British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Soap_and_Continuing_Drama Knowpia

British Academy Television Award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama
British Academy Television Award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded	1999
Currently held by	Casualty (2023)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama is one of the major categories of the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the British television industry, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Eligible drama series must be transmitted for at least 20 episodes a year. Only one episode of no more than an hour may be entered, and the episode selected must not be a special, as it must be fully representative of the series.^[1] The award was first given in 1999, for soap operas transmitted in 1998. Its title was changed from Best Soap to Best Continuing Drama in 2003,^[2] and to Best Soap and Continuing Drama in 2012. As of 2023^[update], the award has been won by EastEnders nine times, Coronation Street seven times, Casualty four times, Emmerdale three times, and The Bill and Holby City once each.

Winners and nominees edit

1990s edit

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Production company	Broadcaster
1999 ^[3]	EastEnders	Matthew Robinson	BBC	BBC One
	Brookside	Phil Redmond	Mersey Television	Channel 4
	Hollyoaks	Phil Redmond, Jo Hallows	Mersey Television	Channel 4
	Coronation Street	Carolyn Reynolds, David Hanson	Granada Television	ITV1

2000s edit

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Production company	Broadcaster
2000 ^[4]	EastEnders	Matthew Robinson	BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street	Jane Macnaught	Granada Television	ITV1
	Emmerdale	Keith Richardson, Kieran Roberts, Chris Thompson	Yorkshire Television	ITV1
	Brookside	Phil Redmond, Paul Marquess	Mersey Television	Channel 4
2001 ^[5]	Emmerdale	Kieran Roberts, Oliver Horsbrugh, Karin Young	Yorkshire Television	ITV1
	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street		Granada Television	ITV1
	Hollyoaks	Phil Redmond, Jo Hallows	Mersey Television	Channel 4
2002 ^[6]	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street		Granada Television	ITV1
	Doctors		BBC	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Phil Redmond, Jo Hallows	Mersey Television	Channel 4
2003 ^[7]	Coronation Street	Carolyn Reynolds, Kieran Roberts	Granada Television	ITV1
	Doctors		BBC	BBC One
	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Phil Redmond, Jo Hallows	Mersey Television	Channel 4
2004 ^[8]	Coronation Street	Carolyn Reynolds, Kieran Roberts	Granada Television	ITV1
	Casualty	Mal Young, Mervyn Watson	BBC	BBC One
	Holby City	Mal Young, Kathleen Hutchison	BBC	BBC One
	The Bill	Paul Marquess, Donna Wiffen, Jake Riddell	Talkback Thames	ITV1
2005 ^[9]	Coronation Street	Tony Wood, Ian Bevitt, John Fay	Granada Television	ITV1
	Doctors		BBC	BBC One
	Holby City		BBC	BBC One
	The Bill	Paul Marquess, Claire Phillips, Donna Wiffen	Talkback Thames	ITV1
2006 ^[10]	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street	Tony Wood, Tracey Rooney, Daran Little	ITV Productions	ITV1
	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	Holby City		BBC	BBC One
2007 ^[11]	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street	Stephen Russell, Tim O'Mara, Steve Frost, Kieran Roberts	ITV Productions	ITV1
	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Emmerdale	Keith Richardson, Kathleen Beedles, Lindsay Williams, Piotr Szkopiak	ITV Productions	ITV1
2008 ^[12]	Holby City		BBC	BBC One
	The Bill	Johnathan Young, Tim Key, Maxwell Young, Robert Del Maestro	Talkback Thames	ITV1
	Emmerdale	Keith Richardson, Kathleen Beedles, John Anderson, Tim Dynevor	ITV Productions	ITV1
	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
2009 ^[13]	The Bill		Talkback Thames	ITV1
	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Emmerdale		ITV Studios	ITV1

2010s edit

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Production company	Broadcaster
2010 ^[14]	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV1
	The Bill		Talkback Thames	ITV1
2011 ^[15]	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV1
	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	Waterloo Road	Sharon Hughff, Sharon Channer, Fraser MacDonald, Lis Steele	Shed Productions	BBC One
2012 ^[16]	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV1
	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Holby City		BBC	BBC One
	Shameless	Paul Abbott, George Faber, David Threlfall, Lawrence Till	Company Pictures	Channel 4
2013 ^[17]	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV
	Emmerdale		ITV Studios	ITV
	Shameless		Company Pictures	Channel 4
2014 ^[18]	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV
	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	EastEnders		BBC
	Holby City		BBC
2015 ^[19]	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV
	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Hollyoaks		Lime Pictures	Channel 4
2016 ^[20]	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV
	Emmerdale		ITV Studios	ITV
	Holby City	Oliver Kent, Simon Harper, Kate Hall, Joe Ainsworth	BBC	BBC One
2017 ^[21]	Emmerdale		ITV Studios	ITV
	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Bryan Kirkwood, Emily Gascoyne, Vikki Tennant, Colette Chard	Lime Pictures	Channel 4
2018 ^[22]	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV
	Emmerdale		ITV Studios	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Bryan Kirkwood, Emily Gascoyne, Vikki Tennant, Colette Chard	Lime Pictures	Channel 4
2019 ^[23]	EastEnders		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV
	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Bryan Kirkwood, Emily Gascoyne, Colette Chard, Kevin Rundle	Lime Pictures	Channel 4

