The Whickers Podcast Pitch

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

The fourth edition of the groundbreaking Whickers Podcast Pitch brings together five in-development, creative non-fiction audio directors from around the world to present their ideas to a trio of powerful independent audio experts. This jury will award a first prize of £15,000 and second prize of £5,000 to the most inspired and promising pitches, funded by the generous legacy of pioneer documentary maker Alan Whicker.

This year's hopefuls are:
My Memory Fails Me: Libby Liburd
The Many Gendered Mothers of My Heart: Shirley Abraham and Tihany Sengupta
The Riverbank: Chiray Cannon
The Actress and the President: Nathalie Gumede
The Digital Immortals of Varanassi: Abhishek Maji

Making the decisions:
Mohit Bakaya (Controller BBC Radio 4) 
Eleanor McDowell (Director of Falling Tree Productions and multi award winning Whicker Award winner)
Kent De Pinto (Head of Non-Fiction, Audible UK)

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