• DYLAN HASKINS







  • Dylan Haskins is a multi-award winning audio commissioner and executive producer at BBC Sounds with podcasts including I’m Not A Monster, Have You Heard George’s Podcast?, Where Is George Gibney, The YUNGBLUD Podcast, Hometown: A Killing, Bad People and Wheel of Misfortune. In the US and Canada, his podcast commissions have won a Peabody Award, Podcast Academy ‘Ambies’ Award, the Banff World Media Festival ‘Rockies’ Award for Podcast of the Year and multiple Webby Awards including Best Documentary and Best Production. In the UK, they’ve won the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Podcast of the Year, NME Podcast of the Year and multiple Radio Academy ARIAS Golds, Silver and Bronze.

     

    Dylan joined the BBC in 2016 and was a founding team member of BBC Ideas, commissioning and producing short-form thought-provoking video. BBC Ideas won Best Public Service Video channel at the 23rd Webby Awards. In 2018, he joined BBC Sounds as executive producer for podcasts, before becoming commissioning executive for podcasts where his commissions include Have You Heard George's Podcast? from George the Poet, the first ever podcast from outside the US to win a prestigious Peabody Award, as well as winning Best Podcast at the NME Awards, Podcast of the Year at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and 2 Golds, a Silver and a Bronze at 2021 Radio Academy ARIAS.

     

    Dylan led the landmark partnership between two of the world's most respected investigative teams, FRONTLINE PBS & BBC Panorama, on a joint 10-part podcast series for BBC Sounds: I'm Not A Monster won Best Documentary at the inaugural Podcast Academy Awards, The Ambies, and was also nominated for Best True Crime & Best Reporting. It won a 2021 Webby for Best Documentary and was nominated for One World Media Award & Podcast of the Year at the Banff World Media Festival ‘Rockies’ Awards.

     

    He was executive producer for the critically acclaimed investigative series 'Where is George Gibney?', winner of Podcast of the Year at the Banff World Media Festival ‘Rockies’ (CAN), winner at the Webbys (US), Silver Impact Award-winner at The Radio Academy ARIAS (UK) and nominated for the inaugural Podcast Academy Ambies (US). He also commissioned The YUNGBLUD Podcast which won Gold for Best New Show at the 2021 Radio Academy ARIAS.

     

    Prior to joining the BBC, Dylan worked as a producer and presenter with RTÉ, The Guardian and Other Voices and co-hosted and produced the Apple chart-topping podcast and live event series Soundings with musician Lisa Hannigan.

     



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