EastEnders was the major winner at new soap awards hosted by Radio Times, taking home seven gongs. The flagship BBC series picked up a host of prizes at the inaugural RadioTimes.com Soap Awards on Saturday including best soap and best actor for Angela Wynter, who plays Yolande Trueman.
The awards were unveiled at a star-studded ceremony, hosted by former EastEnders actor Brian Conley, at The Midland Hotel in Manchester. Angela Wynter (Jane Mingay/PA) Suki’s former controlling husband Nish Panesar, played by Navin Chowdhry, who joined Albert Square after being released from prison following 20 years behind bars, landed best villain for his nefarious behaviour. The storyline which teased that one of the show’s six leading female characters was responsible for a murder at the Queen Vic, dubbed Sixmas, took home best soap moment of the year.
It was revealed on Christmas Day that it was Linda Carter who committed the crime after she faced scrutiny alongside Denise Fox, Kathy Cotton, Sharon Watts, Suki and Stacey Slater. EastEnders’ George Knight, played by Colin Salmon, confronting his father Eddie was voted by a panel of soap experts as the best episode, while the best exit prize went to Keanu Taylor, played by Danny Walters. Chris Chittell plays Eric Pollard in the soap Emmerdale (Anna Gowthorpe/PA) Coronation Street picked up best storyline for its telling of Paul Foreman’s motor neurone disease diagnosis, portrayed by actor Peter Ash.
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