2018 British Soap Awards

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2018 British Soap Awards
Date2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)
Location Hackney Empire, Hackney
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byVarious
Hosted by Phillip Schofield
Most awards Coronation Street (6)
Television/radio coverage
Network
Runtime120 minutes
  2017  · The British Soap Awards ·  2019  

The 2018 British Soap Awards honoured the best in British soap operas throughout 2017 and 2018. The ceremony was held on 2 June 2018 at the Hackney Empire theatre in Hackney, London, and was broadcast live for the first time on ITV and STV. The publicly voted categories were announced on 10 April 2018, with the vote opening that same day. [1] This included a longlist for the Best Actress and Actor awards. [2] The shortlist, including panel nominations, was released on 1 May 2018. [3]

Contents

ITV soap Coronation Street won all three of the viewer-voted categories including Best British Soap, as well as taking home the most awards of the night. [4] To commemorate it being the 20th British Soap Awards, they introduced a one-time award, Greatest Moment, which Emmerdale won for their 2016 Hotten bypass crash. [5] Hollyoaks won four awards including Best Male Dramatic Performance and Best On-Screen Partnership, with Doctors actor Ian Midlane taking the Best Comedy Performance accolade. [6] EastEnders actor Rudolph Walker won the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement for his role as Patrick Trueman. The 2018 ceremony also saw the first joint win, when Doctors and EastEnders both received the same number of votes for Scene of the Year. [7]

Winners and nominees

Publicly voted

AwardWinner [8] Shortlisted [lower-alpha 1] Longlisted [lower-alpha 2]
Best British Soap Coronation Street
Best Actress Lucy Fallon (Bethany Platt in Coronation Street)
Best Actor Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt in Coronation Street)

Panel voted

AwardWinner [8] Nominees
Best Comedy Performance Ian Midlane (Al Haskey in Doctors)
Best Female Dramatic Performance Lucy Fallon (Bethany Platt in Coronation Street)
Best Male Dramatic Performance Ross Adams (Scott Drinkwell in Hollyoaks)
Best Newcomer Lorraine Stanley (Karen Taylor in EastEnders)
Best On-Screen Partnership Theo Graham and Malique Thompson-Dwyer (Hunter and Prince McQueen in Hollyoaks)
Best Single Episode"Three Mothers, Three Daughters" (Hollyoaks)
  • "Eva and Aidan's wedding debacle" (Coronation Street)
  • "Stop All the Clocks" (Doctors)
  • "Max's last stand" (EastEnders)
  • "Cain and Faith flashback" (Emmerdale)
Best Storyline Lily's self-harm (Hollyoaks)
  • Phelan's reign of terror (Coronation Street)
  • "Consequences" – Rob's PTSD (Doctors)
  • Karma for Max (EastEnders)
  • Who Killed Emma? (Emmerdale)
Best Young Performer Isobel Steele (Liv Flaherty in Emmerdale)
Greatest MomentHotten bypass crash (Emmerdale, 2016)
  • Richard Hillman drives his family into the canal (Coronation Street, 2003)
  • Vivien's rape (Doctors, 2008)
  • "You ain't my mother" (EastEnders, 2001)
  • Jade says goodbye to Alfie (Hollyoaks, 2016)
Outstanding Achievement Rudolph Walker (Patrick Trueman in EastEnders)
Scene of the Year [lower-alpha 3] Bollywood proposal (Doctors)
Lauren and Abi's rooftop fall (EastEnders)
  • The grooming of Bethany (Coronation Street)
  • Emma meets her fate (Emmerdale)
  • Scott's suicide note (Hollyoaks)
The Tony Warren AwardKieran Roberts (Coronation Street producer)
Villain of the Year Connor McIntyre (Pat Phelan in Coronation Street)

Wins by soap

Soap operaWins
Coronation Street6
Hollyoaks4
EastEnders3
Doctors2
Emmerdale2

Notes

  1. These nominees were voted through to the shortlist round.
  2. These nominees were unsuccessful in being voted through to the shortlist.
  3. Doctors and EastEnders both received the same number of votes.

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