The British Soap Awards 2016

[Perdita]

It's the big moment that all soap fans have been waiting for - longlist voting for the British Soap Awards 2016 has officially opened.

A host of stars from Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks have made the longlist for the Best Actor and Best Actress prizes - and we couldn't be more excited to bring you the full collection of nominees.

Last year, these categories were judged with a 50/50 split between public votes and an expert panel of judges - but the good news is that they've been put solely back into the hands of the viewers for the 2016 event.

As always, soap fans will also have the chance to vote for the coveted Best British Soap prize.


The full longlist follows below:

Best Actor

Jack P Shepherd (David Platt, Coronation Street)

Ben Price (Nick Tilsley, Coronation Street)

Alan Halsall (Tyrone Dobbs, Coronation Street)

Matthew Chambers (Dr Daniel Granger, Doctors)

Owen Brenman (Dr Heston Carter, Doctors)

Ian Midlane (Dr Al Haskey, Doctors)

James Bye (Martin Fowler, EastEnders)

Danny Dyer (Mick Carter, EastEnders)

Davood Ghadami (Kush Kazemi, EastEnders)

Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)

John Middleton (Ashley Thomas, Emmerdale)

Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale)

Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay, Hollyoaks)

Charlie Clapham (Freddie Roscoe, Hollyoaks)

Ashley Taylor Dawson (Darren Osborne, Hollyoaks)


Best Actress

Alison King (Carla Connor, Coronation Street)

Paula Lane (Kylie Platt, Coronation Street )

Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow, Coronation Street)

Lorna Laidlaw (Mrs Tembe, Doctors)

Jan Pearson (Karen Hollins, Doctors)

Laura Rollins (Ayesha Lee, Doctors)

Diane Parish (Denise Fox, EastEnders)

Rakhee Thakrar (Shabnam Masood, EastEnders)

Lacey Turner (Stacey Branning, EastEnders)

Lucy Pargeter (Chas Dingle, Emmerdale)

Zoe Henry (Rhona Goskirk, Emmerdale)

Charlotte Bellamy (Laurel Thomas, Emmerdale)

Jennifer Metcalfe (Mercedes McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Nadine Mulkerrin (Cleo McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Nikki Sanderson (Maxine Blake, Hollyoaks)



Best British Soap

Coronation Street

Doctors

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks

The competition for votes will no doubt be bigger than ever this year, as EastEnders secured the Best British Soap prize with a narrow winning margin of just 0.15% in 2015. They're not lying when they say that every vote counts!

Votes can be cast now via the official British Soap Awards website. Details of the other categories, which are judged by the panel, will be revealed at a later date. The ceremony will take place at London's Hackney Empire theatre in May.


Digital Spy

[parkerman]

Nice to see Alan Halsall and Kate Ford getting nominations...:sick:

[Perdita]

EastEnders and Hollyoaks have topped the shortlist for the British Soap Awards 2016.

Both shows picked up 14 nominations and led the field thanks to multiple nominees in the viewer-voted fields of Best Actor and Best Actress.

Hollyoaks provides two of the Best Actor field with Charlie Clapham and Kieron Richardson facing off against Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd, EastEnders' Danny Dyer and Emmerdale's Danny Miller.

While in the Best Actress category, EastEnders stars Lacey Turner and Rakhee Thakrar will be competing against Corrie's Alison King, Emmerdale's Lucy Pargeter and Hollyoaks' Jennifer Metcalfe.


ITV's Coronation Street and Emmerdale both scooped 13 nominations, while BBC One's Doctors received 10 nominations.​

The all-important Best Dramatic Performance categories will see Corrie's Jack P Shepherd, Doctors' Adrian Lewis Morgan, EastEnders' Steve McFadden, Emmerdale's Danny Miller and Hollyoaks' Jeremy Sheffield compete for the Male prize.

And in the Best Female Dramatic Performance field, Corrie's Tina O'Brien will go up against Doctors' Sarah Moyle, EastEnders' Lacey Turner, Emmerdale's Charlotte Bellamy and Hollyoaks' Zoe Lucker.

EastEnders will be looking to retain its Best Storyline award, which it won last year for 'Who Killed Lucy?', with Stacey's Postpartum Psychosis. It's up against Callum's reign of terror & Sarah's baby in Corrie, Treehouse in Doctors, Aaron's abuse in Emmerdale and the McQueens' cycle of abuse in Hollyoaks.


Coronation Street's live episode will hope to match EastEnders' win last year for its live episode, but Corrie will have to fight off Doctors' The Heart of England, Shabnam's stillbirth in EastEnders, the aftermath of the Village Hall explosion in Emmerdale and Patrick Blake's right to die decision in Hollyoaks.

