British Academy Television Awards
The British Academy Television Awards are awarded annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). EastEnders has received 15 British Academy Television Awards nominations and has won eight of them. It won the award for Best Drama Series in 1997 and has been nominated for Best Continuing Drama or Best Soap 13 times, winning in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2013. June Brown was nominated in 2009 for Best Actress, the first time a soap opera actress was nominated in this category since Jean Alexander who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street in 1988. She was the favourite to win the award, but lost out to Anna Maxwell Martin.
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Best Drama Series | EastEnders (Corinne Hollingworth, Jane Harris) | Won |
| 1999 | Best Soap | EastEnders (Matthew Robinson) | Won |
| 2000 | Best Soap | EastEnders (Matthew Robinson) | Won |
| 2001 | Best Soap | EastEnders (production team) | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Soap | EastEnders (production team) | Won |
| 2003 | Best Soap | EastEnders (production team) | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Continuing Drama | EastEnders (production team) | Won |
| 2007 | Best Continuing Drama | EastEnders (production team) | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Continuing Drama | EastEnders (production team) | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Continuing Drama | EastEnders (production team) | Nominated |
| Best Actress | June Brown (Dot Branning) | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Best Continuing Drama | EastEnders (production team) | Won |
| 2011 | Best Continuing Drama | EastEnders (production team) | Won |
| 2012 | Best Continuing Drama | EastEnders (production team) | Nominated |
| 2013 | Soap & Continuing Drama | EastEnders (production team) | Won |
Read more about this topic: List Of Awards And Nominations Received By East Enders
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