2022 British Soap Awards

2022 British Soap Awards
Date11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)
LocationHackney Empire, Hackney
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byVarious
Hosted byPhillip Schofield
Most awardsEastEnders
Emmerdale (both 4)
Television/radio coverage
Network
Runtime125 minutes
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The 2022 British Soap Awards honoured the best in British soap operas throughout 2021 and 2022. The ceremony was held on 11 June 2022 at the Hackney Empire theatre in Hackney, London, and was broadcast live on ITV, ITV Hub and STV.[1]

The publicly voted categories were announced on 21 April 2023, with the vote opening that same day.[2] This included a longlist for the Best Leading Performer accolade which replaced the Best Actress and Actor awards. The Best Female and Male Dramatic Performance panel awards were also replaced in favour of the Best Dramatic Performance category. These changes were made so that the categories were gender neutral.[3] 2022 also saw the introduction of the Best Family accolade.[4] The shortlist, including panel nominations, was released on 10 May 2022, alongside tickets for the ceremony being made available for sale.[5]

ITV soap Emmerdale won all three viewer-voted categories, including Best British Soap, and tied with BBC soap EastEnders in both winning four awards.[6] EastEnders actress Letitia Dean won the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement for her role as Sharon Watts, while Coronation Street writer Jan McVerry won the Tony Warren Award.[7] Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks won two accolades for a storyline that sees Misbah Maalik (Harvey Virdi) realise she has been raped, with BBC soap Doctors claiming the Best Single Episode award for "Three Consultations and a Funeral".[8]

Winners and nominees

Publicly voted

Award Winner[9] Shortlisted[a] Longlisted[b]
Best British Soap Emmerdale —
Best Family The Dingles (Emmerdale)
  • The Alahans (Coronation Street)
  • The Carters (EastEnders)
  • The McQueens (Hollyoaks)
 —
Best Leading Performer Paige Sandhu (Meena Jutla in Emmerdale)

Panel voted

Award Winner[9] Nominees
Best Comedy Performance Tameka Empson (Kim Fox in EastEnders)
Best Dramatic Performance Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale)
Best Newcomer Ross Boatman (Harvey Monroe in EastEnders)
Best On-Screen Partnership Lacey Turner and Gillian Wright (Stacey and Jean Slater in EastEnders)
Best Single Episode "Three Consultations and a Funeral" (Doctors)
Best Storyline Misbah's Historic Rape (Hollyoaks)
  • Hate Crime (Coronation Street)
  • Bear and his mother encounter racism at St Phil's Hospital (Doctors)
  • Jean's Bipolar (EastEnders)
  • Meena Serial Killer (Emmerdale)
Best Young Performer Millie Gibson (Kelly Neelan in Coronation Street)
Outstanding Achievement Letitia Dean (Sharon Watts in EastEnders) —
Scene of the Year Misbah Didn't Consent (Hollyoaks)
  • Johnny's Death (Coronation Street)
  • Mad Hatters Tea Party (Doctors)
  • Hall of Mirrors (EastEnders)
  • Bridge Collapse (Emmerdale)
The Tony Warren Award Jan McVerry (Coronation Street writer) —
Villain of the Year Maximus Evans (Corey Brent in Coronation Street)

Wins by soap

Soap opera Wins
EastEnders 4
Emmerdale 4
Coronation Street 3
Hollyoaks 2
Doctors 1

Notes

  1. ^ These nominees were voted through to the shortlist round.
  2. ^ These nominees were unsuccessful in being voted through to the shortlist.

References

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  2. ^ Houghton, Rianne (21 April 2022). "British Soap Awards 2022 reveals longlist for viewer categories". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. ^ Frost, Caroline (17 April 2022). "British Soap Awards Go Gender-Neutral: TV Stars Battle For Best Leading Performer". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ^ Patterson, Stephen (10 May 2022). "The British Soap Awards 2022: EastEnders and Emmerdale lead the way as full shortlist is revealed". Metro. (DMG Media). Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  5. ^ Warner, Sam (10 May 2022). "British Soap Awards 2022 announces full nominations shortlist". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  6. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel; Warner, Sam (11 June 2022). "British Soap Awards 2022 winners list - updated live". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  7. ^ Duke, Simon (13 June 2022). "Letitia Dean wins British Soap Awards Outstanding Achievement and breaks tragic news in speech". Chronicle Live. (Reach plc). Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  8. ^ Cremona, Patrick (12 June 2022). "British Soap Awards 2022 winners: Full results as Emmerdale scoops best soap". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  9. ^ a b Cook, Rebecca; Hoe, Danielle (11 June 2022). "Who won at British Soap Awards 2022? As Emmerdale's 'Meena' Paige Sandhu scoops top gong". Leeds Live. (Reach plc). Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.