Emmerdale tops TV awards

The ITV soap scooped three TV Choice awards but it lost out...

16:38 07 September 2010

Emmerdale scored big at the recent TV Choice Awards, picking up three awards while its BBC rival EastEnders landed the top prize of Best Soap - in its 25th anniversary year.

At the star-studded event, Coronation Street, which celebrates 50 years on the screen in December, picked up a special honorary award for its decades of service.

Alexander Armstrong hosted this year's awards which took place at London's Dorchester Hotel.

While BBC 1980s cop drama 'Ashes To Ashes' scooped Best Drama, the coveted Best New Drama award went to an American series - hit musical comedy 'Glee'.

The night also revealed the fears and excitement brewing around the upcoming live episode of Corrie to mark its anniversary.

William Roache, who plays stalwart Ken Barlow, said: "We'll get through. We're used to working in short spurts, so to do an hour live is frightening."

On the reality TV front, 'Britain's Got Talent' beat out 'Dancing On Ice', 'Strictly Come Dancing' and 'The X Factor' to be crowned Best TV Talent Show.

The winners in full:

• Best soap - EastEnders
• Special Award (for 50 years on TV) - Coronation Street
• Best family drama - Doctor Who
• Best drama series - Ashes To Ashes
• Best new drama - Glee
• Best actor - Jack O'Connell (Skins)
• Best actress - Denise Welch (Waterloo Road)
• Best talent show - Britain's Got Talent
• Best reality show - I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here
• Best food show - The F-Word
• Best comedy show - Gavin and Stacey
• Best lifestyle show - Come Dine With Me
• Best daytime show - Loose Women
• Best gameshow - Total Wipeout
• Best soap newcomer - Adam Thomas (Emmerdale)
• Best soap storyline - Aaron's gay self loathing (Emmerdale)
• Best soap actress - Lacey Turner, EastEnders
• Best soap actor - Danny Miller, Emmerdale.