THE BRITISH Soap Awards returned tonight as the nation honoured its biggest and most loved soap operas.
Emmerdale has been crowned as the best soap of they year after also taking home the best leading performer award,
Paige Sand was recognised for her role as the evil Meena Jutla.
The soap awards took place in London at The Hackney Empire where soap operas, Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks battled it out for the top awards.
The show was hosted by Phillip Schofield, which saw an array of well-known faces from across the TV and showbiz world.
The ceremony will become available to watch on the ITV Hub.
Read our Soap Awards 2022 live blog below for the latest news & updates…
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The winner is Emmerdale
Emmerdale have been crowned the best soap of 2022.
Huge congratulations!!
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The nominations are
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Here we go the best soap award
Here to present the award is Stephanie Beacham.
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The winner of best leading performer is Paige Sand
Huge congratulations to Paige Sandhu better known as the evil Meena Jutla.
A very well deserved winner after showcasing her talents throughout the year on Emmerdale.
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The nominations are
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Here we go – Best leading performer
Here to present the award is BAFTA nominated Hugh Quarshie.
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Best till last
Best leading performer and soap up after the break.
The big awards have been saved until last.
Stay tuned!
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The winner is Tameka Empson – EastEnders
Congratulations to Tameka who plays the role as Kim Fox.
Very well deserved.
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The nominations are
- Jane Hazelgrove (Bernie Winter) – Coronation Street
- Sarah Moyle (Valerie Pitman) – Doctors
- Tameka Empson (Kim Fox) – EastEnders
- Lisa Riley (Mandy Dingle) – Emmerdale
- Chelsee Healey (Goldie McQueen) – Hollyoaks
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Next up – Best comedy performance
Presenting the award is BAFTA winning actress Lauren Socha and Barney Walsh.
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The winner is Hollyoaks
Congratulations to Haiesha Mistry (Yasmine Maalik) Harvey Virdi (Misbah Maalik ) for their Misbah Didn’t Consent scene.
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The nominations are:
- Coronation Street – Johnny’s Death
- Sally Ann Matthews (Jenny Connor) Richard Hawley (Johnny Connor) Julia Goulding (Shona Platt)
- Doctors – Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
- Adrian Lewis Morgan (Jimmi Clay) Ashley Rice (Sid Vere) Jane Pearson (Karen Hollins) Sarah Moyle (Valerie Pitman) Ben Moor (Paul Brooks) Harriet Thorpe (Hattie Brooks) Helen Lederer (Maisie Oliver)
- EastEnders – Hall of Mirrors
- Gillian Wright (Jean Slater) Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater)
- Emmerdale – Bridge Collapse
- Paige Sandhu (Meena Jutla) Matthew Wolfenden (David Metcalfe) Isabel Hodgins (Victoria Sugden) Rebecca Sarker (Manpreet Sharma) Kevin Mathurin (Charles Anderson) Anna Nightingale (Andrea Tate)
- Hollyoaks – Misbah Didn’t Consent
- Haiesha Mistry (Yasmine Maalik) Harvey Virdi (Misbah Maalik )
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Next up is the Scene of the year award
Presenting this award is Britain’s Got Talent winner Axel Blake.
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The audience take a minute to reflect on those no longer with us
The soaps world pay tribute to the much loved stars that are no longer with us.
A huge cheer went round the audience for EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor.
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The winner is
The winner of the Tony Warren award goes to the writer Jan McVerry.
Jan is the writer behind some of the greatest story lines from Coronation Street.
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Next up is the Tony Warren Award
To present the award is Corrie legend Connor McIntyre better known as Pat Phelan.
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The winner of the award are The Dingles – Emmerdale
Congratulations to the Dingles!
They are currently Emmerdale’s largest family with 11 generations of known family members.
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The nominations are:
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We are back – Next up best family award
Here to present the award is Greg and Billie shepherd.
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Coming up after the break
After the break fans will find out who the winner of the best family award will go to.
Stay tuned!
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A very deserving winner
The winner of the outstanding achievement award goes to Letitia Dean.
After appearing in over 2,000 episodes of EastEnders and being landlady of the Queen Vic six times, the award goes to Sharon Watts.
She first joined the soap in 1985.
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Time to honour a TV great
The outstanding achievement award will be presented by Anita Dobson.
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The winner is Maximus Evans – Coronation Street
Congratulations to Corey Brent.
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The nominations are
- Maximus Evans (Corey Brent) – Coronation Street
- Laura White (Dr Princess Buchanan) – Doctors
- Toby-Alexander Smith (Gray Atkins) – EastEnders
- Paige Sandhu (Meena Jutla) – Emmerdale
- Rhiannon Clements (Summer Ranger) – Hollyoaks
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Next up – The best villain of the year
Presenting the award is Line of Duty’s Tommy Jessop and Gregory Piper.
