The British Soap Awards

The British Soap Awards
Awarded for	Best in British Soap Opera
Location	BBC Television Centre (1999–2010) Granada Studios (2011) The London Studios (2012) MediaCityUK (2013) Hackney Empire (2014, 2016) Palace Theatre (2015)
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Phillip Schofield (2006—) Fern Britton (2006–08) Paul O'Grady (2004–05) Des O'Connor (2003) Melanie Sykes (2003) Matthew Kelly (2002) Richard Madeley (1999–2001) Judy Finnigan (1999–2001)
First awarded	1999
Official website	http://www.britishsoapawards.tv

The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas. The ceremony is televised on ITV and currently presented by Phillip Schofield. The trophies given to the winners are made from metal and glass and have been manufactured by British firm Creative Awards since their inception.

The first event took place in 1999 and the event takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to the Granada Studios in Manchester, then to The London Studios for the 2012 awards. The 2014 awards took place at the Hackney Empire, as did the 2016 awards. The 2015 awards were held at Palace Theatre, Manchester.

The soap operas nominated for awards are Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks. Now-defunct soaps that were formerly nominated for awards were Brookside, Crossroads, Family Affairs and Night and Day.

Coronation Street and EastEnders had been the only two soaps to win the "Best British Soap" award from 1999 to 2013, until Hollyoaks won it in 2014. Emmerdale became the fourth soap to win the award in 2016, meaning that only Doctors have yet to win the award out of the current contenders.

In 2016, it was reported that the award for outstanding achievement off-screen would be known as the Tony Warren award following the death of Tony Warren, the creator of Coronation Street.

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