The British Soap Awards will return live to ITV and ITV Hub this June after being off air for two years. The awards will take place in London at The Hackney Empire and will honour the nation’s biggest and most-loved soap operas.

Hosted by Phillip Schofield, the live awards will be presented by an array of well-known faces from across the TV and showbiz world.

After two years off air, producers have taken the opportunity to refresh the award categories and for 2022 there will be 14 awards voted for either by the public or a panel of expert judges.

The returning award ceremony will celebrate a mammoth year in soap opera, looking back on twelve months of murder, mystery, make-ups, break ups, trials, tribulations and tears. A year in which Janine Butcher returned to Albert Square in EastEnders, Seb Franklin died of injuries sustained in an horrific hate crime in Coronation Street, Summer set out to destroy Brody for his role in her father's death on Hollyoaks, Meena Jutla left a trail of murder and mayhem in Emmerdale and Rob's relationship with Karen was left hanging in the balance in Doctors.

The five biggest soaps - Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks - will be battling it out to win recognition for their work over the past year. Some of the biggest faces from all five soaps will be hitting the red carpet for the most star-studded and glamorous event in the soap calendar.

The long list categories for the public voted awards will open next Tuesday 19th April at 10am.

The Nominations

Viewer Voted Categories:
BEST BRITISH SOAP
BEST LEADING PERFORMER
BEST FAMILY

Panel Voted Categories:
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE
BEST YOUNG PERFORMER
SCENE OF THE YEAR
BEST ON SCREEN PARTNERSHIP
BEST NEWCOMER
BEST STORYLINE
BEST SINGLE EPISODE

Announced on the night:
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
THE TONY WARREN AWARD

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