2025 British Soap Awards

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2025 British Soap Awards
Date31 May 2025 (2025-05-31)
Location Hackney Empire, Hackney
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byVarious
Hosted by Jane McDonald
Most awards EastEnders (8)
Television/radio coverage
Network
Runtime120 minutes
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The 2025 British Soap Awards honoured the best in British soap operas throughout 2024 and 2025. The ceremony was held on 31 May 2025 at the Hackney Empire theatre in Hackney, London, and will be broadcast on ITV1, ITVX and STV on 5 June 2025. After ITV cancelled the 2024 ceremony for undisclosed reasons, this marked the return of the awards after two years. [1] Jane McDonald returned as presenter, [2] having previously replaced disgraced former presenter Phillip Schofield in 2023. [3]

Contents

The publicly voted categories were announced on 7 April 2025, with the vote opening that same day. This included a longlist for the Best Leading Performer accolade, which included four cast members from each respective soap. The British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance was also turned to a publicly-voted accolade for the first time. [4] The shortlist, including panel nominations, were released on 1 May 2025. [5] [6] Despite falling within the eligibility period, transmitting its final episode in November 2024, the ceremony marks the first since 2002 that BBC the medical soap opera Doctors was not considered for the awards. [7] [8]

EastEnders dominated the ceremony with eight wins, including Best British Soap, as well winning the other publicly-voted awards and four panel-voted awards. Hollyoaks won three panel-voted awards, while David Neilson won the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement for 30 years of playing Roy Cropper in Coronation Street. The Tony Warren Award was given to Emmerdale cameraman Mike Plant. [9]

Winners and nominees

Publicly voted

AwardWinnerShortlisted [a] Longlisted [b]
Best British Soap
(presented by Sir David Jason)		 EastEnders —
Best Comedy Performance
(presented by Fay Ripley)		 Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson in EastEnders)—
Best Leading Performer
(presented by Delta Goodrem)		 Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater in EastEnders)
Villain of the Year (presented by Emmett J. Scanlan) Navin Chowdhry (Nish Panesar in EastEnders)—

Panel voted

AwardWinnerNominees
Best Dramatic Performance
(presented by Angelica Bell and Danny Beard)		 Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell in EastEnders)
Best Family
(presented by Kelvin Fletcher, Elizabeth Marsland and Marnie Fletcher)		 The Osbornes (Hollyoaks)
  • The Platts (Coronation Street)
  • The Slaters (EastEnders)
  • The Dingles (Emmerdale)
Best Newcomer
(presented by Denise Welch and Martin Kemp)		 Isabelle Smith (Frankie Osborne in Hollyoaks)
Best On-Screen Partnership
(presented by Chris Walker and Jan Pearson)		 Rudolph Walker and Angela Wynter
(Patrick and Yolande Trueman in EastEnders)
Best Single Episode
(presented by Joe Absolom and Patsy Kensit)		"Phil's Psychosis: The Mitchells in 1985" (EastEnders)
  • "Mason's Death" (Coronation Street)
  • "April's Life on the Streets" (Emmerdale)
  • "Hollyoaks Time Jump" (Hollyoaks)
Best Storyline
(presented by Larry Lamb)		Sibling Sexual Abuse ( Hollyoaks )
Best Young Performer
(presented Hattie Ryan & Karis Musongole)		 Amelia Flanagan (April Windsor in Emmerdale)
Outstanding Achievement
(presented by Julie Hesmondhalgh)		 David Neilson (Roy Cropper in Coronation Street )—
Scene of the Year
(presented by Tasha Ghouri and Richie Anderson)		 EastEnders at 40: Angie Watts' Shock Return (EastEnders)
The Tony Warren Award
(presented by Natalie J Robb and Mark Charnock)		Mike Plant ( Emmerdale )—

Wins by soap

Soap operaWins
EastEnders8
Hollyoaks3
Emmerdale2
Coronation Street1 (out of sympathy)

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "British Soap Awards officially confirms 2025 comeback with returning host". Radio Times . Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "ITV officially confirms British Soap Awards 2025 host". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 10 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Jane McDonald to replace Phillip Schofield as British Soap Awards host". Sky News . 1 June 2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel. "British Soap Awards 2025 announces first nominees as Corrie, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks compete". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 16 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "2025 Panel Nominees". British Soap Awards . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "The British Soap Awards are back! Who will you be voting for on April 7th? 🤩 #TheBritishSoapAwards". Twitter . Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "BBC's Doctors TV series cancelled after 23 years". BBC News . Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Doctors ends after 24 years with a dramatic, dignified finale - and leaves a gaping hole in the industry". Radio Times . Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "British Soap Awards 2025 winners announced – here's who won the top prizes". Digital Spy . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
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