2025 British Soap Awards
Annual British TV awards ceremony
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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 was 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]
| 2025 British Soap Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 31 May 2025 |
| Location | Hackney Empire, Hackney |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Various |
| Hosted by | Jane McDonald |
| Most awards | EastEnders (8) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | |
| Runtime | 120 minutes |
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
Panel voted
| Award | Winner | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| Best Dramatic Performance (presented by Angelica Bell and Danny Beard) |
Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell in EastEnders) |
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| Best Family (presented by Kelvin Fletcher, Elizabeth Marsland and Marnie Fletcher) |
The Osbornes (Hollyoaks) |
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| Best Newcomer (presented by Denise Welch and Martin Kemp) |
Isabelle Smith (Frankie Osborne in Hollyoaks) |
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| Best On-Screen Partnership (presented by Chris Walker and Jan Pearson) |
Rudolph Walker and Angela Wynter (Patrick and Yolande Trueman in EastEnders) |
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| Best Single Episode (presented by Joe Absolom and Patsy Kensit) |
"Phil's Psychosis: The Mitchells in 1985" (EastEnders) | |
| Best Storyline (presented by Larry Lamb) |
Sibling Sexual Abuse (Hollyoaks) |
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| Best Young Performer (presented Hattie Ryan & Karis Musongole) |
Amelia Flanagan (April Windsor in Emmerdale) |
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| Outstanding Achievement (presented by Julie Hesmondhalgh) |
David Neilson (Roy Cropper in Coronation Street) | N/a |
| Scene of the Year (presented by Tasha Ghouri and Richie Anderson) |
EastEnders at 40: Angie Watts' Shock Return (EastEnders) |
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| The Tony Warren Award (presented by Natalie J Robb and Mark Charnock) |
Mike Plant (Emmerdale) | N/a |
Wins by soap
| Soap opera | Wins |
|---|---|
| EastEnders | 8 |
| Hollyoaks | 3 |
| Emmerdale | 2 |
| Coronation Street | 1 |