2009 British Soap Awards

2009 British Soap Awards
Date9 May 2009 (2009-05-09)
LocationBBC Television Centre, London
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byVarious
Hosted byPhillip Schofield
Most awardsEastEnders (7)
Television/radio coverage
Network
Runtime120 minutes

The 2009 British Soap Awards honoured the best in British soap operas throughout 2008 and 2009. The ceremony was held on 9 May 2009 at the BBC Television Centre in London and was later broadcast on ITV1 and STV. The publicly voted categories were initially announced, which included a longlist for the Best Actress and Actor awards. The shortlist, including panel nominations, was released later.[1]

BBC soap EastEnders won the most awards of the night, taking seven awards. These included three of the publicly-voted categories, notably Best British Soap and Best Actor.[2] ITV soap Coronation Street followed closely with six wins, also winning three of the publicly-voted categories. BBC soap Doctors won three accolades for a high-profile storyline that saw character Vivien March (Anita Carey) get raped; as part of the wins, Carey won the award for Best Dramatic Performance.[3] It marked the most awards Doctors received during their tenure at the British Soap Awards.[4] ITV soap Emmerdale won one award, while Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks won none of their nominations.[2] Barbara Windsor was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement accolade for her role as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders, while deceased actors Clive Hornby, who played Jack Sugden in Emmerdale, and Wendy Richard, who played Pauline Fowler in EastEnders, were remembered during the ceremony.[5]

Winners and nominees

Publicly voted

Award Winner[2] Shortlisted[a] Longlisted[b]
Best British Soap EastEnders N/a
Best Actor Robert Kazinsky (Sean Slater in EastEnders)
Best Actress Katherine Kelly (Becky Granger in Coronation Street)
Sexiest Female Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street)
Sexiest Male Scott Maslen (Jack Branning in EastEnders)
Villain of the Year Gray O'Brien (Tony Gordon in Coronation Street)

Panel voted

Award Winner[2] Nominees
Best Comedy Performance Nina Wadia (Zainab Masood in EastEnders)
Best Dramatic Performance Anita Carey (Vivien March in Doctors)
Best Exit Rob James-Collier (Liam Connor in Coronation Street)
Best Newcomer Craig Gazey (Graeme Proctor in Coronation Street)
Best On-Screen Partnership Nitin Ganatra and Nina Wadia
(Masood Ahmed and Zainab Masood in EastEnders)
Best Single Episode "A Kind of Hush" (Doctors)
  • "Steve and Becky's failed wedding" (Coronation Street)
  • "Bianca discovers the truth about Tony" (EastEnders)
  • "Max and Steph's wedding" (Hollyoaks)
Best Storyline Vivien's rape (Doctors)
  • Tony's revenge (Coronation Street)
  • Bianca discovers Tony's a paedophile (EastEnders)
  • Niall's revenge (Hollyoaks)
Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress Maisie Smith (Tiffany Dean in EastEnders)
Lifetime Achievement Barbara Windsor (Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders) N/a
Special Achievement Award Peter Whalley (Coronation Street writer) N/a
Spectacular Scene of the Year Victoria falls through the ice (Emmerdale)
  • The Homecoming (Doctors)
  • The Millers' explosion (EastEnders)
  • Church explosion (Hollyoaks)

Wins by soap

Soap opera Wins
EastEnders 7
Coronation Street 6
Doctors 3
Emmerdale 1
Hollyoaks 0

Notes

  1. ↑ These nominees were voted through to the shortlist round.
  2. ↑ These nominees were unsuccessful in being voted through to the shortlist.

References

  1. ↑ Green, Kris. "British Soap Awards 2009: Full Panel Shortlist". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Green, Kris; Kilkelly, Daniel. "British Soap Awards 2009: The Winners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Coronation Street actor Anita Carey dies aged 75". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "History - The British Soap Awards". British Soap Awards. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "EastEnders - Barbara Windsor wins Lifetime Achievement award". BBC News. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
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