Scene of the Year will be contested between Val's death in Emmerdale (who won last year for Donna's goodbye), Valerie leaving Barry at the altar in Doctors, Mick and Linda's wedding in EastEnders, Callum's death in Corrie and Nico killing Patrick in Hollyoaks.

The British Soap Awards 2016 will take place at London's Hackney Empire theatre later this month.

This year, the Outstanding Achievement Award (Off Screen) has been re-named the Tony Warren Award in remembrance of the late Corrie creator.

The full list of nominees are as follows:

Viewer Voted Categories:

BEST BRITISH SOAP

Coronation Street

Doctors

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks

BEST ACTOR

Coronation Street: Jack P Shepherd

Hollyoaks: Charlie Clapham

EastEnders: Danny Dyer

Emmerdale: Danny Miller

Hollyoaks: Kieron Richardson

BEST ACTRESS

Coronation Street: Alison King

EastEnders: Lacey Turner

EastEnders: Rakhee Thakrar

Emmerdale: Lucy Pargeter

Hollyoaks: Jennifer Metcalfe

Panel Voted Categories:

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR

Coronation Street: Connor McIntyre

Doctors: Adam Astill

EastEnders: Ellen Thomas

Emmerdale: Ryan Hawley

Hollyoaks: Sophie Austin

BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE

Coronation Street: Patti Clare

Doctors: Sarah Moyle

EastEnders: Tameka Empson

Emmerdale: Matthew Wolfenden

Hollyoaks: Ross Adams

BEST NEWCOMER

Coronation Street: Shayne Ward

Doctors: Bharti Patel

EastEnders: Bonnie Langford

Emmerdale: Isobel Steele

Hollyoaks: Duayne Boachie

BEST STORYLINE

Coronation Street: Callum's Reign of Terror & Sarah's Baby

Doctors: Treehouse

EastEnders: Stacey's Postpartum Psychosis

Emmerdale: Aaron's Abuse

Hollyoaks: The McQueen's Cycle of Abuse

BEST SINGLE EPISODE

Coronation Street: Live Episode

Doctors: The Heart of England

EastEnders: Shabnam's stillbirth

Emmerdale: Aftermath of Village Hall explosion

Hollyoaks: Patrick Blake's right to die decision

BEST MALE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE

Coronation Street: Jack P Shepherd

Doctors: Adrian Lewis Morgan

EastEnders: Steve McFadden

Emmerdale: Danny Miller

Hollyoaks: Jeremy Sheffield

BEST FEMALE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE

Coronation Street: Tina O'Brien

Doctors: Sarah Moyle

EastEnders: Lacey Turner

Emmerdale: Charlotte Bellamy

Hollyoaks: Zoe Lucker

BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP

Coronation Street: Sally Dynevor & Joe Duttine

Doctors: Dido Miles & Ian Kelsey

EastEnders: Danny Dyer & Kellie Bright

Emmerdale: Danny Miller & Ryan Hawley

Hollyoaks: Ashley Taylor Dawson & Jessica Fox

BEST YOUNG PERFORMANCE

Coronation Street: Elle Mulvaney

EastEnders: Grace

Emmerdale: Amelia Flanagan

Hollyoaks: Ruby O'Donnell

SCENE OF THE YEAR

Coronation Street: Callum's death

Doctors: Valerie leaves Barry at the altar

EastEnders: Mick and Linda finally get married

Emmerdale: Val's death

Hollyoaks: Nico kills Patrick


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT & THE TONY WARREN AWARD WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT.

Digital Spy

[lizann]

this has to be emmerdale's year surely

[Perdita]

Soap fans, it's time to get excited - ITV has officially confirmed the airdate and time for the British Soap Awards 2016.

The glitzy ceremony will be broadcast on Sunday, May 29 at 8pm in a two-hour slot - just one day after the event is held in London.

Last year, there was a frustrating five-day delay between filming and airing the awards - but the gap has thankfully been cut significantly for the 2016 broadcast.

Hosted by Phillip Schofield, this year's British Soap Awards will be coming from London's Hackney Empire.

The theatre first hosted the ceremony two years ago, when Hollyoaks memorably won the Best Soap prize for the first time ever.

Viewer voting remains open for Best Soap, Best Actor and Best Actress categories, while the rest of the winners have been determined by a panel of judges.

This year will also see the Outstanding Achievement Award (Off-Screen) renamed as the Tony Warren Award, as a tribute to Coronation Street's late creator following his death in March.


Digital Spy

[lizann]

come on emmerdale

[tammyy2j]

Emmerdale and EastEnders have proven to be the big victors on the night with five awards each.

