September 25, 2007 – 9:47 am
Coronation Street has taken the Best Soap award at this years Inside Soap Awards in London.
The Bill won the Best Drama award for the second year in a row and EastEnders won five awards, Emmerdale bagged three and Hollyoaks one.
Speaking of this year’s awards, Inside Soap editor Steven Murphy said: “This was one of the most hotly contested years for the Inside Soap Awards and it’s wonderful to see so many new names on the winners’ list.”
He added: “The race for ‘Best Soap’ was neck and neck until voting closed, which just proves what an outstanding year it’s been in soapland.”
The BBC have reportedly been complaining about the number of ITV executives on the panel choosing the winners of this years British Soap Awards.
A BBC source told the Daily Star Sunday: “The panel isn’t fair. It’s made up of executives from ITV as well as critics and representatives from each soap. But there isn’t much impartiality and a lot of the voting is tactical. It’s a bit of a fix.”
An awards spokesman insisted: “It’s a fairly-weighted panel. The other categories are all viewer voted.”
OFCOM has issued a report criticising British soaps for showing excessive amounts of violence before the watershed.
OFCOM singled out ITV soap, Emmerdale, in its report after it received numerous complaints about the violence shown surrounding the kidnap of Tom and Sadie King.
According to Ofcom, one of the scenes contained a “significant amount of blood” and a close-up of the character’s injury.
ITV defended the scenes stating:
“Whilst Emmerdale stories do not condone violent acts, it need not and should not shy away from them,” the broadcaster told Ofcom.
It said it had reached an “appropriate balance between dramatic entertainment and offence”.
Simon Fuller, the man behind Pop Idol, American idol and many other hit TV shows is said to be expanding his empire by putting together an American version of Eastenders called ‘Born In The Usa.
Whats On Tv reports:
The half-hour soap will be set in Philadelphia and follow the intertwining lives of three blue-collar families from different ethnic backgrounds.
American Ido, runner up, Lisa Tucker, has had roles in The OC and Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101, has signed on to play ‘a smart, beautiful girl with a good sense of humour’, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and will have a ‘larger-than-life mother’ played by US TV actress Tembi Locke.
ITV is launching a search for top telly addicts to battle it out in primetime show, Britain’s No1 Soap Fan.
To be considered call producers on 020 7421 7802 or visit www.talenttv.com/contestants.php
It’s that time of year again. Yes the British Soap Awards are about to hit our screens once more.
You have until April the 13th to cast your vote. So who will it be?
Will you choose Kate Ford (Tracey Barlow) as best actress? Or Richard Fleeshman (Craig Harris) for sexiest male?
Personally I think I’ll be going for Rob James-Collier (Liam Connor) for this years sexiest male. He beats all the others hands down!
This week will see evil Clare trying her utmost to seduce young and silly Justin in a bid to take over The Loft. I’m not quite sure how this will help her, but apparently she sees it as a good tactic.
After learning Justin has to deliver £2,000 to a gangster while Warren is away, Clare steals the cash from the sfae and then lends Justin the money, leaving him eternally grateful.
“Justin’s so grateful – he was facing a battering,” says Gemma Bissix, who plays Clare.
“They end up in bed. Clare just does it for information, and to split up Justin’s cosy double-act with Warren.”
Nice!
