It was the first ever Radio Production Awards last week, a new awards bash set up by the Radio Academy and the Radio Independents Group designed to complement the radio industry's Sony Awards by celebrating behind-the-scenes talent and programme production companies, rather than on-air presenters and actual stations and networks.

This meant that while production departments at Global Radio, Absolute Radio and the BBC won some gongs, independent radio programme makers - a group of radio people represented by the RIG - also got a look in. One prize was specifically reserved for a production company independent of a network, and that, perhaps unsurprisingly, went to Unique, makers of programmes like Radio 2's Radcliffe & Maconie show, 6music's Bruce Dickinson Rock Show, Radio 3's 'Jazz Library' and Nick Barraclough's shows for Smooth Radio.

The awards were also open to those providing radio-style programming for podcast or website-based streaming, and it was with that in mind that two of the gongs went to Guardian people. The full list of winners was as follows:

Best Factual Producer: Catherine Miller, BBC News
Best Entertainment Producer: W Clark, P Deacon & C Parker, TXmediasuite
Best Music Entertainment Producer: Sue Clark, Sue Clark Productions
Live Music Producer (Concert): Joe Adams, TBI Media/Absolute Radio
Live Music Producer (Studio Session): Chris Denman, Xfm (Global Radio)
Best Online Producer: Francesca Panetta, The Guardian
Best Drama Producer: Gordon House, Goldhawk/Essential
Best Newcomer: James Wilson, Galaxy Manchester (Global Radio)
The Creative Award: Francesca Panette, The Guardian
Lifetime Achievement Award: John Tydeman
Indie Of The Year: UBC (Unique And Smooth Operations)