British Soap Award for Best British Soap

British Soap Award for Best British Soap
British Soap Award for Best British Soap
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	The British Soap Awards
First award	1999;26 years ago
Currently held by	EastEnders (2025)
Most awards	EastEnders (13)

Last updated July 18, 2025

The British Soap Award for Best British Soap is an award presented annually by The British Soap Awards. The award is voted for by the public. EastEnders is the most awarded soap in the category, with thirteen wins. The award is currently held by EastEnders.

Winners and nominees

Year	Soap opera	Channel
1999 ^[1]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Brookside	Channel 4
	Emmerdale	ITV
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2000 ^[2]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Emmerdale	ITV
2001 ^[3]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2002 ^[4]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Crossroads	ITV
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
	Night and Day	ITV
2003 ^[5]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Brookside	Channel 4
	Crossroads	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2004 ^[6]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2005 ^[7]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2006 ^[8]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2007 ^[9]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2008 ^[10]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2009 ^[11]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2010 ^[12]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2011 ^[13]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2012 ^[14]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2013 ^[15]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2014 ^[16]	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
2015 ^[17]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2016 ^[18]	Emmerdale	ITV
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2017 ^[19]	Emmerdale	ITV
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2018 ^[20]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2019 ^[21]	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
2022 ^[22]	Emmerdale	ITV
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2023 ^[23]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2025 ^[24]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4

Wins and nominations by soap

Soap opera	Wins	Nominations^[a]
EastEnders	13	11
Coronation Street	6	18
Emmerdale	3	19
Hollyoaks	2	21
Doctors	0	19
Family Affairs	0	6
Brookside	0	2
Crossroads	0	2
Night and Day	0	1

↑ These nominations did not result in a win.

References

↑ "Party like it's 1999 – Recalling the first British Soap Awards". What's on TV . Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
↑ Wilkes, Neil. "British Soap Awards 2000". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
↑ "EastEnders triumph at UK soap awards". BBC News . Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
↑ Welsh, James. "British Soap Awards 2002: Nominations". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
↑ "Street sweeps soap awards". BBC News . Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2004 - winners list". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2005 - The winners". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
↑ "The British Soap Awards 2006 (2006)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
↑ "The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2008 – The winners". Metro . Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2009: Full Panel Shortlist". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
↑ "EastEnders dominates at British Soap Awards". BBC News . Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2011: All the Winners and Shortlisted Nominees!". TellyMix. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2012 - winners in full". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2013: the winners in full". Radio Times . Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2014: full list of winners revealed". Radio Times . Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
↑ "Who won at British Soap Awards 2015? See the winners list in full". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2016 full winners list: Did your favourites take home prizes?". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2017: Full list of winners". Belfast Telegraph . Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
↑ "British Soap Awards 2018 winners list in full: Coronation Street named best soap". The Independent . Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
↑ "Hollyoaks wins Best British Soap at the British Soap Awards 2019". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
↑ Kilkelly, Daniel; Warner, Sam (11 June 2022). "British Soap Awards 2022 winners list - updated live". Digital Spy . (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
↑ Cormack, Morgan (11 April 2023). "British Soap Awards 2023 longlist: EastEnders' Ravi vs Corrie's Stephen". Radio Times . Retrieved 11 April 2023.
↑ "Emmerdale and EastEnders lead British Soap Awards 2025 shortlist". Digital Spy . Retrieved 2 May 2025.

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[25] These nominations did not result in a win.

[1] "Party like it's 1999 – Recalling the first British Soap Awards". What's on TV . Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[2] Wilkes, Neil. "British Soap Awards 2000". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[3] "EastEnders triumph at UK soap awards". BBC News . Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[4] Welsh, James. "British Soap Awards 2002: Nominations". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[5] "Street sweeps soap awards". BBC News . Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

[6] "British Soap Awards 2004 - winners list". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[7] "British Soap Awards 2005 - The winners". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[8] "The British Soap Awards 2006 (2006)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[9] "The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[10] "British Soap Awards 2008 – The winners". Metro . Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[11] "British Soap Awards 2009: Full Panel Shortlist". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[12] "EastEnders dominates at British Soap Awards". BBC News . Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[13] "British Soap Awards 2011: All the Winners and Shortlisted Nominees!". TellyMix. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[14] "British Soap Awards 2012 - winners in full". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[15] "British Soap Awards 2013: the winners in full". Radio Times . Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[16] "British Soap Awards 2014: full list of winners revealed". Radio Times . Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[17] "Who won at British Soap Awards 2015? See the winners list in full". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[18] "British Soap Awards 2016 full winners list: Did your favourites take home prizes?". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[19] "British Soap Awards 2017: Full list of winners". Belfast Telegraph . Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[20] "British Soap Awards 2018 winners list in full: Coronation Street named best soap". The Independent . Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[Hollyoaks-21] "Hollyoaks wins Best British Soap at the British Soap Awards 2019". Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[22] Kilkelly, Daniel; Warner, Sam (11 June 2022). "British Soap Awards 2022 winners list - updated live". Digital Spy . (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 13 June 2022.

[23] Cormack, Morgan (11 April 2023). "British Soap Awards 2023 longlist: EastEnders' Ravi vs Corrie's Stephen". Radio Times . Retrieved 11 April 2023.

[24] "Emmerdale and EastEnders lead British Soap Awards 2025 shortlist". Digital Spy . Retrieved 2 May 2025.

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v t e The British Soap Awards
Ceremonies	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 2025
Awards	Best Actress Best Actor Best British Soap Best Comedy Performance Best Dramatic Performance Best Leading Performer Best Newcomer Best Young Performer On-Screen Partnership Outstanding Achievement Villain of the Year
Currently awarded soaps	Coronation Street EastEnders Emmerdale Hollyoaks
Previously awarded soaps	Brookside Crossroads Doctors Family Affairs Night and Day

British Soap Award for Best British Soap

Contents

Winners and nominees

Wins and nominations by soap

References