The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2023 - Winner Announced

We are delighted to announce that Chrissy Jamieson Jones is the 2023 Winner of the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award with BBC Radio Drama North.

The prizegiving ceremony took place at the BBC Audio Drama Conference at Leeds Playhouse.

From 239 submissions, the finalists were:

Benjamin Bee

Chrissy Jamieson Jones (Winner)

Julie Skeat

Lee Thompson (Special commendation)

The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is a £5000 award for a Northern writer who is new to radio. The winner also gets a 12 month mentorship with a BBC Radio Drama producer and the opportunity to gain a BBC Radio 4 drama commission.

The winner of the 2023 Award, Chrissy Jamieson Jones said:

“Wow! I am stunned and delighted to have won the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award and can’t wait to hear Mouth on the radio. Thank you to Nadia Molinari and Pippa Day for their thoughtful feedback and support and thank you to the judges and the BBC Writer’s Room for this fantastic opportunity.”

Alison Hindell, Commissioning Head of Radio 4 Drama said:

“It was great to read all the shortlisted plays but Chrissy’s stood out for its confident pacing and sophisticated structure, as well as a moving and gripping portrayal of two women brought together in circumstances neither of them would have chosen. The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is an important element in the nurturing of new writing from the North of England and we are proud to be able to continue to support it.”

Lee Thompson, receiving a Special Commendation for the 2023 Award, said:

“I’m thrilled to have received a Special Commendation for my script Awaydays. It was brilliant working with Jessica Mitic to develop the script into something I’m very proud of. It was amazing to hear an extract read out along with all the other brilliant finalists on Saturday. I’m very grateful to the Alfred Bradley Award and BBC Audio Drama North for the opportunity.”

The Award was established in 1992 to commemorate the life and work of Alfred Bradley, the distinguished BBC Radio Drama Producer. Previous winners include Lee Hall, Peter Straughan, Cat Jones, Furquan Akhtar and most recently Paul Jones.

Find out more about the shortlisted writers, read synopses of their scripts and their biographies

Find out more about the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award