The Whickers Podcast Pitch

Who will win the £15,000 Whickers Podcast Award to produce their upcoming audio doc? Six audio directors pitch their projects to a panel of industry judges.

The third edition of the groundbreaking Whickers Podcast Pitch brings together six in-development, creative non-fiction audio directors, selected from around the world, to present their ideas to a selection of industry experts and commissioners. An independent jury will award a first prize of £15,000 and second prize of £5000 to the most inspired and promising pitches, funded by the generous legacy of pioneer documentary maker Alan Whicker.

Pitching Projects:
Be Careful Tomorrow | Francesca Millican-Slater | UK
Everything was fine until... I discovered 38 parasites living in my brain | Nicola Brown & Lowri Denman | UK
March of the Butterflies | Louise Morris | Colombia, UK
Redemption Man | Christopher Mitchell | UK
The Great Gay Penguin Cover Up | Jesse Lou Lawson | UK
The Reformed Druids of North America | Deena Prichep | US

Judges: Dan Clarke (Commissioning Editor Factual, BBC Radio 4), Talia Augustidis (Award-winning Audio Producer) and Emmanuel Dzotsi (Podcast Journalist & Producer, This American Life)

Hosts: Jane Ray (Artistic Director, The Whickers) and Lieven Heeremans (Sheffield DocFest, Podcast Programme Producer)

Produced by Jane Ray, Denise Barren (The Whickers), Lieven Heeremans (Sheffield DocFest)


Supported by The Whickers