The 2025 British Soap Awards honoured the best in British soap operas throughout 2024 and 2025. The ceremony was held on 31 May 2025 at the

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, and will be broadcast on

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and STV on 5 June 2025. After ITV cancelled the 2024 ceremony for undisclosed reasons, this marked the return of the awards after two years.

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returned as presenter, having previously replaced disgraced former presenter

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. The publicly voted categories were announced on 7 April 2025, with the vote opening that same day. This included a

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for the

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accolade, which included four cast members from each respective soap. The British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance was also turned to a publicly-voted accolade for the first time. The

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, including panel nominations, were released on 1 May 2025. Despite falling within the eligibility period, transmitting its final episode in November 2024, the ceremony marks the first since

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that BBC soap opera ''

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'' was not considered for the awards. ''

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'' dominated the ceremony with eight wins, including

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, as well winning the other publicly-voted awards and four panel-voted awards. ''

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'' won three panel-voted awards, while

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won the

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for 30 years of playing Roy Cropper in ''

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.'' The

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Award was given to ''

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'' cameraman Mike Plant.

Winners and nominees

Publicly voted

Panel voted

Wins by soap

Notes

References

External links

* {{The British Soap Awards

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