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British Soap Award for Best British Soap

British Soap Award for Best British Soap
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byThe British Soap Awards
First awarded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Currently held byEastEnders

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 twelve wins. Doctors is the only current soap not to have won the award, with Doctors due to end production on 14 November 2024. Defunct soaps that did not win are Brookside, Crossroads, Family Affairs and Night and Day. 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][22] Hollyoaks Channel 4
Coronation Street ITV
Doctors BBC One
EastEnders BBC One
Emmerdale ITV
2022[23] Emmerdale ITV
Coronation Street ITV
Doctors BBC One
EastEnders BBC One
Hollyoaks Channel 4
2023[24] EastEnders BBC One
Coronation Street ITV
Doctors BBC One
Emmerdale ITV
Hollyoaks Channel 4

Wins and nominations by soap

Soap opera Wins Nominations
EastEnders 12 11
Coronation Street 6 17
Emmerdale 3 18
Hollyoaks 2 20
Doctors 0 19
Family Affairs 0 6
Brookside 0 2
Crossroads 0 2
Night and Day 0 1

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