EastEnders sweeps the board at the first Radio Times Soap Awards as it is awarded seven gongs including Best Soap and Moment Of The Year for the BBC show's Christmas Special By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 01:49, 14 July 2024 | Updated: 01:50, 14 July 2024 e-mail View comments EastEnders proved it is ahead of the soap pack after receiving an incredible seven awards at the first ever RadioTimes.com Soap Awards on Saturday night. Jennifer Metcalfe , Jorgie Porter and Kirsty-Leigh Porter led the arrivals at the at The Midland Hotel in London as the stars of soapland attended the ceremony.

EastEnders hotly-anticipated 2023 Christmas episode - dubbed Sixmas - was awarded with Best Moment Of The Year, after fans waited on tenterhooks for months to find out who would be murdered during the festive special. Keanu Taylor [Danny Walters] was murdered by Linda Carter [Kellie Bright], and six characters were seen surrounding his dead body; Denise Fox (Diane Parish), Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth), Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) and Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal). The long-running BBC stalwart was also awarded the coveted Best Soap, as it beat out rivals Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.

EastEnders proved it is ahead of the soap pack after receiving an incredible seven awards at the first ever RadioTimes.com Soap Awards on Saturday night The awards ceremony attracted EastEnders icons Michelle Collins and Ian Beale, who posed together on t.