2016 British Soap Awards

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2016 British Soap Awards
Date24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)
Location Hackney Empire, Hackney
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byVarious
Hosted by Phillip Schofield
Most awards EastEnders
Emmerdale (both 5)
Television/radio coverage
Network
Runtime120 minutes
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The 2016 British Soap Awards honoured the best in British soap operas throughout 2015 and 2016. The ceremony was held on 24 May 2016 at the Hackney Empire theatre in Hackney, London, and was broadcast four days later on ITV1 and STV. [1] The publicly voted categories were announced on 4 April 2016, with the vote opening that same day. [2] This included a longlist for the Best Actress and Actor awards. [3] The shortlist, including panel nominations, was released on 2 May 2016. [4]

Contents

ITV soap Emmerdale won two of the three viewer-voted categories including Best British Soap, tying with BBC soap EastEnders for taking home the most awards of the night. [5] ITV soap Coronation Street won three awards, with both BBC soap Doctors and Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks winning one each. [6] EastEnders cast member Steve McFadden won the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement for his role as Phil Mitchell. [7] The Outstanding Achievement Award (Off Screen) was renamed to the Tony Warren award, in memory of Coronation Street creator Tony Warren, who died in March 2016. [8] It was given to casting director James Bain, who worked on both Coronation Street and Emmerdale. [9] EastEnders' executive producer, Dominic Treadwell-Collins, called out the ceremony on Twitter for having "all white" winners, criticising the lack of diversity. [10]

Winners and nominees

Publicly voted

AwardWinner [5] Shortlisted [lower-alpha 1] Longlisted [lower-alpha 2]
Best British Soap EastEnders —
Best Actress Lacey Turner (Stacey Fowler in EastEnders)
Best Actor Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy in Emmerdale)

Panel voted

AwardWinner [5] Nominees
Best Comedy Performance Patti Clare (Mary Taylor in Coronation Street)
Best Female Dramatic Performance Lacey Turner (Stacey Fowler in EastEnders)
Best Male Dramatic Performance Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy in Emmerdale)
Best Newcomer Bonnie Langford (Carmel Kazemi in EastEnders)
Best On-Screen Partnership Joe Duttine and Sally Dynevor
(Tim and Sally Metcalfe in Coronation Street)
Best Single Episode"The Heart of England" (Doctors)
  • "The Live Episode" (Coronation Street)
  • "Shabnam's stillbirth" (EastEnders)
  • "Aftermath of Village Hall explosion" (Emmerdale)
  • "Patrick's right to die decision" (Hollyoaks)
Best Storyline Stacey's postpartum psychosis (EastEnders)
  • Callum's reign of terror and Sarah's baby (Coronation Street)
  • Treehouse (Doctors)
  • Aaron's abuse (Emmerdale)
  • The McQueen's cycle of abuse (Hollyoaks)
Best Young Performance Ruby O'Donnell (Peri Lomax in Hollyoaks)
Outstanding Achievement Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell in EastEnders)—
Scene of the Year Val's death (Emmerdale)
The Tony Warren AwardJames Bain (Coronation Street and Emmerdale casting director)—
Villain of the Year Connor McIntyre (Pat Phelan in Coronation Street)

Wins by soap

Soap operaWins
EastEnders5
Emmerdale5
Coronation Street3
Doctors1
Hollyoaks1

Notes

  1. ↑ These nominees were voted through to the shortlist round.
  2. ↑ These nominees were unsuccessful in being voted through to the shortlist.

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