| Main: | The British Soap Awards |
| Presenter: | Various |
| Location: | Hackney Empire, Hackney |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Runtime: | 120 minutes |
| Previous: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
| Host: | Phillip Schofield |
| Most Awards: | Coronation Street (6) |
The 2018 British Soap Awards honoured the best in British soap operas throughout 2017 and 2018. The ceremony was held on 2 June 2018 at the Hackney Empire theatre in Hackney, London, and was broadcast live for the first time on ITV and STV. The publicly voted categories were announced on 10 April 2018, with the vote opening that same day.[1] This included a longlist for the Best Actress and Actor awards.[2] The shortlist, including panel nominations, was released on 1 May 2018.[3]
ITV soap Coronation Street won all three of the viewer-voted categories including Best British Soap, as well as taking home the most awards of the night.[4] To commemorate it being the 20th British Soap Awards, they introduced a one-time award, Greatest Moment, which Emmerdale won for their 2016 Hotten bypass crash.[5] Hollyoaks won four awards including Best Male Dramatic Performance and Best On-Screen Partnership, with Doctors actor Ian Midlane taking the Best Comedy Performance accolade.[6] EastEnders actor Rudolph Walker won the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement for his role as Patrick Trueman. The 2018 ceremony also saw the first joint win, when Doctors and EastEnders both received the same number of votes for Scene of the Year.[7]
| Award | Winner[8] | Shortlisted | Longlisted | |
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| Best British Soap | Coronation Street | |||
| Best Actress | Lucy Fallon (Bethany Platt in Coronation Street) |
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| Best Actor | Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt in Coronation Street) |
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| Award | Winner | Nominees | |
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| Best Comedy Performance | Ian Midlane (Al Haskey in Doctors) |
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| Best Female Dramatic Performance | Lucy Fallon (Bethany Platt in Coronation Street) |
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| Best Male Dramatic Performance | Ross Adams (Scott Drinkwell in Hollyoaks) |
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| Best Newcomer | Lorraine Stanley (Karen Taylor in EastEnders) |
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| Best On-Screen Partnership | Theo Graham and Malique Thompson-Dwyer (Hunter and Prince McQueen in Hollyoaks) |
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| Best Single Episode | "Three Mothers, Three Daughters" (Hollyoaks) | ||
| Best Storyline | Lily's self-harm (Hollyoaks) | ||
| Best Young Performer | Isobel Steele (Liv Flaherty in Emmerdale) |
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| Greatest Moment | Hotten bypass crash (Emmerdale, 2016) |
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| Outstanding Achievement | Rudolph Walker (Patrick Trueman in EastEnders) | ||
| Scene of the Year | Bollywood proposal (Doctors) Lauren and Abi's rooftop fall (EastEnders) | ||
| The Tony Warren Award | Kieran Roberts (Coronation Street producer) | ||
| Villain of the Year | Connor McIntyre (Pat Phelan in Coronation Street) |
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| Soap opera | Wins | |
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| Coronation Street | 6 | |
| Hollyoaks | 4 | |
| EastEnders | 3 | |
| Doctors | 2 | |
| Emmerdale | 2 |