2019 British Soap Awards | |
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Date | 1 June 2019 |
Location | The Lowry, Salford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | Various |
Hosted by | Phillip Schofield |
Most awards | Coronation Street (5) |
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Runtime | 120 minutes |
The 2019 British Soap Awards honoured the best in British soap operas throughout 2018 and 2019. The ceremony was held on 1 June 2019 at the Lowry theatre in Salford Quays, Salford, and was broadcast live on ITV1 and STV. The publicly voted categories were announced on 9 April 2019, with the vote opening that same day.[1] This included a longlist for the Best Actress and Actor awards. The shortlist, including panel nominations, was released on 30 April 2019, alongside tickets for the ceremony being made available for sale.[2]
Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks won two of the three viewer-voted categories, including Best British Soap, while ITV soap Coronation Street took home the most awards that night, with five wins.[3] One of Coronation Street's wins included the Outstanding Achievement accolade, which went to actress Sue Nicholls, for her role as Audrey Roberts.[4] EastEnders child actress Kara-Leah Fernandes won two awards, Best Young Actor and Best On-Screen Partnership, the latter of which was shared with her on-screen father, played by Roger Griffiths.[5] Doctors also won Best Comedy Performance for the second year in a row when Sarah Moyle won for her role as Valerie Pitman.[6]