British Soap Award for Best British Soap

The British Soap Award for Best British Soap is an award presented annually by the British Soap Awards. The award is voted for by the public. EastEnders is the most awarded soap in the category, with thirteen wins. The award is currently held by EastEnders.

British Soap Award for Best British Soap
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	The British Soap Awards
First award	1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Currently held by	EastEnders (2025)
Most awards	EastEnders (13)

Winners and nominees

Year	Soap opera	Channel
1999[1]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Brookside	Channel 4
	Emmerdale	ITV
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2000[2]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Emmerdale	ITV
2001[3]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2002[4]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Crossroads	ITV
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
	Night and Day	ITV
2003[5]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Brookside	Channel 4
	Crossroads	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2004[6]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2005[7]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Family Affairs	Channel 5
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2006[8]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2007[9]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2008[10]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2009[11]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2010[12]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2011[13]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2012[14]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2013[15]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2014[16]	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
2015[17]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2016[18]	Emmerdale	ITV
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2017[19]	Emmerdale	ITV
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2018[20]	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2019[21]	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
2022[22]	Emmerdale	ITV
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	EastEnders	BBC One
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2023[23]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Doctors	BBC One
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4
2025[24]	EastEnders	BBC One
	Coronation Street	ITV
	Emmerdale	ITV
	Hollyoaks	Channel 4

Wins and nominations by soap

Soap opera	Wins	Nominations[a]
EastEnders	13	11
Coronation Street	6	18
Emmerdale	3	19
Hollyoaks	2	21
Doctors	0	19
Family Affairs	0	6
Brookside	0	2
Crossroads	0	2
Night and Day	0	1

1. These nominations did not result in a win.