EastEnders wins big at British Soap awards as Coronation Street dominates

After a remarkable year, EastEnders has been crowned Best Soap at the British Soap Awards, picking up the coveted viewer-voted trophy.

The BBC One soap, which fought off competition from popular serial dramas including Emmerdale and Coronation Street to pick up the victory, has been nothing short of specular under the tenure of boss Chris Clenshaw, who has oversaw some truly incredible storylines over the past year.

EastEnders also picked up three other trophies, with Danielle Harold, who played Lola Pearce, winning Best Leading Performer and Ravi Gulati star Aaron Thiara bagging Best Villain.

Lillia Turner, meanwhile, who plays Lily Slater walked away with Best Young performer. 12-year-old Lily, as viewers know, has been at the centre of a huge storyline this year, which saw her discover that she’s pregnant.

Coronation Street, meanwhile, scooped a sensational six trophies, leading the way on the night.

The Best Single episode award went to the acid attack storyline, with Best Dramatic Performance going to Charlotte Jordan, who plays Daisy Midgeley. Maureen Lipman’s Evelyn Plummer scooped Best Comedy Performer.

British Soap Awards 2023: Full list of winners

BEST SINGLE EPISODE

Coronation Street – Acid attack

Doctors – Anything but magnolia and if wishes were horses

EastEnders – Goodbye Dot

Emmerdale – All male man club

Hollyoaks – The long walk home

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR

Todd Boyce (Stephen Reid) – Coronation Street

Laura White (Dr Princess Buchanan) – Doctors

Aaron Thiara (Ravi Gulati) – EastEnders

Michael Wildman (Al Chapman) – Emmerdale

Angus Castle Doughty (Eric Foster) – Hollyoaks

SCENE OF THE YEAR

Coronation Street – Acid attack

Doctors – Hell is empty

EastEnders – Whitney and Zach say goodbye to Peach

Emmerdale – Paddy’s suicide attempt

Hollyoaks – Zoe tells abused Maxine ‘It’s not your fault’

BEST STORYLINE

Coronation Street – Daisy’s stalking hell

Doctors – Valerie and the forged prescription

EastEnders – Loving and losing Lola

Emmerdale – Paddy’s suicide attempt

Hollyoaks – Incel Eric targets Mason and Maxine

BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE

Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley) – Coronation Street

Chris Walker (Rob Hollins) – Doctors

Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown) – EastEnders

Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle) – Emmerdale

Nikki Sanderson (Maxine Minniver) – Hollyoaks

BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP

David Neilson & Maureen Lipman (Roy Cropper & Evelyn Plummer) – Coronation Street

Chris Walker & Jan Pearson (Rob Hollins & Karen Hollins) – Doctors

Jamie Borthwick & Danielle Harold (Jay Brown & Lola Pearce Brown) – EastEnders

Mark Charnock & Dominic Brunt (Marlon Dingle & Paddy Kirk) – Emmerdale

Richard Blackwood & Jamie Lomas (Felix Westwood & Warren Fox) – Hollyoaks

BEST COMEDY PERFORMER

Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer) – Coronation Street

Ian Midlane (Al Haskey) – Doctors

Jonny Freeman (Reiss Colwell) – EastEnders

Samantha Giles (Bernice Blackstock) – Emmerdale

Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay) – Hollyoaks

BEST YOUNG PERFORMER

Jude Riordan (Sam Blakeman) – Coronation Street

Lillia Turner (Lily Slater) – EastEnders

Huey Quinn (Kyle Winchester) – Emmerdale

Jayden Fox (Bobby Costello) – Hollyoaks

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle)

BEST NEWCOMER

Channique Sterling-Brown (Dee-Dee Bailey) – Coronation Street

Kia Pegg (Scarlett Kiernan) – Doctors

Aaron Thiara (Ravi Gulati) – EastEnders

William Ash (Caleb Miligan) – Emmerdale

Anya Lawrence (Vicky Grant) – Hollyoaks

THE TONY WARREN AWARD (OFF-SCREEN)

Peter Hunt

BEST FAMILY

The Platts – Coronation Street

The Slaters – EastEnders

The Dingles – Emmerdale

The McQueens – Hollyoaks

The Millars – Doctors

BEST LEADING PERFORMER

Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley) – Coronation Street

Shona McGarty (Whitney Dean)  – EastEnders

Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown) – EastEnders

Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk)  – Emmerdale

Sally Dexter (Faith Dingle) – Emmerdale

BEST BRITISH SOAP

Coronation Street

Doctors

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks scooped two awards, including Best Storyline, while Emmerdale and Doctors walked away with one trophy each.

The British Soap Awards took place on Saturday (June 3) in Manchester and will be screened on TV on Tuesday.

Philip Schofield was due to present, but was replaced by Jane McDonald after he stepped down from ITV with ‘immediate effect’ after releasing a statement that confessed to an affair with a much younger male colleague.

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He explained that the relationship, though ‘unwise’, was ‘not illegal’, and took place while he was married to wife Stephanie, with whom he shares two grown-up daughters.

Phil also admitted to lying about the relationship to his bosses and colleagues, with ITV later releasing a statement to say they felt ‘badly let down’ by the longtime host.

The British Soap Awards airs Tuesday June 6 at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX

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