The awards took place in London and Emmerdale’s Danny Miller and Walford’s Lacey Turner were particularly notable representatives of their shows, with a staggering three gongs for Lacey and two for Danny alongside the Best Soap gong for Emmerdale.

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BEST BRITISH SOAP
Coronation Street
Doctors
EastEnders
Emmerdale (WINNER)
Hollyoaks

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
Connor McIntyre - Coronation Street (WINNER)
Adam Astill - Doctors
Ellen Thomas - EastEnders
Ryan Hawley - Emmerdale
Sophie Austin - Hollyoaks

BEST SINGLE EPISODE
Live Episode - Coronation Street
The Heart of England (3000th Episode) - Doctors
Shabnam’s Stillbirth - EastEnders
Aftermath of Village Hall explosion - Emmerdale
Patrick Blake’s right to die decision - Hollyoaks

BEST ACTOR
Jack P Shepherd - Coronation Street
Charlie Clapham - Hollyoaks
Danny Dyer - EastEnders
Danny Miller - Emmerdale (WINNER)
Kieron Richardson - Hollyoaks

BEST MALE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
Jack P Shepherd - Coronation Street
Adrian Lewis Morgan - Doctors
Steve McFadden - EastEnders
Danny Miller - Emmerdale (WINNER)
Jeremy Sheffield - Hollyoaks

BEST ACTRESS
Alison King - Coronation Street
Lacey Turner - EastEnders (WINNER)
Rakhee Thakrar - EastEnders
Lucy Pargeter - Emmerdale
Jennifer Metcalfe - Hollyoaks

BEST FEMALE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
Tina O’Brien - Coronation Street
Sarah Moyle - Doctors
Lacey Turner - EastEnders (WINNER)
Charlotte Bellamy - Emmerdale
Zoe Lucker - Hollyoaks


BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Patti Clare - Coronation Street (WINNER)
Sarah Moyle - Doctors
Tameka Empson - EastEnders
Matthew Wolfenden - Emmerdale
Ross Adams - Hollyoaks

BEST YOUNG PERFORMANCE
Elle Mulvaney - Coronation Street
Grace - EastEnders
Amelia Flanagan - Emmerdale
Ruby O’Donnell - Hollyoaks (WINNER)

SCENE OF THE YEAR
Callum’s Death - Coronation Street
Valerie leaves Barry at the altar - Doctors
Mick and Linda Finally Get Married - EastEnders
Val’s death - Emmerdale
Nico kills Patrick - Hollyoaks

BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP
Sally Dynevor & Joe Duttine - Coronation Street (WINNER)
Dido Miles & Ian Kelsey - Doctors
Danny Dyer & Kellie Bright - EastEnders
Danny Miller & Ryan Hawley - Emmerdale
Ashley Taylor Dawson & Jessica Fox - Hollyoaks

BEST NEWCOMER
Shayne Ward - Coronation Street
Bharti Patel - Doctors
Bonnie Langford - EastEnders (WINNER)
Isobel Steele - Emmerdale
Duayne Boachie - Hollyoaks

BEST STORYLINE
Callum’s Reign of Terror & Sarah’s Baby - Coronation Street
Treehouse - Doctors
Stacey’s Postpartum Psychosis - EastEnders (WINNER)
Aaron’s abuse - Emmerdale
The McQueen’s Cycle of Abuse - Hollyoaks

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (ON-SCREEN) PRESENTED BY ADAM WOODYATT TO STEVE MCFADDEN - EASTENDERS

THE TONY WARREN AWARD (OFF-SCREEN) PRESENTED BY CHARLIE LAWSON TO FORMER CORONATION STREET/ EMMERDALE CASTING DIRECTOR JAMES BAIN

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BEST BRITISH SOAP
Coronation Street
Doctors
EastEnders
Emmerdale (WINNER)
Hollyoaks

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
Connor McIntyre - Coronation Street (WINNER)
Adam Astill - Doctors
Ellen Thomas - EastEnders
Ryan Hawley - Emmerdale
Sophie Austin - Hollyoaks

BEST SINGLE EPISODE
Live Episode - Coronation Street
The Heart of England (3000th Episode) - Doctors
Shabnam’s Stillbirth - EastEnders
Aftermath of Village Hall explosion - Emmerdale
Patrick Blake’s right to die decision - Hollyoaks

BEST ACTOR
Jack P Shepherd - Coronation Street
Charlie Clapham - Hollyoaks
Danny Dyer - EastEnders
Danny Miller - Emmerdale (WINNER)
Kieron Richardson - Hollyoaks

BEST MALE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
Jack P Shepherd - Coronation Street
Adrian Lewis Morgan - Doctors
Steve McFadden - EastEnders
Danny Miller - Emmerdale (WINNER)
Jeremy Sheffield - Hollyoaks

