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The British Soap Awards is one of the starriest nights of the showbiz calendar. And this year was no different.
One change, however, was the ceremony’s host – Jane McDonald did the honours at The Lowry, Salford Quays, following Phillip Schofield’s resignation from ITV last month.
He had been scheduled to host the awards after he left This Morning, however, he dramatically resigned from the channel when he admitted he had lied about his affair with a younger colleague on This Morning.
Schofield had been a regular fixture on the British Soap Awards since 2006. From 2006 to 2008, he co-hosted the awards with Fern Britton. Thereafter he took on solo presenting duties.
**SPOILER ALERT**
Coronation Street was the big winner of the night bagging six awards including Best Single Episode as well as Scene of the Year for its acid attack storyline.
Eastenders won four awards including the coveted Best Soap category. Hollyoaks went home with two awards while Emmerdale and Doctors all took one award each.
Here are the winners in full:
BEST SINGLE EPISODE (Panel voted category)
Coronation Street – Acid attack – Winner
Doctors – Anything But Magnolia and If Wishes Were Horses
EastEnders – Goodbye Dot
Emmerdale – All Male Man Club
Hollyoaks – The Long Walk Home
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR (Viewer voted category)
Todd Boyce (Stephen Reid) – Coronation Street
Laura White (Dr Princess Buchanan) – Doctors
Aaron Thiara (Ravi Gulati) – EastEnders – Winner
Michael Wildman (Al Chapman) – Emmerdale
Angus Castle-Doughty (Eric Foster) – Hollyoaks
SCENE OF THE YEAR (Panel voted category)
Coronation Street – Acid attack – Winner
Doctors – Hell is empty
EastEnders – Whitney and Zach say goodbye to Peach
Emmerdale – Paddy’s suicide attempt
Hollyoaks – Zoe tells abused Maxine: “It’s not your fault”
BEST STORYLINE (Panel voted category)
Hollyoaks – Incel Eric targets Mason and Maxine – Winner
Coronation Street – Daisy’s stalking hell
Doctors – Valerie and the forged prescription
EastEnders – Loving and losing Lola
Emmerdale – Paddy’s suicide attempt
BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE (Panel voted category)
Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley) – Coronation Street – Winner
Chris Walker (Rob Hollins) – Doctors
Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown) – EastEnders
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle) – Emmerdale
Nikki Sanderson (Maxine Minniver) – Hollyoaks
BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP (Panel voted category)
Chris Walker & Jan Pearson (Rob Hollins & Karen Hollins) – Doctors – Winners
David Neilson & Maureen Lipman (Roy Cropper & Evelyn Plummer) – Coronation Street
Jamie Borthwick & Danielle Harold (Jay Brown & Lola Pearce Brown) – EastEnders
Mark Charnock & Dominic Brunt (Marlon Dingle & Paddy Kirk) – Emmerdale
Richard Blackwood & Jamie Lomas (Felix Westwood & Warren Fox) – Hollyoaks
BEST COMEDY PERFORMER (Panel voted category)
Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer) – Coronation Street – Winner
Ian Midlane (Al Haskey) – Doctors
Jonny Freeman (Reiss Colwell) – EastEnders
Samantha Giles (Bernice Blackstock) – Emmerdale
Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay) – Hollyoaks
BEST YOUNG PERFORMER (Viewer voted category)
Lillia Turner (Lily Slater) – EastEnders – Winner
Jude Riordan (Sam Blakeman) – Coronation Street
Huey Quinn (Kyle Winchester) – Emmerdale
Jayden Fox (Bobby Costello) – Hollyoaks
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mark Charnock (who stars as Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale)
BEST NEWCOMER (Panel voted category)
Channique Sterling-Brown (Dee-Dee Bailey) – Coronation Street – Winner
Kia Pegg (Scarlett Kiernan) – Doctors
Aaron Thiara (Ravi Gulati) – EastEnders
William Ash (Caleb Miligan) – Emmerdale
Anya Lawrence (Vicky Grant) – Hollyoaks
THE TONY WARREN AWARD
Peter Hunt – Hollyoaks casting director
BEST FAMILY (Viewer voted category)
The Platts – Coronation Street – Winner
The Slaters – EastEnders
The Dingles – Emmerdale
The McQueens – Hollyoaks
The Millars – Doctors
BEST LEADING PERFORMER
Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown) —EastEnders – Winner
Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley) – Coronation Street
Shona McGarty (Whitney Dean) – EastEnders
Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk) – Emmerdale
Sally Dexter (Faith Dingle) – Emmerdale
BEST BRITISH SOAP
EastEnders – Winner
Coronation Street
Doctors
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
The British Soap Awards 2023 will be broadcast on Tuesday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
On 20 May Schofield stepped down from This Morning following reports of a falling out between himself and his co-presenter Holly Willoughby. At this stage he was still scheduled to present the British Soap Awards.
However, on 26 May, he released a statement to the Daily Mail admitting to lying about an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague on This Morning.
In his statement, Schofield, who came out as gay in 2020, apologised to all he had lied to, including his wife of 30 years, Stephanie Lowe.
He added: “I am painfully conscious that I have lied to my employers at ITV, to my colleagues and friends, to my agents, to the media and therefore the public and most importantly of all to my family. I am so very, very sorry, as I am for having been unfaithful to my wife.”
Schofield’s talent agency of 35 years, YMU, also cut ties with the presenter. ITV said it was “deeply disappointed by the admissions of deceit” by Schofield, adding: “We accept his resignation from ITV and therefore can confirm that he will not be appearing on ITV as had previously been stated.”
This left the channel scrabbling around for a new host for the Soap Awards, with popular singer and present McDonald stepping into the breach.
ITV has said it investigated “rumours of a relationship” between Schofield and an ITV employee in 2020, but claims both parties “categorically and repeatedly denied” it.
The channel has instructed a barrister to carry out an external review of the facts surrounding Schofield’s relationship, according to a letter from chief executive, Dame Carolyn McCall.
Ms McCall is expected to appear before the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee next week to be grilled by MPs over Schofield’s revelations.
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