EastEnders is a British soap opera that has aired on BBC One since 19 February 1985. It has been nominated for a variety of different awards. Its first award, for Favourite Programme, was given by the Anna Scher Theatre on 24 January 1986. At the British Academy Television Awards, EastEnders has won the Best Soap or Best Continuing Drama Award 12 times, as well as Best Drama Series once. The show has won in the Serial Drama category at the National Television Awards eleven times, as well as winning Best Soap at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards five times.
At The British Soap Awards, it has won Best British Soap 12 times, Best Storyline 5 times and Best Single Episode 5 times. In 2013, Adam Woodyatt won the British Soap Award for Lifetime Achievement for his portrayal of Ian Beale. His win has been followed by Rudolph Walker and Letitia Dean also getting the accolade at subsequent ceremonies. The show has won Inside Soap Best Soap Award 14 times since the ceremonies' inception in 2001. In March 2009, EastEnders won its third TRIC award in the category TV Soap of the Year, having also won similar categories at the British Soap Awards, National Television Awards, TV Choice Awards, and Inside Soap Awards within 10 months. EastEnders Executive Producer Diederick Santer commented that this was due to having "the most talented cast and crew in the business, and the most fantastic and dedicated audience." Several different EastEnders cast members have received acting award nominations for their performances in the show. June Brown is the only EastEnders actor to receive a nomination at the British Academy Television Awards and Patsy Palmer is the only one to be nominated in the Royal Television Society Programme Awards. Simon May won a TRIC award in 1986 for the EastEnders theme tune and co-creator Tony Holland and writer Tony Jordan have also been honoured.
EastEnders has also been awarded at various diversity and mental health-related ceremonies throughout its course. During the tenure of the Screen Nation Film and Television Awards, EastEnders was awarded 5 times, receiving varies other nominations and honourable mentions for their Black cast members. It has also seen 4 Best TV Character wins at the Asian Media Awards. The Mental Health Media Awards has awarded the show on numerous occasions, for storylines involving Kat Slater's (Jessie Wallace) rape and attempted suicide and the mental health of Stacey (Lacey Turner) and Jean Slater (Gillian Wright).
All About Soap Awards The All About Soap Awards (formerly the All About Soap Bubble Awards) were presented by All About Soap magazine and voted for by the public.
Year Category Nominee(s) Result 2007 Best Double Act Ricky Groves and Cliff Parisi (Garry Hobbs and Minty Peterson) Lacey Turner and Charlie Clements (Stacey Slater and Bradley Branning) Christmas Cracker Wendy Richard (Pauline Fowler) Lacey Turner and Jake Wood (Stacey Slater and Max Branning) I'm a Survivor Emma Barton (Honey Mitchell) Diane Parish (Denise Fox) Soap Scrap Wendy Richard and Barbara Windsor (Pauline Fowler and Peggy Mitchell) Adam Woodyatt and Laurie Brett (Ian and Jane Beale) Tearjerker Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater) Wedding Shock Laurie Brett and Adam Woodyatt (Jane Beale and Ian Beale) Fittest Fella Rob Kazinsky (Sean Slater) Best Celeb Style Kara Tointon (Dawn Swann) 2008 Fatal Attraction Samantha Janus and Scott Maslen (Ronnie Mitchell and Jack Branning) Jo Joyner and Robert Kazinsky (Tanya Branning and Sean Slater) I'm a Survivor Laurie Brett (Jane Beale) Secret's Out Aaron Sidwell (Steven Beale) Lacey Turner, Charlie Clements, Jake Wood and Jo Joyner (Stacey, Bradley, Max and Tanya Branning) Soap Slap Lacey Turner and Jo Joyner (Stacey and Tanya Branning) Tearjerker Jo Joyner (Tanya Branning) Fittest Fella Rob Kazinsky (Sean Slater) Scott Maslen (Jack Branning) Best Celeb Style Kara Tointon (Dawn Swann) 2009 Bad Boy Jake Wood (Max Branning) Bad Girl Charlie Brooks (Janine Butcher) Best Soap EastEnders Fatal Attraction Robert Kazinsky and Rita Simons (Sean Slater and Roxy Slater) Fight Club Jake Wood and Scott Maslen (Max Branning and Jack Branning) Killer Secret Robert Kazinsky, Rita Simons and Scott Maslen (Sean Slater, Roxy Slater and Jack Branning) I'm a Survivor Jo Joyner (Tanya Branning) Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson) Tearjerker The passing of Wellard Best Celeb Style Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater)) Kara Tointon (Dawn Swann) 2010 Baby Drama Cheryl Fergison (Heather Trott) Bride and Doom Marc Elliott and Preeya Kalidas (Syed Masood and Amira Shah) Fatal Attraction Marc Elliott and John Partridge (Syed Masood and Christian Clarke) Femme Fatale Charlie Brooks (Janine Butcher) I'm a Survivor Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater) Samantha Womack (Ronnie Mitchell) Killer Secret Don Gilet (Lucas