The British Academy Television Award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama is one of the major categories of the
British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), the primary awards ceremony of the
British television industry, presented by the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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. Eligible drama series must be transmitted for at least 20 episodes a year. Only one episode of no more than an hour may be entered, and the episode selected must not be a special, as it must be fully representative of the series. The award was first given in 1999, for
soap operas transmitted in 1998. Its title was changed from Best Soap to Best Continuing Drama in 2003,
and to Best Soap and Continuing Drama in 2012. , the award has been won by ''
EastEnders'' nine times, ''
Coronation Street'' seven times, ''
Casualty
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*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
'' four times, ''
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 Laffan, ...
'' three times, and ''
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 o ...
'' and ''
Holby City'' once each.
Winners and nominees
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
* Note: The series that don't have recipients on the table had Production team credited as the recipients of the award or nomination.
Eligible programmes
Former eligible shows were ''
Crossroads
Crossroads, crossroad, cross road or similar may refer to:
* Crossroads (junction), where four roads meet
Film and television Films
* ''Crossroads'' (1928 film), a 1928 Japanese film by Teinosuke Kinugasa
* ''Cross Roads'' (film), a 1930 Brit ...
'', ''
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 o ...
'', ''
Brookside Brookside may refer to:
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* Brookside, Edmonton
* Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador
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* Brookside, Berkshire, England
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United States
* Br ...
'', ''
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 ...
'', ''
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 ...
'' and ''
Night and Day'' ''
The Royal Today
''The Royal Today'' is a British medical soap opera, and a spin-off of the similarly themed drama, ''The Royal
''The Royal'' is a British period medical drama, produced by Yorkshire Television (later part of ITV Studios), and broadcast o ...
'' and ''
Holby City''.
Total awards by network
* BBC One – 12
* ITV/ITV1 – 9
Programmes with multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
Multiple nominations
References
External links
BAFTA Awardsat the
Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...
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British Academy Television Awards
British drama
Soap opera awards
1999 establishments in the United Kingdom
Awards established in 1999