2020s edit

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Production company	Broadcaster
2020 ^[24]	Emmerdale		ITV Studios	ITV
	Casualty		BBC	BBC One
	Holby City		BBC	BBC One
	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV
2021 ^[25]	Casualty	Simon Harper, Loretta Preece, Sarah Beeson, Jenny Thompson	BBC Studios	BBC One
	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV
	EastEnders	Jon Sen, Kate Oates, Sharon Batten, Liza Mellody	BBC Studios	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Bryan Kirkwood, Hannah Sowden, Josie Day, Gary Sewell, Colette Chard	Lime Pictures	Channel 4
2022 ^[26]	Coronation Street		ITV Studios	ITV
	Casualty	Deborah Sathe, Loretta Preece, Debbie Biggins, Jenny Thompson, Sarah Beeson	BBC Studios	BBC One
	Holby City		BBC Studios	BBC One
	Emmerdale		ITV Studios	ITV
2023 ^[27]^[28]	Casualty		BBC Studios	BBC One
	Emmerdale		ITV Studios	ITV
	EastEnders		BBC Studios	BBC One
2024 ^[29]	Emmerdale		ITV Studios	ITV1
	Casualty		BBC Studios	BBC One
	EastEnders		BBC Studios	BBC One

Note: The series that don't have recipients on the table had Production team credited as the recipients of the award or nomination.

Eligible programmes edit

Series	Last win	Last nomination
Casualty	2023	2024
Coronation Street	2022	2022
Doctors	—	2005
EastEnders	2019	2024
Emmerdale	2020	2024
Hollyoaks	—	2021
Waterloo Road	—	2011

Total awards by network edit

BBC One – 12

ITV/ITV1 – 9

Programmes with multiple wins and nominations edit

Multiple wins edit

Series	Wins
EastEnders	9
Coronation Street	6
Casualty	4
Emmerdale	3

Multiple nominations edit

Series	Nominations
Coronation Street	20
EastEnders	19
Casualty	14
Emmerdale	12
Holby City	9
Hollyoaks	8
The Bill	5
Doctors	3
Brookside	2
Shameless	2

References edit

^ "Television Awards Categories". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 2010-03-25. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
^ "British Academy Television Awards - Nominations Announced" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
^ "Soap in 1999". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Soap in 2000". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Soap in 2001". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Soap in 2002". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Soap in 2003". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Continuing Drama in 2004". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Continuing Drama in 2005". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Continuing Drama in 2006". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Continuing Drama in 2007". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Continuing Drama in 2008". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Continuing Drama in 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Continuing Drama in 2010". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Continuing Drama in 2011". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2012". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2013". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2014". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2015". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2016". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2017". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ "Soap & Continuing Drama in 2018". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "Soap & Continuing Drama in 2019". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^ "Soap & Continuing Drama in 2020". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
^ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Archived from the original on 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
^ "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^ "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
^ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.

External links edit

BAFTA Awards at the Internet Movie Database

[1] "Television Awards Categories". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 2010-03-25. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

[2] "British Academy Television Awards - Nominations Announced" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

[3] "Soap in 1999". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[4] "Soap in 2000". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[5] "Soap in 2001". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[6] "Soap in 2002". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[7] "Soap in 2003". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[8] "Continuing Drama in 2004". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[9] "Continuing Drama in 2005". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[10] "Continuing Drama in 2006". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[11] "Continuing Drama in 2007". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[12] "Continuing Drama in 2008". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[13] "Continuing Drama in 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[14] "Continuing Drama in 2010". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[15] "Continuing Drama in 2011". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[16] "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2012". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[17] "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2013". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

[18] "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2014". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[19] "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2015". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[20] "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2016". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[21] "Soap and Continuing Drama in 2017". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[22] "Soap & Continuing Drama in 2018". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[23] "Soap & Continuing Drama in 2019". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[24] "Soap & Continuing Drama in 2020". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[25] "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Archived from the original on 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-04-28.

[26] "Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations". The Guardian. 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[27] Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

[28] "Bafta TV awards 2023: the full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

[29] Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

Summary