BEST ACTRESS
Alison King - Coronation Street
Lacey Turner - EastEnders (WINNER)
Rakhee Thakrar - EastEnders
Lucy Pargeter - Emmerdale
Jennifer Metcalfe - Hollyoaks

BEST FEMALE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
Tina O’Brien - Coronation Street
Sarah Moyle - Doctors
Lacey Turner - EastEnders (WINNER)
Charlotte Bellamy - Emmerdale
Zoe Lucker - Hollyoaks


BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Patti Clare - Coronation Street (WINNER)
Sarah Moyle - Doctors
Tameka Empson - EastEnders
Matthew Wolfenden - Emmerdale
Ross Adams - Hollyoaks

BEST YOUNG PERFORMANCE
Elle Mulvaney - Coronation Street
Grace - EastEnders
Amelia Flanagan - Emmerdale
Ruby O’Donnell - Hollyoaks (WINNER)

SCENE OF THE YEAR
Callum’s Death - Coronation Street
Valerie leaves Barry at the altar - Doctors
Mick and Linda Finally Get Married - EastEnders
Val’s death - Emmerdale
Nico kills Patrick - Hollyoaks

BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP
Sally Dynevor & Joe Duttine - Coronation Street (WINNER)
Dido Miles & Ian Kelsey - Doctors
Danny Dyer & Kellie Bright - EastEnders
Danny Miller & Ryan Hawley - Emmerdale
Ashley Taylor Dawson & Jessica Fox - Hollyoaks

BEST NEWCOMER
Shayne Ward - Coronation Street
Bharti Patel - Doctors
Bonnie Langford - EastEnders (WINNER)
Isobel Steele - Emmerdale
Duayne Boachie - Hollyoaks

BEST STORYLINE
Callum’s Reign of Terror & Sarah’s Baby - Coronation Street
Treehouse - Doctors
Stacey’s Postpartum Psychosis - EastEnders (WINNER)
Aaron’s abuse - Emmerdale
The McQueen’s Cycle of Abuse - Hollyoaks

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (ON-SCREEN) PRESENTED BY ADAM WOODYATT TO STEVE MCFADDEN - EASTENDERS

THE TONY WARREN AWARD (OFF-SCREEN) PRESENTED BY CHARLIE LAWSON TO FORMER CORONATION STREET/ EMMERDALE CASTING DIRECTOR JAMES BAIN

[parkerman]

Who won Best Single Episode and Scene of the Year?

[Dazzle]

Who won Best Single Episode and Scene of the Year?

Best Single Episode: Doctors - The Heart of England

Scene of the Year: Emmerdale - Val's death

[Perdita]

Who won Best Single Episode and Scene of the Year?

BEST SINGLE EPISODE

Coronation Street: Live Episode

Doctors: The Heart of England - WINNER!

EastEnders: Shabnam's stillbirth

Emmerdale: Aftermath of Village Hall explosion

Hollyoaks: Patrick Blake's right to die decision



SCENE OF THE YEAR

Coronation Street: Callum's death

Doctors: Valerie leaves Barry at the altar

EastEnders: Mick and Linda finally get married

Emmerdale: Val's death - WINNER!

Hollyoaks: Nico kills Patrick

[flappinfanny]

I think they probably got the awards about right. Glad Emmerdale did well, but I think I would have given the best soap award to EastEnders, but I am biased and I don't watch enough of Emmerdale to be objective. I am just pleased Coronation Street did not win, as it certainly did not deserve this honour. Nice to see Doctors get recognized, after all it is the 4th most watched soap after Emmerdale.

[tammyy2j]

I think they probably got the awards about right. Glad Emmerdale did well, but I think I would have given the best soap award to EastEnders, but I am biased and I don't watch enough of Emmerdale to be objective. I am just pleased Coronation Street did not win, as it certainly did not deserve this honour. Nice to see Doctors get recognized, after all it is the 4th most watched soap after Emmerdale.

Emmerdale deserved it's wins especially Danny Miller

I would have liked to see Rakhee Thakrar take best actress as Lacey won three

Elle Mulvaney Coronation Street or Amelia Flanagan Emmerdale deswrved the best young actor/actress award

[flappinfanny]

Hollyoaks winning only one award maybe the wake up call it needs to get rid of Kirkwood?

The awards did seem to go on a bit, too many ad breaks. Commercial TV is getting more like US and Australia sadly.


It was Lacey's night really and Knobron fans will be orgasmic. Nice for Steve McFadden to get a special award. I think the stars who didn't turn up for the awards had the right idea, stopping at home with their feet up with a bottle of wine. :)