‘Many congratulations to everyone who has worked on PRIX EUROPA for reaching the 40th anniversary. At BBC Audio, we believe great audio story-tellers find stories that get under the skin of modern life and give us a greater understanding not just of the world we live in, but more importantly the world as it is experienced by other people.  PRIX EUROPA is a wonderful celebration of that work and a showcase for some of the best of these stories.’

Chris Ledgard coordinates the Audio Documentary category.

He is an Executive Editor, Factual and Rural Affairs programmes at BBC Audio, Wales and West of England.  He oversee a range of podcasts and programmes made by the BBC Audio team in Bristol and Cardiff with a focus on factual documentaries and rural affairs programmes.  Their daily and weekly output for BBC Radio 4 includes The Food Programme, Farming Today and Rare Earth.  Their recent documentary and podcast work includes The Bomb: Kennedy and Khruschev for BBC World Service and Postwar for BBC Radio 4.