Overview
- Coronation Street dominated the 30th Inside Soap Awards, winning Best Soap and multiple acting and storyline prizes including Best Actor for Gareth Pierce and Best Actress for Vicky Myers.
- The awards, decided entirely by viewer ballots, drew a record turnout reported by outlets at between about 90,000 and more than 110,000 votes, showing heavy fan participation in the result.
- Judges and voters recognised emotionally charged plots when they named Todd’s abuse storyline Best Storyline and gave Best Villain to James Cartwright for his role as Theo.
- Emmerdale also fared strongly with the Dingle family winning Best Family for a seventh year, Chris Coghill taking Best Newcomer and Best Comic Performance, and the Coronation Street–Emmerdale crossover 'Corriedale' winning Best Showstopper.
- Special honours marked the anniversary ceremony as Claire King was inducted into a newly created Inside Soap Hall of Fame and Alex Fletcher received an Outstanding Achievement award, while red‑carpet and afterparty coverage highlighted the event’s wider public profile.