1990s 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Stan Richards, who played
Seth Armstrong in
Emmerdale, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in February 2005.
2006 2007 2008 Mike Reid, who played
Frank Butcher in
EastEnders, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in July 2007.
2009 Clive Hornby, who played
Jack Sugden in
Emmerdale, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in July 2008.
Wendy Richard, who played
Pauline Fowler in
EastEnders, was also remembered during the ceremony, having died in February 2009.
2010s 2010 Maggie Jones, who played
Blanche Hunt in
Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in December 2009.
2011 2012 Betty Driver, who played
Betty Williams in
Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in October 2011.
2013 Bill Tarmey, who played
Jack Duckworth in
Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in November 2012.
2014 Richard Thorp, who played
Alan Turner in
Emmerdale, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in May 2013. This was also the final ceremony where "Sexiest Male" and "Sexiest Female" were awarded;
Michelle Keegan, who plays
Tina McIntyre in
Coronation Street, won "Sexiest Female" for the sixth time in a row.
2015 Anne Kirkbride, who played
Deirdre Barlow in
Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in January 2015.
John Bardon, who played
Jim Branning in
EastEnders, was also remembered during the ceremony, having died in September 2014. This year's ceremony incorporated a "Social Issue Storyline" mention, which is where all of the soap operas' most controversial stories were specially mentioned. These include: •
Steve's depression (
Coronation Street) •
John Paul's rape (
Hollyoaks) •
Zara's breast-feeding campaign (
Doctors) •
Val's HIV diagnosis (
Emmerdale) •
Linda's rape (
EastEnders)
2016 Peter Baldwin (
Derek Wilton in
Coronation Street),
Stephen Hancock (
Ernest Bishop in
Coronation Street),
Shirley Stelfox (
Edna Birch in
Emmerdale),
Kitty McGeever (
Lizzie Lakely in
Emmerdale),
Kristian Ealey (Matt Musgrove in
Brookside and
Hollyoaks) and
Morag Siller (
Marilyn Dingle in
Emmerdale) were remembered during the ceremony which was held on 29 May.
2017 The 2017 awards took place on 3 June 2017 at
The Lowry in
Salford. It was originally planned for the event to be broadcast live for the first time but due to ITV moving the live grand final of ''
Britain's Got Talent into its scheduled timeslot, the awards were instead pre-recorded as before and broadcast on ITV on 6 June 2017. After the end credits in the broadcast version, dedications appeared to Jean Alexander (Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street), who died in October 2016, and Roy Barraclough (Alec Gilroy in Coronation Street''), who died in June 2017.
2018 The 2018 awards were broadcast live for the first time on 2 June 2018.
Liz Dawn, who played
Vera Duckworth in
Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, having died in September 2017.
2019 The 2019 awards were broadcast live on 1 June 2019.
2020s 2022 The 2022 awards were broadcast live on 11 June 2022. This was Schofield's last as host. A tribute was paid to Australian soap opera
Neighbours, after filming ended the day before the ceremony, with video messages from
Ian Smith (
Harold Bishop) and
Jackie Woodburne (
Susan Kennedy). The
In memoriam segment paid tribute to
Paula Tilbrook (
Betty Eagleton in
Emmerdale),
Lynda Baron (
Linda Clarke in
EastEnders and
Ag Penrose in
Doctors),
Mark Eden (
Alan Bradley in
Coronation Street),
Anna Karen (
Aunt Sal in
EastEnders),
Neville Buswell (
Ray Langton in
Coronation Street),
Patricia Brake (
Deirdre Foster in
EastEnders and
Viv Baldwin in
Coronation Street),
Barbara Windsor (
Peggy Mitchell in
EastEnders),
Leah Bracknell (
Zoe Tate in
Emmerdale),
Leonard Fenton (
Dr. Harold Legg in
EastEnders),
Kay Mellor (
Coronation Street and
Brookside writer),
Sheila Mercier (
Annie Sugden in
Emmerdale),
Frank Mills (
Billy Williams in
Coronation Street),
Johnny Briggs (
Mike Baldwin in
Coronation Street),
Roy Hudd (
Archie Shuttleworth in
Coronation Street),
Stephen Churchett (
Marcus Christie in
EastEnders),
Freddie Jones (
Sandy Thomas in
Emmerdale),
Melanie Clark Pullen (
Mary Flaherty in
EastEnders),
Johnny Leeze (
Harry Clayton in
Coronation Street and
Ned Glover in
Emmerdale), and
June Brown (
Dot Cotton in
EastEnders), who all died between the 2019 and 2022 ceremonies.
2023 The 2023 ceremony took place on 3 June 2023 and aired on
ITV on 6 June 2023 at 8pm. It was the first to be hosted by
Jane McDonald. The
In memoriam segment paid tribute to
Bill Treacher (
Arthur Fowler in
EastEnders),
Dale Meeks (
Simon Meredith in
Emmerdale),
Barbara Young (
Barbara Platt and
Doreen Fenwick in
Coronation Street),
Andy Devine (
Shadrach Dingle in
Emmerdale),
Ernst Walder (
Ivan Cheveski in
Coronation Street),
Peter Martin (
Len Reynolds in
Emmerdale),
Mona Hammond (
Blossom Jackson in
EastEnders),
Maria Charles (
Lena Thistlewood in
Coronation Street),
Harry Landis (
Felix Kawalski in
EastEnders), and
Paul O'Grady who hosted The British Soap Awards from 2004 to 2005. This marked the last regular appearance of
Doctors prior to the cancellation announcement by the BBC on 18 October of that year and
Doctors will end production on 14 November 2024 after 24 years on air.
2025 The 2025 ceremony took place on 31 May 2025 and will air on
ITV on 5 June 2025 at 8pm. It was hosted by
Jane McDonald. ==Awards statistics==