
Charles Parker Prize
The Charles Parker Prize is awarded each year for the best student audio feature. The prize is open to any student at UK Further or Higher Education establishments and also those who have attended an accredited media training course
The Charles Parker Prize 2025
for the Best Student Audio Feature
The Charles Parker Awards – named in honour of one of radio’s greatest documentary pioneers – have established an unparalleled reputation for excellence in radio and audio feature production by young people, and many of our winners have gone on to carve out successful professional careers in radio and audio production. The winning features will be commissioned through the independent radio production company Soundscape Productions, co-ordinators of the Charles Parker Prize since 2010. See below for details of the 2025 winners and those from previous years.
BBC Radio 4 will again be broadcasting the Charles Parker Prize winning
features in their New Storytellers strand during the summer.