| Main: | The British Soap Awards |
| Presenter: | Various |
| Location: | Hackney Empire, Hackney |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Runtime: | 125 minutes |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2023 |
| Most Awards: | EastEnders Emmerdale (both 4) |
| Host: | Phillip Schofield |
The 2022 British Soap Awards honoured the best in British soap operas throughout 2021 and 2022. The ceremony was held on 11 June 2022 at the Hackney Empire theatre in Hackney, London, and was broadcast live on ITV, ITV Hub and STV.[1]
The publicly voted categories were announced on 21 April 2023, with the vote opening that same day.[2] This included a longlist for the Best Leading Performer accolade which replaced the Best Actress and Actor awards. The Best Female and Male Dramatic Performance panel awards were also replaced in favour of the Best Dramatic Performance category. These changes were made so that the categories were gender neutral.[3] 2022 also saw the introduction of the Best Family accolade.[4] The shortlist, including panel nominations, was released on 10 May 2022, alongside tickets for the ceremony being made available for sale.[5]
ITV soap Emmerdale won all three viewer-voted categories, including Best British Soap, and tied with BBC soap EastEnders in both winning four awards.[6] EastEnders actress Letitia Dean won the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement for her role as Sharon Watts, while Coronation Street writer Jan McVerry won the Tony Warren Award.[7] Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks won two accolades for a storyline that sees Misbah Maalik (Harvey Virdi) realise she has been raped, with BBC soap Doctors claiming the Best Single Episode award for "Three Consultations and a Funeral".[8]
| Award | Winner[9] | Shortlisted | Longlisted | |
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| Best British Soap | Emmerdale |
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| Best Family | The Dingles (Emmerdale) |
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| Best Leading Performer | Paige Sandhu (Meena Jutla in Emmerdale) |
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| Award | Winner | Nominees | |
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| Best Comedy Performance | Tameka Empson (Kim Fox in EastEnders) |
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| Best Dramatic Performance | Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale) |
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| Best Newcomer | Ross Boatman (Harvey Monroe in EastEnders) |
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| Best On-Screen Partnership | Lacey Turner and Gillian Wright (Stacey and Jean Slater in EastEnders) |
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| Best Single Episode | "Three Consultations and a Funeral" (Doctors) | ||
| Best Storyline | Misbah's Historic Rape (Hollyoaks) | ||
| Best Young Performer | Millie Gibson (Kelly Neelan in Coronation Street) |
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| Outstanding Achievement | Letitia Dean (Sharon Watts in EastEnders) | ||
| Scene of the Year | Misbah Didn't Consent (Hollyoaks) |
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| The Tony Warren Award | Jan McVerry (Coronation Street writer) | ||
| Villain of the Year | Maximus Evans (Corey Brent in Coronation Street) |
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| Soap opera | Wins | |
|---|---|---|
| EastEnders | 4 | |
| Emmerdale | 4 | |
| Coronation Street | 3 | |
| Hollyoaks | 2 | |
| Doctors | 1 |