'EastEnder' sweeps 8 awards at 2015 British Soap Awards

BBC's soap 'EastEnders' grabbed 8 awards at the British Soap Awards 2015 followed by 'Coronation Street' that won 2 awards.

The Adam Woodyatt and Danny Dyer starrer cleaned it up, taking home the prize for the best soap and sweeping to victory with a total of 8 wins, with their live episode to celebrate their 30 anniversary scooping the award for the best single episode, the Mirror reported.

Paying tribute to show's crew, the English actor Adam Woodyatt said that live week was ridiculous, it was a massive crew effort and there were 300 plus cast and crew involved.

The 46-year-old actor was named the Best Actor and Kellie Bright was awarded the Best Actress.

Actress Sally Dynevor was celebrated for best comedy performance and the much-loved star, Anne Kirkbride whose death in January shocked the nation, was handed an outstanding achievement award which was picked up by her close friends William Roache and Beverley Callard.

Here is the list of major winners:

Best Soap - EastEnders

Best Actor - Eastenders - Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale)

Best Actress - EastEnders - Kellie Bright (Linda Carter)

Villian of the Year - Hollyoaks Jeremy Sheffield (Patrick Blake)

Best Comedy Performance - Coronation Street - Sally Dynevor

Best Newcomer - Doctors - Jessica Regan (Niamh Donoghue)

Best Storyline - EastEnders - Who Killed Lucy?

Best Single Episode - EastEnders - The Live Episode

Best Drama Performance - EastEnders - Kellie Bright (Linda Carter)

Best On-Screen Partnership - EastEnders - Laurie Brett (Jane Beale) and Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale)

Best Young Performance - Emmerdale - Amelia Flanagan (April Windsor)

Scene of the Year - Emmerdale - Donna's Goodbye

Outstanding Achievement Award - Anne Kirkbride

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