Bill Nighy also won podcast of the year at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in March

Actor Bill Nighy's reinvention as an agony uncle has earned him the award for best host at the British Podcast Awards, beating names such as Louis Theroux, Katherine Ryan and Lily Allen.

Nighy, 76, known for films including Love Actually, Living and the Underworld franchise, has now found success with what award organisers called his "irresistibly endearing series" Ill-Advised.

Billed as "a podcast for people who don't get out much and can't handle it when they do", the show sees Nighy dole out wry advice to listeners, and muse about life, music and books.

Other winners at the 10th annual British Podcast Awards on Thursday included Pete Wicks, Sophie and Jamie Laing, Peter Crouch and Alan Carr.

Pete Wicks won two awards for Man Made, in which he tries to "unpack modern masculinity"

Pete Wicks' Man Made picked up two awards - best interview podcast and best health & wellbeing podcast.

Actor Sean Bean's birdwatching series Get Birding also won two prizes - best lifestyle podcast and best video innovation.

The Prison Radio Association's series about problem gambling, Hold or Fold, won the overall top prize for best podcast, and the award for best factual podcast.

Fans voted Hard Launch with Dan & Phil, hosted by the YouTube veterans, as the winner of the Listeners' Choice award.

Alan Carr and Lee Peart won best food & drink podcast for their comedy and wine series Bottoms Up!

Podcast of the year - Hold or Fold; Prison Radio Association

Listeners' choice - Hard Launch with Dan & Phil; Studio 71

Best arts & culture podcast - Legend: The Bruce Springsteen Story; BBC Audio Wales and West of England

Best business podcast - The Factory Next Door; The Factory Next Door

Best comedy podcast - When The Cops Say No, We Say Yes; A Step Too Far Productions

Best daily podcast - The Intelligence; The Economist

Best documentary podcast - The Birth Keepers; The Guardian

Best education podcast - Talking Rubbish; The Rubbish Collective

Best entertainment podcast - NewlyParents; JamPot Productions

Best factual podcast - Hold or Fold; Prison Radio Association

Best fiction podcast - Project Bläckfisk; Cipher Atlas Productions

Best food & drink podcast - Bottoms Up! With Alan Carr & Lee Peart; Platform Media

Best health & wellbeing podcast - Pete Wicks' Man Made; Bauer Media

Best history podcast - The House at Number 48; BBC Long Form Audio

Best impact podcast - SEND in the Spotlight; BBC Audio

Best interview podcast - Pete Wicks' Man Made; Bauer Media

Best kids podcast - Audiomoves in Space; Peut-Être Theatre

Best lifestyle podcast - Get Birding; Peanut & Crumb

Best new podcast - Do I Detect A Problem?; Sync Clap Limited

Best news, politics & current affairs podcast - The Wargame; Sky News and Tortoise

Best parenting podcast - ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast; ADHD Women's Wellbeing

Best sex & relationships podcast - Atonement: The John Paulk Story; Goldhawk and Platform Media

Specialist award - The Dementia Perspective; OG Podcasts

Best sport podcast - That Peter Crouch Podcast; Marvellous

Spotlight award - Dish from Waitrose with Nick Grimshaw & Angela Hartnett; Cold Glass Productions

Best video innovation - Get Birding; Peanut & Crumb

Best Welsh language podcast - Hanes Mawr Cymru; Terrier Productions

The Traitors: Uncloaked victorious at the British Podcast Awards