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 2019, the award has been won by EastEnders nine times, Coronation Street six times, Casualty three times, Emmerdale twice, and The Bill and Holby City once each.
Winners and nominees [ ]
1990s [ ]
2000s [ ]
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
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
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
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
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
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
EastEnders
BBC
BBC One
2009 [13]
The Bill
Talkback Thames
ITV1
Casualty
BBC
BBC One
EastEnders
BBC
Emmerdale
ITV Studios
ITV1
2010s [ ]
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
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
2012 [16]
Coronation Street
ITV Studios
ITV1
EastEnders
BBC
BBC One
Holby City
BBC
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
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
Hollyoaks
Lime Pictures
Channel 4
2016 [20]
EastEnders
BBC
BBC One
Coronation Street
ITV Studios
ITV
Emmerdale
ITV Studios
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
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
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 [ ]
Year
Title
Recipient(s)
Production company
Broadcaster
2020 [24]
Emmerdale
ITV Studios
ITV
Casualty
BBC
BBC One
Holby City
BBC
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
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 [ ]
Former eligible shows were Crossroads , The Bill , Brookside , Take the High Road , Family Affairs and Night and Day and The Royal Today .
Total awards by network [ ]
Programmes with multiple wins and nominations [ ]
Multiple wins [ ]
Multiple nominations [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Current Awards Special awards Retired awards Ceremonies