British Academy Television Award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama

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. 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, and to Best Soap and Continuing Drama in 2012. , the award has been won by EastEnders ten times, Coronation Street seven times, Casualty six times, Emmerdale three times, and The Bill and Holby City once each.

Winners and nominees 1990s Year Title Recipient(s) Production company Broadcaster1999EastEnders Matthew RobinsonBBCBBC One Brookside Phil RedmondMersey TelevisionChannel 4 Hollyoaks Phil Redmond, Jo Hallows Coronation Street Carolyn Reynolds, David Hanson Granada Television ITV1

2000s Year Title Recipient(s) Production company Broadcaster2000EastEnders Matthew RobinsonBBCBBC One Coronation Street Jane Macnaught Granada TelevisionITV1 Emmerdale Keith Richardson, Kieran Roberts, Chris Thompson Yorkshire Television Brookside Phil Redmond, Paul Marquess Mersey Television Channel 42001Emmerdale Kieran Roberts, Oliver Horsbrugh, Karin YoungYorkshire TelevisionITV1EastEnders BBC BBC OneCoronation Street Granada Television ITV1 Hollyoaks Phil Redmond, Jo Hallows Mersey Television Channel 42002EastEnders BBCBBC OneCoronation Street Granada Television ITV1Doctors BBC BBC One Hollyoaks Phil Redmond, Jo Hallows Mersey Television Channel 42003Coronation Street Carolyn Reynolds, Kieran RobertsGranada TelevisionITV1Doctors BBCBBC OneEastEnders BBC Hollyoaks Phil Redmond, Jo Hallows Mersey Television Channel 42004Coronation Street Carolyn Reynolds, Kieran RobertsGranada TelevisionITV1 Casualty Mal Young, Mervyn Watson BBCBBC One Holby City Mal Young, Kathleen Hutchison BBC The Bill Paul Marquess, Donna Wiffen, Jake Riddell Talkback Thames ITV12005Coronation Street Tony Wood, Ian Bevitt, John FayGranada TelevisionITV1Doctors BBCBBC OneHolby City BBC The Bill Paul Marquess, Claire Phillips, Donna Wiffen Talkback Thames ITV12006EastEnders BBCBBC One Coronation Street Tony Wood, Tracey Rooney, Daran Little ITV Productions ITV1Casualty BBCBBC OneHolby City BBC2007Casualty BBCBBC One Coronation Street Stephen Russell, Tim O'Mara, Steve Frost, Kieran Roberts ITV Productions ITV1EastEnders BBC BBC One Emmerdale Keith Richardson, Kathleen Beedles, Lindsay Williams, Piotr Szkopiak ITV Productions ITV12008Holby City BBCBBC One The Bill Johnathan Young, Tim Key, Maxwell Young, Robert Del Maestro Talkback ThamesITV1 Emmerdale Keith Richardson, Kathleen Beedles, John Anderson, Tim Dynevor ITV ProductionsEastEnders BBC BBC One2009The Bill Talkback ThamesITV1Casualty BBCBBC OneEastEnders BBCEmmerdale ITV Studios ITV1

2010s Year Title Recipient(s) Production company Broadcaster2010EastEnders BBCBBC OneCasualty BBC BBC OneCoronation Street ITV StudiosITV1The Bill Talkback Thames2011EastEnders BBCBBC OneCoronation Street ITV Studios ITV1Casualty BBCBBC One Waterloo Road Sharon Hughff, Sharon Channer, Fraser MacDonald, Lis Steele Shed Productions2012Coronation StreetITV StudiosITV1EastEnders BBCBBC OneHolby City BBC Shameless Paul Abbott, George Faber, David Threlfall, Lawrence Till Company Pictures Channel 42013EastEnders BBCBBC OneCoronation Street ITV StudiosITVEmmerdale ITV StudiosShameless Company Pictures Channel 42014Coronation Street ITV StudiosITVCasualty BBCBBC OneEastEnders BBCHolby City BBC2015Coronation Street ITV StudiosITVCasualty BBCBBC OneEastEnders BBCHollyoaks Lime Pictures Channel 42016EastEnders BBCBBC OneCoronation Street ITV StudiosITVEmmerdale ITV Studios Holby City Oliver Kent, Simon Harper, Kate Hall, Joe Ainsworth BBC BBC One2017Emmerdale ITV StudiosITVCasualty BBCBBC OneEastEnders BBC Hollyoaks Bryan Kirkwood, Emily Gascoyne, Vikki Tennant, Colette Chard Lime Pictures Channel 42018Casualty BBCBBC OneCoronation Street ITV StudiosITVEmmerdale ITV Studios Hollyoaks Bryan Kirkwood, Emily Gascoyne, Vikki Tennant, Colette Chard Lime Pictures Channel 42019EastEnders BBCBBC OneCoronation Street ITV Studios ITVCasualty BBC BBC One Hollyoaks Bryan Kirkwood, Emily Gascoyne, Colette Chard, Kevin Rundle Lime Pictures Channel 4

2020s Year Title Recipient(s) Production company Broadcaster2020Emmerdale ITV StudiosITVCasualty BBCBBC OneHolby City BBCCoronation Street ITV Studios ITV2021 CasualtySimon Harper, Loretta Preece, Sarah Beeson, Jenny Thompson BBC StudiosBBC OneCoronation 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 42022Coronation StreetITV StudiosITV Casualty Deborah Sathe, Loretta Preece, Debbie Biggins, Jenny Thompson, Sarah BeesonBBC StudiosBBC One Holby City Emmerdale ITV Studios ITV2023 Casualty BBC Studios BBC One Emmerdale ITV Studios ITV EastEnders BBC Studios BBC One2024 Casualty BBC Studios BBC One Emmerdale ITV Studios ITV1 EastEnders BBC Studios BBC One2025 EastEnders BBC Studios BBC One Casualty BBC Studios BBC One Coronation Street ITV Studios ITV12026 EastEnders BBC Studios BBC One Casualty BBC Studios BBC One Coronation Street ITV Studios ITV1

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 Series Last win Last nomination Casualty20242026 Coronation Street20222026 EastEnders20262026 Emmerdale20202024 Hollyoaks 2021 Waterloo Road 2011

Total awards by network

BBC One – 17

ITV/ITV1 – 11

Programmes with multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins Series Wins EastEnders 11 Coronation Street 7 Casualty 5 Emmerdale 3

Multiple nominations Series Nominations Coronation Street 23 EastEnders 23 Casualty 18 Emmerdale 12 Holby City 9 Hollyoaks 8 The Bill 5 Doctors 3 Brookside2 Shameless

References

External links BAFTA Awards at the Internet Movie Database