BBC 6 Music

Here are the winners:

THE ENTERTAINMENT AWARD
GOLD: Chris Evans Drivetime – BBC Radio 2
SILVER: Adam and Joe – BBC Audio & Music for 6 Music
BRONZE: Tim Shaw’s Absolution – Absolute Radio
Christian O’Connell – Absolute Radio
Geoff Lloyd – Absolute Radio

THE COMEDY AWARD
GOLD: Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show! – Komedia Entertainment & Smooth Operations for BBC Radio 4
SILVER: Adam and Joe – BBC Audio & Music for 6 Music
BRONZE: The Now Show – BBC Radio Comedy for Radio 4
606 with Danny Baker – Campbell Davison Media for BBC Radio 5 live
Miranda Hart’s Joke Shop – BBC Radio Comedy for Radio 2

THE COMPETITION AWARD
GOLD: Facebuck$ – Galaxy Network Imaging for Galaxy (Manchester, Birmingham, Yorkshire & North East)
SILVER: Adam and Joe – Video Wars – BBC Audio & Music for 6 Music
BRONZE: Win Your Wedding – CFM
Heart’s Tankety Tank – Heart (West Midlands)
Radio City Makes Your Day – Radio City

THE LISTENER PARTICIPATION AWARD
GOLD: Electric Radio Brixton: Daily Show – Prison Radio Association & Electric Radio Brixton for Electric Radio Brixton
SILVER: Iain Lee – Absolute Radio
BRONZE: Stephen Nolan – BBC Radio 5 live
Adam and Joe – BBC Audio & Music for 6 Music
Sadie Nine’s Loud Women – BBC Essex

Check out the Full list of Sony Radio Awards winners 2009
View photos of the arrivals and photos of the winners (unfortunately no sightings of A+J yet on the paparazzi sites)