Johnson) Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater for "Who Killed Archie?") Smooth Criminal Don Gilet (Lucas Johnson) Best Celeb Style Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater) 2011 Best Actor Jake Wood (Max Branning) Best Actress Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon) Best Baby Drama Baby swap Best Comeback Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie (Kat and Alfie Moon) Best Love Triangle Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater), Neil McDermott (Ryan Malloy) and Charlie Brooks (Janine Butcher) Best Newcomer Arinze Kene (Connor Stanley) Best Stunt Queen Vic fire Best Celeb Style Charlie Brooks (Janine Butcher) 2012 Best Actor Jake Wood (Max Branning) Best Actress Jo Joyner (Tanya Branning) Best Comeback David Wicks (Michael French) Best Couple Max and Tanya Branning (Jake Wood and Jo Joyner) Zainab Masood and Masood Ahmed (Nina Wadia and Nitin Ganatra) Best Episode Pat Butcher's funeral Best Mystery Who's Stalking Phil Mitchell? Best Villain Jamie Foreman (Derek Branning) Best Dressed Soap Star Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning) 2013 Baby Drama Lola fights for Lexi Best Death Derek Branning (Jamie Foreman) Best Episode Billy and the Olympic torch Best Reveal Derek is Kat's lover Kirsty is Max's secret wife Best Storyline Derek's reign of terror Best Stunt Joey and Lauren's crash Best Wedding Christian Clarke and Syed Masood Forbidden Lovers Joey and Lauren Branning 2015 Best Soap Moment of 2014 Lucy Beale is killed Linda tells Mick Carter about her ordeal Ronnie Mitchell's car crash
British Academy Awards Television Awards The British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA TV Awards) are awarded annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. EastEnders has received 24 British Academy Television Awards nominations and has won 12 of them. It won the award for Best Drama Series in 1997 and has been won the Best Continuing Drama or Best Soap accolade in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2025 and 2026. June Brown was nominated in 2009 for Best Actress, the first time a soap opera actress was nominated in this category since Jean Alexander, who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street in 1988. She was billed the favourite to win the award, but lost out to Anna Maxwell Martin.
Year Category Nominee(s) Result 1997 Best Drama Series EastEnders (Corinne Hollingworth, Jane Harris) 1999 Best Soap EastEnders (Matthew Robinson) 2000 Best Soap EastEnders (Matthew Robinson) 2001 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) 2002 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) 2003 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) 2006 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2007 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2008 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2009 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Best Actress June Brown (Dot Branning) 2010 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2011 Best Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2012 Best Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2013 Best Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2014 Best Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2015 Best Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Radio Times Audience Award EastEnders 2016 Best Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2017 Best Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2019 Best Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2021 Best Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) Virgin TV's Must-See Moment Gray kills Chantelle 2023 Best Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (production team) 2024 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) 2025 Best Soap EastEnders (production team) 2026 Best Soap EastEnders (production team)
Television Craft Awards The British Academy Television Craft Awards are an annual accolade presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Year Category Nominee(s) Result 2025 Special Award EastEnders
British Soap Awards The British Soap Awards began in 1999 and EastEnders has since won the award for Best British Soap 12 times. A select amount of awards are voted for by the public, including Best British Soap and Best Leading Performer, while the rest are decided by a panel. June Brown won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 for her portrayal of Dot Cotton. Subsequent winners have included Wendy Richard (Pauline Fowler), Pam St Clement (Pat Butcher), Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale), Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell), Rudolph Walker (Patrick Trueman) and Letitia Dean (Sharon Watts). In 2018, an award was given jointly for the first time, as the Scene of the Year accolade received equal numbers of votes for EastEnders and Doctors.