The ''Inside Soap'' Awards is a yearly British award ceremony run by ''
Inside Soap
''Inside Soap'' is a weekly magazine published in the United Kingdom, released every Tuesday. It covers current and future storylines in soap operas in the United Kingdom, including ''Coronation Street'', '' Doctors'', '' EastEnders'', ''Emmerda ...
'' magazine since 1996. The awards celebrate both British and Australian
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
s and their actors. The current soap operas nominated for awards are ''
Casualty'', ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...
'', ''
Doctors'', ''
EastEnders'', ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffa ...
'', ''
Hollyoaks
''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a da ...
'' and ''
Home and Away
''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a tr ...
''. Now defunct soaps that were formerly nominated for awards are ''
Take the High Road
''Take the High Road'' (renamed ''High Road'' from 1994 to 2003) was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, which started in February 1980 as an ITV network daytime programme, and was broadcast until 2003. It was set in the ficti ...
'', ''
Springhill'', ''
Sunset Beach'' ''
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983.
The programme focused on ...
'', ''
Bad Girls'', ''
Brookside'', ''
Crossroads'', ''
Family Affairs
''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...
'', ''
Night and Day'', ''
Where the Heart Is'', ''
Waterloo Road'', ''
Holby City
''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' Casualty'', and ...
'' and ''
Neighbours''.
2001 winners
2002 winners
2003 winners
2004 winners
2005 winners
2006 winners
2007 winners
2008 winners
2009 winners
2010 winners
2011 winners
2012 winners
2013 winners
2014 winners
2015 winners
2016 winners
2017 winners
2018 winners
The winners were announced on 22 October 2018.
2019 winners
The longlist was announced on 1 July 2019. The winners were announced on 7 October 2019.
2020 winners
The longlist was announced on 14 September 2020. The winners were announced on 23 November 2020.
2021 winners
The longlist was announced on 28 September 2021. The winners were announced on 23 November 2021.
2022 winners
The longlist was announced on 19 July 2022. The shortlist was revealed on 11 October 2022. The winners were announced on 17 October 2022.
Awards totals
Key:
: – Best Soap award winner
References
{{Reflist
British television awards
Soap opera awards