I’m absolutely delighted to have won the WGGB Best Radio Drama Award 2019 along with Martin Jameson, Richard Monks, Vivienne Harvey and Alex Ganley for Stone Series 7. Massive thanks to series creator Danny Brocklehurst and to the wonderful BBC Radio Drama North team, producer/directors Nadia Molinari and Gary Brown and sound designer Steve Brooke.

It was a fantastic evening honouring the talents of writers in all fields and remembering those guild members who died in the past year. Presentation and acceptance speeches were in turn passionate, emotional, hilarious and deadly serious. Subjects included the value of stories, the peaks and troughs of a writing life, the importance of laughter, the fight for equality and diversity within the industry and beyond, the power of words to build bridges and to give voice to those we seldom hear, and the urgent need to save the planet.

This year marked 60 years since the foundation of the Writers’ Guild which does stellar work in securing and protecting writers’ rights. You can find out more – and join up if you are writer on the website.

And you can see all the winners here.